While the twenties roared, the films were silent: A look back at 1925

In 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor in the United States; The New Yorker was first published; Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated as US President; Tennessee passed the Butler Act, prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the state’s public schools; F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby; Adolf Hitler published volume one of Mein Kampf; Mount Rushmore was dedicated;… Continue reading While the twenties roared, the films were silent: A look back at 1925

Best of the 1920s

  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Francis recounts the time he exposed Dr. Caligari as a murderous sociopath who hypnotized one of his patients to commit his crimes. As he finishes his story, we learn Francis is actually patient at an insane asylum and his account is his latest delusion. This film invented the now… Continue reading Best of the 1920s