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The 1930s
Besides name
authors like F. Scott
Fitzgerald & William
Faulkner, Hollywood
imported Broadway
Stars
Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice,
The Marx Brothers, Mae West
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The 1930s
The Production Code
Hays office formed in 1922as a result of a series of
scandals for self-regulation(see Fatty Arbuckle)
Published in 1930, adoptedfully in 1934
"if motion pictures presentstories that will affect livesfor the better, they canbecome the most powerfulforce for the improvement
of mankind" The Hays Code
William Hays
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Profits hit hard during theDepression
Needed to lure back their
audience Production Code created by
producers to please theCatholic Church andvarious other sociallyconservative groups
No pictures in theatres thathad not been passed by theCode administration
Phased out in 1968Betty Boop & Laughing Gas
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The 1930s
Baby Face & Love Me Tonight
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General Principles1. No picture shall be produced that
will lower the moral standards of
those who see it. Hence thesympathy of the audience shouldnever be thrown to the side ofcrime, wrongdoing, evil or sin.
2. Correct standards of life, subjectonly to the requirements of
drama and entertainment, shallbe presented.
3. Law, natural or human, shall notbe ridiculed, nor shall sympathybe created for its violation.
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The 1930s
Excessive violence
Sex - even for marriedcouples
Words such as hell,sex, and damn
Gave rise to stylizedgenres which were less
threatening than gangstermovies and sex romps
Self-regulation preferred tothat of the government
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The 1930s
Some things made it
through
Bringing up Baby & The Gangs All Here
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Some did not
Casablanca & I Love Lucy
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The 1930s
Some careers did
not survive the Code
Mae West
She Done Him Wrong
Why dont you come up & see me
Sometime? Im home every evening.
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The 1930s
Films became more
conservative
Moral messages Comedies
Unite and not divide
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The 1930s
Gangster Scarface, d. Howard
Hawks
Trouble with censors
Released withoutapproval but withsubtitle Shame of a
Nation and writtenprologue
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The 1930s
Musicals
Busby Berkley
Fred Astaire
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The 1930s
Musicals
Busby Berkley
Fred Astaire
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The 1930s
Comedy
Screwball
Surreal
My Man Godfrey & Monkey Business
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The 1930s
The Filmmakers
Ernst Lubitsch
William Wyler Howard Hawks
John Ford
Frank Capra
Michael Curtiz
Saratoga
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Howard Hawks
- Rapid-fire, overlapping dialogue
- Used first string writers
-Keen eye for talent suchas Paul Muni, Carole
Lombard, Lauren Bacall
and Montgomery Clift
- Most versatile - crossed
genres
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The 1930s
The Big Sleep
His Girl Friday Red River
Bringing Up Baby
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William Wyler
Long takes
Deep focus
Elicited great
performances through a
massive amount of takes
- 40 Take Wyler
Actors seldom worked
with him again
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The LetterDead End
JezebelWuthering Heights
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Frank Capra Started in silent
comedies as a gag writer
Successes for HarryCohn at Columbiamaking the PovertyRow studio into a player
Most successful directorof the 1930s
Supreme craftsman
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Its a Wonderful LifeMr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town It Happened One Night
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John Ford Began as an actor - he
was one of the ridingKlansmen in Birth of a
Nation Hit his stride in the 1930s
with The Informer
Worked often with JohnWayne whom he called a
big dummy Responsible for some ofthe most enduring imageryin American film
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The Informer
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Fort Apache
They Were Expendable
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Michael Curtiz 1886-1972
Hungarian who came toHollywood in 1926 andbecame a staple in the
Studio System Films include
Casablanca
The Adventures of RobinHood
Captain Blood Mildred Pierce
White Christmas
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Angels with Dirty Faces
King Creole
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The 1930s
Angels with Dirty Faces, 1938 James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Pat
OBrien & Ann Sheridan & The Deadend Kids
Banned in Denmark, China, Poland,Finland, and parts of Canada andSwitzerland
Cagney drew on his memories ofgrowing up in New York's Hell's Kitchen
The Dead End Kids terrorized the setthrowing actors off with ad-libbing andstole Humphrey Bogarts pants, but thefirst time Leo Gorcey pulled an ad-libon Cagney, he stiff-armed the youngactor and from then on, the gang
behaved.
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James Cagney, 1889-1986
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The 1930s Quintessential
tough guy but also anaccomplished singer &dancer
Made 9 films with PatOBrien
Retired in 1961 did 2more films in the 80s
Films include: The Public Enemy, Each
Dawn I Die, White Heat,The Roaring Twenties,Yankee Doodle Dandy,Mister Roberts, One,Two, Three
White Heat
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The 1930s Humphrey Bogart, 1899-
1957 Began by playing
gangsters & psychopaths
but moved into playingtough, conflicted, cynicalleading men with a nobleside
Married to Lauren Bacallafter they met on set
when she was 19 & hewas 45. He became afather at 49.
Oscar forThe AfricanQueen, 1952