Working in obscurity, Copland begins composing film scores in the 1930s, including"Our Town". In the 1940s he becomes well known with the
As a precisionist, Carver's writing draws attention to the action. Gallagher's story "Rain Flooding the Campfire" parallels "Cathedral."
;s "Sanctuary" into a film, enraging critics, censors, and all "decent-minded" people.
Films in the 1930s push their expression of sex to more daring limits, while church leaders across the country demand action. Protestant and Jewish
recruitment films feature stars like Veronica Lake in "I Wanted Wings."
The realities of was irrevocably alter America's morality, yet the motion picture industry is still chained to the outmoded restrictions of the Will Hayes Production Code. Excerpts from Hitchcock's "Notorious."
This segment features Dave Valdez, producer of many of Clint Eastwood's most memorable films, and Moctesuma Esparza, producer of "
Copland's interest in bringing music to American extends to films. He talks about how music affects audience reaction to a scene in "