While students are generally familiar with films released in the last 10 years, they don?t usually have extensive experience with ?old? ones. This assignment requires renting/borrowing and watching a film – that you have not yet seen – made in the years 1930 to 1950, the heyday of the movie studios. You must choose one of the films on the following list — there are a couple silent films and most are in black and white. The films listed below were chosen because they are generally considered classics.
After watching, please address the following topics in your paper (which is to be 2-4 pages in length):
1) Briefly describe, in the most general of terms, what happens in the plot (i.e. man meets girl, there?s a misunderstanding, man loses girl…)
2) Think about any other film you have seen ? can you think of one whose plot is at all similar? Discuss this film and its similarities, but also its differences. If you can?t find any similar plots, then discuss one of the same genre (type of film like western, comedy, romance), or setting (war, for instance). In other words, find a connection to another film you?ve seen. Some of these films are the original version of a remake you may have seen ? this will offer plenty of comparison opportunities.
3) Choose two scenes which affected you in any way ? describe the scene, present the dialogue (or monologue?) and discuss its effect on you.
4) Discuss the main stars of the film. What do you think made him/her/them a star? What ever happened to them?
5) Yes, I know there aren?t any good special effects. But what about this movie has made it a ?classic??
6) Finally, did you like it? Why or why not? Please be thoughtful. (In case you?re wondering, yes, I have seen them all ? some more than once.
While browsing IMDB.com, I noticed almost all were noted as available at Amazon instant video (do they have a financial arrangement?) or online. Some are available through other avenues too. Or, if your older relatives buy movies, they will surely have one of these.
Don?t forget to italicize the titles of movies…
LIST OF MOVIES TO PICK FROM
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) ? Depression drama with Jimmy Stewart
Modern Times (1936) ?Charlie Chaplin?s last silent film ? but with sound effects;
comedy City Lights (1931) Charlie Chaplin silent film ? romance/comedy
The Great Dictator (1940) ? yes, another Charlie Chaplin; comedy/drama/war
Duck Soup (1933) ? a Marx Brothers comedy
A Night at the Opera (1935) ? another Marx Brothers comedy
It Happened One Night (1934) ? comedy with Carole Lombard and Clark Gable
My Man Godfrey (1936) – comedy/romance with Carole Lombard
Bringing Up Baby (1938) ? comedy with Cary Grant & Kathryn Hepburn
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) ? Gary Cooper comedy/drama
His Girl Friday (1940) ? Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell comedy/drama/romance
The Lady Eve (1941) ? comedy/romance with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
The Philadelphia Story (1940) ? comedy/romance with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn
The Thin Man (1934) ? comedy/crime/film noir (husband & wife team of detectives)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) ? Academy Award winner for Jimmy Stewart; drama
The Lady Vanishes (1938) ? an Alfred Hitchcock mystery
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