Dragstrip Girl - Film Trailer

In the 1950s American parents were afraid that their darling youngens would choose a life of fast cars, sex and dangerous living among the hot rod set.

Movie makers were quick to exploit these fears and the attraction these cars had on suburban teens who's raging hormones fueled the success of inexpensive to make drive in movies geared to appeal to them. While they seem innocent and quaint now -- these were controversial subjects not too long ago.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• auto
• b-movies
• drive in movies
• hot rods
• drag racing

[mrpitv]

exactly. It is the same thing without the big production values. But hot rodding was a problem in the early 50s. Kids were dying in street racing and there weren't any organized venues for them to use. Robert Petersen of Hot Rod Magazine launched a campaign to invent drag racing and get the kids off the streets. It worked until the recent revival of street racing. As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[bangwezl]

Good grief, what a pot-boiler...even for the '50s

[VTEC4LYFEGunny]

kind of a fast & furious of the 50's