In the early 1970s, a time when the post-WWII prosperity in many countries began to crumble, film-makers became interested in the 1930s, the last era with economic woes of a similar magnitude. Some sought disturbing parallels with their own time, while others approached that period with unhidden nostalgia. One such film was *Paper Moon*, the 1973 comedy directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The plot, based on the novel *Ad…More