10 Super Interesting Facts About the Hollywood Walk of Fame Follow Us 10 Super Interesting Facts About the Hollywood Walk of Fame Don't you love to read interesting facts about your favorite stars?! We have some amazing facts about the stars of these stars. That's right! We're talking about the busiest tourist destination of Hollywood - The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Advertisement The Hollywood Walk of Fame are the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and 3 blocks of Vine Street, studded with 2,500 pink and black stars made of terrazzo and brass. Each star represents an achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the name of the honoree. With a few exceptions, these stars are awarded to individuals from categories of motion pictures, broadcast television, broadcast radio, music, and theater. Personalities for Who Just One Star Won't Do Entertainers can be recognized for their contribution to multiple fields with multiple stars. Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Roy Rogers, and Tony Martin have 4 stars. Frank Sinatra is one of the many personalities with 3 stars. Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney are recording artists having two stars on the same category.

Gene Autry is the only one to have been honored with stars in all 5 categories. All Stars Matter On November 18, 1978 (his 50th birthday), Mickey Mouse was recognized as a star on Hollywood boulevard. Today, Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Godzilla, Big Bird, Tinker Bell, Shrek, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White, The Simpsons, and many others grace these pavements. Dogs, namely Rin-Tin-Tin, Lassie, and Strongheart have their stars in the Walk of Fame. Famous cartoonists like Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, and Hanna-Barbera have a star too. The Name Game There are 12 stars with the name Jones, 14 with Moore, and 7 with Smith. Williams is, hands down, the most common surname to appear on the stars. But when it comes to ruling the Walk of Fame, the Barrymore Dynasty, with 7 stars, takes the cake. Stars also recognize 13 entertainers with their stage names, like Houdini, Shakira, Sting, Slash, and so on.

The Walk of Fame has two stars with the name Michael Jackson, one for the King of Pop, and the other one for the radio personality. In 2009, after the death of the legendary singer, his fans mistakenly kept flowers and vigils on the wrong star. Not Just for Those in Show Biz A special star is sometimes used to recognize outstanding contributions of the honorees in other fields. LAPD and Los Angeles Dodgers have their stars. Former L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley has a star as well. A star recognizes the Apollo 11 mission and its three astronauts. Makeup artists like Max Factor and John Chambers have also made their mark here. Muhammad Ali's star is embedded on a wall of the Dolby Theater, as he didn't want his to be walked on by people who didn't respect him. Oo La La The largest group to have ever received a star comprise 122 adults and 12 children. This was for the Munchkins, the caste of the iconic movie Wizard of Oz. Clayton Moore has a star with his along with Lone Ranger written on it, to honor his role in a TV series of the same name.

Whimsical Constellations It definitely tickles your funny bone when you find the star of Mike Myer placed in front of an adult store, in recognition of his association with the Austin Power roles. Roger Moore's star is located at 7007 boulevard in honor of his seven Bond films. Ed O'Neill's star is present in front of a shoe store, thanks to his character in the TV series Married...with Children. The star of the Dead End Kids is comically present at the end of the Westernmost part of the walk. We're Not the Only One With Typos Every celebrity occasionally has an 'oops moment', and our Walk of Fame stars aren't any different. The star of actor Don Haggerty was originally spelled as 'Dan', which was later changed. The actor called Dan Haggerty later received a star for himself as well. Julia Louis-Dreyfus received a star that spelled 'Julia Luis Dreyfus'. Dick Van Dyke had a star named 'Dick Von Dyke', Lotte Lehmann's name was misspelled at Lottie, and Finnish filmmaker Mauritz Stiller was named 'Maurice Diller'.

Youngest stars The youngest celebrities to have received stars are Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, in 2004, when they were just 18 years old. They also happen to be the only twins to share a star on the walk. Before them, singer Jimmy Boyd was the youngest star recipient, who received a star at the age of 20. Oh No, They Didn't Oh yes, they did! Since 1968, all honorees (the living, of course) are required to attend the unveiling of their star. Due to this, almost 40 celebrities, including Cher, have turned down the star. The only person to have a star on the Walk of Fame without her attending the ceremony was Barbra Streisand. Amita Ray Free Hollywood Essays and Papers Color Rating Women In Hollywood: Pre-code and Post War Eras - Slowly she asked "Is anyone there?" as she walked down the dark deserted road. When she heard a loud sound she turned abruptly trying again "Hello?" Met with only silence she picked up here pace almost running down the dirt road.

Her nerves had just began to calm when she heard "WRRRREEENNNNNRRRRRRR" as a chainsaw started behind her. Running she started looking behind her hoping that whoever it was, wouldn’t catch her. With her lack of concentration she tripped over her high heels and face plants into the dirt, giving the murderer a chance to catch up.... [tags: Hollywood] :: 13 Works Cited [preview] Paramount a Representation of Hollywood - Paramount, one of the big five Hollywood studio corporations, controlled the most amount of theatres in the United States during the 1930s and 40s. This meant they had an advantage when the economy in the US turned around after the great depression. This being said, many more factors come into play when defining to what extent the studio is a typical representation of a major Hollywood studio corporation in the 1930s and 40s. In this essay I will be going in-depth into what extent Paramount is a representation of other key studios in Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s....

[tags: Studio Corporation, Theaters, Hollywood] :: 12 Works Cited [preview] In Hollywood, Black Lives Really Don't Matter - "The Academy Awards’ snub of ‘Selma’ says more about the film industry than the film" -- Willie Osterweil Why does prejudice still exist in all facets of the media today. It seems as if prejudice has always been linked to Hollywood, but when will it ever end. There are so few successful African- American actors in Hollywood and the ones that are successful have gone through tremendous difficulties just to get to where they are now. African- Americans have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to cinema in the past.... [tags: Hollywood Racism, Hollywood Prejudice] :: 8 Works Cited [preview] How Hollywood Vilifies Gays - Not only can a man not marry his dog, but a man who chooses to do so must be put down. This is what our conservative society expects to hear from our friends and neighbors and as a consequence expect all to follow that principle.

In the film Philadelphia, a bigot group of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants are so intolerable towards homosexual relationships, that they are willing to frame an old friend to get rid of them. Similarly to I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry or Brokeback Mountain, Philadelphia puts the lead homosexual as a protagonist while ignoring the fact that the general view is that of an antagonist.... [tags: Hollywood vs Gays] :: 5 Works Cited [preview] Hollywood: What is the Role of Women in Films - American film has always had female role models present within them. They have not had the title of “hero”, but they have always been role models. Women have been depicted as strong willed and minded characters since the early 1970s. The women that will spoke about in this argument will prove that women have been “heroes” all along they have just never had that title till now. Women have been saving lives, men, and worlds for decades. Women of film have never been considered heroes due to the meaning of a hero....

[tags: american films, hero, hollywood] :: 6 Works Cited [preview] Hollywood: Promoting Stereotypes to Make Easy Money - Every week numerous Hollywood movies and rereleases open in theaters, video stores, and online movie distributors nationwide: heartwarming films such as The Blind Side; laughter inducing and children captivating classics like Aladdin; movies about overcoming struggles such as, Gattaca. All these new movies and classics alike hold a particular place in our hearts and in our lives. Maybe because of a similarity to our own lives or the main character embraces characteristics we hold dear. Whatever the reason, a contributing factor to the variety of movie produced in Hollywood can trace itself to liberal and socially progressive movie making.... [tags: Hollywood vs Minorities] 1841 words [preview] High Treason: Ben Urwand’s Perfidious Projection of Pre-War Hollywood - Every day, at dinnertime, a servant would present the Adolf Hitler with a list comprising various feature films; sometimes even cartoons. Der Fuhrer would select one film, which would be watched after the dinner in the Music Salon by all interested; even members of the staff were allowed to attend the screening (Kershaw, 101).

In the prologue to the most horrific war of the century, Hitler’s, and thus Nazi-Germany’s, interest in film would appear to be of major significance to the world’s biggest film industry: Hollywood.... [tags: Adolf Hitler, Germany, Hollywood] :: 8 Works Cited [preview] Reasons Hollywood Should Provide Family-Oriented TV Shows - Hollywood should be made to create more shows with a flow that are friendly to read (hearing impaired) and easier for families to understand. The three main reasons are as follows: leadership, less crimes, and family orientation. These characteristics are needed so that children and adults may see more positive ways of learning and a way of teaching each other better standards and morals. We all have standards and morals that we have been taught to follow and have learned from our environment. The shows need to be willing apply more smiles for families and provide ways to help build one another....

[tags: Hearing Empaired, Hollywood] :: 3 Works Cited [preview] Art Cinema is an Alternative Mode of Filmmaking to traditional Hollywood Style - According to both Geoffery Nowell-Smith, in Making Waves, and David Bordwell, in Film Criticism, art cinema is an alternative mode of filmmaking to traditional Hollywood style films. The films Band of Outsiders (Bande à part), and A Hard Days Night both negate traditional mainstream cinema techniques, however these films are equally not art cinema. Bordwell defines art cinema as, “explicitly against the classical narrative mode, and especially against the cause-effect linkage of events,” (57). Both films have a loose cause and effect based structure.... [tags: hollywood, filmmaking, film criticism] :: 8 Works Cited [preview] Classical and Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema - Classical and Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema INTRODUCTION During the course of this essay it is my intention to discuss the differences between Classical Hollywood and post-Classical Hollywood.

Although these terms refer to theoretical movements of which they are not definitive it is my goal to show that they are applicable in a broad way to a cinema tradition that dominated Hollywood production between 1916 and 1960 and which also pervaded Western Mainstream Cinema (Classical Hollywood or Classic Narrative Cinema) and to the movement and changes that came about following this time period (Post-Classical or New Hollywood).... [tags: History Hollywood Movies Films Essays] :: 8 Works Cited [preview] The Film Girl, Interrupted: Portrayal of Truth in Hollywood Films - The Film Girl, Interrupted: Portrayal of Truth in Hollywood Films Most people are likely to relate Hollywood with money. If a person lives in the Hollywood area, people assume she or he is probably rich. If she or he is a Hollywood movie star, the person probably makes a lot of money. Therefore, to follow that line of thought, when Hollywood producers make a movie, they make it just for money. And some filmmakers do seem to make films only for the money the movies will earn.

The action movie "Die Hard", the fantasy movie "Star Wars", and the adventure movie "Jurassic Park" are examples of exciting movies that were made just for the money by satisfying the audiences' appetite for escapi... [tags: Hollywood Film Girl Interrupted] 1679 words [preview] The South and Hollywood - While the Deep South can be known for ground breaking racial issues, the plots in certain movies might have even bigger, more relevant social issues. “You is smart, you is kind, you is important.” This quote is directly from director Tate Taylor’s movie The Help, personalized from the novel of the same name by Kathryn Stockett. The Help follows one Caucasian, wealthy young woman Skeeter (portrayed by Emma Stone) and the connections and relationships she shares with several African American domestic workers or “babysitters” (portrayed by Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer).... [tags: Film] 1919 words [preview] Taxi Driver and the Hollywood Renaissance - Largely influenced by the French New Wave and other international film movements, many American filmmakers in the late 1960s to 1970s sought to revolutionize Hollywood cinema in a similar way.

The New Hollywood movement, also referred to as the “American New Wave” and the “Hollywood Renaissance,” defied traditional Hollywood standards and practices in countless ways, creating a more innovative and artistic style of filmmaking. Due to the advent and popularity of television, significant decrease in movie theater attendance, rising production costs, and changing tastes of American audiences, particularly in the younger generation, Hollywood studios were in a state of financial disaster.... [tags: Taxi Driver Essays, Film] :: 9 Works Cited [preview] The Great Depression's Impact on Hollywood - Hollywood has influenced American history since it began. It boosted and shaped the morale of a nation for almost a century. But Hollywood has not only been the influencing American society, it has been influenced by American society. In the 1920s, American society was booming; people were getting rich, spending and borrowing money, and they thought life was looking good. Then in October of 1929 the stock market crashed. Many people lost all they owned. People had invested all their money into the banks before the Crash....

[tags: great depression, film industry, american history] :: 5 Works Cited [preview] The First Latina to Conquer Hollywood - Hollywood has not always been accepting of Latinas. Current stars Salma Hayek, Eva Mendes, and Penélope Cruz follow in the footsteps of pioneering Dolores Del Rio. Lauded as “The Princess of Mexico", Del Rio was a star whose allure captivated legendary figures Orson Wells, Marlon Brando, Elvis Presley, and Frida Kahlo. Fast friend Marlene Dietrich labeled Dolores, "The most beautiful woman in Hollywood. She has better legs than Dietrich and better cheekbones than Garbo". A beauty that lead to wild rumors of an orchid petal diet, or that Del Rio slept 16 hours a day to maintain her loveliness.... [tags: Salma Hayek, Eva Mendes, Penélope Cruz] 2976 words [preview] World War II and Hollywood - Before the Second World War began Hollywood’s purpose lied within entertainment for the American people. After the war started, the main focus shifted to wartime propaganda.

Film was used to display the war in a way that did not show its true colors—including the censorship of soldier causalities and other negative connotations that are a simple fact of war. There was even a time in which some actors became better known to America than politians. Through films, Hollywood began to make a statement of their anti-Nazi beliefs.... [tags: Entertainment, American People, Culture] :: 4 Works Cited [preview] The Blind Side, a Hollywood Film - Have you ever wondered why so many films portray the story of a poor, abused, homeless, colored person that is eventually rescued by a smart, rich, white person. Every few years, there is a new film made that captures this same story, but the way the viewer is affected by the representation of race changes quite often. This idea gets old to many viewers who may agree with the idea of race being addressed in film, but not in the same way all the time. When a rich, white, republican family in the South takes in a homeless black boy to live with them, they struggle with the disapproval of society and their own insecurity....

[tags: poor, homeless, rich, white man] :: 4 Works Cited [preview] Hollywood and the Vietnam War - Human history has been kept alive through a variety of mediums over the centuries. Throughout much of time, stories were told verbally to younger generations while written records and artifacts enhanced the story’s authenticity. In the late 19th and early 20th century, technology revolutionized story-telling with the invention of the video camera. Rather than hearing anecdotal stories about historic events, people could now see images of events happening all over the world. In addition, motion pictures were created to present fictional and non-fictional stories for education and entertainment.... [tags: Vietnam War Movies] :: 18 Works Cited [preview] Gender Inequality in Hollywood - Stereotypes in our society are not uncommon. We come across them every day without realizing it. It is in our human nature to create expectations of the people around us, which could be based upon their ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender or other factors. Stereotypes help us categorize a vast group of people that we may not know anything about, to think that they are smaller and less intimidating.

I believe that the blame for these cookie-cutter patterns can lead directly back to the media in every sense of the word.... [tags: stereotypes, media, gender inequality, movies ] :: 4 Works Cited [preview] Christian Ideals and Hollywood - The Hollywood Industry has already begun promoting Christian ideals. We see this through the recent epic of Christian Movies that have materialized in the theaters. Movies such as: Fireproof, Courageous, Fifth Quarter, The Grace Card, and Facing the Giants are a few examples of such films. In 2010 “The Grace Card” movie hit the cinemas only after 28 days of shooting the film. That is more than double the time it would normally take to make a movie. The fact that this is true, admittedly tells these Christian people that God was with them throughout the making of this film, and that He was quite pleased with their works.... [tags: christianity, The Grace Card, christian film] :: 2 Works Cited [preview] Harmless Entertainment? The Idea of Love In Hollywood - Are you a hopeless romantic, waiting around for the right girl or guy to come around and make sense of your world. Well, maybe you’ve been watching too many romance movies.

Hollywood presents love as a feeling, one that most teenagers confuse with infatuation and lust. Movies like The Notebook create a false view of what love looks like and many teenagers lose the opportunity to find love because they are waiting for someone to sweep them off their feet and kiss them in the rain while the background music slowly plays; but there are movies out there that do give us a pretty realistic view of what love looks like without having to showcase any nudity or sexual scenes.... [tags: Marriage Struggles, Pornography] :: 5 Works Cited [preview] Elizabeth Taylor, a True Hollywood Star - “I’ve been through it all, baby. I’m Mother Courage.” Elizabeth Taylor has been through the worst of it with her numerous marriages and illnesses, but she toughed it out and kept pushing forward. Her “I can conquer the world” attitude got her through all of the obstacles she faced. Elizabeth stayed in the spotlight from the time she was nine years old until the day she died. Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a true, old-fashioned Hollywood celebrity that overcame many hardships in her life.

Elizabeth Taylor, or Liz for short, was born February 27th, 1932 in Hampstead, London, England, UK to American parents, Sara Warmbrodt and Francis Taylor.... [tags: celebrity, beauty, filmography, Oscars] :: 5 Works Cited [preview] Hollywood & History - Even though a vast majority of us wish that it was possible to turn back the hands of time and change or rewrite history. However, the truth of the matter is that we simply cannot. Everything happens for a reason, and we should learn to accept it. Accept it for what it is, rather than what we would like it to be. However, to often in Hollywood the city of glamour and glitz, fortune and fame, movie producers have a tendency and even feel at liberty to rewrite American history. In my opinion this is all done out of greed.... [tags: essays research papers] 511 words [preview] hollywood on trial - hollywood on trial The world is full of injustice. Of programs that want to accomplish the right things but get twisted by the people that run them.

This essay will deal with the reasons and Birth of the Hays Commission, the ludicrous steps they took to add "morality" to the motion picture industry, and some other sensors of the time. All things said in this essay are true and taken from the Hays correspondence its self. It is a known fact that sex sells. It is used by advertisers to get us to by there product, and likewise it is used by producers and directors to get us to see their films.... [tags: essays papers] 889 words [preview] The Evolvement of Chinese Stereotypes Representative in Hollywood Movies - Film, as a traditional and beloved media, has been influential on people's life. We spend time in the cinema to be entertained, touched, scared and experience romantic love story and exotic places. As one of the most famous film industry base in the world, Hollywood, produces and sell their movie products all over the world. During the process of globalization, countries are about to understand others’ culture as well as to realize how one’s culture compares and contrasts with other. Media globalization stands for the process in which film companies deliver images of national cultures to the whole world....

[tags: culture, globalization, asian american, cinema] :: 15 Works Cited [preview] Robert Bulman’s Hollywood Goes to High School - Hollywood itself plays an enormous role on how we as a nation see our society. We life for the dramas, love stories, fairytales, and action pact block-busters we so desperately need to observe every weekend. However, the larger question is, how much of Hollywood’s film making is actual fact compared to what the public wants to see. Throughout Robert Bulman’s Hollywood Goes to High School, we can see how film making can alter the vision of public and private education. Bulman analyzes how films on the poor urban schooling, middle-class suburban schooling, and high elite private schooling can sometimes mislead society’s perception on education.... [tags: Film Analysis] :: 1 Works Cited [preview] Speech on Restricting Hollywood's Influence - Speech on Restricting Hollywood's Influence Ladies and Gentlemen it is my honour to be here tonight proposing the motion “This house believes in restricting Hollywood’s influence.” In my speech I will be following up on arguments introduced by my partner.

This includes the promotion of smoking, the political influence of Hollywood and the use of it’s monopoly to spread the American way of thinking throughout the world. However after having listened quite attentively to the 1st opposer’s speech, I feel obliged to comment on some arguments brought up by him that seemed irrelevant/ unsupported.... [tags: Papers] 615 words [preview] Stereotyping of Hispanics in Hollywood's Films - Stereotyping of Hispanics in Hollywood's Films "[Cinema] manipulates the human psychology, sociology, religion, and morality of the people..."(Cine-Aztlan 175). I has been said to be used by capitalists and socialists as a powerful weapon in the struggle for social justice. In all the Hollywood films and documentaries about Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, none have escapes stereotypes. And it hasn't gone unnoticed. Thomas Martinez states that the "symbolic function of advertising in one level of understanding the racist implications of the mass media, especially regarding the Mexicans and Mexican-Americans"(Camplis, in Noriega 284)....

[tags: Movies Films Essays Hispanics] 485 words [preview] Global Film Industry: The Influence of Bollywood on Hollywood - Over the years, Bollywood has emerged as its own distinct identity in the global Film industry. Bollywood is the global leader in production of movies with a staggering 27,000 featured films and thousands of short films. ( Pillania 1) However, Hollywood is still the leader in revenues generated. Due to the growth of the Indian market and globalization, Bollywood has made its way to the international markets. Globalization is often misrepresented as the growing influence of the western culture in the world and so we tend to state that Hollywood is influencing Bollywood to a great extent.... [tags: indian movies, music, dance, film] :: 5 Works Cited [preview] How Asian Americans are Portrayed in Hollywood Movies - Asian American actors and actresses are portrayed in Hollywood movies as always being the silent and yielding foreign victims to social injustice and prejudice. Whether or not these depictions are true, they are nonetheless stereotypes that Hollywood producers have come up with.

According to the US Census in the year 2000, Asian Americans make up 4.2% of the entire American population, and knowing that most Asian Americans live on the west and east coast of the United States, many Americans living in central parts of this country have not really been exposed to any Asian Americans.... [tags: Asian culture] :: 3 Works Cited [preview] The Post-Modern Reality of Hollywood - The Post-Modern Reality of Hollywood The shower of bullets leave white grooved funnels in the air, as the hero in slow motion leans back to avoid the deadly aims of the gunmen—all the while his black trench-coat billows underneath him. The saddened husband in heaven spans the chasm of hell to be reincarnated with his soul-mate wife. The young business executive places the pistol in his mouth, his blood-shot eyes rolling upwards as beads of sweat trickle down his grimy face. Moments later, after the bullet has been released into his head he turns to see that his nemesis, his alter-ego, is now dead on the concrete....

[tags: Essays Papers] :: 5 Works Cited [preview] Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Hollywood - The Monster’s Human Nature Summary Essay Hollywood has played a big part is our lives. Growing up we’ve seen numerous movies, some that scared us others that touch us, and those images stayed with us forever. So what happens when Hollywood takes a classic piece of literature such as Frankenstein and turns into a monster movie. It transforms the story so much that now some 50 years later, people think of Frankenstein as the monster instead of the monster’s creator. It became a classic monster movie and all the high values of the original were forever lost.... [tags: essays research papers] 729 words [preview] Remembering 9/11 through the Lens of Hollywood: A Detailed Analysis - From the PATRIOT Act of 2001 that was signed into law by the former President George W. Bush, to the flags that fluttered in the front yard of every American’s house, the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 brought the whole nation together for a single goal of fighting back terrorism and getting through the test that America was put to.

Everybody’s loyalty towards the United States has been tested since then, and one cannot put aside Hollywood in this collective effort of this nation (Markert 58).... [tags: patriotism, terrorism, film industry] :: 12 Works Cited [preview] Preconceived Notion of Racial Beauty in Hollywood: Lupita Nyongo - Lupita Nyongo is up for an academy award for her debut performance in the blockbuster 12 Years a Slave (Butler 2). Despite not being known a year ago, these days Lupita commands an audience when she speaks (Butler, 3). She has recently joined a select list of actors having won an Oscar for their first performances in a feature film (Dyer Jr. 2). On February 28th, Lupita delivered an acceptance speech during the Essence Black Women in Hollywood awards. In her speech, Lupita addressed the preconceived notion of racial beauty in Hollywood....

[tags: mexico, kenya, academy award] :: 4 Works Cited [preview] Friendships and Hollywood in Lisi Harrison's "Dial L for Loser" - This story is about 3 really good friends who are twelve and travel from New York to Hollywood for an opportunity of a lifetime. They’re going to Hollywood to audition for a part in a movie, two of the girls get cut and become very jealous of the girl that makes it. Massie and Alicia are ready to pack their bags and go home, but Claire the girl that got the part, doesn’t want her friends to leave. So she asks around the studio and finds out that there is a job for the girls to film behind the scenes.... [tags: Dial L for Loser, Lisi Harrison,] 549 words [preview] Hollywood vs. History: The Alamo - Hollywood vs. History: The Alamo The Alamo was one of the most astounding and critical battles of our country. Its men were ruthless in their bravery and love of their country. Their mission for independence lives on in the hearts of all American’s today. Their legacy lives on forever and their courageous souls are still in the heart of the people of the lone star state.

This is the story of bravery, love, tyranny, and liberty. This is the story of the Alamo The battle of the Alamo only spanned an approximate 13 days yet it’s a very critical battle in winning the independence of Texas and helping expand the United States to the west.... [tags: essays research papers] 1556 words [preview] Hollywood Propaganda: The Glorification of War by the Film Industry - War has been present since the beginning of human history. Likewise, war movies have been present since the movie industry began. Just like most other genres of film, war films have been created as a form of entertainment to profit a person or organization. More people are willing to spend their money and time on a feeling of action, excitement, heroism, and patriotism than gruesome and horrid images of real and common human destruction. Propaganda has been used by governments for a very long time and when motion pictures came into existence, governments almost immediately saw the new medium as an opportunity to influence the public.... [tags: Let's Stop Glorifying War] 2268 words [preview] Women’s Roles in Classical Hollywood Cinema - Women’s roles in movies have changed dramatically throughout the years.

As a result of the changing societal norms, women have experienced more transition in their roles than any other class. During the period of classical Hollywood cinema, both society and the film industry preached that women should be dependent on men and remain in home in order to guarantee stability in the community and the family. Women did not have predominated roles in movies such as being the heroin. The 1940’s film Gilda wasn’t an exception.... [tags: Gilda, Societal Norms] :: 5 Works Cited [preview] Ernest Hemingway and Hollywood - Hemingway and Hollywood "I try, when I'm writing a screenplay from somebody's original work, to be as faithful to it as I can be, within the limitations of a screenplay and remembering that the novel medium and the screen medium are entirely different" -Screenwriter, Casey Robinson, (Laurence 12). Hollywood attempted twice, but it still could not produce a film adaptation of A Farewell to Arms that Hemingway considered to do literary justice to his classic novel.

The first effort was in 1932 when Paramount producer Frank Borzage used ridiculous publicity stunts to lure audiences, such as sending letters to women stamped REJECTED BY CENSORS.... [tags: Biography Biographies Essays] :: 4 Works Cited [preview] Villains in Hollywood Films - Villains in Hollywood Films Alfred Hitchcock once said "The better the villain, the better the film" and this year's Hollywood filmmakers have abided by this golden rule as there was no stopping this year's summer blockbusters from having a whole horde of villainous characters spreading their wings onto the big screen, making the darker side more appealing for audiences. Everybody has gone villain this year, from Tom Cruise to Halle Berry, from the not- so-friendly extra terrestrials in Alien Vs Predator to Spiderman's sworn enemy Dr Octopus, played by Alfred Molina.... [tags: Papers] 2474 words [preview] Hollywood and Nathaniel West's The Day of the Locust - Hollywood and Nathaniel West's The Day of the Locust Works Cited Missing Although set in the 1930s, Nathanael West’s The Day of the Locust ironically resembles contemporary Hollywood.

Within the glamorous setting of Hollywood, West’s characters take on multiple roles instead of assuming individual personalities. They put on and remove these imaginary personality masks, similar to those in the Commedia dell’Arte, to exhibit a range of emotions that only their character type would exhibit. Consequently, West’s characters are trapped in this restrictive atmosphere, especially at the end of the novel when they become part of a collective mob.... [tags: Nathaniel West Day Locust Esays] 3540 words [preview] Classical Hollywood Cinema - Classical Hollywood Cinema Classical Hollywood cinema is a character-centered cinema. Its characters are more or less stable, knowable, and psychologically coherent individuals who possess clearly defined, specific goals. Although this cinema is also a plot driven or action cinema, characters stand in the center and interact with them. Over the course of the narrative characters struggle to achieve their goals or solve their problems. They overcome those who stand in their way (villains), triumphs over adverse circumstances (such as physical disabilities, nature or some other force) and /or transcend their own limitations (such as individual fears or weaknesses)....

[tags: Papers Film Movies] 454 words [preview] Hollywood's Biggest Stars - Hollywood's Biggest Stars Where do Hollywood’s biggest stars come from. Why do we consider them to be the top of the many actors and actresses that show up in movies every month. Is their success and popularity the public’s doing, or does it stem from somewhere else, somewhere like Hollywood itself. I‘d say the latter is as probable as the former. Let us take Julia Roberts for example. Certainly not the most beautiful of all of Hollywood’s actresses, what makes Julia Roberts so special in the minds of Americans.... [tags: Actors Actresses Famous Papers] 2285 words [preview] Exploring Hollywood Films - Exploring Hollywood Films A genre is a certain type of film and they are each defined by certain codes and conventions. Within a genre there can be different categories these are known as sub-genres, for example, a psychological thriller. There are also occasions when in a film there may be a combination of more than one genre this is known as a hybrid. Genre is an excellent way of classifying a film.

Audiences will know what to expect when they go too see a film as they will know if they normally like, thrillers, for example then they make the choice of seeing it.... [tags: Papers] 487 words [preview] History Vs. Hollywood - Film makers use many historical events to spark up and idea for a movie. One historical event that is commonly used is war. One advantage a film maker has when using war as a movie plot is that there is already a lot of drama in war. This may seem like a good advantage for the film maker, however focusing on all of the drama of war leaves much of the actual info. When watching a war movie, you may feel like you have an understanding about the war, but when you really compare a war movie to an actual war you find that there is a lot of factual information left out....

[tags: Film] 523 words [preview] A Postmodern Take on a Hollywood Film Classic - A Postmodern Take on a Hollywood Film Classic The jacket blurb on Robert Coover’s creative compilation A Night at the Movies reads: “From Hollywood B-movies to Hollywood classics, A Night at the Movies invents what ‘might have happened’ in these Saturday afternoon matinees. Mad scientists, vampires, cowboys, dance-men, Chaplin, and Bogart, all flit across Robert Coover’s riotously funny screen, doing things and uttering lines that are as shocking to them as they are funny to the reader. As Coover’s Program announces, you will get Coming Attractions, The Weekly Serial, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, and more, but turned upside-down and inside-out.” It is perhaps more appropriate to call C... [tags: Movies Papers] :: 4 Works Cited [preview] Rock Hudsons Classic Hollywood Image - While the Hollywood film industry faced a decline from 1946-1960, Rock Hudson’s star was on the rise. In fact, by 1958, he had arrived.

From then, until 1965 Rock Hudson was Hollywood’s golden boy. In 1959 The Hollywood Foreign Press declared Rock Hudson ‘the worlds most favorite male star’ (“Rock Hudson” 19). In the next five years, Rock would receive this honor four more times. It wasn’t just the Hollywood Foreign Press that appreciated Rock, in one interview Rock accredited his fans for recognizing his talent far before the critics ever did (Hopper A5).... [tags: essays research papers fc] :: 3 Works Cited [preview] British Cinema Vs Hollywood Cinema - British Cinema Vs Hollywood Cinema As far as statistics show Hollywood films make twice as much money in the box office than British films. If we look at films in this manner than it is plainly obvious that more people watch Hollywood films than British films and if we believe that the best films are the ones that more people see than we can conclude that Hollywood films are better than British ones. But it's not as simple as this although the box office does have an impact on the end result....

[tags: Papers] 1111 words [preview] Social Criticism in the Hollywood Melodramas of the Fifties - Social Criticism in the Hollywood Melodramas of the Fifties In the early 1950s the films of Douglas Sirk led the way in defining the emerging genre of the Hollywood melodrama. "Melodrama" strictly means the combination of music (melos) and drama, but the term is used to refer to the "popular romances that depicted a virtuous individual (usually a woman) or couple (usually lovers) victimized by repressive and inequitable social circumstances" (Schatz 222). Sirk's films were commercially successful and boosted the careers of stars like Lauren Bacall, Jane Wyman, and Rock Hudson, who was in seven of Sirk's thirteen American films (Halliday 162-171).... [tags: 1950s Film Movies] :: 6 Works Cited [preview] History of Fashion Media - This is evident in the Ball scene.

When she enters in her new ‘lovely dress with yards of skirt –way of the shoulders’ not only does she obtain flattering gazes from men, but also women. A Close up of a man’s face drop as he witnesses the beauty of Sabrina despite having a partner highlights her show stopping appearance. A long shot of men crowding around Sabrina further reveals her image of desirability. The gown she is wearing is set apart from the mundane women’s fashion around her through its innovation in various lengths with both a tightly fitted strapless bodice with attached train skirt.... [tags: hollywood, femininity] :: 8 Works Cited [preview] The Effects of Paparazzi - Paparazzi has made a huge impact in almost everyone's lives. People can see it everyday, from favorite news channel to social websites. People also tend see it in magazines, and in some rare cases entire books. Without it, celebrities wouldn't be nearly as famous as they are today. The intensity of it varies from place to place. For example, France is well known to respects the lives of celebrities and their kids, while other places like Hollywood try to even make conflict with them.

(“What is Paparazzi?”) Media attention can affect everyone's life from celebrities and their families to ourselves.... [tags: Hollywood, Privacy] :: 7 Works Cited [preview] Bram Stoker's Dracula Meets Hollywood - Bram Stoker's Dracula Meets Hollywood For more than 100 years, Bram Stoker’s Victorian novel, Dracula, has remained one of the most successful and revered novels ever published. Since its release in 1897, no other literary publication has been the subject of cinematic reproduction as much as Dracula. Dracula has involuntarily become the most media friendly personality of the 20th century. When a novel, such as Dracula, is transformed into a cinematic version, the end product is usually mediocre and provides non-existing justice to the pain staking work endured by the author.... [tags: Film Films Movie Movies] :: 10 Works Cited [preview] How does Sunset Boulevard represent the Hollywood Studio System? - Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder in 1950 is based on how Norma Desmond, a huge Hollywood star, deals with her fall from fame.

The film explores the fantasy world in which Norma is living in and the complex relationship between her and small time writer Joe Gillis, which leads to his death. Sunset Boulevard is seen as lifting the ‘face’ of the Hollywood Studio System to reveal the truth behind the organisation. During the time the film was released in the 1950s and 60s, audiences started to see the demise of Hollywood as cinema going began to decline and the fierce competition of television almost proved too much for the well established system.... [tags: Film Analysis] :: 6 Works Cited [preview] Cinema Novo: The Juxtaposition of Classic Hollywood Cinema to Brazilian Cinema - ‘12 years a Slave, award winning film director Steve McQueen associates making a film to, "writing a novel – you're telling a story. " This message is powerful and defines the true purpose of filmmaking that is, ‘to tell a story.’(Victorino) Hollywood has capitalized on the aspect of visual storytelling first introduced in 1985 by the Lumiere brothers with their first movie ever made for projection -- Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory.

They (Hollywood), then designed a Studio System called Classic Hollywood Cinema to Finance, Organize, Produce, Market, Distribute, and Exhibit movies for financial gain while entertaining movie goers.... [tags: film movement, brazilian film] :: 4 Works Cited [preview] The House of Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood and the Red Scare - “When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within.” During the late 1940s and early 1950s, these words of Abraham Lincoln were all on the minds of Americans (McCarthyism). After fighting against Communism for decades, the fear of it taking down the country terrorized people’s thoughts. Even more so, people were extremely frightened of the idea that there could be Communists within the spotlights of American influence that were plotting the destruction of the United States.... [tags: HUAC Hearings] :: 7 Works Cited [preview] How the Red Scare Created a Hollywood Blacklist - In the 1930s and 1940s many Hollywood writers, actors, producers, and directors were suspected for communist affiliations.

During this time, communism was a popular political movement in the United States, especially among young liberals. There was a growing fear of communism invading American society. By the end of World War Two an event known as the Red Scare resulted in communism become increasingly feared and hated by many in the United States. The Hollywood blacklist caused the Hollywood industry a lot of harm in its business and reputation.... [tags: essays research papers] 915 words [preview] Analysis of Michael Medved's America versus Hollywood - Analysis of Michael Medved's America versus Hollywood *No Works Cited Film critic, Michael Medved is aware that by publishing his book, "Hollywood verses America," he will not only enrage mostly everyone in the show business industry, but he will also loose some of his friends because of what he wrote. His strongly opinionated critique of popular culture examines the recent shift in the content of today's television, films, music and art. He has gathered statistics and opinions as well as shared personal experiences, all to illustrate one major point; popular culture has taken a turn for the worst....

[tags: Papers] 876 words [preview] The contemporary Hollywood blockbuster is not so much a film as a dev - “ I like ideas, especially movie ideas, that you can hold in your hand. If a person can tell me the idea in twenty-five words or less, its going to make a pretty good movie.” Steven Spielberg.’ For this essay I intend to discuss how Hollywood as an industry has used the marketing strategies of blockbuster films to significant advantage in film merchandising. Along with the use of mass merchandising as a form of marketing films, with the hope of creating awareness among the public. As merchandising has become one of the most lucrative ‘arenas’ for Hollywood Studios to earn a profit.... [tags: essays research papers fc] :: 3 Works Cited [preview] Elia Kazan vs. The House Un-American Activities Committee - Hollywood is a master of revisionist history, especially when that history is its own.

One of the defining moments in the histories of both Hollywood and America was the series of Congressional hearings held by the House Un-American Activities Committee, or HUAC, and led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the late 1940′s and early 1950′s in order to ostensibly eliminate Communism from the United States. Hollywood was intimately involved in the HUAC hearings, and one of those targeted most viciously in the controversy was acclaimed film and theater director Elia Kazan.... [tags: Informative, Hollywood, Communism] 2308 words [preview] The Portrayal of Young Black Men in Hollywood Films - The Portrayal of Young Black Men in Hollywood Films Black Knight is a film starring Martin Lawrence which is a DreamWorks production released in July 2002 by AOL Time Warner. DreamWorks and AOL Time Warner are large companies that have achieved high levels of recognition and status within the film industry. The fact it was produced by two large companies connotes that it is a film with a large budget so any special effects are likely to be impressive, and have the ability to employ high budget actors/actresses which will bring in bigger crowds....

[tags: Papers] 762 words [preview] Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust - Nathanael West’s The Day of the Locust is said by many to be the best novel to be written about Hollywood. When we immediately think of Hollywood, we think of a glamorous story, in the picturesque setting of Los Angeles, full of characters with abundance of talent living the much sought after American dream. This is perhaps what sets West’s novel apart from the rest. The story is full of characters that have a vague impression of the difference in reality and fantasy in life. The characters are submerged in their lives in Hollywood, with what seems to be a false reality on how the world works.... [tags: Hollywood, corruption, Homer Simpson] :: 7 Works Cited [preview] The Social Network and Bejamin Franklin Ideas - As we referred in the lecture, Hollywood is a reflection of Franklinean ideas itself. Therefore, many of Hollywood movies contain the ideas of Franklin about self-help, self-educate, and so on. However, one of the most important things is about how Hollywood want the world to identify America and its people through these films.

In this essay, I focus on “The Social Network”, the film about the rise of Facebook and its chairman Mark Zuckeberg. The essay gives the readers the ideas of how Hollywood identify Facebook and its founders.... [tags: hollywood, facebook, gates] :: 2 Works Cited [preview] My Impressions of The Walk of Fame - Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard have one thing in common, stars. What is so special about the five corners in a copper frame and salmon colored with famous person’s name written in the middle embedded in the sidewalks. The iconic location portrays the American way of life, independence, individualism, and progress. It also reflects an economic statement on how the businesses use every single opportunity to make money out of it. People have come from all over the world to visit the historical landmark, creating an exciting atmosphere for first-comers but it has some downside at the Walk of Fame.... [tags: Hollywood/Sunset Boulevard] :: 7 Works Cited [preview] Mulan vs. Kung Fu Panda: The Battle for Accurate Portrayal of Chinese Culture - Ever since the establishment of cinema in the early 1900s, Hollywood has continuously recreated elements of history to reenact for its future generations.

In order to clearly broadcast a specific theme or message to relay to viewers around the world, Hollywood executives tend to embellish real life events, in order to provide a “fairytale” aspect to a seemingly not so “happily- ever-after” story from history. As part of this “fairytale” aspect, Hollywood tends to delegitimize as well as provide a more disrespectful and more comical version of societies and cultures in the specific time frame that the film is being set.... [tags: Hollywood, Film Analysis] :: 9 Works Cited

Question: Apart from the special stars, how many categories of stars are there embedded in the pavements on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Answer: Five