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The 1920s: 1920–1929
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The First World War ended in 1918, and the 1920s divided the spoils unevenly: America boomed on cars, radio and credit while Britain stagnated and Germany slid toward hyperinflation. Women voted in America, Britain and a dozen other countries, jazz records spread from New Orleans, and the Soviet Union sealed itself under Stalin.
Prohibition ran from 1920 to 1933 and the stock market crashed in 1929. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby parties through Long Island in 1922, and The Mummy adventures through British-occupied Egypt in the 1920s. Open the 1920s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 1920s
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Browse 391 books, 459 movies, 7 TV shows and 35 games set in the 1920s (1920–1929).
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
In 1926 Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from…
Killers of the Flower Moon
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
The Great Gatsby
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor Jay Gatsby. Soon enough however Carraway will see through the cracks of…
The Princess and the Frog
A waitress desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
The Kid
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Singin' in the Rain
In 1927 Hollywood a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
The Mummy
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep…
Babylon
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the…
Some Like It Hot
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they…
Togo
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength courage and determination of…
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Jazz Age New York: 1920–1929 — The Roaring Twenties in NYC — jazz clubs, speakeasies, flappers, and the Harlem Renaissance. Think The Great Gatsby and gangster stories. The button… Explore Jazz Age New York: 1920–1929
Roaring Twenties America: 1920–1929 — A decade of jazz, economic boom, and cultural transformation that defined modern America — stories of glamour and struggle from Gatsby's parties to… Explore Roaring Twenties America: 1920–1929
Weimar Berlin: 1919–1933 — The politically volatile yet culturally vibrant Berlin of the 1920s — a playground for artists, writers, and cabaret culture before the rise of… Explore Weimar Berlin: 1919–1933
Weimar Germany: 1919–1933 — A culturally vibrant yet politically unstable period — marked by innovation in arts and science, under the shadow of rising extremism. Bauhaus,… Explore Weimar Germany: 1919–1933
Prohibition Chicago: 1920–1939 — The wild era of bootlegging, gangsters, and jazz clubs — famously depicted in movies like The Untouchables. The button below opens StoryTerra with… Explore Prohibition Chicago: 1920–1939
Interwar Shanghai: 1920–1941 — Enter the 'Paris of the East' — a cosmopolitan city of glamour, vice, and espionage where immense wealth and extreme poverty coexisted on the brink… Explore Interwar Shanghai: 1920–1941
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