Fraser Canyon Gold Rush

By now we are familiar with Charlie Chaplin’s silent films and his talents; not only as a pantomime actor but also as a writer and director. Certainty, his 1931 silent film “City Lights” is a proof of his talent as an actor, writer, chorographer and director (Kamin) . The film gave Chaplin the opportunity to display his creative talents within the silent film industry. Although, Chaplin’s talents are numerous we are going to concentrate on his acting performance in the “City Lights” film. In this film we are able to be spectators on how Charlie Chaplin precisely used movement to convey us of the development of love and friendship, in particular his unique relationship with characters that are not commonly akin with Chaplin. As you would expect, social differences were common in the 1930s, moreover it would be unusual to see a tramp befriend a millionaire gentleman. In “City Lights” that is not the case; Charlie Chaplin’s caring character gave him the opportunity to create a friendship with a millionaire gentleman and his affection to a blind low class girl. Although his relation with the other two characters is due to an “identity confusion” (Kamin) ; I strongly believe that is due to how Chaplin’s confident walk and posture. Eight years before the production of this film, Charlie Chaplin is described as a man between 30 to 35 years of age. In addition, a physical description of about five feet four inches in height and weighting about 125 pounds (Kamin) . In spite of…

The Domain documents the remains of the now-barren land of the Amazon Rainforest, left as the result of the Peruvian gold rush. Ashlar Quarries depicts the city of Arequipa, also known as the White City. The city was given the nickname for its chiseled architecture for the extraction of sillar stone. Although both collections may just bleak and desolate, Hirose deliberate placement of the two pieces, side-by-side, allow the audience to understand that the rummage for Peru’s resources has led to…

help us have a look into what inspired our current comedy actors, performers and directors like Rowan Atkinson, Johnny Depp and Mr. Dan Kamin. Charlie Chaplin not only was a comedy idol, he also dominated many artistic (Kamin, The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin Artistry in Motion) skills in a unique way. Charlie Chaplin unique techniques are described by his own words, "My technique is the outcome of thinking for myself...it is not borrow from what other are doing" (Kamin, The Comedy of Charlie…

Being an auditory learner it is easy to say silent films are not my thing. I like to know every word of every conversation in a film. Although I had watched few silent films prior to City Lights I didn 't really have a great perception of them, I just assumed i disliked them all. City Lights was a great film which I really enjoyed. My conceptions of silent films prior to this film were that they were boring, tried too hard to be funny, and difficult to understand because of the lack of dialogue.…

rich and being the first ones to mine gold must have been amazing. During 1849, people in California began mining gold and unlike today where small amounts were found, these people were finding huge amounts of gold. This is what eventually led to the gold rush of 1849 when the largest mass of people in history began to move into California to get some gold for themselves. Many ended up leaving everything they had to go on a journey to California to get richer. Overtime, modes of transportation…

The Alaskan a Gold Rush. It was a big deal in the late 1800s. It attracted many people all over North America from Canada to Mexico. Everyone wanted to go to Alaska just got this. It was a out burst of people. It drew a lot of attention! There we many stories and novels written about the gold rush, such as "Gold Rush Fever" or the Last Great Gold a Rush. But there are two stories by Jack London that he had written about gold in this time era. The two books that he had wrote are "the Love of…

Gold has served as a sort of international monetary system dating all the way back to the first forms of trade and bartering. Gold has and will continue to have a profound impact on the world currencies (Allen). Recognizing the importance of gold people have been quick to collect as much gold as possible, as shown as the California Gold Rush. Before the gold rush in the West, South Carolina was home to one of the largest gold mines in the Southeast, Haile Gold Mine. Gold mining at Haile has…

The Gold King Mine was originally discovered in 1887 and has been running on and off up until 1922. The mine was a huge economic resource for the state of Colorado for it shipped 711,1144 tons of gold and silver. Also it provided many jobs for the residents in the area. In 1991 the Sunnyside corporation took over The Gold King Mine and promised to plug the mines and to treat the abandoned mines and creeks. Sunnyside kept to their word but later on the responsibility was transferred to Gold King.…

Gold has been around for many years, but when did it become a big deal and where do we find this elusive mineral? “People in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, who saw something shiny in Sutter Creek near Coloma, California. Another builder, James S. Brown, heard Marshall say, "Boys, I have got her now." Brown stepped over to Marshall, who held his hat in his hand. There in the hat were 10 or 12 pieces of gold.’’ (americaslibrary.gov) You can…

and Governor Alonso de Estrada y Hidalgo, Lord of Picón, and wife Marina Flores Gutiérrez de la Caballería, from a converso Jewish family. Coronado inherited a large portion of a Mexican estate from Beatriz. Coronado became governor of the Spanish province of New Galicia and was a leading grandee. He one day received word of seven cities that were supposed to be very wealthy and the houses were made of gold. This seemed to capture Coronado’s…