http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/great_depression+pfdoctype_newspapers_articles_&_reviews PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8450 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8450 <p class="MsoNormal">Hollywood gossip column describing the economic difficulties of Hollywood stars.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The opening of the column describes in a unique way how Hollywood stars have to be much more careful about their money during this period of economic hardship. Another example of how the Depression affected the Hollywood film industry. By Uri Friedman <br /> </p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8447 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8447 <p>Review of entertainment program at the Mastbaum Theatre.</p> <p>The review discusses how the Mastbaum is having screen and stage stars appear at the theater to do a variety of acts as part of its re-opening. This article reflects the fact that a number of Philadelphia theaters had to close (sometimes reopening, like the Mastbaum) during the Depression and how theaters had to offer incentives other than simply a film to get people to spend their money on entertainment.&nbsp; By Uri Friedman <br /> </p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8443 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8443 <p>This column discusses how the economic issues in Hollywood caused by the Depression have made Hollywood stars intent on finding ways to preserve their wealth. He describes in vivid terms how the Depression has ravaged the glamorous film industry.&nbsp; By Uri Friedman<br /> </p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8403 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8403 <p>Article advertising the newest Inquirer-Universal Newsreel.</p> <p>The Inquirer often showed newsreels in a number of local theaters that showed interesting footage from around the world. In this article, the writer uses Depression-era terminology to explain a sequence about ducks, and also mentions that the newsreel includes images from an employment program in Massachusetts. This can be contrasted with articles about Inquirer newsreels in 1929, which discussed images such as skyscrapers and turtle races. The impact of the Depression on film can be noted here. By Uri Friedman <br /> </p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8396 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/8396 <p>Film critic&rsquo;s assessment of Hollywood in the late 1920s.</p> <p>Discusses the upheavals that talking pictures have caused in the Hollywood film industry and warns Philadelphia readers that getting a job as an extra in Hollywood at the time is very difficult. His statements describe an unfortunate state of affairs in Hollywood that would be fully realized with the coming stress of the Depression.&nbsp; By Uri Friedman &nbsp; </p>