Tag: 1950s
Kozaburo Yoshimura films thwarted love in 1950s Japan
Kiwa (Fujiko Yamamoto) in “Night River” (1956), by Kozaburo Yoshimura. CARLOTTA FILMS/1956 KADOKAWA CORPORATION THE “WORLD’S” OPINION – NOT TO BE MISSED There is a French passion for Japanese cinema,…
Music majors attack Internet Archive which ‘preserves’ 78 rpm vinyl recordings released between 1898 and the 1950s
Camille Coirault August 15, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. 11 ©Pixabay The Internet Archive is alienating major record labels, including Capitol, Sony and UMG Recordings. They are suing the organization for…
Nanterre, from the slums of the 1950s to utopia, then to the riots
The shantytown of Nanterre, where a large number of Algerian immigrant families lived, on March 24, 1964. In the background, the large housing estates. AFP This morning of November 2,…
The 50 most popular baby names of the 1950s (boys)
Go through the ages and discover or rediscover what were the big trends for first names among little boys in the 1950s. You have probably noticed that the fashion for…
1950s America, between belief and fiction
Lancaster Dodd (Seymour Hoffman) in “The Master” (2012), by Paul Thomas Anderson. PHIL BRAY/THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY/GHOULARDI FILM COMPANY/ANNAPURNA PICTURES+ CINÉ+ CLUB – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 AT 8:50 P.M. – FILM…
“Ambassador to North Korea is like being immersed in the 1950s”
Swedish diplomat Joachim Bergström served as ambassador to North Korea. He tells Paris Match this year in an extraordinary country. Being assigned to North Korea, Joachim Bergström dreamed of it.…
Swinging Fifties: These first names from the 1950s are still very popular today
First names in the 1950’s Names from the decade of the economic miracle are so beautiful First names that were popular in the 1950’s are also trendy today. More by…
Forced to adopt their children in the 1950s, these women demand an apology from the government
In the heart of a whole different era, hundreds of thousands of British women were forced to give up their babies because they were not married. Several decades later, they…