
I Love The '50s
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This the decade that brought us TV,rock and roll, baby boomers and roger corman ;) The roots of our pop culture today stems from this time period.

I found this trailer when looking up "Boston Blackie" who is a character played by the actor "Kent Taylor". I was looking up Boston Blackie because I have had the Jimmy Buffett song that goes "I... continue reading
posted by Brian Houston
Clayton Bates was an immensely talented tap dancer who amazingly managed to do it all with just one leg. This clip looks like it was taken from one of several appearances he made on the Ed Sullivan Show. ... continue reading
posted by Spiff
Another Bugs classic
posted by kronosposeidon

Posted for Jonny as his submission was dead in the queue, Jonny provided the fixed embed.
posted by Fedquip
Tom and Jerry encounter some "cannibals" on an island. This 1951 short has been rarely seen on television due to it's rather racist portrayal of the island natives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Mouse_Friday... continue reading
posted by sometimes
A remastered clip of some old Gracie Jiu Jitsu. I'm pretty sure that's Helio himself with the mustache :)
posted by lavoll
This is an hour long collection of old commercials for everything from Good and plenty's to weird Japanese gum and Disneyland From original submitter: "Aging Baby-Boomer Ira H. Gallen has spent over... continue reading
posted by MarineGunrock
Howard Hunt, Richard Nixon, and Edward Bernays (creator of public relations, controlling the "mass mind") help out the United Fruit Company by convincing America the Guatemalan government is Communist.... continue reading
posted by plastiquemonkey
A childhood classic. It's Halloween, and Bugs runs into Witch Hazel while trick-or-treating.
posted by firefly
Another classic from the masters.
posted by jonny
Before he crashed through walls screaming "Oh Yeah!", the Kool-aid man was a mere pitcher who was trapped in a hellish "leave-it-to-beaver" alternate universe.
posted by sometimes
Korla Pandit had a daily afternoon music TV show in LA back in the 1950s where he played his unique percussive style of Hammond organ while mystical cloud projections passed in the background and the camera... continue reading
posted by plastiquemonkey
Cary Grant just can't believe her brave act... before he walks out on her forever, he must check the next room. OH DARLING!! Why didn't you tell me!! :::kleenex please::: "Each engaged to others,... continue reading
posted by swampgirl
In honor of the passing of one of cinema's Great Ladies, Deborah Kerr (Sept. 30, 1921 - Oct. 16, 2007), in her probably most iconic cinema moment: rolling on a Hawaiian beach with Burt Lancaster in 1953's... continue reading
posted by raven
Watch the hardest working man in show business take down the house with his 1956 classic "Please, Please, Please." The charisma, theatrics, and pure energy of this performance are just utterly mind blowing..
posted by castles
Pure joy... Original title, Orfeu Negro (1959). Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
posted by plastiquemonkey
Jeron Criswell King (August 18, 1907 – October 4, 1982) born Jeron Criswell Konig, and known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell, was an American psychic who was famous for his wildly inaccurate predictions.... continue reading
posted by choggie
One of the most beautiful films ever made. "The film depicts a boy's childhood in the Indian countryside in the early twentieth century. The film was made on a shoestring budget by Ray, who was at... continue reading
posted by rickegee