Popular Entertainment

• How many cinemas were there in 1910?

  800
• How many cinemas were there in 1930?

  303,000
• Why was there a growth in cinema?

  people had more disposable income, cheap ticket prices, films provided a form of escapism, social entertainment, improved transportation, range of films appealed to a large audience, attraction of movie starts, people had more leisure time.
• Who were the popular movie stars in the cinema during the early 1900s

  Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Clara Bow.
• Why was Jazz Music so popular during the 1920s?

  Because it was a new type of music that played in many new nightclubs and speakeasies.
• What is the hays code?

  The Hays code, created by William H. Hayes, was created to ban any explicit imagery, and deformation of anyone that belongs to the government etc.
• Why did people listen to the radio?

  Entertainment and for various other reasons, such as it encouraged families, they could listen to new jazz music, and keep in date with the worlds affairs and issues.