The Movie Book

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40 CITY LIGHTS C harlie Chaplin’s movie City Lights—which he wrote, directed, and starred in— was one of the last great movies o ...

VISIONARIES 41 kindness for the Tramp, who is now dressed in shabby clothes, the girl picks up the flower that has been knocked ...

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44 I n an ordinary Berlin street in 1931, a child is playing. From the shadows nearby, a haunting melody is whistled by a murder ...

45 This monumental movie spectacular was proof of the studios’ willingness to make movies ever larger in their quest for excitem ...

46 DON’T WANT TO, BUT MUST! M / 1931 C lassic old movies as influential as Fritz Lang’s M—without which there would have been no ...

A GOLDEN AGE IN BLACK AND WHITE 47 What else to watch: Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922, p.330) ■ Metropolis (1927, pp.32–33) ■ Fury ...

48 WILL YOU MARRY ME? DID HE LEAVE YOU ANY MONEY? ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST DUCK SOUP / 1933 From the left, Groucho, Chic ...

A GOLDEN AGE IN BLACK AND WHITE 49 What else to watch: The Lost World (1925) ■ Mighty Joe Young (1949) ■ Clash of the Titans (19 ...

50 WAR IS DECLARED! DOWN WITH MONITORS AND PUNISHMENT! ZERO DE CONDUITE / 1933 J ean Vigo’s 41-minute Zero de Conduite (Zero for ...

A GOLDEN AGE IN BLACK AND WHITE 51 See also: Entr’acte (1924) ■ Un Chien Andalou (1929, pp.330–31) ■ À propos de Nice (1930) ■ L ...

52 What else to watch: Metropolis (1927, pp.32–33) ■ Frankenstein (1931) ■ Dracula (1931) ■ The Mummy (1932) ■ Gods and Monsters ...

A GOLDEN AGE IN BLACK AND WHITE 53 What else to watch: Fantasia (1940) ■ Pinocchio (1940) ■ Dumbo (1941) ■ Cinderella (1950) ■ B ...

I’VE A FEELING WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE THE WIZARD OF OZ / 1939 ...

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56 THE WIZARD OF OZ P lenty of big movies from the classical Hollywood period have faded into obscurity. Other movies remain res ...

A GOLDEN AGE IN BLACK AND WHITE 57 When Dorothy arrives in Oz, viewers see her open her eyes in faded, sepia-toned black and whi ...

58 THE WIZARD OF OZ that can save them. All four of the travelers are on their own “hero’s journey,” and it is just as important ...