The Sin Of Diddlebock Gambling Analysis

Throughout 1929 to 1939, the United States faced a severe economic crisis known as The Great Depression. The unemployment rate in 1929 was 3.2 percent. In just four years massive unemployment struck the United States reaching an unemployment rate of 25 percent. As stability in the United States got worse, the U.S became involved as a global power in World War II which lasted from 1939 to 1945. After the war, under Truman’s presidency, the U.S economic standing took a turn that led to the economic boom, also known as, the Golden Age of Capitalism. This boom was a product of the manufacturing productivity from the war that continued afterwards. Many of these manufacturing jobs were obtained by women. This new era brought prosperity to a majority of its citizens (Roger 199). The economic impact on the American people of the late 1940’s is apparent in the movie, “The Sin of Harold Diddlebock.” This movie went into production in the beginning of the financial expansion on September 12th, 1945 and released on April 4, 1947. In the movie, Harold Diddlebock, …show more content…
The legalization of gambling began in 1929 during the stock market crash and the Hoover Dam project in Nevada. Gambling officially became legal in 1931, at the pivotal point of the Great Depression, when Nevada (the center of gambling in the U.S) earned the right to legalize gambling as a way to increase state income and boost the economy without raising taxes (Weller 486). Afterwards, in 1945 at the end of World War II, the United States saw a substantial increase in gambling activity. Despite the struggle from its inception in the late 30’s, after World War II the prosperity of post-war America started a boom in the fledgling industry. Although there was strong enforcement of gambling laws after World War II, Americans continued to invest money in casinos and lotteries. American’s financial stability allowed people to use money in excess for recreational use (Smith