U.S.A Part 1

Description

This moving image depicts theater projects of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). WPA theater units present vaudeville shows (comedy teams, dancers, singers), minstrel and marionette shows, Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, Macbeth with an all-Black cast, and Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here at Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps, in parks, and in small-town theaters. Hollywood producer Adolph Zukor advises WPA theater officials. Brief scenes of costume designing, stage setting, and rehearsals are also shown.

Collection

Records of the Work Projects Administration

Series

Motion Picture Films