As I stated in the last post during the 1930's America was struggling financially. While our beautiful nation was going through the Great Depression there was some good in our nation. The business of entertainment took a little bit of a turn. More movies were being made at this time and they had sound. In the 1920's movies didn't have sound but in the 1930's movies did. Popular movies in this time include Gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz. Another thing became very popular which was dance parties. What these are is a bunch of people going dancing in a dance hall for a a period of time (sometimes days) and they would earn a prize. But there was a catch, you couldn't stop dancing no matter what, people use to go to get prizes or just to see. These dance parties were very fun and brought lots of people together from different backgrounds to one place to have fun. Sports was also major at this time, but it wasn't really any different from the 1920's. Boxing and Baseball were top sports and with the help of national media sports superstars became icons. Sports icons at this time include Boxer Joe Louis and Baseball player Lou Gehrig.
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