Today: Please read and research information about the 1950's using the film site, by decade.
Afterward, please take a look at some of the following clips/trailers for 1950's films.
Harvey (1950) James Stewart
Blackboard Jungle (1955) Sidney Poitier and another clip here. Blackboard Jungle.
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Wild One (1953) Marlon Brando
Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire (Marlon Brando, 1951), Suddenly Last Summer (Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, 1959), Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1955) (Elizabeth Taylor & Paul Newman)
James Dean: Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
East of Eden (1955)
Giant (1956) with Elizabeth Taylor
Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley - (1957)
The Robe (1953)
Ben Hur (1959)
Marilyn Monroe:
All About Eve (1950) Bette Davis
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
From Here to Eternity (1953) Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr
Tale of Two Cities (1958)
For the remainder of the class, please complete your script as well. It is due Monday, May 17 (see below for instructions/models).
This blog is designed for Rochester City School students at the School of the Arts in support of their classes: Playwriting & Film Studies.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
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