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The "gold diggers" are four aspiring actresses: Polly (Ruby Keeler), an ingenue; Carol (Joan Blondell), a torch singer; Trixie (Aline MacMahon), a comedian; and Fay (Ginger Rogers), a glamour puss. The film was made in 1933, during the Great Depression, and contains numerous direct references to it.
The Great Game: Jack Raymond: John Batten, Renee Clama: Sports [22] Greek Street: Sinclair Hill: Sari Maritza, William Freshman: Musical [23] Harmony Heaven: Thomas Bentley: Polly Ward, Stuart Hall: Musical [24] The Hate Ship: Norman Walker: Jameson Thomas, Jean Colin: Crime [25] His First Car: Monty Banks: George Clarke, Mamie Watson, Cyril ...
The Great Depression of 1929–32 broke out at a time when the United Kingdom was still far from having recovered from the effects of the First World War. Economist Lee Ohanian showed that economic output fell by 25% between 1918 and 1921 and did not recover until the end of the Great Depression, [3] arguing that the United Kingdom suffered a 20-year great depression beginning in 1918.
Following the switch to talking movies c. 1926/1927, many classic films were remade in the 1930s (and later). These include Alice In Wonderland (1933), Cleopatra (1934), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). Monsters. Among the numerous remakes and new films were the 'monster movies', with a wide spectrum of
Pages in category "British film actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 561 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Help. Films set during the Great Depression (1929-1939) or depicting its effects. Subcategories. This ...
The woman's films that were produced in the 1930s during the Great Depression have a strong thematic focus on class issues and questions of economic survival whereas the 1940s woman's film places its protagonists in a middle- or upper-middle-class world and is more concerned with the characters' emotional, sexual, and psychological experiences ...