1940’s Movies

Reminders Friday: First 12 words vocab cartoons due. Friday: First assessment- over first 12 words.

8-25-16 Bell Work: Add the following terms and definitions to your Word Wall list. Write these in your comp. books. They will show up on your tests. Escapism: The act of escaping the realities of everyday life and problems. Propaganda: information of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view Film Noir: A movie characterized by low key lighting, a bleak, urban setting, and corrupt, cynical characters. The Oscars: Awards given out once a year for the Best of the Best in film. Also known as an Academy Award

Why do we go to the movies? To escape (Escapism) To transport you to different times and places.

Walt Disney Pinocchio (1940) Fantasia (1940) Dumbo (1941) Bambi (1942) The Office of War declared movies an essential industry for morale and propaganda and hired Disney to make propaganda films. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMVpcbhpqw Pay your taxes (6) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoq1gzo_pSg&feature=related Donald Duck gets drafted (8)

Humphrey Bogart http://www.biography.com/people/humphrey-bogart-9217486

The Maltese Falcon 1941 Based upon the novel by Daschiell Hammett Humphrey Bogart Detective/Mystery

The Maltese Falcon Nominated for three Oscars. Best Picture Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7QPtU_qtQ4 Nominated for three Oscars. Best Picture Best Screenplay Best Actor

Casablanca 1942 Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Won 5 Oscars Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications

Casablanca Clips Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLU41jUnWM4 Play it, Sam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plSKtjfSjrA We’ll always have Paris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa-dGYjSq5k

Famous Lines Here’s looking at you kid. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine. I think this is the beginning for a beautiful friendship. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not on it, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soon and for the rest of your life.

Rebecca 1940 Based on Daphne Du Maurier’s novel Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Mystery/Romance

Rebecca A shy ladies' companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. The second Mrs. de Winter clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley.

Rebecca How is this trailer different from movie trailers today? Original Trailer (1940) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBoLYGBH0I How is this trailer different from movie trailers today? Which way is more effective?

It’s a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra, director Jimmy Stewart Donna Reed Nominated for 5 Oscars Updated Christmas Carol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfZaT8ncYk

Orson Welles 1915-1985 Actor, director, radio personality

Orson Welles Married Rita Hayworth Marriage lasted 5 years After the divorce, he took a 10-year self-imposed exile from Hollywood. Health issues began to dominate his life.

Rita Hayworth Bio (3:02) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHqqcQFxuug Rita and Fred Astaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILbvtB_0pKk

Orson Welles On October 10, 1985, he appeared on The Merv Griffin Show. This would be his last interview. Two hours later, he died of a heart attack in his Los Angeles home.

The War of the Worlds October 30, 1938 8 pm: Radio Broadcast of a detailed alien invasion in New Jersey Based on HG Wells Sci-Fi story Included news reports and eyewitness accounts It sounded so real that listeners panicked because they believed it was real!

The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g AT&T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R29BTsoIHpQ Original movie trailer (1953) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9T9f3UbGuo Tom Cruise (2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msxe3yJPfyY 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5-uFhEaIJw