Entertainment 1920s
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- Entertainment 1920s
- 1920s USA= 'roaring twenties'= riotous fun, loud music, wild enjoyment
- social changes changed the way people lived
- growing prosperity gave people spare time & money to go out & enjoy
- entertainment industry excelled: average working week dropped from 47.4 - 44.2 hrs = more leisure time
- average wages rose by 11%= workers had more disposable income
- spare time & money used in entertainment
- RADIO
- almost everyone listened to radio & had their own set
- people who couldn't afford a radio could get one in instalments
- choice of programmes grew quickly
- august 1921: one licensed radio station, by end of 1922= 508 stations
- by 1929: new network NBC was making $150 million a year
- 60 000 radios= 1920
- 10 000 000 radios by 1929
- JAZZ
- radio gave more access to new music
- jazz popular among young people
- african americans moved from the country to city & brought jazz and blues music with them
- blues music= popular among african americans
- jazz = popular among young whites and african americans
- 192s= jazz age with new dances like the Charleston
- older generations saw jazz & the likes as corrupt & bad influence on young people
- SPORT
- baseball = big money sport- legendary teams like New York Yankees & Boston Red Sox
- prominent people like Al Capone were baseball fans
- boxing was also very popular
- CINEMA
- Hollywood = big film industry was developing
- all-year-round sunshine = more films could be produced
- until 1927 all films were silent
- 1927 = first 'talkie' made
- 1920s: movies = multi-billion dollar business & about 100 million cinema tickets sold each week
- CAR
- motor car led to major changes & improvements
- cars helped cities grow by opening suburbs
- people travelled to/from entertainment
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