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?