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>>> LET�S GO TO THE MOVIES.
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FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY,
THESE WORDS HAVE MEANT AN
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INVITATION TO MAGIC.
THE MAGIC OF MOVING PICTURES.
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THE SPINNING OF DREAMS IN A
DARKENED THEATER.
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FOR THREE DECADES, THE DREAMS
WERE SILENT ONES.
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THE MAGIC OF MOVEMENT ALONE.
THEN SUDDENLY, ON A NIGHT IN
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OCTOBER 1927, A VOICE WAS HEARD
FROM THE SCREEN.
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PROCLAIMING A FABULOUS ERA IN
HOLLYWOOD.
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THE NIGHT THE MOVIES BECAME THE
TALKIES WITH THE PREMIERE OF A
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JAZZ SINGER AND THE VOICE OF AL
JOLSON.
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>> IT�S INTERESTING THE FIRST
SOUND MOTION PICTURE WAS A
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MUSICAL IN WHICH AL JOLSON ONLY
SANG AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS
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THEY SAID, WELL, WHO WANTS TO
HEAR ACTORS TALK.
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>> MOST OF THE RUNNING TIME IT�S
A SILENT FILM USING TITLES WITH
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AN ORCHESTRA SCORE.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE
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ORCHESTRA STOPS AND JOLSON POPS
UP AND STARTS SINGING.
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♪ WONDERFUL TALES ARE ALWAYS
HARD TO FIND ♪
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♪ SOME FOLKS HAVE ONE
SOME FOLKS HAVE NONE ♪
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>> JOLSON ALWAYS TALKED TO HIS
AUDIENCE.
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HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS PATTER.
AND SPECIFICALLY, HIS CATCH
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PHRASE WHICH HE�D BEEN SAYING
SINCE 1906.
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>> YOU AIN�T HEARD NOTHING YET.
WAIT A MINUTE.
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YOU AIN�T HEARD NOTHING.
>> HE SAID THAT WHEN THEY WERE
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RECORDING THE AUDIO SO THE FIRST
WORDS WE HEAR IN DIALOGUE IN A
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FILM WERE, YOU AIN�T HEARD
NOTHING YET.
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>> THE FIRST FULL TALKING
FEATURE, "LIGHTS OF NEW YORK,"
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IS A VERY DULL PSEUDOGANGSTER
FILM WITH PEOPLE YOU�VE NEVER
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HEARD OF SITTING AROUND A TABLE
AND A TELEPHONE IN THE MIDDLE
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WHERE, OBVIOUSLY, THE MICROPHONE
EXISTS.
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AND THEY�RE ALL LEANING TOWARD
IT.
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>> TAKE HIM FOR A RIDE.
OH.
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>> AND THE FILM CAME OUT, AND IT
JUST BLEW THE ROOF OFF.
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AND NOBODY COULD FIGURE IT OUT
BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNEW IT WAS A
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TERRIBLE MOVIE.
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD
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POSSIBLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
KIND OF PUBLIC RESPONSE WAS THE
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FACT THAT IT WAS ALL TALKING.
SO THAT�S THE MOVIE THAT REALLY
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CHANGED THE EQUATION.
>> ACTRESSES AND ACTORS IN THE
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SILENT PERIOD HAD TO LOOK A
CERTAIN WAY.
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YOU GET SOUND AND A LOT OF THOSE
PEOPLE ARE PUT OUT OF A JOB IF
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THEY DON�T SOUND THE RIGHT WAY.
>> I DON�T MIND IF YOU CLOSE
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THAT DOOR.
>> I LIKE THEM OPEN.
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THEY�RE EASIER TO GET OUT
THROUGH.
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>> JOHN GILL BERT WAS HAVING
TROUBLE IN SOUND AND HIS FILMS
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WEREN�T MAKING MONEY.
>> A VERY BIG STAR.
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>> I WAS WALKING UP AND DOWN.
MADE ONE OR TWO TALKIES.
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QUIT THE BUSINESS.
>> THE VERY LAST SILENT FILM MGM
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MADE CALLED "THE KISS" WAS A
GRETA GARBO FILM.
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THEY WERE AFRAID THEIR BIGGEST
STAR WOULD LOSE THEIR AUDIENCE
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WHEN THEY HEARD HER SPEAK WITH
HER SWEDISH ACCENT.
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IT WAS CALLED ANNA CHRISTIE AND
GARBO TALKS WAS THE TAG LINE.
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EVERYONE WAS EXCITED TO HEAR
WHAT SHE�D SOUND LIKE, AND SHE
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DIDN�T DISAPPOINT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FAMOUS SCENE
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IN THE BARKS THERE�S A GOOD 20
SECONDS OF NO MUSIC, NO
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DIALOGUE, NO NOTHING, AND IT
REALLY BUILDS THE SUSPENSE.
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>> GIVE ME A WHISKEY.
>> GIVE ME A WHISKEY, BABY.
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>> GRETA GARBO WAS FULL OF
MYSTERY AND BEAUTY AND TALENT.
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SHE JUST DIDN�T TRY SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
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SHE WAS COOL.
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>> MGM WAS SORT OF LIKE THE
HARVARD OF HOLLYWOOD.
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IT WAS THE PLACE THAT EVERY STAR
WANTED TO GRADUATE TO.
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IT HAD GARBO.
IT HAD GABEL, SPENCER TRACY.
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IT OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC A SENSE
OF ESCAPE INTO A WORLD OF CLASS
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AND REFINEMENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, UNIVERSAL
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PICTURES WAS CONSTANTLY ON THE
FINANCIAL SHOALS THROUGHOUT THE
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1930s.
THEY COULDN�T AFFORD MOVIE
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STARS.
AND THE STRATEGY IS FINALLY
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SETTLED ON WAS MAKING HORROR
MOVIES.
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>> I AM DRACULA.
>> THE UNIVERSAL HORROR MOVIES
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ARE PRIMAL.
THEY JUST DRIPING WITH
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ATMOSPHERE.
LOOK AT DRACULA.
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THE LOOK OF IT IS PART OF THE
ENERGY OF IT.
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PART OF THE CHARACTER.
IT�S PART OF THE VIBE.
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>> THE SPIDER IS SPINNING HIS
WEB FOR THE FLY.
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THE BLOOD IS DELIGHT.
>> I LOVE DRACULA.
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IT GETS BETTER EVERY TIME I
WATCH IT.
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LEGOSI IS ACTING ON THIS OTHER
LEVEL.
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THE WHOLE PACE OF THE SCENE
REVOLVES AROUND HIM.
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HE SUCKS ALL THE AIR OUT OF THE
ROOM IN A GOOD WAY.
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>> WHEN "DRACULA" BECAME SUCH A
BOX OFFICE HIT, THEY WENT, OH,
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THAT WORKED.
WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE?
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>> IN THE NAME OF GOD ��
>> I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO
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BE GOD.
>> IT WAS JAMES WELLS�
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"FRANKENSTEIN" THAT MADE ME WANT
TO MAKE MOVIES.
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I REMEMBER SEEING THE BURNING
WINDMILL SEQUENCE.
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I WAS 6 YEARS OLD.
AND FROM THAT POINT OIN, I WANTE
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TO MAKE FILMS.
>> THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
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>> EVERYBODY MADE HORROR
PICTURES BUT WHAT WAS UNIQUE
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ABOUT UNIVERSAL�S WAS THE CARE
WITH WHICH THEY WERE MADE, PLUS,
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THEY MADE A LOT AND HAD BIG
SUCCESS.
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>> A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERDOG
STUDIO.
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AND THEN DAVID SELSNIK CAME IN
AND HAD A REAL SENSE OF WHAT
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AUDIENCES WANTED AND GAVE THEM
"KING KONG."
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>> "KING KONG" WAS ONE OF MY
EARLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES AT
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THE MOVIES.
I REMEMBER CLOSING ALL OF MY
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BLINDS IN OUR HOUSE BECAUSE OF
THE ONE SCENE WHERE KING KONG
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LOOKS INTO THE WINDOW AND FINDS
FAYE RAY AND HIS HAND COMES IN
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AND ABDUCTS HER.
WATCHING "KING KONG" WHEN I WAS
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A KID WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU�VE EVER BEEN AROUND A
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STOP�MOTION PUPPET AND MOVED IT
ONE FRAME AT A TIME, THERE�S
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SOMETHING QUITE MAGICAL ABOUT
THAT.
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THAT�S WHY THAT FORM OF
ANIMATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO
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INSPIRATIONAL TO ME.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHO SNUCK INTO MY
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STATE ROOM AT 3:00?
>> NOBODY.
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THAT�S THE PROBLEM.
>> THE MARX BROTHERS CHANGED
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AMERICAN HUMOR.
THE JOKES WERE LIKE HITTING.
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AND THEY STILL HIT.
YOU WATCH THEM OVER GENERATIONS.
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THE STUFF IS REALLY STILL THAT
FUNNY.
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>> GROUCHO IS LIKE THE SMART
COMEDY.
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CHICO IS THE DUMB COMEDY.
IT�S LIKE SUCH A GREAT VARIETY
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PACK.
>> THIS WAS ESCAPISM FOR
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DEPRESSION�ERA AUDIENCES.
ALMOST ALL OF THEIR FILMS ARE
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ABOUT THIS GROUP OF WORKING
CLASS COMEDIANS TAKING ON AN
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INSTITUTION OF GREAT DIGNITY AND
RESPECT.
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THE ART WORLD AND ANIMAL
CRACKERS, UNIVERSITY IN HORSE
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FEATHERS.
AN OPERA HOUSE IN "A NIGHT AT
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THE OPERA," THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT IN "DUCK SOUP."
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♪ WE�RE IN THE MONEY
WE�RE IN THE MONEY ♪
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WE�VE GOT A LOT OF WHAT IT TAKES
TO GET ALONG ♪
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>> TOTALLY A FAN.
HIS WARNER BROTHERS MUSICALS
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WERE THE BEST.
THEY WERE REAL.
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THEY WERE ABOUT WOMEN WORKING
AND SHOW BUSINESS, TRYING TO GET
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A JOB DURING THE DEPRESSION.
>> REMEMBER MY FORGOTTEN MAN?
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>> ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE
NUMBERS IS "REMEMBER MY
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FORGOTTEN MAN" WITH JOAN
BLONDELL.
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IT�S JUST HEARTBREAKING WITH ALL
THE SOLDIERS ON THE BIG ARCHWAY,
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AND IT�S JUST BRILLIANT.
BUSBY BIRKLEY JUST BLEW PEOPLE�S
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MINDS.
HE TURNED MUSICAL FROM THIS
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BLACK FACING DANCE NUMBER TO A
KALEIDOSCOPE.
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HE ACTUALLY BUILT SPECIAL HOLES
IN THE SOUND STAGE TO REALLY
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FILM DOWN.
>> BUS BERKELEY KNEW IT WAS A
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MEDIUM.
THEY�D HAVE THE SETS MOVE WITH
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THE CHOREOGRAPHY.
IT�S AMAZING.
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♪ NOTHING�S IMPOSSIBLE I HAVE
FOUND ♪
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WHEN MY CHIN IS ON THE GROUND
I PICK MYSELF UP
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DUST MYSELF OFF AND START ALL
OVER AGAIN ♪
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>> MY FATHER WAS UNDER CONTRACT
AT RKO, AND THEY ASKED HIM TO
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MAKE A MUSICAL.
I THINK WHAT HE BROUGHT TO A
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STAIR IN ROGERS WAS A
BELIEVABILITY.
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♪ START ALL OVER AGAIN ♪
>> SEEING THAT FILM DURING THE
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DEPRESSION WHERE PEOPLE ARE
SURROUNDED BY HOPELESSNESS WHEN
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THEY SEE THIS BUOYANT AND
BRILLIANT AND COMIC NUMBER THAT
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WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOST
SATISFYING EXPERIENCE.
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PICK YOURSELF UP.
>> THE HABTS OF MOVIE GOING IN
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THE �30s WERE DIFFERENT FROM
TODAY.
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THEY DIDN�T JUST COME FOR ONE
PICTURE.
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THERE WAS A B PICTURE, A NEWS
REEL, A SHORT AND A CARTOON.
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WALT DISNEY WHO CREATED MICKEY
MOUSE, HE WAS A VISIONARY.
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AND HE GOT THIS IDEA, MAYBE I�LL
MAKE A FEATURE LENGTH CARTOON.
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NO ONE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS OUT OF HIS
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MIND.
>> NO ONE HAD EVER ATTEMPTED
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THIS BEFORE.
AND THE ATTEMPT IS DIFFICULT FOR
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US TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT
ISN�T JUST MAKING FEATURE
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ANIMATION.
IT IS TO SEE IF AN AUDIENCE
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WOULD CARE ABOUT DRAWINGS.
>> "SNOW WHITE" IS BASED ON A
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EUROPEAN FAIRYTALE, BUT IT�S NOT
A CHILDREN�S PICTURE.
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IT WAS INTENDED FOR A MIXED
AUDIENCE OF ADULTS AND KIDS.
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>> GOOD�BYE.
GOOD�BYE.
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>> WALT WAS NOT AFRAID TO HAVE
DRAMATIC POWER.
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>> I CAN�T DO IT.
>> HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO GO
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THERE.
NOT AFRAID TO HAVE SCENES THAT
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WOULD BE SCARY, TRAUMATIC EVEN.
>> PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED TO FIND
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OUT THAT THEY WERE GENUINELY
AFRAID IN THE SCARY PARTS AND
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GENUINELY MOVED WHEN SNOW WHITE
IS UNDER THE SLEEPING DEATH
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BECAUSE OF THE TENDERNESS OF THE
ANIMATION.
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GROWN ADULTS WEPT AT THE
PREMIERE.
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SO DISNEY DID EVERYTHING THAT
THEY SAID COULDN�T BE DONE.
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IT WAS A GIANT HIT.
WAY SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS AND
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ALLOWED WALT TO REALLY BUILD THE
STUDIO.
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>> EVERY ANIMATED FEATURE WE
HAVE TODAY, IT ALL STEMS FROM
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"SNOW WHITE."
WITHOUT "SNOW WHITE" NONE OF THIS WOULD EXIST.
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>>> RED, THIS CAN�T GO ON.
>> WHY?
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>> I LOVE MY WIFE.
I�VE NEVER LOVED ANYBODY ELSE.
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WE�VE BEEN SWEETHEARTS SINCE WE
WERE KIDS.
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>> BUT SHE DOESN�T NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT US.
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>> BETWEEN 1930 AND 193 4,
FILMMAKERS WERE FREE TO EXPLORE
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SUBJECTS LIKE SEX AND VIOLENCE.
WHAT YOU GET IS SOME FASCINATING
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FEMALE CHARACTERS WHO WERE
SEXUALLY LIBERATED.
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IT�S QUITE SHOCKING TO SEE WHAT
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH.
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>> I ALWAYS DID LIKE A MAN IN
UNIFORM.
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THAT ONE FITS YOU GRAND.
WHY DON�T YOU COME AND SEE ME
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SOME TIME.
>> MAE WEST WAS NOT AFRAID TO
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OWN HER STATUS AS A SEX SYMBOL.
SHE WAS INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT
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AND WROTE ALL HER OWN FILMS.
SHE STARRED WITH CARY GRANT.
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SHE LOVED HIS VOICE.
THAT HELPED HIM TO BECOME A
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LEADING MAN.
>> TONIGHT YOU WERE ESPECIALLY
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GOOD.
>> WHEN I�M GOOD, I�M VERY GOOD.
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BUT WHEN I�M BAD, I�M BETTER.
>> HER FILMS WERE INCREDIBLY
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SUCCESSFUL, BUT THE CATHOLIC
LEGION OF DECENCY, THE MORAL
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GROUPS WERE NOT HAPPY AT ALL.
THEY WERE PETITIONING THE
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GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND START
ENFORCING CENSORSHIP IF THE
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STUDIOS DIDN�T DO IT THEMSELVES.
>> HOLLYWOOD IS TRYING TO FIGURE
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OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
PRESSURE THEY�RE GETTING BECAUSE
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OF MAE WEST.
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESE EARLY
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GANGSTER FILMS LIKE "LITTLE
SEGAR" AND "PUBLIC ENEMY" AND
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"SCARFACE."
WHAT�S GOING TO HAPPEN AS A
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RESULT IS HOLLYWOOD WOULD CREATE
THE CODE ADMINISTRATION IN �34
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TO REIGN IT IN.
>> WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS MORE
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THAN A GOOD FIVE�CENT CIGAR IS
CLEAN ROLLICKING COMEDY.
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>> NEXT TIME YOU DROP IN, BRING
YOUR FOLKS.
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>> THE 1934, THE BEGINNINGS OF
THE SCREWBALL COMEDY COME UP.
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IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT.
PITS CLARK GABLE AGAINST CLAUDET
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COLBERT.
A SPOILED HEIRESS WHO HAS RUN
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AWAY FROM HER DAD.
>> WHEN YOU GET THE CODE WHICH
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MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOW
PEOPLE IN BED TOGETHER, YOU HAVE
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TO INVENT.
YOU�LL NOT GIVE UP ON SEX BUT
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YOU HAVE TO TALK AROUND IT.
YOU CREATE AN INTRIGUE.
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IT CREATED BANTER.
>> THAT, I SUPPOSE, MAKES
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EVERYTHING QUITE ALL RIGHT.
>> OH, THIS?
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WELL, I LIKE PRIVACY WHEN I
RETIRE.
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I�M VERY DELICATE IN THAT
RESPECT.
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PRYING EYES ANNOY ME.
>> "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" IS
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GENIUS.
THE WALLS OF JERICHO SCENE SAY
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CLASSIC FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO
DIRECT ROMANTSIC COMEDIES.
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>> THE WALLS OF JERICHO WILL
PROTECT YOU FROM THE BIG, BAD
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WOLF.
>> IT PUSHED HIM TO CREATE AN
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EVEN BETTER, IN MANY WAYS,
SEXIER SCENE.
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>> IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT WAS SO
SUCCESSFUL WINNING FIVE ACADEMY
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AWARDS.
ALL THE MAJOR CALIFORNIAS AND IT
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KICKED OFF THE WHOLE IDEA THAT
WE SHOULD ALL BE MAKING
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SCREWBALL COMEDIES.
>> CAN�T BE SEEN TALKING TO THIS
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MAN.
WHAT WILL THEY THINK?
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>> GODFREY IS GOING TO BE OUR
BUTLER.
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>> THEY WERE PARTICULARLY
POPULAR IN THE �30s BECAUSE OF
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THE DEPRESSION.
YOU SAW GENERALLY WEALTHY
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PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE WELL OFF
MAKING FOOLS OF THEMSELVES.
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>> JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING TO
GODFREY.
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>> THE PHRASE SCREWBALL CAME
FROM A REVIEW IN "VARIETY" OF
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CAROLE LOMBARD�S SCREWBALL
PERFORMANCE IN "MY MAN GODFREY."
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>> FORGET THAT YOU HAVE ANY
SENSE.
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>> GODFREY, DON�T GO AWAY.
OH, YOU �� NOW I KNOW YOU LOVE
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ME.
>> I DO NOT LOVE YOU AND YOU�RE
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GETTING ME ALL WET.
>> WHAT�S THE MEANING OF THIS?
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>> GODFREY LOVES ME.
HE PUT ME IN THE SHOWER.
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>> SHE WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
SHE PLAYED A LOT OF KUKINESS BUT
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SHE HAD LOGIC TO HER HUMOR.
YOUR TIMING CAN�T BE LIKE THAT
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UNLESS YOU�RE VERY, VERY CLEVER.
>> THE TRICK WAS THAT THE
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LEADING CHARACTERS DID
SLAPSTICK.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS "THE
AWFUL TRUTH."
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♪
IT WAS KIND OF THE FIRST REAL
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CARY GRANT PERFORMANCE.
>> WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?
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>> THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE DID
"BRINGING UP BABY."
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THE EPITOME OF SCREWBALL COMEDY.
>> DISCOVERING THE ROMANTIC
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COMEDIES OF THE �30s AND �40s,
THAT REALLY TOOK OVER MY LIFE
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FOR A LONG TIME.
THE "PHILADELPHIA STORY" IS ONE
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OF MY ALL�TIME FAVORITES.
>> HELLO.
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FANCY SEEING YOU.
THREE OF THE MOST IMPECCABLE
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ACTORS IN A MOVIE TOGETHER.
>> CINDERELLA�S SLIPPER.
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IT�S CALLHAMPAGNE.
IT�S A GREAT LEVELLER.
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>> JIMMY STEWART�S DRUNKEN SCENE
IS ONE OF THE ALL�TIME GREAT
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DRUNKEN PERFORMANCES.
HE�S JUST SO CONVINCING.
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AND IT�S JUST SO FUNNY AND
BEAUTIFUL AND YOU ROOT FOR THIS
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ONE AND THEN YOU ROOT FOR THAT
ONE.
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IT GIVES YOU EVERYTHING YOU
COULD EVER WANT FROM A MOVIE.
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>> I KNOW YOU ANY TIME, ANY
PLACE.
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>> ANYWHERE.
YOU�RE REPEATING YOURSELF.
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THAT�S THE SPEECH YOU MADE THE
NIGHT ROWYOU PROPOSED.
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>> OF COURSE I REMEMBER IT.
IF I DIDN�T REMEMBER YOU, I�D
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HAVE DIVORCED YOU.
>> MORE WORDS PER SQUARE INCH IN
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"HIS GIRL FRIDAY."
I IMAGINE THE SCRIPT IS PROBABLY
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THAT THICK AND ROSLYN RUSSELL
CLEARLY WAS THE BEST AT IT.
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>> LISTEN, WALTZER ��
>> I MADE A GREAT REPORTER OUFTS
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YOU ��
>> YOU WON�T BE ��
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♪
>>> MANY OF THESE FILMS THAT YOU
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GET IN HOLLYWOOD IN THE �30s
SHOWCASE SOME OF THE TOP BLACK
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PERFORMERS OF THAT ERA.
SO YOU GET THE NICHOLAS
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BROTHERS, FOR INSTANCE, OR BILL
BOROBINSON.
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MANY PEOPLE FOUND THEM
ENTERTAINING BUT THESE BLACK
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CHARACTERS WERE OFTEN
STEREOTYPICAL AND PROBLEMATIC.
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♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
>> HATTIE McDANIEL WAS KNOWN FOR
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PLAYING MAMIE�TYPE ROLES.
>> YOU KNOW, I�VE BEEN UNDER THE
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IMPRESSION THAT YOU IS A ONE�MAN
WOMAN.
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>> I AM.
ONE MAN AT A TIME.
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>> FIGURES LIKE THE NANNY WERE
REALLY RACIAL CARICATURES.
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WHAT A MAMIE ON THE PLANTATION
WOULD HAVE BEEN.
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THEY DON�T HAVE MUCH AGENCY.
THEY EXIST AS THE BACKDROP FOR
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THE NARRATIVE WORLD THAT THE
WHITE CHARACTERS LIVE IN.
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>> TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT HE
WANTS.
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>> THOSE IMAGES WERE DAMAGING
BUT SHE DIDN�T CREATE THEM.
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THEY WERE CREATED BY THE WHITE
PEOPLE WHO CONTROL HOLLYWOOD.
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>> I BELIEVE YOU�RE THE LAZYIEST
MAN THAT EVER LIVED ON THIS
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RIVER.
>> THAT�S SAYING A WHOLE LOT.
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>> PAUL ROBESON WAS ALWAYS
BIGGER THAN THE MATERIAL HE WAS
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GIVEN.
♪ OLD MAN RIVER ♪
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♪ THAT OLD MAN RIVER ♪
>> IN "SHOW BOAT" HE WAS ABLE TO
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CHANGE "OLD MAN RIVER" INTO
SOMETHING MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND
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ULTIMATELY MUCH MORE CRITICAL OF
THE RACISM THAT CHARACTER IS
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EXPERIENCING.
♪
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♪ AND YOU�LL LAND IN JAIL ♪
>> OSCAR MICHELLE WAS ONE OF THE
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PIONEERS OF AFRICAN�AMERICAN
CINEMA.
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HE WAS PART OF A GENRE KNOWN AS
THE RACE FILM.
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AND RACE FILMS WERE MADE SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE BIRTH FILM,
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BY BLACK FILMMAKERS FOR BLACK
AUDIENCES.
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>> IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF
CINEMA, IT�S EASIER, NOT ONLY
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FOR AFRICAN�AMERICANS, BUT ALSO
FOR WOMEN TO GET INTO THE
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INDUSTRY.
>> IT WAS CONSIDERED THE NORM TO
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HAVE WOMEN IN ALL LEVELS OF
HOLLYWOOD.
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THEY WERE DRCTSIRECTORS.
HALF OF ALL FILMS WRITTEN
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BETWEEN 1912 AND 1921 WERE
WRITTEN BY WOMEN.
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>> WE AIN�T TELLING NOBODY UNTIL
WE GET READY TO MAKE THE BREAK
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OUTSIDE OF YOU.
>> "THE BIG HOUSE" WAS ONE OF
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TWO FILMS THAT FRANCIS MARION
WON HER OSCARS FOR.
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THE OTHER FILM, OF COURSE, IS
"THE CHAMP."
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>> I THINK THAT�S ENOUGH FOR
TODAY, DON�T YOU?
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>> SHE WAS INCREDIBLY PROLIFIC.
SHE HAS A HUGE FILMOGRAPHY.
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SHE MADE FILMS IN GENRES YOU
MIGHT THINK OF AS MASCULINE.
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>> AS THE FILM INDUSTRY
CONSOLIDATED INTO STUDIOS, BOTH
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WOMEN AND AFRICAN�AMERICANS ARE
BEING PUSHED OUT AS SHAPERS BILL
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MAKERS.
AND A STUDIO SYSTEM THAT�S
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ORGANIZED AROUND STARS AND WOMEN
BECOME THE OBJECTS OF THAT
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COMODIFICATION.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE
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MARLENA DIETRICH COME FROM
GERMANY, SHE HAS TO REPRESENT
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THE EXOTIC, THE OTHER, THE
UNKNOWN.
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♪
HER GREAT APPEAL IS HER FABULOUS
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ANDROGENY.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO LIKE THAT
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ABOUT HER.
>> SHE�S PLAYING A CABARET
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SINGER DRESSED IN A TOP HAT AND
TAILS WHICH HAD BECOME AN ICONIC
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OUTFIT SHE WORE IN PERFORMANCES
FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
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SHE TAKES THIS YOUNG WOMAN FROM
THE AUDIENCE AND GIVES THE WOMAN
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A KISS RIGHT ON THE LIPS.
PARTICULARLY IN THE FILMS SHE
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MADE, MOROCCO, BLOND VENUS, THE
DEVIL IS A WOMAN," ALMOST
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NOTHING HAPPENED IN THESE
MOVIES.
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THEY WERE NONNARRATIVE.
JUST STAGING THIS SPECTACLE OF
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DESIRE AND BEAUTY.
>> IN THE 1930s, IT WAS
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ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 70% OF A
MOVIE�GOING AUDIENCE WAS FEMALE.
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AND THE MORE WOMEN IN THE
AUDIENCE YOU GET, THE MORE THEY
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CRAVE STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS.
>> THESE FEMALE MOVIE STARS
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REALLY RULED THE BOX OFFICE.
AND OFTEN WERE GETTING PAID MUCH
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MORE THAN THEIR MALE
COUNTERPARTS.
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>> WOULDN�T YOU LIKE SOMEONE TO
BE IN LOVE WITH YOU?
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>> YES, GABRIELLE.
I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
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WITH ME.
>> DO YOU THINK I�M ATTRACTIVE?
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>> THERE ARE BETTER WORDS THAN
THAT FOR WHAT YOU ARE.
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>> ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM ABSURD
TO US IN HER TIME, BETTE DAVIS
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WAS CONSIDERED NOT PRETTY.
SHE HAD THIS SORT OF UNUSUAL
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FACE WITH THE SLIGHTLY
PROTRUDING EYES BUT SO LITTLE
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VANITY AS AN ACTRESS AND UTTER
OPENNESS TO PLAYING UNLIKABLE
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CHARACTERS.
>> HERE SHE WAS A YOUNG ACTRESS
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TRYING TO ESTABLISH HERSELF AS A
STAR.
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AND SHE INSISTS ON DOING OF
HUMAN BONDAGE, WHERE SHE PLAYS
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THE WORST PERSON WHO EVER LIVED.
>> I NEVER CARED FOR YOU NOT
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ONCE.
I WAS ALWAYS MAKING A FOOL OF
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YOU.
YOU BORED ME STIFF.
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I HATED YA.
IT MADE ME SICK WHEN I HAD TO
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LET YOU KISS ME.
I ONLY DID IT BECAUSE YOU BEGGED
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ME.
YOU HOUNDED ME AND DROVE ME
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CRAZY.
AND AFTER YOU KISSED ME, I
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ALWAYS USED TO WIPE MY MOUTH.
WIPE MY MOUTH!
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>> BETTE DAVIS GIVES THIS
INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IN "OF
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HUMAN BONDAGE."
DOESN�T EVEN GET NOMINATED.
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SO THE NEXT YEAR SHE WINS FOR
"DANGEROUS" AND THAT�S SORT OF
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CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FIRST
CONSOLATION PRIZE OSCARS.
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EVERYBODY REALIZES WE SHOULD
HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU LAST YEAR.
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SHE BECOMES THE FIRST ACTRESS TO
GET FIVE BEST ACTRESS
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NOMINATIONS IN A ROW.
SHE IS MERYL STREEP OF THE
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PRE�WORLD WAR II PERIOD,
BASICALLY.
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>> THE WOMEN�S PICTURE WAS A
REALLY GREAT ALMOST GENRE OF
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FILMS THAT LASTED FROM 1930
THROUGH THE 1950s.
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IT ENCOMPASSED SO MANY DIFFERENT
GENRES WITHIN, BUT IT ALWAYS HAD
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A WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF IT.
>> MAY I SUGGEST IF YOU ARE
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DRESSING TO PLEASE STEVEN NOT
THAT ONE.
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HE DOESN�T LIKE SUCH OBVIOUS
EFFECTS.
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>> THANKS FOR THE TIP.
BUT WHEN ANYTHING I WEAR DOESN�T
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PLEASE STEVEN, I TAKE IT OFF.
>> LOOK AT THE WOMEN AS SORT OF
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THE APOTHIOSIS OF THE GENRE.
THERE WERE NO MEN IN THIS MOVIE.
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NOT ONE SINGLE MAN IN THE FILM.
AND THEY MADE A HIT.
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>> THERE�S A NAME FOR YOU
LADIES.
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BUT IT IS NEWS IN HIGH SOCIETY,
OUTSIDE OF A KENNEL.
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♪
>> MY MOTHER WAS TRULY A STAGE
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MOTHER.
BUT A MEAN ONE.
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>> I DIDN�T FEEL GOOD IF I WAS
SICK TO MY TUMMY.
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GET OUT AND SING OR I�LL WRAP
YOU AROUND THE BED POST AND
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BREAK YOU OFF SHORT.
SO I�D GO OUT AND SING ♪.
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♪ SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
WAY UP HIGH ♪
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>> ONE OF THE PRECEPTS FOR A
STORY MUSICAL IS THAT THE SONG
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HAS TO ADVANCE THE STORY.
A SONG LIKE "SOMEWHERE OVER THE
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RAINBOW."
ALL THAT LONGING.
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YOU KNOW THAT SHE�S GOT TO GO ON
A JOURNEY AFTER SHE SINGS A SONG
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LIKE THAT.
>> AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE
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GETS TO GO SOME PLACE ELSE.
SHE�S TAKEN UP BY A TORNADO AND
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LANDS IN THIS MAGICAL WORLD.
SHE DOESN�T KNOW THAT SHE�S IN
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ANOTHER WORLD UNTIL SHE OPENS
THAT DOOR AND IT IS IN BEAUTIFUL
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COLOR.
>> YOU CAN�T THINK ABOUT THE
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WIZARD OF OZ WITHOUT THINKING
ABOUT THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
392
00:26:57,782 --> 00:27:02,487
THREE�STRIP TECHNICOLOR WHICH
HAD COLORS AMAZINGLY VIVID.
393
00:27:02,487 --> 00:27:05,456
BECAUSE IT WAS A FANTASY, THE
COLORS DIDN�T HAVE TO BE
394
00:27:05,456 --> 00:27:07,225
REALISTIC BUT VERY ALIVE AND
EXCITING.
395
00:27:07,225 --> 00:27:10,261
THIS WAS ENTERTAINMENT THAT
PEOPLE HADN�T SEEN BEFORE.
396
00:27:10,261 --> 00:27:14,861
♪ WE�RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ ♪
397
00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:18,336
>> IT�S ASTONISHING WHAT THEY
WERE ABLE TO DO AND HOW POIGNANT
398
00:27:18,336 --> 00:27:21,072
ALL OF THOSE PERFORMANCES ARE.
>> DON�T YOU THINK THE WIZARD
399
00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:23,641
COULD HELP HIM, TOO?
>> I DON�T SEE WHY NOT.
400
00:27:23,641 --> 00:27:31,811
>> JACK HALEY, RAY BOLGER AND
BRETT LAHR BROUGHT POIGNANCY TO
401
00:27:31,811 --> 00:27:35,119
THESE CHARACTERS.
>> CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TAP YOUR
402
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,555
HEELS TOGETHER THREE TIMES.
>> IT WAS THE GREATEST
403
00:27:37,555 --> 00:27:42,026
CHILDREN�S FILM OF ALL TIME THAT
PEOPLE CONSTANTLY RELATE TO.
404
00:27:42,026 --> 00:27:45,697
THE IDEA OF LEAVING HOME AND
FINDING HOME AGAIN.
405
00:27:45,697 --> 00:27:49,506
>> OH, AUNTIE EM, THERE�S NO
PLACE LIKE HOME.
406
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:03,939
>>> "STAGE COACH" WAS ONE OF THE
DEFINING FILMS OF THE WESTERN
407
00:28:03,939 --> 00:28:05,840
GENRE.
FORD BEGINS TO TURN AROUND THE
408
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:10,212
IDEA OF THE WESTERN AS A GOOD
HAT/BAD HAT INTO SOMETHING MORE
409
00:28:10,212 --> 00:28:13,648
INTERESTING IN WHICH YOU�VE GOT
A REALLY UNIQUE AND DAMAGED SET
410
00:28:13,648 --> 00:28:16,885
OF CHARACTERS.
>> YOU MUST WARN YOUR PASSENGERS
411
00:28:16,885 --> 00:28:18,820
THEY TRAVEL AT THEIR OWN RISK.
>> THEIR OWN RISK?
412
00:28:18,820 --> 00:28:20,889
WHAT�S THE PROBLEM?
>> GERONIMO.
413
00:28:20,889 --> 00:28:22,824
>> GERONIMO?
>> WILL YOU SIT DOWN.
414
00:28:22,824 --> 00:28:28,230
>> INSIDE THE STAGE COAST, EACH
PERSON IS ARCHETYPE.
415
00:28:28,230 --> 00:28:32,567
THE SCARLET WOMAN WHO WAS ONCE A
GOOD PERSON BUT HAS CROSSED A
416
00:28:32,567 --> 00:28:35,070
LINE.
THE GAMBLER, THE DRUNKEN DOCTOR.
417
00:28:35,070 --> 00:28:37,439
THEY�RE ALL THROWN TOGETHER AND
HAVE TO STAY ALIVE, AND THEY
418
00:28:37,439 --> 00:28:42,077
HAVE TO LEARN TO APPRECIATE THE
BEST IN EACH OTHER.
419
00:28:42,077 --> 00:28:46,314
>> THE CAMERA RUSHES IN INTO
JOHN WAYNE�S FACE.
420
00:28:46,314 --> 00:28:50,218
AND YOU CAN SEE A BEAD OF SWEAT
RUNNING DOWN HIS CHECK.
421
00:28:50,218 --> 00:28:53,521
>> HELLO, CURLY.
>> YOU DON�T DO THAT SHOT IF
422
00:28:53,521 --> 00:28:57,192
THAT ACTOR CAN�T DELIVER AS A
MOVIE STAR, AND HE DOES.
423
00:28:57,192 --> 00:29:00,662
>> THEY USED TO SAY BEFORE THEY
MADE HIM A STAR BY NOT LETTING
424
00:29:00,662 --> 00:29:04,266
HIM TALK.
BY JUST SHOWING HIS REACTIONS.
425
00:29:04,266 --> 00:29:07,802
WHICH IS SOMEWHAT TRUE.
WAYNE SAID TO ME ONCE, I�M NOT
426
00:29:07,802 --> 00:29:09,738
AN ACTION ACTOR.
I�M A REACTION ACTOR.
427
00:29:09,738 --> 00:29:12,240
>> JOHN WAYNE HAS NEVER GOTTEN
ENOUGH CREDIT FOR BEING THE
428
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,042
GREAT ACTOR HE WAS.
>> THANKS.
429
00:29:14,042 --> 00:29:17,212
THAT�S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.
>> HE HAD A STYLE UNLIKE ANY
430
00:29:17,212 --> 00:29:19,214
OTHER ACTOR BEFORE HIM OR AFTER
HIM.
431
00:29:19,214 --> 00:29:25,284
♪
>> IN TERMS OF THE ACTION, THAT
432
00:29:25,284 --> 00:29:29,291
WAS INCREDIBLE AT THAT TIME.
IT STILL IS PRETTY AMAZING.
433
00:29:29,291 --> 00:29:32,093
THE APACHE THAT JUMPS ON THE
HORSE AND HE�S SHOT.
434
00:29:32,093 --> 00:29:36,097
HE HAS TO RIDE UNDERNEATH IT.
THAT WAS ALL DONE IN REALTIME.
435
00:29:36,097 --> 00:29:38,099
THIS HAD TO BE CAREFULLY
CHOREOGRAPHED.
436
00:29:38,099 --> 00:29:45,573
VERY SOPHISTICATED.
>> "STAGECOACH" CAME OUT IN
437
00:29:45,573 --> 00:29:49,444
1939, WHICH IS STILL CONSIDERED
THE GREATEST YEAR FOR FILM THAT
438
00:29:49,444 --> 00:29:52,147
EVER WAS.
>> LOOK, LOOK, THERE IT IS.
439
00:29:52,147 --> 00:29:54,382
>> BOOM.
>> WHAT?
440
00:29:54,382 --> 00:29:56,117
>> CAPITOL DOME.
>> YES, SIR.
441
00:29:56,117 --> 00:29:58,420
BIG AS LIFE.
BEEN THERE A LONG TIME NOW.
442
00:29:58,420 --> 00:30:01,956
>> YES, SIR.
THIS WAY, SENATOR.
443
00:30:01,956 --> 00:30:07,796
>> "MR. SMITH GOES TO
WASHINGTON" IS POLITICAL PARABLE
444
00:30:07,796 --> 00:30:11,433
ABOUT AN IDEALISTIC YOUNG MAN
PLAYED BY JIMMY STEWART.
445
00:30:11,433 --> 00:30:14,903
>> HE GETS TO WASHINGTON, AND HE
FINDS THIS KIND OF CORRUPT
446
00:30:14,903 --> 00:30:16,738
MACHINE THAT WE FEAR IS GOING TO
EAT HIM UP.
447
00:30:16,738 --> 00:30:19,708
>> THIS IS A MAN�S WORLD.
IT�S A BRUTAL WORLD, AND YOU
448
00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:22,110
HAVE NO PLACE IN IT.
YOU�LL ONLY GET HURT.
449
00:30:22,110 --> 00:30:25,580
>> "MR. SMITH GOES TO
WASHINGTON" IS PROBABLY MY FIRST
450
00:30:25,580 --> 00:30:27,182
MOVIE.
HE WAS AN IMMIGRANT.
451
00:30:27,182 --> 00:30:31,653
AND HE HATED THE IDEA OF BIG
GOVERNMENT STEAM�ROLLING THE
452
00:30:31,653 --> 00:30:33,555
REGULAR CITIZEN.
>> I�M GOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE
453
00:30:33,555 --> 00:30:37,192
AND FIGHT FOR THIS LOST CAUSE,
EVEN IF THIS ROOM GETS FILLED
454
00:30:37,192 --> 00:30:42,464
WITH LIES LIKE THESE.
>> THIS FILM IS A PERFECT
455
00:30:42,464 --> 00:30:45,166
EXAMPLE OF HOW IN AMERICA AN
INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKE A
456
00:30:45,166 --> 00:30:47,268
DIFFERENCE.
>> IT�S THE TALLEST BUILDING IN
457
00:30:47,268 --> 00:30:48,670
THE WORLD.
YOU CAN�T MISS THAT.
458
00:30:48,670 --> 00:31:02,650
>> 1939 IS ALSO THE YEAR THAT
NINOTHCHK WAS MADE.
459
00:31:02,650 --> 00:31:06,855
>> �39 STANDS OUT BECAUSE IT HAS
SO MANY LANDMARK MOVIES THAT
460
00:31:06,855 --> 00:31:09,557
HAVE WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME
AND ARE TAUGHT AND REFERRED TO
461
00:31:09,557 --> 00:31:14,028
OVER AND OVER.
>> MAYBE IT�S A CULMINATION.
462
00:31:14,028 --> 00:31:17,499
MAYBE IT�S A FLUKE.
BUT THE SHEER NUMBER OF
463
00:31:17,499 --> 00:31:19,334
MEMORABLE FILMS EVERYONE KNOWS
AND LOVES THAT CAME OUT OF THIS
464
00:31:19,334 --> 00:31:24,706
YEAR IS REMARKABLE.
♪
465
00:31:24,706 --> 00:31:27,442
>> THESE DAYS, EVERYTHING IS
CALL AN EPIC.
466
00:31:27,442 --> 00:31:30,545
"GONE WITH THE WIND" WAS AN EPIC
BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU THE
467
00:31:30,545 --> 00:31:33,615
POSSIBILITY OF FILM.
IT IS A SPECTACLE.
468
00:31:33,615 --> 00:31:39,621
HERE IS THE CIVIL WAR AND ALL OF
ITS HORROR AND ITS SIZE.
469
00:31:39,621 --> 00:31:43,091
>> THIS HUGE PULLBACK SCENE OF
WOUNDED SOUTHERN VETERANS THAT�S
470
00:31:43,091 --> 00:31:46,294
SO EMBLEMATIC.
IT�S VERY IMPRESSIVE FROM A
471
00:31:46,294 --> 00:31:48,430
TECHNICAL LEVEL.
BUT THE STORIES AROUND THE FILM
472
00:31:48,430 --> 00:31:51,866
ARE, TO ME, MORE INTERESTING
THAN THE FILM ITSELF.
473
00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:55,603
DAVID SELZNICK, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PLAYERS IN HOLLYWOOD
474
00:31:55,603 --> 00:31:58,473
IS AN INDEPENDENT�MINDED GUY.
WALKS AWAY FROM THE STUDIO
475
00:31:58,473 --> 00:32:02,410
SYSTEM AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS
CAREER TO START SELZNICK
476
00:32:02,410 --> 00:32:04,345
INTERNATIONAL PICTURES.
WITHIN A YEAR IT�S CLEAR THAT
477
00:32:04,345 --> 00:32:07,816
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THAT
COMPANY IS TO PRODUCE "GONE WITH
478
00:32:07,816 --> 00:32:10,018
THE WIND."
IT WOULD TAKE HIM THREE YEARS TO
479
00:32:10,018 --> 00:32:14,656
GET IT MADE.
>> WHO WAS TO PLAY RHETT BUTLER.
480
00:32:14,656 --> 00:32:17,425
IT WAS CLARK GABLE.
HE WAS A MAN�S MAN AND HAD A
481
00:32:17,425 --> 00:32:20,128
REAL KIND OF SENSE OF BRAVADO
ABOUT HIM.
482
00:32:20,128 --> 00:32:26,668
BUT ONE THAT HE SEEMED TO EARN.
>> I�M IN LOVE WITH YOU, ASHLEY.
483
00:32:26,668 --> 00:32:29,404
>> I�M IN LOVE WITH YOU, ASHLEY.
I LOVE YOU.
484
00:32:29,404 --> 00:32:31,906
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> THE SEARCH FOR SCARLET WAS,
485
00:32:31,906 --> 00:32:34,075
ON THE ONE HAND, DEFINITELY A
PUBLICITY STUNT.
486
00:32:34,075 --> 00:32:36,778
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WAS
SERIOUS.
487
00:32:36,778 --> 00:32:39,614
SELZNICK WANTED TO FIND THE
RIGHT SCARLET O�HARA.
488
00:32:39,614 --> 00:32:43,818
>> HE WAS ALREADY SHOOTING ON
THE BACK LOT BEFORE SCARLET WAS
489
00:32:43,818 --> 00:32:46,221
CAST.
>> DAVID SELZNICK IS STANDING
490
00:32:46,221 --> 00:32:50,492
WATCHING THE BURNING OF ATLANTA
AND THEY�VE GOT DOUBLES PLAYING
491
00:32:50,492 --> 00:32:54,696
RHETT AND SCARLET IN THE WAGON.
HIS BROTHER WALKS UP WITH VIVIEN
492
00:32:54,696 --> 00:32:59,167
LEIGH AND SAYS, I�D LIKE YOU TO
MEET SCARLET O�HARA.
493
00:32:59,167 --> 00:33:01,503
>> I LOVE YOU.
I DO.
494
00:33:01,503 --> 00:33:05,640
>> I THINK IT�S INCREDIBLY HARD
TO SEPARATE VIVIEN LEIGH FROM
495
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,344
SCARLET O�HARA.
SHE�S ABLE TO GENERATE EMPATHY
496
00:33:09,344 --> 00:33:13,214
OUT OF A FAIRLY CHALLENGING, IF
NOT DESPICABLE CHARACTER FOR
497
00:33:13,214 --> 00:33:23,491
MOST OF THE FILM.
AND SHE MAKES IT HER OWN.
498
00:33:23,491 --> 00:33:26,060
>> HAS THE WAR STARTED?
>> IF YOU�RE GOING TO TELL THAT
499
00:33:26,060 --> 00:33:28,763
STORY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BLACK
PEOPLE AS SLAVES.
500
00:33:28,763 --> 00:33:31,833
>> MS. SCARLET, WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO WITH NOTHING TO FEED
501
00:33:31,833 --> 00:33:37,505
THOSE SICK FOLKS AND THAT CHILD?
>> I DON�T KNOW.
502
00:33:37,505 --> 00:33:40,275
I DON�T KNOW.
>> THE BLACK CHARACTERS PLAYED
503
00:33:40,275 --> 00:33:44,078
BY HADDIE McDONNELL AND
BUTTERFLY McQUEEN ARE REALLY THE
504
00:33:44,078 --> 00:33:47,415
BEST CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE.
THEY�RE THE ONLY, IN A WEIRD
505
00:33:47,415 --> 00:33:50,652
WAY, MORAL CHARACTERS.
RHETT ESSENTIALLY RAPES HIS
506
00:33:50,652 --> 00:33:52,520
WIFE.
SCARLET IS A DISASTER.
507
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,857
ASHLEY WILKES IS JUST THE
WEAKLING.
508
00:33:55,857 --> 00:33:59,561
MELANIE IS A DOOR MAT AND THEN
MAMIE IN THE CENTER OF ALL OF
509
00:33:59,561 --> 00:34:01,563
THIS.
>> IT�S MR. RHETT I�M WORRIED
510
00:34:01,563 --> 00:34:03,331
ABOUT.
>> UNDERSTANDS HER PLACE IN THE
511
00:34:03,331 --> 00:34:06,901
WORLD AND MAKES THE BEST OF IT.
>> HE LOST HIS MIND THESE LAST
512
00:34:06,901 --> 00:34:11,506
COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> OH, NO, MAMIE, NO.
513
00:34:11,506 --> 00:34:15,109
>> I�VE NEVER SEEN NO MAN, BLACK
OR WHITE, SHUTS HIS DOOR.
514
00:34:15,109 --> 00:34:19,480
>> TOWARD THE END OF THE FILM
WHEN MAMIE IS TELLING MELANIE
515
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,383
ABOUT RETS AND HIS GRIEF AND YOU
FEEL IT.
516
00:34:22,383 --> 00:34:28,389
IT�S SUCH A POWERFUL SCENE.
>> PLEASE, MS. MELLY.
517
00:34:28,389 --> 00:34:35,163
>> I�LL DO WHAT I CAN.
>> I PRESENT THE ACADEMY AWARD
518
00:34:35,163 --> 00:34:38,299
FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF AN
ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE
519
00:34:38,299 --> 00:34:47,842
DURING 1939 TO HATTIE McDANIEL.
>> HATTIE McDANIEL WAS THE FIRST
520
00:34:47,842 --> 00:34:52,046
AFRICAN�AMERICAN TO WIN AN
ACADEMY AWARD.
521
00:34:52,046 --> 00:34:54,983
AND EVEN HOW THAT HAPPENED, SHE
COULDN�T SIT WITH THE REST OF
522
00:34:54,983 --> 00:34:57,118
THE CAST.
SHE WAS SITTING IN THIS AREA
523
00:34:57,118 --> 00:34:59,921
NEAR THE KITCHEN.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST
524
00:34:59,921 --> 00:35:02,290
MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.
IT WASN�T LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO
525
00:35:02,290 --> 00:35:05,493
GO INTO GREAT LEADING ROLES.
SHE CONTINUED TO PLAY MAIDS.
526
00:35:05,493 --> 00:35:09,393
SHE ESSENTIALLY SAID, I�D RATHER
MAKE $10,000 PLAYING A MAID THAN
527
00:35:09,393 --> 00:35:14,168
MAKE $10 BEING A MADE.
>> I SINCERELY HOPE, I SHALL
528
00:35:14,168 --> 00:35:17,905
ALWAYS BE A CREDIT TO MY RACE
AND TO THE MOTION PICTURE
529
00:35:17,905 --> 00:35:20,241
INDUSTRY.
MY HEART IS TOO FULL TO TELL YOU
530
00:35:20,241 --> 00:35:27,288
JUST HOW I FEEL AND MAY I SAY
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
531
00:35:41,984 --> 00:35:43,210
♪
>>> PRESTON STURGIS WAS ONE OF
532
00:35:43,210 --> 00:35:46,114
THE GREATEST COMEDY FILMMAKERS
OF ALL TIME THAT MAYBE YOU NEVER
533
00:35:46,114 --> 00:35:47,882
HEARD OF.
>> IF I WANT THIS TO BE A
534
00:35:47,882 --> 00:35:52,120
PICTURE OF DIGNITY.
>> WITH A LITTLE SEX IN IT.
535
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:59,361
>> HOW ABOUT A NICE MUSICAL? SCR
AND DIRECTORS DIRECTED.
536
00:35:59,361 --> 00:36:01,997
NOBODY DID BOTH.
STURGESS WANTED TO DIRECT.
537
00:36:01,997 --> 00:36:05,467
HE WROTE A SCRIPT THAT THE
STUDIO REALLY LIKED FOR A FILM
538
00:36:05,467 --> 00:36:10,038
CALLED "THE GREAT McGINTY" AND
HE AGREED TO SELL IT TO THE
539
00:36:10,038 --> 00:36:13,942
STUDIO FOR A DOLLAR IF HE WOULD
LET HIM DIRECT AND THE STUDIO
540
00:36:13,942 --> 00:36:16,211
AGREED.
THE REST IS THE HISTORY.
541
00:36:16,211 --> 00:36:21,049
WHEN I ASKED BILLY WILDER WHO HE
THOUGHT THE KING OF WRITER
542
00:36:21,049 --> 00:36:25,453
DIRECTORS WAS HE SAID PRESTON
STU "RGB" ES PERFORM PRESTON
543
00:36:25,453 --> 00:36:28,023
STURGE JESS IS THE MAN THAT PUT
THESE CHARACTERS TOGETHER AND
544
00:36:28,023 --> 00:36:31,693
OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE REST OF
US.
545
00:36:31,693 --> 00:36:36,097
>> THE LADIES EVE ONE OF HIS
BEST FILMS WAS BRILLIANTLY SET
546
00:36:36,097 --> 00:36:38,400
UP.
SO HENRY FONDA APPEARS IN THE
547
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,770
SHIP�S DINING ROOM AND EVERY
ELIGIBLE WANTS HIS ATTENTION
548
00:36:41,770 --> 00:36:44,639
BECAUSE HE�S A RICH GUY.
>> EVERY JANE IN THE ROOM WAS
549
00:36:44,639 --> 00:36:48,910
GIVING HIM THE THE THERMOMETER.
>> BAR BRA STANWYCK IN "LADY
550
00:36:48,910 --> 00:36:54,149
EVE" WAS ONE OF THE BEST COME
MEED GIVING PERFORMANCES OF ALL
551
00:36:54,149 --> 00:36:58,753
TIME WHEN SHE�S GOT THE MIRROR.
REALLY FUNNY.
552
00:36:58,753 --> 00:37:03,792
>> NOT JUST THIS BRILLIANT
DIALOGUE, LEASE ALSO THE
553
00:37:03,792 --> 00:37:07,128
INCREDIBLE PHYSICAL COMEDY.
IT�S A WONDERFUL BALANCE OF LOW
554
00:37:07,128 --> 00:37:10,932
COMEDY AND HIGH COMEDY AND LIFE
IS BOTH, ISN�T IT?
555
00:37:10,932 --> 00:37:16,271
>> STURGESS HAD A STRETCH DURING
THE 1940S WHERE HE TURNED OUT
556
00:37:16,271 --> 00:37:20,408
HIT AFTER HIT AFTER HIT.
IT�S AN UNPRECEDENTED STREAK OF
557
00:37:20,408 --> 00:37:24,079
REALLY QUALITY FILMS.
>> ALFRED HITCHCOCK.
558
00:37:24,079 --> 00:37:27,382
>> HITCHCOCK BEGAN WORKING IN
THE INDUSTRY AS AN ART DIRECTOR
559
00:37:27,382 --> 00:37:31,352
AT THE UFA STUDIOS IN BERLIN
WHERE HE GOT TO WATCH SOME OF
560
00:37:31,352 --> 00:37:35,824
THE GREAT GERMAN DIRECTORS LIKE
FRITZ LANG.
561
00:37:35,824 --> 00:37:39,928
HIS FIRST MAJOR FILM, "THE
LONGER" LOOKS LIKE GERMAN
562
00:37:39,928 --> 00:37:43,631
EXPRESSIONISM IN A LOT OF WAYS.
THEY BE HE WENT ON TO MAKE THESE
563
00:37:43,631 --> 00:37:47,302
GREAT BRITISH THRILLERS FOR
WHICH HE BECAME FAMOUS.
564
00:37:47,302 --> 00:37:50,839
BEST AMONG ALL OF THEM, 939
STEPS.
565
00:37:50,839 --> 00:37:54,242
BY THE END OF THE FIRTS HE�S THE
LEADING ARTIST OF THE BRITISH
566
00:37:54,242 --> 00:37:57,912
CINEMA BUT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT
HE�S WORKING IN A VERY
567
00:37:57,912 --> 00:38:01,316
FINANCIALLY LIMITED SYSTEM.
HE ALSO SEES THE WAR COMING, AND
568
00:38:01,316 --> 00:38:05,353
HE�S VERY HAPPY TO COME TO
AMERICA AND WORK FOR ELSE IS
569
00:38:05,353 --> 00:38:10,692
NICK UNDER IS THE SIX�FILM
CONTRACT STARTING WITH
570
00:38:10,692 --> 00:38:11,559
"REBECCA."
>> THAT�S IT.
571
00:38:11,559 --> 00:38:16,231
THAT�S MANDALAY.
>> IT WAS BASED ON A NOVEL BY
572
00:38:16,231 --> 00:38:20,001
DAPHNE DUE MUIRYER ABOUT A YOUNG
INNOCENT WOMAN WHO MOVES INTO
573
00:38:20,001 --> 00:38:24,272
THIS OLD GOTHIC HOUSE AND THEY
ARE LIFE BECOMES ENTANGLED IN
574
00:38:24,272 --> 00:38:25,073
MYSTERY.
>> HOW DO YOU DO.
575
00:38:25,073 --> 00:38:29,511
>> SHE FEELS LIKE SHE CAN�T
POSSIBLY COMPETE WITH REBECCA.
576
00:38:29,511 --> 00:38:33,214
HER HUSBAND MAX�S DEAD WIFE.
>> DO YOU THINK THE DEAD COME
577
00:38:33,214 --> 00:38:37,485
BACK AND WATCH THE LIVING?
>> I DON�T BELIEVE IT.
578
00:38:37,485 --> 00:38:39,921
>> SOMETIMES.
I WONDER IF SHE DOESN�T COME
579
00:38:39,921 --> 00:38:44,993
BACK HERE TO MANDERLY.
AND WATCH YOU AND MR. DUE WINTER
580
00:38:44,993 --> 00:38:46,761
TOGETHER.
>> HITCHCOCK WAS BRIT AT PUTTING
581
00:38:46,761 --> 00:38:49,797
THE AUDIENCE IN THE PLACE OF THE
CHARACTER THROUGH THE SUBJECTIVE
582
00:38:49,797 --> 00:38:53,234
USE OF THE CAMERA, WHAT HE USED
TO CALL PURE CINEMA.
583
00:38:53,234 --> 00:38:57,839
>> THE ASSEMBLY OF PIECES OF
FILM TO CREATE FRIGHT IS THE
584
00:38:57,839 --> 00:39:03,545
ESSENTIAL PART OF MY JOB.
I BELIEVE IN PUTTING THE HORROR
585
00:39:03,545 --> 00:39:08,583
IN THE MIND OF THE AUDIENCE AND
NOT NECESSARILY ON THE SCREEN.
586
00:39:08,583 --> 00:39:14,355
>> HIS FILMS TOOK A GENRE AND
ESSENTIALLY MADE THE GENRE THE
587
00:39:14,355 --> 00:39:17,125
DIRECTOR�S OWN.
HITCHCOCK REALLY WAS THE MASTER
588
00:39:17,125 --> 00:39:20,528
OF SUSPENSE.
AND HE DESERVES THAT TITLE.
589
00:39:20,528 --> 00:39:25,133
>> INCREDIBLE AS IT MAY SEEM
THOSE STRANGE BEAKS WHO LANDED
590
00:39:25,133 --> 00:39:28,836
IN THE JERSEY FARMLAND TONIGHT
ARE THE VANGUARD OF AND I VADING
591
00:39:28,836 --> 00:39:31,906
ARMY FROM THE PLANET MARS.
>> ORSON WELLES CAME INTO THE
592
00:39:31,906 --> 00:39:35,643
FILM BUSINESS HAVING BEEN A
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN RADIO.
593
00:39:35,643 --> 00:39:39,881
SCARED HALF THE COUNTRY WITH WAR
OF THE WORLDS IN �38.
594
00:39:39,881 --> 00:39:42,684
HE WAS ON THE COVER OF TIME
BECAUSE OF HIS THEATER
595
00:39:42,684 --> 00:39:46,588
PERFORMANCES AT THE MERCURY
THEATER AND HE CAME TO HOLLYWOOD
596
00:39:46,588 --> 00:39:48,523
WITH THE BEST CONTRACT ANYBODY
EVER HAD.
597
00:39:48,523 --> 00:39:52,460
>> KNOW WHEN YOU DON�T REALLY
WANT TO GO OUT TO HOLLYWOOD, THE
598
00:39:52,460 --> 00:39:56,231
DEALS GOT BETTER AND BETTER.
IN MY CASE I DIDN�T WANT MONEY,
599
00:39:56,231 --> 00:39:59,267
I WANTED AUTHORITY.
I ASKED THE IMPOSITIVE AND AT
600
00:39:59,267 --> 00:40:01,569
THE END OF A YEAR�S NEGOTIATION
IZ GOT IT.
601
00:40:01,569 --> 00:40:05,607
>> HE HAD SUCH A MONSTROUS EGO
HE WAS GOING TO DO THE WAY HE
602
00:40:05,607 --> 00:40:08,476
WANTED TO DO IT AND THE HELL
WITH WHAT WILL ANYBODY THOUGHT
603
00:40:08,476 --> 00:40:13,314
ABOUT IT AND I ADMIRED THAT
BECAUSE HE HAD THE SKILL TO BACK
604
00:40:13,314 --> 00:40:21,589
IT UP.
>> ROSEBUD.
605
00:40:21,589 --> 00:40:26,427
>> CITIZEN KANE BEGINS WITH THE
DEATH OF CHARLES FOSTER CANE
606
00:40:26,427 --> 00:40:27,629
SAYING ONE WORD.
ROSEBUD.
607
00:40:27,629 --> 00:40:30,865
THE WHOLE REST OF THE MOVIE IS
ABOUT A REPORTER SEARCHING FOR
608
00:40:30,865 --> 00:40:35,770
THE MEANING OF ROSEBUD.
HE SPEAKS TO PEOPLE FROM CANE�S
609
00:40:35,770 --> 00:40:38,806
PAST AND READS THE MEMOIRS OF
HIS LAWYER AND THROUGH
610
00:40:38,806 --> 00:40:41,709
THERECTIONS OF THOSE PEOPLE WE
LEARN ABOUT CHARLES FOSTER
611
00:40:41,709 --> 00:40:44,012
KING�S LIFE.
>> MAYBE THE THING THAT WELLS
612
00:40:44,012 --> 00:40:47,282
DID BEST WAS RECOGNIZE WHAT HE
DIDN�T KNOW.
613
00:40:47,282 --> 00:40:51,286
EARLY ON AT 25 SO HE HIRES
HERMAN MANKOWITZ MY GRABBED
614
00:40:51,286 --> 00:40:56,190
FATHER TO WRITE THE SCREENPLAY.
HE HIRES ROBERT WEISS TO EDIT
615
00:40:56,190 --> 00:41:01,963
THE FILM NOT TO MENTION BERNARD
HERMAN�S BRILLIANT MUSIC AND THE
616
00:41:01,963 --> 00:41:04,432
SINNING TOGRAPHY CHANGED THE WAY
WE MAKE MOVIES.
617
00:41:04,432 --> 00:41:06,334
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
618
00:41:06,334 --> 00:41:10,705
>> AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
>> IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING NEW.
619
00:41:10,705 --> 00:41:16,411
THE TRANSITIONS THE FLASH BACK
CONSTRUCTION, REPETITION OF
620
00:41:16,411 --> 00:41:19,147
CERTAIN SCENES FROM DIFFERENT
POINTS OF VIEW AND NOT TO BE
621
00:41:19,147 --> 00:41:23,718
IGNORED IS THE FACT THAT OR IS
GIVES AN EXTRAODINARILY
622
00:41:23,718 --> 00:41:26,521
BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE.
>> I MADE NO CAMPAIGN PROMISES.
623
00:41:26,521 --> 00:41:31,859
BECAUSE UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, I
HAD NO HOPE OF BEING ELECTED.
624
00:41:31,859 --> 00:41:36,798
>> THE TECHNIQUE THAT KAELS
STICKS OUT TO ME ON KRIDS CANE
625
00:41:36,798 --> 00:41:39,367
IS BASICALLY DEPTH OF FOCUS.
>> YOU�RE FIRED.
626
00:41:39,367 --> 00:41:42,203
>> THE CLOSE�UPS ARE AS SHARP AS
THE DEEP BACKGROUND.
627
00:41:42,203 --> 00:41:45,640
YOU SEE NOT JUST THE STORY THAT
HE�S TELLING.
628
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:51,045
YOU SEE DEEPER INTO THE STORY.
HE JUST CREATED A HANDBOOK ON
629
00:41:51,045 --> 00:41:56,084
CINEMA WITH CITIZEN KANE.
>> THERE�S NO QUESTION THAT
630
00:41:56,084 --> 00:42:00,855
CHARLES FOSTER KANE IS BASED IN
ORANGE LART ON THE LIFE OF
631
00:42:00,855 --> 00:42:04,292
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARTS.
HE OWNED RADIO STATIONS AND
632
00:42:04,292 --> 00:42:06,928
MAGAZINES AND QUITE ACCOUNT
POWER PLAYER IN AMERICAN
633
00:42:06,928 --> 00:42:10,098
POLITICS AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
IN HOLLYWOOD POLITICS.
634
00:42:10,098 --> 00:42:11,733
>> HEARTS BLACK LISTED THE
MOVIE.
635
00:42:11,733 --> 00:42:15,336
ALL HIS PAPERS WOULDN�T RUN ADS
FOR THE PICTURE AND A LOT OF
636
00:42:15,336 --> 00:42:17,138
THEATERS GOT AFRAID OF PLAYING
IT.
637
00:42:17,138 --> 00:42:20,842
CAN�T MAKE MONEY WITH A PICTURE
IF YOU CAN�T GET A THEATER.
638
00:42:20,842 --> 00:42:25,213
>> BY THE NONHEARST PAPERS IT
WAS INCREDIBLY WELL RECEIVED.
639
00:42:25,213 --> 00:42:28,883
IT WAS NOMINATED FOR NINE
OSCARS.
640
00:42:28,883 --> 00:42:32,019
IT ONLY WON ONE FOR THE
SCREENPLAY WHICH WENT TO MY
641
00:42:32,019 --> 00:42:34,422
GRANDFATHER AND WELLS.
SHOULD HAVE WON BEST PICTURE AND
642
00:42:34,422 --> 00:42:38,025
BEST DIRECTOR FOR WELLS, SHOULD
PROBABLY HAVE WON BEST ACTOR FOR
643
00:42:38,025 --> 00:42:40,161
WELLS.
IT�S A SIGN THAT PRESSURE WAS
644
00:42:40,161 --> 00:42:41,963
ALMOST CERTAINLY BROUGHT TO BEAR
ON THIS MOVIE.
645
00:42:41,963 --> 00:42:47,001
>> THERE�S NO BETTER FIRST FILM
IN CINEMATIC HISTORY THAN
646
00:42:47,001 --> 00:42:48,903
CITIZEN KANE.
I DON�T KNOW ANY OTHER FILM THAT
647
00:42:48,903 --> 00:42:53,241
WAS A FIRST TIME DIRECTOR�S FILM
THAT CAN EVEN LIGHT A CANDLE LET
648
00:42:53,241 --> 00:42:55,482
ALONE HOLD A
♪
649
00:43:07,209 --> 00:43:11,613
>> ADOLPH HITLER�S ALL OUT
ATTACK ON POLAND MAKES THE LONG
650
00:43:11,613 --> 00:43:14,816
DREADED WAR A CERTAINTY.
>> THROUGH NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS
651
00:43:14,816 --> 00:43:16,384
REELS AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
652
00:43:16,384 --> 00:43:25,660
DICTATORSHIP IN GERMANY.
HITLER�S PROPAGANDA HAD FOCUSED
653
00:43:25,660 --> 00:43:31,433
ON HOW TO DELIVER IMAGES THAT
MOVED PEOPLE�S MINDS.
654
00:43:31,433 --> 00:43:35,370
TURNED AN UGLY MOVEMENT INTO
SOMETHING CINEMATICALLY
655
00:43:35,370 --> 00:43:44,379
BEAUTIFUL.
EVEN THE BABE IS THRILLS AND
656
00:43:44,379 --> 00:43:46,348
SEEMS ALL SMILES.
>> CHARLIE CHAPLIN TOOK THAT AND
657
00:43:46,348 --> 00:43:50,719
BROKE IT APART.
♪
658
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:55,523
>> CHAPLAIN MAKES THIS
INCREDIBLY INTENSE POLITICAL
659
00:43:55,523 --> 00:44:00,896
SATIRE REALLY DECRYING THE STATE
OF THE WORLD AND THE POSSIBLE
660
00:44:00,896 --> 00:44:07,736
STATE OF THE FUTURE.
>> EMPEROR OF THE WORLD.
661
00:44:07,736 --> 00:44:13,875
>> HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH
MEGALOMANIA ON SCREEN WITHOUT
662
00:44:13,875 --> 00:44:15,911
SOUNDING STREET DENT AND
PEDANTIC?
663
00:44:15,911 --> 00:44:20,916
YOU TURN THE WORLD INTO A
BALLOON AND YOU HAVE THIS
664
00:44:20,916 --> 00:44:24,686
FOOLISH DEMAGOGUE DANCE WITH IT.
THIS CLOWN CAN ACTUALLY DESTROY
665
00:44:24,686 --> 00:44:30,158
THIS WORLD.
SO IT�S BOTH TRAGEDY AND COMEDY
666
00:44:30,158 --> 00:44:36,398
WRAPPED INTO ONE.
IN ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
667
00:44:36,398 --> 00:44:39,467
POLITICAL SCENES IN FILM.
>> WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE
668
00:44:39,467 --> 00:44:42,237
WAR.
>> I HAVEN�T THE SLIGHTEST IDEA.
669
00:44:42,237 --> 00:44:45,774
>> RICK IS COMPLETELY NEUTRAL
ABOUT EVERYTHING AND THAT TAKES
670
00:44:45,774 --> 00:44:49,911
IN THE FIELD OF WOMEN.
>> HUM GRI BOGART RUNS RICK�S IN
671
00:44:49,911 --> 00:44:53,348
CAS DA BLANCA.
IT�S WORLD WAR II BEFORE THE
672
00:44:53,348 --> 00:44:56,584
UNITED STATES ENTERS THE WAR.
HE�S GOT GAMBLING, HE�S GOT THE
673
00:44:56,584 --> 00:44:58,653
ALCOHOL.
HE DOESN�T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
674
00:44:58,653 --> 00:45:02,324
THE WAR AND IT TURNS OUT THE WAR
COMES TO HIM.
675
00:45:02,324 --> 00:45:09,464
♪ NO MATTER WHAT THE FUTURE
BRINGS AS TIME GOES BY ♪
676
00:45:09,464 --> 00:45:16,204
>> SAM, I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU
NEVER TO PLAY.
677
00:45:16,204 --> 00:45:20,742
>> INTO RICK�S CAFE WALKS A
COUPLE, ILSA AND HER HUSBAND
678
00:45:20,742 --> 00:45:23,678
VICTOR LAS LOW, HERO OF THE
RESISTANCE.
679
00:45:23,678 --> 00:45:26,181
>> ABOUT VICTOR LAS LOS
EVERYWHERE.
680
00:45:26,181 --> 00:45:30,051
>> UNBEKNOWNST TO ANYONE ELSE IN
THE MOVIE, ELLIS SA AND RICK
681
00:45:30,051 --> 00:45:32,821
HAVE A PAST.
>> OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS IN ALL
682
00:45:32,821 --> 00:45:35,724
THE TOWNS IN THE WORLD, SHE
WALKS INTO MINE.
683
00:45:35,724 --> 00:45:41,429
>> HE IS THE EPITOME OF THAT
WOUNDED CYNIC.
684
00:45:41,429 --> 00:45:44,566
WE GET TO SEE A MAN WHO USED TO
BE AN DALIST RECLAIM THAT PART
685
00:45:44,566 --> 00:45:49,637
OF HIMSELF.
♪
686
00:45:49,637 --> 00:45:53,641
>> THERE�S A GREAT SCENE WHERE
THE GERMANS ARE BY THE PIANO AND
687
00:45:53,641 --> 00:46:04,419
THEY START SINGING.
AND EVERYBODY IN RICK�S CAFE WHO
688
00:46:04,419 --> 00:46:07,455
IS NOT GERMAN IS SILENT AND IN
PAIN.
689
00:46:07,455 --> 00:46:13,495
♪
VICTOR LAS LOW GOES TO THE BAD
690
00:46:13,495 --> 00:46:17,632
AND SAYS LET�S PLAY THE FRENCH
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
691
00:46:17,632 --> 00:46:20,502
PLAY IT.
>> THEY GIVE THAT LOOK TO BOGEY.
692
00:46:20,502 --> 00:46:23,938
HE JUST GOES, AND THEN YOU�RE
LIKE OH, BOGEY�S JOINED THE WAR.
693
00:46:23,938 --> 00:46:33,948
♪
>> THE MOVIE IS ABOUT REFUGEES
694
00:46:33,948 --> 00:46:36,785
CAUGHT IN DESPERATE
LIFE�THREATENING SITUATIONS.
695
00:46:36,785 --> 00:46:40,789
AND HALF THE CAST WAS REFUGEES
WHO HAD BEEN CAUGHT NOTICE
696
00:46:40,789 --> 00:46:42,257
DESPERATE LIFE�THREATENING
SITUATIONS.
697
00:46:42,257 --> 00:46:46,561
PETER LORI ESCAPED GERMANY WHEN
THE NAZIS TOOK OVER.
698
00:46:46,561 --> 00:46:51,466
CONRAD VITE WHO PLAYED THE
NASTIEST NAZI OF THEM ALL WAS A
699
00:46:51,466 --> 00:46:54,469
FERVENT ANTI�NAZI, HAD A JEWISH
WIFE.
700
00:46:54,469 --> 00:46:58,139
HIS WIFE THEY ESCAPED FROM
FRANCE JUST AS THE GERMANS
701
00:46:58,139 --> 00:47:02,243
ARRIVED IN PARIS.
ALL OF DALIO�S FAMILY LEFT
702
00:47:02,243 --> 00:47:05,580
BEHIND DIED IN THE CAMPS.
♪
703
00:47:05,580 --> 00:47:08,249
>> DEFEATING FASCISM THROUGH
PATRIOTISM AND THE PASSION OF
704
00:47:08,249 --> 00:47:12,654
LOVING YOUR COUNTRY.
TO THIS DAY, I GET CHILLS AND
705
00:47:12,654 --> 00:47:19,360
TEARS WHEN I WATCH THAT SCENE.
>> VIVA LA FRANCE.
706
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:22,297
>> CASABLANCA IS A PERFECT
SCRIPT FOR THE PERFECT TIME.
707
00:47:22,297 --> 00:47:24,232
THE WAY THE STORY WINDS UP IS
THE ONLY WAY THAT STORY COULD
708
00:47:24,232 --> 00:47:30,071
HAVE WOUND UP.
>> I�M NO GOOD AT BEING NOBLE
709
00:47:30,071 --> 00:47:32,640
BUT IT DOESN�T TAKE MUCH TO SEE
THAT THE PROBLEMS OF THREE
710
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:35,143
LITTLE PEOPLE DON�T AMOUNT TO A
HILL OF BEANS IN THIS CRAZY
711
00:47:35,143 --> 00:47:37,445
WORLD.
>> IT�S TELLING US ALL THAT OUR
712
00:47:37,445 --> 00:47:39,581
PROBLEMS AS INDIVIDUALS DON�T
MEAN A LOT IN THE FACE OF THIS
713
00:47:39,581 --> 00:47:43,585
BIGGER CHALLENGE TO COME.
>> HERE�S LOOKING AT YOU, KID.
714
00:47:43,585 --> 00:47:47,889
>> THAN WE ALL HAD TO DEAL WITH
THAT IN THE VERY DARKEST DAYS OF
715
00:47:47,889 --> 00:47:48,556
WORLD WAR II.
>> OPEN FIRE.
716
00:47:48,556 --> 00:47:55,997
YA WHO.
>> MAN YOUR STATION.
717
00:47:55,997 --> 00:47:59,601
>> FIRE.
>> THE TYPICAL STORY OF A COMBAT
718
00:47:59,601 --> 00:48:04,139
FILM IS ABOUT A GROUP WITH AN
OBJECTIVE FACING DEATH, THEY SAY
719
00:48:04,139 --> 00:48:08,209
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
LET�S GET THIS DONE AND WIN IT.
720
00:48:08,209 --> 00:48:11,679
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
BOMBER NOW?
721
00:48:11,679 --> 00:48:18,887
>> THEY�RE DESIGNED TO REASSURE
PEOPLE AND TO INVOLVE PEOPLE IN
722
00:48:18,887 --> 00:48:22,624
THE WAR.
WHEN YOU TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE
723
00:48:22,624 --> 00:48:26,494
CHANGE THAT WORD WAR II WROUGHT
ON THE MOVIES, YOU HAVE TO
724
00:48:26,494 --> 00:48:28,730
UNDERSTAND THAT FIVE OF THE
GREATEST DIRECTORS ACTUALLY WENT
725
00:48:28,730 --> 00:48:33,034
AND TOOK PART IN THE WAR.
>> IT WAS CAPRA, IT WAS FORD, IT
726
00:48:33,034 --> 00:48:36,371
WAS STEVENS, IT WAS HOUSTON,
THEN IT WAS WYLER.
727
00:48:36,371 --> 00:48:39,240
THESE ARE CLEARLY FIVE OF THE
GREAT AMERICAN ICONS.
728
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:41,075
THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AS
STORY TELLERS AND RISKED THEIR
729
00:48:41,075 --> 00:48:46,147
LIVES.
>> IN MEN WHO BELIEVED IN THEIR
730
00:48:46,147 --> 00:48:51,953
COUNTRY LIKE MY FATHER FELT THE
MORAL OBLIGATION TO DEFEND THEIR
731
00:48:51,953 --> 00:48:54,589
COUNTRY AGAINST THE SCOURGE OF
NAZIISM.
732
00:48:54,589 --> 00:48:57,725
>> IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN
CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY OUR
733
00:48:57,725 --> 00:48:59,327
PATROLS IMMEDIATELY PUSHED
AHEAD.
734
00:48:59,327 --> 00:49:02,830
>> HE WAS IN SOME VERY HAIRY
SITUATIONS.
735
00:49:02,830 --> 00:49:07,101
HE TALKED ABOUT A COMMANDER
WHOSE TROOPS HAD REALLY BEEN
736
00:49:07,101 --> 00:49:12,073
DECIMATED BY THE GERMANS
CROSSING A BINGE THAT HAD BEEN
737
00:49:12,073 --> 00:49:14,776
BOMBED.
AND THIS MAN RAISED HIS ARM TO
738
00:49:14,776 --> 00:49:19,147
SALUTE EXCEPT HE WAS MISSING A
HAND.
739
00:49:19,147 --> 00:49:22,951
THE WAR DEFINITELY FOLLOWED HIM
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
740
00:49:22,951 --> 00:49:27,288
>> JOHN FORD FILMED THE BAT ALF
MIDWAY THAT WON HIM AN ACADEMY
741
00:49:27,288 --> 00:49:31,326
AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY.
HE ALSO FILMED THE D�DAY
742
00:49:31,326 --> 00:49:33,895
LANDINGS IN 1944.
HE WAS DEEPLY AFFECTED BY THE
743
00:49:33,895 --> 00:49:36,664
WAR.
HE COMES BACK TO HOLLYWOOD
744
00:49:36,664 --> 00:49:39,367
WANTING TO MAKE A MOVIE.
HE DOESN�T WANT TO MAKE YOUR
745
00:49:39,367 --> 00:49:42,237
SORT OF WE�VE WON, IT�S ALL
WONDERFUL TYPE OF MOVIE.
746
00:49:42,237 --> 00:49:44,772
>> TAKE COVER.
>> THEY WERE EXPENDABLES IS
747
00:49:44,772 --> 00:49:48,076
ABOUT THE FALL OF THE
PHILIPPINES AND THE DEFEAT OF
748
00:49:48,076 --> 00:49:52,680
THE UNITED STATES.
>> FORD MADE THIS VERY PATRIOTIC
749
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:54,015
PICTURE ABOUT THE NOBLE
SACRIFICE.
750
00:49:54,015 --> 00:49:57,685
>> WHEN YOU SEE THE GENERAL,
TELL HIM THE END HERE IS NEAR.
751
00:49:57,685 --> 00:50:01,823
>> MOST OF THEM WERE GOING TO
BECOME PRISONERS OF WAR AND MANY
752
00:50:01,823 --> 00:50:06,094
OF THEM WOULD PROBABLY PERISH.
>> AS I CALL YOUR NAMES, KINDLY
753
00:50:06,094 --> 00:50:07,762
STEP IN.
>> AT THE END OF THE MOVIE IS
754
00:50:07,762 --> 00:50:10,632
VERY MUCH ABOUT THE FATE OF THE
SAILORS STAYING BACK.
755
00:50:10,632 --> 00:50:14,632
IF THEY DIDN�T GET ON THAT PLANE
THAT, THEY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
756
00:50:14,636 --> 00:50:20,476
>> SIR, HOW MANY MORE PLANES ARE
COMING
757
00:50:30,899 --> 00:50:34,602
BACK TO THE AMERICAN HOME WITH
WELCOME AND WELL DONE
758
00:50:34,602 --> 00:50:36,471
EVERYWHERE.
>> IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR,
759
00:50:36,471 --> 00:50:39,841
EVERYBODY WAS SAYING HOW DO WE
PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF?
760
00:50:39,841 --> 00:50:43,144
AFTER EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE
SEEN AND LEARNED.
761
00:50:43,144 --> 00:50:46,481
THE COST OF WAR IS WHAT IS
COMMUNICATED IN THE BEST YEARS
762
00:50:46,481 --> 00:50:52,253
OF OUR LIVES BETTER THAN ANY WAR
MOVIE I�VE EVER SEEN.
763
00:50:52,253 --> 00:50:53,655
.
>> THESE GUYS ARE JUST TRYING TO
764
00:50:53,655 --> 00:50:56,024
GET HOME.
>> THIS IS MY STREET.
765
00:50:56,024 --> 00:50:58,893
>> THEY NEVER KNEW EACH OTHER
BEFORE THE WAR BUT THEY ALL MEET
766
00:50:58,893 --> 00:51:03,464
AND THEY BECOME FAST FRIENDS.
AND THEIR LIVES START TO REALLY
767
00:51:03,464 --> 00:51:05,400
INTERCONNECT AS THEY START TO
WORK OUT.
768
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:10,738
THE HUGE DAMAGE THAT THE WAR
CAUSES ARE EMOTIONAL CORE.
769
00:51:10,738 --> 00:51:14,638
>> THE FILM WAS MADE RIGHT AFTER
THE WAR AND AS THE CAMERA CRANES
770
00:51:14,638 --> 00:51:20,315
UP, YOU SEE THIS VAST WORLD WAR
II GRAVEYARD OF OLD HULKS, NO
771
00:51:20,315 --> 00:51:26,888
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY OR MAT WORK.
THAT PHENOMENONAL SCENE WHEN
772
00:51:26,888 --> 00:51:30,858
DANA AND DREWS IS SITTING IN THE
JUNKED PLANE RELIVING HIS
773
00:51:30,858 --> 00:51:36,064
MISSION AS A BOMBARDIER, IT
COMMUNICATES THAT OPPRESSIVE
774
00:51:36,064 --> 00:51:39,100
WEIGHT OF THE EXPERIENCE.
OF PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON HOLD AND
775
00:51:39,100 --> 00:51:42,537
GOING OFF AND MAYBE COMING BACK,
MAYBE NOT COMING BACK AT ALL.
776
00:51:42,537 --> 00:51:46,040
OR MAYBE COMING BACK WITH NO
HANDS.
777
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:48,476
>> I�VE LEARNED HOW TO TAKE THIS
HARNESS OFF.
778
00:51:48,476 --> 00:51:51,512
>> THE FACT THAT THEY CAST
HAROLD RUSSELL, A GUY WHO LOST
779
00:51:51,512 --> 00:51:54,849
HIS HANDS DURING THE WAR, THAT
WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
780
00:51:54,849 --> 00:51:57,252
>> THIS IS A VERY PROUD AND A
VERY HAPPY MONTH.
781
00:51:57,252 --> 00:52:00,388
>> THEY HAD MADE PLANS TO GIVE
HIM A SPECIAL OSCAR AND THEN IT
782
00:52:00,388 --> 00:52:03,791
TURNED OUT THE PERFORMANCE WAS
SO GOOD THAT PEOPLE VOTE FORD
783
00:52:03,791 --> 00:52:06,628
HIM FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WHICH THEY COULDN�T HAVE
784
00:52:06,628 --> 00:52:12,367
PREDICTED SO HE WON TWO OSCARS.
>> HELLO, DARLING.
785
00:52:12,367 --> 00:52:14,802
>> HELLO, DADDY.
>> HELLO, DADDY.
786
00:52:14,802 --> 00:52:18,406
>> HOW DO YOU LIKE IT.
>> IT�S A WONDERFUL LIFE" WASN�T
787
00:52:18,406 --> 00:52:22,443
VERY SUCCESSFUL WHEN IT CAME OUT
WHICH I�M ALWAYS SHOCKED WHEN I
788
00:52:22,443 --> 00:52:27,115
LEARN THAT A MOVIE THAT WE
REVERE ACTUALLY STRUGGLED IN ITS
789
00:52:27,115 --> 00:52:31,619
INITIAL RELEASE BUT WHAT A
REMARKABLE BLEND OF NARRATIVE
790
00:52:31,619 --> 00:52:33,755
VALUES AND THEMES.
>> DADDY, THE BROWNS NEXT DOOR
791
00:52:33,755 --> 00:52:35,556
HAVE A NEW CAR.
YOU SHOULD SEE IT.
792
00:52:35,556 --> 00:52:37,425
>> WHAT�S THE MATTER WITH OUR
CAR?
793
00:52:37,425 --> 00:52:41,696
ISN�T IT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?
>> BECAUSE CAP BRA WAS ALWAYS
794
00:52:41,696 --> 00:52:44,432
SUCH A MUMIST I THINK IT WAS
VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM TO
795
00:52:44,432 --> 00:52:47,168
ACKNOWLEDGE FLAWS, ACKNOWLEDGE
WEAKNESS.
796
00:52:47,168 --> 00:52:48,903
>> GEORGE, WHAT�S WRONG?
>> WRONGING?
797
00:52:48,903 --> 00:52:50,872
EVERYTHING.
YOU CALL IT A HAPPY FAMILY WHY
798
00:52:50,872 --> 00:52:53,041
DO WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THESE
KIDS.
799
00:52:53,041 --> 00:52:55,310
>> JIMMY STEWART CAME BACK FROM
THE WAR, AS WELL.
800
00:52:55,310 --> 00:52:58,146
HE FLEW MISSIONS.
THESE ARE TWO VETERANS NOW AND I
801
00:52:58,146 --> 00:53:01,849
DON�T THINK IT WOULD HAVE GONE
THAT DARK HAD FRANK CAPRA STAYED
802
00:53:01,849 --> 00:53:07,155
HOME AND MADE LIGHT COMEDIES.
>> APPARENTLY FRANK CAPRA
803
00:53:07,155 --> 00:53:11,926
APPEALED TO HIM BY SAYING IT�S A
CHRISTMAS MOVIE ABOUT SUICIDE.
804
00:53:11,926 --> 00:53:14,362
JIMMY STEWART SAID CHRISTMAS
MOVIE ABOUT SUICIDE, COUNT ME
805
00:53:14,362 --> 00:53:15,963
IN.
YOU COME BACK FROM THE WAR WITH
806
00:53:15,963 --> 00:53:18,566
A GRAVEYARD KIND OF SENSE OF
HUMOR.
807
00:53:18,566 --> 00:53:22,670
GEORGE BAILEY IS LIGHT YEARS
AWAY FROM THAT IDEALISTIC
808
00:53:22,670 --> 00:53:25,273
MR. SMITHING IN "MR. SMITH GOES
TO WASHINGTON."
809
00:53:25,273 --> 00:53:27,909
INTO IT WAS PROBABLY THE
STRONGEST PICTURE I�VE MADE.
810
00:53:27,909 --> 00:53:32,347
I NEVER HAVE RUN ACROSS SUCH A
UNIQUE STORY, A MAN WHO THOUGHT
811
00:53:32,347 --> 00:53:35,183
HE WAS A FAILURE BEING GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND SEE
812
00:53:35,183 --> 00:53:38,686
THE WORLD AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
HAD HE NOT BEEN BORN.
813
00:53:38,686 --> 00:53:41,222
>> YOU�VE BEEN GRIFFIN A GREAT
GIFT, GEORGE.
814
00:53:41,222 --> 00:53:43,958
A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THE WORLD
WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT.
815
00:53:43,958 --> 00:53:47,995
>> YOU THAT�S A DARK, DARK PLACE
TO BEGIN A MOVIE THAT�S
816
00:53:47,995 --> 00:53:50,765
ULTIMATELY GOING TO WIND UP
BEING ONE OF THE GREAT HOLIDAY
817
00:53:50,765 --> 00:53:54,135
MOVIES AND ONE OF THE MOST
AFFIRMING MOVIES EVER MADE.
818
00:53:54,135 --> 00:53:56,504
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> IT�S POWERFUL BECAUSE IT�S
819
00:53:56,504 --> 00:54:01,342
BEEN A JOURNEY FROM PLACE OF
TRUE DESPAIR AND TAKES GUTS TO
820
00:54:01,342 --> 00:54:08,316
TELL THE STORY WITH THAT KIND OF
STRENGTH AND COMMITMENT.
821
00:54:08,316 --> 00:54:11,152
>> AND YEAH, SWEETHEART.
>> THERE�S A GIRL WANTS TO SEE
822
00:54:11,152 --> 00:54:12,920
YOU.
HER NAME�S WANDER LAY.
823
00:54:12,920 --> 00:54:14,822
>> CUSTOMER?
>> I GUESS SO.
824
00:54:14,822 --> 00:54:17,859
YOU�LL WANT TO SEE HER ANYWAY.
SHE�S A KNOCKOUT.
825
00:54:17,859 --> 00:54:20,261
>> SHOW HER IN, DARLING.
SHOW HER IN.
826
00:54:20,261 --> 00:54:25,800
>> FROM THE WAR IS A STYLE OF
FILM MAKING THAT�S VERY POPULAR
827
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:29,270
IN THE �40s AND FICHTS.
THE FILMS ARE MOODY, PES PES
828
00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:33,074
MICK TICK, KIND OF ABOUT THE
UNDERBELLY OF MANOR SOCIETY.
829
00:54:33,074 --> 00:54:37,145
BECAUSE OF WORLD WAR II THERE
WAS AN APPETITE AMONG AUDIENCES
830
00:54:37,145 --> 00:54:39,814
FOR THESE KIND OF FILMS.
>> ANYBODY HEAR THE SHOT.
831
00:54:39,814 --> 00:54:42,283
>> SOMEBODY MUST HAVE.
WE JUST GOT HERE.
832
00:54:42,283 --> 00:54:46,354
>> THE MALTESE FALCON IS
OSTENSIBLY A DETECTIVE STORY BUT
833
00:54:46,354 --> 00:54:49,724
THE PLOT REVOLVES AROUND ALL
THESE CRAZY CHARACTERS LOOKING
834
00:54:49,724 --> 00:54:53,594
FOR THE BLACK BIRD AND HOW SAM
SPADE PLAYS THESE CHARACTERS OFF
835
00:54:53,594 --> 00:54:55,730
EACH OTHER.
>> YOU�RE GOOD.
836
00:54:55,730 --> 00:54:58,099
YOU�RE VERY GOOD.
>> WHAT DID HE SAY?
837
00:54:58,099 --> 00:55:00,268
>> ABOUT WHAT?
>> ABOUT ME.
838
00:55:00,268 --> 00:55:02,403
>> NOTHING.
>> WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT THEN?
839
00:55:02,403 --> 00:55:05,606
>> HE OFFERED ME $5,000 FOR THE
BLACK BIRD.
840
00:55:05,606 --> 00:55:09,010
>> MY FATHER WAS NOT THAT BIG A
FAN OF ACTORS.
841
00:55:09,010 --> 00:55:13,114
IF YOU WATCH HIS MOVIES, HE�S
MORE INTERESTED IN CHARACTER.
842
00:55:13,114 --> 00:55:17,919
I THINK THIS WAS WHY HE LOVED
HUMPHREY BOGART SO MUCH.
843
00:55:17,919 --> 00:55:20,822
>> THANKS, DARLING.
THERE�S A KIND OF DIRECTNESS AND
844
00:55:20,822 --> 00:55:23,391
HONESTY ABOUT HIM THAT WE�RE NOT
USED TO.
845
00:55:23,391 --> 00:55:26,027
>> WHEN YOU�RE SLACK, YOU�LL
TAKE IT AND LIKE IT.
846
00:55:26,027 --> 00:55:30,398
>> BOGART IS NOT THE GOOD GUY.
AND THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THIS
847
00:55:30,398 --> 00:55:34,669
WHOLE TREND.
THE ATTITUDE IS VERY AMERICAN.
848
00:55:34,669 --> 00:55:40,239
BUT IT DIDN�T REALLY BECOME FILM
NOIR UNTIL THESE FILMMAKERS THAT
849
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:44,278
CAME OVER FROM EUROPE BROUGHT A
PARTICULAR VISUAL SENSIBILITY
850
00:55:44,278 --> 00:55:47,515
AND THAT IS WHERE INTERIOR WAS
BORN.
851
00:55:47,515 --> 00:55:51,819
>> I KILLED DIEDRICH SON.
ME, WALTER NEF.
852
00:55:51,819 --> 00:55:55,623
INSURANCE SALESMAN.
>> BILLY WILDER ADAPTED THIS
853
00:55:55,623 --> 00:55:57,825
AMAZING STORY WITH RAYMOND
CHANDLER.
854
00:55:57,825 --> 00:56:02,296
THE WAY IT STARTS TOLD BY A GUY
BLEEDING TO DEATH, IT WOULD
855
00:56:02,296 --> 00:56:05,233
BECOME SO IMPORTANT TO HARD
BOILED DETECTIVE STORIES.
856
00:56:05,233 --> 00:56:07,869
>> I WASN�T LONG, WAS HE?
>> NOT AT ALL.
857
00:56:07,869 --> 00:56:11,072
>> I HOPE I�VE GOT MY FACE ON
STREIT.
858
00:56:11,072 --> 00:56:14,208
>> PERFECT TORE R FOR MY MONEY.
>> THERE WAS A VERY INTENSE
859
00:56:14,208 --> 00:56:16,911
MURDER SCENE THAT HAD TO BE
FLINLED AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
860
00:56:16,911 --> 00:56:22,311
DO IT IN THIS AGE OF CENSORSHIP?
>> THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT STREET.
861
00:56:22,316 --> 00:56:33,226
WHY DID YOU TURN HERE?
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT FOR?
862
00:56:33,226 --> 00:56:35,630
WHAT ARE YOU HONGKING THE HORN
FOR?
863
00:56:35,630 --> 00:56:39,166
>> BILLY WILDER LEAVES THE
CAMERA ON BARBARA STANWYCK AND
864
00:56:39,166 --> 00:56:41,736
SHE EXPERIENCES THE PAIN OF HER
HUSBAND AND THEN THE
865
00:56:41,736 --> 00:56:45,740
SATISFACTION OF IT.
SHE GIVES YOU ALL OF THAT.
866
00:56:45,740 --> 00:56:49,076
AND THAT�S AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
>> OKAY, BABY, THAT�S IT.
867
00:56:49,076 --> 00:56:53,247
>> THE MURDER YOU DON�T SEE IN
DOUBLE INDEMNITY IS BETTER THAN
868
00:56:53,247 --> 00:56:58,152
ANY GRIZZLY MURDER YOU COULD
SHOW ME.
869
00:56:58,152 --> 00:57:01,088
>> STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE.
>> BARBARA STANWYCK�S PERFORM,
870
00:57:01,088 --> 00:57:04,692
AS PHYLLIS IS THE ARCHETYPE OF
THE DANGEROUS FEMME FATALE.
871
00:57:04,692 --> 00:57:07,061
>> BACK IN THE MORNING.
MEET ME AT THE HOTEL.
872
00:57:07,061 --> 00:57:11,299
>> WHEN YOU GET TO JANE GREER IN
"OUT OF THE PAST," SHE TAKES IT
873
00:57:11,299 --> 00:57:13,768
A STEP FURTHER.
>> CAN WE GET AWAY WITH IT.
874
00:57:13,768 --> 00:57:17,371
>> SHE�S MUCH MORE OF A COLD
PSYCHOPATH.
875
00:57:17,371 --> 00:57:20,441
THERE�S A SCENE WHERE HE�S
WATCHING ROBERT MITCH CHUM AND
876
00:57:20,441 --> 00:57:22,977
HIS PARTNER BEAT THE HELL OUT OF
EACH OTHER AND SHE�S SORT OF IN
877
00:57:22,977 --> 00:57:29,684
ECSTASY.
>> I�LL NEVER FORGET THE IMAGES
878
00:57:29,684 --> 00:57:32,887
IN THAT FIGHT HER FACE SHOOTING
A GUY IT STAYED WITH ME FOR THE
879
00:57:32,887 --> 00:57:36,290
REST OF MY LIFE.
>> THAT WILL DRY YOUR HAIR.
880
00:57:36,290 --> 00:57:39,160
>> SHE TAKES INTO THE BUNGALOW
AND THEY KISS.
881
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:41,796
SOMETHING IN THE CAMERA MOVES TO
THE DOOR AND THE DOOR OPENS.
882
00:57:41,796 --> 00:57:46,067
IT�S RAINING.
CAMERA JUST TRACKS.
883
00:57:46,067 --> 00:57:53,007
IT�S JUST VISUAL POETRY AND
MOOD.
884
00:57:53,007 --> 00:57:55,209
>> EVERY STUDIO AT A CERTAIN
POINT WAS MAKING SIM OR EIGHT OF
885
00:57:55,209 --> 00:58:00,147
THESE MOVIES A YEAR.
>> TAKE THIS THICK OUT OF MY
886
00:58:00,147 --> 00:58:03,718
MOUTH, WILL YOU?
>> ARTISTS WERE EAGER TO MAKE
887
00:58:03,718 --> 00:58:07,188
MOVIES THAT WERE MORE ADULT.
>> HARRY.
888
00:58:07,188 --> 00:58:11,993
>> THIS KIND OF NOTION OF
DARKNESS IN FILMS HAD KIND OF
889
00:58:11,993 --> 00:58:14,295
THE OPPOSITE OF THE HOLLYWOOD
ENDING WHERE THINGS DON�T WORK
890
00:58:14,295 --> 00:58:17,632
OUT WELL, THINGS DON�T WORK OUT
FOR THE HERO.
891
00:58:17,632 --> 00:58:21,402
>> THIS IS FILM NOIR�S LEGACY.
892
00:58:31,512 --> 00:58:36,117
YES, THIS IS SUNSET BOULEVARD,
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
893
00:58:36,117 --> 00:58:39,920
IT�S ABOUT 5:00 IN THE MORNING.
THAT�S THE HOMICIDE SQUAD.
894
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:43,991
>> THE 50s PRODUCED A LOT OF
REALLY DARK CYNICAL MOVIES AND
895
00:58:43,991 --> 00:58:46,193
IT STARTS PRETTY EARLY ON WITH
SUNSET BOULEVARD.
896
00:58:46,193 --> 00:58:49,497
IT OPENS UP WITH A BODY IN A
POOL.
897
00:58:49,497 --> 00:58:53,367
THEN IT�S ALL TOLD IN FLASHBACK
BY THE MAN IN THE POOL.
898
00:58:53,367 --> 00:58:57,304
>> YOU�RE NORMA DESMOND.
USED TO BE IN SILENT PICTURES,
899
00:58:57,304 --> 00:59:00,975
USED TO BE BIG.
>> I AM BIG.
900
00:59:00,975 --> 00:59:04,011
IT�S THE PICTURES THAT GOT
SMALL.
901
00:59:04,011 --> 00:59:07,915
>> HER PERFORMANCE EVERYONE
TALKS ABOUT IS GLORIA SWANSON AS
902
00:59:07,915 --> 00:59:12,420
NORMA DESMOND GLORIA SWANSON HAD
BEEN A HUGE STAR IN SILENT FILMS
903
00:59:12,420 --> 00:59:15,189
SO SHE VERY MUCH KNEW THE
CHARACTER SHE PLAYED.
904
00:59:15,189 --> 00:59:18,092
>> WE DIDN�T NEED THAT.
WE HAD FAYS.
905
00:59:18,092 --> 00:59:23,931
>> NOW IN HER EARLY �50S, SHE IS
PLAYING THIS DEPOSED QUEEN WHO
906
00:59:23,931 --> 00:59:25,966
BECOMES INCREASINGLY DELUSIONAL
AND GOES MAD.
907
00:59:25,966 --> 00:59:27,868
>> THERE�S NOTHING ELSE, JUST
US.
908
00:59:27,868 --> 00:59:32,039
AND THE CAMERAS.
AND THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OUT
909
00:59:32,039 --> 00:59:36,210
THERE IN THE DARK.
>> IT�S A FILM ABOUT HOLLYWOOD�S
910
00:59:36,210 --> 00:59:39,413
TENDENCY TOES THROW PEOPLE AWAY
TO, BUILD PEOPLE UP AND THEN
911
00:59:39,413 --> 00:59:43,017
TEAR THEM DOWN AND FORGET THEM.
>> LORD, I�M NOT 20ISH.
912
00:59:43,017 --> 00:59:47,655
I�M NOT 30ISH.
THREE MONTHS AGO, I WAS 40 YEARS
913
00:59:47,655 --> 00:59:50,157
OLD.
40.
914
00:59:50,157 --> 00:59:52,460
4�0.
>> UPSET BOULEVARD AND ALL ABOUT
915
00:59:52,460 --> 00:59:55,596
EVE BOTH CAME OUT IN THE 1950.
BETTE DAVIS HAD A KIND OF LULL
916
00:59:55,596 --> 01:00:00,201
IN HER CAREER AND MADE A COUPLE
MOVIES THAT HADN�T MADE MONEY SO
917
01:00:00,201 --> 01:00:04,472
THIS WAS A REAL COMEBACK.
HERE SHE WAS PLAYING THIS GREAT
918
01:00:04,472 --> 01:00:08,142
STAGE ACRES MARGARET CHANNING
WORRIED ABOUT LOSING HER CAREER,
919
01:00:08,142 --> 01:00:10,911
LOSING HERMAN AND ALONG COMES
EVE HARRINGTON.
920
01:00:10,911 --> 01:00:12,947
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY
ELEGANT NEW SUIT.
921
01:00:12,947 --> 01:00:15,716
>> VERY BECOMING.
IT LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN YOU
922
01:00:15,716 --> 01:00:19,253
THAN IT DID ON ME.
>> THIS UP AND COME IRSTARTS AS
923
01:00:19,253 --> 01:00:23,491
A FAN BUT YOU QUICKLY REALIZE
SHE�S SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.
924
01:00:23,491 --> 01:00:26,794
SHE WANTS TO GET THE ROLES THAT
MARGOT ONCE WAS GETTING.
925
01:00:26,794 --> 01:00:30,731
MARGOT IS FIGHTING THIS TOOTH
AND NAIL AS ONLY BETTE DAVIS
926
01:00:30,731 --> 01:00:32,133
CAN.
>> FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS.
927
01:00:32,133 --> 01:00:35,469
IT�S GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT.
>> BETTE DAVIS ATTENTION YOU
928
01:00:35,469 --> 01:00:42,209
FROM THE HEIGHT OF VANITY TO THE
DEPTHS OF DESPAIR.
929
01:00:42,209 --> 01:00:45,045
AND I JUST LOVE THAT ART.
I THINK THAT�S THE GREATEST
930
01:00:45,045 --> 01:00:48,482
PERFORMANCE OF HER CAREER.
>> A WOMAN�S CAREER, THE THINGS
931
01:00:48,482 --> 01:00:53,521
YOU DROP ON YOUR LADDER SO YOU
CAN MOVE FASTER, YOU FORGET
932
01:00:53,521 --> 01:00:57,725
YOU�LL NEED THEM AGAIN WHEN YOU
GET BACK TO BEING A WOMAN.
933
01:00:57,725 --> 01:01:00,561
>> SUNSET BOULEVARD AND ALL
ABOUT EVE ARE ALL ABOUT ACTORS
934
01:01:00,561 --> 01:01:04,732
COMPETING EACH OTHER AND BEING
USURPED BY A YOUNGER AGENDA
935
01:01:04,732 --> 01:01:06,167
RIGGS.
THAT�S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BEST
936
01:01:06,167 --> 01:01:09,069
ACTRESS RACE WHERE HAD YOU GLOR
WA SWANSON COMPETING AGAINST
937
01:01:09,069 --> 01:01:12,473
BETTE DAVIS.
HOWEVER THE WINNER WAS JUDY
938
01:01:12,473 --> 01:01:16,844
HOLLIDAY WHO HAD JUST RISEN TO
OVERNIGHT FAME IN "BORN
939
01:01:16,844 --> 01:01:18,546
YESTERDAY."
>> WHAT DID YOU SAY IT FOR?
940
01:01:18,546 --> 01:01:19,480
>> I DON�T KNOW.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
941
01:01:19,480 --> 01:01:27,820
>> 29.
>> IT�S ENTERTAINMENT IN YOUR
942
01:01:27,820 --> 01:01:31,358
OWN LIVING ROOM AND ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY MOVIE AUDIENCES OF ALL
943
01:01:31,358 --> 01:01:33,894
AGES SIT GLUED TO THEIR
TELEVISION SETS.
944
01:01:33,894 --> 01:01:36,897
THE PICTURE MAY BE SMALL BUT
IT�S FREE.
945
01:01:36,897 --> 01:01:39,867
>> PROBABLY THE MOST SERIOUS
THREAT TO MOVIES CAME IN THE
946
01:01:39,867 --> 01:01:46,407
1950s WHEN PEOPLE WERE OOH
BUYING TELEVISIONS.
947
01:01:46,407 --> 01:01:51,278
BIBLICAL EXSPANSIVE EPICS IN THE
�50S WERE ONE OF HOLLYWOOD�S
948
01:01:51,278 --> 01:01:54,415
FIRST SUCCESSFUL ANSWERS TO THE
THREAT OF TELEVISION.
949
01:01:54,415 --> 01:01:56,917
THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE BACK TO THE
THEATERS AND THAT JUST CAUSED
950
01:01:56,917 --> 01:01:59,420
HOLLYWOOD TO MAKE MORE AND MORE
OF THEM.
951
01:01:59,420 --> 01:02:02,790
>> WHO SHALL WITHSTAND THE POWER
OF GOD?
952
01:02:02,790 --> 01:02:06,827
>> WATCHING YOUR BLACK AND WHITE
BOX TV ON THE FLOOR OF YOUR
953
01:02:06,827 --> 01:02:10,531
LIVING ROOM WAS NOTHING COMPARED
TO GOING TO A MOVIE LIKE BEN
954
01:02:10,531 --> 01:02:12,299
HUR.
IT WAS JUST NOT THE KIND OF
955
01:02:12,299 --> 01:02:18,239
THING THAT ANYBODY HAD SEEN AT
THAT TIME.
956
01:02:18,239 --> 01:02:22,643
>> MOVIES HAD TO GET OFF THEIR
LAWYERS NOT LAYS AROUND AND
957
01:02:22,643 --> 01:02:27,748
LET�S MAKE GOING TO THE CINEMA
AN EVEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY
958
01:02:27,748 --> 01:02:29,450
EXPERIENCE.
THEN AFTER TELEVISION COMES
959
01:02:29,450 --> 01:02:32,353
ALONG, SOME OF THE GREAT
MUSICALS OF ALL TIME COME ALONG
960
01:02:32,353 --> 01:02:35,456
AS A RESULT OF THAT.
♪ GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING
961
01:02:35,456 --> 01:02:38,726
IT�S GREAT TO STAY UP LATE GOOD
MORNING GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
962
01:02:38,726 --> 01:02:43,464
♪.
>> SINGING IN THE RAIN IS THE
963
01:02:43,464 --> 01:02:45,666
PERFECT MOVIE.
IT�S FUN AND IT�S BEAUTIFUL AND
964
01:02:45,666 --> 01:02:47,868
IT�S COLORFUL AND THE SONGS ARE
BRILLIANT.
965
01:02:47,868 --> 01:02:51,038
I DIDN�T REALIZE AT THE TIME
THAT THEY WERE FROM DIFFERENT
966
01:02:51,038 --> 01:02:53,440
MUSICALS.
>> SINGING IN THE RAIN.
967
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:56,143
>> SINGING IN THE RAIN WAS IN
ANOTHER MOVIE.
968
01:02:56,143 --> 01:03:00,948
IT WAS NOT THAT POPULAR.
BUT I THINK A SONG IS JUST A
969
01:03:00,948 --> 01:03:02,349
SONG UNTIL THE RIGHT SINGER
SINGS IT.
970
01:03:02,349 --> 01:03:06,687
>>.
♪ SINGING IN THE RAIN JUST
971
01:03:06,687 --> 01:03:09,556
SINGING IN THE RAIN ♪
♪ WHAT A GLORIOUS FEELING I�M
972
01:03:09,556 --> 01:03:16,563
HAPPY AGAIN ♪
>> SAID WHAT DO YOU DO WITH
973
01:03:16,563 --> 01:03:20,768
SINGING IN THE RAIN?
I SAID IT WILL BE RAINING AND
974
01:03:20,768 --> 01:03:22,069
I�LL BE SINGING.
THAT WAS IT.
975
01:03:22,069 --> 01:03:25,039
IT WASN�T HARD TO COMPOSE IT.
>> THE MOMENT OF SLASHING THE
976
01:03:25,039 --> 01:03:30,811
WATER.
>> THAT PART WAS FUN.
977
01:03:30,811 --> 01:03:33,681
♪
CLANG, CLANG CLANG WENT THE
978
01:03:33,681 --> 01:03:36,150
TROLLEY.
DING DING DING WENT THE BELL.
979
01:03:36,150 --> 01:03:41,388
>> WHEN YOU COME ALONG WITH
VINCENT MINNELLI MAKING "MEET ME
980
01:03:41,388 --> 01:03:48,128
IN ST. LOUIS" AND "AMERICAN IN
PARIS" AND "THE BAND WAGON," YOU
981
01:03:48,128 --> 01:03:50,831
HAVE SUCH ORIGINALITY, SUCH JOY
AND SUCH, WOULD THAT STAND THE
982
01:03:50,831 --> 01:03:53,167
TEST OF TIME.
♪ WANT TO HAVE BELLS THAT WILL
983
01:03:53,167 --> 01:03:58,639
RING YOU WANT TO HAVE SONGS THAT
WILL SING ♪ IN 195, GEORGE KOOK
984
01:03:58,639 --> 01:04:01,809
COREY MAKES A STAR IS BORN AND
TURNS IT INTO A MUSICAL.
985
01:04:01,809 --> 01:04:06,947
>> IF I DON�T GET MY WAY, I
BEGIN TO BREAK UP PEOPLE.
986
01:04:06,947 --> 01:04:09,650
YOU UNDERSTAND, DON�T YOU?
>> YES, I UNDERSTAND.
987
01:04:09,650 --> 01:04:13,120
>> JUDY GARLAND AT THAT POINT
HAS HAD HER SHARE OF PROBLEMS
988
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:15,322
WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, BEEN
FIRED.
989
01:04:15,322 --> 01:04:20,894
SO "A STAR IS BORN" IS REALLY A
HUGE COMEBACK FOR JUDY GARLAND.
990
01:04:20,894 --> 01:04:26,364
♪ THE NIGHT BITTER ♪
>> SHE�S PLAYING THE UPUP AND
991
01:04:26,364 --> 01:04:31,171
COMING SINGER WHO IS DISCOVERED
BY AN ALCOHOLIC ACTOR.
992
01:04:31,171 --> 01:04:35,409
YOU GET THESE GREAT MUSICAL
NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY THE MAN WHO
993
01:04:35,409 --> 01:04:36,777
GOT AWAY.
>> Reporter: ALL BECAUSE OF THE
994
01:04:36,777 --> 01:04:43,283
MAN THAT GOT AWAY ♪
>> SHE MAKES YOU FEEL EVERY
995
01:04:43,283 --> 01:04:46,620
SINGLE EMOTION IN THAT SHE�S
HEBBING HER BODY TOWARD THE
996
01:04:46,620 --> 01:04:49,456
CAMERA.
IT IS A CRY OF ANGST AND PAIN.
997
01:04:49,456 --> 01:04:53,494
IT IS AN OPERA MOMENT THAT SHE
IS TURNING INTO JUST ONE OF THE
998
01:04:53,494 --> 01:04:58,365
GREAT MOVIE MOMENTS OF ALL TIME.
ONE UNINTERRUPTED TAKE OF HER
999
01:04:58,365 --> 01:05:01,402
SINGING THIS SONG.
♪ LEASE JUST TO LETUP ♪
1000
01:05:01,402 --> 01:05:05,572
>> YOU SEE THE MOST INTIMATE
REVELATION OF THIS PERFORMER WHO
1001
01:05:05,572 --> 01:05:08,642
HAS SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE THAT
SOMEHOW IS NOT GETTING OUT
1002
01:05:08,642 --> 01:05:10,611
BECAUSE THEY�RE BEING BOTTOMED
IN ANOTHER WAY.
1003
01:05:10,611 --> 01:05:14,048
EVERYTHING CAN RELATE TO THAT
WHETHER YOU�RE 0 AN ARTIST OR
1004
01:05:14,048 --> 01:05:19,386
NOT OR A MUSICIAN OR NOT.
♪ THE MAN ♪
1005
01:05:19,386 --> 01:05:28,236
>> SELF�REVELATION.
♪ THAT GOT AWAY ♪
1006
01:05:40,007 --> 01:05:42,570
>> WE�RE GOING TO GET THE ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION IF WE HAVE TO
1007
01:05:42,570 --> 01:05:45,506
STAY HERE FOR A WEEK.
ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE
1008
01:05:45,506 --> 01:05:47,508
COMMUNIST MEMBER OR HAVE YOU
EVER BEEN A MEMBER OF THE
1009
01:05:47,508 --> 01:05:50,778
COMMUNIST PARTY?
>> AFTER WORLD WAR II IS ENDED,
1010
01:05:50,778 --> 01:05:55,316
THE HOUSE UN�AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE SETS OUT LOOKING FOR
1011
01:05:55,316 --> 01:05:57,985
SO�CALLED COMMUNIST INFILTRATION
OF THE AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE
1012
01:05:57,985 --> 01:05:59,653
INDUSTRY.
>> THE CHARGE HAS BEEN MADE THAT
1013
01:05:59,653 --> 01:06:03,958
THE THE SCREENWRITER GUILD HAD A
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN IT WHO
1014
01:06:03,958 --> 01:06:06,260
ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY.
1015
01:06:06,260 --> 01:06:10,764
>> THERE WAS THE SENSE THAT IF
THE SOVIETS WANTED TO INFILTRATE
1016
01:06:10,764 --> 01:06:14,335
AMERICA, THE WAY TO DO IT WAS TO
INFECT HOLLYWOOD.
1017
01:06:14,335 --> 01:06:17,972
>> YOUR PURPOSE IS TO USE THIS
TO DISRUPT THE MOTION PICTURE
1018
01:06:17,972 --> 01:06:22,042
INDUSTRY TO INVADE THE RIGHTS
NOT ONLY OF ME BUT OF THE
1019
01:06:22,042 --> 01:06:23,844
PRODUCERS TO THEIR THOUGHTS, TO
THEIR OPINIONS.
1020
01:06:23,844 --> 01:06:27,247
>> TEN SCREENWRITERS AND
PRODUCERS WHO REFUSED TO
1021
01:06:27,247 --> 01:06:29,950
COOPERATE WITH THEIR
INVESTIGATION EVENTUALLY ARE
1022
01:06:29,950 --> 01:06:32,486
FOUND GUILTY OF CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS AND SENTENCED AND SERVE
1023
01:06:32,486 --> 01:06:36,056
UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON.
>> WE WILL NOT REEMPLOY ANY OF
1024
01:06:36,056 --> 01:06:39,093
THE TEN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS HE IS
ACQUITTED.
1025
01:06:39,093 --> 01:06:42,630
>> THE COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED
PEOPLE WHO WERE SUSPECTED OF
1026
01:06:42,630 --> 01:06:46,233
BEING COMMUNISTS AND THEN THE
STUDIOS THEMSELVES PROCEEDED TO
1027
01:06:46,233 --> 01:06:49,870
FIRE AND BLACK LIST ANYONE WHO
REFUSED TO COOPERATE.
1028
01:06:49,870 --> 01:06:53,140
>> BEN MILLER NOW WITH JIM
PIERCE AND JACK COLBY.
1029
01:06:53,140 --> 01:06:57,344
THEY ASKED ABOUT THE NOON TRAIN.
>> THE NOON TRAIN?
1030
01:06:57,344 --> 01:07:02,316
>> AND CARL FOREMAN IS WRITING
THE SCREENPLAY OF "HIGH NOON" IN
1031
01:07:02,316 --> 01:07:04,952
THOR?
OF 1951 WHEN HE GETS A SUBPOENA
1032
01:07:04,952 --> 01:07:07,521
TO TESTIFY BEFORE ACCOUNT HOUSE
UN�AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
1033
01:07:07,521 --> 01:07:13,051
AND HE�S BEGINNING TO WRITE MORE
INTO THE SCREENPLAY OF A PARABLE
1034
01:07:13,051 --> 01:07:17,631
AL GOER EVEN ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD
BLACK LIST.
1035
01:07:17,631 --> 01:07:24,004
>> FOREMAN BEGINS TO SEE THE
COMMITTEE AS THE YOUNG THUGS WHO
1036
01:07:24,004 --> 01:07:25,606
WERE COMING TO TOWN TO KILL HIM
AND HE AN BEGINS TO IDENTIFY
1037
01:07:25,606 --> 01:07:28,108
WITH THE MARSHALL HIMSELF.
>> THIS IS MY TOWN.
1038
01:07:28,108 --> 01:07:31,679
I�VE GOT FRIENDS HERE.
I�LL SWEAR IN A BUNCH OF SPECIAL
1039
01:07:31,679 --> 01:07:34,481
DEPUTIES AND WITH A POS IS HE
BEHIND ME, MAYBE THERE WOULD BE
1040
01:07:34,481 --> 01:07:36,684
ANY TROUBLE.
>> YOU KNOW THEY�LL BE TROUBLE.
1041
01:07:36,684 --> 01:07:38,686
>> THEN IT�S BETTER TO HAVE IT
HERE.
1042
01:07:38,686 --> 01:07:42,156
>> COOPER IS GIVING THIS
INCREDIBLE NATURAL PERFORMANCE.
1043
01:07:42,156 --> 01:07:45,826
THIS ONGOING DILEMMA THAT�S
GOING ON IN HIS MIND ENDS UP
1044
01:07:45,826 --> 01:07:47,895
BEING THE HEART BEAT OF THE
MOVIE.
1045
01:07:47,895 --> 01:07:50,964
>> SOME OF YOU WERE SPECIAL
DEPUTIES WHEN WE BROKE THIS
1046
01:07:50,964 --> 01:07:54,001
BUNCH.
I NEED YOU AGAIN NOW.
1047
01:07:54,001 --> 01:07:59,606
>> THE SCRIPT HAS THIS GREAT
1950s THEME OF YOUR NEIGHBOR�S
1048
01:07:59,606 --> 01:08:02,076
ABANDONING YOU BECAUSE MIGHT BE
A COMMUNIST OR BECAUSE THEY
1049
01:08:02,076 --> 01:08:06,547
DON�T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT
THEIR BOMB SHELTER MOVIE.
1050
01:08:06,547 --> 01:08:11,618
ILLUMINATED WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> CARL FOREMAN WAS A MAN OF
1051
01:08:11,618 --> 01:08:14,555
SUCH PRINCIPLE THAT WHEN HE
TESTIFIED, HE WOULD NOT NAME
1052
01:08:14,555 --> 01:08:17,124
NAMES.
IS HE PAID AN ENORMOUS PRICE.
1053
01:08:17,124 --> 01:08:19,393
HE WAS FORCED TO UPROOT AND MOVE
TO ENGLAND.
1054
01:08:19,393 --> 01:08:23,263
THE GREAT TRAGEDY OF THE BLACK
LIST IS THAT IT DESTROYED
1055
01:08:23,263 --> 01:08:27,267
CAREERS AND IT BRUISED OTHERS
AND IT TURNED CREATIVE PEOPLE
1056
01:08:27,267 --> 01:08:29,970
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
IT WAS A TERRIBLY CHALLENGING
1057
01:08:29,970 --> 01:08:33,240
TIME AND YOU HAD PEOPLE FEARING
ANOTHER WAR.
1058
01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:37,377
>> YOU�RE A TRAITOR.
YOU�RE A TRAITOR AND A SPY.
1059
01:08:37,377 --> 01:08:39,480
>> THOSE ARE JUST UNPLEASANT
WORDS.
1060
01:08:39,480 --> 01:08:42,382
I�M A LOYAL SUPPORTER OF THE
GREATEST SOCIAL EXPERIMENT IN
1061
01:08:42,382 --> 01:08:45,252
THE WORLD.
>> AMERICA WAS GOING THROUGH
1062
01:08:45,252 --> 01:08:48,088
COMMUNIST PARANOIA.
WE WILL COMMUNIST INFILTRATION
1063
01:08:48,088 --> 01:08:49,990
IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR
GOVERNMENT.
1064
01:08:49,990 --> 01:08:57,097
FROM THAT YOU GET ALIEN INVASION
MOVIES.
1065
01:08:57,097 --> 01:08:58,799
MOVIES.
>> IT WAS AN ERA THAT WAS STIPED
1066
01:08:58,799 --> 01:09:01,401
IN FEAR.
NOT JUST FROM THE COMMUNIST
1067
01:09:01,401 --> 01:09:05,973
WITCH HUNTS THAT WERE GOING ON
BUT OF COURSE, FROM THE ATOM
1068
01:09:05,973 --> 01:09:08,842
BOMB.
>> THE CREATION OF NUCLEAR
1069
01:09:08,842 --> 01:09:10,978
WEAPONS MAKES THE POSSIBILITIES
FOR TERROR AND HORROR SEEM
1070
01:09:10,978 --> 01:09:19,887
ENDLESS.
>> THE GIANT INSECT GENRE
1071
01:09:19,887 --> 01:09:23,787
STARTED WITH THIS THEM" IN 1954.
>> A FANTASTIC MUTATION PROBABLY
1072
01:09:23,787 --> 01:09:26,894
CAUSED BY LINGERING RADIATION
FROM THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB.
1073
01:09:26,894 --> 01:09:31,098
>> THAT KICKED OFF A TREND OF
CREATURE FEATURES.
1074
01:09:31,098 --> 01:09:34,067
>> A MONSTER LEADING A TRAIL OF
CARNAGE.
1075
01:09:34,067 --> 01:09:39,006
>> THE IMAGINATION RAN WILD.
WHAT�S GOING TO HAPPEN TO US IN
1076
01:09:39,006 --> 01:09:42,676
THIS NUCLEAR AGE.
>> I DIDN�T THINK I HAD THAT
1077
01:09:42,676 --> 01:09:46,180
MUCH TO DRINK.
>> I LOVED ALL THE �50S SCI�FI
1078
01:09:46,180 --> 01:09:50,584
FILMS, THE WORSE OF THEM TO THE
BEST OF THEM FROM "I MARRIED A
1079
01:09:50,584 --> 01:09:55,389
MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE" TO ��
YOU CAN�T GET FURTHER APART IN
1080
01:09:55,389 --> 01:10:01,061
TERMS OF TWO FILMS THAT ONLY
SHARE ONE THING, GENRE, THAT�S
1081
01:10:01,061 --> 01:10:03,530
IT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THIS MONSTER STORY
1082
01:10:03,530 --> 01:10:06,733
OF YOURS?
WELL, IT�S BIG AND TERRIBLE.
1083
01:10:06,733 --> 01:10:11,205
>> ORIGINALLY GODZILLA WAS A
JAPANESE FILM IN JAPANESE.
1084
01:10:11,205 --> 01:10:14,975
THE WAY HOLLYWOOD TRIED TO TURN
IT INTO SOMETHING WE COULD
1085
01:10:14,975 --> 01:10:19,246
DIGEST THEY RECUT IT WITH AN
AMERICAN REPORTER IN TOKYO.
1086
01:10:19,246 --> 01:10:22,249
>> I PREFER THE PURE JAPANESE
VERSION BECAUSE IT�S SO VISUAL.
1087
01:10:22,249 --> 01:10:26,954
IT�S MUCH MORE PRIMAL.
AND GODZILLA IS MUCH MORE
1088
01:10:26,954 --> 01:10:28,455
PIERCE.
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE DOING?
1089
01:10:28,455 --> 01:10:31,925
TRYING TO SAVE THEMSELVES AND
TRYING TO CONCOCT SOME KIND OF A
1090
01:10:31,925 --> 01:10:33,627
TECHNOLOGY TO DESTROY THE
MONSTER.
1091
01:10:33,627 --> 01:10:36,930
THAT�S ALL YOU REALLY HAVE TO
KNOW.
1092
01:10:36,930 --> 01:10:42,336
>> IT IS LIST RALLY THE REACTION
OF A POPULACE THAT HAS HAD AS
1093
01:10:42,336 --> 01:10:45,739
ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON THEM.
WHAT DID THAT FEEL LIKE
1094
01:10:45,739 --> 01:10:47,574
CULTURALLY?
LIKE A MONSTER CAPE OUT OF THE
1095
01:10:47,574 --> 01:10:50,210
OCEAN AND STOMPED YOUR
CIVILIZATION FLAT.
1096
01:10:50,210 --> 01:10:53,013
>> THEY COME FROM ANOTHER WORLD
SPAWNED IN THE LIGHT YEARS OF
1097
01:10:53,013 --> 01:10:56,049
SPACE UNLEASHED TO TAKE OVER THE
BODIES AND SOULS OF THE PEOPLE
1098
01:10:56,049 --> 01:10:58,318
OF OUR PLANET.
>> ONE OF THE MOVIES THAT
1099
01:10:58,318 --> 01:11:03,357
DEFINES THE ANXIETY OF THE 1950s
IS "INVASION OF THE BODY
1100
01:11:03,357 --> 01:11:05,993
SNATCHERS" WHERE THE ENEMY IS
GOING TO COME AND LOOK LIKE YOUR
1101
01:11:05,993 --> 01:11:07,594
NUMBER.
>> WE�VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.
1102
01:11:07,594 --> 01:11:11,365
>> IT�S GOING TO TAKE YOU OVER
AND BEFORE YOU REALIZE IT,
1103
01:11:11,365 --> 01:11:12,532
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND LOVE IS
GONE.
1104
01:11:12,532 --> 01:11:15,535
>> WE�VE GOT TO GO.
>> THEY�LL NEVER BELIEVE ME.
1105
01:11:15,535 --> 01:11:17,971
>> HELP.
>> INVASION OF THE BODY
1106
01:11:17,971 --> 01:11:21,008
SNATCHERS IS A GRADE GENRE MOVIE
THAT, WOULD ON TWO LEVELS.
1107
01:11:21,008 --> 01:11:25,579
IT CAN BE SEEN AS A METAPHOR FOR
THREAT OF COMMUNISTS.
1108
01:11:25,579 --> 01:11:28,448
ON THE FLIPSIDE IT�S ABOUT THE
THREAT OF THE McCARTHY WITCH
1109
01:11:28,448 --> 01:11:32,819
HUNT AND YET IT CERTAINLY, WOULD
ON ITS OWN TERMS AS A HORROR
1110
01:11:32,819 --> 01:11:36,156
MOVIE.
>> THROUGH ALL OF THIS,
1111
01:11:36,156 --> 01:11:37,956
CHILDREN, EVERYONE.
THEY�RE HERE ALREADY.
1112
01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:56,296
"AND THE WATERFRONT IS A
REMARKABLE FILM SET ON THE DOCKS
1113
01:11:56,296 --> 01:11:59,432
OF NEW JERSEY AT A TIME WHEN
THERE WERE CROOKED LABOR UNIONS
1114
01:11:59,432 --> 01:12:03,403
THAT CONTROLLED THE DOCKS AND
YOU HAD TO BE IN GOOD WITH THE
1115
01:12:03,403 --> 01:12:05,438
UNION BOUSS TO GET ANY KIND OF
WORK.
1116
01:12:05,438 --> 01:12:11,278
THIS IS ABOUT HOW THAT SYSTEM
WAS BROKEN.
1117
01:12:11,278 --> 01:12:15,148
>> WATCH IT.
>> GET A DOCTOR!
1118
01:12:15,148 --> 01:12:18,652
>> ON THE WATER FRONT IS THE
FIRST TIME I SAW PEOPLE THAT I
1119
01:12:18,652 --> 01:12:23,924
KNEW THAT THAT I WAS GROWING UP
WITH, THE PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY
1120
01:12:23,924 --> 01:12:26,459
THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS UP
THERE ON THE SCREEN.
1121
01:12:26,459 --> 01:12:29,930
THE DEPICTION OF THE LIFESTYLE
WAS VERY REALISTIC.
1122
01:12:29,930 --> 01:12:33,733
THE TENEMENTS WERE THE SAME.
YOU COULD PUT A GAME ON EVERY
1123
01:12:33,733 --> 01:12:39,339
IMAGE AND IT�S BEAUTIFUL ART.
>> BE CAREFUL DON�T SPILL NO
1124
01:12:39,339 --> 01:12:41,575
WATER ON THE FLOOR.
>> THE BEHAVIOR OF BRANDO WAS
1125
01:12:41,575 --> 01:12:43,710
THE BREAK THROUGH OF THE
CENTURY.
1126
01:12:43,710 --> 01:12:46,546
>> I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I
SAW BRANDO ON THE SCREEN AND IT
1127
01:12:46,546 --> 01:12:50,016
WAS A REVOLUTION.
REVOLUTIONIZED THE ART OF
1128
01:12:50,016 --> 01:12:50,817
ACTING.
> I DON�T KNOW NOTHING.
1129
01:12:50,817 --> 01:12:55,221
>> BY BRINGING A LEVEL OF
REALITY THAT NOBODY EVER THOUGHT
1130
01:12:55,221 --> 01:12:58,091
WAS ACCEPTABLE.
>> I COULD HAVE BEEN A
1131
01:12:58,091 --> 01:13:01,628
CONTENDER.
I COULD HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY.
1132
01:13:01,628 --> 01:13:04,631
INSTEAD OF A BUM.
>> EVERYBODY LOOKED UP TO
1133
01:13:04,631 --> 01:13:06,333
BRANDO.
HE WAS GREAT.
1134
01:13:06,333 --> 01:13:10,403
WASN�T ABOUT TECHNIQUE IN A WAY,
IT WAS TECHNIQUE OF A SORT BUT
1135
01:13:10,403 --> 01:13:13,506
IT WAS ABOUT JUST FEELING.
YOU FELT SO MUCH FROM HIM.
1136
01:13:13,506 --> 01:13:16,977
>> I WAS YOU, CHARLIE.
>> MARLON BRANDO IS OFTEN
1137
01:13:16,977 --> 01:13:19,779
ASSOCIATED WITH THE METHOD AS A
STYLE OF ACTING.
1138
01:13:19,779 --> 01:13:24,584
>> THE METHOD ESSENTIALLY IS
TERRIBLY HUMAN PROFOUNDLY HUMAN
1139
01:13:24,584 --> 01:13:27,320
THING.
IT�S NOT �� IT WAS AFFECTED BY
1140
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:30,957
PSYCHOANALYSIS, THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOLE.
1141
01:13:30,957 --> 01:13:35,495
>> HE�S BUILT IN ON THE
WATERFRONT BUT WHO ISN�T.
1142
01:13:35,495 --> 01:13:38,398
THEY�RE ALL METHOD ACTORS FROM
THE ACTORS STUDIO.
1143
01:13:38,398 --> 01:13:45,138
>> MUCH AS I ADMIRED BRANDO,
CARL MALDEN, EVE VA MARIE SAINT
1144
01:13:45,138 --> 01:13:47,207
WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
ACTRESSES.
1145
01:13:47,207 --> 01:13:50,577
CA ZAN WORKED SO WELL WITH HER.
>> YES, I AM.
1146
01:13:50,577 --> 01:13:54,948
>> THERE WERE SO MANY OF US FROM
THE STUDIO.
1147
01:13:54,948 --> 01:13:58,585
WE ALL WERE RATHER THE SAME WAY
AND WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH ONE
1148
01:13:58,585 --> 01:14:00,553
ANOTHER.
>> I GUESS THEY DON�T LET YOU
1149
01:14:00,553 --> 01:14:03,089
WALK WITH FELLOWS WHERE YOU�VE
BEEN, HUH.
1150
01:14:03,089 --> 01:14:06,960
>> YOU KNOW HOW THE SISTERS ARE.
>> ARE YOU TRYING TO BE A NUN.
1151
01:14:06,960 --> 01:14:10,764
>> EADIE MY CHARACTER HAD GLOVES
AND I DROPPED A GLOVE BY
1152
01:14:10,764 --> 01:14:13,800
ACCIDENT I DROPPED IT.
HE PICKED UP THE GLOVE.
1153
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:18,438
HE PUT IT ON HIS HAND.
>> WE�RE GOING TO HAVE A
1154
01:14:18,438 --> 01:14:20,640
THANKSGIVING PARTY.
>> IT WAS VERY SENSUOUS WHAT HE
1155
01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:25,178
WAS DOING WITH THAT GLOVE AND
EADIE HAD TO GET THE GLOVE.
1156
01:14:25,178 --> 01:14:26,880
AND SHE DIDN�T KNOW HOW TO GET
IT.
1157
01:14:26,880 --> 01:14:30,350
SHE HAD TO GO TO HIM TO BE
CLOSER TO HIM.
1158
01:14:30,350 --> 01:14:33,620
>> I COULD GET HOME ALL RIGHT
NOW, THANKS.
1159
01:14:33,620 --> 01:14:39,592
>> IT SHOWS THE SENSITIVITY AND
THE GENIUS OF MARLON BRANDO.
1160
01:14:39,592 --> 01:14:42,662
>> ON THE WATERFRONT WAS
NOMINATED FOR 12 ACADEMY AWARDS.
1161
01:14:42,662 --> 01:14:47,734
IT WINS EIGHT INCLUDING BEST
SUPPORTING ACTRESS EVA MARIE
1162
01:14:47,734 --> 01:14:50,203
SAINT WHO IS PREGNANT WHILE SHE
ACCEPTS IT.
1163
01:14:50,203 --> 01:14:52,038
>> I MAY HAVE THE BABY RIGHT
HERE.
1164
01:14:52,038 --> 01:14:57,510
>> I HAD THE BABY THE NEXT DAY.
AND NO, WE DID NOT CALL HIM
1165
01:14:57,510 --> 01:14:59,079
OSCAR.
>> WHEN I THINK OF SOME OF THE
1166
01:14:59,079 --> 01:15:05,218
GREAT ACTORS OF THE 1950s LIKE
MONTGOMERY CLIFT, AUDREY
1167
01:15:05,218 --> 01:15:09,789
HEPBURN, SIDNEY PHOTOYER, ANDY
GRIFFITH AND, OF COURSE, JAMES
1168
01:15:09,789 --> 01:15:13,993
DEAN THEY�RE A YOUNG GENERATION
WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE MORE OF
1169
01:15:13,993 --> 01:15:15,729
THAT YOUR SOUL IN THEIR
PERFORMANCE.
1170
01:15:15,729 --> 01:15:18,832
>> WHEN I SAW EAST OF EDEN, I
WAS LIKE OH, MY GOD.
1171
01:15:18,832 --> 01:15:22,268
OH, MY GOD.
IT WAS METHOD ACTING AT ITS
1172
01:15:22,268 --> 01:15:24,838
FINEST.
I DO THINK THAT HE�S ABSOLUTELY
1173
01:15:24,838 --> 01:15:29,442
ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTORSES WHO
EVER LIMBED AND THAT�S BASED ON
1174
01:15:29,442 --> 01:15:35,115
EAST OF EDEN ALONE FOR ME.
>> REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE WAS THE
1175
01:15:35,115 --> 01:15:37,684
FILM THAT MADE JAMES DEAN A
MASSIVE STAR.
1176
01:15:37,684 --> 01:15:42,922
HE ONLY WAS IN THREE FILMS.
BUT ALL OF THEM ARE
1177
01:15:42,922 --> 01:15:45,558
UNFORGETTABLE.
>> I REALLY WAS MOVED BY REBEL
1178
01:15:45,558 --> 01:15:49,195
WITHOUT A CAUSE.
WHEN HE PULLS UP THE BOTTLE TO
1179
01:15:49,195 --> 01:15:51,397
HIS FOREHEAD, I HAD NEVER SEEN
THAT.
1180
01:15:51,397 --> 01:15:52,665
I DON�T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME
FROM.
1181
01:15:52,665 --> 01:15:57,570
IT WAS SO INTERNAL AND SO
CONFLICTED.
1182
01:15:57,570 --> 01:16:02,275
>> MY, YOU SURE DO LOOK PRETTY.
>> JUST WENT FARTHER THAN ANYONE
1183
01:16:02,275 --> 01:16:07,313
I�D EVER SEEN BEFORE THAT
IMMERSING HIMSELF IN THESE
1184
01:16:07,313 --> 01:16:09,716
CHARACTERS.
>> JAMES DEAN BECOMES AN ICONIC
1185
01:16:09,716 --> 01:16:14,053
FIGURE WHO SPEAKS TO A
GENERATION AND WHEN YOU ADD TO
1186
01:16:14,053 --> 01:16:19,292
THAT THE UNFULFILLED LIFE
BECAUSE OF DYING IN HIS YOUTH,
1187
01:16:19,292 --> 01:16:23,163
YOU HAVE A KIND OF PERFECT
COMBINATION OF A MYTHIC FIGURE
1188
01:16:23,163 --> 01:16:26,900
OF WHICH THERE HOME RUN VERY FEW
IN HOLLYWOOD.
1189
01:16:26,900 --> 01:16:30,069
♪ A KISS ON HAND MAY BE QUITE
CONTINENTAL ♪
1190
01:16:30,069 --> 01:16:33,839
♪ BUT DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL�S BEST
FRIEND ♪
1191
01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:39,412
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST IMAGES IN
THE HISTORY OF FILM IS MARILYN
1192
01:16:39,412 --> 01:16:43,283
MONROE IN THAT PINK DRESS
SINGING DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL�S
1193
01:16:43,283 --> 01:16:44,617
BEST FRIEND.
♪ DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL�S BEST
1194
01:16:44,617 --> 01:16:49,322
FRIEND ♪
>> WHAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
1195
01:16:49,322 --> 01:16:52,792
MARILYN MONROE IS SHE BECOMES
THIS BIG SEX SYMBOL STARTING IN
1196
01:16:52,792 --> 01:16:58,364
THE 50s BUT WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON�T KNOW IS HOW FUNNY SHE IS.
1197
01:16:58,364 --> 01:17:01,901
>> OH, DO YOU FEEL THE BREEZE IN
THE SUBWAY?
1198
01:17:01,901 --> 01:17:04,604
ISN�T IT DELICIOUS.
>> SHE EVENTUALLY GOT TIRED OF
1199
01:17:04,604 --> 01:17:09,776
BEING TYPE CAST AS A SEX POT
BOMBSHELL AND WANTED TO EXPAND
1200
01:17:09,776 --> 01:17:12,445
HER RANGE.
SO SHE FAMOUSLY FORSAKES HER
1201
01:17:12,445 --> 01:17:15,715
CONTRACT WITH 20th COUNTRY FOX
TO MOVE TO NEW YORK TO STUDY
1202
01:17:15,715 --> 01:17:19,519
WITH THE MOST RESPECTED ACTING
COACH IN THE UNITED STATES AT
1203
01:17:19,519 --> 01:17:27,589
THE MOMENT LEE STRASBOURG AT THE
ACTOR�S STUDIO.
1204
01:17:27,594 --> 01:17:28,628
>> WE DON�T GIVE HER ENOUGH
CREDIT AS AN ACTRESS.
1205
01:17:28,628 --> 01:17:30,930
SHE COULD DO IT ALL AND BILLY
WILDER KNEW IT.
1206
01:17:30,930 --> 01:17:35,501
>> SOME LIKE IT HOT IS HER MOST
MEMORABLE FILM BECAUSE SHE PUTS
1207
01:17:35,501 --> 01:17:39,701
EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR HERSELF.
YOU START TO SEE HER AS A PERSON
1208
01:17:39,701 --> 01:17:43,176
THAT YOU CARE ABOUT EMOTIONALLY.
>> ALL THE GIRLS DRINK.
1209
01:17:43,176 --> 01:17:45,945
IT�S JUST THE THAT I�M THE ONE
THAT GETS CAUGHT.
1210
01:17:45,945 --> 01:17:48,648
I ALWAYS GET THE FUZZY END OF
THE LOLLIPOP.
1211
01:17:48,648 --> 01:17:52,552
>> WHEN YOU�RE IN THE HANDS OF A
BILLY WILDER, IT�S THE RIGHT
1212
01:17:52,552 --> 01:17:54,721
PERSON SAYING THE LINE IN THE
RATE WAY.
1213
01:17:54,721 --> 01:17:58,424
THEY HEAR THE COMEDY OF IT.
THERE�S A MUSIC TO A PUNCH LINE.
1214
01:17:58,424 --> 01:18:01,794
>> THIS MAY EVEN TURN OUT TO BE
A SURPRISE PARTY.
1215
01:18:01,794 --> 01:18:03,596
>> WHAT SURPRISE?
NOT YET.
1216
01:18:03,596 --> 01:18:07,133
>> WHEN?
>> HAVE A DRINK FIRST.
1217
01:18:07,133 --> 01:18:09,969
>> IT�S A RIDICULOUS MOVIE.
IN A LOT OF WAYS.
1218
01:18:09,969 --> 01:18:16,242
TONY CURTIS AND JACK LEMMON PLAY
THESE TWO MUSICIANS IN 1920s
1219
01:18:16,242 --> 01:18:19,345
CHICAGO AND THEY ACCIDENTALLY
WITNESS THE ST. VALENTINE�S DAY
1220
01:18:19,345 --> 01:18:30,623
MASSACRE AND THEY HAVE TO
WITHOUT TRYING TO, HE ATTRACTS A
1221
01:18:30,623 --> 01:18:32,392
MILLIONAIRE WHO FALLS IN LOVE
WITH HIM.
1222
01:18:32,392 --> 01:18:34,894
>> I�M ENGAGED.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
1223
01:18:34,894 --> 01:18:39,732
WHO�S THE LUCKY GIRL?
>> I AM.
1224
01:18:39,732 --> 01:18:44,070
>> "SOME LIKE IT HOT" IS THE
GREATEST COMEDY OF ALL TIME WITH
1225
01:18:44,070 --> 01:18:49,742
THE GREATEST LAST LINE.
>> YOU DON�T UNDERSTAND, OZGOOD.
1226
01:18:49,742 --> 01:18:53,275
I�M A MAN.
>> WELL, NOBODY�S PERFECT.
1227
01:19:03,737 --> 01:19:05,472
♪
>> I�VE NOTICED YOUR VIEW OF THE
1228
01:19:05,472 --> 01:19:11,177
WEST HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY SAD
AND MELANCHOLY OVER THE YEARS.
1229
01:19:11,177 --> 01:19:13,313
HAVE YOU BEEN AWARE OF THAT
CHANGE IN MOOD?
1230
01:19:13,313 --> 01:19:15,415
>> NO.
>> JOHN FORD IS AMAZING.
1231
01:19:15,415 --> 01:19:19,452
HE PUTS HIS GREAT EMOTION AND
SENSITIVITY INTO THESE
1232
01:19:19,452 --> 01:19:24,724
REMARKABLE FILMS, ONE AFTER THE
OTHER AFTER THE OTHER AFTER THE
1233
01:19:24,724 --> 01:19:26,326
OTHER.
I THINK HE SAW THE WORLD A
1234
01:19:26,326 --> 01:19:29,629
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN
OTHER PEOPLE DID.
1235
01:19:29,629 --> 01:19:33,399
♪
>> HE HAD THIS INCREDIBLE
1236
01:19:33,399 --> 01:19:36,503
INTUITIVE SENSE OF COMPOSITION.
HE UNDENIABLY UNDERSTOOD THE
1237
01:19:36,503 --> 01:19:42,208
POWER OF THE FRAME.
>> THE WESTERN GAVE FORD THE
1238
01:19:42,208 --> 01:19:45,879
FREEDOM TO EXAMINE THEMES OF
MASCULINITY, LOYALTY, REVENGE,
1239
01:19:45,879 --> 01:19:51,618
AND JUSTICE.
"THE SEARCHERS" IS A CULMINATION
1240
01:19:51,618 --> 01:19:55,855
OF THIS JOURNEY WITH THESE SAME
TWO KEY COLLABORATORS.
1241
01:19:55,855 --> 01:19:58,992
THE DIRECTOR NOW IN THE LATE
PART OF HIS CAREER AND THE STAR
1242
01:19:58,992 --> 01:20:05,598
IN THE LATE PART OF HIS CAREER.
>> MURDER!
1243
01:20:05,598 --> 01:20:22,448
>> "THE SEARCHERS" IS PROBABLY
AS DARK AND ME LEF LENTCHARACTER
1244
01:20:22,448 --> 01:20:29,823
WAYNE EVER PLAYED.
HIS NIECE GETS KIDNAPPED.
1245
01:20:29,823 --> 01:20:32,592
ONCE HE FINDS HER, IT�S NOT WHAT
HE EXPECTS.
1246
01:20:32,592 --> 01:20:34,928
>> THESE ARE MY PEOPLE.
GO.
1247
01:20:34,928 --> 01:20:38,898
GO, MARTIN, PLEASE.
>> STAND ASIDE MARTIN.
1248
01:20:38,898 --> 01:20:43,136
>> "THE SEARCHERS" IS A FILM
ABOUT RACISM.
1249
01:20:43,136 --> 01:20:46,673
JOHN WAYNE�S HATRED FOR THE
FIRST NATION�S PEOPLE IS
1250
01:20:46,673 --> 01:20:48,742
PROFOUND.
THE FACT THAT YOU CUT TO THE END
1251
01:20:48,742 --> 01:20:52,011
OF THE STORY AND HE WINDS UP
RESCUING NATALIE WOOD.
1252
01:20:52,011 --> 01:20:56,941
AND IT ALWAYS BRINGS TEARS TO MY
EYES WHEN HE EMBRACES DEBBIE AND
1253
01:20:56,941 --> 01:21:00,653
THEN TAKES HER HOME.
>> LET�S GO HOME, DEBBIE.
1254
01:21:00,653 --> 01:21:05,258
>> IT�S A FILM THAT OFFERS A
GREAT DEAL OF HOPE THAT THE
1255
01:21:05,258 --> 01:21:09,095
WORST DIED IN THE WOOL, HATER OF
THE DIFFERENCES IN OTHERS CAN
1256
01:21:09,095 --> 01:21:14,834
CHANGE.
♪
1257
01:21:14,834 --> 01:21:18,271
>> THE STUDIO SYSTEM WAS
COLLAPSING AT THE END OF THE
1258
01:21:18,271 --> 01:21:21,274
1950s.
ALMOST EVERYBODY WAS A FREE
1259
01:21:21,274 --> 01:21:22,575
AGENT TO GO SORT OF CRAFT THEIR
OWN DEAL.
1260
01:21:22,575 --> 01:21:26,713
SO, DIRECTORS HAD THE FREEDOM TO
PUT THEIR STAMP ON MOVIES.
1261
01:21:26,713 --> 01:21:30,683
THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN
HOW HOLLYWOOD DID BUSINESS.
1262
01:21:30,683 --> 01:21:37,957
>> MID��50s TO EARLY �60s
HITCHCOCK IS WHEN HE CHURNED OUT
1263
01:21:37,957 --> 01:21:41,094
MOST OF HIS PIECES.
HE STARTED TO MAKE FILMS IN
1264
01:21:41,094 --> 01:21:48,968
COLOR AND HAVE AMERICAN CAST AND
HAVE BIGGER SPLASHIER KIND OF
1265
01:21:48,968 --> 01:21:49,836
FILMS.
I COULD SEE "VERTIGO" OVER AND
1266
01:21:49,836 --> 01:21:52,138
OVER AGAIN AND STILL NOT
COMPLETELY GET IT.
1267
01:21:52,138 --> 01:21:56,743
AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT IT.
IT�S SUCH A SUBCONSCIOUS MOVIE,
1268
01:21:56,743 --> 01:21:59,946
KIND OF A RIDDLE.
YOU FEEL LIKE HITCHCOCK IS
1269
01:21:59,946 --> 01:22:04,017
ENGAGED IN A SYMBOLIC
CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE.
1270
01:22:04,017 --> 01:22:05,652
>> YOU WANT ME TO BE DRESSED
LIKE HER?
1271
01:22:05,652 --> 01:22:08,154
>> JUDY, I JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK
NICE.
1272
01:22:08,154 --> 01:22:11,858
I KNOW IT LOOKS WELL ON YOU.
>> NO, NO I WON�T DO IT.
1273
01:22:11,858 --> 01:22:16,262
>> THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
JIMMY STEWART AND KIM NOVAK IS
1274
01:22:16,262 --> 01:22:21,100
LIKE A DIRECTOR�S RELATIONSHIP
WITH AN ACTRESS.
1275
01:22:21,100 --> 01:22:24,204
>> IT�S FIXATED ON HOW YOU
LOOKED.
1276
01:22:24,204 --> 01:22:28,041
YOUR HAIR, YOUR JEWELRY, THE
LITTLE STONE HERE HE PICKED OUT.
1277
01:22:28,041 --> 01:22:30,743
>> MR. HITCHCOCK, CAN I ASK YOU
THIS?
1278
01:22:30,743 --> 01:22:33,379
MR. DIRECTOR ALLOW THEM A LIFE
OF THEIR OWN?
1279
01:22:33,379 --> 01:22:39,285
>> IF THE DIRECTOR IS WORKING IN
THE PURELY CINEMATIC MEDIUM,
1280
01:22:39,285 --> 01:22:42,455
THEN THE ACTOR MUST COME UNDER
HIS CONTROL.
1281
01:22:42,455 --> 01:22:46,192
>> WORKING WITH HIM WAS JUST THE
OPPOSITE FROM THE ACTOR�S
1282
01:22:46,192 --> 01:22:48,528
STUDIO.
HE DOESN�T TALK ABOUT ANY
1283
01:22:48,528 --> 01:22:52,031
FEELINGS.
HE TOLD ME DON�T USE YOUR HANDS.
1284
01:22:52,031 --> 01:22:58,538
LOWER YOUR VOICE.
AND LOOK DIRECTLY INTO CARY
1285
01:22:58,538 --> 01:23:02,842
GRANT�S EYES.
>> JACK PHILLIPS, WESTERN SALES
1286
01:23:02,842 --> 01:23:07,680
MANAGER FOR KINGBY ELECTRONICS.
>> NO YOU�RE NOT.
1287
01:23:07,680 --> 01:23:12,285
YOUR ROGER THORN HILL OF MADISON
AVENUE AND YOU�RE WANTED FOR
1288
01:23:12,285 --> 01:23:17,056
MURDER.
DON�T BE SO MODEST.
1289
01:23:17,056 --> 01:23:22,328
>> HITCH DOCK WASCOCK WAS ONE FI
THE DIRECTORS TO BECOME A BRAND
1290
01:23:22,328 --> 01:23:26,065
NAME, WHERE YOU MIGHT SHOW UP
BECAUSE HE DIRECTED IT.
1291
01:23:26,065 --> 01:23:32,572
THAT FEELING OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP
BECAUSE HE DIRECTED IT WAS ABOUT
1292
01:23:32,572 --> 01:23:34,641
TO BECOME STANDARD.
>> THIS IS THE HEART OF AMERICAN
1293
01:23:34,641 --> 01:23:37,010
CINEMA.
EVERYONE WHO�S WORKING TODAY HAS
1294
01:23:37,010 --> 01:23:39,679
SEEN AND WAS INFLUENCED BY THAT
CLASSIC.
1295
01:23:39,679 --> 01:23:43,449
>> STELLA!
>> THOSE WERE THE BUILDING
1296
01:23:43,449 --> 01:23:45,985
BLOCKS, THOSE WERE THE TEMPLATES
OF EVERYTHING THAT CAME AFTER
1297
01:23:45,985 --> 01:23:47,620
IT.
YOU CAN GO THROUGH THOSE FILMS
1298
01:23:47,620 --> 01:23:50,690
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
THEY WOULD LIVE ETERNALLY IF YOU
1299
01:23:50,690 --> 01:23:52,525
JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE.
>> I DON�T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO
1300
01:23:52,525 --> 01:24:01,334
WITHOUT YOU.
>> OUR STORY OF HOLLYWOOD�S
1301
01:24:01,334 --> 01:24:06,406
FABULOUS ERA HAS COME TO AN END.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE
1302
01:24:06,406 --> 01:24:11,277
MISSED YOUR FAVORITE PERFORMER
OR FILM, OUR SINCEREST REGRETS.
1303
01:24:11,277 --> 01:24:14,777
IN OUR BRIEF TIME, WE�VE ONLY
BEEN ABLE TO SHOW SOME OF THEM.
118410
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