1. Mass Culture: The Movies Silent Films Silent Films Films celebrated themes like consumerism, romance, exotic locales, and new fashions. Films celebrated themes like consumerism, romance, exotic locales, and new fashions. Young people emulated the glamorous Hollywood elite just as they do today, raising much concern among parents. Young people emulated the glamorous Hollywood elite just as they do today, raising much concern among parents. Rudolph Valentino and Clara Bow- two sex symbols and film icons of the Jazz Age. Rudolph Valentino and Clara Bow- two sex symbols and film icons of the Jazz Age. http://www.goldensilents.com/

2. Walt Disney and Steamboat Willie Disney's Steamboat Willie is a landmark in the history of animation. It was the first Mickey Mouse film released and the first cartoon with synchronized sound. It threw silent animation into obsolescence, and launched an empire. http://www.moma.org/collection/bro wse_results.php?object_id=89284 Disney's Steamboat Willie is a landmark in the history of animation. It was the first Mickey Mouse film released and the first cartoon with synchronized sound. It threw silent animation into obsolescence, and launched an empire. http://www.moma.org/collection/bro wse_results.php?object_id=89284 http://www.moma.org/collection/bro wse_results.php?object_id=89284 http://www.moma.org/collection/bro wse_results.php?object_id=89284 http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/collection/masterworks/steamboat/index.html http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/steamboat/steamboat.html

3. The Jazz Singer & End of Silent Movies Although it was not the first film to incorporate an element of sound, the 1927 Warner Brothers film The Jazz Singer is widely credited with heralding in the age of "talkies" and the end of the silent film era. Although it was not the first film to incorporate an element of sound, the 1927 Warner Brothers film The Jazz Singer is widely credited with heralding in the age of "talkies" and the end of the silent film era. The star Al Jolson appears in blackface in the film. The star Al Jolson appears in blackface in the film. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jolson

4. Rudolf Valentino – “The Sheik” http://www.rudolph-valentino.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino A Sainted Devil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino http://www.goldensilents.com/stars/rudolphvalentino.html Rudolph Valentino Site In Death http://www.lawlessdecade.net/26-1.htm

5. Clara Bow – The “It” Girl http://www.moviemaidens.com/ http://www.lawlessdecade.net/26.htm

6. Mary Pickford “America’s Sweetheart” http://www.moviemaidens.com/

7. Douglas Fairbanks http://www.goldensilents.com/stars/douglasfairbanks.html Douglas and Mary Pickford, his 2 nd Wife Fairbanks as Robin Hood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks

8. Charlie Chaplin – “The Little Tramp” Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, in the classic silent film "The Kid" (1921) http://www.goldensilents.com/comedy/charleschaplin.html

9. Georgia O’Keeffe Produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of New York City. Produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of New York City. Later became famous for her paintings of the southwest Later became famous for her paintings of the southwest Skulls Skulls Flowers Flowers Desert Landscapes Desert Landscapes View her work @ http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/home.aspxhttp://www.okeeffemuseum.org/home.aspx

10. Sinclair Lewis The first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wrote Main Street and Babbitt Wrote Main Street and Babbitt Theme was to show the shallow, stifling existence of middle class America Theme was to show the shallow, stifling existence of middle class America See excerpt of Babbitt on page 450 See excerpt of Babbitt on page 450 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1930/lewis-autobio.html

11. H.L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken (1880 - 1956) Henry Louis Mencken (1880 - 1956) by Gibbons Burke by Gibbons BurkeGibbons BurkeGibbons Burke The most prominent newspaperman, book reviewer, and political commentator of his day, Henry Louis Mencken was a libertarian before the word came into usage. His prose is as clear as an azure sky, and his rhetoric as deadly as a rifle shot. The most prominent newspaperman, book reviewer, and political commentator of his day, Henry Louis Mencken was a libertarian before the word came into usage. His prose is as clear as an azure sky, and his rhetoric as deadly as a rifle shot. Frequent targets of his lance were Franklin Roosevelt and New Deal politics, Comstocks, hygenists, "uplifters", social reformers of any stripe, boobs & quacks, and the insatiable American appetite for nonsense and gaudy sham. Frequent targets of his lance were Franklin Roosevelt and New Deal politics, Comstocks, hygenists, "uplifters", social reformers of any stripe, boobs & quacks, and the insatiable American appetite for nonsense and gaudy sham. But his life was not defined by negativity. He was positively enthusiastic about to the writings of Twain and Conrad, the music of Brahms, Beethoven and Bach, and the victuals offered up by Chesapeake Bay. But his life was not defined by negativity. He was positively enthusiastic about to the writings of Twain and Conrad, the music of Brahms, Beethoven and Bach, and the victuals offered up by Chesapeake Bay. Mencken's writing is endearing because of its wit, its crisp style, and the obvious delight he takes in it. Mencken's writing is endearing because of its wit, its crisp style, and the obvious delight he takes in it. http://www.io.com/~gibbonsb/mencken.html

12. Literature and Poetry in the Jazz Age: The Lost Generation Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. Coined “Lost Generation”, http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/stein/stein.htm Photo By Carl Van Vechten  Lost Generation Writers  Expatriate Writers – lived in Europe because of a dissatisfaction with the U.S.  Ernest Hemingway  F. Scott Fitzgerald  John Dos Passos  Ezra Pound  T.S. Elliot

13. F. Scott Fitzgerald Wrote: The Great Gatsby Wrote: The Great Gatsby Coined the “Jazz Age” Coined the “Jazz Age” F. Scott Fitzgerald often wrote critically about the illusions of wealth and fame, while at the same time partaking in the excesses of celebrity and striving for immortality in literature. F. Scott Fitzgerald often wrote critically about the illusions of wealth and fame, while at the same time partaking in the excesses of celebrity and striving for immortality in literature. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald after years behind the facade of glamour and celebrity. He suffered from alcoholism and she struggled with mental illness after years behind the facade of glamour and celebrity.. Visit the following: http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.html

14. Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway’s dense, understated writing style became a model for generations of writers. He wrote for "the lost generation," of young men who came of age in the trenches of World War I and were unable to settle back into the norms of traditional society. WW I veteran. Ernest Hemingway’s dense, understated writing style became a model for generations of writers. He wrote for "the lost generation," of young men who came of age in the trenches of World War I and were unable to settle back into the norms of traditional society. WW I veteran. Introduced tough, simplified style of writing using “hard, little sentences” Introduced tough, simplified style of writing using “hard, little sentences” Criticized the glorification of war Criticized the glorification of war Explore Michael Palin’s Heminway Adventures @ http://www.pbs.org/hemingwayadventure/index.html Check out Site: http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hemingway/index.htmhttp://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hemingway/index.htm http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hemingway/index-paris.htm

15. Algonquin Round Table The Algonquin Round Table was a celebrated group of New York City writers, critics, actors and wits. Gathering initially as part of a practical joke, members of "The Vicious Circle," as they dubbed themselves, gathered for lunch each day at the Algonquin Hotel from 1919 until roughly 1929. At these luncheons they engaged in wisecracks, wordplay and witticisms that, through the newspaper columns of Round Table members, were disseminated across the country. The Algonquin Round Table was a celebrated group of New York City writers, critics, actors and wits. Gathering initially as part of a practical joke, members of "The Vicious Circle," as they dubbed themselves, gathered for lunch each day at the Algonquin Hotel from 1919 until roughly 1929. At these luncheons they engaged in wisecracks, wordplay and witticisms that, through the newspaper columns of Round Table members, were disseminated across the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Round_Table

16. Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was one of the most successful and influential women writers of her era. Dorothy Parker was one of the most successful and influential women writers of her era. Member of the Algonquin Round Table Member of the Algonquin Round Table http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/parker/ “ Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.” “ Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.” Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "News Item" U.S. author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967) Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "News Item" U.S. author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker

17. The Flapper by Dorothy Parker The playful flapper here we see, The fairest of the fair. She's not what Grandma used to be, -- You might say, au contraire. Her girlish ways may make a stir, Her manners cause a scene, But there is no more harm in her Than in a submarine. She nightly knocks for many a goal The usual dancing men. Her speed is great, but her control Is something else again. All spotlights focus on her pranks. All tongues her prowess herald. For which she well may render thanks To God and Scott Fitzgerald. Her golden rule is plain enough - Just get them young and treat them rough.

18. Edna St. Vincent Millay First Fig by Edna St. Vincent Millay My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light. One of the premier twentieth-century lyric poets http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/millay/millay.htm http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ednamillay/index.shtml#bio

19. Other Writers T.S. Elliot T.S. Elliot Ezra Pound Ezra Pound Edith Warton – dramatized the clash between traditional and modern values that had undermined high society 50 years earlier. Edith Warton – dramatized the clash between traditional and modern values that had undermined high society 50 years earlier. Willa Cather – celebrated the simple, dignified lives of people such as immigrant farmers of Nebraska in My Antonia and O Pioneers!. Willa Cather – celebrated the simple, dignified lives of people such as immigrant farmers of Nebraska in My Antonia and O Pioneers!. http://cather.unl.edu/gallery.html http://www.willacather.org/