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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a novel written by Horace McCoy and first published in 1935. The story mainly concerns a dance marathon during the Great Depression. It was adapted into Sydney Pollack's 1969 film of the same name.
10,110 ratings1,036 reviews. The marathon dance craze flourished during the 1930s, but the underside was a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms—a dark side that Horace McCoy's classic American novel powerfully captures.
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Sep 6, 2023 · They Shoot Horses, Don't They? was written in 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, dance marathons were a craze because they allowed people who had...
The story They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a somber look at desperation and depression in an era of uncertainty and want. Robert Syverten, the protagonist of the novel, is a young man who...
Jan 16, 2011 · Cinerama presents a film directed by Sydney Pollack. Screenplay by James Poe and Robert E. Thompson. Running time: 123 minutes. MPAA Rating: PG. Review / Roger Ebert (1970) Erase the forced smiles from the desperate faces, and what the dance marathons of the 1930s came down to was fairly simple.
