(Changes in culture) Popular entertainment

Question 1

Radio - how did radio sales change?

Answer 1

$60 million 1923 to $842 million by 1929.

Question 2

Sport - give evidence of how widespread radio impacted sport.

Answer 2

50 million tuned in to a boxing match between Tunney and Dempsey in 1927.

Question 3

Sport - how did the position of sports stars change?

Answer 3

Advertising & sponsorship deals made them into celebrities.

Question 4

Sport - give evidence of advertising and sponsorship deals for sports stars changed their position in society.

Answer 4

Baseball star Babe Ruth made over $800,000.

Question 5

Sport - how was segregation evident in sports?

Answer 5

The Negro National Baseball League formed in 1920.

Question 6

Cinema - cinema moved from _______ movie to ______ in 19__.

Answer 6

silent
sound
1927

Question 7

Cinema - where was the industry based?

Answer 7

Hollywood

Question 8

Cinema - give evidence of the popularity of cinema.

Answer 8

Up to 10 million watching films a day.

Question 9

Cinema - film ____ such as _______ _______ rose in _____.

Answer 9

stars
Charlie Chaplin
fame

Question 10

Cinema - where did criticism for cinema come from?

Answer 10

Conservative areas of society who feared it would lead to moral corruption.

Question 11

Cinema - what type of shows were popular?
Give a specific example.

What did they feature?

Answer 11

Minstrel Shows eg Cotton Watts and Chick

Blackface - black people were perceived as annoying and stupid - it was representative of how people felt

Question 12

Cinema - who created stop-motion?

What did this type of film progress into?

Answer 12

Thomas Edison

Shows like Vaudeville Shows became popular as film approached the 1920s.

Question 13

Cinema - how did Hollywood impact employment?

Answer 13

By 1929, Hollywood employed more people than Ford.

Question 14

Cinema - how did Hollywood interact with capital investment throughout America?

Answer 14

4th largest business for capital investment.

Question 15

Cinema - who were 4 of the most famous film stars of the 20s?

Answer 15

1. Clara Bow
2. Theda Bara
3. Douglas Fairbanks
4. Buster Keaton

Question 16

Cinema - what was the name and year of the first film featuring sound?

What did this do?

Answer 16

The Jazz Singer in 1927

Created a new massive landscape for the film industry.

Question 17

Sport - give evidence of how sportspeople began earning more.

Answer 17

Boxer, Jack Dempsey, earnt $10 million throughout his career just from sponsorships.

Question 18

Sport - how was racism evident in sport?

Answer 18

Members of the Negro National Baseball League were paid half as much as white baseball players and worked considerably harder.

Question 19

Radio - give an example of how increased popularity in radios was present.

Answer 19

50 million people listened to Jack Dempsey v Gene Tunney boxing match.

Question 20

Sport - more leisure time + sporting heros = ?

Answer 20

Big audiences

Question 21

Sport - what was a particularly popular sport?

Answer 21

Baseball

Question 22

Cinema - what did cinema provide?

Answer 22

Escapism

Question 23

Radio - by 1932, what percentage of families owned radios?

Answer 23

60%

Question 24

Radio - what was a popular form of entertainment surrounding radios?

Answer 24

‘Radio parties’

Question 25

Radio - what was the first national network?

When?

Answer 25

NBC

1926

Question 26

Radio - how much was the average radio?

How did many people pay for radios?

Answer 26

$150

Usually on credit

Question 27

Radio - radios featured a range of shows.

Give 4 examples of these.

Answer 27

Western
News
Detective
Sport

Question 28

The age of fads - what did the popularity of jazz music create?

Answer 28

Big dance crazes with popular dances such as the Charleston.

Question 29

The age of fads - why did the age of fads emerge?

Answer 29

Increase leisure time as a result of prosperity.

Question 30

The age of fads - what did this see the introduction of?

Give an example.

Answer 30

Crossword puzzles

The first puzzle book was published in 1923 with a free pencil.

Question 31

The age of fads - what had become a spectator sport?

Answer 31

Crossword competitions

Question 32

The age of fads - what kind of marathons were popular?

Give a specific example.

Answer 32

Dance marathons

One lasted for 119 days in Chicago