Entertainment

Blog posts about events or people associated with moving pictures, music, theater and other popular culture.

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    Laurel and Hardy

    Overview In the 1920s, the silent film had been the predominant motion picture. However, talkies gained popularity after the premiere of The Jazz Singer on October 6, 1927. Laurel and…

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    The First Commercial Radio Broadcast

    Overview The first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 Presidential election and aired on November 2, 1920 from Pittsburgh, PA. At the time of the broadcast 8ZZ…

  • Web Review: PBS’s Roots of Jazz

    The website Roots of Jazz is a page created by PBS that dives into the history of jazz music in the United States. The majority of the content from the…

  • Web Review: Retrowaste

    Historical Context Retrowaste is a website that is broken down into eight different decades, starting from the 1920s to the 1990s. As you put your cursor over every decade, a…

  • Book Review: Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition

    The 1920s is a decade in which an enormous amount of historians have contributed to the ongoing discussions surrounding the time period. While some praise the decade as a time…

  • Buster Keaton

    Biography Childhood (1895-1917) Buster Keaton had an abnormal childhood. Joseph Frank Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua Kansas to Joe and Myra Keaton, both Vaudeville performers. He…

  • “Tut-mania” and the 1923 Exhumation of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

    Exploration in the 1920s heavily influenced it to be the groundbreaking period that it was. It was a period of indulging in lavish leisure activities and adhering to the newest…

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    1923 Yankees

    The Road to Victory – How did the Yankees receive their first World Series Win? It’s October 16th, 1923. The Yankees just received their inaugural title against the New York…

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    Steamboat Willie

    Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks directed the animated short film Steamboat Willie in 1928. The film opened at New York’s Colony Theater on November 18th, 1928, which would later become…

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    Philo Farnsworth: Father of the Television

    Overview In the twenty-first century, people often take their phones, laptops, and other forms of technology for granted. Yet, not too long ago, all people had for technology was the…

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