1930s

This was the period approaching the next war, when the wildness and freedom of the roaring twenties was shut down to a life of uncertainty and restrictions. The decade started out with the discovery of the planet Pluto and the invention of sliced bread. The Empire State building was completed in 1931. The next year air conditioning was invented, Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic and science split the atom. 1933 was monumental as Prohibition ended in the U.S. and FDR launched his New Deal, but over in Europe Adolf Hitler took power in Germany and the first Nazi concentration camp was established. In 1935, with the disastrous Dust Bowl in full swing, Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed and shot by the police.

In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was Founded and Social Security was enacted in the U.S. In 1936 the Nazi propaganda Olympics took place in Berlin, the Spanish Civil War began, and King Edward the VIII abdicated. The next year was a year of disasters as Japan invaded China, the Hindenberg dirigible burned and crashed on landing and Amelia Earhart disappeared while on a round the world flight. In 1938, Orson Welles set off the War of the World radio broadcast panic and times became more troubling in Germany with the Night of Broken Glass. The end of the decade saw the first commercial airline flight over the Atlantic and the invention of the helicopter, but all was overshadowed by the beginning of World War Two. For women's fashions, the long sleek appearance was most desirable, shoulders were padded and puffed, and hair was waved and shoulder-length. The midriff first appeared in formal gowns, much to the shock of society, the low backless look was introduced, and movie stars leaned toward the tanned look. Costume jewelry was now acceptable and nylon was invented in 1939. For hair, the super short cuts of the 1920s were gone, hair was longer and curls were allowed. 15hqql.

1930	1930 Billie Dove	1930	1930 Greta Garbo

1931	1931 Loretta Young	1931 Claudette Colbert

1932	1932 Tallulah Bankhead	1932 Janet Gaynor

1933 Miriam Jordon

1934 Astrid Allwyn	1934 Diana Wynyard	1934 Nancy Carroll

1935 Ann Sothern	1935 Joan Bennett	1935 Ida Lupino	1935 Sylvia Sidney

1936 Frances Langford	1936 Una Merkel	1936

1937 Janet Gaynor	1937 Jean Arthur	1937 Sylvia Sidney

1938 Virginia Grey

1939 Mary Martin	1939

        

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