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    “ I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful” Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Baker on June 1‚ 1926. Her mother’s name was Gladys Baker Mortensen. Baker being the name of her other two children and Mortensen the name of her last husband who disappeared just months after their marriage in 1924. Although Edward Mortensen was Gladys’ husband at the time of Norma’s birth‚ he was not her father. No one knows for sure who her father was‚ but it was believed that it was Gladys’

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    Neo-Noir is a genre described to have many similarities with classic Film Noir‚ but takes advantage of modern technology and fuses this with classic elements (1). The Watch Mojo website has created many ‘Top 10’ lists that rank films in a specific genre‚ one of which covers what they believe are the ten best Neo-Noir films‚ and have put the 1974 thriller Chinatown on the list. The movie is an accurate and worthy representation of the genre and deserves to be on the list as it consistently portrays

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    The primary internal reason how Australia responded to the threat of communism was by Menzies and the Liberal Party attempting to ban the CPA. Menzies tried to ban the CPA two times. The first time was in 1950‚ when the Liberal Party introduced the Communist Party Dissolution Bill (CPDB). Menzies tried to make it a law so that the CPA would become illegal. However‚ this was unsuccessful as the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and many other unions opposed it as this would lead to the Liberal Party to

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    g Beautiful Tragic Love I never asked my life to be a FAIRY TALE or PERFECT‚ all I wanted was a normal life‚ and I didn’t have a very happy childhood living with my parents as an only child. As I was growing up all my life it revolved around men‚ every time I would fall in love with one‚ they would leave me after 3 months. I was beginning to feel like a hopeless romantic just like my mum when my dad had left her when I was beginning to experiment with love. I felt cursed. I kept asking myself “WHY

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    Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson‚ June 1‚ 1926 – August 5‚ 1962)‚ was an American actress and model. Famous for playing "dumb blonde" characters‚ she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s‚ emblematic of the era’s attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade‚ her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962.[1] She continues to be considered a major popular culture icon.[2] Born and raised in Los Angeles

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    Marilyn Monroe was recognized as the “Blonde Bombshell.”(4) She was well known throughout the world in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Marilyn’s childhood was rough but she rose above it by becoming an actress and model.  Norma Jean Mortenson‚ more famously known as Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1st‚ 1926 at 9:00a.m in Los Angeles‚ California. (1‚ 4) She was born into foster care therefore she never knew her mother or her father. (2) Marilyn’s mom was Gladys Monroe Baker Mortenson. (6) When Marilyn was

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    Marilyn Monroe‚ a talented actress‚ model and singer was known for her effortless performances on screen her innocence‚ beauty and her iconic imagine‚ however had a tragic‚ controversial personal life. I. Early Life II. Career and Personal Life A. Career B. Personal Life III. Legacy It is no surprise that Marilyn Monroe’s tragic‚ early death was due to her troubled personal life‚ and that she was a talented actress‚ singer‚ and model whose life was ended much too soon.

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    Yes‚ Norma Is That Crazy Sunset Boulevard constantly and persistently advances the theme that Hollywood creates movie stars that become engrossed with their own fame and then abandons them‚ leaving behind only their outlandish and outdated fantasies. The case of Norma Desmond is no different. Her out-of-touch relationship with reality is given form through her desire to make her “greatest picture yet.” The segment of Sunset Boulevard that will be analyzed in this essay is significant because‚

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    The person I’m doing my essay on is Marilyn Monroe. Her full name was actually Norma Jeane Mortenson‚ and she was born on June 1‚ 1926‚ in Los Angeles‚ California. She died on August 5‚ 1962‚ at the age of 36. She was a famous actress‚ model‚ and a little bit of a singer. I chose to do this essay on her because I had already new some information about her‚ but I just wanted to learn some more information about her job and her life. Marilyn Monroe grew up with a half sister Bernice Baker Miracle

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    Using the director’s and prop managers’ choices of lighting‚ soundtrack‚ and certain camera angles‚ Double Indemnity manages to set a specific mood of dangerous and doomed attraction. This atmosphere is brilliantly conveyed through the strategic use of low-key lighting. In black and white cinematography‚ an effect‚ called chiaroscuro‚ is implemented to give the film an air of mystery and crime. Based on a painting technique of the same name‚ cinematographers set the scene such that darkness dominates

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