Movies of the 30s
The stock market crash of 1929 had left the America-and the globe-in a devastating depression that would not begin to lift until World War II. With so many jobless, penniless, broken people singing the blues, is it any wonder that Hollywood strove to distract viewers from their misery with comedies like Chaplin`s Modern Times (1936), Capra`s feel-good Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), and the Marx Brothers` hilarious Duck Soup (1933), thrillers such as Hitchcock`s seminal The 39 Steps (1935) or Hawks`s Scarface (1932), or the epic romantic classic Gone with the Wind (1939). While American moviegoers flocked to the theaters to escape their troubles and find solace in the magical world of Hollywood movies, filmmakers in Europe were...
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Дата выхода: август 2008
