The 1920s was filled with new and exciting games and clothing that everyone loved.

 

Popular hobbies of the 20s that was set by President Roosevelt was stamp collecting.                                                   

Other popular hobbies were:

Parlor games

Board games

Horse racing (also interest in a lot of sports grew big like baseball) Stars like Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio brought many people to the stadium to watch the games.

New jumps and skii runs started to become popular.

Dancing (Charleston, Fox-trot and the shimmy)

Radio- People loved to listen to the radio to hear music, sports and live events

Movies- A big excitment was going out to see their favorite actors in new movies.

 

Fashion:

Flappers were what most women wore in the 1920s.

Then zippers started to become more popular because people were getting sick of all of the buttons.

Mens pants= high wasted and wide.

Women wore long skirts in the evening.  ^[1]

 

                    

 Babe Ruth-       

     George Hermon Ruth "Babe Ruth" was born on February 6, 1895. Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Babe Ruth was a player on the Red Sox until 1920 until he went to the Yankees.While he was on the Red Sox he hit a total of 49 home runs, but on The Yankees he hit a total of 659 home runs. Babe Ruth's final year of 1935 he played for The Boston Braves where he hit a total of 6 home runs, totaling his career total of 714 home runs. A year after Babe Ruth retired from baseball in 1935, he was entered into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

Harold Grange- 

 

     Harold Grange was one of the most popular college football players. He was the fastest and the greatest open fielder through out his whole career. In total he has carried the ball 4,103 times, gained 33,920 yards, and an average of 8.4 meters each time.

 

Jack Dempsey-

     Jack Dempsey was a popular boxer during the 1920s. He had a total of 82 fights, 66 Wins, 51 Knock Outs, 6 Losses, 9 Draws and 6 No contests. Dempsey, had won the heavyweight title in 1919, but then ended up losing it in 1926 to Gene Tunney. 

 

                               

 

The Movies of the 1920’s are very different compared to the movie of today. If a person today were to watch a movie from the 1920’s they would probably think it’s boring. The two major reasons why the movies of the 1920’s and today's are different are because they had no sound and they were black and white. Even though they had no sound and were black and white people used to go to see the movie, and the theaters were packed every night.^[2]

 

In the 1920’s a man named Ub Iwerks had worked for Disney Brothers’ Cartoon Studios. He had created a cartoon which looked like a mouse, and he has called it Mickey Mouse. When Disney Brothers’ Cartoon Studios was threatened by bankruptcy, Mickey had saved them. On October 6, 1928 Disney Brothers’ Cartoon Studios had produced the first sound film with Mickey Mouse.^[3]

 

                

   Mickey Mouse was the favorite cartoon character in Steamboat Wille.

 

 

A major film producing company was the Warner Brothers Pictures. A big hit film that they had produced in the 1920’s was Rin Tin Tin. Rin Tin Tin was a German shepherd dog who was staring in the movies. In the 1920’s Warner Brothers Pictures was almost bankrupt before they had found Rin Tin Tin. Rin Tin Tin had stated in 26 films and because of that the Warner Brothers Pictures was saved from bankrupt. When Rin Tin Tin was at the peak of his career he used to receive over 10,000 letters a week. On August 10, 1932 Rin Tin Tin had passed away, three days before he was supposed to state a new film.^[4]

                  Rin-Tin-Tin             

 

                        

 

               

       

Charlie Chaplin was one of the most famous and best comedians of the 1920s. He was born April 16, 1889 in Walworth, London. His full name was Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin. He grew up in penury, even though both his parents were music hall artists, but they seperated when Chaplin was young. His mother is the one who motivated him to start a career in acting and singing. Chaplin came to the United States in 1910 in hopes of becoming a successful actor/performer. One of his famous inspirational quotes was "A day without laughter is a day wasted." Chaplins funniest films of his time were "Woman in Paris," "The Gold Rush," and "The Circus." He won an Academy Award for "The Circus" in 1929. Some of his best comedies were "The Gold Rush", "The Circus", "The Great Dictator" and many more. He was known as one of the most creative artists in film history, and first accomplished worldwide fame with his extremely popular silent films.^[5]  [6]   

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                         Some of Charlie Chaplins movies.

 

                          

       

 

Al Jolson was known as one of the top musical stars and "The World's Greatest Entertainer" of the 1920's.

Jolson was born May 26, 1886 in Russia. He was one of the first openly jewish men to become an entertainer. His birth name was Asa Yoelson, but he soon changed it to Al Jolson when he got into the entertainment business. Jolson began singing and performing at a young age. Although his father cantor Moshe Yoelson wanted him to follow in his religious footsteps, Jolson just wanted to perform and thats what he did. He was best known as a (Jazz) singer, actor and dancer. His biggest role to fame was when he starred in "The Jazz Singer" when he introduced his famous line "You ain't heard nothin' yet". He was also known for his black faced alter ego "Gus" which became very popular in shows like "Sinbad," "Bombo," and "Big Boy". He stared in many Broadway shows like "Bombo" with the song "My Mammy". He later went on and starred in films like "Mammy," "Hallelujah, Im a Bum," and "The Singing Fool." Some of Jolsons popular songs were "Ma Blushin' Rosie," "Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye," "April Showers," "California Here I Come," and "Swanee." Jolson sadly died October 23, 1950 from a heart attack. He will always be known as one of the greatest stars in show biz. ^{[8]  [9]}

 

        Al Jolson singing "Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye"

 

              Al Jolson singing "April Showers"

 

         

      

Harry Houdini is known as a famous magician of the 1920s. He was one of the greatest magicians that ever lived. Houdini would amaze his crowds with his imposible escapes, and amazing magic tricks. No one is really sure when he was exactly born, but studies show that it was March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. His real name was Ehrich Wiesz, he changed it because of his idol Robert Houdini (also a magician.) Houdini started performing at a young age, his first magic show was at the age of nine on October 28, 1883. He started his proffecional life at seventeen years old. He travled much of Europe first sharing his tricks with many people, and then returned to the United States. Many of his tricks consisted of breaking free out of mostly anything that he would put himself in. Houdini will always be known for his daring stunts and never giving up. ^{[10] [11]}

                         Harry Houdini and his many tricks

 

 

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