Cinema as it is known today had its origins within the films that were made in the 1930s. Although the prior decade had seemed tremendous leaps forwards in the types of formal choices that filmmakers were willing to make, the 1930s saw a rise in audience engagement , resulting in one of the greatest periods of sustained success in the history of the box office . In an era before television was even a prestige format, audiences that sought escapism found going to the movies to be a source of catharsis.

The 1930s was an era in which Hollywood was unencumbered by censorship or sustained backlash , and saw the release of many films that would have been deemed controversial in later decades. Frankly, it's impressive how many of these classics have held up so well today. Here is the

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