Monthly Archives: February 2010
Remember My Forgotten Man
(the last of three installments) While Gold Diggers of 1933 certainly lifts the spirits, it isn’t the sort of feel-good movie one might expect from 1930s Hollywood. It doesn’t deny the Depression. Instead it shows us three fast-talking, hard-boiled show … Continue reading
We’re In The Money
(the second of three installments) Movies were big business during the years of the Great Depression. So it follows that Hollywood must have been giving audiences something they really wanted in order to get them to part with their precious … Continue reading