Tommy Ricketts is a great war hero from World War I. He faced the enemy with impressive…
JR longed to get out of his fancy, first-floor apartment. One day, George leaves his window wide open. That night, he sneaks out the window and meets the very same stray, Boris, who teaches him about life on the streets. JR promises to come out the next day. Unfortunately for him, the other embassy dogs tag along, and they find out that strays are disappearing. When JR’s embassy friend Pie disappears, the average-sized dog must rescue him- and the other strays.…
One of my favorite movies is Dances With Wolves. Dances With Wolves is a 1990 American epic western film directed and produced by Kevin Costner. Kevin Costner plays the star character, Lieutenant, John J. Dunbar. He is wounded in the American Civil War. He chose to try to commit suicide over having his foot amputated by taking a horse and riding it up to and along the confederate soldiers’ front lines. They failed to shoot him. The Union Army attacks the line while the confederate soldiers are distracted and the Union Army wins the battle. Dunbar survives and is allowed to recover properly, receives a citation for bravery, and is awarded Cisco, the horse who carried him, as well as his choice of posting. John Dunbar requests a transfer…
In 1944, a small Yorkshire Terrier full-grown dog was found by a soldier in an abandoned fox hole in a jungle of New Guinea. When American soldier William Wynne saw the dog, he knew he had to have it and bought the dog he named Smoky for what amounted to about $6 US currency. Smoky served alongside Wynne in the South Pacific, flying reconnaissance missions, digging through culverts to lay wire, and even parachuting. Wynne also credits her for saving his life by guiding Wynne to duck the fire of anti-aircraft that hit the other men standing nearby, which earned her the name, “Angel from the Foxhole”.…
He was a famous and very popular actor in the 1950s, most notably for the movie Rebel without a Cause.…
The penny, the smallest coin in the U.S., that honors president Abraham Lincoln, is now essentially worthless. Back not too long ago, it was possible to go the store and get a whole bag of candy for a nickel, or a chocolate bar for a penny. But now that is no longer possible. Nowadays the price of everything is much higher than it used to be, which means that small amounts don’t go as far. As source C explained, there used to be penny-poker, penny candy, and five and dime stores. Now, penny poker would be played with dollar bills, penny candy could cost you a couple hundred pennies, and the five and dime is a “dollar store”. The value of money has dropped leaving everything more expensive. As source C states, “it takes nearly a dime today…
Leni Riefenstahl was a female German film maker whose confidence, good looks, and willingness to speak her mind demanded respect. She was born in Berlin on the 22nd of August 1902. Her parents were Alfred and Bertha Eda, and she had a younger brother of 3 years named Heinz. Her father owned a very successful heating and ventilation company. Leni’s father always pushed Leni towards following in his footsteps into the world of business. However Leni always had a passion to entertain.…
Robbin Williams was known for his iconic roles in movies like “Flubber” or “Jumanji”. Those movies are only some of the ones he took part in. He went on to earn an award for best supporting actor in 1997. His career originally started with stand-up comedy during the 1970s. while performing at the comedy club in Los Angeles in 1977, he…
Please keep in mind that I am only going to put characters from films that I have seen. There will probably be some on here that you would expect most people to have seen that I have not. I do not own any of the pictures below, I get most of my images from Wikipedia and no infringement is intended.…
Born May 26, 1907, Winterset Iowa, US. Real name Marion Mitchell Morrison. Famous for involvement in the the film and directing Industry. Also known as a famous actor for the black and white film of the movie “Shepard of the hills”. Later in his career he won the Oscar for acting in 1969. Batjac, the production company cofounded by Wayne, was named after the fictional shipping company Batjak in Wake of the Red Witch (1948), a film based on the novel by Garland Roark. (A spelling error by Wayne's secretary was allowed to stay.) Batjac (and its predecessor, Wayne-Fellows Productions) was the arm through which Wayne made many films for himself and other stars.…
He then caught a tremendous break when his former director, John Ford, convinced the United Artists to cast Wayne as the Ringo Kid in the Oscar-winning, classic “Stagecoach.” The film was so influential that it alone brought westerns to new heights. Westerns, largely considered Saturday morning children entertainment began receiving criticism from intellectual adult audiences, and John Wayne became bound for stardom.…
Hollywood Career and Marriages - In 1937, Reagan signed a seven-year contract with the Warner Brothers movie studio. Over the next three decades, he appeared in more than 50 films. Among his best-known roles was that of Notre Dame Football star George Gipp in the 1940 biopic Knute Rockne, All American. Another notable role was in the 1942 film Kings Row, in which Reagan portrays an accident victim who wakes up to discover his legs have been amputated and cries out, "Where's the rest of me?"…
Film of the 1930’s was labeled “The Golden Age of Hollywood.” Movies were being made with sound and color, new genres included gangster, musicals, news reporting, historical biopics, social-realism, lightheartedscrewball comedies, western, and horror. It was the revival of documentaries and other non-fiction, especially with World War II beginning. Many famous actors started their careers in acting during this time. John Wayne had his first major role in…
Cited: Dick, Bernard F. The Star Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film. Lexington: Kentucky , 1985.…
The roaring twenties was a time for nobodies to become somebodies. People wanted to express themselves, and live their life to the fullest. They were extravagant and colorful. Fitzgerald forces us to envision the lost generation as they subsist. They want to be noticed and seen with money, carefree. Fitzgerald gives Nick and Gatsby the voice of the so called “lost generation”, which took place right after World War I. That generation was all about financial gain and making money for themselves. They lived with the idea of the good life in the future, always trying to reach for it like Gatsby and the dock’s green light. Fitzgerald used the imagery of the excursion from East Egg to West Egg, through the valley of ashes, then finally arriving in the big apple. This journey expresses the differences between all the places, showing the poorest of the poor to the old money.…