Essays Tagged: "movie star"

Women in Films - User or Victim?

hat a woman can be anybody she desires to be, the legendary film,Evita, is now shown to millions of movie viewers. Alan Parker=s Evita is a reflection of themuch-publicized images of two popular self- ... te girl, who escapes the cruelty and poverty of her hometown,and Aflees to the big city to become a movie star, fights her way to the top through succession ofmen, marries her country=s president, onl ...

(16 pages) 113 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Movie Stars of the 1920s -- this is essay is about a couple different movie stars from the 1920s. some of the stars are Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, Lon Chaney and Louise Brooks

In the 1920's, there were many famous movies and movie actors. The 1920s were a time when flims really began to become a popular past time ... explore a few of the actors and actresses who graced the big screen back in the day as well as the movies they starred in.In the 1920s, many of the famous actors were not actors but actresses. Out of ... say that acting seemed to come easy to her. Guys wanted her and girls wanted to be her. Some of her movies include; "Down to the Sea in Ships", "Enemies of Women", and "Maytime". another popular movie ...

(2 pages) 73 0 4.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Governments in the movie "Star War" vs governments in the home

Governments In Star Wars V.S. Governments in the HomeIn the movie "Star Wars" their exist many different forms of government. In this essay Iwill be comparing t ... their exist many different forms of government. In this essay Iwill be comparing those forms in the movie to the ones found in the home. I will be startingwith the most basic form of government and wo ... e most complex.The most basic form of government is anarchy, The total absence of government.In the movie the best example of anarchy is Yoda, living by himself on Dagohba without theinterference of a ...

(4 pages) 43 1 2.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

How slang words originated.

rd gay was adopted about fourdecades ago(The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories p.189). The movie star Gene Autry, who was in the movie "The Gay Cowboy" and to the best of my knowledge a homos ...

(3 pages) 71 0 3.9 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

The Black Dahlia Mystery.

l.Elizabeth Ann Short hailed from a small Massachusetts town where her mother introduced her to the movies at a young age. Betty, as she was known in those days, fell in love with this form of enterta ... ainment. She saw it as a way to escape her poverty and so she decided to head out west and become a movie star. The beautiful young woman sought out the father who abandoned her as a child in order to ...

(5 pages) 66 1 2.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The First Movie Stars:Florence Lawrence,Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin

Movie stars are actors whose personas transcends their work, that is, persons whose personas becomes ... r work, that is, persons whose personas becomes part of our mass culture. Several of the very first movie starts set the pattern for all those who followed.In the very early days of the Silent Film er ... ern for all those who followed.In the very early days of the Silent Film era however, there were no movie stars. The studios purposely did not publicize their actors, since to do so might encourage th ...

(3 pages) 66 1 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Natalie Wood Biography Brief Biography of Life Includes most of the movies she satrred in

Natalie Wood: The All American Actress"I raised my daughter to be a movie star" those were the words of Maria Gurdin talking of her daughter. On July 20, 1938 a star wa ... din. Natalie was born a true star. By the age of four she had already snagged an ensemble role in a movie, Happy Land. Mrs.Gurdin saw her daughter as a star so she moved the family to Los Angeles in 1 ... time classic. Her childhood success was obvious, by the age of twelve she had been in over fourteen movies.With her success booming as an actress, Natalie Wood was living every girl's dream. Her fi ...

(2 pages) 40 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Contemprary Culture

culture. One apt illustration of this point involves that when young boys and girls are in favor of movie star or popular music star, these famous star will get very high status, as the result million ...

(2 pages) 30 0 2.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Will Arnold be a Good Governor? By David Woolf

Will Arnold be a Good Governor?By David Woolf Arnold Schwarzenegger is a very successful movie star and is now Governor-elect of California. Some people call him a muscle-bound dumbbell, ot ... the other four leading candidates only once combined. There were 72 showings of nine Schwarzenegger movies on seven cable channels between Aug. 10 and the election. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ca ...

(1 pages) 38 1 3.4 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

Women in films.

t a woman can be anybody she desires to be, the legendaryfilm, "Evita", is now shown to millions of movie viewers. Alan Parker's "Evita" isa reflection of the much-publicized images of two popular sel ... te girl, who escapes the crueltyand poverty of her hometown, and Aflees to the big city to become a movie star,fights her way to the top through succession of men, marries her country=spresident, only ...

(5 pages) 34 0 3.4 Dec/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Examine Which Character Creates Most sympathy within the readers In The Novel 'Of Mice And Men'

y' she too has suffered much negligence she reminisces back, ironically, to her dream of becoming a movie star 'could have been in the pictures' but was forced into marrying curly, where then she no l ...

(3 pages) 11 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

What is Success to you?

r it is that will help you reach your goal. For example,if a persons dreams were to become a famous movie star, they wouldn't get anywhere by doing nothing, for their dreams of becoming a movie star w ... nown so that maybe someone important would see them and help them achieve their dream of becoming a movie star. Another example, would be becoming a professional basketball player. If ones dreams were ...

(2 pages) 19 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"The Diary of Anne Frank"

n Anne was eleven years old she grew up without care. Anne always dreamed of becoming a writer or a movie star. They all had to wear yellow stars on their clothes. The yellow star was the Star of Davi ... into hiding. Anne had to turn in her bike, she couldn't go to a Dutch school anymore, or go to the movies or ride in automobile. She wouldn't even be able to see her friends anymore.In July of 1942 a ...

(3 pages) 30 1 3.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

LEADERSHIP

for it. Many people in positions can be entitled a leader such as basketball players. Even a famous movie star can be given this title. These people are not true leaders. True leaders are the belabori ...

(2 pages) 37 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Make A Wish Foundation

when we grew up then what we're doing now. How many people wanted to be a baseball player?"¦movie star?"¦race car driver?"¦What about a police officer? What would it have meant t ... icer? What would it have meant to you as a child to actually become a professional baseball player, movie star, race car driver, or police officer, at that point in your life.1. Lead in exampl ...

(6 pages) 14 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

All About Eve

jealousy and deceit, have also occurred in the past, as well as the present."Margo Channing, a true movie star" once stated by Addison De Witt. This perfectly describes the personality and attit ...

(2 pages) 1511 0 0.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Effect the Media has on Women's Self Image

ly-there runway model? Is beauty an overweight Amazonian 20 year old? Is beauty a size eight 1950's movie star? Is beauty found in the Padaung women of Thailand that extend their necks with rings? Bea ...

(8 pages) 172 0 4.6 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Untitled

for it. Many people in positions can be entitled a leader such as basketball players. Even a famous movie star can be given this title. These people are not true leaders. True leaders are the belabori ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

All About Eve

ndreds. It is a story of a young girl's rise to fame due to her strong love and ambition to star in movies. An aspiring actress, Eve Harrington, played by Anne Baxter, climbs into and eventually repla ... co, she decides to stay and live off his insurance money. Being that Eve is an obsessive-compulsive movie lover, she decides one evening to attend a play starring Margo, Remembrance. It is only clear ...

(5 pages) 2779 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Sula

of her return. This also hints of the evil ways of Sula. She comes back dressed in the riches of a movie star and confronts Eva about burning her son to death and Eva turns the tables and confronts h ...

(3 pages) 23 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry