Kurt Warner

cynicism in their films, which provided a sense of realism for the audience. Because of the new contempt for law and government after the Great Depression, studios such as Warner Bros. Entertainment started to fill up theaters across America with films that allowed their audiences to revel in the adventures of organized criminals. Warner Bros. used to be considered as one of the “Big Five” studios that prevailed in Hollywood. The studio then built a reputable house style over the years in which…

Paramount was accused of being n monopolizing force in the movie industry in 1921 by the FTC. The FTC believed that the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was buying the other companies to monopolize the industry. The Department of Justice opened an investigation against Paramount for allegedly block booking to keep the industry in an anticompetitive state. Almost seven years later in 1928 Paramount- Famous Players-Lasky and nine other companies were facing antitrust charges. Due to the great…

Movies have come a long way from the black and white and no sound. It seems as if each decade movies have evolved and with that comes issues. For example, movies are becoming increasingly more difficult to rate for audiences, especially children. Movies have not always been under the protection of the First Amendment. In fact motion pictures didn’t become protected under the First Amendment until 72 years after they were made in 1952 (Albosta, 2009, pp.118-120). It might seem as a blessing that…

The Golden Age of Piracy is the subject of many Hollywood films. One of the most popular series among them in recent years is the series Pirates of the Caribbean. But how accurately this film portrays and captures the way the Golden Age of Piracy spanned from the 2650’s to the 1730’s is important in many different ways. In order to answer this question, my team of researchers and I will examine how accurately myths or superstitions, real life pirates, weapons, and the pirate code were presented…

Ever since Titanic was released during the holidays, studios have looked at the holiday season as a prime spot to release huge movies. Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Avatar, and Titanic have all seen gigantic numbers during this time of the year. This makes Winter the new Summer for movies. Sure, there are now Avengers films being released at that time, but December is where they roll out the films that could be nominated for awards. If you take a look at this holiday season — I have taken a…

One of the most fascinating time periods within Hollywood’s history is the Pre-Code Era. This era begins shortly after films with sound start being produced in 1927, and ends when the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code begins in mid-1934. The films released during the Pre-Code Era were suggestive, enticing, and always looking to push the boundaries of cinema. The film, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, was released in 1932 and features the story of a man who is wrongly accused of…

was in a steep decline. At the time that Justice William O. Douglas stated that the studios were trusts and declared that they must give up their theatre chains, Paramount owned 993 theaters, RKO owned 187, Fox owned 66, Loew’s-MGM owned 21, and Warner Bros owned 20 (Lewis 195). Seeing as 70 percent of the first run theaters in the ninety-two biggest cities were associated with these Big Five, this decision was…

So I’m a little behind on getting to this film, I had read a little about it a few years back, say in 2008. The film was actually released in the US in 2010 so I take a small amount of comfort in that my seeing this film was only really almost five years overdue. And let’s just come right out and state the obvious here, it’s a Frank Henenlotter film let alone the first Frank Henenlotter film since Basket Case 3 in 1992. If you are a fan of Herschel Gordon Lewis or even John Waters then I’ll make…

If I say “Casablanca” what is the first thing you think of? The movie, a variety of famous quotes, or the actual city? I am betting it was one of the first two, and doubt it was a look of total confusion because of the popularity of the movie ever since its release in 1943. Many people who were a part of its production believed it would be a flop; however, they couldn’t have been more wrong. Both the movie and the actors involved won a variety of awards including Best Screenplay, Best Director,…

movie that included a synchronized film score was named Don Juan, released in 1926. It was a romantic movie about a sword fighter and the many women that he loved. The premiere of the movie in New York was also the premiere of the Vitaphone system by Warner Bro’s. The Vitaphone was a sound film system that allowed sound to go along with the film. Other companies made their own version of the Vitaphone. Western Electric had the Movietone and RCA had the Photophone.…