VM100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jean Harlow
10 Nov 2015
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Harlow, clark gable, mickey rooney, judy garland, fred astaire (early life: some of their most famous films: the wizard of oz, the andy hardy series (the first teen movies, paramount, founded in 1912, the oldest american film studio (still around today), the star studded mountain logo, introduced block booking , adolph zukor ran paramount in the 1930s. Marlene dietrich, gary cooper, veronica lake: warner bros, founded by the four warner brothers, but run by jack warner in the 1930s, pioneers in sound films the jazz singer was their film, looney tunes, detective stories, and femme fatale stories (like casablanca) were their specialty. The little three: universal, founded by carl laemmle sr. who created the star system, run by carl laemmle jr. in the 1930"s, specialized in horror films: the mummy, frankenstein, also made wwi based films all quiet on the western front , columbia, run by harry cohn in the 1930"s, known for screwball comedies, low budget films.
