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Review:1.) What was the nickname given to the
young, energetic, people of the 1920s?
New Morality
Review:2.) How did women’s lives change in the
1920s
19th Amendmenthad the right to
Vote!
Worked duringthe war
= had their own money!
Review:3.) What is the nickname for this New
Morality chick?
Flapper
Review:4.) What is the nickname for the group of
people trying to hold on to the old more traditional way of life?
Fundamentalists
The 1920’s new American Dream:
The Gangster
LifestyleWhy was the gangster lifestyle so
popular at the turn of the century?
Historical Events Gangster
#1.) Mass Immigration to USA cities
millions of immigrants
moved to America
•WWI (1914-1918) destroyed Europe
CAUSE EFFECT
Influence on Gangster? = some turned to crime in order to survive
Historical Events Gangster
#2.) The 18th Amendment (1919)
Gov. outlawed Liquor
production, consumption
& sale
society was drunkand misbehaving
CAUSE EFFECT
Influence on Gangster? = became organized and made more $$
Prohibition
Bootleg Liquor
Speakeasy
Al Capone (1899-1947)
- Alphonse Capone- Jan. 17, 1899- Got his scars during bar fight
- expelled from HS at 15- Took control of Chicago when the Old Boss was assassinated
- Oct 1931 went to jail for tax evasion- Died Jan 25, 1947
“Public Enemy #1”
"Big Jim" Colosimo
Johnny Torrio
AlCapone
Assassinated1920
• Married to Mae Coughlin
• Never carried a weapon
• Always surrounded by bodyguards
• Only traveled at night, but LOVED to be seen in public (esp. the Opera)
• Penthouse Apt. in Metropole Hotel.
1st part of Scarface:
As you watch….
Note how this film is different from typical gangster films.
Today’s Topic:
Was the pop culture of 1920s America corrupting
the citizens?
Should films & radio be censored?
Basic Vocab:
Morals?
• Morals are our beliefs about what is wrong and what is right.
Censorship?
* the act of stopping transmission or publication of material deemed objectionable.
In other words:Cutting out the bad stuff
Prohibition Jan. 1920 = 18th Amendment
People Fear = life is changing, becoming corrupt…all b/c of alcohol!
Example: 1920s Censorship:
Target = Loose behavior in Film
People Fear = movies are sending a bad
message
• By 1930s =
strict Motion Picture
Production Code = Hays Code
Example: 1920s Censorship:
Scandalist film…
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle
(March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933)
-Highest paid Silent Film Actor ($1 mill in 1918)
-Mentored Charlie Chaplin
-Labor 1921: Miss Virginia Rappe got sick at his party and soon died.
-Arbuckle stood trial 3 times for manslaughter.
-Acquitted.
Will HaysWrote the Code
Joe BreenEnforced the Code
1920s Censorship
Why it was needed:
The rules:
“No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it”
- Only correct standards of life shall be presented
- No ridicule of the law or law enforcement agencies (criminals cannot be shown in a sympathetic light)
- NO: nudity, “suggestive” dancing, ridicule of religion, no drug use, methods of crime, homosexuality, interracial marriage, STDs, or depiction of child birth, scenes of passion, excessive and lustful kissing,
The Hays CodeCannot say:
*&^$^@Or
$%#@^*Or
$#@*()&^Or
#%%#&@@OR
#@&*^%#
"Big Jim" Colosimo
Johnny Torrio
AlCapone
Assassinated1920
Al Capone
Feb 14th 1929
North Side Gang
Bugs Moran
Pop Quiz1.) The film opens with a “plea”? Who is it to and why? 2.) Why did Women start wearing short hair, drinking, smoking, and acting “loose” during the 1920s?
3.) The movie Scarface is based on the life of _________?
4.) What was one crime this individual committed in real life that we see reenacted in the film?
5.) What did the 18th Amendment do? Why did it help the gangster?
Set-Up For the Next Film
• Read the article “Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Tramp’ Character.
• In Bullet Points:A.) What does the Tramp look like?
B.) How does the Tramp act?
C.) Why did Charlie Chaplin create this character? What is he supposed to represent?
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