KQ6 - Popular Entertainment

• What did the working week drop to in the US after the end of WWI?

  From 47.4 hours to 44.2 hours
• By what percentage did wages in the US rise to on average after WWI?

  11%
• How many cinemas were there in America in 1910, 1926, and 1930 respectively?

  1910: 8,000

  1926: 17,000

  1930: 303,000
• How many could the Roxy Theatre in New York seat?

  6,000
• What was the annual output of films in the 1920s?

  Around 800
• Who was the first male movie star to be sold on sex appeal?

  Rudolph Valentino
• How many fans lined the streets for Rudolph Valentino's funeral after his death in 1926?

  100,000
• What was the first talkie and when did it come out?

  The Jazz Singer in 1927
• What was the first film shot in Hollywood and when did it come out?

  In Old California in 1910
• How many Americans listened to the radio by the end of the 20s?

  Over 50 million
• How many American homes had a radio by the end of the 20s?

  Over 40 million
• What was the name of the first radio station and when did it begin?

  Station KDKA and 1920
• How many radio stations were in America by 1930?

  600
• In what year did the gramophone industry peak?

  1921
• How much money did the gramophone industry make in its peak year?

  $106M
• What was the name of the woman who danced for 27 hours in a dance marathon?

  Alma Cummings