From The Nation archives, reviews of a dozen vintage films reflecting “the hardships and aspirations of Americans in the first Great Depression”:
- Metropolis (1927)
- The Jazz Singer (1927)
- City Lights (1931)
- King Kong (1933)
- It Happened One Night (1935)
- A Night of the Opera (1935)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Ninotchka (1939)
- Of Mice and Men (1939)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
The 'Not-So-Rough' Guide 
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