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Jazz Age New York: 1920–1929
New York · 1920–1929 · exact time + place
The Roaring Twenties in NYC — jazz clubs, speakeasies, flappers, and the Harlem Renaissance. Think The Great Gatsby and gangster stories. The button below opens StoryTerra with both New York and the 1920s already set.
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Browse 45 books, 34 movies and 2 games set in New York.

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…

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 Great Gatsby
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN: 0743273567 (ISBN13: 9780743273565)The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been…

Fireheart
The film explores the world of firefighters in 1920s New York City and tells the story of a 16-year-old girl who will have to become a hero in order to save her city.

The Cameraman
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

Bullets Over Broadway
After young playwright David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a…

Seven Chances
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

The Roaring Twenties
After World War I Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery…

The Crowd
John an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker meets and marries Mary. They start a family struggle to cope with marital stress financial setbacks and tragedy all while lost amid the anonymous pitiless…

Genius
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling chaotic 1000-page manuscript by an unknown writer…
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