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The 1940s
U.S. enters the war in1941
2/3 of America went to
the movies every week Hard times = more
money for the studios
Television was available
but materials were usedfor the war so moviesremained dominant
Casablanca, 1941
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Many stars and
directors enlisted
Made propagandafilms as well as
fought
Frank Capra & the Why We Fightseries
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Everyone pitched in
Betty Grable
Marlene Dietrich
entertaining the troops
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Even Walt Disney
pitched in with
hundreds of trainingand propaganda
films
Der Fuehrer's Face
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Patriotic to Post-war
Realism and Film
Noir Shift in psyche
Austere,
deglamorized &
ambivalent
Social realism
The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946
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The 1940sWilliam Wylers Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
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Cast non-actor HaroldRussell
Won both the Academy
Award as the year's BestSupporting Actor and asecond, honorary Oscar"for bringing hope andcourage to his fellowveterans." He is the onlyactor ever to win twoOscars for the samerole.
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House Un-American
Activities Committee
and Hollywood
established in 1937 toinvestigate un-American
and subversive
activities
Investigated Hollywoodin 1947
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Prove that the ScreenWriters Guild hadCommunist members
Show that these writerswere able to insertsubversive propaganda intoHollywood films
J. Parnell Thomas, head ofthe committee, argued thatPresident Roosevelt hadencouraged pro-Soviet filmsduring the war.
J. Parnell Thomas & Jack Warner
of Warner Brothers
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1948 - the beginning of the endfor the Studio System
MGM, Warner Brothers, Fox,
Paramount and RKO had todivest of their theatres
Theatres could play any moviefrom any studio
Box office fell as studios were
forced to compete with eachother
and with
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Television Began a decline in box
office that was not
reversed until
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Jaws, 1975
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Directed and acted intheatre
Was 26 years old when
he went to Hollywood Citizen Kane (1941)
considered the mostinfluential movie evermade
War of the Worlds radiobroadcast panickedaudience
Orson Welles
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Based on real events
Inventive cinematography
Deep focus Chiaroscuro lighting
Exotic angles
Flashbacks
Truly American story Unresolved issues in story
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Citizen Kane
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The Magnificent Ambersons
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Citizen Kane a financialdisappointment
Magnificent Ambersons
chopped and dumpedto fit the secondfeature timeslot
Contract w/RKO wascancelled and careernever recovered
Spent the next 30 yearsin Europe
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Writer who kept controlby directing
Capra & Screwball
Comedy without thesentimentality
Believer of dumb luck
Loved to get around the
censors Career heyday lasted
from 1941-1945
Preston Sturges
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The Miracle of
Morgans Creek
Sullivans Travels
The Lady Eve
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First full-length
animated feature:
Snow White, 1937
Walt Disney
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Bambi, 1942
Dumbo, 1941
Fantasia, 1940
Pinocchio, 1940
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John Ford
Master of the Westernalthough these were not
considered serious filmsat the time
More directing Oscarsthan anyone - 4 plus 2 forWWII films for the Navy
where he was a RearAdmiral - he was atOmaha Beach on D-Day
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White Heat, 1949
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, EdmundOBrien
Inspired by real life gangster Ma Barker &her sons
Film was Cagneys return to the gangsterrole
Anticipates the documentary realism of1950s crime films
Cagneys last great role
Film contains increased violence and
Freudian psychological overtones as wellas elements from Greek tragedy (Oedipus)
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Raoul Walsh, 1887-1980
52 year career spanning earlysilents to the 1960s
Assistant to D.W. Griffith &was in Birth of a Nation
Discovered John Wayne
Known for his quick pacing infilms an action director
Invented the Point of view shot
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Griffiths Birth of a Nation & Walshs Regeneration (both 1915)
From Senses of Cinema
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James Cagney, 1889-1986
Quintessential tough guybut also an accomplishedsinger & dancer
Retired in 1961 did 2 morefilms in the 80s
Films include: The Public Enemy, Each Dawn
I Die, White Heat, The RoaringTwenties,Yankee Doodle Dandy, MisterRoberts, One, Two, Three
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