Entertainment Before 1950
- Created by: Simone Harley
- Created on: 10-12-12 17:48
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- Popular Entertainment Before 1950
- Theatres and Music Halls
- Large towns had 1 theatre and several music halls
- Many people visited theatres and music halls as special treats
- More for working class and upper class people
- People listen to operas such as HMS Pinafore and The Mikado
- Mary Llyod and Harry Launder were very well known
- Music Halls tended to be more raucos and several reporters were worried about behaviour
- People would sing along in music halls and it offered songs with catchy choruses
- Churches and Chapels
- Many People attended church in the beginning of the 20th century
- Sundays were the day of worship
- Churches offered activities all days of the week and all year
- For mainly Children and women church activities was their only form of entertainment
- Churches organized lots of activities
- Choirs and Brass Bands
- Drama groups
- Penny readings
- Sports teams
- Pubs and Institiutes
- People didn't want workers near the dangers of alcohol
- Pubs were opposed by many
- Wives worried about husbands drinking
- Managers worried about absence from work
- Chapel goers worried about moral standards
- The Temperance Movement was set up in the 19th Century and campaigned against the consumption of alcohol
- Going to the pub was an essential part of male leisure time
- Sports teams used them as their head quarters
- Cinemas
- First cinema opened in 1907
- 1914 - 4000 "Picture Palaces" in Britain
- Poor mans theatre
- 1927 - first "Talkie" the Jazz Singer
- 1930 - 50% of the population went to the cinema once a week
- Famous Names: Greta Garbol and Errol Flynn
- Theatres and Music Halls
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