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The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions were ...
In 1920, the jazz age was underway and was indirectly fueled by prohibition of alcohol. [5] In Chicago, the jazz scene was developing rapidly, aided by the immigration of over 40 prominent New Orleans jazzmen to the city, continuous throughout much of the 1920s, including The New Orleans Rhythm Kings who began playing at Friar's Inn. [5]
A period known as the "Jazz Age" started in the United States in the 1920s. Jazz had become popular music in the country, although older generations considered the music immoral and threatening to old cultural values. [3]
The Jazz Age (1929) is a sound part-talkie film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Marceline Day, and Joel McCrea in his first leading role. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles.
A flapper and patrons in front of The Krazy Kat, a Jazz Age speakeasy, in 1921. Critics touted Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise as turning the national spotlight on the Jazz Age generation—those Americans younger than Fitzgerald who had been adolescents during World War I and whom Fitzgerald regarded as the true "lost" generation.
The man who captured the jazz age on film. Christian House, CNN. February 7, 2024 at 3:00 AM. In 1930 George Hoyningen-Huene pulled off one of the greatest dupes in the history of photography.
Designers named Art Deco design from the 1920s and '30s as their top decades for inspiration this year. Channel the look with our favorite Jazz Age decor.
Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of 11 short stories by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, it includes one of his better-known short stories, " The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ".