Decadent Hollywood: From Its Beginnings to 1935 *Online* *NEW*
Hollywood began as a way for the film industry to evade Thomas Edison’s lock on the movie-making patents. And it continued on an often lawless path until scandals forced the adoption of codes to regulate what happened on and off screen. Drugs, adultery, murder — Hollywood had them all. And the movies it made flouted conventional morality and challenged common beliefs about American values. We’ll look at some of the more famous episodes on and off screen and how they shaped Hollywood’s retreat into family-friendly film making in the 1930s. Bibliography and handouts provided. Instructor: Brian Bixby
Sections
DEHO-WI25.01
4 Wednesdays, 3-5pm. Begins Feb. 19
This class will meet online using Zoom. The Zoom link and information on how to join will be emailed to you. Please also check your spam folder.
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Instructors: Brian Bixby
Instructor
Brian Bixby
Brian holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He teaches history courses he hopes his students will enjoy and from which he himself will learn more.