Let's Explore the late 1920s!
Below is a list of Web sites where you can find out more about the styles of the 1920s. I'm sure there's more, but this is a good start!
Flapper Costume
Women's Dress and Style
1920s Fashion and Music
1920s Fashion
Men's and Women's 1920s
Fashion
Flapper's Shoes
More 1920s Fashion
How to Make Spats
(perhaps you can help us with this)
Other Resources
These resources are intended for education purposes; to inspire creativity in the actors portraying the characters.
Katherine
Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in "Adam's
Rib" (Bugsy and Blousey
exchange in scene 1)
Fred Astaire
dancing (Dandy Dan and his Gang's
song "That's Why They Call Him Dandy")
Marlon Brando
in "On the Waterfront" (The line " I coulda been
a contender" can be found at about the 2:55 mark
on the video - Bugsy)
Opera "The
Merry Widow" (Opera Singer Sings
"Vilia" - chorus starts at about 1:00)
Lena Lamont
in "Singin' in the Rain" (Lena Marelli and her
song "Show Business")
Barbra Streisand
"My Man" or any song by
Billie Holliday
- Torch Songs (Blousey's song "Ordinary Fool")
Jimmy Durante
singing and acting in a movie (Fat Sam's Gang's
song "Bad Guys")