Canadian Entertainment in the 1920

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Canadian Entertainmentin the 1920s

• Powerpoint by
• Luke Poley, Adam Joss
• And Skyler Hainer

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Music!

• The start of music in the twenties was the end of
  the war the twenties were a time of prosperity,
  happiness, and over all joy, which lead to the
  creation of jazz, ragtime, and eventually morphed
  into blues during the depression, which paved the
  way for much of todays popular music.
• The Sounds of the twenties, which evolved from
  big bands and became smaller groups, were upbeat,
  with songs like Crazy Blues by Mamie Smith,
  Pine tops boogie woogie by pine top smith, and
  Toot Toot Tootsie by Al Jolson

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Publication

• Before the gramophone, live music reigned in
  Canada, and the most reliable form of musical
  publication was as sheet music
• Some Canadian newspapers even published
  periodicals of sheet music, so that other people
  could play it.
• In 1918, however, in Lachine Quebec, Compo
  Company (Canadas first recording company) built
  Canadas first Pressing plant (which was the
  largest of its day)

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Distribution

• Compos pressing plant was originally intended to
  service American talent, printing records for
  several independent American record sellers, such
  as Okeh records, who wanted to expand into
  Canada.
• During the expansion, with distributers selling
  American music to Canadians, Canadian musicians
  finaly found a way to shine Radio
• During the 1920s, Canadas first radio stations
  were beginning to open, and even though they
  played less Canadian music then American music,
  it still gave Canadian artists more of a chance
  to be heard.

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Radio

• By 1922, Canadas first French radio station
  existed!
• By 1923, Canada had a grand total of 34 Radio
  stations, and they spread hugely after that.
• With the spread of radio, the newly created jazz
  spread,
• Jazz was associated primarily with
  sophistication, as well as modern times, and
  decadency

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An early radio station
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Citation

• "The Compo Company, History of Recorded Sound
  in Canada". Canadian Antique Phonograph Society
• "Compo Company Ltd.". The Canadian Encyclopedia
  (Historica Foundation of Canada).
  http//thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm
  TCEParamsU1ARTU0000771.
• "Songwriters and Songwriting (English Canada)".
  Historica Foundation of Canada.
  http//www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?P
  gNmTCEParamsU1ARTU0004103.
• Canadian Cultural Policies Chronology 1920's".
  Canadian Cultural Policies Chronology
• Before the gold rush flashbacks to the dawn of
  the Canadian sound by Nicholas Jennings,
  (Yorkville ON Viking, 1997) (ISBN 0-670-87381-0)

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Books

• Some of the best selling books of the 1920s were
  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
  Winnie-The-Pooh by A.A. Milne.
• After the Great War people had a lot of money to
  spend on stuff like books and Comics.

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Comics

• Comics started out in the later 1920s around
  1928.
• Some of the more popular names were Tintin, and
  Le Semaine de Suzette.
• Some of the more popular authors of the 1920s
  Herge, Alain Saint-Organ and Pinchon

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Newspapers

• Newspapers had two issues one in the morning and
  evening.
• Most cities had papers with different ownerships
  and editorial policies-usually Republican and
  Democrat.

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Food

• Food was plentiful and cheap thanks to the large
  quantities produced by American farms.
• 44 hours a week were spent on preparing meals and
  cleaning each week
• Gas stoves, electric refridgerators, and other
  labor saving devices made food preparation much
  easier.

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Brothels

• Beginning in the 1920s vice syndicates moved
  brothels to the suberbs where law enforcement was
  easier to control.
• In the 1920s brothels were frowned upon but were
  legal.
• Today brothels have been legalized so that
  prostitutes have a safe working environment

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Citations

• http//library.thinkquest.org/J0111064/20entertain
  .htm
• http//www.angelfire.com/anime4/sephirothbadazz/Re
  ports/entertainment.html
• http//www.goodreads.com/list/show/39.Best_Books_o
  f_the_Decade_1920_s

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Movies

• Until 1923, Silent movies would often be
  accompanied by a piano or organ track.
• In 1923 the first commercial film with a recorded
  audio soundtrack was produced.
• It took about 7 years for the talking movies to
  completely replace the silent ones.
• Production of The Jazz Singer in 1927 changed
  the talking movie industry with improved
  recording technology.

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Movies 2

• Famous characters like Mickey Mouse and actors
  like Charlie Chaplain debuted in the 1920s.
• The three Canadian films produced in the 20s
  were Big Timber, Blue Water and The Great Shadow.
  

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Radios

• Radios were the one of the first forms of
  electronic entertainment and communication.
  People used to rely on radios just like people
  rely on their phones and computers now,
• In 1920 CFCF is Canada's only radio station with
  regular broadcasts. In 2 years, over 800 American
  stations are created.
• In 1925 a Canadian inventor, Edward Rogers had
  created battery-less radios that could be plugged
  in. This helped bring radios mainstream.

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Radios 2

• Radios could provide many different forms of
  entertainment and information such as news,
  weather, sports, radio shows and much more.
• In 1929 the AIRD commission recommends creation
  of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Corporation
  (CRBC) was created so all radio broadcasts could
  be looked after by one national company. It was
  then created in 1932.
• This helped bring in a standard for radio
  stations and ensured high quality broadcasts.

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Influenced Society

• Entertainment was influenced by society as
  equally as it influenced society. The idea of
  being rebellious was becoming popular. Girls
  known as "Flappers" were quite common. These
  young (15-30) girls typically smoked, drank,
  partied. This shows how the rebellious ideology
  of the 1920s was reflected in it's entertainment
  and it's people.

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Citations

• http//www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/is
  sues_resources/cultural_policies/chronology/cult_p
  olicies_chronology.cfm
•  http//cbc.radio-canada.ca/history/1920-1939_deta
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The End

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