Even the biggest of American pop stars were nerdy teenagers at one time and had to pose for yearbook photos.
And so this is what Madonna looked like in her pre-Material Girl days.
Before They Were Stars
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Now Showing at the Boomtown Drive-In: Ride the Wild Surf
The huge wave of cash that American International Pictures was surfing with their Beach Party pictures (see what we did there?) did not go unnoticed in Hollywood, where imitation is the sincerest way they do…
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Pillow Talk (1959)
If one comedy personified how Americans saw themselves in the early 1960’s, that comedy would be Pillow Talk. This first teaming of Doris Day and Rock Hudson was instant box office gold, racking up $18…
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The TV That Time Forgot: Crusader Rabbit
The history of made-for-TV cartoons is not a particularly glorious one. The overriding concept from the beginning has been to see how cheaply they can be made, not how entertaining or artistic they can be.…
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Now Playing at the Boomtown Drive-In: Night Tide (1961)
If you’re looking for a fantasy film that’s well off the beaten path, give Night Tide (1961) a view. Often marketed as a “horror” film (its original distributor was American International, the same people who…
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1960s Saturday Mornings
Baby Boomers were not just the first generation to grow up with television, we were first to experience the magic of Saturday mornings. Back in those dark days of no cable and no home video,…
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Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
One of the great movies of our adolescent years was Bye Bye Birdie, the film version of the successful Broadway musical. It’s one of the rare instances when the changes Hollywood inevitably brings to Broadway…