Post on 24-May-2022
SOCIETY AND
CULTURE IN THE
1930S
MOVIES Comedies, musicals, romance, tough
gangster films
.25 cents to escape the Depression
Gold Diggers of 1933
Snow White (1937)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
RADIO News stories (Hindenburg), fireside
chats, comedies (George Burns & Gracie
Allen), dramas, soap operas (Guiding
Light), children’s shows (The Lone
Ranger)
Orson Wells, “The War of the Worlds”
ART WPA – Federal Art Project
Paid artists a living wage
1. Increase public appreciation for art
2. Promote positive images
Art was serious, reflecting the
conditions of the Depression
WRITERS WPA – Federal Writers Project
Produce state and city guides, wrote
histories of immigrant groups
Native Son, Their Eyes Were Watching God,
The Grapes of Wrath, Let Us Now Praise
Famous Men