1. Culture in the 1930’s Section 23*4 pp. 716-720

2. Preview Questions What did Americans do for fun during the Depression? How did the New Deal help artists?

3. I. Motion Pictures and Radio Movies –Offered escape from harsh reality

4. I. Motion Pictures and Radio Gone With the Wind Stars: –Clark Gable –Vivien Leigh

5. I. Motion Pictures and Radio Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time

6. I. Motion Pictures and Radio The Wizard of Oz Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

7. I. Motion Pictures and Radio Comedians The Marx Brothers The Marx Brothers - Swordfish

8. I. Motion Pictures and Radio Radio –Showed democratic spirit of the times –Inexpensive family entertainment –Stars Bob Hope Orson Wells: The War of the WorldsThe War of the Worlds

9. II. The Arts in Depression America Federal Art Project –WPA program to support artists –Realism shows hardships of Depression –Ex: Grant Wood’s American Gothic

10. II. The Arts in Depression America Federal Writer’s Project (WPA) –Richard Wright’s Native Son –John Stienbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath