Editing Allentown, Pennsylvania (section)

===20th century===
* In 1990, the movie ''[[I Love You to Death]]'' is loosely based on the real story of an attempted 1983 murder in Allentown.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://local12.com/news/offbeat/couple-together-57-years-survives-infidelity-murder-plot-prison-sentence-tony-frances-toto-i-love-you-to-death-movie-hollywood-film-tristar-pictures-homicide-kill-attempts-teenage-hit-men-affair-jail-relationship-allentown-pennsylvania |title=Couple together for 57 years survives infidelity, murder plot, and prison time |date=February 17, 2023 |publisher=WFMZ |access-date=2023-04-23}}</ref>
* In 1988, portions of the movie ''[[Hairspray (1988 film)|Hairspray]]'' were filmed at [[Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom]] and other Allentown locations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leader |first=Times |date=2015-06-10 |title=Our own Dorney Park stars in 'Hairspray' |url=https://www.timesleader.com/archive/165507/news-features-1366683-our-own-dorney-park-stars-in-hairspray |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Times Leader |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 1987, [[List of Newhart episodes|Season 5, Episode 23]] of the sit-com ''[[Newhart]]'', titled "Good-bye and Good Riddance, Mr. Chips", Dick Loudon, played by [[Bob Newhart]], takes an adult typing class with a teacher who failed him in his sixth grade geography class at Cunningham Elementary in Allentown.<ref>{{Citation |last=Steinberg |first=David |title=Good-Bye & Good Riddance, Mr. Chips |date=1987-04-06 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0659935/?ref_=tt_ch |access-date=2024-07-06 |series=Newhart |others=Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Peter Scolari}}</ref> 
* In 1982, Allentown is the subject and title of the [[Billy Joel]] song, "[[Allentown (song)|Allentown]]," which is the first song on ''[[The Nylon Curtain]]'' album and uses Allentown as a metaphor for the resilience of [[working class]] Americans in distressed industrial cities during the [[recession]] of the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beviglia |first=Jim |date=2019-11-05 |title=Behind the Song: Billy Joel, "Allentown" |url=https://americansongwriter.com/billy-joel-allentown/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 1980, in the [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] musical ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]]'', Allentown is the hometown of lead character Peggy Sawyer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=42nd STREET |url=https://www.theatrebythesea.com/42ndstreet.html |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Theatre By The Sea |language=en}}</ref>
* In 1975, [[Frank Zappa]] references Allentown in his song "200 Years Old," which appears on the album ''[[Bongo Fury]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Zappa (Ft. Captain Beefheart) – 200 Years Old |url=https://genius.com/Frank-zappa-200-years-old-lyrics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331092410/https://genius.com/Frank-zappa-200-years-old-lyrics |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=Genius.com}}</ref>
* In 1968, the film ''[[Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows]]'' was filmed at [[Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom]] and other Allentown locations.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063800/locations/ |title=Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968) - Filming & production - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2024-07-06 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>
* In 1968, ''Hiding The Bell'', a [[historical fiction]] novel by Ruth Nulton Moore, chronicles the hiding of the [[Liberty Bell]] in Allentown during [[Philadelphia campaign|fall of Philadelphia]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>Moore, Ruth Nulton. [[iarchive:hidingbell00moor|''Hiding The Bell'']]. Westminster Press, 1968.</ref>
* In 1958, Allentown is mentioned in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Bye Bye Birdie]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Original Broadway Cast of Bye Bye Birdie (Ft. Chita Rivera) – Spanish Rose |url=https://genius.com/Original-broadway-cast-of-bye-bye-birdie-spanish-rose-lyrics |access-date=2024-07-06}}</ref>
* In 1954, exterior shots of Allentown's [[PPL Building]], the city's tallest building, are featured throughout the movie ''[[Executive Suite]]''.<ref name="auto" />
* In 1934, Allentown is featured in the novel ''[[The Thin Man]]'' by [[Dashiell Hammett]] and the [[The Thin Man (film)|film of the same name]]. The references involve the apparent [[suicide attempt]] of Clyde Wynant in Allentown, but it turns out it was another man who was shot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, from Project Gutenberg Canada |url=https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/hammettd-thinman/hammettd-thinman-00-h.html |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=gutenberg.ca}}</ref>