The Great Depression had an impact on many aspects of American culture. American Film, especially in the Comedy genre was a good example of this. By the 1930s, the country had undergone huge social changes. Women had recently gotten the vote and were beginning to gain a previously unheard of social independence. The Stock Market crash of 1929 began an economic depression that soon affected most of America. By the peak of the Depression in 1933 almost …showed first 75 words of 811 total…

…showed last 75 words of 811 total…that it had an important impact on a major aspect of American culture - our films. The films also had a huge impact on the Society. President Franklin Roosevelt said: "During the Depression, when the spirit of the people is lower than at any other time, it is a splendid thing that for just 15 cents an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles."