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1950s Decades Project- Ana Jovanovic, Norah Burgas, Sofia Ghosh
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TV Shows of the 50's
Fashion
Marilyn Monroe
Game Show Scandal
Quiz Show Scandal
What were some popular shows in the 1950s?
1. I Love Lucy
2. The Mickey Mouse Club
3. Leave It to Beaver
4. The Honeymooners
5. Men Into Space
I Love Lucy
- The show captured the loyalty of millions of viewers with its comic depiction of marital life
- Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo shattered the conservative notion by wanting and pursuing more than just being mother and wife.
I love Lucy
Vitameatavegamin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ercpVeRnILw
Topic
James Dean
James Dean
James Dean
Early life
Early Life
- His mother died when he was just 9 years old
- Sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Indiana
- Deans father served in WW2 and soon remarried
Adolescence
- Dean as a teen sought guidance in a Methodist pastor , reverend James De Weerd.
- He was said to of been sexually assaulted by him during his teenage years.
Topic
Early Acting career
- after graduating high school and enrolled into Santa Monica College to study pre law
- but he soon transferred to UCLA and changed his major to theater
- his first ever television role was in a Pepsi-cola commercial
Topic
Short lived movie career
Some of his most popular movies were
- Rebel without a cause
- East of Eden
- Giant
Topic
Death
Topic
- he died on september 30,1955
- at the age of 24
- he died in a car accident
- he, along with acting ,dabbled in auto racing and competed in several races
Women
Impact of fashion
- the 50s the style became a combination of casual and dress aesthetics
Men
- Levi’s were one of the top clothing brands for men in the world during the 50s.
Mens
Women
- The 1950s took a big step back, especially for women
- The most popular style today is the full skirt, tea length dress often called a 50s swing dress.
- The other very classy look was the form-fitting sheath dress often called a pencil or wiggle dress today.
Impact
- clear gender divide
-While men and boy’s fashion
moved towards a more casual day-to- day style, women and girl’s fashion prioritized elegance, formality, and perfectly matched accessories.
Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jeane Mortensen
Early Life
- Born: June 1, 1926
- Mother: Gladys Pearl Monroe
Father: unknown
- Taken in by the Goddards
- Returned to foster homes
- Was sexually assaulted from a young age
- dropped out at 15
Teenage Years
Hollywood Career
- Discovered by a photographer while working in California
- Posed for Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, and Milton Greene
- Did photo shoots for private collections
Modeling
- Dreamt of acting since she was young
- gross of more than 200 million dollars
- starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Prince and the Showgirl, Some Like It Hot, etc.
Acting
Relationships
- James Dougherty: June 19, 1942-September 13, 1946
- Joe DiMaggio: January 14, 1954- October 15, 1954
- Arthur Miller: June 29, 1956- January 24, 1961
Husbands
- Charlie Chaplin Jr. : 1947
- Milton Berle: 1948
- Natasha Lytess: 1948
- Elia Kazan: unknown
- The Kennedy Brothers: 1960's
- Frank Sinatra: 1961
Rumored Affairs
Death
- found dead in her bedroom on August 5, 1962
- overdose on Nembutal (sleeping pills)
- probable suicide or accident
Topic
Name that Tune
1. Put your Head on My Shoulder- Paual Anka
2. Jailhouse Rock- Elvis Presly
Name that tune!
3. Tutti Fruitti- Little Richard
4. That's Amore- Dean Martain
5. Come fly with me- Frank Sinatra
Commercial break
Quiz Shows of the 1950s
Background:
- In the late 30's and 40's radio shows were very popular, including the giveaway show, which the FCC tried to ban in 1949 due to it being a form of illegal lottery
- The U.S Supreme court ruled that giveaway shows were not a form of gambling
- A major flaw with quiz shows at the time were, they were only based around one sponsor
Background:
- Sponsor for game show was Geritol
- Producers: Jack Berry and Dan Enright
How The Game Show is Played:
- There are 2 competitors in isolation booths who are required to answer questions on any given topic
- there are questions within the topic that range from a difficulty of 1-11
- Each contestants score is concealed from the other
Twenty-One
Scandal
- The constants were given the answers before the game
- 87%-90% of game shows came out to be rigged
- Producers of the show and contestants went under Federal investigation
Scandal
Impact
- 100 million people were deceived
- Seen as the downfall of innocence in America
- By the late 1980's game shows were more likely to present questions requiring everyday knowledge rather than expert Knowledge
- President Eisenhower signed a bill making it illegal for any contest or game to deceive the audience
Impact
Space Race
- competition between Soviets and U.S caused tension
- nuclear scare that portrayed the USSR as the sole aggressor
- continued the long war to stop communism
Politics
Technology
- detonated the first thermonuclear weapon on November 1, 1952
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in 1958
U.S
- The Soviet Vostok capsule that would carry the first man
- developed new spy techniques
- successfully developed hydrogen bombs
U.S.S.R
- benefited schooling with the expansion of science taught
- Project Apollo cost over $25 million
- NASA expands to unmapped space travel
Cost Benefits
Red Scare
Red Scare
- After WWI, rise of communist party in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin
- worker strikes publicly claimed to be caused by immigrants
- The Sedition Act of 1918 targeted people anti-government
- Palmer raids- targeted leftist radicals and became violent
First Red Scare
- Communist growth in the East and uprising rebellion in the U.S
- Executive Order 9835 (Loyalty Order) passed by Truman
- established liberty to America
Communism Concerns
- House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) formed in 1938
- tried exposing Communists in the film industry
- U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was known for intense investigation
- conviction of 12 leaders of the American Communist Party
- J. Edgar Hoover built a case against the Rosenbergs
FBI Involvement
- lost political freedoms by expressing different views
- false accusations with no evidence
- civil liberties lost, innocent lives lost
- lasting tension between Russia and America
- caused more rebellion against the U.S government
Impact
Pop Art
- Can be recognized by its bold colors, repetitive prints, high contrast poster like appearance
- Avoided showing brush strokes
- "What is art?"
- Everyday objects and traditionally painted objects were equal during this movement
- Anything pop artist could get their hands on they drew
Pop Art Movement
Abstract Expressionism
Movements Before
- Was made with the purpose of the viewer to not understand what was going on
- "Avant-Garde and Kitsch"
- Seen as a symbol of American Freedom
- Changed modern perception of art, was the catalyst to move away from Cubism and Surrealism
Influence
Influence
- Continued to push the boundaries of what art was defined by
- Art is enjoyed by every class not just elite
- Pop art was the first movement to declare that advertisements and commercials were actually forms of art
- Blurred lines between "high" and "low" culture
Before Case:
- Jim crow laws
- Plessy vs. Furgason ("separate but equal")
- In December 1952 the NAACP brings Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka to court
Brown Vs. Board of Education
The Courts Decision:
- An unanimous decision is reached declaring the segregation of schools is "inherently unequal" and violates the 14th amendment
"Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it has the sanction of law; for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of the Negro group. A sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learn. Segregation with the sanction of law, therefore, has a tendency to retard the educational and mental development of Negro children and to deprive them of some of the benefits they would receive in a racial integrated school system"(Huxman)
Topic
Impact of Case
Impact
- Africans Americans organized more acts of resistant towards segregation and the violence they were met with was regularly broadcast on television
- "The Doll Test"
What Happened
- Little Rock, Arkansas integrated Central High School
- Governor Fabus did everything in his power to not allow these teens to go to school
Significance
Little Rock Nine
- By 1960 only 6.4% of African americans were integrated in schools
- Allowed people to see that integration in the deep South could be achieved
Computers
- The United States Government receives the UNI VAC .
- This computer is considered to be the first computer that was capable of storing and running a program from memory.
Computers
Barbie
Barbie
- Born: March 9, 1959
- Real Name: Barbara Millicent Roberts
- Created by businesswoman Ruth Handler
Birth
Eras
1950-60's
Ponytail Barbie
1960-70's
Mod Barbie
1980's-
Career Barbie
2000-Present
Barbie Today
- gave dolls a new look and purpose
- has harmful body messages
- provided a fashion outlook to younger teens
Impact
Work cited
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Ana Jovanovic
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Reddy, Karina. “1950-1959 | Fashion History Timeline.” Fitnyc.edu, 2018, fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1950-1959/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
Norah Burgas
- https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Marilyn_Monroe&oldid=1013801
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- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210415-the-genius-behind-early-russian-space-tech
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Sofia Ghosh
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Ravid, Taly. "Abstract Expressionism." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, edited by
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