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FILM 192 Hollywood in the 1920s

This course will focus on the film history of the 1920s as it reflects historical and pop cultural aspects of the decade of Jazz Age flappers and Prohibition. The silent film stars discussed in this course include Rudolph Valentino, Charles Chaplin, Clara Bow, Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks, and Gloria Swanson. The course will consider how 'The Jazz Singer' and other early talkies revolutionized the film industry at the end of the decade.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Develop a general knowledge of the films, directors, and actors of the 1920s.
  2. 2. Compare and contrast films and literary works from the 1920s.
  3. 3. Analyze and discuss thematic connections between Hollywood movies from the 1920s and
    American culture as a whole during that decade.
  4. 4. Identify predominant themes, stories, character types, and devices commonly used in movies
    from this period.
  5. 5. Analyze and discuss the styles of the most important and influential directors of the 1920s.
  6. 6. Compare and contrast the depiction of the ways demographic groups change on screen in ways
    reflecting larger societal changes.
  7. 7. Analyze and discuss the use of films set in the 1920s to make political statements about events
    current at the time of production.

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Develop a general knowledge of the films, directors, and actors of the 1920s.
  2. 2. Compare and contrast films and literary works from the 1920s.
  3. 3. Analyze and discuss thematic connections between Hollywood movies from the 1920s and
    American culture as a whole during that decade.
  4. 4. Identify predominant themes, stories, character types, and devices commonly used in movies
    from this period.
  5. 5. Analyze and discuss the styles of the most important and influential directors of the 1920s.
  6. 6. Compare and contrast the depiction of the ways demographic groups change on screen in ways
    reflecting larger societal changes.
  7. 7. Analyze and discuss the use of films set in the 1920s to make political statements about events
    current at the time of production.