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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…

cases, laws were being broken, and the rights of individuals were being violated. The shift in direction came when those affected sought litigation, and censorship began. Paramount Decision The five major studios, Paramount Pictures, Lowe’s, RKO, Warner Bro’s, and Twentieth Century Fox dominated the motion picture industry during this time. The studios created…

American Multi-Cinema or AMC as its most commonly referred to, is the largest theater company in the world with over 380 theaters nationwide. In other words, it is the titan of the movie theater industry. In this paper I am going to talk about AMC's humble beginnings, it's innovations and its success in becoming the largest theater company in the world. I'm going to begin with, how the seed of AMC was planted. AMC Theaters achieved its start in Kansas City thanks to the Dubinsky brothers;…

The Paramount decision and the Hollywood blacklist were two pivotal events that were a product of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Both of these episodes had the ability to redirect the course of film making within Hollywood and the United States. In many ways, both of these events are cornerstone contributions that changed the course of filmmaking. The Paramount decision, also known as United States v. Paramount Pictures, was a landmark decision made by the supreme court. The court came to the…

Casablanca is a movie that takes place in the French-ruled Morocco during WWII. The story is about Rick Blaine, the owner of a nightspot and an exiled American. He is asked to hold two letters of transit from a man named Ugarte. These letters will let anyone leave the country without questioning. A man named Lazlo comes to Casablanca with his wife and Rick's former love, Ilsa. This story is about how Casablanca is a metaphor to compare how America's isolationist attitude kept them from entering…

In the film Casablanca dir. Michael Curtiz, an American named Richard “Rick” Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) runs a popular cafe in Casablanca. During World War II, Casablanca is a common place to go to try to get letters of transit to America. Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid) - an anti-Nazi that has escaped a concentration camp and wants to inspire a rebellion against the Nazi party - and his wife Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) - an ex-lover of Rick - end up in Casablanca on their way to America. Rick,…

The 8th Quentin Tarantino film is coming. Even in pre production, there was an unprecedented amount of hype for The Hateful Eight. The script leaked and a film fans from all around the world flocked to get an early glimpse of what Tarantino’s 8th feature has in stall for us all but then- it was called off. QT abandoned the film and said he would publish it because he had “Plenty more where that came from”. It seemed that our own eagerness had ruined the fun and that like a petulant boy who took…

The Fox Film Corporation was formed in 1915 by William Fox, a pioneer of several chain theaters and the producer of many American motion pictures. Making films was a secondary option brought on by the need for financial stability during the Great Depression so before Fox even made the giant leap into films, he used his entrepreneurship skills to acquire and build many theaters. The first couple of theaters were set up in New Jersey before Fox was sent to HollyWood to oversee some projects. It…

Throughout the 1920’s cinema became established as the most popular and profitable mass media, and this continued until the 1960s. Historian A.J.P Taylor famously described it as “the essential social habit of the age”. People went to the movies as their main leisure activity. The social experience of cinema going was often an escape from what could be very difficult social conditions and the rise in cinema attendances during and just following World War Two were up to 31m per week in the UK…

Isaiah Isaacson During the early 1900’s, the relatively new concept of film was emerging as one of the most popular forms of entertainment. As more and more improvements were made to the motion picture camera filmmakers were able to begin exploring the realm of creative possibilities they could achieve. Two notable films that that did this are Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera, and Sergei Eisenstein's Strike. Both films are known for their groundbreaking use of montage and the powerful…