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MissChievous - How to apply 1920's Flapper MakeUp - Step-by-Step

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How to create a 1920's hair style out of long hair

"Time of Celebration" 

To see photos of this event click here http://fancyflapper.blogspot.com/.

From a historical building to a modern luxury building in the present, it is a “Time of Celebration”-at the Commerce Towers.  Houston’s past and future monument is celebrated its Open House on Feb. 29th, 2008, with a blast from the past; The Roaring 1920’s. 

Article in Bay Area Magazine    

Mikel Marketing brought the Roaring 20’s back to the newly renovated Commerce Towers.  A metaphoric twist from past:  flapper girls, “Big Band” music, and lots of dancing with a fantastic view of Houston’s skyline. Fancy Flappers Unique Costumes provided all the costumes worn by the models that worked the event. They looked fabulous!

Jesse Jones built the Commerce Towers in the 1920’s, which was once called the Commerce Building. Now, the 25-story architectural achievement has been transformed into beautiful, high-end condominiums. Fancy Flappers not only provided the costumes, but attended this swanky event with friends (Sheryl, Jami, & Stephani), who were also dressed to the nines in Fancy Flapper costumes.

Here's a view from one of the balconies on the 23rd floor of the Commerce Towers.

  

Guests arrived dressed as Flappers and Gansters. 

They made a stop at the best bar in town.  The “Speakeasy” bar was set up to serve Classic 1920’s Martinis, the popular Mint Julep, the sassy Pink Murder, and the Backseat Boogie.  The servers were also passing around cognac for guests to sip and champagne. Top resteraunts served delicious and well-known hors d’oeuvres from classic dishes that started in the 20’s, such as the lamb "lollipops: with classic BBQ sauce, bread pudding with sauce, crab cakes, “Speakeasy” spinach dip, Prime Rib with 3 different sauces, and a few select Greek dishes.  

The highlight of the evening, nationwide independent recording artist, “Maria Williams Band” performed their “Big Band” sounds with classics from Sonatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Dorsey, etc.  The music set off the flapper girls to dance the night away. Guests who know the Fox trot, the Charleston, or the Black Bottom had a chance to show off their moves in the dance contest.

 
This was a spectacular event. Very posh, with the best of the best of everything. The food was scrumptious, the alcohol flowed, and the band played on. Mikel Marketing did a great job.

See another great article about this event in the Mikel Marketing newsletter http://mikelmarketing.com/0408.html.

Hosting a Murder Mystery Party

by FancyFlappers

A Murder Mystery is an easy, entertaining, and affordable way to host a dinner party. It provides hours of non-stop entertainment and conversation with all guest participating. A role play party usually has a fixed number of guests, with each guest playing the role of a character.

Murder Mystery game kits can be purchased for approximately $30-$40 and usually allow for 8-10 players. The kit includes all the accessories to host your Murder Mystery party such as clues, skits, menus, music, costume suggestions, and manuals. Each guest will have a script, and instructions to play their role, so acting ability is not required.

To make the most out of your Murder Mystery dinner party, let your guests know well ahead of time what character they will be playing, and have everyone dress the part. Be sure to create an ambiance with mood lighting, appropriate music, and a dinner menu that fits your scene. For instance, for a 1920's themed Murder Mystery, the time period would be the late 20's, "Prohibition", and Jazz. Your guests should dress as Flappers and Gangsters. The scene might resemble a dark nightclub with Jazz playing in the background. The host might serve "hooch", and an all American meal like steak or roast, with potatoes and a fluffy dessert.

The game will have several rounds designed to fit around your dinner. Participants can discuss their clues and ask questions. Once players have gathered all of their clues, each character will declare their innocence by presenting their facts, and will then accuse a suspect. The game ends when the "murderer" has been revealed.

 

  

Planning a 1920's themed wedding

by FancyFlappers 

The 1920's was a time of celebration. It was an era about Jazz, dancing, fine clothing and entertaining. A Roaring 20's theme can add fun and uniqueness to any wedding, and will definitely make it more memorable. Here are a few ideas for a 20's themed wedding.

Start by transforming your wedding party into a dark, jazzy nightclub and hire a Jazz band. Have guests dress as their favorite silent movie stars, gangsters or musicians, such as Bonnie and Clyde, Don Juan, Al Capone, Mae West, Rudolph Valentino, Bugsy Malone, Duke Ellington, or Clara Bow, just to name a few.

The brides apparel should be elegant with knee length, dropped waist, chiffon and/or silk dresses, long beaded necklaces, and red lipstick. Cloches, bands of silk flowers worn low on the head, and Juliet style caps were all popular. Fragrant orchids and lilies were a favorite. The bridesmaids could wear flapper dresses with feathers and fringe, seamed stockings, and cross-strap Mary Jane shoes. Although the style was risque, for the time, it was also very glamorous. Men were extremely stylish in tuxedos, spats, and top hats. Zoot suits with bold wide ties, polished wingtip shoes, and slicked-back hair. Fedoras and pin striped suits also fit the era. Men in the 20's were rough, sleek, and romantic.

The meal should be All-American with rich, roasted meats; potatoes; and decadent desserts. Ice down huge metal troughs with "hooch", "moonshine", and "gin". Have each table assigned to a 20's theme or event such as the "Jazz" table, "Prohibition" table, "Gangster" table, "Charleston" table, "Ragtime" table, or the "Shimmy" table. Decorate with empty champagne bottles, large feathers and beads.

Hold a best dance or best costume contest. Create a casino corner for Poker, Black Jack, and Craps with all winnings to be donated to the bride and groom. Hire a photographer to take pictures of your guests in their 20's garb, and have someone take Polaroid pictures to share and take home, for memories of a wedding that will not soon be forgotten.

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> Decade By Decade> 1920s The third decade of the 20th century was famous for producing jazz, flappers, and more culture but it is also infamously remembered for exorbitant inflation and the Stock Market Crash.

Articles & Resources
1920 - 1929 Timeline
A year-by-year chronology of the third decade of the 20th century.
Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
In 1928, bacteriologist Alexander Fleming made a chance discovery. From a contaminated experiment, he found a powerful antibiotic, penicillin.
Charleston Dance Becomes Popular
The Charleston dance became popular after appearing along with the song, "The Charleston," by James P. Johnson in the Broadway musical Runnin' Wild in 1923.
Fatty Arbuckle Scandal
In 1921 Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle was arrested and tried for the murder of a young starlet named Virginia Rappe. The public was against him but the jurors could find no evidence. Find out more about this Hollywood scandal.
First Academy Awards
The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929. It was a quiet affair compared to the glamor and glitz that accompany the ceremonies of today. 
Flappers in the Roaring Twenties
In the 1920s, a new woman was born. She smoked, drank, danced, and voted. She cut her hair, wore make-up, and went to petting parties. She was giddy and took risks. She was a flapper.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford became an icon of a self-made man. He began life as a farmer's son and quickly became rich and famous. Although an industrialist, Ford remembered the common man. He designed the Model T for the masses, installed a mechanized assembly line to make production cheaper and faster, and instituted the $5 per day pay rate for his workers. Learn more about this complicated man, from his birth to his death.
Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
On November 8, 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted to sieze control of Germany through a putsch (coup). Learn about his failed attempt.
Pancho Villa Retires
In 1920, Pancho Villa agreed to retire as part of a peace agreement with the new interim president of Mexico, Adolfo De la Huerta.
Prohibition
Prohibition was the period in United States history in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors was outlawed. It was a time characterized by speakeasies, glamour, and gangsters and a period of time in which even the average citizen broke the law.
St. Valentines Day Massacre
On the morning of St. Valentine's Day in 1929, seven men were gunned down in cold blood in a garage in Chicago. The massacre, orchestrated by Al Capone, shocked the nation by its brutality and made Capone a national celebrity.
Tomb of King Tut Found
In November 1922, Howard Carter discovered not just an unknown ancient Egyptian tomb, but one that had lain nearly undisturbed for over 3,000 years. What lay within King Tut's tomb astounded the world.

 

  

Unique Costumes Web Store To Debut in time for Halloween

 (Humble, TX September 15, 2006) --

Sade DeBoer is proud to announce the Grand Opening of "FANCY FLAPPERS UNIQUE COSTUMES", a site devoted specifically to 1920s Flapper dress Costumes and other historical period ensembles.

FancyFlappers.com provides one-of-a-kind Historical Era costumes with accessories. Fancy Roaring 20s flapper dresses, Moulin Rouge, Can Can, Saloon Girl, Showgirl, Victorian, Edwardian, Renaissance, Southern Belle Costumes and more. Complete unique outfits for Halloween, themed events, Red Hat Society, Pink Hatters, Mardi Gras, weddings, theater, plays, parties, cruises, Murder Mystery dinner theater, Antique & Vintage Car Shows, and/or collecting.

Each creation is UNIQUE and affordable. Priority shipping is often free, and we ship immediately, to ensure prompt arrival of your Fancy Flapper Costume.

Although you can already visit the site, "Unique Flapper Dresses & Costumes" will officially launch on 9/15/2006. DeBoer invites everyone to come and help celebrate the launch, and to check out the great Roaring 20s Dresses and Halloween Costumes in the new web store. To go to Unique Flapper Dresses & Costumes, simply click on or copy http://fancyflappers.ecrater.com into your web browser.

 

Online Yard Sale Fever Expands Around Houston

Written by Administrator   

Houston, Texas: Most people have heard of Ebay, but have you ever heard of an online yard sale?  Kingwood residents certainly have and the success of KingwoodYardSales.com is currently spreading to other areas around Houston. 

KingwoodYardSales.com is the brainchild of brothers Adam and Austin Allgaier, who developed the site in 2004 to give their wives a venue to get their yard sale fix, even though they live in Kingwood, where garage sales are prohibited. 

Since its launch, the site has grown to over 4 million page views per month with over 25,000 unique visitors and has developed a cult following in Kingwood and the surrounding areas. The Allgaier brothers have launched sites in sister sites in the Houston suburbs of Conroe, The Woodlands, Spring, Cleveland, Cyfair, Katy, Baytown, Sugarland, Pasadena, Pearland, and League City. 

"We wanted the experience to be similar to going to a real yard sale where buyers could come back each day and see what was new," said Adam Allgaier.  Allgaier is a daily browser himself and peruses new listings every morning.

Visitors to the site can browse through the variety of offerings from area residents.  Interested buyers can send a message to the seller requesting more information or to schedule a time for pick-up.  Those wanting to sell items can sign up for a free account and list up to ten items at a time for sale.  Premiere listing are available for only $7.95 per month and allow unlimited listings, bold item titles, expanded descriptions and photos in the listings.

Users of Kingwood Yard Sales come from all walks of life, but they all enjoy turning that unwanted item hanging around the house into extra cash and finding a good deal. Some sellers just post an item here or there. Others turn it into a business. 

Sheryl Enright is one of those who has turned KYS selling into a side business. A year and a half ago, Enright heard about KYS through the grapevine.  She quickly became one of the sites most prolific sellers as love4bdd and her KYS sales have rivaled her Ebay sales, where she has been a powerseller for five years.

Enright brought neighbor, Sade DeBoer, into the KYS fold as well.  Sade uses a variety of online venues to promote her handmade costumes which she sells online at http://www.fancyflappers.com/.  Beyond listing her costumes on all of the yard sale sites including those out of state, DeBoer uses her seller profile, Sade, to generate awareness for her own online shop.  She has seen a significant increase in traffic to her site since selling on the yard sales family of sites.

KingwoodYardSales.com has become the online sales venue of choice for both Enright and Sade due to the low cost, ease of listing, and no shipping.  Rather than per listing and per transaction fees, premiere accounts are only $7.95 per month.  The friends turn that into zero cost by taking advantage of the offer of a free premiere account for users who promote the site.  "Even without the free account, a six month membership would still only be a fraction of what I pay in weekly Ebay fees," stated Enright. 

Other sellers use the site to clear the clutter from their homes.  Barbara Erwin, known as BBQBarbie, and Rhonda Schnitz, CAS, both live in Kingwood villages that prohibit garage sales.  They turn to KingwoodYardSales.com to get rid of unwanted items.

The discovery of the site came at an opportune time for Erwin, who was unable to work outside of the home due to an injury.  Her KYS sales gave her an opportunity to make extra money as well as clear out her garage after moving to a new home.  "It's wonderful that the Allgaiers have given us this site and the opportunity to make money," stated Erwin, "It's been a real blessing."

For those interesting in giving an online yard sale a whirl, a recurring refrain among successful KYS sellers is "pictures sell."  "Get the premiere account," Enright advises new sellers. Erwin agrees and adds, "Be honest in your descriptions and you'll have happy buyers."

The face-to-face interaction during the transaction has created many friendships among KingwoodYardSales.com users.  Enright, Sade, and Schnitz are all part of a Bunco group made up of people met through KYS sales.  Erwin and Schnitz have made many new friends through repeat buyers from the site.

Some buyers on KingwoodYardSales.com are looking for a specific item and take advantage of the city-wide search function.  Others browse the listings religiously looking for that yet to be found great deal.  One such buyer is Veronica Galbreath.  Galbreath visits the site daily, "you never know what is going to be out there," she states. 

Her tips for finding that perfect item:  "Refresh, Refresh, Refresh," referring to the fact that over 2,000 items are posted daily.  Items move off the front page so quickly that some may be missed unless the browser cache is refreshed. 

"Keep it short and sweet."  Galbreath insists that she has missed out on great deals by minutes because she was too lengthy in her inquiry email.  Her last piece of advice is to "say that you want it and show up when you say."  The secret to the success of KingwoodYardSales.com may be found in a statement by Galbreath, "what one person may not want, another person may need." 

The next time you want to clear out that cluttered closet, make a little extra cash, or find a great deal, visit the yard sale site nearest you.

KingwoodYardSales.com is the hub of an online network of classified and for sale sites.  Free and premiere memberships are available.  For more information, visit www.kingwoodyardsales.com.  For a full listing of yard sale sites in the Houston area, visit www.kingwoodyardsales.com/houston.jsp.

eCrater: Scratching an Ecommerce Itch
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com

September 02, 2007

In today's AuctionBytes-Update, Lissa McGrath brings us up to date on eCrater (http://www.ecrater.com), a storefront service and marketplace that launched in 2004. We interviewed some satisfied eCrater sellers via email to find out what they like about the service, here are their comments.

Sade of FancyFlappers.com
http://www.fancyflappers.ecrater.com

AB: When did you start listing on eCrater, and how long did it take you to get set up?

Sade: I started selling on eCrater in March of 2006. The store was very easy to set up and took me a few hours to get everything in place, and about 3 days to stock it. The set-up is very user friendly for the most part, and anyone can do it, especially the HTML illiterate because the set-up is all in plain text, everything is very uniform, thus resulting in a very clean and organized look. All stores have the same set-up.

AB: How many items do you currently have listed?

Sade: 131 Costumes & Accessories. :0)

AB: What kind of traffic do you get? Do you pay anything extra to eCrater for extra visibility?

Sade: I do not pay for extra visibility because I use my website to draw traffic to my eCrater store. I'm very pleased with the traffic.

AB: Do you promote eCrater, if so, how?

Sade: I promote eCrater by driving traffic from my website. Every product on my site, points to my e-Crater store, eCrater is my shopping cart. I also promote eCrater on all of the message boards, and to every auction seller I know. eCrater is the alternative to eBay. My sales are double, sometime triple, than my eBay store sales.

AB: What do you like and dislike about eCrater from the seller's point of view?

Sade: I like the simplicity, love that my buyers can choose Google Checkout to process payment, I like that eCrater sends feeds to Google daily, and I love their Message Board. Any questions a seller, or buyer may have, can be answered there.

I'm wish that eCrater did have basic HTML functionality. I would like to be able to bold text, something to note important details, in my descriptions. Their shipping matrix is a bit complicated and tedious. I really have no other complaints.

Franci Neale of JustonceOnline.com
http://justonceonline.ecrater.com

AB: When did you start listing on eCrater, and how long did it take you to get set up?

Franci: I started listing on eC 8 days ago, but I had the store set up for a while before I actually began....I took a long time to decide exactly what I was going to do. I have put all of my dress making patterns up on eCrater now and am getting one or two sales a day....not bad for the first week....I can't tell where the buyers are coming from, but I am averaging 6 - 10 hits per listing and some are in the 20's and 30's...so they do have traffic.

AB: What do you like and dislike about eCrater from the seller's point of view?

Franci: My experience with eC is slim at this writing, but the listing process is really very easy. They have a bulk loader but I didn't use it. I was able to put up more than l,000 listings in a week.

AB: Is it set up so you could easily list many items if you find you are happy with the site?

Franci: They have a bulk loader, but I'm not sure I would use it as it is based on Excel and I am not proficient in that program.

AB: Do you think you'll be promoting eCrater to your customers, or using whatever traffic happens to come their on its own?

Franci: Right now I am just listing, doing no promotions at all, and sales are happening. I plan on using eC in conjunction with my web store and linking to the categories from there with more details and information. I also will have listings that are just on my web site. We'll see how that works. The site is not yet ready for prime time, but will be within a week....my plan is to be up and ready to promote the heck out of my site by September lst.

AB: Anything else?

Franci: The site itself is slim on instructions and details, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, as it keeps the site really simple and straight forward. It's very fast....and I am on dial up....They have a really good forum that can be reached via the Community tab and it's loaded with information....I got really fast and accurate answers to two questions there.

Also the order notices are really easy and prompt. And they take both PayPal and Google Checkout....which was really easy to sign up for through their site.

All in all it's really good and suits my purposes just right. They recently added inventory control which endeared it to me even more.

Peg of Peg's Buttons
http://PegsBUTTONS.ecrater.com

AB: When did you start listing on eCrater, and how long did it take you to get set up?

Peg: I have been on E since Yahoo closed their auctions..sometime in July I started listing..I am NOT real smart with computer stuff, but it didn't take me long at all to set up my store..it was SOOOO easy.

AB: How many items do you currently have listed?

Peg: I have 481 store items and am listing more weekly.

AB: What kind of traffic do you get? Do you pay anything extra to eCrater for extra visibility?

PEG: I can't believe how many hits I get...many many more than I ever got at Yahoo. No I don't pay anything.

AB: Do you promote eCrater, if so, how?

PEG: Yes I promote but need to do more in that area..I cater to button collectors..I belong to 2 button chat groups and 1 time a week send them to my E. plus I always have my signature that goes out in all my emails and that include my ebay winners.

AB: What do you like and dislike about eCrater from the seller's point of view?

PEG: I like everything about ecrater even the fact you can't use html..I have never had a problem getting to E and it is fast to list and EASY!!

There is one thing I don't like and that is their feedback system..the buyer can only post feedback for a seller if the seller accepts paypal/google..which I don't use either.. I have sold many items and all have been paid by check or money order therefore I don't have any feedback..they should do away with feedback all together.

It won't be long before E is the number 2 selling place..right after that other BIG E..lol!!

Pat of BigTallMensClothing
http://www.BigTallMensClothing.ecrater.com

AB: When did you start listing on eCrater, and how long did it take you to get set up?

Pat: I opend my first store on ecrater.com in March of 2005 - www.BigTallMensClothing.ecrater.com. Set up of text pages is quick and easy, my newest store opened in August of 2007 - www.Promote.ecrater.com took me only about 15 minutes to complete all the set up pages.

Setting up the categories take only a few minutes once you have it all planned out so you can sit there and just enter them and not keep changing the plan. Planning takes the longest.

Adding product is easy too. It's a one page entry form. If I am ready to create the ad (know what I want it to say), it normally takes just a minute or 2, depending on how much I decide to type into the description. Within a few hours a seller can easily have a store up and running on ecrater.com, complete with product loaded.

AB: How many items do you currently have listed?

Pat: http://www.BigTallMensClothing.ecrater.com - 2700 items
http://www.FormalDresses.ecrater.com - 95 items
http://www.FashionsForHer.ecrater.com - 176 items
http://www.BreastCancerJewelryAndMore.ecrater.com - 16 items
http://www.HeelNToes.ecrater.com - 20 items
http://www.GagGiftsRUs.ecrater.com - 20 items
http://www.Promote.ecrater.com - 165 items

Currently working on www.PetsAdored.ecrater.com to be opened by October 1st.

AB: What kind of traffic do you get? Do you pay anything extra to eCrater for extra visibility?

Pat: Of course, www.BigTallMensClothing.ecrater.com gets the most traffic since it has the most items and gets alot more attention. August hits were 2439 on one item but average is probably around 175 or so. Even my newest store - www.Promote.ecrater.com that opened August 1, 2007 has 100+ hits on some items and we haven't begun to promote it much.

I have not tried using ecrater.com paid advertising yet.

AB: Do you promote eCrater, if so, how?

Pat: I am very happy to promote eCrater.com to everyone that sells online as well as those that shop online. I belong to many forums with both buyers and online sellers and always talk up eCrater.com. There is not place else that I know of that you can sell totally free, that does feeds to google.com and gets you excellent placement. Just do a search for Big Tall Mens Clothing on google, you will find my ecrater.com store on page one in the 4th spot. I don't think you can ask for anything better then that!

Our promotional item store, www.Promote.ecrater.com is all about items for small online sellers to purchase for promoting their store. It is also the official ecrater.com logo store. You can buy any item with the eCrater.com logo on it or any logo you want. Our Promote store definitely promotes using the eCrater.com site.

AB: What do you like and dislike about eCrater from the seller's point of view?

Pat: My list of likes is going to have to start with the community forums at ecrater.com, although I moderate the forum so that might sound a bit bias, but it is the most friendliest, most helpful group of people you will find on any forum. (If you haven't been there to check it out, you certainly need to. I think you might be very impressed.)

Next on the top of the list is the google feed / placement on google. Most sellers within ecrater.com are very please to see their products within the first few pages of a google search and within the Google Product list within a few days. Many sellers have reported items found and sold on google within a few hours of listing.

The ease of using eCrater.com as a shopping cart is also high on my list of the things I like about ecrater.com. I have tried other carts and nothing is a easy as ecrater.com plus you don't have to worry about hosting it yourself!

Of course the fact it's totally free is an excellent incentive to use eCrater.com.

No HTML allowed keeps all the ads placed on eCrater.com neat and clean and very professional looking.

Dislikes - In my opinion if eCrater.com was equipped with either a copy ad function or had the ability to use attributes on the product it would greatly improve the site.

The one thing I totally don't like is the shipping matrix. It's complicated and not to easy to use for many sellers especially those that sell light weight and heavy items. I wish it was linked to the USPS shipping calculator. I opt to use flat rate shipping charges but this does discourage buyers from buyer multiple items since the system won't discount shipping if you use that feature. In addition, I lose out on international buyers by using fixed shipping per item because the eCrater.com system doesn't have the ability to handle international shipping UNLESS you use the shipping matrix.

AB: Anything else you want to add?

Pat: Since I have been using eCrater.com I have watched it grow to it's current 724,000+ items over the past 2 1/2 years. May 8, 2007 eCrater.com hit the 500,000 mark. Soon there will be over a million items for buyers to chose from. Over the past 4 months that's 224,000 new items added - 56,000 items a month on average.

Hundreds if not thousands of sellers come to the community forum with questions on how to do things. The sellers are always willing to give advice and help new sellers get started.

I personally like to have my website with my domain name and use ecrater.com as my shopping cart. www.FormalLongDresses.com is set up that was as well as most of my ecrater.com stores. It's not a necessity but it gives me more freedom to show off my store. www.Promote-101.com, www.HeelsNToes.com are also set up using ecrater.com as more of a shopping cart then a store. www.PetsAdored.com will be set up that same way, using ecrater.com as the cart but giving me the freedom to have contest, and other things going on to promote my store better.

Some sellers, as well as myself have suggested to Dimitar, owner of ecrater.com, that maybe it's time to start charging a small fee to sell there or at least for new features like the inventory control that was recently added. He just says he won't do that. He won't charge to sell on ecrater.com since charging was never in his plan. I don't know how he does it, but I know all the sellers as well as myself are grateful to have found ecrater.com.

About the author:

Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com.

Films about the 1920s:

Al Capone (1959) Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam

Beau James (1957) Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004) Jim Caveziel, Claire Forlani

Boy Friend, The (1971) Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle

Brides (2004) Damian Lewis, Victoria Haralabidou, Andréa Ferréol

Bullets Over Broadway (1994) John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly

Capone (1975) Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakeley, Sylvester Stallone

Chaplin (1992) Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw

Chariots of Fire (1981) Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Ian Charleson, Ben Cross

Chicago (2002) Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger, Queen Latifah, Chita Rivera

Compulsion (1959) Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman

Cotton Club, The (1984) RichardGere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee

Court Martial of Billy, The (1955) Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy

Cross of Fire (1989) William Heard, Dion Anderson, Buzz Barton, Lloyd Bridges

Elmer Gantry (1960) Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger

Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The (1960) Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden

Five Pennies, The (1959) Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong

Funny Girl (1968) Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis

Godfather: Part II, The (1974) Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro

Good News (1947) June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall, Joan McKracken

Great Gatsby, The (1974) Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black

Great Waldo Pepper, The (1975) Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundlin

Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) William Powell, Myrna Loy, Louise Rainer, Frank Morgan

Helen Morgan Story, The (1957) Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson

Inherit the Wind (1960) Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly

Izzie and Moe (1985) Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Cynthia Harris, Zohra Lampert

King of the Roaring 20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1960) David Jannsen

Look for the Silver Lining (1959) June Haver, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith

Matewan (1987) Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDowell, Will Oldham

Miller's Crossing (1990) Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott

Portrait of a Mobster (1960) Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck

Public Enemy, The (1931) James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell

River Runs Through It, A (1992) Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt

Roaring Twenties, The (1939) James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart

Sacco e Vanzetti (1971) (Italian) Gian Maria Volontè, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack

St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The (1967) Jason Robards, George Segal

Sand Pebbles, The (1966) Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna

Singin' in the Rain (1952) Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debby Reynolds

Some Like It Hot (1959) Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft

Spirit of St. Louis, The (1957) James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith

Splendor in the Grass (1961) Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie

Sunrise at Campobello (1960) Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronin

Swoon (2002) Daniel Schlachet, Craig Chester, Ron Vawter, Michael Kirby

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore

Valentino (1951) Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson, Patricia Medina, Joseph Calleia

Valentino (1977) Rudolf Nuryev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Philips, Carol Kane

Wild Party, The (1975), James Coco, Racquel Welch, Perry King, Tiffany Bolling

Zelig (1983) Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Buckwalter, Patrick Horgan

1920's Trivia

  • The first Miss America Contest was held in Atlantic City in 1921.
  • The most popular dances were the Charleston, the Shimmy, and the Black Bottom.
  • Life expectancy of males was 53.6 years of age.
  • Female life expectancy was 54.6 years of age.
  • Average annual earnings was approximately $1236
  • A teacher's salary was $970
  • Murder, swindles and racketeering were the main gangster crimes.
  • It took 13 days to reach California from New York.
  • October 24, 1929 was the day the stock market crashed and is forever called: Black Thursday
  • There were 387,000 miles of paved road.
  • Dance marathons began in 1923 and soon became extremely popular across the country.
  • The most famous escape artist during this time was Harry Houdini.
  • You could buy a ford for $290.
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