Movies

Important facts: Some popular films in the 1950s were: -12 Angry Men by Sydney Lumet (1957) -The African Queen by John Huston (1952) -The Cain Mutine by Edward Dmytryk(1954) -Read Window by Alfred Hitchcock(1954) - Singin' In the Rain by Stanley Donan (1952) - Sweet Smell of Success by Alexander Mackendrick (1957)

Historical analysis: In the 1950s, there were television sets in nearly every home. Studios lured viewers back to theaters, drive-in movies, and science-fiction films that featured aliens. The movie industry fueled the economy of Hollywood for the past thirty years, and continued to throughout the 1950s.

- Hollywood soon realized that the affluent teenage population could be exploited, now more rebellious than happy-go-lucky Images - Because television (a small black and white screen) had become affordable and a permanent fixture in most people's homes, the movies also fought back with gimmicks - color films, bigger screens, and 3-D