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 * The Human Condition in Motion Picture **

**While thousands of people struggled to find a paying job, Hollywood entered a golden age. People flocked to watch movies day and night.** **Movies provided an escape from the hardships of the Great Depression, allowing a glimpse into high society life.** **Movies were created to portray realism of what was truly going on in the world, and escapism so people would have a way to forget the bad.**

**Gone with the Wind premiered in Atlanta in 1939. This tale of the Old South from the start of the Civil War through** **to the period of reconstruction focuses on the beautiful Scarlett O'Hara. As for the young Scarlett,** **she is without doubt the most beautiful girl in the area and is always the belle of the ball. She is very much looking forward to a** **barbecue at the nearby Wilkes plantation as she will get to see the man she loves, Ashley Wilkes. She is more than a little dismayed when she hears that he is to marry his cousin** **Melanie Hamilton and in a fit of anger, she decides to marry Melanie's brother. War is soon declared and as always seems to be the case, men** **march off to battle thinking that it will only last a few weeks. She also becomes re-acquainted with Rhett Butler, whom she had first met at the Wilkes barbecue.** **After becoming a widow for the second time, she finally marries the dashing Rhett but they soon** **find themselves working against each other, their relationship seemingly doomed from the outset.**

**This is a perfect example of realism taking place through entertainment in the 1930's.** **It gave people the understanding that this is life. They may not want to accept it, but they have to.**

**Escapism movies: Daydreaming, Imanigative situations****People would go to the movie theatre to forget their troubles for a couple of hours.****(Social Realities of Time)** **Her acting was a great example of escapism because she brightened the lives of those who watched her.** **She showed a way to get away from a hard life and a way to enjoy it.** **With the stories being started by her losing her parents and then how she goes out** **and has fun with her life while singing, dancing, and also teaching a life lesson** **"Be True to Yourself"** **is the true escape of what society would call a bad life.**
 * Shirley Temple premiered in her first TV series called Runt Page in 1932.** **From their on she became a sensation and later on was made into a movie star.** **"Animal Crackers in my Soup"**

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