NOVEMBER 5

Films:

Black and Tan Fantasy (Murphy 1929) DVD 2743

Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch, 1932) DVD 622

Gold Diggers of 1933 (LeRoy, 1933) – DVD 2459 (00:00 to 5:33)

Design For Living (Lubitsch, 1933) – DVD 1896 (1:16 to 8:41)

Notorious (Hitchcock, 1946) – DVD 2026 (23:08 – 26:01)

Reading (to be done by November 11):

Thomas Schatz. “Hollywood: The Triumph of the Studio System.” (in course reader)

Paper topic (paper due November 12 by 4 p.m. Graduate papers to be emailed to gmairs@calarts.edu; undergraduates email papers to T.A. Matthew Lax at laxco@outlook.com): 

Compare two performances from films screened thus far this semester. This is best done through careful consideration of two short scenes. Issues to consider might include your sense of the authenticity or naturalism of the performance, the level of theatricality or artifice and the extent to which the performance leads you to identify with the character. Please define your terms carefully: don’t expect your reader to understand what you mean by a “real” or “natural” performance.