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Black Soldiers in Liberal Hollywood
Katherine Kinney Cold Wars: Black Soldiers in Liberal Hollywood n 1982 Louis Gossett, Jr was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Gunnery Sergeant Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman, becoming theI first African American actor to win an Oscar since Sidney Poitier. In 1989, Denzel Washington became the second to win, again in a supporting role, for Glory. It is perhaps more than coincidental that both award winning roles were soldiers. At once assimilationist and militant, the black soldier apparently escapes the Hollywood history Donald Bogle has named, “Coons, Toms, Bucks, and Mammies” or the more recent litany of cops and criminals. From the liberal consensus of WWII, to the ideological ruptures of Vietnam, and the reconstruction of the image of the military in the Reagan-Bush era, the black soldier has assumed an increasingly prominent role, ironically maintaining Hollywood’s liberal credentials and its preeminence in producing a national mythos. This largely static evolution can be traced from landmark films of WWII and post-War liberal Hollywood: Bataan (1943) and Home of the Brave (1949), through the career of actor James Edwards in the 1950’s, and to the more politically contested Vietnam War films of the 1980’s. Since WWII, the black soldier has held a crucial, but little noted, position in the battles over Hollywood representations of African American men.1 The soldier’s role is conspicuous in the way it places African American men explicitly within a nationalist and a nationaliz- ing context: U.S. history and Hollywood’s narrative of assimilation, the combat film. -
Roger Ebert's
The College of Media at Illinois presents Roger19thAnnual Ebert’s Film Festival2017 April 19-23, 2017 The Virginia Theatre Chaz Ebert: Co-Founder and Producer 203 W. Park, Champaign, IL Nate Kohn: Festival Director 2017 Roger Ebert’s Film Festival The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The College of Media at Illinois Presents... Roger Ebert’s Film Festival 2017 April 19–23, 2017 Chaz Ebert, Co-Founder, Producer, and Host Nate Kohn, Festival Director Casey Ludwig, Assistant Director More information about the festival can be found at www.ebertfest.com Mission Founded by the late Roger Ebert, University of Illinois Journalism graduate and a Pulitzer Prize- winning film critic, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival takes place in Urbana-Champaign each April for a week, hosted by Chaz Ebert. The festival presents 12 films representing a cross-section of important cinematic works overlooked by audiences, critics and distributors. The films are screened in the 1,500-seat Virginia Theatre, a restored movie palace built in the 1920s. A portion of the festival’s income goes toward on-going renovations at the theatre. The festival brings together the films’ producers, writers, actors and directors to help showcase their work. A film- maker or scholar introduces each film, and each screening is followed by a substantive on-stage Q&A discussion among filmmakers, critics and the audience. In addition to the screenings, the festival hosts a number of academic panel discussions featuring filmmaker guests, scholars and students. The mission of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival is to praise films, genres and formats that have been overlooked. -
The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx
Miranda Revue pluridisciplinaire du monde anglophone / Multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal on the English- speaking world 22 | 2021 Unheard Possibilities: Reappraising Classical Film Music Scoring and Analysis Honks, Whistles, and Harp: The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx Marie Ventura Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/36228 DOI: 10.4000/miranda.36228 ISSN: 2108-6559 Publisher Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès Electronic reference Marie Ventura, “Honks, Whistles, and Harp: The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx”, Miranda [Online], 22 | 2021, Online since 02 March 2021, connection on 27 April 2021. URL: http:// journals.openedition.org/miranda/36228 ; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/miranda.36228 This text was automatically generated on 27 April 2021. Miranda is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Honks, Whistles, and Harp: The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx 1 Honks, Whistles, and Harp: The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx Marie Ventura Introduction: a Transnational Trickster 1 In early autumn, 1933, New York critic Alexander Woollcott telephoned his friend Harpo Marx with a singular proposal. Having just learned that President Franklin Roosevelt was about to carry out his campaign promise to have the United States recognize the Soviet Union, Woollcott—a great friend and supporter of the Roosevelts, and Eleanor Roosevelt in particular—had decided “that Harpo Marx should be the first American artist to perform in Moscow after the US and the USSR become friendly nations” (Marx and Barber 297). “They’ll adore you,” Woollcott told him. “With a name like yours, how can you miss? Can’t you see the three-sheets? ‘Presenting Marx—In person’!” (Marx and Barber 297) 2 Harpo’s response, quite naturally, was a rather vehement: you’re crazy! The forty-four- year-old performer had no intention of going to Russia.1 In 1933, he was working in Hollywood as one of a family comedy team of four Marx Brothers: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo. -
'Small-Town Girl' Living Her Dream in Big D Mentoring at Dallas Kimball
Volume XXI, Number XI March 24 - 30, 2011 ‘Small-town girl’ living her dream in Big D COVer StOrY Founded 1991 mentoring at Dallas Kimball High .com Your Paper, Your Opportunity... Visit Us Online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com Young team meets new challenges wins national basketball championship (NDG Wire) It was the two weeks ago to prove to freshman’s first trip out of a hostile crowd that they Texas and he didn’t know had what it took to rise up what to expect but he knew through the ranks to beat the team had to win be- conference top ranked cause this underdog team Rochester CTC Yellow- had something to prove. jackets, 72 – 64, on March March Madness is he- 12 in Lock Shedrake, N.Y., ating up and this young to become 2011 NJCAA See DREAM, Page 9 basketball team turned up Mountain View College Men's Basketball team the Lions the heat in New York state are the NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Champions See baSketball, Page 12 A Simon and Paula reunion? TNT’s new Dallas TV pilot will be shot in Dallas For more information see pg. 10 (NDG Wire) Warner David Jacobs. Michael M. Housewives), and Christo- opher’s fiancée Rebecca. www.northdallasgazette.com Horizon Television has se- Robin (The Closer, Rizzoli pher, the adopted son of The updated Dallas will lected Dallas as the loca- & Isles, Nip/Tuck) who Bobby and Pam Ewing feature original series stars Don’t tion for the pilot of TNT’s also executive produces (Jesse Metcalfe of Desper- Larry Hagman, Pa-trick new incarnation of the will direct. -
Connecting to Cuban National Identity Through Literature: an Examination
Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2008 Connecting to Cuban national identity through literature: an examination of memory, nostalgia, trauma and exile in Oscar Hijuelos's Our House in the Last World and A Simple Habana Melody Lauren Cerretti Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the American Literature Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, and the Literature in English, North America Commons Recommended Citation Cerretti, Lauren, "Connecting to Cuban national identity through literature: an examination of memory, nostalgia, trauma and exile in Oscar Hijuelos's Our House in the Last World and A Simple Habana Melody" (2008). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 15310. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/15310 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Connecting to Cuban national identity through literature: an examination of memory, nostalgia, trauma and exile in Oscar Hijuelos’s Our House in the Last World and A Simple Habana Melody by Lauren Cerretti A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: English (Literature) Program of Study Committee: Maya Socolovsky, major professor Jane Davis Eugenio Matibag Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2008 UMI Number: 1453126 UMI Microform 1453126 Copyright 2008 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. -
Sun Valley Serenade Orchestra Wives
Sun Valley Serenade Orchestra Wives t’s funny how music can define an entire come one of Miller’s biggest hits, “Chattanooga We also get some wonderful Harry Warren and era, and Glenn Miller’s unique sound did Choo Choo,” which, in the film, is a spectacu- Mack Gordon songs, including “At Last” (the Ijust that. It is not possible to think of World lar production number with Dandridge and The castoff from Sun Valley Serenade), “Serenade War II without thinking of the Miller sound. It Nicholas Brothers. Another great new song, “At in Blue,” “People Like You and Me,” and the was everywhere – pouring out of jukeboxes, Last,” was also recorded for the film, but wasn’t instant classic, “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo.” radios, record players. Miller had been strug- used, except as background music for several The latter was, like “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” gling in the mid-1930s and was dejected, but scenes. The song itself would end up in the nominated for an Oscar for Best Song. It knew he had to come up with a unique sound next Miller film. lost to a little Irving Berlin song called “White to separate him from all the others – and, of Christmas.” course, the sound he came up with was spec- “Chattanooga Choo Choo” hit number one on tacular and the people ate it up. His song the Billboard chart in December of 1941 and George Montgomery’s trumpet playing was “Tuxedo Junction” sold 115,000 copies in one stayed there for nine weeks. The song was dubbed by Miller band member, Johnny Best week when it was released. -
1 Reunion Alex Cho Pictures Executive Producer; Thelonius
Credits- Casting Director Samuel Warren cast established names, experienced & new talent for all media plate forms in many languages within or outside the USA! Contact: 24/7 Cell: 619-264-4135 & email: [email protected]/ Website: www.samuelwarren.com Feature Films: Reunion Alex Cho Pictures Executive Producer; Thelonius Alexander & Directed by Shawn Shao-Wen-Chou Produced by Alex Chou Pictures (Casting Leads) A video clip link for this project; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GjcrOA8npg EVIL DEAD II DE LAURENTIS ENT. Director: Sam Raimi Producer: Robert Tapper Producer: Dino De Laurentis (Casting leads) A video clip link for this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPOYmHqWeJE RETURN OF THE KILLER TOMATOES II NEW WORLD ENT. Director: John De Bello Producer: 4 Square Productions (Casting Stars/Leads & over 500 Extras) A video clip link for this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PShKWD2NKUE KILLER TOMATOES STRIKE BACK! New World Entertainment Inc. / 20th Century Fox Corporation Inc. Director: John De Bello Producer: 4 Square Productions (Casting Leads & Extras) A video clip of this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe3l4uJyghU KILLER TOMATOES GO TO FRANCE IV 20TH CENTURY FOX Director: John De Bello Producer: 4 Square Productions (Casting Stars/Leads & Extras) A video Clip of this project: A video clip of this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmOvvVcmIdI 1 BLACK BELT ANGELS SILVER BELL FILMS INC. Director: Hyo Chun Kim Producer: Hyo Chun Kim Producer: Kim Augustine Producer: Chin Kim (Casting Leads & 700 Extras from interviewing 1,500 available talent) A video clip of this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3frds4EZzw HAPPY HOUR (Sour Grapes) 4 SQUARE/MOVIE STORE CO. -
Keeper of the Flame: Antifascist Feature Films and the Hollywood Popular Front, 1934-1941 Jacob T
Western Washington University Western CEDAR WWU Graduate School Collection WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship Spring 2015 Keeper of the Flame: Antifascist Feature Films and the Hollywood Popular Front, 1934-1941 Jacob T. Sager Western Washington University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Sager, Jacob T., "Keeper of the Flame: Antifascist Feature Films and the Hollywood Popular Front, 1934-1941" (2015). WWU Graduate School Collection. 411. https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/411 This Masters Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in WWU Graduate School Collection by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. KEEPER OF THE FLAME: ANTIFASCIST FEATURE FILMS AND THE HOLLYWOOD POPULAR FRONT, 1934-1941 By Jacob Sager Accepted in Partial Completion Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts Kathleen L. Kitto, Dean of the Graduate School ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Kevin A. Leonard, Chair Dr. Amanda Eurich Dr. Susan Costanzo MASTER’S THESIS In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a master’s degree at Western Washington University, I grant to Western Washington University the non- exclusive royalty-free right to archive, reproduce, distribute, and display the thesis in any and all forms, including electronic format, via any digital library mechanisms maintained by WWU. I represent and warrant this is my original work, and does not infringe or violate any rights of others. -
Current Strategic Business Plan for the Implementation of Digital
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 482 968 EC 309 831 Current Strategic Business Plan for the Implementation of TITLE Digital Systems. INSTITUTION Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. PUB DATE 2003-12-00 NOTE 245p. AVAILABLE FROM Reference Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20542. For full text: http://www.loc.gov.html. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Computer System Design; Library Networks ABSTRACT This document presents a current strategic business plan for the implementation of digital systems and servicesfor the free national library program operated by the National LibraryService for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, its networkof cooperating regional and local libraries, and the United StatesPostal Service. The program was established in 1931 and isfunded annually by Congress. The plan will be updated and refined as supporting futurestudies are completed. (AMT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ., . I a I a a a p , :71110i1 aafrtexpreve ..4111 AAP"- .4.011111rAPrip -"" Al MI 1111 U DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Oth of Educattonal Research and Improvement ED ATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION .a.1111PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND CENTER (ERIC) DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS IN" This document has been reproduced as BEEN GRANTED BY received from the person -
Hollywood Walk of Fame Master Plan Community Meeting Presentation
Hollywood Walk of Fame Master Plan Community Meeting Presentation November 19, 2020 *50% SCHEMATIC DESIGN DRAFT - SUBJECT TO CHANGE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN Welcome & Introductions Community Presentation Page 2 of 59 November 19, 2020 *50% SCHEMATIC DESIGN DRAFT - SUBJECT TO CHANGE The Master Plan is being developed with consensus, guidance and advocacy from many parties Client Team Design Team Community & City Partners Neighborhood Councils Community Organizations City Deparments Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council Hollywood Partnership Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council Hollywood Heritage Los Angeles Department of Transportation Hollywood United Neighborhood Council Hollywood Historic Trust Los Angeles County Metro Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Page 3 of 59 HOLLYWOOD AGENDA WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN 1. Project Update 2. Vision 3. Traffic & Mobility 4. Street Design 5. Street Trees 6. Street Amenities Community Presentation Page 4 of 59 November 19, 2020 *50% SCHEMATIC DESIGN DRAFT - SUBJECT TO CHANGE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN 1. Project Status Update Community Presentation Page 5 of 59 November 19, 2020 *50% SCHEMATIC DESIGN DRAFT - SUBJECT TO CHANGE HOLLYWOOD PROJECT PURPOSE WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN To improve the Walk of Fame experience for those who live in, work in and visit the area. THE STREET IS FOR EVERYONE! Community Presentation Page 6 of 59 November 19, 2020 *50% SCHEMATIC DESIGN DRAFT - SUBJECT TO CHANGE HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY OUTREACH OVERVIEW WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN Community Presentation Page 7 of 59 November 19, 2020 *50% SCHEMATIC DESIGN DRAFT - SUBJECT TO CHANGE HOLLYWOOD PROJECT SCHEDULE WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN WHERE WE ARE TODAY ARE WE WHERE DEC. -
(XXXIII: 14) Afonso Arrau: LIKE WATER for CHOCOLATE (1992), 105 Min
November 29, 2016 (XXXIII: 14) Afonso Arrau: LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (1992), 105 min. (The online version of this handout has color images and hot url links.) Romancing the Stone (1984) and a hyperbolic desperado in Three Amigos! (1986). He established himself in the upper echelon of directors with the multiple-award-winning Like Water for Chocolate (1992), based on the novel by his wife Laura Esquivel. The success garnered him work in the U.S. helming the period romance A Walk in the Clouds (1995), the oddball ensemble comedy Picking Up the Pieces (2000) and the ambitious TV miniseries remake of the The Magnificent Ambersons" (A&E, 2002). Back in his native country, Arau would helm the surreal, would-be epic Zapata- El sueño del héroe (2004) to a storm of controversy. Building a legacy of iconoclastic and mystically-tinged movies, Arau would be Directed by Alfonso Arau credited as a prime catalyst in the re-establishment of a Written by Laura Esquivel (novel & screenplay) distinctive identity for Mexican film. Some of his additional 13 Produced by Alfonso Arau directorial credits are L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2010), A Music Leo Brouwer Painted House (2003, TV Movie), The Magnificent Ambersons Cinematography Steven Bernstein & Emmanuel Lubezki (2002, TV Movie), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), Like Water (director of photography) for Chocolate (1992), Chido Guan, el tacos de oro (1986), Film Editing Carlos Bolado & Francisco Chiu Mojado Power (1981) and Caribe, estrella y aguila (1976, Documentary). His acting credits include I Heart Shakey -
PATTI CAKE$ Pressemateriale
Angel Films præsenterer Premiere: 2. november Længde: 109 minutter Censur: Tilladt for alle men frarådes børn under syv år. Instruktør: Geremy Jasper Premierebiografer: Empire Bio, CinemaxX København, Palads Teatret Kbh, Vester Vov Vov, Atlas Biograferne, Valby Kino, CinemaxX Århus, , Øst for Paradis, Nordisk Film Biografer Århus, Næstved Bio, Nicolai Biograf & Cafe, Huset Esbjerg, Synopsis Med sin længe ventede spillefilmsdebut Patti Cake$ leverer Geremy Jasper en skæv og charmende underdog-fortælling om en atypisk oversize-rapper på en næsten umulig jagt efter at opnå sine oversize-drømme. Patricia Dombrowski (Danielle Macdonald) aka. Patti Cake$ aka. Killa P. er klar til at indtage hiphopscenen og blive en superstjerne på højde med sit store idol O-Z. Men stjernekarrieren kan til tider synes temmelig langt væk, når man er en overvægtig, hvid bartender, fanget i et nedslidt North Jersey-hjem med en stak ubetalte regninger, en rullestolskørende bedstemor og en bitter, fordrukken mor som selskab. Oddsene er i den grad imod den buttede Patti, der imidlertid, med opbakning fra sine umage venner, trodser modstand og lokale haters og går all in på at blive den næste store hiphopsensation. PATTI CAKE$ In a coming-of-age story straight out of Jersey, an unlikely rapper finds her voice as a one-of-a-kind hip-hop legend in the making as PATTI CAKE$, the first feature film from acclaimed commercial and music-video director Geremy Jasper. Set in gritty strip-mall suburbia, Patti Cake$ chronicles an underdog’s quest for fame and glory with humor,