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    The document discusses Hollywood and film in the 1930s. It describes how the Production Code was established in 1930 and fully adopted in 1934 to self-regulate the film industry in response to scandals. The Code outlined moral guidelines films had to follow around depictions of violence, sex, and language. This led studios to produce more conservative films with moral messages. It also profiles several influential directors of the era, including Howard Hawks, William Wyler, Frank Capra, John Ford, and Michael Curtiz. It provides examples of genres and films from the 1930s, and notes how some films and careers were impacted by the strict guidelines of the Production Code.

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    The document discusses Hollywood and film in the 1930s. It describes how the Production Code was established in 1930 and fully adopted in 1934 to self-regulate the film industry in response to scandals. The Code outlined moral guidelines films had to follow around depictions of violence, sex, and language. This led studios to produce more conservative films with moral messages. It also profiles several influential directors of the era, including Howard Hawks, William Wyler, Frank Capra, John Ford, and Michael Curtiz. It provides examples of genres and films from the 1930s, and notes how some films and careers were impacted by the strict guidelines of the Production Code.

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    SP 471 (M4 - Thursday Class) Week 6

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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

    The 1930s
    The Production Code Hays office formed in 1922 as a result of a series of scandals for self-regulation (see Fatty Arbuckle) Published in 1930, adopted fully in 1934 "if motion pictures present stories that will affect lives for the better, they can become the most powerful force for the improvement of mankind"

    William Hays

    The Hays Code

    The 1930s
    Profits hit hard during the Depression Needed to lure back their audience Production Code created by producers to please the Catholic Church and various other socially conservative groups No pictures in theatres that had not been passed by the Code administration Phased out in 1968

    Betty Boop & Laughing Gas

    The 1930s

    Baby Face & Love Me Tonight

    The 1930s
    General Principles
    1. No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin. 2. Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented. 3. Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.

    The 1930s
    Excessive violence Sex - even for married couples Words such as hell, sex, and damn Gave rise to stylized genres which were less threatening than gangster movies and sex romps Self-regulation preferred to that of the government

    The 1930s
    Some things made it through

    Bringing up Baby & The Gangs All Here

    The 1930s
    Some did not

    Casablanca & I Love Lucy

    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.

    The 1930s
    Films became more conservative
    Moral messages Comedies Unite and not divide

    The 1930s
    Gangster
    Scarface, d. Howard Hawks Trouble with censors Released without approval but with subtitle Shame of a Nation and written prologue

    The 1930s
    Musicals
    Busby Berkley Fred Astaire

    The 1930s
    Musicals
    Busby Berkley Fred Astaire

    The 1930s
    Comedy
    Screwball Surreal

    My Man Godfrey & Monkey Business

    The 1930s
    The Filmmakers
    Ernst Lubitsch William Wyler Howard Hawks John Ford Frank Capra Michael Curtiz Saratoga

    The 1930s
    Howard Hawks
    - Rapid-fire, overlapping dialogue - Used first string writers - Keen eye for talent such as Paul Muni, Carole Lombard, Lauren Bacall and Montgomery Clift - Most versatile - crossed genres

    The 1930s

    The Big Sleep

    Bringing Up Baby

    His Girl Friday

    Red River

    The 1930s
    William Wyler
    Long takes Deep focus Elicited great performances through a massive amount of takes - 40 Take Wyler Actors seldom worked with him again

    The 1930s

    The Letter

    Dead End

    Wuthering Heights

    Jezebel

    The 1930s
    Frank Capra
    Started in silent comedies as a gag writer Successes for Harry Cohn at Columbia making the Poverty Row studio into a player Most successful director of the 1930s Supreme craftsman

    The 1930s

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    It Happened One Night

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Its a Wonderful Life

    The 1930s
    John Ford
    Began as an actor - he was one of the riding Klansmen in Birth of a Nation Hit his stride in the 1930s with The Informer Worked often with John Wayne whom he called a big dummy Responsible for some of the most enduring imagery in American film

    The 1930s

    The Informer

    They Were Expendable

    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    Fort Apache

    The 1930s
    Michael Curtiz 1886-1972 Hungarian who came to Hollywood in 1926 and became a staple in the Studio System Films include
    Casablanca The Adventures of Robin Hood Captain Blood Mildred Pierce White Christmas Yankee Doodle Dandy Angels with Dirty Faces King Creole

    The 1930s
    Angels with Dirty Faces, 1938
    James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Pat OBrien & Ann Sheridan & The Dead end Kids Banned in Denmark, China, Poland, Finland, and parts of Canada and Switzerland Cagney drew on his memories of growing up in New York's Hell's Kitchen The Dead End Kids terrorized the set throwing actors off with ad-libbing and stole Humphrey Bogarts pants, but the first time Leo Gorcey pulled an ad-lib on Cagney, he stiff-armed the young actor and from then on, the gang behaved.

    The 1930s
    James Cagney, 1889-1986

    The 1930s
    Quintessential tough guy but also an accomplished singer & dancer Made 9 films with Pat OBrien Retired in 1961 did 2 more 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

    The 1930s
    Humphrey Bogart, 18991957
    Began by playing gangsters & psychopaths but moved into playing tough, conflicted, cynical leading men with a noble side Married to Lauren Bacall after they met on set when she was 19 & he was 45. He became a father at 49. Oscar for The African Queen, 1952

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