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Jazz Age New York: 1920–1929

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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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10 famous stories set in Jazz Age New York

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Browse 45 books, 34 movies and 2 games set in New York.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Heyday Films-Warner Bros. Pictures
movie

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…

Setting: New York USATime Period: 1920s
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Village Roadshow Pictures-Warner Bros. Pictures-Bazmark Films-Red Wagon Entertainment-Spectrum Films-A+E Studios
movie

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…

Setting: Long Island, New York, USATime Period: 1920s
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Fitzgerald
book

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…

Setting: ['New York City, New York (United States)', 'New York State (United States)', 'Long Island, New York (United States)']Time Period: 1925
Fireheart

Fireheart

Entertainment One-Anton Capital Entertainment (ACE)-Main Journey-Caramel Films-L'Atelier Animation-SND
movie

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.

Setting: New York, USATime Period: 1920s
The Cameraman

The Cameraman

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
movie

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

Setting: New York, USATime Period: 1920s
Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

Miramax
movie

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…

Setting: New York USATime Period: 1920s
Seven Chances

Seven Chances

Buster Keaton Productions
movie

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.

Setting: New York, USATime Period: 1925
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

Warner Bros. Pictures
movie

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…

Setting: New York USATime Period: 1920s
The Crowd

The Crowd

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
movie

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…

Setting: New York USATime Period: 1920s
Genius

Genius

Summit Entertainment-Desert Wolf Productions-Michael Grandage Company-Pinewood Pictures-Riverstone Pictures
movie

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…

Setting: New York, USATime Period: 1920s

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