The War Years
Coordinates Hollywood actors, directors, and studios support for the War effort
What is the Office of War Information?
low budget, shorter, second feature film, recycled footage, testing ground for actors and directors
What are B movies?
cynical, pessimistic, crime-related
What is themes of Film Noir?
the rise of TV, influx of foreign films, decline in audiences
What are Challenges to Hollywood?
depiction on film is childlike, negative, exaggerated stereotypes
boosted morale, sold bonds to fund WWII, made propaganda to support entry into WWII.
What is mobilization?
Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi were all released by which studio?
What is Disney?
The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, Citizen Kane
What are movies in Film Noir?
The group of actors and directors who refused to testify before the HUAC Congressional Committee.
What is the Hollywood Ten?
Ladd, Fonda, Lorre, Bogart and Stewart
Who are top actors of the 1940s?
Casablanca, Why We Fight series, The Battle of Midway
The comedic duo who were in movies like Buck Privates and the skit Who's on First?
Who are Abbott and Costello?
Orson Welles
Anchors Aweigh and Meet Me in St. Louis
What are musicals?
Tierney, Bacall, Taylor, Bergman and Lamar
Who are top actresses of the 1940s?
patriotism, heroism and sacrifice, unity and solidarity, importance of victory, allied strength shown
What are common themes in propaganda movies?
Director of Women's' Pictures which are pictures about women for women.
Who is Dorothy Arzner?
series of shots edited together to show progress over time, for example the breakfast scenes in Citizen Kane
What is montage?
What are Henry V and Hamlet?
Role of The Paramount Decrees and the de Havilland Case
What broke up the Studio System?
"Loose lips sink ships."
What is a common theme in cartoon propaganda?
Universal Studios continues in the Horror genre into the 1940s with movies starring characters such as?
What are Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Mummy?
Shooting technique that shows the foreground, midground, and background and used in Citizen Kane when Charles is a young boy playing in the snow.
What is deep focus or depth of focus?
European genre of film that is pessimistic, dark, and similar to Film Noir
What is neorealism?
Child star who rose to popularity due to the strict enforcement of The Hays Code.
Who is Shirley Temple?