1930
- "The Maltese Falcon," book by Dashiell Hammett
- "Cimarron," book by Edna Ferber
- "American Gothic," painting by Grant Wood
- "All Quiet on the Western Front," film
- "Georgia on My Mind," song
- "I Got Rhythm," song
- "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," song
1931
- "The Good Earth," book by Pearl S. Buck
- "Frankenstein," film starring Boris Karloff
- "Minnie the Moocher," sung by Cab Calloway
- "Goodnight, Sweetheart," sung by Rudy Vallee
1932
- "Tobacco Road," by Erskine Caldwell
- "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley
- "A Farewell to Arms," starring Gary Cooper
- "Shanghai Express," starring Marlene Dietrich
- Johnny Weissmuller appears in his first "Tarzan" film
- Shirley Temple debuts in "Red-Haired Alibi"
- "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" sung by Bing Crosby
- "April in Paris," song
1933
- "King Kong," starring Faye Wray
- "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," film
- "Little Women," starring Katharine Hepburn
- "She Done Him Wrong," starring Mae West
- "Stormy Weather," sung by Lena Horne
- "Easter Parade," song
- "Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?" song
1934
- "Good-Bye Mr. Chips," book by James Hilton
- "The Thin Man," film
- "It Happened One Night," film directed by Frank Capra
- "Of Human Bondage," film starring Leslie Howard
- "Anything Goes," written and sung by Cole Porter
1935
- "Life with Father," book by Clarence Day
- "Tortilla Flat," book by John Steinbeck
- "Anna Karenina," film starring Greta Garbo
- "Mutiny on the Bounty," film starring Clark Gable, Charles Laughton
- "Begin the Beguine," song
- "Just One of Those Things," song
1936
- "How to Win Friends and Influence People," book by Dale Carnegie
- "Gone With the Wind," book by Margaret Mitchell
- "Modern Times," film starring Charlie Chaplin
- "San Francisco," film starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy
- "Intermezzo," film starring Ingrid Bergman
- "I'm an Old Cowhand (from the Rio Grande)," song
- "Pennies from Heaven," song
1937
- "Of Mice and Men," book by John Steinbeck
- "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," film by Walt Disney
- "The Lady is a Tramp," song
- "Whistle While You Work," sung by the Seven Dwarfs
1938
- "The Yearling," book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- "Our Town," drama by Thornton Wilder
- "Pygmalion," film starring Leslie Howard
- "A Tisket, A Tasket," song
- "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," song
1939
- "The Grapes of Wrath," book by John Steinbeck
- "Captain Horatio Hornblower," book by C.S. Forester
- "Gone With The Wind," film starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh
- "The Wizard of Oz," film starring Judy Garland
- "Stagecoach," film starring John Wayne, directed by John Ford
- "God Bless America," words and music by Irving Berlin
- "Roll out the Barrel," British war song
- "Over the Rainbow," sung by Judy Garland
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