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1 Entertainment in the 1930’s Flicks, Fads and Fun

2 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

3 Big Band Music

4 Swing Dancing

5 Monopoly

6 Roller Skating

7 Yo-Yos

8 Knock – Knock Jokes

9 Mini-Golf

10 Canadian Actresses Deanna Durbin Norma Shearer Fay Wray

11 Marx Brothers

12 Gone With the Wind

13 Shirley Temple

14 Walt Disney

15 The Wizard of Oz

16 Sea Biscuit

17 The Happy Gang

18 Boxing James Braddock Joe Louis

19 The Dionne Quintuplets

20 Quintland

21 The CBC


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