1 / 12

1930s Culture

1930s Culture. Movies and Radio. NBC and CBS=Radio Networks MGM, Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century Fox, and Paramount= Film Companies 1935- 2 of 3 homes in Americans owned a radio. 1940- 9 in 10 homes in America owned a radio. Wizard of Oz Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Frankenstein

clarimonde
Download Presentation

1930s Culture

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 1930s Culture

  2. Movies and Radio • NBC and CBS=Radio Networks • MGM, Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century Fox, and Paramount= Film Companies • 1935- 2 of 3 homes in Americans owned a radio. • 1940- 9 in 10 homes in America owned a radio

  3. Wizard of Oz • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • Frankenstein • Top Hat • Gone With the Wind Escaping the troubles

  4. Films such as Public Enemy showed public distrust of the government and big business. • People turning to crime to survive the depression • G Men police officials capture bad men. • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- Senator goes to Washington to fight corruption. • As the New Deal changed opinions about government, movies began to show that. Social Commentary

  5. Bob Hope and Jack Benny- Comedians • Soap operas and variety shows were popular. • The Lone Ranger and The Shadow ran for years. • FDR used fireside chats Golden age of radio

  6. Newscasts kept the public informed. • Orson Wells- War of the Worlds- October 30, 1938: Many panicked and thought Martians were invading the world. • Gracie Allen • George Burns

  7. Sounds of the Era • Swing dominated the charts • Duke Ellington • Benny Goodman • Artie Shaw • Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey • Bing Crosby • D.J.s introduced • Latin music rumba and samba. • Woody Guthrie

  8. Federal Art Project- Job opportunities for artists. Murals painted on public buildings, a lot had to do with the history of the nation. Dorothea Lange- Photographer, created powerful images of the era. New Deal and the Arts

  9. John Steinbeck- The Grapes of Wrath • Richard Wright- Native Son- Racial prejudice • Lillian Herman- Wrote about strong women. • Clifford Odets- struggles of working class. • Dick Tracy and Superman Literature of the Depression

More Related