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Pages in category "1930s documentary films" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. The March of Time; R.
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music is an eight-part documentary series exploring the art of sound recording and music production, charting a century's worth of innovation and experimentation in the creation of recorded music.
Like most of Guy Maddin's films, The Saddest Music in the World is filmed in a style that imitates late 1920s and early 1930s cinema, with grainy black-and-white photography, slightly out-of-sync sound and expressionist art design. A few scenes are filmed in colour, in a manner that imitates early two-strip Technicolor.
Oct. 6—New York brought Georgia O'Keeffe fame. New Mexico brought her freedom. Among the multiple documentaries created about her, none have given the iconic artist the full biographical ...
During the 1930s, [1] the United States was facing its longest and deepest economic downturn, the Great Depression. Spending money on entertainment was out of the question for most people. The United States put the nation back to work, including artists and entertainers in its assistance programs. [2] [3] [circular reference] [4] [circular ...
Dec 31 – Leo Reisman and Fred Astaire have teamed up for the year's best-selling record, "Night and Day", which Victor reports has sold 22,811 copies (in the Depression-era market). The National Association for American Composers and Conductors is founded by Henry Hadley. Perry Como begins singing with the Freddie Carlone orchestra.
The Great Depression in the United States, which started with the 1929 Wall Street crash, had a severe impact on the country. In 1932, 25 percent of American men were unemployed. [1] [2] After his appliance business went bankrupt, Yip Harburg had gone into the music business, working as a lyricist. [3]
[1] [2] The film won the "best documentary" category at the 1938 Venice International Film Festival. Both films have notable scores by Virgil Thomson that are still heard as concert suites, featuring an adaptation of the hymn "How Firm a Foundation". The film was narrated by the American baritone Thomas Hardie Chalmers.