"Walter’s Thing: The NAACP’s Hollywood Bureau of 1946--A Cautionary Tale" The author primary argument/thesis was the NAACP Hollywood Bureau in 1942 led by Executive director Walter White. During World War II the goal of the organization corresponded with the war aims of the allies. In 2003 the NAACP opened a new Hollywood bureau. Both Bureau’s continuing endeavors to affect film and television and equal opportunity for the minority. Although both organizations share the same common goal‚ these
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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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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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NAACP The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long‚ primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. It has been made up of many movements‚ though it is often used to refer to the struggles between 1945 and 1970 to end discrimination against African-Americans and to end racial segregation‚ especially in the U.S. South. It focuses on that particular struggle‚ rather than the comparable movements to end discrimination against other
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The studio system was a film production and distribution method used by the major motion picture studios in Hollywood beginning in the 1920’s and ending in the 1960’s. The “Hollywood studio system” was comprised of large movie studios that produced films on their own lots (properties) using creative personnel (actors & writers) who were locked in long term contracts. The studio system allowed for ownership of the distribution of a film‚ which ensured the film‚ would be shown at theater circuits owned
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Focus Question: How did the NAACP assist the African American population in fighting segregation and how successful were these efforts? Segregation is explained as the “policy of separating racial groups in all aspects of their lives to ensure that whites maintained supremacy over African Americans”. With segregation being a large issue in the lives of African Americans in the 1900’s‚ organisations such as the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) were created in
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To what extent were the NAACP responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign in the years 1945–57? The NAACP was an organization who were heavily involved in the civil rights movement. To a certain extent‚ the NAACP was entirely responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign between the years 1945-1957. However‚ there were other factors such as federal government‚ peaceful protests‚ other black activist groups‚ the media and contextual factors that were involved in enhancing
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The Hollywood studios’ systems in 1960 were very interesting because the Hollywood had to face the issue of its business structure changes. In 1960‚ the Hollywood studio systems had to change the strategies because of television and people’s demanding. In the 1950s‚ TV was invented‚ and most people bought it. Because of TV‚ many people began to stay home to watch movie instead of went to theater because TV companies got broadcasting rights from studios. In addition forging-films was imported by some
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described are all examples of different styles of clothing in the 1930’s. These fads were all the usually worn outfits of this era. Men and women’s fashion and trends were set and inspired by Hollywood star’s appearance on television. “Because of the need to save money‚ the average women could no longer buy new clothes every few months. Instead‚ they had to remake the clothes they already had‚ reusing any material that was on-hand.” (1930’s Fashion for Women‚ n.p.) The Great Depression brought a large impact
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Jessica Garcia US History 1302 “Walter’s Thing: The NAACP’s Hollywood Bureau of 1946–A Cautionary Tale” In the article the author main point is that Walter White extended a great effort in combating racism and classic stereotypes in Hollywood in the 1940’s. The author feels like the new NAACP Bureau does a better job at including African Americans in every part of movie making. In 1946‚ the big screen was coming to life and the world was being exposed to movie after movie. Most of the movies that
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