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Post by Miss Retro on May 31, 2007 18:24:39 GMT -5
Forties Entertainment Entertainment was limited in the 40's because of the war. People usually didn't have the time or money to spend going to the movies or reading a book. Many movies and books were really good, despite this situation.
Casablanca is a timeless classic made in the 40's. This movie starred Humphrey Bogart and other famous actors from this decade.
"we'll always be in Paris.." One of the most favorite lines from this film. Rachel Carson wrote many books about the environment and ADT. People took side on this issue very quickly and and not until about 40 years later did people realize that she was right.
Radio shows were very popular in the 40's. Many radio shows that started in the 30's and were still popular in the 40's such as the ''Shadow''. Stories about the war were popular. When a wounded solider came home from the war, he spent many hours telling about his experiences. Some tales were a little untruthful. Many made it seem like Germany was crushing America or that America was going to win in a week. Stuart Little was written in the forties. Later in the century, it won the Newberry award for the best book of the year.
The Disney classic Bambi was introduced in the movie theaters in 1942. The movie was about a deer that was growing up and making new friends. This movie is really good for little children. One of the children's toys they loved to play with was the new dummy called the "Howdy Doody Doll." The doll was a cowboy that wore brown cowboy boots and a red shirt.
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Post by Miss Retro on May 31, 2007 18:26:11 GMT -5
The Shorty 40's
The 40's were seemingly short because of World War II's influence on America. During the war, people poured everything they owned and every service they could do into the war effort. After the war, they spent time recooperating from the war and worrying about the Soviets.
The 40's were a time of little luxury. People helped the war effort every way they could and rarely had the time or money to see movies or enjoy other costly events. When people did see a movie, Germans and Japanese were usually stereotyped as either stupid or evil. Nevertheless, some of the best movies appeared in theaters in the 40's. Casablanca is one example. It is still rated as one of the best movies ever, by experts and critics even after sixty some odd years. Inventions in the 1940s were scarce but one changed our lives forever. Go ahead, take a guess........ Suprisingly it was a COMPUTER! It was not on the market intil the 1950's, but the military used it in World War II. On the sports scene, Ted Willams was a huge baseball star that had a few record breaking years with the Boston Redsoxs.Jackie Robinson also broke baseballs color barrier.
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Post by Miss Retro on May 31, 2007 18:26:53 GMT -5
EVENTS OF THE FORTIES
World War II was huge!!!!! I believe it has effected almost every aspect of our daily lives. The reason World War II broke out was that about 30 years earlier Germany had lost World War I and as part of the peace settlement Germany had to pay for all the damage done in the war. This left them in a finance fiasco. The treaty also made Germany have no armed forces and stationing allied troops in Germany. The German mark went down so much that a weeks pay would buy a pair shoes. When conditions worsened, a year later it would take a lifetimes saving to buy one meal! Conditions like these could make almost anybody follow anybody who said they had a solution , which is exactly the case here. As the Nazi party grew in power they made laws treating jews like second class citizens. Eventually they took over Austria with out an struggle. Poland was next. Poland tried valiantly to stop Germany from gaining control but had a very naive vision of war. What Poland pictured as war is a cavalry unit inspired by a general charging into battle. In the world of tanks and bombs , horses weren't going to cut it. All Poland had for an air force was a few outdated planes that would have put up a fight in 1932 not 1939. German panzers and the wehrmacht ( german foot soldiers ) smashed Poland's army. Pretty soon the Nazis took over France and many other countries with Germanys kind of war : Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg is German for lighting war. Hitler did not think he could win a prolonged war so he invented blitzkrieg. In Blitzkrieg the goal was to win quickly using your air force as ground support. Germans would put sirens on their airplanes to indeuse fear. They would use cunning to make there attacks look like defense. Two year into the war Germany was winning hugely. Then came a man that used every thing Hitler didn't. He used inspiration, determination and good will to build his people's moral. Hitler couldn't conquer him let alone get to him. That man was Winston Chuchill. That man helped save the world.
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Post by Miss Retro on May 31, 2007 18:28:11 GMT -5
Forties Fads and Fashions Girls in the forties were always wearing long spread out dresses. They also wore long over coats. In 1946, the first two piece bikini was produced.It could fold so small that it would fit in a little ring box. They also loved to wear hats. A lot of the hats were flat, but some of them were deep. The men in the forties wore over-coats and tuxedoes. They tried to look very well groomed in the forties.The tuxidoes they wore were usually black, but sometimes they wore other dark colors. Some of the fads in the forties was the new way to dance. The new dance was called the Jitterbug.This new dance was just crazy because they would do all these weird moves and flips. Also the long playing record was also in. People also substited materials. Some materails that couldn't be uptained because of the war were substituted for cheaper items.
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Post by Miss Retro on May 31, 2007 18:28:50 GMT -5
Spectacular Sports Heroes of the 40's
Sports, like all other activities in the 40's, were influenced by WWII. Sport leagues were forced to sign players that they would never dream of signing because many of their players had been drafted into the Army. Many teams signed players that had a limb missing or had a serious disease. Some teams drafted players that were as young as 15 years old or as old as 40!!!!! Baseball was one of the worst sports off. If you ever went on a fact book about baseball you would find tons of weird things under the 40s. Still, some players played better than ever. Ted Willams was an exception. In 1941, he had a batting average of .406 at the end of the year. He was drafted by the Air Force and flew as a pilot in WWII and the Korean War. He played with the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1959. His nickname was "The Splened Splinter".
Jackie Robinson was another great baseball player. Jackie was an exceptional athlete. He excelled in track, baseball, football, and basketball at UCLA. There, he became the first person ever to win athletic letters in all four sports. In 1941, Jackie began playing professional football for the Los Angeles Bulldogs. But, he was drafted into World War ll where he served 31 months. He had a life time batting average of .311. His first professional baseball experience was played with the Monarchs, a team in the Negro American Baseball League, in 1945. He played so well that he was brought to the attention of Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey thought it was time to break the color barrier that existed in baseball, and signed Jackie to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top minor league team. After one season with the Royals, Rickey decided to move Jackie to play with the Dodgers for the 1947 season. Jackie would be the first black person ever to compete in the major leagues. Although he faced tremendous racism and pressure, Jackie was voted "Rookie of the Year." In 1949, his best year, he led the league in hitting and was voted most valuable player. During the 10 years Jackie played for the Dodgers, they won the National League title six times. Jackie retired from baseball after the 1956 season. After retiring, Jackie became a public speaker for African-American rights. Later, he was also voted into the "Baseball Hall of Fame." Jackie Robinson died of diabetic complications in 1972.
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Post by butterscotchgreer on Jun 4, 2007 21:34:57 GMT -5
i loooooove the forties. its my fav era. im glad you like it too red. do you like the andrews sisters? i have a couple of their albums and they are great from the forties.
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Post by Miss Retro on Jun 4, 2007 22:14:18 GMT -5
yeah I sure do Theresa
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Post by butterscotchgreer on Jun 5, 2007 21:58:07 GMT -5
which of their songs do you like red?
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Post by Miss Retro on Jun 6, 2007 10:27:34 GMT -5
I like many but one of my favorites is Mr. sandman
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Post by butterscotchgreer on Jun 6, 2007 10:52:29 GMT -5
ooooooh.....mr. sandman. thats a great one. i love all of theirs, but i do like beat me daddy eight to the bar, and aurora.
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Post by grobanite19 on Aug 5, 2007 13:34:04 GMT -5
The 40's is so cool! I would have loved to live in that time! So much glamor! I can't imagine now going to a grocery store in a dress, high heels, purse, hat, and gloves! LOL!!
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Post by Miss Retro on Aug 5, 2007 17:37:05 GMT -5
I know that's true grobanite! people would look at us real weird and probably call an insane assylum on us lol hahaha
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