1. The Roaring Twenties A New Mass Culture: Movies

2. Bell Ringer Why did people have more leisure time in the 1920s? In the cities, what did they do with this extra time?

3. Movies ●A new form of entertainment making life happier after the horrors of WWI o Movie industry grew rapidly

4. ●First movie theaters called Nickelodeons o During the 1920s, 60 to 100 million Americans went to the movies each week o Biggest output of movies in 1920s and 30s (800 films per year - today 500 is remarkable)

5. ●The Big Five studios dominated the industry o Warner Bros. Paramount Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) o Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)Fox

6. ●The Little Three (didn’t own their own theaters) o Columbia Universal United Artists

7. ●Chinese Theater (LA) built by Sid Grauman (1927) o Immortalized Hollywood icons through handprints/footprints

8. ●By 1927, Hollywood became the center of movie-making industry o Warm weather and scenic locations ●Hollywood sign (1923) o actually advertisement for real estate

9. ●Charlie Chaplin o silent film comedian o “The World’s Greatest Comedian” o At peak, made $10,000 a week o Top films: The Tramp (1915), The Kid (1921)

11. ●The Jazz Singer (1927) was the first talking movie o Starred Al Jolson

12. ●Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie (1928)

13. ● Get into groups of 3-4 o Choose a name from a hat  Research the actor/actress (each member researches) ●As a group, answer the following questions: o What major films did they star in? o Did they get their handprints in Hollywood? o Did they have any nicknames? (“It Girl, etc.”) o What were they well known for? Any specific type of movie? o Why were they liked? o Any famous relations? Groups

14. Top Actors/Actresses ● Mary Pickford o “America’s Sweetheart” o First to make $1 million/year ●Douglas Fairbank o Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers

15. ●Rudolph Valentino o Romantic idol o The Sheik o Died at the age of 31 - funeral was a public spectacle

16. Exit Ticket How did The Jazz Singer change the movie industry?