Music 1930 – 1940
Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller was produced as an instrumental in 1939. It was a pop culture phenomenon during that time and also later on in the years. It inspired Frank Sinatra’s 1965 Moonlight Sinatra album which included a vocal version of Miller’s song. Glenn Miller also recorded a few other songs on that album with Sinatra called “Moon Love”, “Moonlight Becomes You”, and “Oh, You Crazy Moon”. The instrumental version has been covered by many artists throughout the years.
Art 1930 – 1940
Frank Lloyd Wright built the Fallingwater home in 1935. It is currently a museum. His other notable works are the Guggenheim Museum and the House of Chicago. He is one of America’s most prominent architects and has designed numerous landmarks around America. He has been honored in song and even referenced on the US postal stamp.
Science 1930 – 1940
The Z1 computer was designed by Konrad Zuse in 1936 and took him two years to build. The Z1 was the first freely programmable computer thus ushering in the computer age. It would eventually be destroyed by an air raid in 1943 during World War II. Zuse decided to rebuild the Z1 in 1986 and the finished model, completed in 1989, now sits in the German Museum of Technology.
Magazines 1930 – 1940
Life magazine was originally released in 1883 as a general interest magazine with text and illustrations. In 1939 Henry Luce, creator of Time and Fortune magazines, bought Life and acquired the rights to its name. Luce debuted Life’s Volume 1 Number 1 dated November 23, 1936. It became a successful weekly publication because of its photojournalism. The magazine folded in 2007 but still maintains a website at Life.com. Time Inc., the owner of the publication, has partnered with Google so that people are able to search for Life’s archived data and images.
Movies 1930 – 1940
The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939. It is the film adaptation of the popular children’s novel The Wonderful wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum in the 1900’s. The culture went from a book, to a Broadway musical, and then to film. It has been released in a few genres as the years progressed, such as animation and notably in the urban adaption of The Wiz. In 2015, a modern was spin was made to the classic movie. It was released as a Broadway musical called The Wiz Live! and features a cast of A-list African American actors.
References
Fleming, V. (Director). (1939). The Wizard of Oz [Motion Picture].
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/
Miller, G. (Composer). (1939). Moonlight Serenade. [G. Miller, Performer] USA.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Serenade
Time Inc. (1936). Life Magazine. New York City: Luce, Henry.
Wright, F. L. Architect. Guggenheim Museum. New York.
http://www.biography.com/people/frank-lloyd-wright-9537511#wrights-death
Zuse, K. (1968). Berlin.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Konrad_Zuse.aspx
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