John Paul Stevens born April 20, 1920 in Chicago. He was the Youngest of four boys, his grandfather ran the Illinois life insurance company which made a lot of money. and his dad built the opulent Stevens hotel. In his teens he saw his family's good luck turn around when his dad was convicted of embezzling money to keep the hotel. Later on Stevens told the news that his dad was wrongly convicted.…
The transition of Hollywood movies from their birth to date has been tremendous, not only from black and white to color, from physical film stock to digital format, from the silent era to the use of 3D surround sound systems but even the portrayal of emotions has been altered to satisfy the demands of the present generation. The curiosity of film makers has now been diverted to fulfill the demands of the current audience rather than to express their own imagination. The best technique to ‘measure’ the impact of social variables on movies would be to compare a classic version of a movie to its modern remake. In my essay I will contrast the 60’s version of the movie the Manchurian Candidate to its’04 version. The alterations of the latter version…
Paul Bryant was born on September 11, 1913, near the birthplace of Johnny Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas. He was born to two hardworking parents, William Monroe Bryant and Dora Ida Kilgore Bryant. His parents had a total of twelve children, but sadly three died in childbirth. Paul of which was the eighth child in the lineup. Four siblings lived in the house with him, of which he was the youngest boy. Their home was…
Classical Hollywood films in the Golden Age in the United States contained complex storylines with cause-and-effect. For Hollywood filmmakers, the Classical Hollywood style was a persuasive and effective form of storytelling. Classical Hollywood cinema was by no means simplistic, as many films have complex plot webs. Because Classical Hollywood filmmakers used continuity editing, their focus was not to be as artistic as possible. One of the biggest differences between Classical Hollywood cinema and the Soviet Montage cinema lies in the causal agents—psychological vs. social.…
Paul Rand was born in n August 15, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York. He was named Peretz Rosenbaum. He got into design at an early age. He began his career in graphic design by drawing signs for his fathers’ store and for school. He went to Pratt Institute from 1929 to 1932. He also went to Parsons School of Design from 1932 to 1933. He was inspired by European designers such as Cassandre and Moholy-Nagy from there work in European magazines. Paul Rand died in 1996 of cancer when he was 82 years old.…
Biographically themed movie productions continue to envelop the Hollywood landscape – serving as a means to reenact and interpret a majority of history’s most memorable moments (for better or worse). In the last month alone, depictions of Bobby Fisher (Pawn Sacrifice) and Whitey Bulger (Black Mass) are just two examples of cinematic incarnations that have served to entertain and semi-education observers.…
This essay will take an in-depth look at the history of Hollywood during the late 60s and early 70s. This period of time is considered to have been a renaissance for American cinema, and was titled the ‘New Hollywood’ by cotemporary critics of the time. In order to understand the changes that Hollywood went through the late ‘60s, you first have to examine the preceding era of Hollywood filmmaking during the 30s and 40s. This was a period that is commonly referred to as Hollywood’s Golden Age; when the dream factories were in full swing and the audiences were in regular attendance. This period of time could be defined by a number of social, political or economic contexts, but it’s the filmmaking practices that were employed at the time which…
Gene Autry, originally Orvon Grover Autry, was born on September 29, 1907 in the small town of Tioga, Texas. By the age of five Autry had already been taking lessons on how to sing from his mother and grandfather. As a young adult, Autry worked normal jobs but always found time to sing with his guitar. It wasn 't until 1929 that Gene Autry made his original breakout into entertainment by performing on the radio. Autry married Ina May Spivey in 1932…
The movie theater industry flourished with the attendance to movie theaters soaring. It was said to be that essentially all the population was attending movie theaters during this decade. The most influential reasoning for this spark of film was the craving for an escape from the people, who needed desperately to get away from their own lives, and experience someone else’s live and feel other emotions besides anguish and sorrow. Although the population’s yearning for an escape pushed the film industry to the top, the government assisted with the Works Progress Administration’s New Deal programs and the film and movie theater companies benefitted the industry by creating unique and intriguing genres and appealing advertisements. Today’s society also reaches to movies to take a break from reality and movie theater companies still continue to advance and innovate advertisements and the theaters themselves to increase the attendance. Even though, the decade of the 1930s was overall filled with misery and discouragement, the film industry was a positive aspect of this time with its new funding by the government it strived with advanced genres and…
He was born in March 24, 1940 in Monterey Park, California. He moved to Hollywood and assisted to a design school. After leaving it he became in great demand. He married Lulu Porter, who was a singer and also an actress, in 1960, they had a son called Robin, who was a makeup artist before dying of AIDS in 1994. They’re marriage opened more doors for him, but he still had to work really hard to reach his life goals.…
Hiram King Williams, also known as Hank Williams, was born on September 17, 1923 in Mount Olive, Alabama. His dad was Lon Williams, a locomotive engineer. His mom was Lillie Williams, a church organist. Hank spent most of his childhood in Georgiana and Greenville, Alabama.…
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I am going to be writing about the lifetime television show, " The Golden Girls". There are many different episodes and I have probably seen them all, at least twice. I first started watching the show with my mom. My curfew when I was in high school was 11:00 or 11:30. While I was going into detail about the many things that had happened that night, "The Golden Girls" would be on. At first I did not enjoy them, but as I got to know the characters I was addicted.…
Make way for his royal highness, the king of comedy Kevin James. Millions of people come home each night after a hard day’s work, and relax with you feet up and tune in with Doug Heffernan (played by Kevin James).That loveable luggish IPS delivery driver with a beer belly of gold, and the most adorable personality that has been on TV. I feel some honesty is in order here: I'm one of them people. King of Queens formula may be modelled on such golden-age classics as "The Honeymooners" and "I Love Lucy," but it has been in its moments of deviant behaviour that "King" really shined. The sitcom is based on a husband and wife who lives in the suburbs and takes in carries farther Arthur Spooner (played by jerry stiller.) Arthur is Doug’s living nightmare! I mean is it not your? Living with the in laws has got to be everyone’s, right?…
The Young and the Restless Hey!! We're back! (all) Wiser (4b) Tougher! (4b) but definitely cuter!…