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producer, screenwriter, director, composer Born in London, England, the son of music hall entertainers, his mother had a nervous breakdown and his father died when he was five. He became a street urchin with his half brother dancing of pennies…

MORLEY CALLAGHAN With less then 5 pages of words, Morley Callaghan has constructed a profound, heart touching story that will forever be remembered. “Two fishermen” is a sensational story that encourages…

lives, we are given choices to make. Whether these choices involve the people we will spend our time with, how much effort we will put into our work, or even the places we’ll choose to go, they are for the most part up to each individual. In The Chosen…

greatest movies ever made, but also a good example of Hollywood style direction. Welles employed his creative tools, such as lighting and sound, camera movement and editing, a movie that did not only represent the theater world of its time, but also…

is the sad legacy of fictional newspaper mogul Charles Foster Kane. Orson Wells’ masterpiece allows us a candid overview of the life and conquests of an early twentieth century media giant, a character based substantially on William Randolph Hurst. Ka…

and a bit of reefer. These are some of the components of a Novel by Alice Walker. These views are illustrated proficiently in Walker’s third novel, The Color Purple. These aspects had a lasting impression upon ideals and beliefs of the time period.…

inspire and free the imagination? It has always been my experience that books are truly the better of the two mediums when it comes to releasing the imagination and providing the reader with an in-depth story. Perhaps with the book Cry the Beloved…

somewhat similar to ours while at the same time being incomparable. From the political system to the way of rearing children can be seen in effect throughout the film. Some parts just had me shaking my head in shock and disbelief The culture…

call America. They lived off the land and were quite content. But, when white settlers came here to colonize, it became inevitable that the Indians ways were going to end. The white settlers were more interested in spreading out and starting new homes…

describes his journey through hell. Throughout his pilgrimage, Dante learns from the sinners that he meets along the way. One influential group of sinners is those in Canto X. In this Canto, Dante is warned that those filled with pride suffer eternally…