Set in the
midst of the Great Depression, Allen shows in his film just what going to the movies means to those undergoing
financial and emotional
hardships, allowing them avenues
of escape from their humdrum lives, even if only for the few hours that the films actually screen.
In 1863, in the
midst of the Civil War and facing family financial hardship, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (John James's widow) sold her husband's portfolio of original paintings executed in preparation for his engraved and hand - colored masterwork The Birds Of America (1827 — 38) to the New York Historical Societ
of the Civil War and facing family
financial hardship, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (John James's widow) sold her husband's portfolio
of original paintings executed in preparation for his engraved and hand - colored masterwork The Birds Of America (1827 — 38) to the New York Historical Societ
of original paintings executed in preparation for his engraved and hand - colored masterwork The Birds
Of America (1827 — 38) to the New York Historical Societ
Of America (1827 — 38) to the New York Historical Society.