Lon Chaney

Mississippi history played a big part in how America is today. Mississippi gets its’ name from the Native American word meaning “great river”. This comes from the Choctaws Indians which were the largest Native American tribe in Mississippi before they lost their lands due to unfair treaties. The Mississippi River has played a large role in Mississippi history. The Mississippi River helped create the fertile Delta region of Mississippi. Mississippi is known for its history of racism. Many…

United States. Ho Chi Minh had died in the 1969. Six years, before he had conquered all of Vietnam. “Overthrew Shinouk by a Pro-American right-wing general in March 1970 radicalized the rural youth.” Shinouk got overthrown by Lon Nol who had won the election of Cambodia. Lon Nol had supported the Khmer Rouge but he had said that he proclaimed that he will establish the Khmer…

later date. While not as strong as The Wolf Man, honestly few films are, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man is a solid film and was more than worth watching. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man opens with two hapless grave robbers, robbing Larry Talbot's (Lon Chaney Jr.) tomb. When they…

1931 movie Frankenstein which dispatched the vocation with sickening apprehension movies of British-conceived performing artist Boris Karloff. Karloff, appeared in creature cosmetics for his portrayal in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), likewise Lon Chaney who was otherwise called "The Man of a Thousand Faces" for his unordinary cosmetics strategies and ability to do whatever was expected to have…

One of my favorite subgenres of film is Classic Horror. It is such a specific genre, but they are so good. In particular, I love the ones coming out of Universal in the 1930s through 1950s. What I enjoy most about the genre is the extravagant characters, amazing set design, and the themes. The characters in these films are truly larger than life and nothing short of iconic. Bela Lugosi's Dracula is over-the-top in the most amazing ways. His voice and his costume will live in the halls of…

Savion Glover and George Wolfe, in Bring In Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk, use tap dance to evoke historical tap figures in differing ways of making a particular statement on their view of African American tap artistry. The musical traces the history of “the beat” through its origins in Africa, into America through the slave trade, and finally the different forms it took through American history. In the show, the two satirical sequences and Savion’s solo come in the second act, which begins with a…

Tim Burton is well known for his work as a director. He has been nominated for several awards. Among these are; two Oscars, one Golden Globe, five Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, and several Hugo Awards (IMDB). Besides being a director of many of Hollywood's greatest films, he is also an accomplished illustrator, painter, screenwriter, and producer. From his early days at The California Institute of Arts, to his current film projects, Burton has always had an ability to…

Dubbed as the “man who saved tap dancing”, Savion Glover has provoked a stylistic revolution within tap dancing and has inspired many young dancers all over the country with his hip-hop-funk and jazz-infused rhythm tap dance style. How did a seven-year-old go from being a young drummer to one of the most inspiring, and influential tap dancers today? Tap dance is an art form that is characterized by its use of percussive sounds through the tap shoes striking the floor. Although the art of tap…