Entertainment
Our Entertainment section is devoted to all the splendid forms of media: film, books, television, radio, video, and web in the retroverse. To begin with the beginning, one of the great period novels, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Great Gatsby Reading Circle
By George Carvalho
This year's Gatsby Summer Afternoon on Sunday, September 13, 2009 will feature an action packed 45 minute discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, at 2:30 pm. Attendees will be invited to read passages from both the book, and Francis Ford Coppola’s script from the 1974 Hollywood film with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Don’t miss this opportunity to listen to memorable scenes from this legendary story of love, longing and loss set in a society teetering on the edge. So be sure to dust off your copy of the novel and bring it with you.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
Everything from “Ain’t We Got Fun?” to the “Ziegfeld Follies”
By George Carvalho
“The Great Gatsby does not proclaim the nobility of the human spirit; it is not politically correct; it does not reveal how to solve the problems of life; it delivers no fashionable or comforting messages. It is just a masterpiece.” ~ Mathew J. Bruccoli
Resource Materials – Study Guides
GradeSaver.com
http://www.gradesaver.com/the-great-gatsby/study-guide/SparkNotes.com
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/eNotes.com
http://www.enotes.com/twentieth-century-criticism/great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgeraldYahoo! Education
http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/the_great_gatsby/LitLovers.com
http://www.litlovers.com/guide_greatgats.htmlResource Materials – Lesson Plans
DiscoveryEducation.com
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/greatbooks-greatgatsby/Resource Material – Gatsby
The Great Gatsby – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_GatsbyThe Great Gatsby – An unabridged recording by the BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/081021_great_gatsby.shtmlThe Great Gatsby – A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200041.txt
The copyright laws in Australia are less strict so The Great Gatsby is already public domain there.The Great Gatsby (1974) – Internet Movie Database
Information about the 1974 film starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071577/The Great Gatsby (2000) (TV) – Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210719/The Great Gatsby – Quotes
http://classiclit.about.com/od/greatgatsbythe/a/aa_greatgatsbyq.htmThe Great Gatsby Script by Francis Ford Coppola
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/g/great-gatsby-script-transcript-fitzgerald.htmlHyper-Concordance to the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/concordance/fitzgerald-s/West Springfield High School’s Gatsby Project
http://www.fcps.edu/westspringfieldhs/academic/english/1project/99gg/toc.htmResource Materials – Scott & Zelda
F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/F. Scott Fitzgerald Society
http://www.fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/F. Scott Fitzgerald – Knol Entry
http://knol.google.com/k/gary/f-scott-fitzgerald/ow5jbvr76bz9/80#Zelda Fitzgerald – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_FitzgeraldResource Materials – Photos
Jazz Age Lawn Party – Flickr.com Group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1138378@N21/Resource Materials – Music
Ain’t We Got Fun? – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_We_Got_Fun%3FJazz Age 1920s
http://www.jazzage1920s.com/Red Hot Jazz Archive
http://www.redhotjazz.com/Resource Materials – Dance Videos
Foxtrot Janka and Patrik Kisucky – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqfJRrPzDfQLindy Hop Showdown – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAAAV7BB1HUSan Francisco Jitterbugs Promo Video – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ItfkcQE6LISan Francisco's Tuesday Night Jump! Promo Video – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT2mnCs8Vyw ULHS 2006Charleston Finals Dance-Off – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06raZrgFwq0Resource Materials – Historical “GonneGtions”
American Dream – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_DreamArt Deco Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_DecoBathtub Gin Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_ginCharleston – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_%28dance%29Cloche Hat – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloche_hatEdith Cummings – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_CummingsFlapper – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlapperFoxtrot – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxtrotHarlem Renaissance – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_RenissanceHistory of the 1920s – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920sHopalong Cassidy – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopalong_CassidyJazz Age Culture – Part I
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.htmlJazz Age Culture – Part II
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage2.htmlJazz Age Culture – Part III
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage3.htmlLindy Hop – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_HopLost Generation – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_GenerationMarathon Dancing – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_dancingProhibition – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProhibitionRaccoon Coat – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon_coatSlang of the 1920s
http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htmScopes Monkey Trial – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial#End_of_the_trialTop 100 Silent Era Films
http://www.SilentEra.com/info/top100.htmlZiegfeld Follies – Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziegfeld_FolliesResource Materials – Books
1922, Life Magazine
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest HemingwayApproaches to Teaching Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Nancy P. VanArsdaleBandbox : A Novel
by Thomas Mallon
A comedy of errors set in Manhattan during the 1920s.Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age
By D.J. TaylorEtiquette: In Society, In Business, In Politics and At Home
by Emily Post online
First published in 1922.The Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Arthur MizenerFitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (Cliffs Notes)
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
by Joshua ZeitzFool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Scott DonaldsonOnly Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's
by Frederick Lewis AllenSome Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Matthew J. BruccoliThe 1920s (American Popular Culture Through History)
by Kathleen Drowne and Patrick Huber1929
by Frederick Turner
Bix Beiderbecke was one of the great jazz musicians of the 1920s. This novel presents a fictional take on his life.
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