Bell Ringer Chapter 20:3 Radio and Movies What were the major innovations of mass entertainment in the 20’s? How did mass entertainment affect American Culture? Pick a movie star, sports hero, or other major figure and tell why he/she was important? What modern figure does your person from question 3 correspond to? Radio and Movies Radio and movies reached many Americans and created a common culture.

Popular Culture is Born Chapter 20:3

Radio Radio was originally used by ships at sea and the military 1920 Westinghouse Co. starts the first corporate radio station in the U.S. News and entertainment programming creates a mass market for radios New innovations like the vacuum tube make radios more effective The radio makes mass culture possible: the whole country now hears the same news, advertisements, and political messages

Movies D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation is first blockbuster Rudolph Valentino Movies D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation is first blockbuster Movie contains many racist themes 1928 The Jazz Singer is first talkie Walt Disney debuts animation film Steamboat Willie

Movie Stars Rudolph Valentino becomes romantic symbol Clara Bow becomes known as the “It Girl” Charlie Chaplin is biggest star of silent movies Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Picford make first Hollywood super couple

Lucky Lindy Charles Lindberg makes first trans-Atlantic flight in 33.5 hours; New York to Paris First national hero and was universally respected for his exploits

Amelia Earhart Earhart becomes first women to cross the Atlantic Set many speed and distance records She disappears over the Pacific trying to fly around the world; her remains have never been located

The Lost Generation F. Scott Fitzgerald and his The Great Gatsby Ernest Hemingway and his A Farewell to Arms George Gershwin is major composer of the 1920’s Gertrude Stein makes reference to American artists living in Paris as the “Lost Generation”

Sports Heroines Helen Wills is dominant tennis player of her era Gertrude Ederle swims English Channel in 14 hours 31 minutes Broke record by two hours Babe Didrikson was the finest all-around athlete of her generation, excelling in Track and Field, Golf, and Basketball

Sports Heroes Babe Ruth is first mega sports star Red Grange, the “Galloping Ghost” is college football star Bobby Jones wins golf’s grand slam Jack Dempsey is biggest sports hero of the age 6’1 187 lbs w/ 77 reach 6’5 248 lbs w/ 84 reach Lennox Lewis

Baseball and the Growth of America 1929