Popcorn’s popularity, erm, exploded. It was delicious, fun to watch being made, and during the Great Depression between 1929 and 1933, at only five or ten cents a bag, an affordable treat during ...

People migrated from circuses to cinemas, and mobile popcorn vendors followed, initially setting up shop outside cinemas. The other factor was the Great Depression. Americans' limited funds meant ...

and popcorn in general as an all-American snack, can be traced to the dawn of movie theaters and the Great Depression. Corn was one of the most readily available and affordable crops in the U.S ...