Friday 31 May 2019

America in the 1920s :: American America History

America in the 1920s INTRODUCTION The Twenties sick a decade which condidted of many well know events andfamous mint. In which do the mid-twenties part of out history today, suchevents and people that made history in the twenties were Al Capone the wellmnow mafia leader from Chicago, Charlie Chaplain of the silent movies, theannual Montreal Carninval in Canada, and the 60th anniversary of canada in1927. But these events and people are only a quarter of the history helpin the 1920s.ENTERTAINMENT Entertainment in the Twenties consisted of many famous people, it wasin the twenties when a man by the name of Walt Elias Disney (1901-66) acartoonest born in Chicago, in which he later graduated and later startedhis own animation troupe which he introduced Disneys most popular ansenduring cartoon characters MICKEY MOUSE in 1928. During the twentiesMICKEY entertained Canadians in such films as Steam Boat Willie (1928).Other great cartoon films done be Disney include Skeleton Dan ce in (1929). The silent movies of the twenties is nothing to compaire with the diffused movies we have today. The actors had to show alot of seventh cranial nerve andbady expressions to get the veiwers to understand what was happening in thefilm. The most talented actors in the twenties were Charlie Chaplai whowas known for his tramp look, Keaton with his stone facial expressions(because he showed no emotion) and the famous romatic Radolph Valintino.These three and many more entertained Canadians through the twenties. In 1926 the voice era was coming in effect by Warner Brothers by theVitaphone. In 1927 Warner Brothers finally completed the first soundpicture called The Jazz Singer To canadains evenings were not spent infront of t.v. Instead they wouldlisten to the radio set. One for the radio stations listened to was CKCL. Theywould listen to mostly music and live plays. Most of the music theylistened to was Jazz, and of course those were the days of the popularba llroom dancing with the big bands. Other slipway of entertainment were bynewspapers and books, One of the novels was Strange Fugitives. Back inthe twenties Canadains authors produced 50 best sellinsFashion When the first world war ended a new stage was set for a new fashion.Such signs of fashion change was already happening. The loosening of fit

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