Tony Curtis

Star factor and personal relationships For a modern audience, it is easy to assume that the social ills of big budget Hollywood are a sign of decadent contemporary society. Social faux pas, dramatic falls from grace, and feuding spoilt starlets are a symptom of the ever popular celebrity gossip and rumour; now so instantly accessible due to the rise of internet technology. However, when we examine some first-hand accounts of drama and scandal present upon the sets and in the offices of big…

Keeping The Faith To The Screwball Genre? The screwball comedy genre was first popularized in the 1930s and considered one of the most successful genres. The genre typically follows two characters, one of which is a screwball and the other is a more serious character. The genre also involves a romance between two characters. The relationship is defined by the women being in a position of control and usually involved some sort of pretending or a lie. The actors are often fast talking and witty.…

Lionel let it go, though by this point keenly aware of how much of an “artful deceiver” his son had turned into - sprinkling just a bit of truth among a myriad of lies. When his grandmother found a gun under his bed, Jeff had insisted to his father that it was just a target pistol, for use at a shooting range. When he asked to see it, Lionel discovered it not a target pistol, but a Colt Lawman .357 Magnum with a two-a-half inch barrel - not the type found at a shooting range. Jeff explained it…

through very untraditional means of sensitization, into men capable of supporting and sustaining romantic relationships. Their transformation takes place through the use of the temporary transvestite genre. These characters, played by Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, cross dress and join an all girl band in order to avoid being murdered by gangsters. A by-product of their cross dressing is their growth and maturation into effeminate men. The film uses a journey narrative structure to organize the…

Comedy is a genre, or distinct category, of the diverse world of film. However, comedy itself is not a single entity; it is composed of multiple subgenres that all contribute to one goal: to make the audience laugh. Multiple subgenres exist in film comedy, and an important one to discuss is the subgenre of farce—specifically sex farce. As defined by Michael Tueth’s film analysis in his book Reeling with laughter, the sex farce subgenre is characterized by absurd and overly exaggerated scenarios;…

Directed by Stanley Kramer, The Defiant Ones depicts the story of a black convict (Sidney Poitier) on the run after escaping a failed prison transport. However, Cullen is not alone; in fact, he is chained to fellow inmate John “Joker” Jackson (Tony Curtis), a bigoted…

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a rom com packed with lots of fun and full of laughs. Andie Anderson works for a magazine called Composure as the “How To…” columnist. Working at the top female magazine as a journalist may be every girl’s dream but not Andie. Andie wants to write about things that matter; politics, economics, poverty, etc. but instead, she is stuck as the “How To…” columnist. Andie’s friend, Michelle went through a breakup and her story becomes Andie’s inspiration for her next…

by the United States of America, included not being allowed to participate in “weekday” activities on Sunday. Not only were there common principles between Judaism and Puritanism, but also they had some common ideologies. In article written by Ken Curtis, the President of Gateway Films that specializes in films regarding Christianity, Puritans believed that “All of life was God's”. The elected voice of the Jewish community in New South Wales…

Marilyn Monroe’s life was ruined by her drug addiction, depression and anxiety caused by past lovers and media attention. Most of her life she abused drugs. Broken relationships and an unhealthy childhood probably led to her drug abuse. Monroe depending on drugs, having many overdoses, and her life becoming more public were symtoms of how drugs changed her life. Was her death suicide? Was her death murder? To this day, Monroe 's death is still unknown, but what we do know that her death was an…

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…