Garbo and GilbertThe 1930s decade (and most of the 1940s as well) has been nostalgically labeled “The Golden Age of Hollywood” (although most of the output of the decade was black-and-white). The 30s was also the decade of the sound and color revolutions and the advance of the ‘talkies’, and the further development of film genres (gangster films, musicals, newspaper-reporting films, historical biopics, social-realism films, lighthearted screwball comedies, westerns and horror to name a few). It was the era in which the silent period ended, with many silent film stars not making the transition to sound (e.g., Vilmy Banky, John Gilbert, and Norma Talmadge). By 1933, the economic effects of the Depression were being strongly felt, especially in decreased movie theatre attendance.

Mickey Mouse – The Shindig – 1930

Silly Symphony – The Three Little Pigs

Los Tres Cerditos y El Lobo – Cuento Infantil

Heigh Ho – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Disney’s Snow White – Someday My Prince Will Come

Animal Crackers – The Marx brothers play cards

Mr Smith goes to Washington – Trailer

The Wizard of Oz Original Trailer

Gone with the wind (trailer)