Joan Crawford

Love is Enough Famous film and television actress, Joan Crawford once said, “Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” Choosing to be vulnerable is one of the scariest actions that one can partake in. For some odd reason, society is afraid to openly communicate and share emotions with others; moreover, it is common to see characters in various forms of literature restrain from opening up to others. Considering the order of the…

the mainstream pop charts in January 2009. While advancing her career as a singer, Lady Gaga also became famous for her devotion to promoting extreme costumes and outrageous fashion, which were similar to other styles such as those worn by Cher, Joan Crawford, and Liberace. Lady Gaga continued to become even more successful after the release of her second full album “Born This Way” in 2011. In 2013, Lady Gaga released her third album “Art Pop” and then her latest-fourth album “Cheek to Cheek” in…

many others. His photographic equipment was donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. Some famous subjects photographed by Karsh were Muhammad Ali, Marian Anderson, Joan Baez, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Calder, Fidel Castro, Winston Churchill, Joan Crawford, Ruth Draper, Albert Einstein, Dwight Eisenhower, Princess Elizabeth, Robert Frost, Indira Gandhi, Ernest Hemingway, Audrey Hepburn, Pope John Paul II, Carl Jung, Helen Keller and…

The flappers, young women, had short hair, wore a knee‐length dress, rolled‐up stockings, and had unbuttoned rain boots that flapped(referring to the name Flappers) One famour flapper of this time was Joan Crawford. Joan had a careet as a dancer for Broadway before she decided to move to Hollywood to have her self known well for. Most of the young women liked her style and copied her. She did become very popular throughtout the era. With the new look of these…

In both the twenty-first century and in the seventeenth century upholding values and reputations, despite society’s pressure, has aways been extremely difficult. Imagine one day being a normal citizen, and the next day being accused of witchcraft. Imagine one day being a normal high school student, and the next day being diagnosed with some unknown odd disease. Values and reputations can be sullied at any instant if they go against popular opinion. Upholding values of courage, perseverance, and…

Robert Aldrich’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane is a 1962 psychological thriller. It is the story of the twisted dynamic of two siblings. Bette Davis plays Baby Jane Hudson, an aging actress who holds her paraplegic sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) captive in an old mansion. Throughout the film, Jane’s bitterness towards her sister sister escalates and even turns into torture and violence. While the film’s plot undoubtedly keeps the audience hanging on the edge of their seat, it 's the film’s…

Our society wants everything in little bite size pieces. The next two chapters cover two important topics responsible for destroying the American family. Family Dysfunction and Denial. As parents, it is our job, not the schools to teach the moral codes of conduct called humanity, kindness, empathy and self-respect, character and resilience. Chris, Before you begin reading this chapter, please take a moment, and answer these three questions. 1. What do you believe is our Nation’s greatest…

Oliver Cromwell was born on April twenty-fifth, 1599 in Huntingdon, United Kingdom, a small town near Cambridge. He was baptised four days after his birth at the church of St John. Oliver’s ancestors were distant relatives of Thomas Cromwell, who was a very powerful man in England and permanently changed the course of English history. Thomas was King Henry VII’s chancellor, and was known as a logical man who did not allow emotions to dictate his actions. Because of their distant relation to…

An In-Depth Analysis and Modern Response to the 1960s Classic Horror Film, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Robert Alderich’s 1962 film, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, a horror film portrays a scary monster. No, not a blob-like alien creature, not a serial killer, but rather a monster that can be found today in “normal” families homes, in banks, and in nursing homes… Elder abuse. In the 1960’s and 1970’s the public started to become aware of certain forms of family violence, it wasn’t until…

mental state caused by her obsession with an ex-lover. Told through a series of flashbacks, the film explores the crisis of vision experienced by the viewer and issues related to gender in light of a trauma. Through the examination of Louise’s (Joan Crawford) hallucination scene it becomes clear that the flashback narrative is more than just a cinematic device, but is specifically used to help address these issues. Louise’s hallucination is initially triggered when she hears the pianist play…