Essays Tagged: "movie theatre"

Women in 1950's Hollywood Films-- the Hayse code and the changing roles of women.

until the nineteen-fifties that an image of such a woman was accessible to anyone who could go to a movie theatre. In the U.S. this meant that the young girls of the baby boom generation, or the arche ... of Hollywood's Golden age. The golden age of Hollywood was a time when the studio system dominated movie making. There were about seven major studios in Hollywood who made thousands of movies every y ...

(5 pages) 233 2 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

Review of Film--We Were Soldiers--written 1 week from release in theaters. I was limited to 2 pages.

On March 1, I was the first in line at the movie theatre to see the premiere of We Were Soldiers, starring Mel Gibson. Besides the fact that I ... esides the fact that I am a Military History major and a soldier, I was even more interested in the movie because I had previously seen the interview with the then LTC Hal Moore and a military photogr ... . Their idea became a book, We Were Soldiers, Once and Young, and it was that book that spawned the movie.The movie was incredible, a true tribute to the men whose nobility and valor proved unbreakabl ...

(2 pages) 179 3 4.4 Sep/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

One September Day

hington D.C. This was an act that no one in my generation has ever seen or experienced, except at a movie theatre on a Friday or Saturday night. To watch the terrors unfold on television was truly ter ...

(3 pages) 87 0 3.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Ann Moody. Deals with realizations of Ann Moody on discriminations at the time. Discusses how she helped reform the discrimination in the US.

n her community.The first time that Anne fully realizes the differences in her and others is in the movie theatre when she was about eight years old. She sees her white friends there, and goes to sit ...

(6 pages) 321 0 3.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Every day monsters; an analysis of the definition of monsters and marvels in the middle ages, based on the book "Monsters and Marvels" by ambroise pare

in the twenty-first century, many people think the closest they have come to a real monster is the movie theatre. Ambroise Parè's book Monsters and Marvels, originally published in 1573, defines Mon ...

(7 pages) 32 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Hot Spot (descriptive essay)

fresh air with a faint scent of beer teasing the taste buds. The clubs, the bars, the pubs and the movie theatre all packed with people scattered, running, rustling and traversing around like ants cr ...

(2 pages) 14 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Kidnapped?

"Hey Chandler" Monica walked in as she slapped her husband a high five. "wanna see a movie with everyone tonight?"" No sorry Mon, I got a ton of work to do tonight, Lord knows the compa ... handler said as he mocked her~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Phoebe walked into the movie theatre with the rest of the gang minus chandler. "I feel bad chandler couldn't come" she said ... ound" I don't know?" phoebe said, " I will go look for him.So Phoebe set off and walked through the movie theatre looking for Ross.Finally she returns, " Look who I found in Jurassic Park, he was tryi ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

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utiful expensive clothes, the sound of chatter all around me, the smell of popcorn as I walk by the movie theatre, feelings of excitement as I decide what store to go in first, and the taste of hot pi ... of dead cows grosses me out completely. The strong smell of popcorn almost convinces me to watch a movie as I walk by the cinemas. There's always a bunch of excitement in choosing what stores ...

(6 pages) 24 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Steven Speilberg

on Steven Spielberg Stephen Spielberg has directed some of the most popular, and highest grossing, movies of all time. He has directed six of the top 25 highest grossing movies of all time, and is cl ... In an article in Time magazine Spielberg said "From age twelve or thirteen I knew I wanted to be a movie director, and I didn't think that science or math or foreign languages were going to help me t ...

(3 pages) 11 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Condoms A Good Idea

Condoms in Schools: A Good Idea The movie Grease. One of the best-loved movies of the twentieth century, watched by millions in the movi ... nce the gang at Rydell High when it was re-released in 1998. There are many memorable scenes in the movie, but one that really stands out is the scene where Rizzo and Knicky are making out in his car. ... care several weeks later when she realizes that she has missed a period. Throughout the rest of the movie, Rizzo is tormented by the fact that she might be pregnant. Although the movie takes place in ...

(4 pages) 31 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Big Cities Vs. Small Towns

ities over small towns because there is more excitement there. In a small town, there is not even a movie theatre. Small town life can be so boring that some people would go to the big city just to ha ...

(2 pages) 36 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Ousiders by S.E Hinton Test Response on the question "What does the novel teach us about violence?"

irst chapter of the book, the Socials "jump" Ponyboy, the main character, as he walks home from the movie theatre alone. Such needless violence leads directly to the death of Bob and indirectly to the ...

(3 pages) 15 0 5.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Cellist of Sarajevo: the struggle to maintain humanity in an inhuman place

ect the cellist. She heard the music, and had bright imaginations of the future where "[she's] in a movie theatre, a boy she likes kisses her and puts his hand on her stomach" (Galloway, 75). The fact ...

(6 pages) 33 0 0.0 May/2012

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American