Peter Bogdanovich's "Paper Moon" (1973) was my favorite movie when I was 12 years old, and it's one of the loveliest recreations of the Depression that's ever been done in later years in Hollywood.
Clip from film:
Classic scene: "You want a Nehi and a Coney Island"?
The Nehi soda brand is not that well known outside the US; so here are a couple of old ads for us none-Americans:
The song "It's Only a Paper Moon" was written in 1933 by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and Billy Rose. The version in the movie is by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra.
Say, it's only a paper moon,
Sailing over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn't be make believe,
If you believed in me.
Yes, it's only a canvas sky,
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make believe,
If you believed in me.
Without your love it's a honky tonk parade,
Without your love it's a melody played in a penny arcade.
It's a Barnum and Bailey world
just a phony as it can be,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.
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