The 20s thread.

whatever

Let's talk about Felix the Cat and Ziegfeld Follies.

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Felix the Cat was from the 1920's!? HOLY CRAP! I love that cat!

Viga

Flappers.

HungryJoe

Yeah, this thread is as funny as a screen door on a submarine. I'll say this for the 20s: Fashion was better, People were smarter, and you could smoke whatever you wanted wherever you wanted whenever you wanted.

Classic

The 20's and 30's are the home of noir films. Thank the gods for Bogart.

HungryJoe

The 20's and 30's are the home of noir films. Thank the gods for Bogart.

I really don't mean to quibble again, buit I don't remember anyone using the term "film noir" until the late 40s.

Classic

While I agree, most were set in the 20's and 30's, no?

HMTKSteve

The 20's and 30's are the home of noir films. Thank the gods for Bogart.

Nothing like a little bit of romancing the past to make it look better.

I got two words for you: Venereal Diseases. Penicillin was not discovered until 1928 and it's use was not widespread until years later.

HungryJoe

While I agree, most were set in the 20's and 30's, no?

"The movie now most commonly cited as the first "true" film noir is Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)." Source.
Most of these movies were set in contemporary times, so the time I always imagined for The Maltese Falcon, for instance, was the early 40s. I guess you might consider it happening in the late 30s. The 20s just weren't noir. I just can't think of that time period in that way.

Sail

Yeah, this thread is as funny as a screen door on a submarine.

Agreed. What the fuck, you guys fail. This and the 1900s thread are effectively spam.