1930's+Entertainment

As you learn more about the entertainment of the 1930's you'll learn that its full of modern day type of entertainment as well. The 1930's were full of acting & singing & dancing. The 1930's had been the start of a new era.
 * Entertainment of the 1930's.** By: Ashley Medrano & Jennifer Barboza.

**__Dances & Music of the 1930's!__**
In the 1930's there was many popular forms of dance and music. There was a new style of dance called "Swing!". This dance quickly got very popular within a small amount of time. As portrade by Charles Walter, (in the picture to the right) He is doing a "Single Person Swing". This can also be done a with a partner, as portrayed in the video below. Black music had started to spread and evolve as well. For example, singer Josephine Baker had gotten internationally known with her mildly popular and well known music. The three internationally loved band leaders Harry James, Benny Goodman, and the Dorsey Brothers had basically been idolized by they're fans. Others not as much as these three. Jazz had also been a popular choice of music at this time. media type="custom" key="12085173" (Video from Photo Bucket) []

__**Vaudeville**__ __**& Big Screen Film! (Theatre)**__ Vaudeville was the most popular show in the the 1930's. The Vaudeville show was consisted of many acts such as; singers, commedians, animal trainers, acrobatics, dancers, and jugglers. Many popular people in American show bussiness started with Vaudevilles. other popular and successful shows are; Gone with the wind, King Kong, Modern Times, Wizards of Oz, Forty Second Street, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. These had all been big-time productions in the 1930's and had a great impact on it as well. **__ Celebrities of the 1930's! __** Charles laughton, Shirely Temple, Lasley Howard, Jean Harlow, Katherine Hep. Marlene Dietrich, and Greta Garbo at the time were all famous celbrities of the time. Most of these were movie stars such as Charels Laughton with good age. Others had been young and already enternaining the minds of people such Shirely Temple. **__ The 1930's Radio Life! __** The radio life in the 1930's had been everywhere. From having jazz to live broadcatsings of plays or conversations; The radio had helped alot of people through the stressful times of the depression era, by giving people a chance to lay back and relax. This invention had also helped broadcast news or current world events, so people always had an idea of whats happening. Even helping the president of the time "Franklin D. Roosevelt" with his "Fireside" chats to reassure the nation, by radio! "The radio had truly been the center of entertainment in the '30's. -says eNotes.com & we would completley agree.

http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/LowerFrame.asp?ItemID=WE52&iPin=EAHVII076&SingleRecord=True (accessed January 5, 2012). =For more information: = About Vaudeville: http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=EAHVII278&SingleRecord=True About entertainment in the 1930's: [] last updated: Feburary 3, 2012 by: Ashley Medrano and Jennifer Barboza.
 * Were we got our information from: **
 * 1) 1. Computer Resource: Faue, Elizabeth. "popular entertainment, 1890–1930." In Faue, Elizabeth, and Gary B. Nash, eds. Encyclopedia of American History: The Emergence of Modern America, 1900 to 1928, Revised Edition (Volume VII). New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2010. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc.
 * 1) 2. www.eNotes.com. Web. January 9, 2011.
 * 2) 3. Print Resource: Tames, Richard. The 1930s. Minnesota: Sea-to-Sea Publications, 2006. Print.