The Fantasy Forties

1. The Fantasy Forties • WHAT WE SAID

2. Cooling • unemployed

3. Big Eyes • A Crush: as in I have BIG EYES for her.

4. Geets • money

5. “Here’s Looking At You Kid” • These famous lines uttered by Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine to Ingrid Bergman’s Ilsa Lund in the film Casablanca, quickly passed into popular usage as a toast.

6. HOLLYWOOD EYES • A description of a pretty girl; “She has Hollywood eyes.”

7. ICKY DRIP • A person whose looks or interests set them apart from the crowd.

8. MASH ME A FIN • Would you loan me $5?

9. MURDER! • “Wow.!,” an expression of surprise or great excitement

10. NAB • A Policeman

11. OOMPH GIRL • A term first used by the Hollywood press to describe a full figured, good looking girl. Many Hollywood starlets would claim to be the “original” oomph or sweater girl.

12. PERCALATOR • A Car

13. PIN-UP • Attractive women featured on posters during WWII to entertain military men. The mot famous pin-up girl was Betty Grable, shown in a bathing suit and high heeled shoes looking over her shoulder; a pin up of Rita Hayworth was stuck on the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

14. Betty Grable

15. Rita Hayworth

16. Roost • Your home

17. What We Were Reading • 1. Paperback books: Born in the late 1930s, these tomes—with flashy covers, racy stories, and cheap prices-were read by the millions during the 1940s. The first paperback publisher was pocketbooks in 1939. Soon Avon Books, Dell Books, Popular Library, Bantam Books, New American Library and Gold Medal Books were enticing readers with paperback editions.

18. Comic Books • Readers could select from over 150 different titles. The adventures of superheroes were the most popular, including:

19. Captain Marvel 1940

20. Wonder Woman (1941)

21. Captain America 1941

22. Plastic Man 1941

23. For Whom The Bell Tolls • is a 1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains during the Spanish Civil War. As an expert in the use of explosives, he is given an assignment to blow up a bridge to accompany a simultaneous attack on the city of Segovia.

24. The Sun is My Undoing (1941) • This novel my Marguerite Steen was the first in a trilogy including Twilight on the Floods and Jehovah Blues, which follows the Floods family through two centuries of their involvement in the slave trade. Steen’s dramatic style of writing and action-packed novels won her a large following of fans.

25. The Robe (1942) • a historical novel about the Crucifixion written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The book was one of the best-selling titles of the 1940s. • It entered the New York Times Best Seller list in October 1942, and four weeks later rose to No. 1. It held the position for nearly a year. • The Robe remained on the list for another two years, returning several other times over the next several years including when the movie version was released in 1953.

26. Yank • was a weekly magazine published by the United States military during World War II. Founded and edited by Major Hartzell Spence (1908-2001), the magazine was written by enlisted rank soldiers only and was made available to the soldiers, sailors and airmen serving overseas. It was published at facilities around the world -- British, Mediterranean, Continental, Western Pacific -- for a total of 21 editions in 17 countries. Yank was the most widely read magazine in the history of the U.S. military, achieving a worldwide circulation of more than 2.6 million. Each issue was priced at five cents because it was felt that if soldiers paid, they would have a higher regard for the publication. Each issue was edited in New York City and then shipped for printing around the world where staff editors added local stories. The last issue was published in December, 1945.

27. Forever Amber (1944) • a romance novel by Kathleen Winsor that was made into a movie by 20th Century Fox. It tells the story of orphaned Amber St. Clair, who makes her way through 17th century English society by sleeping with more and more important men. • The book was roundly condemned by Roman Catholic "decency" watchdogs, which helped to make it popular. One critic went so far as to number each of the passages to he objected. The film was finally completed after substantial changes to the script were made, toning down some of the book's most objectionable passages in order to appease Catholic media critics.

28. Stars and Stripes • is the newspaper published for the United States Armed Forces overseas. It is available in three formats: the European Edition, the Mideast Edition, and the Pacific Edition.

29. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946) • written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, was first published in 1946, and is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. By 1998, it had sold more than 50 million copies. It has been translated into 39 languages.

30. I, the Jury (1947) • is Mickey Spillane's first novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer.

31. What We Watched • Disney Movies

32. Fantasia

33. Pinocchio

34. Bambi

35. Citizen Kane (1941)

36. Casablanca (1942)

37. Yankee Doodle Dandy

38. OKLAHOMA! The Broadway Musical

39. It’s A Wonderful Life

40. The Song of The South

41. The Best Years of Our Lives

42. Stars of the decade • Top Movies of the Decade • Rebecca (1940) • How Green Was My Valley (1941) • Mrs. Miniver (1942) • Casablanca (1942/43) • Going My Way (1944) • The Lost Weekend (1945) • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) • Gentleman's Agreement (1947) • Hamlet (1948) • All the King's Men (1949)

43. Lauren Bacall • Lauren Bacall was born on September 16, 1924 in New York City, New York. After working as a model in her early twenties, Bacall debuted with husband-to-be Humphrey Bogart in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. The two were married in May 1945 and were together until Bogart's death in 1957. After Bogart's passing, Bacall went on to marry Jason Robards in 1961. They were together for eight years until their divorce in 1969. • Lauren's nickname has long since been "Baby". But her trademark sultry voice seems contradictory to her innocent alias. Nevertheless, Bacall has been tempting men around the globe for ages after TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT penned Bacall as "the seductress" thanks to her line to Bogart: "If you want anything, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you Steve ? Just put your lips together and blow." • Her notable films include: THE BIG SLEEP, KEY LARGO, and HARPER.

44. Lauren Bacall

45. Ingrid Bergman • Swedish born Ingrid Bergman won three Oscars for her acting in GASLIGHT, ANASTASIA and MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. • Bergman's defining role was as Bogart's old romance in CASABLANCA. • Ingrid Bergman's other notable movies include: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, BELLS OF ST. MARY'S, JOAN OF ARC, INTERMEZZO, SPELLBOUND, NOTORIOUS, INDISCREET, and CACTUS FLOWER.

46. Ingrid Bergman

47. Humphrey Bogart • Unusual looking and sounding, Humphrey Bogart began his career playing bad guys, then later became an unlikely but effective leading man. Bogie's defining role would be as Rick the club owner in CASABLANCA. Notable films include: THE MALTESE FALCON, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE BIG SLEEP, and THE CAINE MUTINY. • Humphrey Bogart won the Best Actor award for THE AFRICAN QUEEN. • After co-starring with a young Lauren Bacall in TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT, they fell and love and got married, coming to represent true love to generations of film fans. • Humphrey Bogart was one of the most popular, most enduring film stars Hollywood ever generated.

48. Humphrey Bogart

49. Bing Crosby • Bing Crosby, Best Actor 1945 • Big Box Office Draw • ANYTHING GOES, THE BELL'S OF ST. MARY'S, ROAD TO SINGAPORE, HOLIDAY INN, WHITE CHRISTMAS, THE COUNTRY GIRL, HIGH SOCIETY, PEPE, ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS

50. Bing Crosby