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The Motion Picture Association of America and their ‘rating system’ (Motion Picture Association of America, 2016) serves as an industry backed form of self-regulation for the content of films for the American consumer. However, amongst the changing times of the Country following World War II and leading into the turbulent 1960’s, Major movie companies were willing to forego industry-approved regulation for major films, forcing the MPAA to change from the Production Code towards the modern-day…

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…

When I first started this assignment I thought I was going to be completely bored. I thought that since it was a silent film with music, I would not be able to understand what was going on and for a while I was right but as I continued to view the film, I completely understood what was going on. The Jazz Singer sparked a revolution by the film industry to have synchronized speech, singing, and music using the vitaphone. Even though the film only had two senses where the characters actually spoke…

The final product was only successful because Nichols (and screenwriter-producer Ernest Lehman) were willing to take risks. On March 5th, 1964, Warner Brothers purchased the rights to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for $500,000 at the time ($3.8 million now). This was a highly controversial move on the part of Warner Brothers executive, Jack L. Warner, as Who’s Afraid of…

get everything right. Musical films changed the way people watched movies. Musical films started being made in the early 1920’s, but it was not until 1927 when The Jazz Singer was released that musicals became popular. The Jazz Singer was made by Warner Brothers and is considered a “talkie.” A “talkie” refers to the fact that the movie…

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…

A) The Golden Age of movies was a significant part in American history. It defined a culture way behind the silver screen that lent to the culture in the country. It also set a precedence for the evolution of the American film industry. The studio system was the foundation of the Golden age of Hollywood and American film, however as the decades passed there was a decline in the stadium system of the Golden Age of Hollywood that made true cinema a great art form. Leading up to World War I, the…

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 show the external constraints being forced upon it, some locally and some globally. I will argue that although just a fictional story, it transcends that, with at times a character becoming a stand-in for entire countries. It offered a new stereotype for males to aspire to and realise that they can…

because they refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. These writers and directors would become known as the Hollywood Ten and are remembered for speaking out against the abuses of the Red Scare that took place during the time…

Buster Keaton and the decline of the silent film era 1 Silent Films Introduction. The mental image that many people have of a silent film is of a simple, black and white film, perhaps grainy and distorted in image, depicting a time long gone. With modern, dialogue driven narratives in film, it is easy to forget that dialogue is not the only way to drive a story, dialogue does not necessarily need to be spoken out loud in order to be effective, and that many actors had built careers out of…