the best of the 30s
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The Best of the 30s
What did your great-grandparents do for fun?!
What came beforeO The 1930s will forever be associated
with the Depression. O Life was harsh with many out of work
and many underpaid. O Homelessness was a major problem. O The entire world was struggling.
OBut was it all bad?
The MoviesO The 1930s was a wonderful time for
movies. Many of the most popular genres of movies became popular during this time. Exciting examples include:
O The Adventures of Robin HoodO Alice in Wonderland O FrankensteinO Gone with the WindO Dracula O The Wizard of Oz
The Three StoogesO The Three Stooges
was a popular series of “shorts,” literally short movies.
O Eventually, they gained a TV show.
O There were actually SIX stooges. Larry, Curley, Moe, Shemp, and two Joes!
Popular Cartoons!
O Disney began in the 1920s but became famous in 1934 with Snow White.
O Mickey also debuted in the 20s but became famous in the thirties.
O Warner Brothers began producing Looney Tunes in 1930. It’s earliest stars were Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. Eventually (1940) Bugs Bunny became a major star!
Comic Books! O Batman first
appeared in Detective Comics 27 in 1939.
O Comics had been out for years. But the first comic producing new stories came out in 1935.
O Action Comics 1, the first appearance of Superman, came out in June 1938.