1920 London is a 2016 Indian supernatural horror film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai. It is the third installment in the 1920 film series,[3] after 1920 and 1920: The Evil Returns. The film stars Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, and Vishal Karwal in lead roles. The film managed to recover its cost and became a moderate success but it couldn't repeat the success of its previous installments, still it was followed by another installment titled 1921.
1920 London received generally negative reviews from critics. Koimoi.com gave the film 1.5/5 stars and wrote, "Where do we start? A lazy writing, poor direction and an even more unconvincing act!"[4] Mohar Basu of The Times of India gave the film 1/5 stars and wrote,"There isn't an inkling of innovative thinking in the third installment of the 1920 series. The best thing that can be said about it is that it will remain one of the year's funniest films".[5] Soumyata of Bollywood Life, also gave 1.5/5 stars to the film and wrote, "While film had a good twist post interval, it wasn't surprising. Except for the gender reversal, as here the wife is saving the husband, the plot is similar to the first 1920 film, Needless to say, the latest entry in the 1920 series disappoints big time, with Sharman Joshi being the only saving grace, Watch the film only if you don't have anything else to do".[citation needed]
The music for 1920 London is composed by Shaarib-Toshi, and JAM8. The first song "Gumnaan Hai Koi" which was a recreated version of the original song from the 1965 film Gumnaam was released on 9 April 2016. The music rights of the film are acquired by T-Series except the "Gumnaam" song which is bought by Saregama.[6] The full music album was released on 21 April 2016.
For two centuries the coal industry was a major source of employment in the UK. Employment in coal peaked in 1920 at 1.19 million workers: more than 1-in-20 of the total UK workforce.
What would a fashionable Londoner wear as she went out for a night of sophisticated revelry? To ogle the Prince of Wales at the Café de Paris, dance at the Criterion Ballroom, attend a tango tea at Chez Henri or let herself be seen in the beautiful dining room of the Café Royal. For inspiration, think American-born actress and fashion icon Tallulah Bankhead on the London stage in the 1920s, particularly in her role as Jerry Lamar in The Gold-Diggers at the Lyric Theatre in 1927. Watch a flash from the play here (courtesy British Pathé).
A "programme" for the 1920 Western Fair advertises a special 'auto entrance' for cars and drivers. Another page promotes a combined $1 fare for cars and drivers, which pays for parking 'as long as desired.'
Fashion in the 1920s was all about the whole look and there were trends in how the body itself was fashioned. The simple lines and androgynous shapes of fashion looked best on bodies free from curves. Through exercise, diet, and various shaping undergarments, women attempted to achieve this look. The sporting look also helped facilitate a mode for suntanned skin. Many women cut their hair into a bob, a popular hairstyle that emerged early in the decade. Hairstyles kept getting shorter first with the shingle and then with the Eton crop, but like hemlines, as the decade drew to a close, women were starting to grow their hair longer again. The cloche hat became an extremely popular accessory that looked best with these short hairstyles.
Soumyata Chauhan of BollywoodLife.com said: "The London version of 1920 gives you a deja vu feeling and has nothing different from the earlier versions. Sharman Joshi is the only saving grace of this horror film. The supposedly horror film makes you laugh, smile basically anything but cringe."
Manjusha RadhaKrishnan of Gulf News said: "1920 London the third instalment in the 1920 series by producer Vikram Bhatt, exhausts every cliche that has been regurgitated in Bollywood love stories. Corny dialogues such as "we will live together and die together" and sappy songs with lovers dancing around in picturesque locations will make you nauseous."
Bollywood Hungama critic said: "1920 LONDON is an engrossing fare with the right amount of eerie and scary moments. It has its ample share of terrifying moments that one expects from a film about supernatural forces. It has the potential to appeal to all sections of audiences at the box-office."
William Bridges-Adams produced the play in Stratford in 1920 and 1932, obediently following the nineteenth-century traditions of using Mendelssohn's music, bands of dancing fairies and realistic forests. Likewise, Michael Benthall's production in1949 presented its fairies in the manner of a corps de ballet.
Unlike earlier censuses, the 1921 census (and later censuses) are subject to the Census Act 1920, as amended by the Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991 c.6 which makes it an offence to disclose personal information held in them until 100 years after the date they were conducted. Until then, they are held by the Office for National Statistics. Statistical information from these censuses is openly available.
In the 1920s, the first engine-powered version of the double-decker bus made its debut in London society. With a growing population, there was a desperate need for more buses, sparking competition amongst the many companies in the city. By the mid-1920s there were about 20 different companies with buses driving all over the city. The largest of these businesses, The London General Omnibus Company (LGOC), sought to differentiate from their competition and painted their buses bright red. At the time, I doubt anyone could have predicted the historical significance of choosing that one colour. In the 1930s the LGOC, like many other companies, merged together to became part of the collective London Passenger Transport Board. In the photo below you can see some of the different bus designs used over the years.
French artist Henri Matisse (Henri-Emile-Benôit Matisse, d. 1954) is born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis. In 1920, Matisse created the décor for Massine's Le Chant du Rossignol, which was rechoreographed in 1925 by George Balanchine.
Spanish painter and set and costume designer, Pablo Picasso (Pablo Ruiz Picasso de Blasco, d.1973) is born in Málaga. His success and development as an artist is directly related to his work for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Between 1917 and 1927 he designed the sets and costumes for Parade (1917); Cuadro Flamenco (1921); and Mercure (1927); the sets, costumes, and curtain for Le Tricorne (1919); and Pulcinella (1920); and the curtain for Le Train Bleu (1924).
Igor Stravinsky (Igor' Fedorovich Stravinskii, d.1971) is born in Oranienbaum, Russia. One of the most important composers of the twentieth century and a significant composer of ballet music, Diaghilev commissioned orchestrations from Stravinsky for the 1909 Paris season. Stravinsky's first composition for the Ballets Russes was The Firebird (1910), a work that inaugurated Stravinsky's international career. Other ballets, operas, and other compositions produced for Serge Diaghilev by Stravinsky included Petrouchka (1911); Le Sacre du Printemps (1913); Le Rossignol (1914; the work was staged as a ballet in 1920 under the name Le Chant du Rossignol); Feu d'Artifice (1917); Le Renard (1922); Mavra (1922); Les Noces (1923); Oedipus Rex (1927); and Apollon Musagète (1928). Writer David Hamilton noted that Stravinsky "was widely recognized as the last representative of a long tradition of great composers of international stature."
Polish dancer Stanislas Idzikowski (Stanislaw Idzikowski, d.1977) is born in Warsaw. He joined the Ballets Russes in 1914 and, except for a brief period, remained with Diaghilev until 1929. In addition to taking over a number of Vaslav Nijinsky's roles, Idzikowski created roles in Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur (1917); Contes Russes (1917); La Boutique Fantasque (1919); Le Tricorne (1919); Pulcinella (1920); The Sleeping Princess (1921); and Jack-in-the-Box (1926).
Russian dancer and teacher Felia Doubrovska (Felitsata Leont'evna Dluzhenevskaia, d. 1981) is born on 13 February in Saint Petersburg. Having fled Russia in 1920, except for the 1926-1927 season, she was a principal dancer with the Ballets Russes until 1929, creating roles in Les Noces, Apollon Musagète, and The Prodigal Son.
Dancer and choreographer Léonide Massine (Leonid Fedorovich Miasin; died in 1979) is born on 3 August in Moscow. Massine joined the Ballets Russes in 1914 as a dancer and was its chief choreographer from 1915-1920 Masssine continued the experiments in movement initiated by Michel Fokine but integrated character and ethnic influences into his choreographies, resulting in highly dramatic ballets. Some of his most notable choreographic works include Contes Russes, Parade, Le Tricorne, Pulcinella, and La Boutique Fantasque.
Polish dancer Leon Woizikowski (Leon Wójcikowski, d.1974) is born on 20 February in Warsaw. Woizikowski joined the Ballets Russes in 1915 and created roles in the ballets Las Meninas (1916); Contes Russes (1917); Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur (1917); Parade (1917); La Boutique Fantasque (1919); Le Tricorne (1919); and Pulcinella (1920). He also danced in "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor and Petrouchka. Woizikowski left the Ballets Russes in 1922 but rejoined the next year and continued to create new roles, including Les Noces (1923); Les Biches (1924); Le Train Bleu (1924); and The Prodigal Son (1929).
Russian-French ballet scenarist and Serge Diaghilev's artistic collaborator, Boris Kochno (d.1990) is born on 3 [16] January in Moscow. Kochno created the libretti for eleven of Diaghilev's operas and ballets: Mavra (1922); Les Tentations de la Bergère (1924); Les Fâcheux (1924); Zéphire et Flore (1925); Les Matelots (1925); Romeo and Juliet (1926); La Pastorale (1926); La Chatte (1927, written under his nom de plume, Sobeka); Ode (1928); Le Bal (1928); and Les Fils Prodigue (1929). The Ballets Russes' ballet master, Serge Grigoriev, noted that as Diaghilev began to lose interest in the company in the later 1920s, Kochno took on more and more administrative and artistic responsibility.
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