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This documentary tells the story of Hollywood from the late 19th century-the early 1970s. It starts off as telling the story of the early movie pioneers who came to America and would make a future making movies, the coming of sound movies, World War II, censorship, and Hollywood changing in the 1960s. The series was narrated by Christopher Plummer.
The decade of the 1930s in film involved many significant films. The year 1939, in particular, was one of the biggest years (and is still considered one of the greatest years) in Hollywood with MGM 's release of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz .
Also in Latin America Symbolism and Magic Realism were important movements. In Europe during the 1930s and the Great Depression, Surrealism, late Cubism, the Bauhaus, De Stijl, Dada, German Expressionism, Symbolist and modernist painting in various guises characterized the art scene in Paris and elsewhere.
Loretta Young (born Gretchen Michaela Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1989. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1989.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Back Pay: William A. Seiter: Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Vivien Oakland: Dramedy: Warner Bros. [20] The Bad Man: Clarence G. Badger: Walter Huston, James Rennie, Myrna Loy
The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ]
“During the Great Depression, the average home in America was $3,900, the average car was $600, and the average monthly rent was $18 or $216 a year, and the average salary was $1,300 for the ...
1930–1949. Marlene Dietrich singing while sitting on a crate in Der Blaue Engel (1930) and performing in a male tuxedo in Morocco (1930). Maurice Chevalier singing and dancing in The Love Parade (1929). An audio recording of Noël Coward and Gertrude Lawrence performing the "How was the Taj Mahal?" scene from Coward's play Private Lives (1930).