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CANADA IN THE
1920S
Arts and
Entertainment
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music
and Dancing
Movies and Film
Radio
Sports
Group of Seven
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MUSIC
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Jazz was the main music of the 1920s
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Originated in the southern United States and spread
to Canada
From Jazz came Blues and Swing, which became
more popular in the 1930s
 The Jazz Age encouraged daring and energetic
dances
 The Charleston became the most popular dance
 These dances were considered indecent because
of their suggestive movements
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Some cities tried to have the dance banned!
The Charleston Dance Clip
Dance Steps!
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MOVIES AND FILM
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Silent movies- the actual film was silent, but
most movies included subtitles, live pianos,
orchestras and sound effects.
Movie!
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Talking films (talkies), were a great invention in
the 1920s.
But “talkies” did not arrive in Canada until the
late 1920s
Films provided excitement that ordinary people
sometimes lacked in their ordinary lives.
Mary Pickford was a famous Canadian film star
that made it big in Hollywood.
Charlie Chaplin was a very famous nonCanadian film start of the 1920s
MARY PICKFORD
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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RADIO
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Radio made the world seem smaller
Radio provided inexpensive entertainment to
Canadians and it ended isolation
It brought families together and created unity
Music, sports, dramas and advertisements
became very popular because of the radio.
Hockey Night in Canada was one of the first
Canadian radio programs
 It proved to be a traditional Canadian past time
since the beginning of its time
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SPORTS
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Canada was sports crazy in the 1920s
Through radio and newspapers Canadians were
fascinated by North American athletes in sports
such as:
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Hockey, Baseball, Golf, Basketball, boxing.
The Canadian Olympic teams exceeded
expectations during the decade
Many sports heroes were armatures: they came
out of nowhere to grab headlines and establish
world records
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Percy Williams:
20 year old sprinter
 Won 2 gold medals at 1928 Amsterdam Olympics
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Lionel Conacher:
Most famous athlete in the 1920s
 Trophies and medals in:
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Boxing, wrestling, lacrosse, hockey, football and baseball
Four of the original NHL teams were Canadian.
Even though more teams were established in the
U.S. most of the players were Canadian.
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Women in sports:
 Basketball was one of the first sports that
women played and excelled at.
 The Edmonton Grads were said to be the best
basketball team to have ever stepped out on
the floor
Golf was also a popular women's sport
The best woman athlete was Fanny “Bobby”
Rosenfeld
 Hockey, softball, tennis and track and field.
PERCY WILLIAMS
LIONEL CONACHER
EDMONTON GRADS
ARTS: GROUP OF SEVEN
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Seven young Canadian artists created a national
artistic identity that allowed Canadians to
discover the beauty of our landscape
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The group challenged traditional European art
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Used brilliant colours and thickly applied paint
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They helped Canadians and the world see a new
and different type of art that was truly Canadian
Traditional European Painting
Group of Seven Work