Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Timeline: The 1930s xi
5. Introduction: Movies and the 1930s 1
6. 1930 Movies and Social Difference 25
7. 1931 Movies and the Voice 48
8. 1932 Movies and Transgression 69
9. 1933 Movies and the New Deal in Entertainment 92
10. 1934 Movies and the Marginalized 117
11. 1935 Movies and the Resistance to Tyranny 139
12. 1936 Movies and the Possibility of Transcendence 162
13. 1937 Movies and New Constructions of the American Star 182
14. 1938 Movies and Whistling in the Dark 206
15. 1939 Movies and American Culture in the Annus Mirabilis 227
16. Select Academy Awards, 1930 –1939 253
17. Works Cited and Consulted 257
18. Contributors 267
19. Index 269