COMM 150 Lecture Notes - Jean Arthur, Studio System, Everyman
Document Summary
Fanfare to the common man (music track) Moved to los angeles at age 6, naturalized citizen in 1920 after being in the army. Began in silent films and then worked for mack sennet before moving to columbia. Studio system in golden age of hollywood 1930s. Era from intro to sound till court cases broke up the system (1927-47) Paramount and mgm were the dominant studios, with stables of actors and directors. Filmmakers didn"t want to engage people in times of the depression, but stuff that took their mind off of the bad economic conditions. Warner brothers: the fantasy of affluence: gold diggers, 1933. During the golden age, eight companies dominated the studio system. Fox, loews, paramount, rko, and warner bros. The studios developed a system in which heavily marketed personalities or personae became the most valuable commodity. An actor perfectly suited for capra"s everyman populist heroes.
