ADMN 703 - Group Project

LEFTY NOTES: To "Soft-shoe" dance

Soft-shoeing, is basically tap dance without tap shoes (soft-soled shoes). Here's an example of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bv0Q-UFZrY

LEFTY NOTES: Rosy O'Grady tune/ Pat Rooney

I believe this is the tune that is referred to at the bottom of page 22:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWp_jvhXX8k

Pat Rooney, also mentioned at the bottom of page 22, is a Broadway dance legend.

"Sweet Rosie O'Grady is a 1943 musical film about an American singer who attempts to better herself by marrying an English duke, but is harassed by a reporter. It stars Betty Grable and Robert Young." - wikipedia

LEFTY NOTES: Sid's camera demonstration (pg 19)

This video demonstrates how to use a video camera from the 1930s. I assume regular cameras run in a similar fashion. They appear to run on mechanical energy, so the winding of the camera (instead of batteries like in today's digital cameras) is necessary before taking a picture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmBf891rWa0

(1930s video camera, scene below)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/123301170/vintage-1930s-cine-kodak-model-k-16mm

LEFTY NOTES: Grocery Bill from the 1930's

This really gives a good example of the economic conditions in the 1930s during the Great Depression (1929-1939). Taxi drivers make about $5-6 a week according to the script, and an average grocery bill was around $6.07 according to this sample. His weekly salary wouldn't even cover the groceries, let alone other appliances. Six dollars a week for a year (52 weeks) comes out to be $312 a year (assuming, generously, that Sid makes $6 and not $5). For reference, a refrigerator cost ~ $150 and a toaster cost ~$10 in the 1930s. You can see how these expenses quickly add up, not to mention rent, clothing and other expenses. Especially when you consider the fact that Florence wants to raise a family with Sid, and she contributes only "a few dollars" to the household, assumably per week (pg 18). Assuming that's $3 per week for 52 weeks, that's $156 per year. Together, they would have to raise a family on ~$468 per year, which almost guarantees that Irv would have to step in and help, considering that their mother seems too sick to work.

UPDATE (7:04pm)*****Cab drivers make ~80 cents per day, which is barely enough money to buy beans. (compare that to the grocery list below)