FILM TV 106A Study Guide - Final Guide: It Happened One Night, Arthur B. Krim, Jack Lemmon
29 Nov 2016
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FILM FINAL STUDY GUIDE
KEY TERMS:
❖ 20th Century Fox (as a Big 5):
o 1930: William Fox forced from the company
o Darryl F. Zanuck and Joseph Schenck take over
o Stars: Shirley Temple, Tyrone Power, Betty Garble, Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe
o Director Henry King
o Music by Alfred Newman
o Writes Munnally Johnson and Philip Dunne
o Known for nostalgic films
❖ Alfred Hitchcock:
o Director of Psycho
o Released Psycho in 1960 ithout the Podutio Code’s appoal—showed graphic
content like murder that stirred excitement among audiences
o Known for pioneering the film noir genre
❖ Arthur Krim:
o United Artists chairman and Eagle Lion chairman
o Helps UA; realizes that there are plenty of films that the company can distribute
o Eagle Lion implementations:
▪ uote uikies to satisf Bitish quota
▪ B estes
❖ The Big 5:
o Emerged with the emergence of sound
o Consisted of Paramount, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. and RKO
▪ Production, Distribution, and Exhibition
o Form as an Oligopoly:
▪ Own regional first run theater chains
▪ Cooperate to reach national audience
▪ Theaters required 100+ films/year
▪ Share films to fill screens
▪ Hit fo oe as a hit fo all due to etial itegatio
❖ Billy Wilder: Co-wrote and directed Sunset Boulevard
o Known for cynical writing style
❖ Blockbusters:
o Frozen foreign films
o Casts of thousands; exotic locations
o Event releases
o Roadshows and long runs
o Moie’s eas of stadig out as teleisio ega to ise as the popula fo of
entertainment in the US
o Examples: Mary Poppins; Sound of Music
❖ Columbia (as a Little 3):
o Harry and Jack Cohn
▪ Had worked for Universal
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o 1924: CBC films—very cheesy B films; people made fun of them
o Poverty Row: term coined about B movie studios
o Bs, seies ad seials
o Nee had a losig ea duig the Depessio
o No stars under long-term contracts
o Big Names: Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, Glenn Ford, William Holden, Jack
Lemmon, Larry Parks, the 3 Stooges→ofte ooed stas fo othe opaies
o Made the best live action shorts:
▪ The 3 Stooges
o Frank Capra adds prestige to Columbia
▪ It Happeed Oe Night; Lost Horizo; You Ca’t Take it ith You; Mr. Sith Goes
to Washington
❖ Conglomerates: Companies that sought out businesses with undervalued assets—in this case,
film businesses
o Companies were often of unrelated sectors
o This let to Big Budget flops ad ehiitio delie eause of the ogloeates’ lak of
show business background
o Examples:
▪ 1966 Gulf and Western—Paramount
▪ 1967 Transamerica—UA
▪ 1969 Kinney—Warner Bros
▪ 1969 Kirk Kerkorian—MGM
❖ Film Noir: genre of psychological thrillers that arose duig Wold Wa ; sese of people
etapped…i paaoia ad fea; uale to tell guilt fo ioee
o evil exposed in end
o su fils ed afte the hash ealities of WW
❖ Franchises: collection of media that are inter-related and generally derive from an original
overarching concept / book / work
o Examples: multi-part sagas
▪ Tie Wae’s Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings
o Serial Characters that can be played by different actors: Batman, Spiderman, James
Bond
o Good for merchandising—people that are fans of a book that was created into a film will
likely buy associated merchandise (ex. Star Wars bed sheets, Star Wars cereal, Star Wars
toys, etc.)
❖ Frank Capra:
o Wh We Fight—series of 7 information films on World War 2
▪ Propaganda films
o Added prestige to Columbia with films like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
❖ Hollywood Slump: 1968-1972
o Partially a result of the conglomerate takeover of Hollywood; lack of show business
background prevents Hollywood from appealing to the public
o Big Budget flops, TV revenue, exhibition decline
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Document Summary
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