The Happening

 

DIE MEUTE (THE MOB)

aka THE HAPPENING

NEUES FILM-PROGRAMM 4707

AUSTRIA 1967

"Hear "The Supremes" Sing the Swinging Hit Song...From the Swinging Hit Picture!"

Starring Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Faye Dunaway and Michael Parks

Directed by Elliot Silverstein

Horizon Pictures

U.S.A. 1967

Four hippies kidnap a retired Mafia mob boss and hold him for ransom. This was Faye Dunaway's film debut.

The Mini-Skirt Mob

DIE SATANS-ENGEL VON NEVADA (THE SATANIC ANGELS OF NEVADA)

aka THE MINI-SKIRT MOB

NEUES FILM-PROGRAMM NR. 5251

AUSTRIA 1969

"They're hog straddling female animals on the prowl."

Starring Jeremy Slate, Diane McBain and Sherry Jackson 

Directed by Maury Dexter

American International Pictures (AIP)

U.S.A. 1968

When asked about this picture, Sherry Jackson said, "I hated that movie--what a piece of junk".

Motorpsycho

WIE WILDE HENGSTE (LIKE WILD STALLIONS)

aka MOTORPSYCHO

ILLUSTRIERTE FILM-BÜHNE NR. 7828

WEST GERMANY 1968

"Cyclemaniacs assaulting and killing for thrills! 

Bike riding Hoodlums Flat-Out on their Murder cycles."

Starring Haji, Alex Rocco and Steve Oliver 

Directed by Russ Meyer

Eve productions / Harlequin Pictures

U.S.A. 1965

Dragstrip Girl

BENZIN I BLODET (GASOLINE IN THE BLOOD)

AKA DRAGSTRIP GIRL

DENMARK 1957

 Car Crazy!...Speed Crazy!...Boy Crazy!

Starring Fay Spain, Steven Terrell and John Ashley 

Directed by Edward L. Cahn

Golden State Productions

U.S.A. 1957

Blackboard Jungle

DIE SAAT DER GEWALT (THE SEED OF VIOLENCE)

AKA BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

ILLUSTRIERTE FILM-BÜHNE  Nr. 3028

WEST GERMANY 1955

"A shock story of today's high school hoodlums!"

Starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Vic Morrow and Sidney Poitier

Directed by Richard Brooks

Based on the novel by Evan Hunter

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

U.S.A. 1955

Blackboard Jungle was originally rejected in the UK for containing "unbridled, revolting hooliganism" and having a "damaging and harmful effect on teenagers". It was eventually released as an X certificate after around 5 minutes of footage was removed. When shown at a South London Cinema in Elephant and Castle in 1956 the teenage Teddy Boy audience began to riot, tearing up seats and dancing in the aisles. After that, riots took place around the country wherever the film was shown.

The Shiny Narrow Grin - Jane Gaskell

AN UNINHIBITED NOVEL OF TEENAGE MORALS, TOUGH, IRONIC AND PROFOUNDLY DISTURBING

Publisher: Hodder Books

Number: 743

Publishing Year: 1965

Printing: First 

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Cover Artist:

I want him, Terry thinks. I want The Boy. Terry is a Mod. The Boy is something altogether more profoundly disturbing. He is not insane but there is a deeper terror in his relationship with the schoolgirl who is sure she can look after herself.

DAILY EXPRESS . . . 'precocious teenage world of pep-pills, parties and punch-ups, all vividly and waspishly observed'

SUNDY TELEGRAPH . . . 'as hip a description of the teenage scene as has appeared for some time'

SPECTATOR . . . ' a splendid piece of documentary writing'

EVENING STANDARD . . . ' Miss Gaskell's style is crisp, concise and lively, the dialogue waspish and with-it, the observationb of teenage morals and manners rings authentic'

HARPER'S BAZZAR

'A book not to give your aunt'

The Wasted Years - Jess Stearn

 SEX - SADISM AND MURDER 

- BRUTALITY AND PERVERSION 

- PROSTITUTION AND DRUG ADDICTION 

These are the trademarks of the teen-age gangs

Publisher: Hillman Macfadden Books

Number: 50-109

Publishing Year: 1961

Printing: First 

Cover Price: 50c

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SEX-and-SADISM by teen-agers!

MURDER-and-MAYHEM by mere children!

You read about it every day in your newspaper but . . .

WHY did a pretty Texas teen-ager kill her brother "just for kicks?"

WHY did a boy say calmly, "I don't know why I killed him; I didn't even know him?

WHY did a seventeen-year old say, "I wanted to see how it felt for a knife to dig into bone?"

WHY did a clean-cut youngster stomp a total stranger to death because he didn't like the tune the man was humming?

Jess Stearn, top New York newspaperman, goes behind the scenes to search for the "why" in this carefully documented study of what happens before and after the headlines.