Movies Created by inventor Thomas Edison, movies first used to
signal the end of a live performance on stage. Performers were
anonymous. By the 1920s, however, movies became glamorous. Major
studies, like MGM, Paramount and Universal, were formed. Actors and
actresses signed contracts and had to perform as ordered. In the
1950s, actors and actresses became independent contractors. Today,
a top performer can command salaries of $20 million or more, plus a
percentage of the films profits.
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Famous Movie Stars 1920s-1950s Bette Davis Gary Cooper
Katherine Hepburn Clark Gable Edward G. Robinson Grace Kelly Mary
Pickford Douglas Fairbanks James Dean
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Male Stars 1940s 1970s Steve McQueen Charlton Heston Cary Grant
Kirk Douglas Gregory Peck Humphrey Bogart Tony Curtis Burt
Lancaster Paul Newman Marlon Brando Jack Lemmon
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Female Stars 1940s 1970s Elizabeth Taylor Joan Crawford Kim
Novak Ingrid Bergman Sophia Loren Bridgette Bardot Audrey
Hepburn
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Marilyn Monroe
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Famous Movie Stars 1970s-2000s Al Pacino Morgan Freeman
Harrison Ford Meryl Streep Will Smith Jim Carrey Susan Sarandon Mel
Gibson Dustin Hoffman Robert Di Niro Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise Tom
Hanks
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Music Before the invention of the phonograph, people bought and
sold sheet music. Records changed that business as did radio in the
1920s. Everyone wanted to see and hear their favorite singers.
Broadway was the source of most music into the 1930s. That was
followed by the Big Band or Swing Era, a time when big bands ruled.
Band leaders were the stars, not the singers. Also, in the 1930s
and 1940s, Country Music became very popular. Singers moved into
the front in the 1950s as rock n roll began to change the musical
landscape. Folk rock topped the charts in the 1960s, then punk,
grunge, hip hop and more. Meanwhile, stereos vanished, overwhelmed
by first by boom boxes, then CDs, IPods and other electrical
devises. Even musicians these days have been replaced by
synthesizers that can reproduce any sound.
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Broadway 1920s-2000s Mary Martin as Peter Pan Irving Berlin
Ethel Merman Sarah Brightman Andrew Lloyd Weber and Timothy Rice
Cole Porter George Gershwin
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Music 1920s 1950s Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Lena Horne Duke
Ellington Louis Armstrong Mills Brothers Nat King Cole Glenn Miller
Patti Page Jeanette McDonald
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Popular Music 1940s 1970s Aretha Franklin Dinah Shore Ella
Fitzgerald Dean Martin Diana Ross Perry Como Sammy Davis Jr. Frank
Sinatra
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Country Western 1940 -2000s Dolly Parton Merle Haggard Tonya
Tucker Johnny Cash Hank Williams Tim McGraw Loretta Lynn
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Folk and Protest 1950-1970s Peter, Paul and Mary John Denver
Kingston Trio Mommas and the Poppas Bob Dylan Simon and Garfunkel
Pete Seeger
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Bleecker Street By Paul Simon Fog's rollin' in off the East
River bank Like a shroud it covers Bleecker Street Fills the alleys
where men sleep Hides the shepherd from the sheep Voices leaking
from a sad cafe Smiling faces try to understand I saw a shadow
touch a shadow's hand On Bleecker Street A poet reads his crooked
rhyme Holy, holy is his sacrament Thirty dollars pays your rent On
Bleecker Street I heard a church bell softly chime In a melody
sustainin' It's a long road to Canaan On Bleecker Street Bleecker
Street
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Rock N Roll 1950s 2000s Janis Joplin Elvis Presley Elton John
Jimi Hendrix The Beatles Bruce Springsteen Buddy Holly Mick
Jagger
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Sports When radio came into prominence in the 1920s, stations
began to broadcast news, weather, sports and entertainment.
Entertainers became enormously famous in ways that were impossible
before. At the same time, athletes became extremely prominent. The
1920s featured some of Americas most famous athletes. The few major
sports -- baseball, college football and boxing -- were quickly
joined by professional football, basketball, golf, tennis and a
wide array of other activities, all promoted widely and creating
new superstars.
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1920s Jack Dempsey Red Grange Babe Ruth Bobby Jones House of
David Basketball Team Bill Tilden
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1950 2000s Billie Jean King Mickey Mantle Mia Hamm Babe
Zaharias Willie Mays Peggy Fleming Michael Jordan Tiger Woods
Arthur Ashe Jackie Robinson Arnold Palmer Jim Brown
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American Images American culture has spread worldwide, carrying
along a variety of images. To many people, these images reflect
America in ways that movies and music cannot.