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Jump Back in Time 經濟大蕭條與第二次世界大戰  (1929-1945) 
 
Hippodrome Program, 1917-18 season
1917年至1918年間的競技場劇院表演節目中,就有胡迪尼的「能潛入水中的鐵盒子之謎」

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紐約市的競技場 (Hippodrome) 正式關閉
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西元1928年,電影公司RKO買下了競技場劇院。電影螢幕取代了表演舞台給想要看到這個新的娛樂的觀眾。在競技場劇院於1939年關閉前,最後一場表演是:建築物的破壞。然而,那個輝煌的時代還是讓競技場劇院活在所有美國人的回憶裡。你知道在那個時候表演過的雜耍演員嗎?問問你的祖父母!

In 1928, RKO, the motion picture company, purchased the theater. Movie screens took over the stages for audiences who were hungry for this new kind of entertainment. After it closed its doors in 1939, the Hippodrome Theater presented its final spectacle: the building's demolition. The era that made the Hippodrome famous lives on in the American memory. Do you know the names of any other stars from that vaudeville era? Ask a grandparent!
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