From the acclaimed documentary series The Remarkable 20th Century comes a look at the Twenties through archival newsreels, movie clips and exclusive interviews.
Prohibition was the law; bootlegging the national pastime. Women got the vote. Industry boomed. Hollywood found its voice. And jazz drove flappers wild. In 1929, the boom market went bust and the Great Drpression began.
Genre: History
Movie Type: Social History
Release Year: 1950
Country: US
Run Time: 67 minutes
Plot
Assembled by the same team responsible for "The March of Time," The Golden Twenties is a nostalgic filmclip festival covering the years between the Armistice and the Wall Street Crash. The darker side of that era -- Teapot Dome, the KKK, Sacco and Vanzetti -- are given ample but not excessive screen time. For the most part, this documentary concentrates on such "wonderful nonsense" as flagpole sitting, bathtub hootch and marathon dancing. Also seen are such celebrities as Rudolph Valentino, Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. Serving as narrators are historian Frederick L. Allen, radio humorist Robert Q. Lewis, journalist Allen Prescott, sportscaster Red Barber and newsman Elmer Davis. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Credit
Jack Shaindlin - Musical Direction/Supervision; Leo Zochling - Editor
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