Some of the Happenings Around !950's to the 1970's

As World War 2 ended, the soldiers came back to America, as the nation partied like crazy for their victory... Similar to how the Egyptian have been partying. However, right after WW2 another challenge surrounded the world for the next 5 decades, aka the Cold War. However, despite the fear of the unknown possibilities this provided the filming industry to try out new tactics for the public view, and temporary make the public forget the current events around them.

I'll make bullet points for this otherwise we will have a blog worth 3-4 pages.

1950's

•  Tv started to dominate over the radio in family homes for source of imformation.

• Singin' in the Rain was created in 1952. A musical where the people temorarly forget the current and previous events and enjoy the joys of life with friends and family

• Unknown to most, the 1st full length 3-D movie with sound was created in the 1950's. The movie movie present was BWana Devil in 1952 by the director of Arch Oboler. The 1st 3-D film was made in 1922 called The Power of Love, however, it did not have audio.

• Play Boy was released in December 1953. Marilyn Monroe was the 1st icon front cover of the magazine. This encourages porn in the filming industry.

1960's

• The Cuban Missle Crisis

• The first Internet was created (was known as Arpanet

• America begins to challenge England, France, and other countries in the filming industry.

• Western Movies started to make a reappearance on the screen.

•  Smell-O-Vision came to the movies. Hippies were considered perfect targets. SOV was developed by the Swiss born Hans Laube. On the Movie screen a number will appear. The audience will scratch the number on the card and smell the effects to understand the effects in the movie better.

1970's

• Star Wars and Jaws came to theaters.

• Hollywood started to experience financial and artistic depression.

• Restrictions on language, sexuality, and violence had loosened up thanks to the hippie and human rights movements.

• Old Style movies die out as more experimentation started. More "artistic" ways.

•  Rating system began (G, PG, R, X)

• Fritz the Cat (1972) is the 1st X-rated animated movie and the 1st independent animated movie to receive more than $100 million in the box office.