you’re the reason that I got into Wall Street ... that’s a‚ that’s a sad commentary.” —Michael Douglas There is a fabulous irony to “Wall Street” that perhaps can’t be adequately explained. The movie is an unequivocal denunciation of Wall Street excess but remains the preeminent film of those aspiring to it. They love anything Gekko‚ and a lot of the other scenes too. Michael Douglas was a savvy Hollywood producer but apparently wasn’t much of a Wall Street aficionado before the film
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isolation‚ and the worse case scenario for any servicemember separation from the United States Uniformed Services. Insubordination in the Military is not limited to rank or time in service; a very famous example of Insubordination is when General Douglas MacArthur‚ was relieved of command
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the audience feel the total impact of the movie. The movie industry became a huge part of American industry in general. Movies became America’s favorite form of entertainment. “Early movie stars such as Charlie Chaplin‚ Mary Pickford‚ and Douglas Fairbanks became idols to the American people who set trends in clothing and hairstyles” (James‚ 2009). Although the movies were a
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horrors of WW1. In the 1920’s movie stars were really stars - with huge salaries‚ the fashions and activities of the Hollywood greats echoed around the world and 100‚000 people would gather in London and even in Moscow to greet Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks on their triumphal tour of Europe. Although many atempts were made to bring sound to the movies it was not till 1923 that they finaly had the first sound track for the movie before then they would be accommpanoed live by a piano or organ
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Sypnosis Movie Wall Street tells the story of a young stockbroker named Bud Fox‚ a young‚ smart and very motivated stock broker (seller) who dreams of making millions of dollars. He worked at the firm Jackson Steinem & Co. Bud is ambitious. He wants to be successful in the stock market‚ like Gordon Gecko a very rich‚ ruthless and immoral stock trader and “corporate raider‚”which is a person who buys and sells companies‚ often with horrible results for company workers. Bud always try to find
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Running head: AMERICA AND THE MOVIES OF THE 1920’S February 13‚ 2012 US HIS II ABSTRACT The movies of the 1920’s provided one of America’s most forms of entertainment after World War One. Americans were able to spend a little extra and enjoy such events as they were not devastates during with war. The movies for the American people began soon after the invention of automobiles. The movies provided communications and entertainment and soon began to open the American people to ideas
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If the thought of war which is a bunch of people trying to kill another group of people doesn’t scare you then when you have people who are in charge of the soldiers’ lives that are corrupt shows how trivial the soldier’s life can be. During the scenes of action especially with Col. Dax running trying to regiment 701 out of the trenches again shows the madness that is in this film. Dax tries to get them out of the trenches but the soldiers will not move because they know they will die. When Dax goes
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19 STARS : A Study in Military Character and Leadership Puryear‚ Edgar F. (1971). 19 STARS New York: Presidio Press 19 STARS was written by Edgar F. Puryear‚ Jr. I do not know much about the author. I completed a thorough search but was unable to find any information. The one thing that I do know of him is that he is fascinated with the study of leadership because he has written other books on it; examples include George S. Brown‚ General‚ U.S. Air Force: Destined for Stars‚ American Generalship:
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free railroad ticket home. 8. Several thousand remained‚ however‚ along with some wives and children‚ in the unsanitary shacks during the steaming summer heat. Among the were a small group of committed Communists and other radicals. 9. General Douglas MacArthur‚ the army chief of staff‚ ordered the army to disperse the veterans. He described the Bonus marchers as a “mob…animated by the essence of revolution.” With tanks‚ guns‚ and tear gas‚ the army routed veterans who 15 years before had worn
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Matthew Ridgway - Early Life:Matthew Bunker Ridgway was born March 3‚ 1895‚ at Fort Monroe‚ VA. The son of Colonel Thomas Ridgway and Ruth Bunker Ridgway‚ he was reared on army posts across the United States and took pride in being an "army brat." Graduating from English High School in Boston‚ MA in 1912‚ he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and applied for acceptance to West Point. Deficient in mathematics‚ he failed in his first attempt‚ but after extensive study of the subject gained
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