Casablanca

(Atlantic Conference). The second confererence, stationed in Casablanca was arranged again between the United States and Great Britain. During this meeting, the two superpowers agreed to the unconditional surrender of Germany as the only option for the end of the war, including the creation of Operation Overlord, the Invasion of Italy, and strategic bombing of Germany as part of the counteroffensive that was being planned at the time(Casablanca conference). The third and last conference, near…

purchased by MGM for $50,000 in the 1960s after Page had similarly ambushed the wife of film producer Marvin Mosch at his leather shop. Mrs. Gosch told the story to her husband, who agree to produce a film version, even going so far as hiring Casablanca co screen Howard Kosh to write the Script . There was actually more than one list, seven list in all were made by Oskar Schindler and…

the guard on solving his tax problem in exchange of the beers. However, Red doubts Andy’s plan for the escape and assumes it as Andy’s imagination but when Andy’s cell is declared empty, that’s when Red realizes that Andy was not joking. In Casablanca, the concept of desire is illustrated by characters as a result of the situations that they find themselves in. In Currie’s word, “in thinking about film and desire it is important to be clear what kinds of desires we have in mind. The…

Raoul Steiner (or Max Steiner for short). He was well known for his effect on the film and music industry. He composed music, themes and motives/ leitmotivs for various successful films such as “King Kong” in 1933, “Gone with the Wind” in 1939, “Casablanca” in 1942 and many more. Because of this rise in technology and film production credits, the payment of the composer raised about 67% which attracted other film and music composers to get out of their comfort zones and try composing music for…

Patton joined Eisenhower in 1942 in London and commanded U.S. troops in the invasion of Casablanca during Operation Torch. Patton was a proven leader that got results, but had tendencies that got him in how water with Ike on many occasions. One example of how much Patton respected Eisenhower was when he wrote in his diary that “I owe him a…

I. Mars, Bringer of War- The use of dynamic changes like crescendos and decrescendos really create a sense of excitement throughout the piece. The triplets played by all of the horns also add to this excitement. It seems as though John Williams, the composer for the Star Wars movies, took a lot of inspiration from this piece of music. The low reed sound at around 3:20 creates a mysterious and almost foreboding feeling. The finally with the sharp staccato rhythm really brings the piece…

take done German fleets, one by one. Less of a strategy but more of a needed action came the “bouncing bombs”. When a meeting at Casablanca was held between Churchill and Roosevelt it was decided that a series of bombs was the course of action needed. “By late July and early August of 1943 Hamburg was almost completely destroyed.” (SQ 2 Source A; German Moral, Casablanca) The last strategy involved the defeat of Japan. A term called “Island Hopping” was where America tried to take out every…

There are 24 hours in every day, everyone can chose what they do with those 24 hours given to them. For example, one person might read a nice book by the fireplace while another could be coming up with a plan to make their country great again. Adolf Hitler quickly rose to power and spread his beliefs while using social media across Germany. He advocated the perfect human, what they looked like, and how the Jewish people were to blame for everything. Adolf stole the citizenship of every Jewish…

Saving Private Ryan, Casablanca, and Inglourious Basterds are three different movies that were produced in different time periods and have different plots, details, and points of view, but all still revolve around one common historical event-World War II. This is an occurrence that happens not only in movies but also in literature. A literary example of this is the correlation between the flood story in The Epic of Giglamesh and the flood story in the Old Testament Bible. Giglamesh is an epic…

The importance of English is not just in how many people speak it, but in what it’s used for. These years, English has become the most used language in the world. Business companies, High schools, and many other international organisations and associations require English as an important exigency. HEM introduced a list of international training centers for the second year’s students: Calliope, The British Council, Wall Street and British Workshop in Morocco and several language centers in…