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Chorus dancer (circa 1930) doing a jazzy 'Charleston'-style dance. This would be during a musical review at the 'Coconut Shell' theater, Casino Island (in the Spontoon Island Lagoon, North Pacific Ocean). The Casino was opened in 1929 to make money from the newly scheduled tourist cruise-ships.
Her stage costume is similar to what would be worn by a vaudeville theater 'South Sea' act in America or Europe in the 1920s or 30s - which might become part of a tourist's fantasy of life on a Pacific Island.
The Spontoon Islands have a self-created culture that adopted many Polynesian influences. While some of the local citizens might wear more 'authentic' Polynesian costumes, the Spontoonies are also influenced by the American & European entertainment costume from 'HulaHula' movies and stage acts... so one might actually see locals wearing a similar blend of fashion on the street... A tourist's dream-come-true.
Her stage costume is similar to what would be worn by a vaudeville theater 'South Sea' act in America or Europe in the 1920s or 30s - which might become part of a tourist's fantasy of life on a Pacific Island.
The Spontoon Islands have a self-created culture that adopted many Polynesian influences. While some of the local citizens might wear more 'authentic' Polynesian costumes, the Spontoonies are also influenced by the American & European entertainment costume from 'HulaHula' movies and stage acts... so one might actually see locals wearing a similar blend of fashion on the street... A tourist's dream-come-true.
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Yes. They were probably very pro dancers, and had already fallen off a stage once or twice. They looked like they knew how much it would hurt to fall off the top of the taxi. They probably trusted the taxi driver, but who can trust the other traffic in a situation like that?
I love period pieces! And the 20s to the 30s is one of my favorite times.
When I think "Charleston" the soundtrack in my mind is always "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-gAmzo0EY
When I think "Charleston" the soundtrack in my mind is always "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-gAmzo0EY
I just heard about the Coon-Sanders Nighthawk Orchestra about 6 months ago -- although I may have heard radio broadcast of their tunes, years ago. That's a very archetype style. And they were 'Nighthawks' because they were a live band broadcast in the 1920s from a Midwestern USA high-power radio station, late at night, when the atmospheric conditions (the radiation belts/layers) were very high in the sky, and allowed the radio signals to bounce off to a greater distance across the country. They became a national power group.
When I was a kid in the 1950s, the cartoons syndicated to the local TV stations were often the earliest sound cartoons, from 1928 to about 1938, and the earliest of those used pop tunes from the 20s for soundtracks -- often 'jazzy' 20s music, like this.
When I was a kid in the 1950s, the cartoons syndicated to the local TV stations were often the earliest sound cartoons, from 1928 to about 1938, and the earliest of those used pop tunes from the 20s for soundtracks -- often 'jazzy' 20s music, like this.
That's fascinating, that my exposure to this period was similar. They played old cartoons from the 20s and 30s on TV when I was a kid back in the early seventies. Betty Boop, Felix the Cat. There was also a Sunday morning show that played silent era comedies with an added narration (by a guy who improvised a dialogue and gave the characters funny names unrelated to the original plot of the movies) So even when I didn't live that era, I have a feeling of nostalgia for it.
Yep. Know what you are saying about that feeling of nostalgia. My knowledge of that culture is filtered through the story-lines in those black & white animated cartoons, though.
I suspect that some of my cartooner friends locally can't understand my tolerance of 1920s pop music.
I suspect that some of my cartooner friends locally can't understand my tolerance of 1920s pop music.
Yes. That would be a fast, bouncy, active, and good athletic beat for background music. There are many tunes like that from the 1920s and earlier that are used as a shorthand soundtrack to clue us in on how we are supposed to feel about the events being shown. Think about the (affectionate) musical cliches for "Circus Music", "Humorous Chase Music", "Going To Sleep Music".... I've discovered that if a familiar 'theme' background music sounds familiar, it probably has a name (and often lyrics) and sometimes is over 100 years old.
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