FILM TV 106A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Busby Berkeley, Ginger Rogers, Roscoe Arbuckle
23 Oct 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Eventually move to holding microphones above actors" heads. Moving camera while also recording sound was difficult. Films still successful because people are fascinated by sound. Hard transition for foreign-born actors due to accents. People tire of musicals--too similar to theater broadway shows. Busby berkeley at goldwyn & warner bros. Fred astaire & ginger rogers at rko. Mgm continued to film her in silent films while she worked on her accent. Sound of guns in action scenes, etc. , make gangster movies more popular. First to be hit by the depression; ticket prices drop. The double bill and the b movie. Two movies for the price of one. Hollywood reacts to this move made by the exhibitors by making the 2nd movie a low budget movie--aka b movie. National industrial recovery act and national recovery administration. Established code of fair practices to help employees. Bankruptcy / receivership for paramount, fox, rko, and universal.
