Burton83 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I'm 28 and as long as i remember i was always been interested in the 1920's the films, the music etc i collect anything from 1920's and read everything about the 1920's Edited by: Burton83 on Oct 17, 2012 8:33 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Welcome to the boards! My favorite decade would be the Forties especially after the war, although seeing how everyone pulled through I have to admire their gumption and support for one another. Have you heard of Paul Whiteman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton83 Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 Of course i heard of Paul Whiteman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Hi, welcome to the board. Tell us what you like most about the 1920s. I like the jazz music, the fine looking cars, the girls fashions, and other stuff. I love 1929 sound films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton83 Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 What i like most about the 1920's is the films all my favorite films and stars are from the silent era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Welcome to the boards I like some of the films, music and the tech of the 1920's but I wouldn't like to *live* during the decade. Workers were treated like trash (especailly where I live ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet0312 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Scott Joplin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Why are you mentioning Paul Whiteman when discussing the '40s? Whiteman was on the downturn by the early '30s......Incidentally, the most popular band of the early '30s was the virtually forgotten Gus Arnheim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Hi Burton - I found this clip on YouTube sometime back; you may enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyrider Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I once brought up the subject with my mother in law. She told me the poverty was terrible. If you got sick you died. The had a flu epidemic. Although the movies were good, I was told it was horrible... by someone who lived thru it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 joyrider wrote: << They had a flu epidemic >> I think she was referring to the 1918 flu pandemic aka Spanish Flu. Nothing has top it since and we dodged a bullet a few years ago (Asian bird flu) Are we today really all that healthy?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori3 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 hamradio you are absolutely correct. The flu pandemic of 1918 was horrible. Being a nurse and one who worked for 12 years in Infection Control, I can't let this post go without reminding all of you to get your seasonal flu shot this year. Although antibiotics are no good against viruses, many people died of bacterial infections e.g. pneumonia prior to the invention of antibiotics, which occured right after the start of WWII. However now we are facing the big problem of returning to the pre-antibiotic area because there many resistant bacteria out there now. The 1940's are my favorite "time in history" I love the films, the actors, actresses, the women's fashions and how the majority of Americans stood together for Victory during WWII. Lori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Mostly for the fashions(hats in particular) and the music, I like the period from the late '30's to the very early '50's. Although I'm not sure I'd like LIVING back then. Unsafe conditions in workplaces, working twice as hard for chickenfeed, rampant racism, sexism, and ageism, and NO internet, which means no TCM message board and all you fine people to exchange with! And I have to add that as far as JAZZ goes, Paul Whiteman had a fitting name! Sepiatone Edited by: Sepiatone on Oct 18, 2012 6:03 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 There's an episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Sixteen Milimeter Shrine". Ida Lupino plays an aging movie star who so longs to go back to the way things were in the past that in the end, she disappears into one of her own films. So, while I wouldn't necessarily want to live in another era with all of its own problems, it would be nice to disappear into an old movie for a while (er, the right kind of movie, that is. Nothing like "Psycho" or anything... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Euginia, do you recall the old "NIGHT GALLERY" episode about the old Nazi expatriate living in South America somewhere who finds a painting in a museum of a pastoral scene and has visions of how peaceful life would be if he was living in it? When the authorities finally catch up to him and he runs into the museum, he goes to where the painting was and begs the powers who be to "PLEASE, put me in the painting", they DO. But he didn't realize the museum replaced his pastoral scene with a painting of a man crucified on a burning cross! So, YEAH! Make sure you're watching something pleasant when you get sucked into the old movie! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Wow, that sounds like a powerful episode... I might have seen small bits of NG many moons ago, but don't remember much beyond the Serling introduction. I've always been a big TZ fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangman9312 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I've often wished I could go to some time like the twenties as long as I would be able to return to the present if I needed modern healthcare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 The Night Gallery episode that Sepiatone is thinking about is one of the three stories in the pilot show (considered a TV movie). That show also has Joan Crawford in a rather good role as the wealthy blind woman who "buys" a few hours of sight only to have her sight time right at the moment of the great east coast blackout. Poor Joan has her eye sight, but everything in her apartment goes dark. By the time that the morning light comes up, her vision starts to go away again. And that Joan episode was also Steven Spielberg's first director's job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I love the music of that time, and I wouldn't mind visiting the 20s in a time machine or something, but I wouldn't want to live through the great depression. What am I saying? That's what I'm doing now! This thread makes me think of MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I tend to agree that a lot of these other era would be nice to visit but I wouldn't want to live there on a permanent basis than the era I have lived in. The main reason I would visit would be to see live shows of performers I love. E.g. Seeing Leslie Howard and Bogie doing The Petrified Forest live on Broadway in the early 30s. Seeing Charlie Parker playing in NYC in the late 40s, Sinatra in his prime in the 50s.... The decade I would of liked to visit the most would be the 50s. This is mostly due to the jazz music of that era. While I like the jazz music before than as a jazz musician it doesn't compare to the music of the 50s. To hear the original Bebop players playing live would of been something. As for plays I would still be able to see many of the stars of the 30s and 40s I loved and the younger stars that made their mark during the 50s on Broadway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I loved the homes from the 20s, the ART DECO style and the clothes, the way they were cut on the bias and seemed to fit perfect. Also the table settings were outstanding with the perfect white table cloths (not polyester) and the crystal and china. They really seemed to know how to live then! And of course the music brought everything together (unlike Rap today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Where would you go to watch old movies if you lived during the 1920s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundie Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Janet0312 wrote: {font:arial, helvetica, sans-serif}*Scott Joplin* {font} I believe he died in 1917. BLU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I can relate. My eras of choice are the 1930s and 1940s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 There's something I can relate to in your post, James. If a time machine ever DOES get invented, how about joining me in a trip to MASSEY HALL? Yeah, polecat, *Midnight In Paris* came to mind. First thing I'd do if I went back to the '20's is ask someone what period of time THEY'D like to go back to. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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