Destry Rides Again, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, and the Fall of the Ho

Destry Rides Again, Mr smith Goes to cap, and the Fall of the Hollywood Studio System Thomas Schatz cites the 1950s as the inevitable end of the Hollywood scud studio system, with the signs appearing as early as the height of the second World War (472). However, the seeds of dissatisfy and disintegration within the system were apparent as soon as the late 1930s, exemplified in such films as Destry Rides Again (1939, George Marshall) and Mr. metalworker Goes To Washington (1939, Frank Capra). The proceeds of these two films and the paths down which they led their star (James Stewart), directors (at least(prenominal) Frank Capra), and studios (Universal and Columbia, respectively) are evidence of the decline of the studio system. The haphazard production of Destry Rides Again and its subsequent success (financially, besides not as an fixed classic film) are indicative of a system eating itself quick so intent on the production of film after film made with almost the same crews and casts that lasting meaning had been all but completely forgotten in favor of financial success and occasion within the system. This also demonstrates the decline of the fascist executive order of the studios in favor of the hard work and devotion of those directly involved on the film set as well as the increasingly eventful role of the genius agent as the intermediary between the talent and the studios. Frank Capras eventually freelance auteurship, in the set off of David O. Selznick and his independent film productions, particularly evident in the production of Mr. smith Goes To Washington, was a notable indicator of the studios impending loss of power (Schatz 407). These and otherwise independent and freelance artists (such as Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang)... ...gton, 11 October 1939. Variety A sixteen Volume Set. brand-new York and London Garland Publishing, Inc. 1983Nachbar, Jack (ed). Focus on the Western. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1974 1 32Newman, Kim. Wild West Movies or How the West was Found, Won, Lost, lie About, Filmed and Forgotten. London Bloomsbury. 1990 135Nugent, Frank S. Destry Rides Again, 2 December 1939. The New York measure Film Reviews. New York The New York Times and Arno Press. 1970Nugent, Frank S. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, 20 October 1939. The New York Times Film Reviews. New York The New York Times and Arno Press. 1970Schatz, Thomas. The Genius of the System. New York Metropolitan Books. 1988 235-251Wright, William. Six Guns and Society A morphologic Study of the Western. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London University of California Press. 1975 48