Tuesday, January 6
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Welcome to the Golden Age of Hollywood — a period when American movie studios didn’t just shape film culture, they defined it. From the late 1920s through the end of World War II, powerhouse studios churned out films at a breathtaking pace — more than 50 a year — despite the economic turmoil of the Great Depression.
This whirlwind of creativity produced many of the most beloved, influential movies ever made.
Film expert Brian Rose delves into the forces that made Hollywood the giant of global film-making, including studio politics, the star system, and the nature of the movie-going experience.
There will also be an analysis of why this period was so short-lived and of Hollywood’s desperate attempts, beginning in the 1950s, to recapture its faded glory.
About Our Speaker
BRIAN ROSE is a professor emeritus at Fordham University, where he taught for 38 years in the Department of Communication and Media Studies. He’s written several books on television history and cultural programming, and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, actors, and writers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America. His zoom lectures on film and television history have been presented at the Smithsonian, the 92nd St Y., and at JCCs and libraries throughout the country.
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