Charlie Chaplin

The introduction to Gillion’s novel the 10 days that unexpectedly changed America strays away from well-known dates and explores the other parts of history from constitutional to cultural and answering so very important and intriguing topics open for discussion along the way in just 10 overlooked events in American history. Also telling us Puritans play a major part as “the original sources”. The epilogue, shows us that there are many surprising and unknown things in America’s history that…

Salem Witch Trials Vs McCarthy Hearings The Salem Witch Trials and McCarthy Hearings were both tragic events that happened in the world we live in today. Many people were accused and prosecuted because of what the government thought of them, Overhead the beliefs of one group of people led to two national events and situations that changed the way our government thinks on their feet today. These two events actually have many similarities and differences pertaining into their details and…

Being facetious is a comfortable way to bring society to a mirror to reflect on our actions and behavior. Charlie Chaplin did this in his 1940 film The Great Dictator. The political satire comedy’s goal was to make fun of 1940’s most notorious monster, Hitler. While making fun of Nazi Germany as a whole. Despite Chaplin's fears that wartime audiences would dislike…

Walt Disney You know him as the father of Mickey Mouse, the creator of the happiest place on earth, the mastermind behind timeless classics such as Alice in Wonderland, Bambi, Snow White, Fantasia, and much more. This remarkable man is none other than Walter Elias Disney. Born on December 5th, 1901 to Elias and Flora Call Disney, Walt (as he preferred to be called) was one of five children. After Walt was born, his family moved to Marceline, Missouri where he spent most of his childhood. Walt…

“The domain of art is not one in which the Party is called upon to command. It can and must protect and help it, but it can only lead it indirectly. It can and must give the additional credit of its confidence to various art groups, which are striving sincerely to approach the revolution and so help an artistic formulation of the revolution.” (Trotsky). This conception of art by Leon TROTSKY reflects the mainstream position of the communist party toward the cultural and artistic life in Russia…

It also explains how reactionary attitudes towards paintings that Picasso did change into progressive reactions toward a Charlie Chaplin movie. Walter tries to explain in this section how paintings can be viewed by one or many people but movies can be viewed by thousands of people due to them being reproduced to the masses at an alarming rate compared to paintings that are just…

Singing in the Rain is “backstage” musical filled with comedy, songs and romance that was released in 1951 but set in the late 1920’s. It was one of the last films to be produced during the profitable golden age of the studio system. The film employs the typical characteristics of a Hollywood musical by relying on superstar names and contagious dance numbers. The movie incorporates an additional level of parody into its wistful plot that is centered on the disruptive shift from silent movies to…

comedy is not cruel; the only character to display these traits necessary to be considered cruel is Don John, but this is because his character is simply used as a plot driver not as an active contributor to the comedy within the play. To quote Charlie Chaplin 'life is a tragedy when seen close-up, a comedy in long-shot'. This basically tells us that in order to make the true horrors of everyday life bearable we must laugh at others misfortunes, this lessens the impact of their reality bound…

Beating the waves of differences between the geography in The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby geography repeatedly underscores the established social differences between the “nuevo riche” and “old money” (or the established social elite). But it doesn’t stop there. Geography also helps deliver many of Fitzgerald’s important messages such as commentary on the cost and quest for success, both economic and social. Indeed , Fitzgerald’s political views even factor in at times. We see this over and…

Film in the Jazz Age, while not one of the things it was known for, was still very interesting to learn about. While researching more about the Jazz Age and film then and today, I learned lots of things about camera techniques, editing techniques, and how film was utilized in the Jazz Age. I learned to utilize these camera and editing techniques to my advantage when making my quality project, which was very helpful to me and I feel benefited my film. Learning more about film in the Jazz Age also…