宜立特大学英语1 Unit5-2 Text APPT.ppt

1. How much do you know about Hollywood? ;;The text is made up of four parts. Try to give each part a heading. The first has been given.;Who Made Hollywood Into Hollywood?; (3) The three men started making motion pictures immediately. They loved working in the movie business. They were deeply interested in its creative and financial possibilities. DeMille, Lasky and Goldfish began working on a movie version of the popular American western play Squaw Man. DeMille urged that the movie be made in the real American West. He chose Flagstaff, Arizona. DeMille and the company traveled to Flagstaff by train. When they arrived, DeMille thought the area looked too modern. They got back on the train and kept going until they reached the end of the line. They were in a quiet little town in southern California. The town was called Hollywood. DeMille decided this was the perfect place to film the movie. ;(4) Squaw Man was one of the first full-length movies produced in Hollywood. It was released in 1913 and was an immediate success. DeMille is considered the man who helped Hollywood become the center of the motion picture business. He quickly became a creative force in the new movie industry. His success continued with Brewster’s Millions, The Call of the North and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.; (5) Cecil B. DeMille was among the very few filmmakers in Hollywood whose name appeared above the title of his movie. His name was more important to movie-goers than the names of the stars in the movie. DeMill’s movies were known to be big productions. He combined a lot of action, realistic storytelling, and hundreds of actors to make some of Hollywood’s best movies. He made many kinds of movies including westerns, comedies, romances, and movies dealing with moral issues. DeMille gained a great deal of fame with the kind of movie known as an epic. An epic tells a story of events that are important in history. DeMille’s epic movies were based on the settings of the American