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Entertainment in the 1930’s

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!

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Entertainment in the 1930’s

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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 Norma Shearer Deanna Durbin 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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