50+ World

December 13, 2020

shirley temple, american actress, 1930s child star, juvenile academy award winner, 1937, 1958, younger, older, mrs charles black

This Was Nifty in December 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1950: Former child star Shirley Temple marries and retires at the age of 22; 4 students steal the Stone of Scone from Westminster…

November 15, 2020

1950 movies, cyrano de bergerac, american actors, jose ferrer, actress, mala powers, academy awards, best actor, oscar, historical films, sword fights, adventure movies, romantic dramas, tragedy

This Was Nifty in November 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1950: Playwright George Bernard Shaw dies; Classic film premiere of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring José Ferrer; Sammy Kaye has the #1 song with…

September 13, 2020

1950, classic movies, color poster, film noir, panic in the streets, crime dramas, thrillers, american actors, richard widmark, paul douglas, barbara bel geddes, director, elia kazan

This Was Nifty in September 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from September, 1950: Classic Movie Premiere - Panic in the Streets, Oscar-winning screenwriters Edna & Edward Anhalt; Operation Magic Carpet Yemen is completed; Ernest Hemingway's…

August 9, 2020

1950, august, classic movies, film noir, movie premieres, sunset boulevard, sunset blvd, academy awards, movie stars, american actress, gloria swanson, norma desmond, actors, william holden, joe gillis

This Was Nifty in August 1950

News Headlines & Boomer Entertainment Trivia from August, 1950: Classic Movies Premiere - Sunset Boulevard; Nat King Cole's Mona Lisa is #1 Hit Song; Edith Sampson is First African-American Woman…

July 23, 2020

1950 films, classic movies, westerns, broken arrow, american actors, movie stars, james stewart, jimmy stewart, debra paget, actress

This Was Nifty in July 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from July, 1950: America's First Korean War Battles; James Stewart Stars in Broken Arrow & Winchester '73, Your Hit Parade Premieres on Television Jimmy Stewart…

June 17, 2020

1950,
Movies

korean war, 1950s world conflicts, korean civilians, children, army tank, haengju korea

This Was Nifty in June 1950

News Headlines & Boomer Entertainment Trivia from June, 1950: North Korea invades South Korea and begins the Korean War; Sierra is released, starring divorcing newlyweds Audie Murphy and Wandra Hendrix;…

May 21, 2020

1950,
Movies

elizabeth taylor, conrad hilton jr, nicky hilton, may 1960 weddings, celebrity wedding, american actress, movie star, hilton hotel heir

This Was Nifty in May 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from May, 1950 - Elizabeth Taylor Gets Married Twice in One Month; 2200-Year-Old Tollund Man Dug Up in Denmark; Humphrey Bogart & Gloria Grahame are…

April 23, 2020

jane wyman, american actress, 1950 movies, classic films, stage fright, alfred hitchcock movies, film noir

This Was Nifty in April 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from April, 1950: Classic Film-Noir Movie Releases - Stage Fright, and D.O.A.; 1st ever NBA Championship won by George Mikan & Minneapolis Lakers. Alfred Hitchcock's…

March 8, 2020

lee bowman, louis hayward, 1950s films, classic movies, house by the river, film noir, american actors, suspense movies,

This Was Nifty in March 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1950 House by the River Movie Release (Lee Bowman & Louis Hayward 1950 House by the River) The film-noir crime movie House by…

February 11, 2020

three came home, 1950s film premiere, wwii movies, classic film stars, claudette colbert, american actress, patric knowles, british actors,

This Was Nifty in February 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from February, 1950: The Birth of McCarthyism; Classic Movies Debut - Three Came Home; Hit Songs & Singers - Ed Ames & The Ames Brothers,…