1939 in film

that is allowed in this shows and films. We all understand that watching the tracks as they were laid for the Transcontinental Railroad as it happened would not make great filmmaking. However, films such Iron Horse (1924), Union Pacific (1939) and the more current television…

The film I selected to analyze in this paper was Schindler's List, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. I selected this film specifically, because I always found the subject matter relating to the events of the Holocaust interesting. All of the subject matter I had been exposed to about the Holocaust was from books and through oral teaching, so I thought a film that focused on the Holocaust could give me a deeper meaning of the actual event itself. One of my high school history teachers use…

Hollywood. In response to these times, the film industry created a studio system in which only the most important of films were produced by one of five studios. Typically, each of these studios was also the owners of prominent theatre chains that spanned both domestically and internationally. Warner Bros, one of the five studios in Hollywood’s pioneered system, was chosen to sit at the forefront of the entertainment industry and produce the most remarkable films and musicals. During this time,…

one of the best iterations of Batman since the concept of Batman was first created in 1939; the film offers easy to digest bites of philosophy and a deeper look into human nature. At the same time, The Dark Knight provides insight into society's views on mental illness, what society believes mental illness looks like, and society's views toward the justice system. The Dark Knight is the highest grossing Batman film since the first Batman movie (ironically named Batman: The Movie) in 1966, and…

As Audrey got older the world was developing a desire for power. During the year of 1939 Audrey’s mother, Ella, moved the family to the Netherlands hoping that they would be safe from the Nazi invasion. Sadly the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940. Audrey recalls witnessing a load of Jewish children being herded into cattle trucks for…

Throughout the films I have watched this semester, American Indians have been constructed and represented in many different ways. Different films in different eras have led to stereotyping American Indians and poorly portraying the construction of American Indian life. At the beginning of this semester, films portrayed American Indians as savages who could not kill a Cowboy, but at the end of the semester, that stereotype changed into American Indians represented as helpless people who cannot be…

Mitchell was first published in 1936, it has received Pulitzer Prize and Academy price for Best picture, it is one of the best-loved novels on the BBC`s The Big Read inquiry. The film “Gone with the wind” was released in 1939, it has received 10 Oscars and is the highest grossing film of all the time. Both book and film are awarded and beloved by the audience and the readers. The main character is Scarlett O`Hara – daughter of a plantation (Tara) owner, she is beautiful, vivid, shrewd and used…

some of war times, beaches, children, hands, and dogs. He was born in France with Russian émigré parents in 1928, where he spent a good portion of his childhood in Italy. His family started getting closer and closer to move to the United States in 1939, where he eventually settled in New York for two years and then moved again to Los Angeles. Erwitt got to New York City with the help of the United States Army in the 50’s; he was drafted and spent a few years in the Army where he still kept…

had to choose one film that represents Hollywood’s involvement in the Second World War, it would have to be Michael Curtiz’s 1942 film “Casablanca” . Examining just this film demonstrates the reasons to study the war films, especially with those produced during the war. From this type of film, we get the producers, directors writers and actors viewpoint reflected in the story that they are producing. The film is, from the producers’ time view, about current events thereby the film will often…

Citizens of the United States specifically were afraid of communism penetrating high places of influence or importance such as the government or even the Hollywood film industry. The term for this fear is know as the Red Scare (ushistory.org) Due to the advancement of the Red Scare an organization was formed known as HUAC. HUAC stands for House Un-American Activities Committee. This organization was formed in 1938…