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How did the Great Depression affect Robert Wise’s education at Franklin College?
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The Great Depression directly curtailed Robert Wise’s education at Franklin College, which he had entered in 1931 to study journalism. Due to the financial hardships of the era, he was unable to complete his studies and left college in 1933 to move to Hollywood, where he began his career in the film industry at RKO Studios.1