Product Details

• Actors: Fred Allen
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: SHANACHIE
• DVD Release Date: April 22, 2003
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008LDNT
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,554 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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JAZZ AGE - DVD Movie

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great if you teach US History, November 24, 2000

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M. Altieri (Cheshire, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jazz Age [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Best overall look at the 1920's for students and the people interested in the 20's. Music is right with the times and the film is vintage. Fred Allen is the the host and his old radio voice is right out of the Jazz Age!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NBC's Project Twenty series, December 2, 2005

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Richard Morris "20's buff" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Project Twenty: The Jazz Age (DVD)

What a masterpiece! I remember watching this program when I was a pre-teen in the mid-fifties. The film footage, Fred Allen's narration, and Robert Russell Bennett's musical accompaniment are nothing short of captivating. A must see for students of that era.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oustanding for teaching Gatsby, January 27, 2007

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Joseph S. Chambers "psychedelicowboy" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Project Twenty: The Jazz Age (DVD)

As an English teacher trying to illustrate the historical context of Gatsby, this documentary is excellent. Fred Allen's tongue-in-cheek narration may be difficult for some students, but the issues relevant to the book are obvious and treated appropriately. It is also a fast and quick screening in classes--the first few chapters are all that are needed, up to when the documentary shifts to the expatriates abroad in Paris.