After looking all over the place I have come up empty handed so I decided to give it a try and ask:
What was a popular form of entertainment during 1900-39 [movies, music, dance, etc]?
Who was a famous star during that period [a singer, movie star, dancer, etc]?
Thanks...
2007-06-18 06:41:00 · 3 answers · asked by ? 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Movies would be good; this spans the era from the silent films to the talkies. Try Laurel and Hardy as comedy/movie stars.
2007-06-18 06:45:54 · answer #1 · answered by CanProf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Movies: Big stars included Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, Rudolf Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Laurel and Hardy
Popular Music: Ragtime from 1900-1910, Tin Pan Alley, Jazz. Music stars: Al Jolson, Louis Armstrong, George M Cohan, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter
Broadway Theatre: Musical reviews were popular and this was the era of the start of the serious musical: Showboat, Porgy and Bess.
Vaudeville: A kind of travelling variety show featuring comedy and musical acts. Many vaudevillians later became TV stars: Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello, Bob Hope
2007-06-18 13:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Chow!!
2007-06-18 15:37:42 · answer #3 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋