The Golden Twenties

The Golden Twenties

68 mins | Documentary | April 7, 1950

Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

The Golden Twenties

68 mins | Documentary | April 7, 1950

The Golden Twenties
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
Producers Time
Original title The Golden Twenties
Directors
Writers Samuel Wood Bryant, Frederick Lewis Allen

Cast

Robert Q. Lewis

as Narrator

Frederick Lewis Allen

as Narrator

Elmer Davis

as Narrator

Red Barber

as Narrator

Allen Prescott

as Narrator

John Barrymore

as Himself (archive footage)

Irving Berlin

as Himself (archive footage)

William Jennings Bryan

as Himself (archive footage)

Billie Burke

as Herself (archive footage)

Vilma Banky

as Herself (archive footage)

Al Capone

as Himself (archive footage)

Enrico Caruso

as Himself (archive footage)

Irene Castle

as Herself (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

as (archive footage)

Joseph Conrad

as Himself (archive footage)

Calvin Coolidge

as Himself (archive footage)

Dolores Costello

as Herself (archive footage)

Clarence Darrow

as Himself (archive footage)

Jack Dempsey

as Himself (archive footage)

Thomas A. Edison

as Himself (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

as Himself (archive footage)

George Gershwin

as Himself (archive footage)

Texas Guinan

as Herself (archive footage)

Warren G. Harding

as Himself (archive footage)

Herbert Hoover

as Himself (archive footage)

Harry Houdini

as Himself (archive footage)

Al Jolson

as Himself (archive footage)

Harry Lauder

as Himself (archive footage)

Pola Negri

as Herself (archive footage)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

as Himself (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Himself (archive footage)

Lillian Case Russell

as Herself (archive footage)

Babe Ruth

as Himself (archive footage)

Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

as Herself (archive footage)

Gloria Swanson

as Herself (archive footage)

Marion Talley

as Herself (archive footage)

Rudolph Valentino

as Himself (archive footage)

Rudy Vallee

as Himself (archive footage)

Johnny Weissmüller

as Himself (archive footage)

Paul Whiteman

as Himself (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson

as Himself (archive footage)

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

as Himself (archive footage)

Adolph Zukor

as Himself (archive footage)