Popular Culture of the 1930s
by Dr. H - October 20th, 2014
Links for today’s workshop/discussion/review:
A Day in Radio (21 Sept 1939)
Mercury Theater of the Air
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (NPR)
“I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” (Bing Crosby)
“Pennies from Heaven” (Billie Holliday)
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (Wizard of Oz, 1939)
Two for a Penny (Grapes of Wrath, dir. John Ford 1940)
Image: “Fireside Chat Listener” statue in the FDR Memorial, Washington DC
“Remember My Forgotten Man” from the film Gold Diggers of 1933
