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1930’s Culture

1930’s Culture. Chapter 13 Section 4. Entertainment=Escape. The Silver Screen MGM, 20 th Century Fox , & Paramount Wizard of Oz , 1939-a favorite Color animation: Snow White Gone with the Wind and Frankenstein 2/3 saw 1 movie/ wk Movie stars become idols. Big business

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1930’s Culture

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  1. 1930’s Culture Chapter 13 Section 4

  2. Entertainment=Escape • The Silver Screen • MGM, 20th Century Fox, & Paramount • Wizard of Oz, 1939-a favorite • Color animation: Snow White • Gone with the Wind and Frankenstein • 2/3 saw 1 movie/wk • Movie stars become idols • Big business • Large radio networks • NBC & CBS • Comedies shows: Bob Hope Soap Operas • Drama (The Lone Ranger) & Thrillers (The Shadow) • FDR’s Fireside Chats-sharing information • Sometimes, too realistic-War of the Worlds

  3. Satire & Public criticism • In movies and radio programs • Distrust of big business & government • Public Enemy-gangster life to survive • Diminished with New Deal legislation • G-Men-now rooting for the FBI • Reflection on struggles and strength of Americans • Frank Capra • Mr. Smith goes to Washington

  4. Music • Latin music • Rumba and samba • Folk ethnic music • “Cotton Fields” & “The Midnight Special”-Leadbelly • Ballads about the Okies • “Dust Bowl Refugee”-Woody Guthrie • Another diversion • Radio and night clubs • Dance popular • “Swing” and “big bands” • “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing”-Duke Ellington • Bing Crosby-major vocalist

  5. New Deal Arts • The Resettlement and Farm Security Administration (FSA) • Paid photographers to “capture” the hard times on the farm • Dorothea Lange • Not everyone in government liked it • “hotbed for Communists”-Congressman J. Parnell Thomas • Federal funding and jobs • WPA • Federal Art Project • Federal Writers’ Project • Federal Theater Project • Usually free • Murals on public buildings • Accomplishments of workers

  6. Literature of the ‘30s • Political left • Working-class heroes • John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath • Okies, Dust Bowl • Richard Wright’s Native Son • Critics racial discrimination • Plays • Lillian Hellman-Watch on the Rhine • Strong heroines • Comics • Flash Gordon, Dick Tracy, Superman

  7. Highlight and Define Section 4 The Wizard of Oz Frank Capra War of the Worlds Federal Art Project Murals of the 1930s Dorothea Lange John Steinbeck Lillian Hellman Superman

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