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What Were the 1920’s Movies All About?
• Slapstick Comedy
• No Sound
• Black and White
• Rise of Major Celebrities
Why All the Fuss Over Movies?• “Living Newspapers”• Local National –Celebrities– Appeal
• Commented on Society– common values– set new trends
• Escape
Works CitedGoldfield, David, et al. The American Journey. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson
Education, Inc., 2007.
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“Who Watched the Film?” History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web. 31st March
2006. The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning and the Center for Learning and New Media. 19 October 2008. <http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/film/question4.html>.
“1940’s America.” Collab. 2008. 19 October 2008. <http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/jwb/collab/40s/Tour.htm>.
“Rick Benjamin’s Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.” New World Classics. 19 October 2008. <http://www.newworldclassics.com/paragon-photos.htm>.
“Saving the Great Old Movie Theaters.” The Bijou Blog. 19 October 2008. <http://matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com/2007/11/saving.html>.
Carolyn Thompson Noel Waddington