Otto Preminger

The German Unification Stated when Wilhelm I become the king of Prussia following the death of his brother in 1861. A year into being king he assigned Otto von Bismarck (who was often referred to as Iron Chancellor) as his chief minister. Although Willian was king, Bismarck manipulated the king into using royal decrees to avoid the power of elected officials. To establish Prussian power in Europe he manipulated European rivalries and started a series of wars with Austria, Denmark, and France.…

The novel “The Life of Henrietta Lacks” raises many controversies between ethics and science due to the fact that ethics was not yet a crucial role in science. Scientists have been experimenting on Henrietta’s cells (HeLa) cells for decades, and even now the cells are being used in labs. Since the HeLa cells divide indefinitely, scientists can study and analyze them without running out of supplies. Over the years, these cells have greatly contributed to science, but more specifically, the…

Moore was accused of trying to make a quick buck off the scientists who saved his life by removing his cancerous spleen, his plea for three billion dollars was denied having made it all the way to the supreme court. As a result of these cases having come from times in history without adequate legislation on tissue donation by which to comprehend the processes and limitations of tissue donation and property rights, Lacks and Moore both ended up in less than perfect standing. Lacks died poor, her…

By today’s standards, this is a lighthearted romantic comedy. However, Otto Preminger encountered a great deal of resistance when he tried to distribute his film. In the Production Code files archive there are several letters between Otto Preminger and Joseph Breen (the director of The Production Code Association) discussing the denial of a seal of approval for The Moon is Blue. Among these are letters between Preminger and the heads of many studios that also refused to distribute the film due…

Film producer-director Otto Preminger had an idea about how to fix this problem that seemed to be plaguing Hollywood. Preminger knew that the root of the problem lay with the Production Code Administration, the organization in charge of approving movies for the commercial marketplace. Its biggest task was enforcing the industry-wide production code, a set of regulations that Preminger, along with many other movie moguls, knew needed an…

born on the 8th of May 1920 in Bronx, New York. He started out in Hollywood in the 1940s by designing print advertisements. He was discovered by Otto Preminger, the director of The Moon Is Blue (1953), when he did the advertising designs for the film. He then collaborated with him for designing the poster for Carmen Jones, Preminger’s movie in 1954. Preminger was so impressed with Bass' work that he asked him to design the title sequence as well. Saul Bass took this opportunity to change the way…

Hollywood hit its peak in 1946 and was on top of the world. However, a series of events after that, such as, the United States vs Paramount Anti-Trust Act, the suburbanization of America, the loss of foreign revenues, McCarthyism, and television, brought the industry to its knees. The soaring profits of the Golden Era were no longer as grand as they once were. Revenues fell to half their 1946 levels ("Post-war Hollywood," 2014). The anti-trust act broke up the distribution and exhibition…

So this is a story all about how Saul Bass’ life got twistered upside down, and I would like to take a minute just sit right there, I will tell you how he became the most influential graphic designer of the 20th century. On May 8, 1920, Saul Bass was born in the Bronx, New York to Eastern European Jewish Immigrants. Now Saul Bass was definitely the kind of person who made lemonade when life handed him lemons. In his early years, he stayed local in New York and at the age of just 16 years old,…

practice of noir genre which plots are centered on crime dramas around 1940s and 1950s time frame, during which it was believed to be first practiced. At its peak, film noir polished many directors’ names such as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Otto Preminger. During the early 1940s, the effects of World War II influenced many people, most likely emigrants from Europe who brought with them to the United States stories and tales about the war…

Anatomy of a Murder Legal Analysis - Aakriti Gera Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American court drama directed by Otto Preminger. The plot follows a lawyer who takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who is accused of murdering the local innkeeper after his wife claimed that the innkeeper had raped her. The movie is extremely complex and in certain ways is a social documentation of the time the movie was made and released in. The movie deals with a few legal and ethical issues from start to end.…