casablanca context

Question 1

when was Casablanca released

Answer 1

1942

Question 2

when did WW1 start and finish

Answer 2

1914-1918

Question 3

when was the jazz singer released

Answer 3

1927- this is significant to film history as it marked an end to silent cinema

Question 4

when did ww2 start and finish

Answer 4

1939-1945

Question 5

when was pearl harbour

Answer 5

7th December 1941 (this is significant as Rick Is seen in a close up signing a check dated 2nd December 1941)

Question 6

when was the paramount anti trust case

Answer 6

1948-this caused the collapsing of studio system and influenced vertical intergration

Question 7

when was the civil rights movement

Answer 7

1954-1968

Question 8

when was there an increase seen in audiences since the studio system collapsing

Answer 8

1967

Question 9

when did the hays code collapse

Answer 9

1968

Question 10

when was French new wave cinema

Answer 10

1958-1962-this allowed a more experimental style in cinema

Question 11

when was Vietnam war

Answer 11

1955-1975

Question 12

when was bonnie and Clyde released

Answer 12

1967

Question 13

the studio system was based on principals known as vertical integration-what does this mean

Answer 13

the process in which several steps in the production/distrubution of a product or service are controlled by an entire company or entity

Question 14

what was star ownership

Answer 14

-contracts (typically 7 years)
-persona controlled on and off screen
-loaned/swapped to different studios with other star roles
HUMPHREY BOGART WAS ON CONTRACT WITH WB AND INGRID BERGMAN WAS HIRED FROM DAVID SELZNICK STUDIOS

Question 15

why was americn hesitant to participate in war efforts

Answer 15

-they could see the devastation caused by the war on newsreels and in newspaper
-the nation was still recovering from the aftermath of World War One

Question 16

why is Casablanca being made in 1942 significant

Answer 16

that is when the office of war information was set up to create and disseminate propaganda

Question 17

what films did Warner bros typically make

Answer 17

war films, they make more war films than any other studio
-sergeant york (1941) was a top box office hit-a patriotic film about a soldier in WWI

Question 18

what was America a beacon of

Answer 18

multiculturalism/utopia

Question 19

how many Americans wanted to join war efforts before and after P/H

Answer 19

before-93% of Americans did not want to get involved
after-91% were happy to

Question 20

america is presented as a hero because rick had to _________ in order to participate in efforts

Answer 20

SACRIFICE

Question 21

why is bogarts performance as a typical cynical tough guy (the petrified forest) significant

Answer 21

his progression from isolationist to a sacrificing viable romantic lead shows if BOGART can do it…so can America

Question 22

how does lazlsos character reflect his nation in WWI

Answer 22

(FRECNH RESSISTANCE FIGHTERS)the French were unhappy with their situation and couldn’t fight alone

Question 23

how does Ilsa character reflect his nation in WWI

Answer 23

(EUROPEAN WOMANS WHOS LIVES WERE DEVASTATED BY NAZI OCCUPATIONS) her life being completely changed by the war as shown in the Paris flashback

Question 24

when was the hays code active to and from

Answer 24

1934-1968

Question 25

what was the central producer system

Answer 25

the producer in control (not the director) oversaw the production of 6-8 a year. Cast and crew works on contracts for the studio

Question 26

EFFECTS OF THE CENTRAL PRODUCER SYSTEM COLLAPSING

Answer 26

1. greater ranges of films/incr in audiences from 1967
   2.contracts removed
   3.director in control AUTETUR
   4.new filming practices
   5.lack of authority from big 5 and executive producers AUTETUR