2007-04-04 11:19:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
They were cheap and an easy escape from those very difficult times when many folks worked 12 hours a day for pennies......(no TV then either, remember, just radio) and movies were different and exciting....talkies only started in 1927!
2007-04-04 11:24:19 · answer #1 · answered by superbird 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm just taking a guess since most cinema historians think 1939 was the best year ever for Hollywood (Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, etc).
Since life was so "depressing" during this era, people went to the movies to escape reality. They needed something as a refuge from the harshness of life.
2007-04-04 11:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by avenger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were inexpensive and a wonderful source for escape. Children would often walk as far as ten miles on a Saturday to watch serial westerns, romances etc. Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable were some of the favorites
2007-04-04 11:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by beconsaw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they were inexpensive, five cents person, which is where the term Nickelodeon comes from, and because it provided the people with a way to escape reality and be taken away to a wonderful world in movies.
2007-04-04 11:24:55 · answer #4 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋