November 18‚ 2010 Is the Great Dictator a holocaust film? The Great Dictator‚ by Charlie Chaplin‚ can be argued both ways as to weather or not it is a film relevant to the holocaust. I personally enjoyed the movie as a comedy‚ but not as a story about the holocaust. Yes‚ the plot does take place during World War I and then later World War II‚ but Chaplin makes the film a parody of the wars. Chaplin has the characters‚ including Hitler‚ called Hynkel‚ in the movie‚ doing funny things that
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After a conversation with Gandhi in 1931‚ Charlie Chaplin said: “Unemployment is the vital question. Machinery should benefit mankind; it should not spell tragedy and throw it out of work” (Bourne‚ 2003). This was the seed that eventually grew into his masterpiece‚ ‘Modern Times’. At this point in time things were rapidly and continuously changing‚ and Chaplin believed that the majority of these changes would not be for the better good. The movie depicts the life of The Tramp as a factory worker
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the most popular type of movies during this time of films. The humour in these films were very slapstick-meaning people thought it was funny when someone fell on a banana peel or got a custard pie in the face. Buster Keaton‚ Laurel Hardy‚ and Charlie Chaplin were some famous comedians. Many Canadians regularly attended one of the 900 movie theaters across Canada. Mary Pickford was a famous actress in the 1920s. Mary Pickford was a legendary silent film actress and was known as "America’s sweetheart
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------------------------------------------------- Analysis of trip to the moon Some historians suggest that although A Trip to the Moon was among the most technically innovative films up until that time‚ it still displays a primitive understanding of narrative film technique. American film scholar Ken Dancyger writes‚ "[The film is] no more than a series of amusing shots‚ each a scene unto itself. The shots tell a story‚ but not in the manner to which we are accustomed. It was not until the work
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Introduction The Great Dictator is a 1940 American comedy-drama film starring‚ written‚ produced‚ scored‚ and directed by Charlie Chaplin‚ following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films‚ this was Chaplin’s first true talking picture as well as his most commercially successful film. At the time of its first release‚ the United States was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany. Chaplin’s
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track for the movie before then they would be accommpanoed live by a piano or organ. It would still be many years before talking movies would finally replace silent movies. Francis X. Bushman caused fluttering hearts‚ Theda Bara wrecked homes‚ Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle and Mack Sennett set zany standards‚ never to be excelled‚ and a host of beautiful ladies smiled and wept and were alluring. Once silent movies gave way to talking pictures the issue of profanity was raised. The anti-war play
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it went on‚ the more it progressed. In this Era‚ numerous people become well- known and very famous. Many actors and actresses played roles in all sorts of movies. Some of these famous actors and actresses were Rudolph Valentino‚ Charlie Chaplin‚ Clara Bow and Greta Garbo. They‚ were all looked upon by millions of people. From Italy‚ was Rudolph Valentino. He was born on may‚ 6‚ 1895 (Roaring20sweebly).Valentino died in the mid twenties‚ in 1926 (Roaring20sweebly). His real
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Bara and Louise Brooks‚ along with Greta Garbo‚ Marlene Dietrich and Jean Harlow‚ were more often cast as the latter. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.‚ Gilbert Roland and Rudolph Valentino were just a few of the male heartthrobs of the silent era while Charlie Chaplin‚ Buster Keaton and
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almost all the songs. They are now still very famous: Yesterday (1965)‚ Michelle (1965)‚ Yellow Submarine (1966)‚ Hey Jude (1968)... They separated in 1970 and started solo careers‚ but John Lennon was assassinated in 1980. 2. Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) Charlie Chaplin was famous in Hollywood but he was born in London in a poor family of actors. He is now regarded as the best comic actor in the 20th century. After playing on stage with his brother‚ he started with silent films: The Kid (1921);
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“Now is the Time to Laugh” Charlie Chaplin once said “laughter is the tonic‚ the surcease for pain.” It is also often that you hear the saying “laughter is the best medicine‚” which is not just an opinion‚ but has been proven to be true. In this paper I will prove to you that laughter is the best medicine and that one should not suppress their laughter to seem professional or respectful. No matter what the situation‚ laughter should be welcomed as a natural and enjoyable action that should not
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