1910 entertainment

1910's Entertainment

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Some of the entertainment of the 1910's, could be surprising to you. Some books were the "Tip Top Weekly ," "Luck and Pluck," and "Griffith's: The Birth of a Nation."
One of the famous cartoon strips was "Mutt and Jeff." In addition, a movie series that came out was "The Perils of Pauline." Some of the games, toys, and sports were Ping-Pong or table tennis, tinker toys, Raggedy Ann, and Kewpie dolls. Ping-Pong was a sport that many people played, and is an Olympic sport today. Tinker toys were created during World War I for entertainment. They were building blocks that connected to each other. Raggedy Ann, a popular doll whose hair was made of red yarn, was played with by many children. Raggedy Andy, her brother, and all their books came out at a later time. Kewpie dolls were dolls with topknots, based on drawings from Rose O'Neill in "Ladies Home Journal."
Charlie Chaplain, at the age of 27, signed a contract for a million dollars to perform in eight films in eighteen months. He was successful in making silent films very comical to watch. This British born actor captured the hearts of American audiences after his debut in 1914. Chaplain was one of the motion picture industry's first greatest stars. (Years in Photographs, 1999) Much of this entertainment is continuing to entertain us today.

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