Cornell University Comparing Film Advertisement Between 1930 and 1960 Question

Annotated Bibilography 

On this assignment, you will need to finish the project based on the resources you found.

Final paper

Papers should develop an argument and support that argument through sustained analysis of the primary documents. The questions posed below should help guide you towards your analysis. You do not need to answer all the questions. They are included to help point you towards your argument.

The goal of the final paper is to demonstrate your ability to analyze historical documents in relationship to the period of film history that we are discussing in this course. The paper should be between 1000 to 1500 words. Be sure to indicate which prompt you are responding to!

Prompt: Spanish- and English-Language Magaznies

If you read Spanish, compare two or more issues of Cine-Mundial and/or another Spanish-language magazine digitized by the Margaret Herrick Library to two or more issues of an English-language fan magazine from the same year. 

The questions posed below should help guide you towards your analysis. You do not need to answer all the questions. They are included to help point you towards your argument.

·Do the two magazines promote the same films and stars?

·Do they pitch films in the same way?

·Do they have the same advertisers?

·How would you explain the differences between the two magazines?