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Film Review Outline
Question 1: The Silent Era.
Question 2: The Pre-Code Era.
Question 3: How IT and Clara Bow Personified the Newfound Era Of Women’s Rights In The
1920s?
Question 9: An extended textual analysis of “The making of Casablanca”
Question 10: Film Noir: Murder, My Sweet (1943), Crossfire (1947) and Out of the Past (1947)
Question 12: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, William Wyler)
Question 13: The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) In Post WWII America
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Question 1: The Silent Era.
The Most Important Subject Matter During The First 20 Years Of The 20th Century And The
Films That Best Illustrated Them?
The first 20 years of the 20th century is the period when the filming industry had no
much regard to sound and thus referred to as "the silent era.” The films during this time were
produced in an attempt to widen people's perspectives regarding several matters including but
not limited to; disease, racism, general anxiety, the Titanic and World War 1.Most films during
this period revolved around the above-mentioned issues (Vidor, K. (Director). (n.d.). However,
the most frequent subject matter of most films was World War 1 in comparison with the other
topics.
To the majority of the people in recent times, the mention of World War 1 reminds them
of trenches, bombardments, fronts and military involvement. Despite the fact that it happened
one hundred years ago, its details continue to be well known by the majority of American
citizens and beyond. This can be attributed to the existence of silent films during the 20th
century that enabled very many people to not only know but also understand in detailed of
everything that took place Vidor, K. (Director). (n.d.). Various films dealt with World War 1
from multiple perspectives such as the revelation of heroic acts as revealed in the film Wings.
Other films such as J’accuse evidently revealed the magnitude of the death toll from
World War 1. Also, films such as Shoulder Arms reflected the impact of the war on the lives of
individuals before, during and after the war. This reflection also included the social, economic,
psychological and physical impact. Similar films which reflected the same included Hearts of the
World and the Big Parade Vidor, K. (Director). (n.d.). Moreover, these films provide a clear
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understanding of the immense global event revealing how recruits were shot and soldiers knelt in
trenches.
Question 2: The Pre-Code Era.
The Pre-Code Era films were the films adopted just after the introduction of the sound
picture as part of filmography in the year 1929. I the films acted during this era were
characterized by production code anchored on motion pictures. The Pre-Code Era films are also
characterized by censorship guidelines that have become known as the Hays Codes which were
adapted in 1930 but later improved in 1934 to remove the poor oversight.
Dorothy Mackaill who played the role of a secretary in the Safe in Hel 1931 Warner Bros
film was a key actress who created "women's pictures" that were sexually suggestive and
provocative. These actresses also portrayed women in scanty attires in publicity photos. Other
actresses were Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, and Barbara Stanwyck who
together helped save the industry from the Great Depression.
These films took advantage of lax censorship to indulge in immoral behaviors that
exploited female maters. The Nefarious characters took the greatest advantage of the lax
censorship and reaped huge profits without any repercussions. As a result, these films relied on
sexual innuendo, illegal drug u...