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The Outsiders

Beach Party Movies. Popular movie genre. Early-mid 1960s. Teen audience ... British classic story of Pip, an orphan, who grows from a youth to adulthood ...

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The Outsiders

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    Slide 1:The Outsiders

    S. E. Hinton 1967

    Slide 2:1950s

    Conservative period Post-WWII Good economy Eisenhower “I Love Lucy” “Father Knows Best” “The Honeymooners” “Ozzy and Harriet” “Leave It to Beaver”

    Slide 3:1960s

    JFK President 1960-1963: Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, NASA, assassinated LBJ President 1963-1968: Civil Rights Act MLK, Jr. & Malcolm X: civil rights movement 1969: Moon, Woodstock Counter-culture, cultural revolution Beat poets Rock n’ roll Rebel cinema Hippies, psychedelic Free speech, Chicano rights, antiwar movement, sexual revolution

    Slide 4:S. E. Hinton

    Oklahoma 1948-today 16 years old when wrote The Outsiders Father died of cancer early Friend was beaten up in school fight Two cliques at school, Greasers and Socs

    Slide 5:Greasers v. Socials (Socs)

    GREASERS Working class poor East side Community menace Elvis T-shirts and jeans No car, T-Bird Long, greased hair SOCS Wealthy West side Community trust Beatles Madras shirts/jackets Mustangs Semi-Beatles haircuts

    Slide 6:Greasers

    Slide 7:Greasers

    Hoodlums, hoods, juvenile delinquents, JDs Smoke, weed-fiend, cancer stick Heaters = guns Fuzz = police

    Slide 8:Grease, American Graffiti, “Happy Days”

    1972 1973 1974

    Slide 9:Socs

    Slide 10:Socs

    Slide 11:Madras Clothing

    Lightweight cotton fabric with patterned texture, ideal for summer Popular in 1960s

    Slide 12:Cars

    Chevrolet Corvair, 1960-1969 (1962) Ford Mustang, 1964-today (1964) Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, 1963-1967 (1964) Ford Thunderbird, 1955-2005 (1960) Socs Socs Cherry Valance Buck Merril

    Slide 13:Elvis Presley

    Musician, actor 1935-1977 1956, hips The King “Jailhouse Rock” “Hound Dog” “Heartbreak Hotel” Cheesy musical movies

    Slide 14:The Beatles

    Pop rock 1960-1970 British Ed Sullivan Show 1964 “She Loves You” “I Want to Hold Your Hand” “Yesterday”

    Slide 15:Hank Williams

    Honky tonk musician 1923-1953 Grand Ole Opry “Hey Good Lookin’” Substance abuse

    Slide 16:Will Rogers

    Actor, cowboy, comedian 1879-1935 Old cowboy movies Oklahoman

    Slide 17:“Perry Mason”

    TV show 1957-1966 Lawyer who defends clients wrongly accused of murder

    Slide 18:Paul Newman

    Actor, rebel, handsome The Hustler (1961) Hud (1963)

    Slide 19:Beach Party Movies

    Popular movie genre Early-mid 1960s Teen audience Romance, music Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Elvis

    Slide 20:Drive-In Theaters

    Peaked in late 1950s and early 1960s, especially in rural areas

    Slide 21:Drag Races & Rodeos

    Slide 22:DX Gas, Dairy Queen, Tastee Freez

    Slide 23:1960s Consumer Products

    Slide 24:Gone With the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell 1936 book 1939 film Bestseller American Civil War and Reconstruction Gallant Southern gentlemen and belles

    Slide 25:The Carpetbaggers

    Harold Robbins 1961 book 1964 film Bestseller Movie industry, airplane industry, Howard Hughes

    Slide 26:Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens 1861 British classic story of Pip, an orphan, who grows from a youth to adulthood

    Slide 27:Jack London

    Author, journalist The Call of the Wild (1903) White Fang (1906) Survival, extreme environments, socialism

    Slide 28:Robert Frost

    Poet 1874-1963 Rural New England “The Road Not Taken” “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” “Nothing Gold Can Stay”

    Slide 29:“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

    Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

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