Movies & Heroes of the Depression Chapter 25, Lesson 4.

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Chapter 25, Lesson 4Chapter 25, Lesson 4

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Movie StarsMovie Stars

• People could “escape” their own world and watch a movie for 5 cents

• New world of comedy, musicals, drama• Ginger Rogers & Fred Astair – dancers• Shirley Temple – child star• Marx Bros. – comedians

• People could “escape” their own world and watch a movie for 5 cents

• New world of comedy, musicals, drama• Ginger Rogers & Fred Astair – dancers• Shirley Temple – child star• Marx Bros. – comedians


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Fred & GingerFred & Ginger


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The Wizard of OzThe Wizard of Oz

• “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

• Showed people there were better times ahead

• “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

• Showed people there were better times ahead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRa4X07jdE





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Gone With the WindGone With the Wind

• “As God as my witness, I’ll never go hungry again.”

• At the end of the movie, Scarlett O’Hara’s world had totally changed but she survived

• “As God as my witness, I’ll never go hungry again.”

• At the end of the movie, Scarlett O’Hara’s world had totally changed but she survived


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Joe Lewis vs. Max Schmeling IIJoe Lewis vs. Max Schmeling II

• Schmeling is a German boxer

• German government publishes harsh words they claim come from Schmeling:– “I would not take this fight if I did not believe

that I, a white man, can beat a Negro.”

• The fight lasts 2:04

• Schmeling is a German boxer

• German government publishes harsh words they claim come from Schmeling:– “I would not take this fight if I did not believe

that I, a white man, can beat a Negro.”

• The fight lasts 2:04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJGOADcmwS4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJGOADcmwS4


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Jesse OwensJesse Owens

• 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold Medals in Track & Field

• Hitler wanted to prove the superiority of the German people and the inferiority of the black race

• 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold Medals in Track & Field

• Hitler wanted to prove the superiority of the German people and the inferiority of the black race


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Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart

• First woman to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean

• First solo flight from Hawaii to the United States

• Encouraged both women and flying

• Earhart disappears in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean trying to fly around the world

• First woman to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean

• First solo flight from Hawaii to the United States

• Encouraged both women and flying

• Earhart disappears in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean trying to fly around the world

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