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War Film Midterm

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Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898) director?
Stuart Blackton
The Hessian Renegades (1909) and Birth of a Nation (1915) and Hearts of the World (1918) starring Lillian Gish director?
D.W. Griffith
What historical events does Cinema Combat Pt. 1 discuss?
-Destruction of the Battleship Maine (1898)

- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. (1918)

- American enters WWI (4/6/1917)

-US Signal Corps, propaganda films for George Creel's Committee on Public Information (1917-18)

-WWI Newsreel footage reaches America (1918)

-The talkies are introduced in 1928
Sinking of the Lusitania(1918) director?
Windsor McKay
Shoulder Arms (1918) director?
Charlie Chaplin
The Big Parade (1926) director?
King Vidor
Wings (1927) director?
William Wellman
The Road to Glory starring Fredric March (1936) director?
Howard Hawks
Who directed All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)?
Lewis Milestrone
Who authored the novel that All Quiet on the Western Front is based off of?
Erich Maria Remarque
Who were the cinematographer's on All Quiet on the Western Front?
Arthur Edeson and Karl Freund
Who played Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front?
Lew Ayres
What historical events did All Quiet on the Western Front depict?
"The Great War" aka WWI (1914-1918)

The Allies: Triple Entente (United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire) and others (Belgium, Serbia, Italy, Japan, Greece, Romania and the United States)

The Central Powers (German Empire, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Bulgaria)

70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, deployed
over 15 million killed
True or False: Over 500 veterans were hired as extras on All Quiet on the Western Front?
True
True or False: All Quiet on the Western Front used direct sound technology?
True
What types of sounds did All Quiet on the Western Front use?
On and off screen

diagetic and non diagetic

objective sounds

musical score
What kinds of camera movement did All Quiet on the Western Front Use?
tracking, panning, dollying, tilting, craning.

Look at camera distance and angle
What influence on later films did All Quiet on the Western Front have?
Jean Renoir: All the anti war films about the Great War failed

Francois Truffaut: making an anti war film is impossible
Who directed Sergeant York (1941) ?
Howard Hawks
Who were the cinematographers on Sergeant York?
Saul Polito and Arthur Edeson
Who were the writers on Sergeant York?
Howard Koch and John Huston
Who was the producer on Sergeant York?
Jesse Lasky
Who played Alvin York?
Gary Cooper
Who was Sergeant York based off of?
Sergeant Alvin York (1887 - 1964)
Where was Alvin York from?
Pall Mall, Tennesee
What church was York a part of?
Church of Christ in Christian Union
True or False: York was a pacifist?
True
How did York try and get out of WWI?
Conscientious Objector
Where did York perform his heroic act?
Battle of Argonne
What was York awarded for his actions?
Medal of Honor
What historical people are discussed in Sergeant York?
Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Abraham Lincoln
True or False: York was an isolationist?
True
True or False: York was an interventionist?
False
Who had the idea of "America First"?
Charles Lindebergh
Fight For Freedom Committee
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Where was Sergeant York shot?
on a sound stage
Who directed Bataan (1943) ?
Tay Garnett
Who played Sergeant Bill Dane?
Robert Taylor
Who made Bataan?
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the United States Office of War Information
What historical events took place during Bataan?
The Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

Battle of Bataan/Bataan Penninsula
Who was General Douglass McArthur?
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Explain WWII combat film as a genre (Basinger)
Group as democratic ethnic mix with separate hero-leader

Unambiguously defined objective
Intra-group conflicts resolved by external exigencies

Faceless enemy; absence of women; recollections of home

Narrative pattern alternates between journeying/staying, resting/fighting

Propagandistic dialogue: "why we fight" conversations, doubt/belief, "teaching the audience"

Cinematic convention: offscreen sound, close-ups, montage editing, nondiegetic score

Specifics of time, place, battles: nondiegetic maps, dedications
What are other films released around the same time?
Sahara, Guadalcanal Diary, Destination Tokyo, and Air Force (all 1943)
What are some other US WarTime Propaganda Films?
Why We Fight (1942-44 by Frank Capra)

You, John Jones! (1942, starring James Cagney)

Der Fuerher's Face (1942, Walt Disney)
What historical moments were depicted in Cinema Combat pt. 2?
-Hitler comes to power (1933)

- European filmmakers and actors emigrate to Hollywood (1935-40)

-German armies invade Poland; Britain and France declare war (1941)

-Isolationist North Dakota Senator Gerald Nye, subcommittee chairman (1941)

-Japanese attack Pearl Harbor base (Dec. 7, 1941)

-Bureau of Motion Pictures, a Division of Office of War Information (1942-45)

-Stars contribute to war effort: Tyrone Power, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Carole Lombard

-German forces surrender; atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japanese surrender (1945)
Who directed Triumph of the Will (1936)?
Leni Reifensthal
What are some examples of "Preparedness Pics"(1940-)?
You, John Jones!
What is an example of Pro-British Propaganda Films?
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Who directed the Great Dictator (1940)?
Charlie Chaplin
What is an example of an isolationist film?
Berlin Correspondent (1943)
What are some examples of wartime musicals?
Anchors Aweigh, Pin-Up Girl, The Gang's All Here, This Is the Army (1942-44)
What are some examples of wartime propaganda documentary films?
Why We Fight (dir. Frank Capra, 1941), The Battle of Midway (dir. John Ford, 1942), Our Russian Front (dir. Lewis Milestone, 1941)
What are some examples of wartime combat films?
Wake Island (dir. John Farrow, 1942), Winged Victory (dir. George Cukor, 1944), Bataan (dir. Tay Garnett, 1943), Guadalcanal Diary (dir. Lewis Seiler, 1943), A Walk in the Sun (dir. Lewis Milestone, 1943)
Who was the director of The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)?
William Wyler
Who was the producer of The Best Years of Our Lives?
Samuel Goldwyn
Who wrote the screenplay for The Best Years of Our Lives?
Robert E. Sherwood
What was the novel that The Best Years of Our Lives based off of?
Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor
Who did the cinematography for The Best Years of Our Lives?
Gregg Toland
Who wrote the score for The Best Years of Our Lives?
Hugh Friedhofer
Who did Myrna Low play in The Best Years of Our Lives?
Milly Stephenson
Who did Fredric March play in The Best Years of Our Lives?
Al Stephenson
Who did Dana Andrews play in The Best Years of Our Lives?
Fred Derry
Who did Teresa Wright play in The Best Years of Our Lives?
Peggy Stephenson
Who did Virginia Mayo play in The Best Years of Our Lives?
Marie Derry
Who did Harold Russel play in The Best Years of Our Lives?
Homer Parish
Who did Hoagy Carmichael play in The Best Years of Our Lives?
Uncle Butch
True or False: Harold Russel won two Oscars for the same role?
True
True or False: Many WWII veterans were given lobotomies without being told why?
True
Social Engineering
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wide angle lens and deep focus cinematography and leitmotif
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Other films about WWII veterans?
A Sergeant's Diary (1945)

Let There Be Light (1945)

Aviation Storytellers (2013)
Who directed Dr. Strangelove (1962)?
Stanley Kubrick
Who wrote the screenplay for Dr. Strangelove?
Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, and Peter George
What novel was Dr. Strangelove based off of?
Red Alert by Peter George
Who did Photography for Dr. Strangelove?
Gilbert Taylor
Who played Cpt. Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley AND Dr. Strangelove?
Peter Sellers
Who played General Buck Turgidson?
George C. Scott
Who played General Jack D. Ripper?
Sterling Hayden
Who played Colonel "Bat: Guano?
Keenan Wynn
Who played Major T.J. "King" Kong?
Slim Pickens
What was the role of the film Fail Safe (1964) by Sidney Lumet?
It was a similar concept of Dr. Strangelove by a complete 180 in tone.
Nuclear Weapons Club, Nuclear Weapons States (NWS) 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Preemption/Mutual Assured Destruction
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NSC-68
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Senator Joseph McCarthy & The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
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Pax Americana
historical concept of relative liberal peace in the Western world - resulting from the power enjoyed by the US as world peace keeper.
What historical events are depicted in Cinema Combat pt. 3?
Winston Churchill warns of Iron Curtain, 1946

Mao-Tse Tung comes to power, 1949

U.N. resolves to defend South Korea, 1950

Cease-fire ends fighting in Korea, 1953

Cinemascope and other widescreen formats introduced, 1953
Who directed Twelve O'clock High (1949) starring Gary Cooper?
Henry King
Who directed Home of the Brave (1949) starring James Edwards?
Mark Robson
Who directed To Hell and Back (1955) starring Audie Murphy?
Jesse Hibbs
Who directed Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) starring John Wayne?
Allan Dwan
Who directed The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954 starring William Holden and Grace Kelly?
Mark Robson
Who directed Pork Chop Hill (1959) starring Gregory Peck?
Lewis Milestone
Who directed From Here to Eternity (1953) starring Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, and Francis Sinatra?
Fred Zinnemann
Who directed The Caine Mutiny (1954) starring Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, and Fred MacMurray?
Edward Dymtryk
Who directed Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) starring Alec Guiness and William Holden?
David Lean
Who directed The Great Escape (1963) starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough?
John Sturges
Who directed The Longest Day (1962) starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Robert Mitchum?
Daryl Zanuck
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