Review: 1.) What was the nickname given to the young, energetic, people of the 1920s? New Morality.

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Review: 1.) What was the nickname given to the young, energetic, people of the 1920s? New Morality

Review: 2.) How did women’s lives change in the 1920s 19 th Amendment had the right to Vote! Worked during the war = had their own money!

Review: 3.) What is the nickname for this New Morality chick? Flapper

Review: 4.) What is the nickname for the group of people trying to hold on to the old more traditional way of life? Fundamentalists

The 1920’s new American Dream: The Gangster Lifestyle Why was the gangster lifestyle so popular at the turn of the century?

Historical Events  Gangster #1.) Mass Immigration to USA cities millions of immigrants moved to America WWI ( ) destroyed Europe CAUSE EFFECT Influence on Gangster ? = some turned to crime in order to survive

Historical Events  Gangster #2.) The 18 th Amendment (1919) Gov. outlawed Liquor production, consumption & sale society was drunk and misbehaving CAUSE EFFECT Influence on Gangster ? = became organized and made more $$ Prohibition Bootleg Liquor Speakeasy

Al Capone ( ) - Alphonse Capone - Jan. 17, Got his scars during bar fight - expelled from HS at 15 - Took control of Chicago when the Old Boss was assassinated - Oct 1931 went to jail for tax evasion - Died Jan 25, 1947 “Public Enemy #1”

"Big Jim" Colosimo Johnny Torrio Al Capone Assassinated 1920

Married to Mae Coughlin Never carried a weapon Always surrounded by bodyguards Only traveled at night, but LOVED to be seen in public (esp. the Opera) Penthouse Apt. in Metropole Hotel.

1 st part of Scarface: As you watch…. Note how this film is different from typical gangster films.

Today’s Topic: Was the pop culture of 1920s America corrupting the citizens? Should films & radio be censored?

Basic Vocab: Morals? Morals are our beliefs about what is wrong and what is right. Censorship? * the act of stopping transmission or publication of material deemed objectionable. In other words: Cutting out the bad stuff

Prohibition Jan = 18th Amendment People Fear = life is changing, becoming corrupt…all b/c of alcohol! Example: 1920s Censorship:

Target = Loose behavior in Film People Fear = movies are sending a bad message By 1930s = strict Motion Picture Production Code = Hays Code

Scandalist film…

Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) -Highest paid Silent Film Actor ($1 mill in 1918) -Mentored Charlie Chaplin -Labor 1921: Miss Virginia Rappe got sick at his party and soon died. -Arbuckle stood trial 3 times for manslaughter. -Acquitted.

Will Hays Wrote the Code Joe Breen Enforced the Code 1920s Censorship

Why it was needed: The rules: “No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it” -Only correct standards of life shall be presented -No ridicule of the law or law enforcement agencies (criminals cannot be shown in a sympathetic light) -NO: nudity, “suggestive” dancing, ridicule of religion, no drug use, methods of crime, homosexuality, interracial marriage, STDs, or depiction of child birth, scenes of passion, excessive and lustful kissing, The Hays Code Cannot say: Or Or Or OR

"Big Jim" Colosimo Johnny Torrio Al Capone Assassinated 1920

Al Capone Feb 14 th 1929 North Side Gang Bugs Moran

Pop Quiz 1.) The film opens with a “plea”? Who is it to and why? 2.) Why did Women start wearing short hair, drinking, smoking, and acting “loose” during the 1920s? 3.) The movie Scarface is based on the life of _________? 4.) What was one crime this individual committed in real life that we see reenacted in the film? 5.) What did the 18 th Amendment do? Why did it help the gangster?

Set-Up For the Next Film Read the article “Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Tramp’ Character. In Bullet Points: A.) What does the Tramp look like? B.) How does the Tramp act? C.) Why did Charlie Chaplin create this character? What is he supposed to represent?