Streamlined Dreams
the Depression
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At peak of Depression, owners responded to needs of communities - accepting potatoes...
At peak of Depression, owners responded to needs of communities - accepting potatoes as admission, then donating to Salvation Army, allowing church services in theaters. "Bank Nights" where jackpots of money were given away. The glamour and fantasy of films and the theaters themselves gave people an escape from Depression. Guests: Jim Eschelman, Harry Greene, Claude Newman
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Streamlined Dreams is a local public television program presented by Minnesota PBS
Streamlined Dreams
the Depression
Clip: Special | 7m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
At peak of Depression, owners responded to needs of communities - accepting potatoes as admission, then donating to Salvation Army, allowing church services in theaters. "Bank Nights" where jackpots of money were given away. The glamour and fantasy of films and the theaters themselves gave people an escape from Depression. Guests: Jim Eschelman, Harry Greene, Claude Newman
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Clip: Special | 3m 58s | In the 1920s, theater design was a classical fantasy. Then new technology such as... (3m 58s)
Elegance of Liebenberg's theaters
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