Pop culture during the 1920s was characterized by the flapper, automobiles, nightclubs, movies, and jazz. Life moved fast as a new sense of prosperity and freedom emerged at the end of World War I. Products were manufactured in mass-produced packaging. Billboards popped up all over the cities. Crossword puzzles, board games, and marathon dancing became the new "crazes." New technology became available for ordinary citizens, and because of this, the era also came to be known as the "Machine Age."
Radio in the 1920s "knitted the nation together." It started as local stations, but as technology improved, national stations became more and more popular. These national programs were sponsored by manufacturers and distributors of brand-name products. Stations broadcasted everything from news and music to politics and news. "Amos 'n' Andy" was a popular comedy program of the time.
In 1903 The Great Train Robbery became the first story sequence movie to reach the big screen. It was shown in five cent movie theaters across the country that came to be known as "nickelodeons." As the movie industry began to grow, Hollywood in Southern California quickly became the movie capital of the world because it enjoyed long hours of sunshine among other advantages. The earliest movies were not required to follow a code of censorship, but the outraged public soon forced the screen magnates to establish one.
Radio in the 1920s "knitted the nation together." It started as local stations, but as technology improved, national stations became more and more popular. These national programs were sponsored by manufacturers and distributors of brand-name products. Stations broadcasted everything from news and music to politics and news. "Amos 'n' Andy" was a popular comedy program of the time.
In 1903 The Great Train Robbery became the first story sequence movie to reach the big screen. It was shown in five cent movie theaters across the country that came to be known as "nickelodeons." As the movie industry began to grow, Hollywood in Southern California quickly became the movie capital of the world because it enjoyed long hours of sunshine among other advantages. The earliest movies were not required to follow a code of censorship, but the outraged public soon forced the screen magnates to establish one.