The 1950’s. Creations and Crazes of the 50’s To The Theater On To Broadway!

The 1950’s

Creations and Crazes of the 50’s

To The Theater

On To Broadway!

Academy Awards Best Picture of…

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“All About Eve”

Starring: Bette Davis Anne Baxter

George SandersCeleste Holm

“An American in Paris”

Starring: Gene Kelly &Leslie Caron

“The Greatest Show on Earth”

Starring: James Stewart

Betty HuttonCornel Wilde

Charlton HestonDorothy Lamour &Gloria Grahame

“From Here to Eternity”

Starring: Burt Lancaster

Montgomery CliftDeborah Kerr

Frank Sinatra &Donna Reed

“On the Waterfront”

Starring: Marlon Brando

Carl MaldenLee J Cobb

“MARTY”

Starring: Ernest Borgnine &

Betsy Blair

“Around the World in 80 Days”

Starring: David NivenCantinflas

Shirley MacLaine &Robert Newton

“GiGi”

Starring: Leslie Caron

Maurice Chevalier &Louis Jourdan

“The Bridge on the River Kwai”

Starring: William Holden

Alec Guinness &Jack Hawkins

“Ben-Hur”

Starring: Charlton HestonJack Hawkins

Haya Harareet &Stephen Boyd

Key political figures

Harry S. Truman

General Douglas MacArthur

Key Figures of the 1950s

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President Harry S. Truman began the Korean War in June of 1950.

Truman put General Douglas MacArthur in charge of the troops.

After MacArther made some poor choices, Truman fired MacArthur.

In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected the next president of the United States.

In 1953, Eisenhower signed a treaty which put an end to the Korean War.

Nothing was gained because the boundary

between North and South Korea

ended in the same exact spot it began.

However, much was lost.

By the end of the war, more than

150,000 American Soldiers were injured,

missing in action or dead.

Other Key Figures of the 1950s

From The Civil Rights Movement

Rosa Parks Martin Luther King Jr.Malcolm X

Spoke publicly on Human Rights.Refused to sit at the back of the bus. “I Have a Dream!”

Other Key Figures of the 1950s

Key Figures from Across the Sea

Mao Zedong from China

Joseph Stalin from the Soviet Union

Strong believers in Communism

Added to Cold War Fears in the United States

Winston Churchill from the United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth II from the United Kingdom

They Opposed Communism

Allies of the United States

Back HomeJimmy Hoffa worked to

expand unions.

Senator Joseph McCarthy began televised hearings

into alleged Communists in the Army.

Justice Earl Warren ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

(Brown v Board of Education)