The Roaring 20’s: Cinema

By Stephanie Krysik and Victoria Clark

Thesis

Cinema changed drastically during the 1920’s, though most changes were good some were bad. 1920’s cinema laid the foundation for our cinema today.

Cinema

• Most were silent before 1920’s• Talkies

• 1926

• Warner Brothers– Don Juan

• Hollywood Studios

• Disney’s 1st cartoon

• First war films in 1926

• First Gangster films in 1927

Academy Awards

• 1927

• Douglas Fairbanks

• “Best Picture” » Oscar

• William Wellman's Wings – Clara Bow and Gary Cooper

Problems

• Issue of Profanity and vulgarity– “It” 1927

• Clara Bow

Most Memorable

• Rin Tin-Tin

• Mary Pickford– “Our Mary”– Pollyanna(1920)

• Charlie Chaplin– Part of the slapstick era– The Kid (1921)

Most Memorable-continued

• Felix the Cat• 1921

• Toll of the Sea• 2nd Technicolor film

• Mask of Zorro• 1920

• Mickey Mouse• 1928

• Alice in Wonderland• 1926

Videos

Hollywood by 1927

• Millions of $

• Bigger theatres

Sources

• The Classic Felix the Cat Page. Web. 28 Jan. 2010. <http://felix.goldenagecartoons.com/>.

• "Roaring Twenties - Culture of the Roaring Twenties." Spiritus-Temporis.com - Historical Events, Latest News, News Archives. Web. 28 Jan. 2010. <http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/roaring-twenties/culture-of-the-roaring-twenties.html>.

• "Cartoons And Cinema Of The 20th Century." Oracle ThinkQuest Library. Web. 28 Jan. 2010. <http://library.thinkquest.org/C0118600/index.phtml?menu=en%3B2%3Bci2001.html>.