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The Golden Age of Piracy is the subject of many Hollywood films. One of the most popular series among them in recent years is the series Pirates of the Caribbean. But how accurately this film portrays and captures the way the Golden Age of Piracy spanned from the 2650’s to the 1730’s is important in many different ways. In order to answer this question, my team of researchers and I will examine how accurately myths or superstitions, real life pirates, weapons, and the pirate code were presented…

Ever since Titanic was released during the holidays, studios have looked at the holiday season as a prime spot to release huge movies. Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Avatar, and Titanic have all seen gigantic numbers during this time of the year. This makes Winter the new Summer for movies. Sure, there are now Avengers films being released at that time, but December is where they roll out the films that could be nominated for awards. If you take a look at this holiday season — I have taken a…

One of the most fascinating time periods within Hollywood’s history is the Pre-Code Era. This era begins shortly after films with sound start being produced in 1927, and ends when the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code begins in mid-1934. The films released during the Pre-Code Era were suggestive, enticing, and always looking to push the boundaries of cinema. The film, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, was released in 1932 and features the story of a man who is wrongly accused of…

in a steep decline. At the time that Justice William O. Douglas stated that the studios were trusts and declared that they must give up their theatre chains, Paramount owned 993 theaters, RKO owned 187, Fox owned 66, Loew’s-MGM owned 21, and Warner Bros owned 20 (Lewis 195). Seeing as 70 percent of the first run theaters in the ninety-two biggest cities were associated with these Big Five, this decision was…

So I’m a little behind on getting to this film, I had read a little about it a few years back, say in 2008. The film was actually released in the US in 2010 so I take a small amount of comfort in that my seeing this film was only really almost five years overdue. And let’s just come right out and state the obvious here, it’s a Frank Henenlotter film let alone the first Frank Henenlotter film since Basket Case 3 in 1992. If you are a fan of Herschel Gordon Lewis or even John Waters then I’ll make…

If I say “Casablanca” what is the first thing you think of? The movie, a variety of famous quotes, or the actual city? I am betting it was one of the first two, and doubt it was a look of total confusion because of the popularity of the movie ever since its release in 1943. Many people who were a part of its production believed it would be a flop; however, they couldn’t have been more wrong. Both the movie and the actors involved won a variety of awards including Best Screenplay, Best Director,…

Since their creation in 1898, movies have fascinated the whole world. While the first recorded motion pictures captured on film only lasted a mere 2.11 seconds, during the 1920’s, they became full length movies with sound. It was during this decade that the love of movies really took over and became one of the world’s biggest sources of entertainment. It was also during this time period that Hollywood established itself as the film capital of the world. During the 1920’s, sound was introduced to…

Olivianah Baugh October 26, 2015 Film Studies Singin’ In the Rain Analytical Essay Singin’ in the Rain premiered in the year of 1952 and was one of the most popular movies of it’s time. With a quite unusual plot, this movie intrigued audiences everywhere, and it’s originality is what made this the great film it is. Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, this classic was one of the most iconic films in the musical genre. Alongside directing, Kelly (Don Lockwood) acted in this film with other…

Casablanca is a movie set in December 1941 in Casablanca, Morocco before the United States was involved in World War II. The characters were fictional but the events display the role of Europe during this time frame. Casablanca was an important city as people wanted to escape Europe for America. Casablanca centers around Rick Blaine who owned the popular night club where refugees would purchase their letters of transit to travel freely in Europe and eventually freedom to America. The film…

MOTIVETIONAL ESSAY & JOURNAL The silent period of 1885 – 1930 was an age of great creation and experimentation. There were a number of soviet film like Melies, Edwin S Porter, D.W Griffth, Vesvolod I Pudovkin, Sergei Eisenstein. These people revolutionized the film industry with their techniques as film makers/ editors in different ways. The earliest films were less than 2 minutes’ length, although melies films grew to the length of 14 minutes they still remind as a series of single…