In the 1940s when the soldiers returned from World War II the hot rod was born. Taking old cars that had been abandoned in the farm fields as these boys went off to war, these industrious young men put modern engines and on big tires and the sport of hot rodding was born.
Between 1940 and 1960 hundreds of hot rod movies were made for teenagers to see in "Dusk to Dawn" showings at the local drive-in theaters. In the last 50 years the greatest majority of them were lost or misplaced in the archives but we have been lucky enough to find a large number of these films and after digitally enhancing the badly faded originals, copies are now being made available to the public once again.
Many of the actors in these "B" movies used fake names and went on later to become well known stars. Here we have two of those films just as they were shown in the 1950s including the original commercials. Sit back and enjoy!! Now showing...
Hot Rod (1950) An early and very rare film starring Gloria Winters, Art Baker, Gil Stratton, Myron Healey, and Tommy Bond (Butch from Our Gang).. Hot girls, hot cars, Dry Lakes racing, street racing, and hit and run accidents. Great early pictures of Malibu, Sepulveda Pass and El Mirage Dry Lakes. This is one of the oldest hot rod films to be recovered.
The Best Room (1964) An early British weekly television show that was pitched for viewing in America. Never made it here but a cavalcade of big stars that everybody remembers including Tom Jones, The Kinks, and John Lee Hooker,
Length: 2 hours 2 minutes
