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In the 1920's financial prosperity was prominent and Americans had more disposable income to spend on entertaining themselves. This increase in cash, matched with advancements in technology, led to new patterns of leisure and purchases. In this period, movies became increasingly popular and spread across the nation as the new form of entertainment.

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As popularity of movies grew in the early part of the decade, movie theaters capable of seating large numbers of people sprang up in large cities. For a quarter, Americans could escape from their problems and lose themselves in another world. Compared to today, people of all ages attended movies with more regularity, with many going more than once a week. By the end of the decade, movie attendance surged to 90 million. The production industry in the 1920's also moved toward Southern California in order to escape cost of patents for equipment. Hollywood became home to movie making activity.

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The silent movies of the early 1920's gave rise to the first generation of movie stars. No star captured the attention of the American viewing public than Charlie Chaplin who was the top box office attraction of his time. The release of the movies "Talkie" starring Al Jolson also quickly became a huge hit. Its new sound  technology and story were popular with the audiences.

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Much like today, movie stars influence the type of movies made and audiences all across the country look to them as idols and watch them on the daily. Actors like Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp are much like Charlie Chaplin and star in loads of motion pictures and are a big source of income. Furthermore, the movie industry continues to thrive in areas such as California. It still is the ideal area to work in the movie industry and work to become an actor. Compared to today, there are still similarities in the mass culture topic of movies.

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Many people embraced the new popular culture because it stimulated consumption. People wanted to own the cars and clothes they saw in movies and magazines. Young people, and adults, too, began modeling their clothing, speech, and behavior after stars of movies.

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For immigrants and their children, farmers, miners, mill workers, and laborers, movies provided a window on the middle- and upper-class world, with which they had no direct contact. Mass culture was not only Americanizing immigrants, it was redefining the nation's values. This phenomena is even seen in our world today, with movies revealing life in other countries and the vast wilderness.

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The icons of mass culture competed with the traditional values of families and local communities in providing the primary channels for children's access to the outside world.

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Movies were arriving in small towns, and film distributors began building large movie palaces in the cities. One Baltimore theater featured a 110-person orchestra, a large organ, and fourteen pianos. Workers took the streetcar, and middle-class people drove downtown, to see new kinds of films at these theaters.