15.3 Flashcards
Although the 1930s was a difficult time for most, what was one thing that prospered
Radio, and motion picture industries
Sales of radios did what?
Doubled
What types of movies were a hit durignteh New Deal Years
wacky comedies, lavish musicals, love stories,a nd gangster films
Who were some famous actors?
Clark Gable, Marlene Dietrich, and James Cagney
What were some popular films during the Great Depression
Gone with the Wind,Flying Down to Rio, Snow White,
ComediesL Monkey Business and Duck Soup
Hard Bitter: Litle Ceaser and the Public Enemy
Mr. Deeds goes to town
How did families spend time?
They spent several hours gathered around the radio, sometimes to listen to fireside chats.
Who was Orson Welles?
An actor, director, producer and writer. He was a storyteller on the radio
What were some radio broadcasts that ORson Welles did?
The War of the Worlds, Citizen Kane, and Touch of Evil
MOst actors made their radio debut and then went on to the big screen debut what were some examples
Gracie Allen and George Burns
Bob Hope and Jack Benny
What were some other uses of radio
- Childrens program
- Instant News
What was the contrast from radio and media to art, music and literature
The art, music, and literature was more somber and yucky
What did a number of artists and writers embrace during the New Deal
spirit of social and political change. Many recieved direct support
Federal Art Project
A brranch of the WPA..paid artists a living wages to produce public art.
Why was there a Federal Art Project
to aime to increase piblic appreciation of art and to promote positive images of American society
What di dproject artists create?
Posters, taught art in schools, and painted murals on pulic buildings
Who was Diego Rivera?
Artist who portrayed ordinary Americans another artis was Robert Gwathmey
Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper , and Greant Wood.
What was a famous painting
The Gothic-by Grant Wood
Woody Guthrie
He was a singer who experienced firsthand the tragedies of the Depression. He was a singer and sonwriter who used music to capture the hardships of the depression. He along with many people who were forced by the dust bowl traveled the country.
His honest lyrics appealed to many
What was the Federal Writers Project?
Another WPA program. It gave the future Pulitzer and NObel Prize winner Saul Bellow his first wrighting job
What was some other writers
Richard Wright- An African American author who completed many novels: Native Son
Zore NEal Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God
and John Steinbeck: GRAPES of WRATH
There was also : James T. Farrell
Jack Conroys
Walker Evans
