FILM TV 106A Study Guide - Final Guide: They Were Expendable, Dalton Trumbo, Gower Gulch
18 Jun 2016
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History of the american motion picture final review. Star system: long term option contract (7 yrs) binds stars to studios (money & billing, typecasting & offcasting, system of bringing up and coming stars to hollywood & trying them out during 1st year of contract, publicity dept. Paramount: adolph zukor: (1912) famous players; (1914) hodkinson & paramount, (1916) fp & paramount merge, producer jesse lasky; pickford, fairbanks, valentino, directors: ernst lubitsch- sex comedies; cecil b demille (most expensive/profitable); Josef von sternberg; preston sturges; billy wilder: (1933) receivership- caused by losses, (1966) gulf & western takes over paramount- sophisticated comedies, classy films for classy audiences, paramount"s famous players: clara bow, marlene dietrich, gary cooper, mae west, Claudette colbert, fred macmurray, alan ladd: the paramount program: fletcher cartoons, paramount news, live action shorts. 30s = golden age o: mgm stars: clark gable, gene kelly, judy garland, fred astaire, greta garbo, joan.
