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    The Roaring 20's

    1960 · Drama (film and television)

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  1. ABC. Release. October 15, 1960. ( 1960-10-15) –. January 20, 1962. ( 1962-01-20) The Roaring 20s is an American drama television series starring Rex Reason, Donald May and Dorothy Provine that was broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from October 15, 1960, until January 20, 1962.

    • Americans leave farms in favor of cities. Thomas Jefferson wrote that the United States was a nation of “yeoman farmers,” but by the 1920s, more Americans lived in cities than on farms for the first time.
    • Indoor plumbing and sewer systems became common. Before the 1920s, most Americans were resigned to heading to the outhouse or to using a chamber pot, and washing weekly in a tub filled manually with water.
    • The loosening of the corset. After centuries of confining their waists in tight corsets to give the appearance of a small silhouette, American women began finally ditching their corsets in the 1920s.
    • The electrification of America. At the beginning of the 1920s, only 35% of American households had electricity. By the end of the decade, that figure would reach a whopping 68%; 85% of Americans living on farms were counted out of the tally.
  2. The Roaring 20's: With Dorothy Provine, Donald May, Gary Vinson, Mike Road. The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s New York.

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    • 1960-10-15
    • Crime, Drama
    • 60
  3. The Roaring 20s. Many Americans spent the 1920s in a great mood. Investors flocked to a rising stock market. Companies launched brand-new, cutting-edge products, like radios and washing machines ...

  4. The End of the Jazz Age. Sources. The Roaring 20s was a time in history when many Americans moved to cities. The total wealth of the Americans during the 1920s doubled, and Americans became wealthier. People in the US bought the same goods, listened to the same music. They also danced in the same way and talked very similarly.

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  6. Jazz music became wildly popular in the “Roaring Twenties,” a decade that witnessed unprecedented economic growth and prosperity in the United States. Consumer culture flourished, with ever greater numbers of Americans purchasing automobiles, electrical appliances, and other widely available consumer products. 3 ‍ The achievement of material affluence became a goal for many US citizens ...

  7. S1.E15 ∙ Two a Day. Sat, Feb 4, 1961. Pinky scores a major coup by getting booked into the Palace Theater. Pat goes backstage to watch her perform, and notices that escape artist Alonzo the Great is putting the moves on one of the chorus girls. Given the fact that Alonzo's wife is known to be insanely jealous and that she's also backstage ...

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