The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture

street was home to a nice bar and was a frequent watering hole for many of the servers that worked at the hotel. The gang worked hard and they sure did drink. One of the assistants, Katie, showed a particular liking for All-in. All-in was unattached and was a popular server with many of the ladies. He grew up in that general area and was familiar with all the hot spots. After leaving the fine drinking establishment, Katie informed the group that she was so amorous that she could hardly contain herself. Upon hearing this unsolicited declaration, Japes jaw hit the proverbial floor and he scurried home as fast as he could. Only All-in would know what transpired that evening. As hard as everybody worked it was necessary to let off the stress in some fashion. Everyone does it in different ways,…

at Tiffany’s through the lens of Henry Mancini’s music choices we can see that Mancini’s music choices were just as important as Blake Edwards, director. Many people like to think that the directors of a film are the ‘authors’ of a film compared to screenwriters but Mancini challenges that theory, especially with his work in Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In these two…

Edward Harrison Norton As vibrant as Edward Harrison Norton youthful look could be in the world of entertainment, an idealistic individual would have thought that he was from a generation of actors. The disciplinary skills that he acquired from his military father and his mother, an outstanding tutor gave him an edge in his approach to life activities. It is indeed a fact that whatever an individual needs to specialise in should start from the early stage of life; Edward’s early interest in the…

areas of America. These fundamentalists believed the city was a trick from the devil, the streets are littered with drunks and people who would mongrelize the American race. They wanted the pure white protestant race to be the only successful race in America. The liberal-minded urbanites mainly lived in the cities. They believed that if it is from the past is not relevant to the future, and believe our past is one of slavery, conquest and murder. There were five major moral differences…

68” 4C). Also from around the Sioux Empire the police were searching for the driver of a truck that hit a pedestrian. The driver of truck hit a man from behind on 31st Street North and between Cliff and Van Eps avenues (“Police seek driver who hit pedestrian” 1D). The Brandon Valley school was also looking to receive bids to begin building a new, $4.5 million auditorium. The school was expecting to get enough donors to pay for the entire project in full (David Kranz 1D), they did, in fact,…

disappointment in China. It was claimed that the film’s Chinese characters looked too Western. In addition, pirated video versions of the film were available in China before the film arrived in theaters.5 Not all of Disney’s relationships with China were negative however. The liberalization of China’s markets had generated benefits for the firm. ‘The Lion King’ had brought in almost $4 million in 1996 and the soundtrack had sold 1.4 million…

is industrial troubles or unreasonable demands, there may be an eventual shift of the number of transnational and multinational corporations from within the Caribbean region to Cuba. Therefore, CARICOM member states who depend on these foreign conglomerates may be looking at a loss of job opportunities, a steady rise in poverty, and a prominent decrease in foreign direct…

Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…

on that Saturday morning, Mike became my first business partner. We spent all morning coming up with ideas on how to 1'make money. Occasionally we talked about all the "cool guys" at Jimmy's beach house having fun. It hurt a little, but that hurt was good, for it inspired us to keep thinking of a way to make money. Finally, that afternoon, a bolt of lightning came through our heads. It was an idea Mike had gotten from a science book he had read. Excitedly, we shook hands,…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…