Despite the prevalence of tricks and spooky spirits in earlier years, the American commercial holiday didn’t develop until the middle of the twentieth century.

Produced by the master entertainer P. T. Barnum, a melodrama about the dangers of alcohol was the first show to run for a hundred performances in New York City.

Strongwoman Charmion used Thomas Edison’s experiments with moving pictures to encourage women to embrace strength and physical activity.

Donning costumes in imitation and celebration of fictional characters has a long history that crosses genres, genders, and international boundaries.

The rise of popular literature for children put a story, a role model, and a set of values in a young boy’s pocket.

Scripted from front-page news, the Federal Theatre Project’s Living Newspaper plays were part entertainment, part protest, and entirely educational.

In the early twentieth century, dance marathons were an entire industry—and a surprisingly hazardous business.

The world’s first video game made its debut at the Westinghouse pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1939. Read all about it!

With WWI coming to end, 1918 should have been a good year for the movies. Then along came influenza.