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Per 7 1920s Entertainment

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1920's Entertainment

Movies

Top 14 Movies of the 1920's

The Big Parade (1925)
The Singing Fool (1928)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Way Down East (1920)
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
The Covered Wagon (1923)
Wings (1927) (unknown gross)
Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1920) (tie)
Aloma of the South Seas (1926) (tie)
The Jazz Singer (1927) (tie)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
The Kid (1921)

Movies were an important during the 1920's because it got peoples mind off the horrors of WW1. The 1920's had the greatest output of films with an average of 800 films produced annually. In 1923 the first sycronized sound track came out. 1927 was very big year for the movie industry changed dramatically. The reasearch in films changed such as talking- picture technologies were created by Warner Bro's' Vitaphone and their competitors such as Movie Tone made by Western Electric and Photophone made by RCA. 85 percent of all movies were made in or near Hollywood, California.

Sports

1920 National Football League formed
Negro National League formed
Baseball
Tennis
Golf
Swimming
Boxing

Babe Ruth is sold to the New York Yankees and hits 54 homerun in his first season with them. Clevelend Indians shortstop Ray Chatman is killed my Carl Mays pitch. Ty Cobb Honus Wagners record for career hits.