1. Culture in the 1930’s

2. 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?

3. 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

4. Movie Stars of the 30’s
Clark Gable
Marlene Dietrich
James Cagney
Marx Brothers

5. Clark Gable

6. Marlene Dietrich

7. James Cagney

8. The Marx Brothers

9. 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

12. Fred and Ginger

19. Popular Comedies Monkey Business – 1931 Duck Soup - 1931
Modern Times

23. Popular Movie Comedians
Laurel and Hardy
Abbott and Castello
The Three Stooges

27. Positive New Deal Movies Good wins over Evil
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Both Directed by Frank Capra

29. Orson Wells Bob Hope Jack Benny George Burns Gracie Allen
Radio Entertains
Orson Wells
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
George Burns
Gracie Allen

33. Bob Hope and Judy Garland

34. Jack Benny Cast

35. George and Gracie

36. Tragedy on Radio
Crash of the Hindenburg
A German Zeppelin
NJ, May 6th, 1937
“Oh the Humanity!!!”

40. 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

44. New Deal Mural

46. American Painters
Edward Hopper
Thomas Hart Benton
Grant Wood

47. Hopper

50. Benton

52. Grant Wood

53. American Gothic

54. Depression Singers
Woody Guthrie
Used music to capture the hardship of America
Fled the Dust Bowl
Federal Music Project – Preserved Folk music

57. 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)

59. Federal Theater Project
Playwrights/Actors and Directors
Launched careers of:
Burt Lancaster
Arthur Miller
John Houseman
Orsen wells

61. Ch 15 Sec. 5 Impact of the New Deal

62. Essential Questions:
What are the opinions about the effectiveness of the New Deal?
What are the lasting legacies of the New Deal?

63. 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.

64. Legacies of the New Deal
Bridges
Dams
Tunnels
Public Buildings
Hospitals

65. 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)