Scandal of 1920 | Hollywood Follies
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In this tale of "silent" entertainment, Indiana Jones accepts a job in Hollywood where he is charged with halting the production of an overbudget movie. The task seems simple enough, but when the producer of the film is Erich von Stroheim, ending the production of a major movie is out of the question. Indy conspires with the new studio executive, Irving Thalberg, to take the film away from Von Stroheim. After experiencing the "behind-the-scenes" side of Hollywood, Indy decides that he might do better in front of the camera... in a John Ford western. However, Indy gets more than he bargained for when one of the actors accidentally dies and he is asked to be the replacement. In desperate need of aid, Indy gets acting tips from silent film star Harry Carey and advice on authenticity from infamous lawman Wyatt Earp. Indy's big finale comes when he must stop a runaway carriage by jumping from the carriage to the horse team. This stunt becomes more exciting when Indy falls beneath the horse team and he is dragged under the carriage. This stunt will serve Indy "well" when he visits Egypt in another 15 years or so.
Key Topics: | 1920's Hollywood; Rise of Hollywood & Movies; Silent Films; Film Production |
Historic People: | Erich von Stroheim—One of Hollywood's earliest pioneers whose reputation and arrogance got him fired from nearly every studio he worked for. |
Included Documentaries: | -Erich von Stroheim: The Profligate Genius -The Rise of the Moguls: The Men Who Built Hollywood -Irving Thalberg: Hollywood's Boy Wonder -The World of John Ford |
Indy Connections: | Click here to see current event articles that relate to the events, topics, and people seen in this Young Indy chapter. |
National Social Studies Strands: | Culture; Power, Authority and Governance; Time, Continuity and Change; Science, Technology and Society; Individuals, Groups and Institutions, Global Connections |
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DescriptorOne of Hollywood's earliest pioneers whose reputation and arrogance got him fired from nearly every studio he worked for. BooksKoszarski, Richard. Von: The Life and Films of Erich von Stroheim. New York: Limelight Editions, 2001. Lennig, Arthur. Stroheim. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2000. Websites |
DescriptorOne of Hollywood's most successful filmmakers who set a new standard in Hollywood. He is also the namesake for the Thalberg Award, which is awarded to "creative producers personally responsible for a consistently high quality of motion picture production." BooksSchatz, Thomas. The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1996. Flamini, Roland. Thalberg: The Last Tycoon and the World of M-G-M. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1994. Websites | DescriptorLegendary Hollywood Director of such classics as Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. BooksEyman, Scott. Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. McBride, Joseph. Searching for John Ford: A Life. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. Websites |
DescriptorLegendary and infamous lawman of the old west. Gained fame from the showdown at the O.K. Corral, where Earp and his cohorts gunned down the Clantons. Earp served out his final years in Hollywood as an advisor for accurate westerns. BooksTefertiller, Casey. Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend. Wiley, 1999. Lake, Stuart. Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. Pocket, 1994. Websites |
DescriptorFollowing World War I, movies exploded on to the American scene, becoming everyone's favorite form of entertainment. Although movies of this time were silent, that didn't stop people from filling theaters in droves. In the process, a small place in California called Hollywood grew to become the heart of America's film industry. BooksThompson, David. The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Schatz, Thomas. The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1996. Websites | |
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