I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!
This week {March 4th-10th} is the 1930s.
Today's theme is...Fun Monday!
{share games, TV shows, music, radio shows and books from the era}
I love listening to old radio shows, especially Lux Radio Theater - the advertisements for Lux soap are just golden.
"9 out of 10 Screen Stars use Lux Toilet Soap!"
And who wouldn't want to be as lovely as a Hollywood star?!
Not only are the shows fun to listen to and the acting is superb (of course!), it's an excellent reminder to wash your face. I can't count the number of times I've snuggled into bed while listening to Lux, only to realize I forgot to wash my face. 1.5 seconds later I'm out of bed and all but running to the bathroom to wash it.
True story.
*grin*
Here are a few of my favorite Lux shows from the 30s...
Captain Blood (Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Leslie Howard & Olivia de Havilland)
It Happened One Night (Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert)
Only Angels Have Wings (Cary Grant & Jean Arthur)
The Prisoner of Zenda (Ronald Coleman & Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)
Doctor Macro has a lovely collection of Lux Radio Theater and other fabulous radio shows.
I haven't even begun to explore them all.
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Folks were swingin' to swing music in the 1930's (and through to the mid 40s).
Here's Freddie Rich and His Orchestra with Nan Wynn, Joe Sodja and the Three Symphonettes...
I fell in love with this short video when I first saw it on my special edition copy of The Adventures of Robin Hood {1938}.
Simply stellar, especially their rendition of Loch Lomond. <3
And the man playing the drums seriously cracks me up...
...as does Joe Sodja and his guitar playing;)
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As far as literature goes...
J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again was published in 1937.
My favorite of Tolkien's books:)
(cough cough and soon to be two motion pictures which I can't wait to see cough cough...;)
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I hope you all enjoyed reading about a few of my favorite fun things from the 30s.
Make sure to check out the others who are linking up!
Happy Trails, y'all!
