Sunday, October 10, 2010

Let's go see a John Wayne


        The studio system in a way was a technique that assured, or at least made it more probable for a movie to be a blockbuster with just the actors that the film contained. Although some of the greatest films were made at this time people didn't look much at the film but more at the people that were in it in order to figure out or predict what the film would be about.  The most important aspect was putting the actor in the same role so that when people heard that this actor was appearing in the film they knew what to expect which made them go to the right film and one that they would enjoy the most. 
       Since audiences showed what type of actors they liked and in what films they wanted to see by going to the movies every time they were in the starring role these people created a sense of mold films which were the ones that were very similar.  The studio would produce more of the same story lines with the same actor in a similar role so that they would be able to get more profit. This meant that many other stories could not really be taken into account since in such a time most people went to the movies to see their favorite actor playing what role best suited them in the audiences opinion.
              This very wells seen because when you see movies of this time you see the same people playing the same type of role. this is why when you speak of a western film with cowboys and saloons you cannot have this conversation without mentioning  john wayne, he was Mr. Cowboy in this period of time. This is the same when you talk about the innocent girl who always does what is told and is very venerable, Judy Garland comes to mind with movies like the Wizard of Oz in which she spends the whole film trying to return safely back home.         
 This can be a factor that could have helped the year 1939 be so great people showed what they wanted and who they wanted therefore the studio system tried their best to give them what they wanted.


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