Culture in the 1930’s
Ch 15 Sec 4 - Essential Questions: 1.) What entertainment did radio and movies provide? 2.) Who were some writers and artists of the New Deal era?
Golden Age of Movies and Radio 65% of people attended movies once a wk. 15,000 movie theaters Radios- 13 million in 1930 to 28 million by 1940
Movie Stars of the 30’s Clark Gable Marlene Dietrich James Cagney Marx Brothers
Clark Gable
Marlene Dietrich
James Cagney
The Marx Brothers
Popular Flicks of the 30’s Gone with the Wind – 1939 Flying Down to Rio – 1933 The Wizard of Oz – 1939 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – 1937 Little Caesar – 1930 The Public Enemy - 1931
Fred and Ginger
Popular Comedies Monkey Business – 1931 Duck Soup - 1931 Modern Times - 1936
Popular Movie Comedians Laurel and Hardy Abbott and Castello The Three Stooges
Positive New Deal Movies Good wins over Evil Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - 1939 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town - 1936 Both Directed by Frank Capra
Orson Wells Bob Hope Jack Benny George Burns Gracie Allen Radio Entertains Orson Wells Bob Hope Jack Benny George Burns Gracie Allen
Bob Hope and Judy Garland
Jack Benny Cast
George and Gracie
Tragedy on Radio Crash of the Hindenburg A German Zeppelin NJ, May 6th, 1937 “Oh the Humanity!!!”
The Arts in Depression America Federal Art Project was part of the WPA Artists were paid to promote positive images of American life (100,000 paintings) Murals, posters, and art education flourished Mexican Muralist – Diego Rivera inspired these artists
New Deal Mural
American Painters Edward Hopper Thomas Hart Benton Grant Wood
Hopper
Benton
Grant Wood
American Gothic
Depression Singers Woody Guthrie Used music to capture the hardship of America Fled the Dust Bowl Federal Music Project – Preserved Folk music
Federal Writers Project Paid more than 6,000 writers Richard Wright – Native Son ( 1940) Zora Neale Hurston – Their Eyes Are Watching God ( 1937) Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath ( 1939)
Federal Theater Project Playwrights/Actors and Directors Launched careers of: Burt Lancaster Arthur Miller John Houseman Orsen wells
Ch 15 Sec. 5 Impact of the New Deal
Essential Questions: What are the opinions about the effectiveness of the New Deal? What are the lasting legacies of the New Deal?
Supporters and Critics Conservatives felt the New Deal made the Federal Government too large and stifled free enterprise Liberals felt he did not do enough to eliminate social and economic inequalities.
Legacies of the New Deal Bridges Dams Tunnels Public Buildings Hospitals
Legacies of the New Deal II Tenn. Valley Authority Federal Deposit Corp. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC) Crop Allotment Social Security Gains for Unions ( NLRB)