Entertainment in the 1930’s Flicks, Fads and Fun
Escapism In the Depression, people tried to escape their problems through entertainment People did not want to see anything serious or depressing – their lives were depressing enough! Therefore, the entertainment of the 1930s was bigger, louder, more colorful and more fun than the entertainment of the 20s Also, people became obsessed with the latest fads and spend their last dollars in search of the newest trend
Big Band Music
Swing Dancing
Monopoly
Roller Skating
Yo-Yos
Knock – Knock Jokes
Mini-Golf
Canadian Actresses Deanna Durbin Norma Shearer Fay Wray
Marx Brothers
Gone With the Wind
Shirley Temple
Walt Disney
The Wizard of Oz
Sea Biscuit
The Happy Gang
Boxing James Braddock Joe Louis
The Dionne Quintuplets
Quintland
The CBC