Conservativism and Cinema in the 1930s

In the US and Portugal alike, films often conveyed a yearning for simplicity and stability amid that decade’s economic and political upheavals – though not without their nuances.

Beatriz Costa as Gracinda in 1939’s Aldeia da Roupa Branca (Espetáculos de Arte)

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This post is part of the ‘Research and Reflections’ occasional series, consisting of pieces based on my ongoing academic research, as well as on my musings on and responses to current affairs and personal developments.