Movies Of The 1930's by Jenna Harris

2016jharris — 2015-12-04 20:19:27 UTC

This is one of the most famous classics from the 1930's. It was also the 1939 Academy Award Winner.

http://www.cornel1801.com/1/g/GONE_WITH_THE_WIND/movie_film.html

2016jharris — 2015-12-04 20:23:28 UTC

Alfred Hitchcock is one the the most recognized director. he is often called the master of suspense.

http://www.leninimports.com/hitchcock_juno_and_the_paycock.html

2016jharris — 2015-12-07 17:05:35 UTC

King Kong is also another famous classic, but most people watch the remakes

http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/2014/09/post-no-bills-king-kong/

2016jharris — 2015-12-07 17:18:19 UTC

Boris Karloff is known for his role as the original Frankenstein. He also stared in other horror films

www.imdb.com

2016jharris — 2015-12-07 17:33:39 UTC

This is what a movie theater looked liked in the 1930's

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3973

2016jharris — 2015-12-09 19:51:57 UTC

Snow white and The Seven Dwarfs was the first full length cartoon.

http://themindreels.com/2015/03/30/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-1937-william-cottrell-david-hand-wildred-jackson-larry-morey-perce-pearce-and-ben-sharpsteen/

2016jharris — 2015-12-09 20:00:03 UTC

The Gulf Between was the first techincolored film. It was made in 1917

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulf_Between_(1917_film)

Sound in Movies

2016nhenley — 2015-12-10 16:53:41 UTC

In the 1930's they moved on from silent films to films that had sound. Sound was a necessary addition to movie theaters. The ability to make their points visually and through sound allowed movies to become fast paced. Sound effects helped the theaters sell tickets. Sound also helped movies that wanted face-paced dialogue in their movie.

Gangster Movies

2016nhenley — 2015-12-10 16:55:42 UTC

The Roman Catholic Church thought that these movies weren’t up to their standards, so they were going to ban the worshippers’ attendance to the movies. When people left these movies, they thought that the laws themselves were at fault. This ended the gangster movies era.

Escapism

2016nhenley — 2015-12-10 16:56:54 UTC

The Great Depression and the public's attitude shaped the films in the 1930s a lot. Movies about escapism were popular. Busby Berkeley produced a lot of elaborate musicals about dancers complete departure from the challenges of real life. Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind was a few of the most popular escapism films

Economic Changes

2016nhenley — 2015-12-10 17:00:33 UTC

The Great Depression not only affected what was on screen, but what happened in the theaters. Ticket sales dropped 25% between 1930 and 1933, they began to recover the next year though. Theater operators began showing a double feature, showing two full length movies for the price of one, because they were struggling to hold onto their audiences.

Movies in the 1930's

2016nhenley — 2015-12-10 17:01:29 UTC

In the 1930s, movies became a way to learn about the outside world, along with listening to the radio. Going to the movies, despite a decline caused by the Depression, was the most widespread form of commercial entertainment during the 1930's. The detailed and vivid image of life beyond neighborhoods, small towns, and farms might not have accurate, but it was the better than any other earlier impression. A lot of unemployed people went to the movies to escape their trouble.. Together, radio and film, helped connect people's daily lives, with the larger national culture.

Academy Awards

2016nhenley — 2015-12-10 17:01:55 UTC

The Academy Awards is an awards show for movies. In the 1930's the Academy Awards showed that movies could help distant people from their real lives The movies that won are movies that were popular around that time period. In 1939 the winner was Gone With the Wind. Gone With the Wind was an escapism movie. People liked to go see movies such as Gone With the Wind because it showed a whole different world that was completely different that the one they lived in.

Movies Now

2016nhenley — 2015-12-10 17:14:45 UTC

Movies have changed a lot since the 1930's. One major change is that we can go see movies in 3D. Another change is the cost of movies. In the 1930's, to see a movie you had to pay 25 cents, now you have to pay around $8. Even though movies have changed, they are still popular.

Horror Movies

2016nhenley — 2015-12-10 17:29:35 UTC

People started to have a new appreciation for horror movies. They used this to escape their past, the Great Depression “This ruthless, strange, exciting drama of the 'undead', is what people said after they saw Dracula, but Frankenstein was a bigger hit , horror movies gave people a blood rush. In Frankenstein they dug up bones from the graveyard to give to Frankenstein. people misinterpreted the movie. The monster did not have a name the scientists who created him name was frankenstein. “It’s alive!” is one of their most famous lines.

Sources

2016nhenley — 2015-12-11 17:04:19 UTC

2016nhenley — 2015-12-11 17:14:58 UTC

The Wizard of Oz is one of the most famous escapism film of the 1930's.

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+wizard+of+oz&rlz=1casmae_enus670us670&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=x&ved=0ahukewjip7rtpttjahxjj4mkhzzuaeeq_auiccgc&biw=1366&bih=677&safe=active&ssui=on#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=the+wizard+of+oz+1939+poster&imgrc=09gEqbGwgf7mPM%3A

Movie Theaters

2016jharris — 2015-12-11 17:15:53 UTC

This is what a movie theater looks like now.

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2016jharris — 2015-12-11 17:26:44 UTC