Category Archives: 1930s

‘A Night at the Opera’ opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Dec 6 1935)

1930s, movies 1930s


Video: 'A Night at the Opera' trailer

(Friday, December 6, 1935, doors scheduled to open at 10:15 a.m. EST) — A Night at the Opera, a comedy film about three zanies who turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege’s romance with the leading lady, opened today at the Capitol Theatre, 1645 Broadway, just north of Times Square in New York City, across from the Winter Garden Theatre. Continue reading ‘A Night at the Opera’ opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Dec 6 1935) →

Comic legend Woody Allen born in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Nov 30 1935)

1930s


Video: 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film (TV) 2002 ?HD Sub.'

(Saturday, November 30, 1935, “very close to midnight” EST) — Filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian Woody Allen, whose career spans eight decades, was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg tonight at Mount Eden Hospital in Bronx, New York City. Continue reading Comic legend Woody Allen born in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Nov 30 1935) →

China Clipper takes off on first mail trip across Pacific 90 years ago this hour (Nov 21 1935)

1930s


Video: 'United States mail plane China Clipper takes off from San Francisco on its way to Manila (1935)'

(Friday, November 22, 1935, 3:46 p.m. PST) — A flying boat, the China Clipper, took off today from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.

Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) labor union formed 90 years ago today (Nov 9 1935)

1930s


Video: 'AFL vs. CIO split in 1935'

(Saturday, November 9, 1935) — United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization (later renamed the Congress of Industrial Organizations) today in Washington.

‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Nov 8 1935)

1930s, movies 1930s


Video: 'Mutiny on the Bounty' trailer

(Friday, November 8, 1935, doors opened at 9:45 a.m. EST) — Mutiny on the Bounty, a drama film about the sadistic Captain Bligh who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition, opened this morning at the Capitol Theatre located at 1645 Broadway, just north of Times Square in New York City, across from the Winter Garden Theatre. Continue reading ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Nov 8 1935) →

Parker Brothers begin marketing ‘Monopoly’ board game 90 years ago today (Nov 5 1935)

1930s


Video: 'The surprising history behind the board game "Monopoly"'

(Tuesday, November 5, 1935) — Parker Brothers, an American toy and game manufacturer and brand, today began marketing Monopoly, a board game designed to demonstrate that an economy which rewards wealth creation is better than one in which monopolists work under few constraints.

Mobster Dutch Schultz shot, mortally wounded in Newark 90 years ago this hour (Oct 23 1935)

1930s


Video: 'This Prohibition Era Gangster Went So Rogue The Mob Turned On Him | Our History' (Oct. 23, 1935, at 36:10)

(Wednesday, October 23, 1935, 10:15 p.m. EST) — Mobster Dutch Schultz, 34, was shot and mortally wounded with three other men during a gangland hit tonight at the Palace Chophouse in Newark, New Jersey. Continue reading Mobster Dutch Schultz shot, mortally wounded in Newark 90 years ago this hour (Oct 23 1935) →

Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ opens on Broadway 90 years ago this hour (Oct 10 1935)

1930s, African-American Civil Rights, Broadway


Video: 'Porgy and Bess, 1935 silent home movie'

(Thursday, October 10, 1935, 8:10 p.m. EST) — The George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess, featuring an entire cast of classically trained African-American singers, opened tonight at the Alvin Theatre at 250 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York. Continue reading Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ opens on Broadway 90 years ago this hour (Oct 10 1935) →

Detroit Tigers win World Series in six games 90 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1935)

1930s, World Series


Video: '1935 World Series - Chicago Cubs versus Detroit Tigers'

(Monday, October 7, 1935, 3:27 p.m. EST) — The Detroit Tigers won the 1935 World Series today, beating the Chicago Cubs 4-3 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan, in the sixth and deciding game. Continue reading Detroit Tigers win World Series in six games 90 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1935) →

German Jews deprived of citizenship by Nuremberg Laws 90 years ago today (Sep 15 1935)

1930s, The Holocaust


Video: '15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory 'Nuremberg Laws''

(Sunday, September 15, 1935) — Germany’s Reichstag, meeting in special session during the National Socialist Party’s “Day of Freedom,” today passed the so-called Nuremberg Laws, a sweeping set of racial decrees that stripped Jews of citizenship and outlawed marriages between Jews and so-called Aryans. Continue reading German Jews deprived of citizenship by Nuremberg Laws 90 years ago today (Sep 15 1935) →