History Main / TheGay90s

Abroad, things were jumping internationally. In France, there was the Dreyfus Affair where Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French Army officer, was made TheScapegoat of a trumped-up treason charge. The controversy tore apart France as conservatives and the Army stubbornly refused to have Dreyfus' case retried no matter how much evidence about his innocence piled up, citing the need to uphold the "honor of the army" (which apparently involved covering up and defending the lies enabling a blatant MiscarriageOfJustice). Meanwhile, Britain found itself in its own version of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar with UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar in [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Southern Africa]]. It proved a frustrating fight against a savvy, well armed, and determined foe that finally required the British rounding up the civilian population in concentration camps to break the will of the enemy. At the same time, King Leopold II of Belgium was making a mint with his Congo Free State, a massive swath of Equatorial Africa as his personal property which was exploited to the hilt with ruthless colonial brutality enforcing his will, causing a death toll estimated to be 10 million Africans. It would inspire the Creator/JosephConrad novel ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', in which there was a very good real-life reason why Kurtz's last words were, "The horror... the horror..."

* The revival of the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames in 1896 by Pierre de Coubertin.

* ''Anime/SherlockHound'', being a FunnyAnimal adaptation of ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'', is set either just before or early on in this period. The prominence of [[CoolAirship airships]] and [[CoolPlane areoplanes]] seems to indicate the 1890s.

* Many of the [[SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]] stories are set in (as well as written in) this period.

According to nostalgic films set in this decade, back then everyone was a rich white person who wore {{Gorgeous Period Dress}}es, with every lady wearing ArtNouveau inspired dresses with GiantPoofySleeves and carrying a ParasolOfPrettiness [[labelnote: fashion tips]]Take note that the fashions in this decade no longer used bustles. The exaggeration shifted from the backside to the shoulders, leaving the skirts undraped in an A-line form, and giving the silhouette an hourglass look. Any fashion historian will tell you that the notion of everyone wearing bustles in the 1890s is like everyone wore [[TheEighties neon powersuits]] with [[ShouldersOfDoom gigantic shoulder pads]] in the [[TheNineties 1990s]].[[/labelnote]], and they all liked to hang out in ritzy places located in major U.S. cities (for [[BigApplesauce New York]], this was Delmonico's restaurant at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel). In fact, the "everybody's rich" stereotype stems from a conflation of this period with "TheGildedAge" (1876-1917), as the Gay Nineties were also marked by economic depression and much labor agitation (see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1893 Panic of 1893]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki), not to mention the UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWar. Even then, the term "Gilded Age" (as in, "coated in gold") was specifically meant to indicate that the good times were only a surface veneer, with serious problems lurking just beneath (as the Gay Nineties themselves later demonstrated). If you can find the graphic history book, ''The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible!'', you can see a sobering look at the real grimy realities of the era. It was certainly grim if you weren't a well-off white man in that time; racism was blatant and commonplace and not only had the backing of the law, with the Supreme Court ruling in ''Plessy vs. Ferguson'' that racial segregation was legal as long as it was "separate but equal" (a condition which no civil government took seriously), but was defended with [[{{Technobabble}} pseudoscientific theories]] that lent a veneer of "scientific" legitimacy to pre-existing assumptions of the superiority of the white man. Creator/MarkTwain's entire career involved him angrily mocking colonialism, imperialism and American Exceptionalism.

It should also be noted that the term "Gay Nineties" for this era, like the "[[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian Era]]" that followed it, is primarily British. In America there is also the aforementioned "Gilded Age" from the End of Radical Reconstruction until the entry into World War I, while in continental Europe you usually use the French ''la Belle Époque'' (roughly 1884 to 1914), the German "Wilhelmic Era" (''Wilhelminische Ära'', 1890 to 1914), or the French-Austrian ''Fin de siècle'' (also 1890 to 1914).

According to nostalgic films set in this decade, back then everyone was a rich white person who wore {{Gorgeous Period Dress}}es, with every lady wearing ArtNouveau inspired dresses with GiantPoofySleeves and carrying a ParasolOfPrettiness [[labelnote: fashion tips]]Take note that the fashions in this decade no longer used bustles. The exaggeration shifted from the backside to the shoulders, leaving the skirts undraped in an A-line form, and giving the silhouette an hourglass look. Any fashion historian will tell that the notion of everyone wearing bustles in the 1890s is like everyone wore [[TheEighties neon powersuits]] with [[ShouldersOfDoom gigantic shoulder pads]] in the [[TheNineties 1990s]].[[/labelnote]], and they all liked to hang out in ritzy places located in major U.S. cities (for [[BigApplesauce New York]], this was Delmonico's restaurant at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel). In fact, the "everybody's rich" stereotype stems from a conflation of this period with "TheGildedAge" (1876-1917), as the Gay Nineties were also marked by economic depression and much labor agitation (see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1893 Panic of 1893]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki), not to mention the UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWar. Even then, the term "Gilded Age" (as in, "coated in gold") was specifically meant to indicate that the good times were only a surface veneer, with serious problems lurking just beneath (as the Gay Nineties themselves later demonstrated). If you can find the graphic history book, ''The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible!'', you can see a sobering look at the real grimy realities of the era. It was certainly grim if you weren't a well-off white man in that time; racism was blatant and commonplace and not only had the backing of the law, with the Supreme Court ruling in ''Plessy vs. Ferguson'' that racial segregation was legal as long as it was "separate but equal" (a condition which no civil government took seriously), but was defended with [[{{Technobabble}} pseudoscientific theories]] that lent a veneer of "scientific" legitimacy to pre-existing assumptions of the superiority of the white man. Creator/MarkTwain's entire career involved him angrily mocking colonialism, imperialism and American Exceptionalism.

* Little girls with either [[GirlishPigtails pigtails]] or bows in their hair or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs pigtails with bows]].

* ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' 's reprise of [[https://youtu.be/0_HGqPGp9iY The Dream of the 90s is Alive in Portland]] is all about hipster nostalgia for the 1890's.

* Main Street, U.S.A. at Ride/{{Disneyland}} is modeled on Creator/WaltDisney's childhood hometown of Marceline, Missouri. Though Disney lived there in the early 20th century, the aesthetic of Main Street is very reminiscent of the Gay Nineties, complete with ice cream parlor, horse drawn and horseless carriages, and a barbershop quartet. The New Orleans Square section of the park also has this feel, mixed - naturally - with TheBigEasy.

*** Donald Duck and {{WesternAnimation/Pete}}'s son from "Bellboy Donald," Junior are guilty of this trope in that the former wears a sailor outfit [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal without pants]] and the latter wears a Literature/LittleLordFauntleroy outfit
%%*** When Figaro imagines himself as a sissy, he imagines himself wearing a Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit.%%In what cartoon?%%

** In fact, this was a highly popular setting for cartoons from every studio during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation. So much so, that by 1942 Creator/ChuckJones was able to create a brilliant parody of the subgenre with ''WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys''. Ironically that cartoon is now probably [[WeirdAlEffect better known than any of the shorts it was spoofing]].

** In "Helter Shelter" the Simpsons go on a reality show "1895 Challenge" where they have to live like it's 1895. It takes some adjustment:

* Illustrator John Held Jr., when not creating the iconic imagery of TheRoaringTwenties (he's currently the Trope Illustrator for that page), did woodcut-style art riffing on the "the dear dead days" of the 1890s.

* Both Baskin-Robbins and Wendy's signage and store decor originally invoked this trope; it's almost completely gone now (except for the Wendy's mascot).

* ''Manga/IkokuMeiroNoCroisee'' claims only to be set in late 19th century Paris. It is obviously invoking this trope though. It's quite historically accurate too.

* ''Film/AMidsummerNightSexComedy'' takes place in 1900.

* ''Film/AMidsummersNightSexComedy'' takes place in 1900.

See Also: RegencyEngland, UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain, TheGildedAge, TheEdwardianEra, TheRoaringTwenties, TheGreatDepression, TheForties and TheFifties, and also TwoDecadesBehind.

* Whilst Literature/JeevesAndWooster is set in TheRoaringTwenties (or perhaps more accurately, GenteelInterbellumSetting), one story revolves around Sir Watkins Basset's Memoirs (and the multitude of parties who desire the destruction thereof) of the various things he and other prominent personages did during The Gay Nineties. By the sound of it, he could give Bertie a run for his money any day of the week.

* Main Street, U.S.A. at Ride/{{Disneyland}} is modeled on Creator/WaltDisney's childhood hometown of Marceline, Missouri. Though Disney lived there in the early 20th century, the aesthetic of Main Street is very reminiscent of the Gay Nineties, complete with ice cream parlor, horse drawn and horseless carriages, and a barbershop quartet.

* Creator/WaltDisney (born 1901) was absolutely in love with this period. One of his films set during this period is the animated feature ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''. His ultimate expression of it is Main Street U.S.A. in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, a recreation of Disney's memories of his childhood home of Marceline, Missouri as it stood at the turn of the 20th Century.
** Not only are the classic Disney comics guilty of this trope, a fair number of WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts are guilty of it as well. Here are some examples:

*** When Figaro imagines himself as a sissy, he imagines himself wearing a Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit.

** Possibly a TakeThat to Hartley's story: An Franchise/ArchieComics from the eighties has Betty pining for TheGayNineties and falling asleep, only to learn in her dream that it wasn't such a great time after all. When she awakes, she's happy to live in modern times.

* Franchise/ArchieComics did a few stories that featured Archie and the gang living in TheGayNineties. This seems to have been a [[AuthorAppeal fetish of one particular writer]]; Al Hartley. Check it out [[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics210.html here]].

** ''The Strawberry Blonde'' (1941)

* Creator/WaltDisney (born 1901) was absolutely in love with this period. One of his films set during this period is the animated feature ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''. His ultimate expression of it is Main Street U.S.A. in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, a recreation of Disney's memories of his childhood home of Marceline, Missouri as it stood at the turn of the 20th Century.

* ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' takes place in the year 1897.

If you lived in this time period, you were generally fortunate as long as you lived in wealthier countries of the world, as it was a time of relative peace (see below). On the flip side, if you were born in this decade, you would most likely live long enough to see and probably be involved in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI First World War]], the Spanish Flu, TheGreatDepression, the rise of totalitarianism, wartime genocides, and the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Second World War]]. Further, if you weren't part of your country's majority ethnicity, and/or if you were female, your rights were not anywhere close to those of the men who were.

* Little girls with either [[GirlishPigtails pigtails]] or [[HairDecs bows in their hair]] or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs pigtails with bows]].

* The 1964 musical ''Theatre/HelloDolly'', which was based on Creator/ThorntonWilder's ''The Matchmaker''.

* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (1952) and ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (2001). In addition, the can-can and modern striptease were first seen in the titular cabaret during the 1890s.

According to nostalgic films set in this decade, back then everyone was a rich white person who wore {{Gorgeous Period Dress}}es, with every lady wearing ArtNouveau inspired dresses with GiantPoofySleeves and carrying a ParasolOfPrettiness [[labelnote: fashion tips]]Take note that the fashions in this decade no longer used bustles. The exaggeration shifted from the backside to the shoulders, leaving the skirts undraped in an A-line form, and giving the silhouette an hourglass look. Any fashion historian will tell that the notion of everyone wearing bustles in the 1890s is like everyone wore [[TheEighties neon powersuits]] with [[ShouldersOfDoom gigantic shoulder pads]] in the [[TheNineties 1990s]].[[/labelnote]], and they all liked to hang out in ritzy places located in major U.S. cities (for [[BigApplesauce New York]], this was Delmonico's restaurant at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel). In fact, the "everybody's rich" stereotype stems from a conflation of this period with "TheGildedAge" (1876-1917), as the Gay Nineties were also marked by economic depression and much labor agitation (see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1893 Panic of 1893]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki), not to mention the UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWar. Even then, the term "Gilded Age" (as in, "coated in gold") was specifically meant to indicate that the good times were only a surface veneer, with serious problems lurking just beneath (as the Gay Nineties themselves later demonstrated). If you can find the graphic history book, ''The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible!'', you can see a sobering look at the real grimy realities of the era. It was certainly grim if you weren't a well-off white man in that time; racism was blatant and commonplace and not only had the backing of the law, with the Supreme Court ruling in ''Plessy vs. Ferguson'' that racial segregation was legal as long as it was "separate but equal" (a condition which no civil government took seriously), but was defended with [[{{Technobabble}} pseudoscientific theories]] that lent a veneer of "scientific" legitimacy to pre-existing assumptions of the superiority of the white man.

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You see, back in the earlier half of the twentieth century, people became enamored with the 1890s. It was the precursor to what we now call [[TwoDecadesBehind "decade nostalgia"]] and The Gay Nineties became a popular setting for films of the 1930s, the 1940s and, to a lesser degree, the 1950s and 1960s, by which time it was seen as that innocent age before World Wars and atomic bombs.

If you lived in this time period, you were generally fortunate as long as you lived in wealthier countries of the world as it was a time of relative peace (see below). On the flip side if you were born in this decade, you would most likely live long enough to see and probably be involved in the First World War, the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, the rise of totalitarianism, wartime genocides and the Second World War. Further, if you weren't part of your country's majority ethnicity, and/or if you were female, your rights were not anywhere close to those of the men who were.

The automobile was just barely invented, so new that people couldn't agree on what to call it ("Horseless carriage" is the memetic old-timey name, but that only scratches the surface). Most people who lived in cities traveled around in horse-drawn hansom cabs, pedaled bicycles (built for two or otherwise, and often the kind with the enormous front wheel, called penny-farthings) and rode on trolleys; but ''most'' people still lived on the farm, and horse-drawn farm wagons were used as all-purpose transportation. In major cities, electric lights were replacing gas lamps and candles. Other technologies that would later be typical of the 20th century and beyond, such as planes, telephones, and films, were also being developed around this time. Ragtime was the hottest music.

According to nostalgic films set in this decade, back then everyone was a rich white person who wore {{Gorgeous Period Dress}}es, with every lady wearing ArtNouveau inspired dresses with GiantPoofySleeves and carrying a ParasolOfPrettiness [[labelnote: fashion tips]]Take note that the fashions in this decade no longer used bustles. The exaggeration shifted from the backside to the shoulders, leaving the skirts undraped in an A-line form, and giving the silhouette an hourglass look. Any fashion historian will tell that the notion of everyone wearing bustles in the 1890s is like everyone wore [[TheEighties neon powersuits]] with [[ShouldersOfDoom gigantic shoulder pads]] in the [[TheNineties 1990s]].[[/labelnote]], and they all liked to hang out in ritzy places located in major U.S. cities (for [[BigApplesauce New York]], this was Delmonico's restaurant at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel). In fact, the "everybody's rich" stereotype stems from a conflation of this period with "TheGildedAge" (1876-1917), as the Gay Nineties were also marked by economic depression and much labor agitation (see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1893 Panic of 1893]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki), not to mention the UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWar. Even then, the term "Gilded Age" (as in, "coated in gold") was specifically meant to indicate that the good times were only a surface veneer, with serious problems lurking just beneath (as the Gay Nineties themselves later demonstrated). If you can find the graphic history book, ''The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible!'', you can see a sobering look at the real grimy realities of the era. It was certainly grim if you weren't a well-off white man in that time; racism was blatant and commonplace and had the backing of law with the Supreme Court ruling in ''Plessy vs. Ferguson'' that racial segregation was legal as long as it was "separate but equal", a condition which no civil government took seriously.

Abroad, things were jumping internationally. In France, there was the Dreyfus Affair where Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French Army officer, was made the scapegoat of a trumped-up treason charge. The controversy tore apart France as conservatives and the Army stubbornly refused to have Dreyfus' case retried no matter how much evidence about his innocence piled up, citing the need to uphold the "Honor of the army" (which apparently involved covering up and defending the lies enabling a blatant MiscarriageOfJustice). Meanwhile, Britain found itself in its own version of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar with UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar in [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Southern Africa]]. It proved a frustrating fight against a savvy, well armed, and determined foe that finally required the British rounding up the civilian population in concentration camps to break the will of the enemy. At the same time, King Leopold II of Belgium was making a mint with his Congo Free State, a massive swath of Equatorial Africa as his personal property which was exploited to the hilt with ruthless colonial brutality enforcing his will, causing a death toll estimated to be 10 million Africans. It would inspire the Creator/JosephConrad novel, ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', in which there was a very good real-life reason why Kurtz's last words were, "The horror... the horror..."

Meanwhile, Germany's international presence changed dramatically as Kaiser Wilhelm got rid of the master politician, UsefulNotes/OttoVonBismarck, and set his country onto a recklessly aggressive stance that Bismarck strove to avoid, such as directly challenging Britain. And the Ottoman Empire, already beginning to split at the seams and having never quite recovered from losing Greece earlier in the century (in fact, political satire of the day referred to the empire as "The sick man of Europe"), showed its first signs of turning its Christian minorities into scapegoats, with widespread massacres that sent the first big wave of Armenian refugees to America and elsewhere (the next, even bigger wave coming during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne).

In Australia, the 1890s are among the most important eras of the country's history, politically, economically and culturally. Australia's first art movement, the Heidelberg School, bloomed during this time. Bush Poetry also hit its stride here, most famously [[Creator/BanjoPaterson Banjo Paterson's]] ''Waltzing Matilda''. The decade's also seen as the beginning of a new chapter domestically: UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}'s GoldenAge since the 1860s came to a very sudden end in 1893, and the city saw no growth both economic and population-wise for over a decade. In its place rose UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, which was recovering from nearly a century of constant plague, kickstarting a rivalry between the two cities that only seems to have gotten stronger since. Sports-wise, the [[UsefulNotes/AustralianRulesFootball Victorian Football League]] broke off from the Victorian Football Association in 1896, growing into one of the most followed and watched leagues in the nation, and today is slowly encroaching into what is traditionally UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague territory. The most important thing that happened, however, was the Federation movement. The distance between Britain and the colonies, the economic hardships they were facing and the threat of Russian/French/Chinese invasion meant that if the colonies were to remain divided, they would remain weak and eventually end up being conquered. Spearheaded by men such as Sir Henry Parkes and Sir Edmund Barton, the Constitution was drawn up during this time, and New Zealand and Fiji were asked to join. They declined, though jokes about them being Australian states are still being made today. Western Australia tried to keep out of it but to no avail.

Art in this decade had shifted from the traditional, realistic and impressionist movements to the innovative, modernizing and expressionist movements. ArtNouveau had its full blossoming glory after the style spread in Europe, and the works of Creator/VincentVanGogh after his death, Paul Gauguin, Creator/AlphonseMucha, and others went into full display.

Historically, the 1890s was one of the more iconic periods of American history, leaving an impression every bit as indelible as TheFifties still does today. As a result, long after the actual decade had faded from memory (sometimes ''quite'' long after it faded), many of its tropes and stereotypes remained common fodder for depictions in the popular arts. This wasn't usually done without at least a bit of irony (usually only in satirical or {{Cloudcuckoolander}} works), but writers and artists returned to TheGayNineties well so often that its conventions became even ''more'' stereotypical.

* "Ethnic" whites (that is, anyone not at least 50 percent Anglo-Saxon) still speaking in their "just-off-the-boat" accents.

With the 2017 death of Emma Morano, who was the last known living person born before 1900, there is officially no one left to be nostalgic about this decade. This is a ForgottenTrope and the fact that the name "Gay Nineties" was never changed should give you an idea [[OlderThanTelevision how long it's been dead]]. Of course, they still make films set in the 1890s, but the nostalgic version from the '30s and '40s is pretty much gone. In fact, some modern-day Hollywood writers seem to think ''any'' year not starting with "19" or "20" means "completely pre-Industrial Revolution." For example, see the entry on ''Film/TheVillage'' farther down this page. But as a result of today's general unfamiliarity with the period works set in the 1880s or 1900s may make their setting indistinguishable from the stereotypical Gay Nineties.

As was suggested earlier, TheFifties and TheEighties eventually replaced the 1890s as the nostalgic period of choice, with the result that that decade's tropes largely replaced the ones mentioned above (resulting in [[TwoDecadesBehind Still the Fifties or the Eighties]], perhaps)?

{{Steampunk}} is when this crosses paths with science fiction and GaslampFantasy is when this crosses paths with fantasy. (though ironically, in real life TheGayNineties were the period where the world began to move beyond traditional Steampunk/Gaslamp fantasy aesthetics because of new technologies and movements such as Art Nouveau)

Nor is this trope exclusively American. If anything, the British seem to make a fetish out of it ''even more''. (This ''may'' be because the mid-1890s represented the high point of the British Empire before the Boer War took the gloss off and the Great War began its decline, and where UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria celebrated sixty years of her reign.) And in France, well, this era is known as ''LaBelleEpoque'' for a reason.

If a story set during TheGayNineties takes place in the western part of the United States or Canada, the TwilightOfTheOldWest trope often comes into play.

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* ''Film/TheVillage'' (2004) is supposedly set in 1897. It features a completely pre-industrial farming community where everyone dresses like it's 1797 and no one has heard of electricity, automobiles, or anything else that has happened in the past century. (Its rendition is closer to the America of ''Film/TheCrucible'' than that of ''Film/CitizenKane''.) It might seem that the filmmakers were not even familiar with Hollywood's idea of what the 1890s looked like. One could argue that this is justified because it is [[spoiler:not really 1897, but a "recreation" staged by the village elders.]] But since [[spoiler: the elders supposedly did do the research,]] one can only conclude that the filmmakers decided there wasn't really any difference between a century ago and two centuries ago. [[spoiler: Or that the village elders were [[FridgeBrilliance more concerned with maintaining a certain way of life]] than any historical accuracy]].

* This is [[spoiler: Adrianna's]] preferred decade in ''Film/MidnightInParis'', and toward the end of the film, [[spoiler: she and Gil even get to travel there, with Adrianna [[IChooseToStay deciding to stay]].]]

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-->Here, though the world explode, [[HeterosexualLifePartners these two]] survive,
-->And it is always eighteen ninety-five.

--> In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road. In those days, if you were a boy you had to wear a stiff Eton collar every day, and schools were usually nastier than now. But meals were nicer; and as for sweets, I won't tell you how cheap and good they were, because it would only make your mouth water in vain.

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-->'''Peter's Great-grandfather''': All right, put 'em up! Put 'em up! Are you having a bully day? I'm having a bully day. Is everyone having a bully day?
-->'''Man in the crowd 1''': Bully!
-->'''Man in the crowd 2''': Bully!
-->'''Man in the crowd 3''': Yes, Bully!
-->'''Peter's Great-grandfather''': Oh, thank God we live in this time!

---> '''Mr. Burns:''' Oh, how I wished we had listened to that young man instead of bricking him up in the abandoned coke oven.

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* Film/TheBlackHand is one of the few modern gangster films set at the turn of the century.