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Revisiting 1950's Nostalgia
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items Stars, Icons, Music, Tv and Movies from the fifties.
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1950's Pop Culture
1950's Fashion and Trends
1950's Actors & Icons
Popular Tv and Movies in the 50's.
Popular 1950's Musicians
1950's Historical Events
1950's Pop Culture
Fads & Trends of the fifties Fun clothes, Popular Hangouts.
In the 1950;s the place to hang out was in the diner! Whether date night or just hanging out with friends, sharing a milkshake and fries was the thing to do!
Vintage photos show what it was like to eat at a diner in the 1950s
If it was the weekend and date night you were surely headed to a drive in theatre! Time to share some pop corn and a nice black and white movie!
The History of Drive-In Movie Theaters (and Where They Are Now)
Socks hops became popular during the 1950's and were exactly how they sound. A fun dance with teens where you took off your shoes and danced around in your socks!
Sock Hops of the 1950s: What Were They?
1950's Fashion and Trends
It was all about the Poodle Skirts and Saddle Shoes and for men, leather jackets and greased back hair!
The poodle skirt which was first designed by Juli Lynne Charlot became popular in the post-World War II America as a symbol of youthful rebellion and honestly, they were pretty cute!
Stepping Back in Time: The Fascinating History of the Iconic Poodle Skirt
Another fun trend in the 50s for men were side burns! Thanks to the influence of icons like Marlon Brando, Elvis Presley and James Dean,
Men Grew Side Burns!
In the 1950's Saddle Shoes were the trending fad. The famous black and white shoes were worn by all girls everywhere!
1950s Shoes Collection - Our Fab '50s Shoes
1950's Actors & Icons
Famous Actors and Actresses that defined the 1950s.
James Dean was only in three movies in the 1950's, but his rebellious characters changed movies forever! He will always be a legend as an actor.
Watch James Dean | Prime Video
Marilyn Monroe became famous in the 1950s, between her popular movies such as popular films like “Some Like It Hot”, her marriages to Joe DiMaggio and her reported affair with President John F. Kennedy, she became a 50's icon.
Marilyn Monroe Movies
Already known as a singer since the 1940's. Doris Day became also known as an actor in the 1950s playing roles in Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk.
Doris Day - Prime Video: Movies & TV
Jane Russell was a Hollywood actress in the 1940s and 1950s and starred in more than 20 films such as The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown.
Jane Russell: Movies, TV, and Bio
Dean got famous in the comedy Martin & Lewis. He was a singer, actor, and comedian, and was part of the famous Rat Pack.
Dean Martin: Movies, TV, and Bio
Lucille Ball started out as a model in New York City, before going to Hollywood as a showgirl. She became a household name in 1951, when she got the cast in the role of housewife Lucy Ricardo.
Lucille Ball - Prime Video: Movies & TV
Audrey Hepburn became famous after starring in Roman Holiday in 1953 where she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She starred in several movies after that and became a fashion icon. She did a lot of humanitarian work too.
Audrey Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor was famous for her gorgeous looks, her highly publicized marriages and making more than fifty movies.
Elizabeth Taylor: Movies, TV, and Bio
Sofia Loren was a famous Italian model and actress. She is one of the last surviving actresses from this iconic era. I always thought she was so beautiful!
Sophia Loren
Brigitte Bardot was known for being a French film actress, model, and singer who became a prominent sex symbol in the 1950s. She was also known as an animal rights activist after retiring from acting.
Brigitte Bardot
The Rat Pack was an informal group of singers that made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues. The Rat Pack consisted of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Original Rat Pack - About Rat Pack Members
Clark Gable was an American actor often called the "King of Hollywood". He starred in more than 60 motion pictures usually playing the leading man.
Clark Gable
Popular Tv and Movies in the 50's.
Which movies were Mid-Century Hot?
Leave It to Beaver is an American television sitcom that follows a small town suburban boy's life, The series had a total of 6 seasons. It aired on CBS from 1957 to 1963.
Watch Leave It To Beaver | Prime Video
A popular show f the fifties was I Love Lucy. A sitcom that aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes.
Watch I Love Lucy - Season 1 | Prime Video
The sitcom "Father Knows Best" ran for a total of six seasons. The show actually began as a radio series in 1949, then aired as a television show for those six seasons.
Father Knows Best, Collection 1 | Prime
First airing in 1055, the Honeymooners Ralph Kramden was a funny New York City bus driver living with his wife, Alice, in a small Brooklyn apartment next to his best friend, sanitation worker Ed Norton, with wife Trixie.
Watch The Honeymooners | Prime Video
A funny comedy show in which Blanche Morton joined Gracie in shenanigans to annoy husband Harry. It premiered on October 12th in 1950, and was one of the first comedy series to make the transition from radio to tv.
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is a tv sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family. It was another show that transitioned from radio to tv.
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Prime
This TV show premiered in syndication in 1952 and ran two seasons to the spring of 1954. Each season was 26 episodes. It was was a slapstick comedy show featuring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as unemployed actors living in a boarding house.
Abbott and Costello Show Season 2
A 1959 movie about Holocaust victim Anne Frank. It is about a young girl who keeps a diary of everyday life hiding in an attic and chronicling the Nazi threat as well as family dynamics.
The Diary Of Anne Frank (1959) - Prime Video
A movie from 1958 by Tennessee Williams was controversial for it's time hinting at homosexuality feelings in a failing marriage. this movie started Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.
Watch Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Prime Video
A movie from 1954 where Hollywood actor Norman Maine plays a celebrity whose fame is fading until he meets aspiring actress Esther Blodgett played by Judy Garland, He is called to help her, and soon the two appear in a musical together.
Watch A Star Is Born (1954) | Prime Video
A movie starring Marilyn Monroe, A saxophone player, played by Tony Curtis, witnesses a Mafia murder, and his long-suffering buddy ,played by Jack Lemmon, comes up with a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives.
Watch Some Like It Hot | Prime Video
A cat burglar John Robie played by Cary Grant retires to tend vineyards on the French Riviera when he is accused of a series of robberies. This movie starred Grace Kelly and Cary Grant.
To Catch a Thief
Popular 1950's Musicians
Music was so important i the Mid-century era, here is why. It changed music forever!
Did you know that Elvis Presley was the most popular in Elvis Presley's from 1956 to 1958? Yep, that is when his popularity peaked.
Elvis Presley - Collection Retro
While visiting the diner surely you stuck a nickel or dime in the juke box to hear some Elvis Presley or Buddy Holly, for a slow dance or a song to Be-Bop to!
1950 Jukebox Collectibles for sale
Ray Charles Robinson was an African-American singer, songwriter, and played the piano like a charm! He is known as one of the most iconic and influential musicians of all time!
1950s - Ray Charles
Buddy Holly, was a singer, songwriter, and musician who played rock and roll. His band was The Crickets and their popular songs were “That'll Be The Day” and “Peggy Sue.”
In 1959, Buddy Holly along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa on what would become known as “the day the music died. ”
In 1959, Buddy Holly along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa on what would become known as “the day the music died. ”
Buddy Holly: CDs & Vinyl
Bill Haley & His Comets were a rock and roll band formed in 1947 and continuing all the way until Haley's death in 1981. Some of their most famous songs were "Rock Around the Clock," "Shake, Rattle and Roll," and "See You Later, Alligator".
Bill Haley & His Comets
Patsy Cline first became famous in 1957 after she won a talent competition on a tv variety show. And we all know how her singing career took off from there! She has so many popular songs like, “Crazy” and “Sweet Dreams”.
Play Patsy Cline on Amazon Music
Frank Sinatra's fame started in the 1940s and continued into the 1950s and 1960s. He started a teen idol and then became a respected movie star and jazz singer. with songs like "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".
Frank Sinatra
The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for playing an acoustic guitar and harmony singing. Brothers Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly, mixed their music with country and rock and roll.
The Everly Brothers - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. They had several popular songs including “Yakety Yak”.
20 Greatest Hits - Album by The Coasters
1950's Historical Events
Mid-Century News from the 1950's.
The 1950s were the beginning of the Space Age. Important events included the launch of Sputnik 1 by the USSR in 1957, the US's launch of Explorer 1 in 1958, and the formation of NASA in the same year.
Explorer 1 Overview
In the 150's the American economy produced almost half of the world’s manufactured products. This awesome economy led to the baby boom and the population we all now call the baby boomers.
1950s Nostalgia: A Concise Journey Through Historical Decades In America - MemoryCherish
Not everything was peaches and cream for everyone in the 1950's. Racial segregation was still a thing.
A Century of Racial Segregation 1849–1950 - Brown v. Board at Fifty