Entertainment:
Then & Now
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Entertainment: Then & Now
Watch one of the music videos below, then compare what you see in our “modern entertainment” to the movies and music of the Roaring Twenties.
Modern Music Videos
Choose one of the videos below to analyze, then scroll down to the next section.
Movies & Entertainment of the Roaring Twenties
From Birth of a Nation to Robin Hood to The Jazz Singer, nickelodeons became the new form of mass-appeal entertainment. Watch the videos below to see how movies, music and dancing changed in the 1920s.
**You can read about Birth of a Nation by clicking here, but you can also see scenes from the video below.
Music of the Roaring Twenties
Find your favorite tune from the 1920s!