How Successful Was The Entertainment Industry In The 1920's

The nineteen-twenties was by far one of the most eventful and life changing for the United States as a whole. Many things came to be or changed for the better within these ten short years. This decade was the big change to the modern day United States. The industry changed drastically, especially thanks to Henry Ford. The government thought the prohibition would make good change, but ended up changing the face of crime in America. One of the most famous trials in American History of this time was the Scopes trial which changed the way education was taught. The entertainment industry boomed during this time period, especially the movie industry, which also helped with the societal changes among young people and women. By the end of this decade

The beginnings of this industry was created in the same city, Hollywood, for its weather and surroundings, but the industry itself did not begin as fancy as it is now. The beginning of the industry was not glamorous it was created by jewish immigrants initially. The industry was censored selves proactively. Talkies were invented, which were “a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc” (dictionary.com). These new types of movies and things made the movie industry boom because of the drastic change between talkies and silent films, which had no talking at all. Television and cartoons and the greek theater made the movie industry drop in popularity for a short time. The movie industry was also changed by double features, which are the series of a movie shown right after each other, or a series of movies right after each

This was a point where the United States hit an all-time low. The crash of the end of the nineteen-twenties was what then led the United States into the great depression the next decade. This stock market crash was caused majorly by overproduction. The twenties were prosperous times, but all the money went the rich instead of distributed fairly. This meant that capitalism failed. With the money not being distributed, this means that the regular people cannot buy all the things that were rapidly produced. This caused a fear panic of people being laid off and having no jobs, not being able to take care of their families. Because of the crash many banks close, meaning people lose their life savings since the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) did not exist at the time. With people losing their money, this means they lose their houses too because they cannot pay their mortgage. Homeless population skyrocketed at this time. Many homeless camped next to the railroad tracks called hobo jungles. The hobo jungles had women and children as well as men living there. Crime also raised due to the crash of the nineteen-twenties. There were many famous criminals during this time period, like Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James and John