Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Golden Age of Film

Please complete the note handout about film in the 1930's. You will find this information on Tim Dirks' film website under FILM HISTORY: FILMs by DECADE. Select the 1930's. Due next class.

On Youtube (particularly if you were not in class Tuesday), please view the following clips/films:

James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) starring Colin Clive & Boris Karloff (as the monster)

Tod Browning's Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.

Merian Cooper's King Kong (1933), starring Fay Wrey, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot.

Karl Freund's The Mummy (1932), starring Boris Karloff.

Please complete the reading article on Screenwriting by Ray Frensham. Begin to gather ideas for your own film script.

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