Entertainment in the 1920s
Olivia Pieper
Entertainment of the 1920s
Movies
- Mostly silent movies, but by the end of the decade turned into "talkies".
- 1923: A commercially distributed film that contained a synchronized soundtrack was released.
- 20 Hollywood movie studios
- Averaged about 800 films per year
Famous Movie Studios, Movies & Stars
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Paramount pictures
- RKO (Radio-Keith-Opheum) Pictures
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- 20th Century Fox
Music
- The 1920s were known as the "Jazz Age".
- Dance Bands, Jazz, Blues, Broadway and Ragtime were popular.
- Teens and young adults mostly listened to Jazz while the older adults listened to blues.
- Older people viewed Jazz as disruptive.
- The acoustic recording process was changed to an electrical recording process.
- The number of record labels increased.
Famous Performers, Bands, & Songs
- Jazz: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, and Count Basie
- Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Lonnie Johnson
- Dance Bands: Paul Whiteman, Nat Shilkret, Ben Bernie , and Fletcher Henderson
- Broadway: Eddie Cantor, Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, and Helen Morgan
Art
- Surrealism and Art Deco were two important art movements
- Surrealism developed techniques such as automatic drawings and paintings.
- Art Deco affected architecture because it was a technique that used aluminum, stainless steel, lacquer, inlaid wood, sharkskin, and zebra skin
- Maxfield Parrish: painter and illustrator
- C. Cole Phillips: Illustrator for Life Magazine
Litterature
- Reading was an important part of most people's lives.
- Magazines, books, and newspapers were used for entertainment and to gain knowledge.
- Authors wrote about the changes in society
- Books like "The Waste Land" by T.S. Elliot, and "The New Negro" by Alain Locke defined the 1920s.
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