The Golden Twenties

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The Golden Twenties

"The fabulous decade when we came of age!"

1950

1h 8m

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Overview

Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

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43 members

Acting

Robert Q. Lewis

Narrator

Writing

Frederick Lewis Allen

Narrator

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Elmer Davis

Narrator

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Red Barber

Narrator

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Allen Prescott

Narrator

No Image

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John Barrymore

Self (archive footage)

Writing

Irving Berlin

Self (archive footage)

Acting

William Jennings Bryan

Self (archive footage)

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Billie Burke

Self (archive footage)

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Vilma Banky

Self (archive footage)

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Al Capone

Self (archive footage)

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Enrico Caruso

Self (archive footage)

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Irene Castle

Self (archive footage)

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Charlie Chaplin

(archive footage)

Writing

Joseph Conrad

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Calvin Coolidge

Self (archive footage)

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Dolores Costello

Self (archive footage)

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Clarence Darrow

Self (archive footage)

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Jack Dempsey

Self (archive footage)

Production

Thomas A. Edison

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Douglas Fairbanks

Self (archive footage)

Sound

George Gershwin

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Texas Guinan

Self (archive footage)

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Warren G. Harding

Self (archive footage)

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Herbert Hoover

Self (archive footage)

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Harry Houdini

Self (archive footage)

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Al Jolson

Self (archive footage)

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Harry Lauder

Self (archive footage)

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Pola Negri

Self (archive footage)

Sound

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Writing

Lillian Case Russell

Self (archive footage)

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Babe Ruth

Self (archive footage)

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Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Self (archive footage)

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Gloria Swanson

Self (archive footage)

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Marion Talley

Self (archive footage)

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Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage)

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Rudy Vallee

Self (archive footage)

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Johnny Weissmüller

Self (archive footage)

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Paul Whiteman

Self (archive footage)

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Woodrow Wilson

Self (archive footage)

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Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Self (archive footage)

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Adolph Zukor

Self (archive footage)

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