Gwen Verdon was an American actress and a dancer. Gwen won four Tony awards for the musical comedy performances that she has done. She was well known on Broadway in the 1950’s through the 1970’s. Gwen was born in “Culver City‚ California”. She was the second child of Gertrude Lilian and Joseph William Verdon. They were “British immigrants to the United States”. When she was at the age of 11 years old she appeared as a “solo ballerina” in the musical romance film “The King Steps
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Contrasting the Film to the Written I analyzed a few different movie version of Long Day’s Journey Into Night and decided to choose the 1962 film version. The 1962 film version of this play is directed by Sidney Lumet and features actors Katharine Hepburn played Mary Tyrone‚ Ralph Richardson played James Tyrone‚ Jason Robards played Jamie Tyrone‚ Dean Stockwell played Edmund Tyrone‚ and Jeanne Barr played Kathleen. Although the 1962 film version of the play and the written version of the play by
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made its way into theaters. The film follows Brian Mills‚ portrayed by Liam Neeson‚ as he must once again use his particular set of skills to help his family. After the sudden death of his ex-wife‚ Lenore‚ and being framed for her death‚ Brian goes on the hunt for answers for as to who and why Lenore was killed while fleeing the police. While the previous films were quite successful‚ the same cannot be said for Taken 3. Despite the participation of talented actors‚ Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker
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the past. The film involves three friends in the city of Boston that are forever connected when one of them is tricked and captured by child molestors; to the present date‚ their lives can be best described as restless and unsettled that goes into turmoil with the following of the murder. Accredited as one of Eastwood’s most memorable films‚ the film uses a perfectly group of actors who are able to perform the best emotion in the story‚ the emotions and feelings throughout the film is very deep and
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being possessed. Part of a director’s job is picking out the actors. Tim Burton has a few favorite actors that he works with fairly consistently. One of these actors is Winona Ryder. She plays the daughter of the new owners of the main character’s house in Beetlejuice. She also plays as the daughter of the family that takes in Edward Scissorhands and the eventual love interest of Edward Scissorhands. Another actor that Tim Burton favors is Johnny Depp. He played in Edward Scissorhands
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Film--Textual Analysis Jerry Maguire is a mixture of sports film and romantic comedy. This film is produced in 1997 in the United State‚ directed by Cameron Crowe. The airport scene and few afterwards are about Jerry and Dorothy’s coincidental meet at the airport. However Jerry gets in trouble later in the film and is fired by the company he works at. Because of Dorothy’s admiration‚ she decides to accompany Jerry and leaves her job with him. In the airport scene‚ Dorothy loses her son and
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Castle” was released as a movie that was written by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham. The movie starred Brie Larson as Jeannette and also casted Emmy Award winning actor Woody Harrelson. More minor roles such as‚ Rose Mary‚ Lori‚ and Brian were played by Naomi Watts‚ Charlie Shotwell‚ and Sadie Sink. When watching the film my expectations and hopes became present in my head and I knew that Jenn Doll was right in saying‚ ”Lowly paper and ink‚ printed words capturing the madly spun ideas of one
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Kumar go to White Castle” is a film unlike any I’ve ever seen. Not because it involved to successful “pot heads”‚ not because it their journey to a White Castle restaurant took an entire night to get to (although that is part of it)‚ or even because it starred Neil Patrick Harris as a complete drug addict looking for the next party. It was because it starred two stars--previously only known for portraying characters based on their ethnicity-- in the leading role. Actors John Cho and Kal Penn had their
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Play it again‚ Sam is an excellent production‚ by far one of Woody Allen’s best movies. It tells the story of Allan Felix‚ a neurotic New York film critic who is left by his wife‚ since according to her he is an ‘observer‚ not a doer’. This devastating event makes him fall into a deep depression; consequentially‚ he gets corporal aid from his married friends‚ Linda and Dick. However‚ this help appears not to be enough‚ Allan’s love life seems going nowhere until he creates a special connection with
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Dramatic purpose Act 3 Scene 1 is the main turning point of the play. It is during this scene that the play becomes a tragedy. The scene begins with Benvolio asking that they all go inside because he fears a brawl. Benvolio states‚ “I pray thee‚ good Mercutio‚ let’s retire: The day is hot‚ the Capulets abroad‚ and‚ if we meet‚ we shall not scape a brawl.” Mercutio ignores him and is entertaining everyone by taunting and provoking Tybalt. Soon the happily married Romeo enters. Tybalt calls
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