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 Moment By Moment
1978
Universal
Directed by Jane Wagner
Starring: Lily Tomlin, John Travolta, Andra Akers, Bert Kramer
John Travolta's first romantic lead role is in an ill-fated May-September romance. Trisha (Tomlin) is a bored, wealthy, middle-aged housewife living in Southern California in a marriage that is no longer new. On the beach near her house, Trisha meets the handsome young drifter named Strip (Travolta) who is 20 years younger. Soon an affair starts, but Strip is more interested in Trisha than she is in him, and this leads to inevitable problems.
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 Grease
1978
Paramount
Directed by Randal Kleiser
Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci, Kelly Ward, Didi Conn.
This film adaptation of the long-running stage play GREASE is the musical tribute to the fabulous 1950s. As a new school year begins, wholesome Australian exchange student Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) and duck-tailed, leather-jacket-clad Danny (John Travolta) parlay their last summer's romance into an on-and-off attraction. The popular soundtrack includes "You're the One that I Want," "Hopelessly Devoted to You," "Summer Nights," and the title tune. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Hopelessly Devoted to You"). This is a timeless classic loved by all ages.
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 Saturday Night Fever
1977
Paramount
Directed by John Badham
Starring: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Donna Pescow, Barry Miller
In the film that made disco and white suits all the rage, nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero (Travolta) lives for Saturday nights at the local disco. During the day he works for a paint store and lives at home but at the disco he is the “man.” He spies Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) in the disco and starts training with her for the club's dance competition. Stephanie dreams about finding fame in New York City and this forces Tony to look at his life. Incredible dancing, the music of the Bee Gees and authentic portrayals make this one of the most entertaining and enduring films of our times.
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 Carrie
1976
MGM
Directed by Brian De Palma
Starring: Sissy Spacek and Amy Irving, John Travolta
Based on a novel by Stephen King, Carrie is in turn humorous, scary and heart rending. It is now recognized as a classic and has spawned many teen horror imitations. High school girls played by Amy Irving (in her film debut), P.J. Soles, and Nancy Allen seek to get vengeance on fellow student and telekinetic Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), after they get in trouble for tormenting her.
Piper Laurie plays Carrie's mom and does a magnificent job. John Travolta shines as one of the girls' beer-guzzling boyfriends.
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 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976
Prism Entertainment
Directed by Randal Kleiser
Starring: John Travolta, Glynnis O’Connor, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland, Ralph Bellamy
Tod Lubitch is a normal teenage boy in every way but one -- he was born without an active immune system. As a result, he must spend his life inside a plastic bubble that keeps away all germs... but also isolates him from other people. Over the years, Tod adapts to this often lonely existence with the help of his loving parents. After he becomes romantically attracted to the girl next door, however, he struggles to find a way to be with her.
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The Devil's Rain
1975
Directed by Robert Feust
Starring: WILLIAM SHATNER, ERNEST BORGNINE, IDA LUPINO, JOHN TRAVOLTA, EDDIE ALBERT
This was John Travolta's film debut, but his limited role is as a hooded cult follower. The Devil's Rain features Corbis (Ernest Borgnine) hunting a Midwest family as he searches for "The Book," an ancient tome stolen centuries ago containing the names of the devil cult's disciples written in their own blood. As he turns the family one by one into dead-eyed soldiers for Satan, surviving son Tom Skerrit struggles to free them and keep the tome out of Corbis's hands. The film is filled with arresting images of the black-eyed zombies wandering through a desert ghost town, gripping horrow and other strong visual effects. The cast (including a stiff William Shatner and a tired Ida Lupino) is more solemn than spirited. Only Borgnine sinks his teeth into his role, preaching the word of the devil with gusto and theatrical flourish and transforming into a horned demon in a blood ceremony that builds to a dynamic climax.
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 Welcome Back, Kotter
1975-1979
ABC Television
Directed by Roy Christopher
Starring: John Travolta, Gabe Kaplan, Robert Hegyes, Ron Palillo
Gabe Kotter, formerly a Sweathog, returns to James Buchanan High as a teacher. He's assigned the remedial class, teaching the same type group of outcasts he himself was once: Students unable or unwilling to be in a normal classroom. The four main students are Vinnie Barbarino, Freddie "Boom-Boom" Washington, Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein, and Arnold Dingfelder Horshack.
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