GMALL – From “The Sound of Music” to “Midnight Cowboy”: What Happened to Hollywood?

MANCHESTER, VT>> Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is pleased to welcome back Dr. Andrew J. Douglas, the deputy director at Bryn Mawr Film Institute, to talk about the big changes in Hollywood in the late 1960’s. The talk will take place on Tuesday, March 11 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm online via Zoom video conference. In the 50 months between the release of The Sound of Music and Midnight Cowboy in 1965 and 1969, respectively, the American film industry changed forever. Gone was the appropriate-for-all approach instituted by the studio moguls, who themselves were nearly extinct by this time. In its place emerged a something-for-everyone strategy, fueled by the new ratings system and emblematic of the corporate and political culture that had taken over Hollywood—and the counterculture that had swept across America. Join us to explore this tectonic shift through clips from such films as Blow-Up, The Graduate, and Bonnie and Clyde. Registration is $22 per person. The Zoom link will be sent 24 hours in advance of the program. For more information or to register, please call 802-867-0111 or visit our website at greenmtnacademy.org.