Audiences were eager for entertainment during the economic crisis of the 1930s: approximately 65% of the U.S. population attended the movie theatre each week in 1930. While other industries suffered and none were quite depression-proof, Hollywood successfully appealed to people’s desire for escapism from their financial troubles with the meticulously-choreographed musicals of Busby Berkeley, romances, and comedies. This set of three 1930s movie theatre seats from San Francisco takes you back to a time when audiences only had one moviegoing option: the cinema.