Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

(“Stephen Spielberg”, 2014). Frank Capra, was a film director from 1922 to 1964. During this time, he created several masterpieces, such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It Happened One Night, and It’s a Wonderful Life. Like Spielberg, Capra won numerous awards. During his career, he won three Oscars, all Best Director for You Can’t Take it with You, Mr. Deeds Goes…

young Noby Smith goes to spy on the White League who are planning on taking over the courthouse. He travels alone by foot and finds the men's secret meeting in the clearing in Summerfield Springs, just off Bayou Grappe overhearing important information regarding Sheriff Nash who was supposedly locked up in Calhoun's Sugarhouse was one of the men present at the meeting. The young boy also overhears they are planning on bringing white men from Sicily Island and other parishes. Noby Smith displays…

Mindy Phan 278716 August 25, 2014 Civil War Journal Based on Seth Graham-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter People of the Civil War 1. Sec. of State William Seward Because of his prominence and support in the Republican Party, William Seward earned his position as the nation’s Secretary of State from 1861-1869, under Abraham Lincoln. William possessed the trait as an active abolitionist and contributed to the abolishment of slavery. In Maryland, he gave his overt suggestion to Abraham…

and he does not engage in incivility or showboating. I think he is a wonderful man who has the intellectual capacity to solve our problems. However, he is too nice for politics. Watching Carson in politics is like watching Mr. Smith (from the movie, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington) when he was in Congress. It is not going to end well because he is an absolute gentleman and everyone else is corrupt, mean spirited, morally bankrupt, intellectually inferior, some combination of the above, or all of…

first time in American history, white people knew how African Americans felt. To live with the fear that one can be terrorized anywhere and at any time, is a feeling that only African Americans could understand. When Will Smith was asked if 9/11 changed anything for him, Smith answered: “No. Absolutely not. When you grow up black in America you have a completely different view of the world than white Americans. We blacks live with a constant feeling of unease. And whether you are wounded in an…

dedication to democracy as advanced by leaders such as Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman, men whom are all venerated present day. Upholding the American vision of Democracy is expressed in popular culture as well as history. Mr. Smith goes to Washington, a 1939 film about a naïve young senator who discovers and destroys a political machine, serves as a direct example of the American idealization of the democratic system. The film imparts upon its viewers that even at its most…

In 2005, “Zachary Ourada, a young man who followed the rules, took classes, and received a conceal and carry permit, shot and killed a doorman at a local Minneapolis bar after being escorted out for his conduct. Mr. Ourada had been drinking” (Smith 240). What will happen if a similar incident takes place on a college campus instead of a bar? Many college students attend parties on a Sunday night, consuming alcohol beverages, and have classes the following morning. Although there…

can be as high as $13,000 per year.” While it is a bit pricey, It’s even more expensive to treat someone with HIV. In an article written by Adam Wenge over at Healthline, One such person goes by the name of Justin Terry-Smith, a man diagnosed with HIV back in 2006. According to Wenge, Justin is located in Washington DC, a city with a very high rate of infection. “CDC reports that the estimated lifetime cost of treating HIV is $379,000 (in 2010 dollars), and that nearly 30 percent of those living…

Hopwood). Capra turned to work and became a workaholic in order to cope with the tragedy. His wife turned to drinking. During the production of “Long Pants”, Capra had a conflict with Langdon. The screenwriter, Arthur Ripley, had a “dark sensibility that did not mesh well with that of the more optimistic Capra, and Harry Langdon usually sided with Ripley” (Jon C. Hopwood). The picture fell behind schedule and went over budget and since Langdon was paid a fixed fee for each film, it represented a…

again, and march to Richlands. You see that is is surrounded by a giant wall, but the US army blows a hole in the wall. You assault the secret base, and see Donald Trump, so you shoot him, and he goes down. Every zombie is cured, every dead zombie is revived as human, and the world is saved. Mrs. Smith gives you a 100 in her class for saving the world, your crush then comes up, and kisses you, and you earn 1,000,000 dollars for saving the world. You then wake up to find yourself in a classroom,…