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Tuesday, January 09, 2018
James Bond, Dr. No, and the Duke of Wellington
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Portrait of the The Duke of Wellington In the James Bond movie thriller, Dr. No , when Bond is taken to Dr. No’s palatial lair...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Sid Grauman and the celebrities of Hollywood
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No single individual did more to create the Hollywood cult of celebrity than theatrical genius Sid Grauman. As a youth, Grauman work...
Sunday, April 08, 2012
King Kong and the true story of Skull Island
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The 1933 film King Kong (remade in 1976 and 2005 ) tells the story of a giant pre-historic creature which rules over a lost island (Skull...
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Cinema and Immigration
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The movies were an important cultural bridge, mediating the immigrant’s transition into broader American culture. The movies were a collect...
Monday, August 25, 2008
Immigrants, Movies, and Labor Discipline
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The values of nineteenth century America were largely white Anglo-Saxon values that stressed Protestant self-reliance and Victorian respecta...
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