Question

what did americans enjoy escapist films in the 1930s
A) many films such as public enemy reflected the publics distrust of big business and government.
b) movies provided relief from the everyday problems of the great depression
C) people were bored with radio entertainment
D) escapist films reflected the world in a realistic way.

Answer 1

Your answer would be B). movies provided relief from the everyday problems of the great depression.

The reason why this would be your answer is because during the 1930s, it was the time of the great depression. The reason why the U.S went into the great depression was because the stock market crashed at that time, and investors lost their profits. Because of movies, it was a way to get the investors minds off of what happened and made them feel happy for a period of time.

Answer 2

American enjoyed escapist films in the 1930s because:

(B) movies provided relief from the everyday problems of the great depression.

because people felt transported to another promised land of dreams.

In the 1930s,there were around 23000 theaters in the US which could seat 11 million people.Films that were popular were gangster movies,slapstick comedies such as the Marx Brothers, and animated feature film.

Hollywood movies helped people from the problems of Great Depression and their morale was very low and took them into a world of fantasy where they could imagine themselves as the central character of the story which had a happy ending vast majority of the time.