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CMP 103
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 2
02/14/2007

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Dr. Peter Mark Roget
Definition
Persistence of Vision Theory
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First Optical Toy
Definition
Thaumatrope- horse spinning
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Matthew Brady
Definition
Wet plates- 2 min, Dry plates- 10 sec.
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Edweard Muybridge
Definition
Zoopraxiscope- camera that projected pictures.
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Jules Marey
Definition
Photographic Gun- 12 frames/sec
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Kinetograph
Definition
First true camera invented- Thomas Edison, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson.
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Thomas Edison, film studio, new jersey
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Black Maria
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Kinetoscope
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Personal Projector
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Lumiere Bros.
Definition
French, cinematographe (hand-cranked camera) made "actualities"- train coming into station.
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First film screening in Paris
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Grand Cafe
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George Melies
Definition
Frenchman first to tell stories with film. props, actors, special effects. "A Trip to the Moon". "Artificially Arranged Scenes"- name of type of films.
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Lumiere Bros. company that sells and distributes films all over world.
Definition
Pathe-Friere
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Two big American Film companies
Definition
1.Biograph
2.Vitagraph
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Edwin Porter
Definition
"Great Train Robbery", parallel action.
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Motion Pictures Patent Company
Definition
Blackmailed Kodak is they sold film to non-registered companies.
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Sarah Bernhardt,
Definition
Queen Elizabeth- Acting group from France. most famous actress.
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Italian film showed to upper class.
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Quo Vadis
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Cecil b de Mille
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"The Squaw Man"- first American feature film.
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D.W. Griffith
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Director "Judith of Bethulia"- left New York to go to California.
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Billy Bitzer
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cameraman for D.W. Griffith
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Mack Sennett
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Keystone Company- comedy shorts, sped up action, violence, keystone cops, bathing beauties.
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Fatty Arbuckle
Definition
Big comedian Star.
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Harold Lloyd
Definition
Master of Thrill comedy- dangerous stunts. "Safety Last"- yuppie, good kid.
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Buster Keaton
Definition
"great stoneface"-nothing affected him. "The General"-famous film.
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Carl Laemmly
Definition
PR guy that planted stories that actress was missing. Founder of Universal.
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Florence Lawrence
Definition
Biograph Girl. Leads to Star System.
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The Clansman
Definition
D.W. Griffith. Racist movie. edited down and retitled "The Birth of a Nation". Made american films front of the pack.
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States Rights
Definition
Give the state money and you could distribute all over the state.
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Joseph Briele
Definition
Composer for Birth of a Nation. LA Philharmonic, first time film had own score.
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First Movie Palace built
Definition
The Strand
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Hal Roach
Definition
Opens comedy studio and hires Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton.
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Definition
allowed competition, put MPPC, vitagraph, and biograph out of business.
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United Artists Studio
Definition
Founded by:
1. Mary Pickford
2. Douglas Fairbanks
3. Charlie Chaplin
4. D.W. Griffith
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Inventions that hurt growth of film in 20's.
Definition
Automobile and Radio.
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Dr. Lee de Forest
Definition
Sound Amplification
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Theodore Case
Definition
invents sound on film. bought by Fox
Fox Movietone News.
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Vitaphone
Definition
new sound system, separate from film. "Don Juan" "Jazz Singer" stars Al Jolson.
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"The Singing Fool"
Definition
Made other studios switch to sound.
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Problems Related to Advent of Sound
Definition
1. Studios have to be made soundproof
2. Movie theaters have to switch to sound.
3. Hurts foreign market.
4. Camera inside of a box-blimp.
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Charlie Chaplin- First full length feature
Definition
"The Kid"
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"The Circus"
Definition
Chaplin wins academy award.
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"City Lights"
Definition
wrote, directed, starred, by Chaplin. made a lot of money
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"Modern Times"
Definition
Marks the end of the silent film era. Chaplin.
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Paulette Goddard
Definition
Chaplin's love affair.
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3 Reasons why Chaplin left the U.S. forever
Definition
1. He never became a U.S. citizen
2. You can't have sex with 15 yr olds when you are 50.
3. He was too left-winged.
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Genres- 1930's, advent of sound

Musical Genre
Definition
backstage musicals. Busby Berkely, actors were props.

Romance musicals- Fred Astair, Ginger Rogers. good dialogue, elegant.
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Genres- 1930's, advent of sound

Gangster Genre
Definition
"Scarface", "Little Caesar", "Public Enemy"

The gangsters were the heroes, not the government.

G-men The FBI are stars and capture gangsters. Reflects society changes.
Term
Genres- 1930's, advent of sound

Horror Genre
Definition
Universal Studios.
"Dracula" "Frankenstein", book written by
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Genres- 1930's, advent of sound

Comedy Genre
Definition
"anarchistic"- (life out of control)- mocks society, family, gov't, religion, romance.

W.C. Fields and May West were comedy stars. May West mocked sexuality.
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Marx Bros.
Definition
Comedies done in Astoria, Queens.
"Animal Crackers"
"Duck Soup"- mocked gov't, no romance, ruined career because of bad timing.
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Genres- 1930's, advent of sound

Screwball Comedy Genre
Definition
Romantic Comedy, battle of sexes. Excellent scripts. "Bringing up Baby"
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"Steamboat Willy"
Definition
Disnet- First Animated sound-sync short
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First Feature Length Animated Cartoon
Definition
"Snow White"
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First film to use three color process.
Definition
"Fantasia"
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Will Hays
Definition
Head of Censorship Bureau
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Joe Breen
Definition
Catholic Legion of Decency. FBI member who becomes Hays partner.
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Joe Breen- 7 commandments
Definition
1. 3 second kiss.
2. no nudity
3. one leg on the floor.
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Shirley Temple
Definition
#1 female star- late 30's
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3 films done about WWII.
Definition
1. "Confessions of a Nazi Spy"
2."The Great Dictator"- Chaplin
3."Foreign Correspondent"- Alfred Hitchcock
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"Why we fight series"
Definition
7 feature length documentaries on war.
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Why Hollywood has amazing success 1941-46
Definition
1. Swing Shift- women were working and had money to go to movies.
2. Free props from U.S. army.
3. 25% of ticket sales go to war.
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Post War Era- New Genres

Social Realism
Definition
Term
Post War Era- New Genres

Film Noir
Definition
dark or black cinema.
"Double Indemnity"- directed by Billy Wilder

Characteristics of Film Noir
1. main character has fatal flaw
2. character feels trapped or cornered- downward spiral.
3. superior writing- pulp fiction
4. brilliant lighting
Term
Post War Era- New Genres

Docudrama
Definition
shot on location, based on real stories.
use a lot of real people.
"Call Northside 777"- chicago
"House on 92nd Street"- found nest of Nazi spies.
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Post War Era- New Genres

Atomic Scare Genre
Definition
"Them"- giant ants
"The Thing"
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J. Parnell Thomas
Definition
HUAC, made people testify about communism. black list.
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Hollywood Ten
Definition
8 writers, 1 director, 1 producer, arrested and served 13 mos. prison.
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Reasons why "old" Hollywood fades away
Definition
1.Advent of television
2.Paramount Consent Decree- gov't makes them sell movie theaters.
3. HUAC
4. Tax on american imports.
5.rise of the agent
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Lou Wasserman
Definition
first real agent. Kirk Douglas, burt lancaster. actors get part of profits.
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1950s Technical Inventions
Definition
3D movies- "Dial M for Murder"
Cinerama- "make screen bigger"
cinemascope- anamorphic lens- widescreen
stereophonic sound
techni-color.
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Marlon Brando
Definition
"The Wild One"
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"Blackboard Jungle"
Definition
First film to introduce rock and roll song as feature song. Rock around the clock.
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James Dean
Definition
"Rebel without a cause"
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1950's musicals
Definition
"Singing in the Rain", "Oklahoma"
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Bible Epics
Definition
"The Robe"- first film done in cinemascope. used sex in movies.
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1960's- How Hollywood gets out of slump
Definition
1. Allowed old movies to be shown on tv.
2. used studios to make tv shows.
3.famous tv directors bring style to film.
4. movies shot in foreign countries for less money.
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Conglomeration
Definition
Universal joins MCA

Paramount joins Gulf and Western
United Artists joined Trans America
Warner Bros and Kinney
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"Bonnie and Clyde"
Definition
lots of violence, robbing banks.
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"The Graduate"
Definition
showed more sexuality
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"Midnight Cowboy"
Definition
X-rated- wins academy award for best picture.
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Rev Thomas Dixon
Definition
Wrote Clansman
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Mary Shelley.
Definition
Wrote Frankenstein
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"Lost Weekend"
Definition
alcoholism
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"Home of the Brave"
Definition
racism in military N word -
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"Pinky"-
Definition
light skinend black pretends to be white.
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"Gentleman's Agreement
Definition
Antisemitism-
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G-Men
Definition
The FBI are stars and capture gangsters. Reflects society changes.
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Billy Wilder
Definition
"Double Indemnity"

film noir
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cinematographe
Definition
hand-cranked camera. lumiere bros.
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