Hollywood’s power manifests in its ability to reframe US and world history on its terms. One of the most telling examples is an entire historical period being named after the title of a Hollywood film. That was *The Roaring Twenties*, the 1939 gangster film directed by Raoul Walsh. The period depicted is considered one of the most dynamic, lively and is generally seen as the most decadent in US history. In the 1920s…
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The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 American gangster film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, and Gladys George. The film, spanning the period from 1919 to 1933, was written by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay and Robert Rossen. The film follows three men and their experiences during major events in the 1920s, such as Prohibition era violence and the 1929 stock market crash.
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