CANADA IN THE 1920S Arts and Entertainment Cop y
Feb 23, 2016
CANADA IN THE 1920S
Arts and Entertainment
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music and DancingMovies and FilmRadioSportsGroup of Seven
MUSIC
Jazz was the main music of the 1920s Originated in the southern United States and
spread to Canada From Jazz came Blues and Swing, which
became more popular in the 1930s The Jazz Age encouraged daring and
energetic dances The Charleston became the most popular
dance These dances were considered indecent
because of their suggestive movements Some cities tried to have the dance banned!
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MOVIES AND FILM Silent movies- the actual film was silent, but
most movies included subtitles, live pianos, orchestras and sound effects.
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Talking films (talkies), were a great invention in the 1920s.
But “talkies” did not arrive in Canada until the
late 1920s
Films provided excitement that ordinary people sometimes lacked in their ordinary lives.
Mary Pickford was a famous Canadian film star that made it big in Hollywood.
Charlie Chaplin was a very famous non-Canadian film start of the 1920s
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MARY PICKFORD
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
RADIO Radio made the world seem smaller
Radio provided inexpensive entertainment to Canadians and it ended isolation
It brought families together and created unity
Music, sports, dramas and advertisements became very popular because of the radio.
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Hockey Night in Canada was one of the first Canadian radio programs
It proved to be a traditional Canadian past time since the beginning of its time
SPORTS Canada was sports crazy in the 1920s
Through radio and newspapers Canadians were fascinated by North American athletes in sports such as: Hockey, Baseball, Golf, Basketball, boxing.
The Canadian Olympic teams exceeded expectations during the decade
Many sports heroes were armatures: they came out of nowhere to grab headlines and establish world records
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Percy Williams: 20 year old sprinter Won 2 gold medals at 1928 Amsterdam Olympics
Lionel Conacher: Most famous athlete in the 1920s Trophies and medals in:
Boxing, wrestling, lacrosse, hockey, football and baseball
Four of the original NHL teams were Canadian. Even though more teams were established in the U.S. most of the players were Canadian.
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Women in sports:Basketball was one of the first sports that
women played and excelled at.The Edmonton Grads were said to be the
best basketball team to have ever stepped out on the floor
Golf was also a popular women's sport
The best woman athlete was Fanny “Bobby” RosenfeldHockey, softball, tennis and track and field.
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PERCY WILLIAMS
LIONEL CONACHER
EDMONTON GRADS
ARTS: GROUP OF SEVEN Seven young Canadian artists created a national
artistic identity that allowed Canadians to discover the beauty of our landscape
The group challenged traditional European art
Used brilliant colours and thickly applied paint
They helped Canadians and the world see a new and different type of art that was truly Canadian
Group of Seven Work
Traditional European Painting