Film: Screen Idols by Chrisy Dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview The Hollywood Star System en-us 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC 2023-01-30 11:10:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Where is the course held? chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246657 Darlington Friends Meeting House, 6 Skinnergate, Darlington, Durham, DL3 7NB ]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246657 What is the course about? chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246658  We will examine films of the 1930s -1950s, in particular, the actors who were known as the Big Screen Idols. Alongside this, we will examine the Hollywood star system, the power wielded by the film moguls and American expectations of its men. ]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246658 When does the course begin? chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246661  Thursday 11/1/2018 10:45 ]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246661 chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246663 Week One:
Mr Smith Goes to Hollywood, starring James Stewart ]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246663 chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246664 Week Two:  Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable, 

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]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246671 chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246672 Week Nine:  A Street Car Named Desire, starring Marlon Brando.]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246672 chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246673 Week Ten:  The Night of the Hunter starring Robert Mitchum]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246673 What films will we study? chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246674 We will study the following films as well as extracts from other films.]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246674 Do I need to buy the films chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246693 It would help your enjoyment of the course if you view the full film before the session. Some of these are on You Tube for free (although this changes all of the time). Some films are available to buy and others are available for a small fee from sites such as You Tube and Google Play. It is also worth looking at Amazon and Ebay. However, do take care when subscribing to sites that they are legal.]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246693 chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246705 Welcome PowerPoint]]> 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246705 Analysing Films chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246707 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246707 Analysing Films PowerPoint chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246708 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246708 Group Guidelines chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246709 2018-01-10 16:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220246709 Course Objectives chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220349543  1. Confidently discuss the importance of the Big Screen Idols to the Hollywood film industry. 
2. Name at least 3 actors who can be described as Big Screen Idols 
3. Give 3 examples of how the 'Star System' in Hollywood created, promoted or exploited its stars. 
4. Confidently discuss the American ideologies of masculinity. ]]> 2018-01-10 19:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/Film_Icons_Overview/wish/220349543