Walt Disney
Walt Disney explaining the concepts of Walt Disney land
There were many new entertainers in the United States during the 1930s.. One of the famous entertainers was Walt Disney. During the early 1930s, Walt Disney had started the “Silly Symphonies”. The “Silly Symphonies” was a series of cartoons that didn’t have characters that was featured before.
In 1932, Walt Disney produced the first cartoon in color, “Flower and Trees”. “Flower and Trees” was one of the “Silly Symphonies”. In 1933, he made another cartoon called “The Three Little Pigs”, which was a very popular film. Walt Disney soon ended the “Silly Symphonies”.
In 1934, Walt Disney decided to start a new idea. His idea was that he wanted to make a cartoon that could be the same “length as a featured film”. The people in Hollywood called it “Disney’s Folly”. Soon in 1937, Walt Disney produced a film called “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. This movie won a lot of fame and awards for him. Soon, Walt Disney started producing animated cartoons. By the late 1930s, he started producing some of these “animated cartoons”. One of these cartoons was Pinocchio. Walt Disney has helped people of the United States in many ways.
Movies During the 1930s
There were different types of movies during the 1930s
During the 1930s, there were many types of films. People during the 1030s went to the movies to escape from reality. Some of these, or films, showed how America fight against the Great Depression. Shirley Temple was one of the movie producers. In 1931, a movie came out that was a “new” genre to America. The movie, “The Public Enemy”, dealt with violence that started because of illegal beverages.
During the mid 1930s, Hollywood had put out many different types of genres. These movies were very popular at the time. One of the genres was horror movies. “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” was one of the many horror movies at the time. Another type of genre was comedy movies. One of the comedy movies was “It Happened One Night”, which was produced in 1934. Another movie was “Bringing up Baby”, produced in 1938.
By the late 1930s, America started showing movies from other countries. They would use subtitles to translate it into English. Some of these movies were “The Thirty Nine Steps”, produced in 1935, and “The Lady Vanishes”, in 1938. Movies has helped many people in the 1930s.
Other Entertainments
Porgy and Bess
“Porgy and Bess” was an opera in the 1930s. It was a Gershwin production. This opera was based on a novel called Porgy, by Heyward, and a play, that was also name Porgy, which Heyward made with his wife. This opera was about African American life in Charleston, South Carolina during the early 1930s.
