1. 1940’s Movies

2. Pop Culture Bell Work: Add the following terms and definitions to your Word Wall list. Write these on your STUDY GUIDE. They will show up on your test.
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

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

4. 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.
Pay your taxes (6)
Donald Duck gets drafted (8)

5. Humphrey Bogart

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

7. The Maltese Falcon Nominated for three Oscars. Best Picture
Trailer
Nominated for three Oscars.
Best Picture
Best Screenplay
Best Actor

8. 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

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

13. Rebecca How is this trailer different from movie trailers today?
Original Trailer (1940)
How is this trailer different from movie trailers today?
Which way is more effective?

14. It’s a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra, director Jimmy Stewart
Donna Reed
Nominated for 5 Oscars
Updated Christmas Carol

15. Orson Welles
Actor, director, radio personality

16. 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.

18. Rita Hayworth Bio (3:02)
Rita and Fred Astaire

19. 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.

20. 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!

22. The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
AT&T
Original movie trailer (1953)
Tom Cruise (2005)
2014

23. Extra War of the World Clips
Alien/Tripod from 1953
Special Effects from 1953
Tripod from Tom Cruise version

24. Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 17 Oscar Nominations
Won 10 Oscars, including best picture
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance: Rosebud.
Based off the life of William Randolf Hurst

25. Most Unique Film to Date
Multiple points of views
Low angle shots
Objects shown in sharp detail

26. Citizen Kane
The 156 page script sold in 2007.
$97,000

27. Citizen Kane Clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyv19bg0scg Trailer
Opening Scene
A scene from Citizen Kane

28. The Mystery of Rosebud Charles Foster Kane’s last word.
Literally: the childhood sled of Kane
Symbolic: Symbol of security, hope, and the innocence of childhood.
Represents something he lost or could not get

29. Trailer for his biography

30. Orson Welles was also a magician!
With Dean Martin

31. Exit Slip Answer ONE of the questions in 6 complete sentences.
Which version of War of the Worlds would you want to watch? Why?
Would you like to watch Citizen Kane? Why or why not?
Which two 1940’s movie would you want to watch? Why?
Why do you think people enjoyed these movies in the 1940’s?
Why do you think these movies are still considered classics?