stars are made in Hollywood‚ but also the place of poverty‚ corruption and crime. The many faces of Los Angeles are captured in Truman Capote’s narrative essay “Hollywood”. The essay was published in the collection Local Color from 1950. The story is about Truman Capote’s holiday trip to Hollywood in December. The story takes place in a plane‚ where Truman Capote is on his way to L.A. He is sitting besides Thelma‚ a young‚ black‚ woman‚ who are about to make a living in Hollywood‚ and hopefully becomes
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Hollywood in the 1930’s The film industry was a big source of entertainment in the 1930’s. During the Great Depression‚ spending money on entertainment wasn’t reasonable for people. Audiences always looked for "light-hearted screwballs" that would make them forget their troubles for some time (Hollywood and the Film Industry). In the 1930’s‚ Hollywood movie studios were having trouble financing the transition from silent to talking pictures due to the stock market crash 1929. The movie industry
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The Contemporary Hollywood Film Soundtrack: Professional Practices and Sonic Styles Since the 1970s …………………………………. 2 Abstract Since the 1970s‚ the soundtrack in Hollywood has come of age as a complex and sophisticated site of cinematic art. Greater combinations of sounds expressing a wider spectrum of tones‚ textures and volumes can be heard at the movies more than ever before‚ while behind the scenes‚ the number of personnel producing them has grown considerably. Moreover‚ this era has witnessed
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HOLLYWOOD IN THE TWENTIES (CONTD...) *HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS AND THE CREATION OF MPPDA *CECILE B. DEMILLE *”THE CONTINETAL TOUCH” LUBITSCH AND OTHERS *IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN *ERICH VON STROHEIM HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS AND THE CREATION OF MPPDA Since the earliest days of the Nickelodeon‚ moralists and reformers were very much disturbed by the corrupting nature of the movies and their effects upon the American youth. Powerful pressure groups were created to protect the American audiences from the
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Bollywood v. Hollywood The expectations for Hollywood are quite high in talent. Nevertheless so are they for Bollywood. Bollywood is the same for the most part‚ but just consists of mostly Indians. Hollywood on the other hand is consisted of genres that include multiple races and culture in their moneymaking films. These two film industries on the contrary have somewhat different talents. Bollywood‚ to a certain extent‚ involves more dancing‚ singing‚ and longer movies. For Hollywood‚ movies are
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The Pantages in one of the many outstanding landmarks of Hollywood. In the past‚ it has been a movie house‚ with live vaudeville acts between features. For ten years the Pantages Theatre was the habitation of the Academy Awards Presentations. The Pantages was primarily a movie house for several decades. In 1949‚ Howard Hughes acquired the Pantages Theatre‚ changing its name to the RKO Pantages Known as “The Biggest Night in Hollywood”‚ The Academy Awards ceremonies took place at the Pantages each
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- Oxford Blues‚ and the romantic comedy-drama film - About Last Night‚ received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star of Rob Lowe on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television was dedicated in front of the Musso & Frank Grill (restaurant located on Hollywood Boulevard)‚ where the 51 year old actor‚ talked humorously that he "drank many martinis in a previous career." The Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony‚ was also attended by Rob Lowe’s longtime friend - the American actress
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Hollywood‚ Bollywood... Ah! Ha! Nollywood! Life as a way of taking shape on its own if will fail to straighten its bends and correct its mistakes. In the movie world Hollywood is no stranger to the masses and the youngest of children. Over the years‚ Hollywood has grown to surpass the imagination of the world‚ creating wonders‚ taking the movie-lovers to space and light years back in time. According to Wikipedia‚ Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles‚ California‚ United States of America. Before
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Hollywood is amongst the top in power of the media empire in the United States‚ the productions that come out‚ become believed representations of the audiences that watch them‚ bringing down many that are shown in those productions. With audiences that are more than majority a darker color‚ than what are represented in Hollywood films‚ it brings to attention just how much of a problem it comes be. Minorities should be just part of the Hollywood creation‚ holding a social responsibility to derail
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The Graduate. Although The Graduate may seem to divert from the classic hollywood style‚ it mostly ends up adhering to the style instead. Throughout this film‚ the focus is on a young college graduate‚ Benjamin Braddock that begins a risky relationship with his mother’s friend‚ Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson’s character and her relationship with ben are one of the only aspects of the film that do not adhere to classical Hollywood cinema. However‚ Mrs. Robinson is still part of the traditional way of
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