FILM TV 106A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bess Meredyth, Greta Garbo, Irving Thalberg
23 Oct 2016
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Vertical integration of exhibition, distribution, and production. Charlie chaplin, mary pickford, douglas fairbanks, dw griffith. Distribution only company; did not vertically integrate. Marcus loew, nicholas schenck, louis b. mayer, irving thalberg. Mgm pictures provides loew"s theaters with films. Paramount, loew"s (mgm), fox, first national, universal, united artists. Passionate romance films as an exotic / mysterious woman. Frances marion: highest paid writer in 1920s hollywood; 2 academy awards. June mathis: discoverer of valentino; early metro pictures executive. Bess meredyth: co-founder of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences; Anita loos: early collaborator w/ dw griffith and douglas fairbanks. Lot of makeup to transform into characters. Chaplin reintroduces his old films; keaton does not. Made more movies than chaplin and keaton combined. Laurel and hardy team-->fat + skinny comedian duo. The squaw man; the cheat; why change your wife; the 10 commandments; Cecil b. demille-->gives the people + the system what they want.
