Video: 'Song of the Vagabonds - Lou Gold and His Orchestra 1925'
(Monday, September 21, 1925, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Vagabond King, an operetta by Rudolf Friml in four acts, opened tonight at Casino Theatre in New York City’s Theatre District at 1404 Broadway and West 39th Street. Continue reading ‘The Vagabond King’ operetta opens on Broadway 100 years ago this hour (Sep 21 1925)
Video: 'Harold Lloyd The Freshman 1925'
(Sunday, September 20, 1925) — The Freshman, a silent comedy film about a naive college boy who tries to join the football team after making a fool out of himself, opened today in the United States including Colony Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Freshman’ opens in the U.S. 100 years ago today (Sep 20 1925)
Video: 'The Phantom of the Opera | 1925 | FULL MOVIE *HD* Lon Chaney's STUNNING Performance'
(Sunday, September 6, 1925, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Phantom of the Opera, a silent horror film about a hideously deformed man who haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera, premiered tonight at the Astor Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ premieres in New York City 100 years ago this hour (Sep 6 1925)
Video: 'The Saturday Evening Post History Minute: William Jennings Bryan – Progressive or Demagogue?'
(Sunday, July 26, 1925, about 4:45 p.m. EDT) — Just five days after winning a conviction in the Scopes Trial against John T. Scopes for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in Dayton, Tennessee (the verdict was later overturned), prosecutor William Jennings Bryan died today of a heart attack at age 65. Continue reading William Jennings Bryan, 65, dies in this sleep 100 years ago this hour (July 26 1925)
Video: 'This Man Was Tried in Tennessee for Teaching Evolution'
(Tuesday, July 21, 1925, 11:27 a.m. EDT) — The so-called “Monkey Trial” trial of John Thomas Scopes for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in Dayton, Tennessee, which defense attorney Clarence Darrow characterized today as “the first case of its kind since we stopped trying people for witchcraft” (three-time Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan was the special prosecutor in the case) is over. Continue reading Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’ ends with guilty verdict, fine 100 years ago this hour (July 21 1925)
Video: 'Mein Kampf: An Autopsy Of The Nazi Mind'
(Saturday, July 18, 1925) — The first volume of Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”), an autobiographical manifesto by National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany was published today. Continue reading Hitler publishes first volume of ‘Mein Kampf’ 100 years ago today (July 18 1925)
Video: 'The Gold Rush (1925) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers'
(Monday, June 26, 1925, 8:30 p.m. PDT) — The Gold Rush, a silent film about a lost soul in the Yukon who seeks love and wealth, premiered tonight at Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘The Gold Rush’ silent comedy film premieres in Los Angeles 100 years ago this hour (June 26 1925)
Video: 'Chrysler History: 1920 - 1990'
(Saturday June 6, 1925) — Chrysler was founded today by Walter Chrysler when the Maxwell Motor Company (est. 1904) was re-organized into the Chrysler Corporation.
Video: 'Scopes Battles the Butler Act: The Fight for Evolution Theory - Decades TV Network'
(Tuesday, May 5, 1925) — Schoolteacher John T. Scopes, 24, was charged today for violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. Continue reading Schoolteacher John T. Scopes charged with teaching theory of evolution 100 years ago today (May 5 1925)
Video: 'Gas warfare in the First World War'
(Monday, May 4, 1925) — An international conference opened today in Geneva to forge an agreement against the use of chemical and biological weapons in war; the Geneva Protocol was signed on June 17, 1925 and went into force in 1928.
