20s Blog Discussions:
Jazz music: Nickname- the jazz age. Four main guys- Paul Whiteman, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Handerson. Popular because it was rebellious, something to dance to. Led to the swing age in the 30s. Cotton Club- famous speak easy in NYC.
Sports: Babe Ruth- best baseball player of all time, most famous playing for the Yankees. Jack Dempsey- boxer. Gene Tunny- Boxer. Bobby Jones- golfer. Bill Tilden- tennis player. Red Grange- football player. Radios made sports popular because people could follow sports.
Buying on credit: made the economy in the 20s boom. Buy now pay later.
Fashion: women- flapper dresses (more comfortable, looser, frilly, sequins, to the knees), short hair (bob), little hats, looser shorter clothing, many women did not dress like the flappers, dressed more for sports (started wearing shorts). Men- more laid back, big baggy pants, fedoras, wingtip shoes, two-toned shoes, double-breasted suits, high-water pants, short ties.
Fads: Jazz, barnstorming, dancing, flag pole sitting, trying to set world records.
Movies: warner brothers, paramont studios, RKO, MGM, the 20th century Fox, walt disney- first mickey mouse. 800 films a year back then. actors/actresses- greta garbo, clara bo, mary pickford, charlie chaplin, douglass fairbanks, rudolph valentino, the marks brothers. harry houdini- famous magician.
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