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Shanice Homeward Mrs.Cariddi January 6, 2016 Charlie Chaplin: A Roaring 20’s Hero Charlie Chaplin was a comic actor, director, producer and writer in silent films. He was born on April 16, 1889 in London, England. He was most recognized for his iconic character “The Tramp” who and sported a bowler hat, a toothbrush mustache, a cane and oversized pants. He was a regarded as a hero in the 20’s and the most “influential and important people in the history of the film industry. At the time, Charlie…

study of its paranormal activity. Eleanor Vance, the protagonist, is exceptionally susceptible to the haunting and feels oddly drawn to the house, with her life ultimately ending in suicide after she was ordered to leave. Modern Times, by Charlie Chaplin, is set in the 1930s during the time of a depression and follows the story of Charlie (as himself) and his precarious…

Charles “Charlie” Ng was born on December 24, 1960 in Hong Kong, China. In his early life, he was brutally abused by his father. He came from a wealthy family, but was described as a disturbed teenager. His first criminal offence was when he was arrested for shoplifting. This happened when he was fifteen and his father sent him to boarding school but, he was sent back to Hong Kong because he was caught stealing. When he was eighteen, he moved to America to attend Notre Dame de Namur University…

The theme of this speech from the movie “The Great Dictator”, is that we can achieve peace, equality, and happiness if we put aside our differences and not think of each other as “black” or “white”, or as “Christian” or “Muslim”, but as fellow human beings. Charlie Chaplin’s tone changes throughout the poem. He starts out with a calm and peaceful tone. But, as the speech goes on, and as his words become more and more inspiring, his tone becomes stronger and more direct. He uses metaphors and…

bonds in WWI also. The campaign was created by William Gibbs McAdoo, the Secretary of the Treasury. Posters were the most common form of advertisement. Much like WWII, famous figures were used to promote the bonds, such as Elsie Janis and Charlie Chaplin. The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts also sold bonds using the slogan “Every Scout to Save a Soldier.” The total cost raised was $21.5 billion (much less than the $185.7 billion raised in WWII). Also, the United States was not the only country to use…

Among the numerous great silent film directors, the three that are commonly mentioned surrounding that discussion are Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin. Having seen a greater amount of Charlie Chaplin’s wonderful work than the others, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd most certainly still got my consideration. In spite of every one of the three delivering awesome pieces of visual artwork, they shared some comparable attributes, but they each had unique differences which contributed…

A major way to Chaplin creates humor in City Lights is through the twitchy movements of the Tramp and, while that might have suited the humor of the 1930’s, that childish comedy has not transcended through the centuries and creates a chaotic, childish atmosphere in many…

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson The dancer I chose is Bill Robinson. He is also known as Bojangles, which is his nickname. However, his original birth name was Luther. Bill was born in Richmond, Virginia, on May 25, 1878. He lived his life as an actor and tap dancer until he died in New York in 1949, from heart disease. Bill began his dancing career at the age of 7, when he quit school so he could become a dancer. This must have worked out for him, because by the end of his life he…

Between March 1924 and October 1925, Douglas Fairbanks was back to people’s sight and once again became a hot spot. Newspaper reports followed up with his transformation from a dedicated actor to a diligent director. Two films he participated, The Thief of Bagdad and Don Q, Son of Zorro, which brought the idea of swashbuckling into Hollywood for the first time and was continued to carry on by acting and directing, are landmarks in silent film industry. While I was amazed by his vividly-portrayed…

The actors in each film are indicative of the era in which they were made. In The Immigrant, a silent era film, director Charlie Chaplin uses a group of actors that he’s used in previous films, most importantly Edna Purviance and Henry Bergman, with the latter starting in two of Chaplin’s 1915 films, The Kreutzer Sonata and The Melting Pot, all the way to Modern Times in 1936. Many similar ‘auteurs” of the time used the same actors as well, especially D.W. Griffith, who used actress Lillian Gish…