The Movie Industry During the Great Depression

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The Great Depression was an era that was extremely successful to the movie industry. Citizens crowded movie theaters weekly to attempt to cope with the disappointing reality of unemployment. No matter the circumstance the people were determined to find a way to get their minds off of their current statuses. The movie industry took advantage of this time of desperation. What made the movies so popular was the unbelievable comparability of their own lives to the main characters or plots in the film. In the movies “The Public Enemy” and “Modern Times” show the directors/producers look at life during the Great Depression. Comedy movies seemed to boom during this time period. Laughing at a comedy at the movies turned into a weekly routine for adults. In the movie “Modern Times” Charlie Chaplin stars as the regular factory worker, an obvious relation to the 1930’s the machine age, and goes through a series of challenges to earn money for his self and later on in the film the girl he loves. He often finds himself in conflict with the world trying to maintain a single job. When he finally do...

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