Get Happy Film Analysis

The focus of this investigation is “To what extent did actresses in the Classic Hollywood cinema era of film were negatively pressured to conform to a specific look by their employer?” and will analyze the more famous and respected actresses of Classic Hollywood or Golden Age era (1930’s to 1960’s) to compare their societal struggles and achievements. Thus, Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland by Gerald Clarke and the “Examination of Moral Clauses” by law authors Fernando M. Pinguelo and Timothy D. are valuable for this investigation by giving a firsthand example of a Classic Hollywood actress view of her body image and the legal clause that may have pressured Garland and many other actors to judge their bodies similarly. Knowing the emotional …show more content…
He transitioned from journalism by writing about writer profiles, which he published a biography of Truman Capote appropriately named Capote: A Biography (1988), later used in the 2005 movie Capote. His book got international praise for the hundreds of hours and personal interviews Clarke had to create a thirteen-week top New York Times bestseller. This is valuable as Get Happy was the following book he composed where he utilized his former research experience of journalism and Capote: A Biography making his investigation and retelling more trustworthy. Yet, a limitation being having only one former biography experience where he spent personal time with Capote, unlike Garland. Get Happy’s content was filled with hundreds of hours of interviews and archives where Clarke spent considerable amount of time finding trustworthy sources, akin to the adored Capote. Though Clarke stated, “In Get Happy I try not only to tell the real story of Judy Garland, but also to tell the story of…the Golden Age of Hollywood" (Clarke). This strays the attention from Garland’s life to tell of Hollywood’s, but it’s a 424 paged book with a 12 paged bibliography suggesting it’s size and source could achieve his