1950 Overview | Party Ideas | 1950 Movies | 1950 Film Stars | 1950 Pop Stars

Overview:

1950
First Modern Credit Card Introduced
First Organ Transplant
First Peanuts Cartoon Strip
Korean War Begins
Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt
U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb

1951
Color TV Introduced
South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race
Truman Signs Peace Treaty with Japan, Officially Ending WWII
Winston Churchill Again Prime Minister of Great Britain

1952
Car Seat Belts Introduced
Jacques Cousteau Discovers Ancient Greek Ship
Polio Vaccine Created
Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at Age 25

1953
DNA Discovered
Hillary and Norgay Climb Mt. Everest
Joseph Stalin Dies
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage

1954
Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman
First Atomic Submarine Launched
Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer
Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S

1955
Disneyland Opens
James Dean Dies in Car Accident
McDonald's Corporation Founded
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus
Warsaw Pact Signed

1956
Elvis Gyrates on Ed Sullivan's Show
Grace Kelly Marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco
Hungarian Revolution
Khrushchev Denounces Stalin
Suez Crisis
T.V. Remote Control Invented
Velcro Introduced

1957
Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat
European Economic Community Established
Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age
Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Orbit Space

1958
Boris Pasternak Refuses Nobel Prize
Chinese Leader Mao Zedong Launches the "Great Leap Forward"
Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian
Hula Hoops Become Popular
Lego Toy Bricks First Introduced
NASA Founded

1959
Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba
International Treaty Makes Antarctica Scientific Preserve
Kitchen Debate between Nixon and Khrushchev
The Sound of Music Opens on Broadway
U.S. Quiz Shows Found to be fixed

1950 Overview | Party Ideas | 1950 Movies | 1950 Film Stars | 1950 Pop Stars

Party Ideas:

Invitations:
One of the most important things about organising a party is the invitation. It’s the window to your party and sets the whole mood. It needs to be novel, eye catching and full of content relevant to your party.

Search the internet for images from the 50's and use these to make your invitation.

It was an exciting musical decade with the Rock ‘n’ Roll in full swing.

Atmosphere:
You will need a large dance floor if there are going to lots of couples jiving so bear this in mind when choosing the venue.

The two most popular 50's colors were black and pink. Have black and pink streamers, balloons, and even gossamers or sheet rolls of colored paper. Cut out silhouettes of musical notes and records from black paper and dangle them from the ceiling.

Use red and white checkered tablecloths, record centerpieces and confetti.

Post images on the walls of scenes from the 50’s

Research 50's drinks on the Internet.

1950 Overview | Party Ideas | 1950 Movies | 1950 Film Stars | 1950 Pop Stars

1950's Movies:

• All About Eve (1950)
• Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• The 400 Blows (1959)
• Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
• Ikiru (1952)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
• Night of the Hunter (1955)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• Pickpocket (1959)
• Rashomon (1950)
• The Seven Samurai (1954)
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Throne of Blood (1957)
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

1950 Overview | Party Ideas | 1950 Movies | 1950 Film Stars | 1950 Pop Stars

1950's Film Stars:

• Marilyn Monroe
• Rita Hayworth
• Anne Baxter
• Debbie Reynolds
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Doris Day
• Jeff Chandler
• Tab Hunter
• Bette Davis
• George Sanders
• Gary Merrill
• Hugh Marlowe
• Gregory Ratoff
• Thelma Ritter
• Marilyn Monroe
• Gary Cooper
• Marlon Brando
• Kirk Douglas
• Jose Ferrer
• Alec Guinness

1950 Overview | Party Ideas | 1950 Movies | 1950 Film Stars | 1950 Pop Stars

1950's Pop Stars:

• Bing Crosby
• Bobby Darin
• Buddy Holly
• Connie Francis
• Dean Martin
• Doris Day
• Elvis Presley
• Fats Domino
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Johnny Mathis
• Nat King Cole
• Pat Boone
• Patti Page
• Paul Anka
• Perry Como
• Ricky Nelson
• The Everly Brothers
• Vera Lyn

Music:
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Novelties:
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