The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Context

Walsh’s film is another example of Warner Bros. propelling the sentiment of class contrast and the straining of relationships as a result. Throughout, we can note the constant duality of the lives of the characters within the film, constantly contrasting the glamour of the american dream, moreover, how that ideal is forever out of reach for the World War I veterans that are depicted as professionally and culturally left out in the cold (Walsh, 00:47:01), and (Walsh 00:04:28). Many of the films that came from Warner Bros. such as this one are keen to note the corruption of the greed of the time period. Furthermore, how that greed can imply a degree of desperation in within the forgotten social classes, ultimately, providing Warner Bros. with a favourable perception within the widespread American viewership as the primary outlet for “social critique” in the 1930’s (Daseler, 2014).