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J Edgar Hoover Internal And External
1,705 words'McCarthy gave his name to an age, but there was far more to McCarthyism than McCarthy' McCarthy may have given his name to an era but there was much more to McCarthyism than just one man. In this essay the argument will be that there were many factors leading up to the McCarthy era both internal and external and that McCarthy found a platform in anticommunist fear, as it was popular issue at the time. And his fall from grace in 1954 may also be attributed to both internal and external factors t...
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Mel Gibson William Wallace
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American History In Motion Pictures
1,538 wordsWe were there while the Titanic sank, we stormed Omaha Beach at Normandy, we saw the Battle of Gettysburg in person, and we rode throughout the west with Wyatt Earp. We were able to do this because Hollywood allowed us to journey to these historic times through the movies. Hollywood allows us to journey back in time to see how people lived, to witness the major events that shaped our world, and help give us a better understanding of a time period that we might not otherwise grasp. The movies hel...
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1,346 wordsOver three hundred years ago in the town of Salem Massachusetts a problem was laid into our hands. A problem that will haunt our nation for years and years to come. When our nation was faced with a similar problem was almost taken the same as it was with the Salem Witch Trials. This problem was called McCarthyism. Many people feel that the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism was just about the same conspiracy, but more than two hundred and fifty years later. One day two girls and an Indian slave ...
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Hollywood Ten John Proctor
479 wordsIn 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee, or HUAC, started a trial and investigation of communism in the Hollywood motion picture industry. The Committee, including Chairman J. Parnell Thomas a young Congressman from California, and Richard M. Nixon tried many celebrities asking them question about what they knew about communism and who they knew that were involved. Here is a quote from the trial. SPOKESMAN: "Do you recall the names of any of the actors in the Guild who participate in ...
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Influenced Greatly Violent Crime
1,029 wordsBadlands In the 1960 s the movie industry changed greatly. It was the time when the classical period came to the end and the post-classical or the New Hollywood era began. During the 50 s and early 60 s Hollywood was producing primarily musicals and historical epics like Cleopatra and Hello Dolly. Such films benefited from the large screens, wide framing and improved sound. They were commercially proved till the end of the late 60 s. In the 1960 s and 1970 s the new young generation was coming o...
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East And West East And The West
2,370 wordsOrientalism in Film The word orient comes from the Latin orient which means the east. During the history Orient was the shifting term and it changed according to historical changes. First Orient used to be the eastern part of Europe. In nineteenth century the North Africa and the Middle East and India were called Orient. For America Orient is the East Asia. In more general sense Orient is the opposite to the West and means something different, foreign or exotic. The term Orientalism defines the ...
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President Ronald Reagan Washington D C
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Film Making Main Characters
2,124 wordsTwo for the Road, film review Contemporary film making process is rather different than it was back in 1967. In this report we are going to have a closer look at one of the films produced back than. We are going to have a visual analysis of the film called Two for the Road. Two for the Road is a pretty good movie produced in 1967 by the prominent producer and director Stanley Donen. This film is different from many other Hollywood films due to the special usage of referencing or homage in relati...
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Rest Of His Life Silk Stockings
2,719 wordsAmerican composer Cole Porter (1891 - 1964) American composer &# 038; lyricist Biography Coles family Cole Porters name derives from the surnames of his parents, Kate Cole and Sam Porter. Kates father, James Omar (known as J. O. ), was an influential man both in the community and in Coles early life. J. O. started from humble beginnings as son of a shoemaker, but his business savvy and strong work ethic made him the richest man in Indiana. Despite J. O. s obsessive drive for making money, he too...
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African American Men Racial And Ethnic
1,378 wordsA Sociological Critique of Spike Lees Jungle Fever Liana R. Prieto (April 1998) Spike Lee? s Jungle Fever is not a unique cultural production, but a reflection of splintered aspects of real life. It depicts relationships between African-Americans and Italian-Americans centering on one interracial relationship. The film is as much a critique of urban life in New York City as an examination of interracial relationships. It presents a bleak picture of city life full of stereotypes where no racial g...
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3,188 wordsDemystifying The A-Team Formula: an Examination of Character Personalities and Old Genres In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didnt commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as sol dier's of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team. Most everyone who has been watchin...
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Producer Director Deep Throat
3,169 wordsThe ability to sexually stimulate an audience is one of the earliest distinctions of film. Before the turn of the century, an exotic dancer named Fatima performed her act for the motion-picture cameras and for at least those segments of the public who saw the film uncensored. In the brief peep-show films of the early 1900 s, scantily-clad women posed, danced, or undressed in such then-daring efforts as Her Morning Exercise and The Pajama Girl. Municipal censorship boards started appearing in Ame...
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3,624 wordsOverview Fritz Lang (1890 - 1976), an Austrian-born film director, was one of the commanding figures of German and American cinema. In a career spanning over four decades, he pioneered entire new genres and modes of cinematic expression. From the distortions of German Expressionism to the malignant brooding of American film noir, Langs films depicted a fatalistic universe where all possibilities are predetermined. Fascinated by the psychology of violence, his movies were populated by murderers, ...
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20 Th Century Attention To Detail
4,026 wordsThe Life and Legend of Howard Hughes Throughout the 20 th century, it has been the media? s job to pinpoint what events and people would prove to be an effective story. This was certainly the case for Howard R. Hughes. Son to the wealthy Howard Hughes Sr. , Howard became the interest of the American people and newspapers for most of his life. Being deemed one of the most famous men of the mid- 20 th century was greatly attributed to Hughes? s skills as an industrialist, aviator, and motion-pictu...
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Snow Falling On Cedars Steven Spielberg
1,472 wordsIn the beginning was the word If Scott Rudin wasnt a millionaire Hollywood producer, it might be possible to feel a little sorry for him right now. Because Rudin has engineered a couple of years of headaches and resentment for himself which, recent history suggests, will end up in an unsatisfactory outcome. First, he found a director (Stephen Dairy) and a writer (David Hare) to adapt Jonathan Franzens The Corrections, the film rights to which he optioned personally before the book was published....
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Marilyn Monroe Sleeping Pills
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1,897 wordsMarilyn More: Her Life and Times Marilyn Monroe personified Hollywood glamour with an unparalleled glow and energy that enamored the world. An alluring beauty with voluptuous curves and a generous pout, she was more than a 50 s sex goddess. Her vulnerability and innocence in combination with an innate sensuality has endeared her to global consciousness for more than half a century. Marilyn s life demonstrated the effects of her personal struggles as well as the triumph of her spirit, a part of h...
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1,405 wordsIntegrating Film and Television into Social Studies Instruction By their own accounts and those of their critics, the current generation of students is a video generation. They learned to read with Big Bird on Sesame Street and their view of the world has been largely formed and shaped through visual culture. This familiarity can make film and video a powerful pedagogical tool. Visual media also address different learning modalities, making material more accessible to visual and aural learners. ...
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Black And White Good And Bad
2,749 words? Much that characterised Hollywood in the 1950 s can be described as paradoxical and ambiguous due to anti-communist hysteria and the blacklist. ? How accurate is this statement in relation to two films of the 1950 s? A lot has been made of the suggested subtexts present in High Noon and On the Waterfront, that they reflect the experiences of Carl Foreman (the writer of High Noon) and Elia Kazan with the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Foreman has openly assented to this, and Kazan h...
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