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The 71st annual Golden Globes were on tonight. Don't you love movies and TV?!?!? At the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s, nickelodeons became popular and movie stars became celebrities! For this week, post a picture of an early movie star and give a brief explanation of what made them well-known. Have fun!!!
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John Wayne was an American film actor, director and producer. He was among the top box office draws for three decades and made more than 170 films. He was an Academy-Award winner and otherwise won several other awards during his career
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ReplyDeletePeter O'Toole is best known for his leading role in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. O'Toole played the role of Thomas Edward Lawrence, a British Army officer posted in Arabia during WWI and the film has become regarded as one of the most influential and beloved movies of the 20th century. The film touched on themes of personal identity and allegiance, presenting Lawrence as the heroic figure (not unlike the Western gunslinger in American films) but also showed his rise and fall to martyrdom, showing the very human side to reality. Lawrence of Arabia proved to be O'Toole's rise to stardom, from which he would go on to act in several other big-name productions.
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ReplyDeletePeter Lorre (as mentioned in Jack 1939) was an American actor, known for playing sinister roles in Hollywood from 1935 to 1940. However, it was before this that he caused an international sensation with his part of a serial killer in a German film M, in 1931. He is mentioned in Jack 1939 when Jack is comparing his situation with the White Spider to a Lorre movie. Lorre has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mary Pickford was a Canadian actress and one of the first Hollywood stars. During her life, she worked primarily in silent films, gaining international prestige. She is also known for her role in co-founding the United Artists film studio, still producing today, as well as for being one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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ReplyDeleteFlorence Lawrence was one of the first actresses whose personal fame was used to promote her company’s films. Originally from Canada, she started performing in plays and musicals at age three. At age twenty, Lawrence was cast in the 1907 production Daniel Boone. After accepting work at another studio, however she was blacklisted by the Motion Picture Trust. Headed by Thomas Edison, the Trust had patents on most other studios at the time. Left with no other choice, Lawrence and her husband, director Harry Solter, signed on as the first featured actors at the new Independent Moving Pictures Company run by Carl Laemmle. Discouraged by sabotage and competition from the Motion Picture Trust, Laemmle starting advertising using Lawrence’s reputation. He was the first to do so and Lawrence became the film industry's first recognizable name. This was the height of Lawrence’s career. In 1916, she starred in Elusive Isabel, but the movie had little success. Lawrence committed suicide in 1938 due to a long term illness.
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ReplyDeleteEdwin Forrest was a very famous actor during the 1800s. He was famous for acting in many American Shakespearean plays. One thing that helped further his career was his rivalry with British actor William Macready. This feud led to the Astor Place Riot which resulted in more than 25 dead.
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ReplyDeleteCharlie Chaplin was an actor and film director during the silent era of the 1920's and 30's. He was famous for his silent movies and recognized through Charlie Chaplin look alike contests. Legend has it that Chaplin once placed third in his own look alike contest. Chaplin had been performing since a very young age, but hit his big break with the American Theatre Company in 1907, where he played Sherlock Holmes in the film "Billy". After that, he toured the country twice before gaining his fame in the silent film industry.
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ReplyDeleteBorn Theodosia Goodman in Ohio Theda Bara after graduating High school wanted to become an actress and was in several play productions. Her big break came in 1915 when Theda was 30 years old (making her unique since it was mostly much younger actresses being considered for main roles. Theda starred in “A Fool There Was” as “vampire”. This led to her nickname the vamp. Theda was known for playing sexual women who led men astray. She was the first to say the commonly misquoted “Kiss me, my fool.” Her image was largely fabricated. For instance publicist claimed that “Theda Bara” was truly an anagram for “Arab Death” and Theda was the daughter of an artist and an Arabian prince. Theda starred in many films throughout her career (all silent) but after her 1921 marriage to director Charles Brabin she only made to more. Her final film was made in 1926.
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ReplyDeleteRoscoe Arbuckle was a silent movie actor in the early 20th century. He was nicknamed and best known for his plump size, and was known as, "Fatty Arbuckle". He was one of the most popular and highly-paid actors of his time. Scandalous as the gossip of the time was, Arbuckle was tried for the manslaughter and rape of a colleague, Virginia Rappe, multiple times. He was also divorced twice. He died in 1933 of a heart-attack, but acted in and directed over 40 films.
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ReplyDeleteLouise Brooks was a famous actress in the 1920s for her acting as well as dancing. Her bob haircut was the original inspiration for the popularized style in the later decades. Beginning her screen debuts through American films, Brooks later starred in European movies. Her youth and beauty appealed to a wide Hollywood audience. However, she was tempted by alcoholism, drug use, and overspending; her major acting career was considered over within a decade.
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ReplyDeleteGary Cooper was an American actor of the 20s and 30s. He acted in a variety of movie genres like westerns, crime, comedy, and drama and he was in over 100 films. He won 5 Academy Awards for Best Actor, and later an Honorary Award. He was born in Helena, Montana, the son of an English immigrant. After his failure as a salesman, Cooper tried acting in 1925. He first acted as an extra several times, then in the film Lighnin’ Wins. After that, he got a long term contract with Paramount.
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ReplyDeleteJoseph Cawthorn was an American actor from 1895 to 1941. He was known as an American stage actor and an actor that was in many different comical films. He was known as being funny. After acting on broadway, he moved to hollywood and acted in 50 films. He helped come up with the famous Yale Glee Clubs name, the whiffnpoof, which was in a play that he acted in.
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ReplyDeleteDouglas Fairbanks was a well known American actor who gained fame in the 1920s and 30s. He was the most famous for his roles in "The Thief of Baghdad", "Robin Hood", and "The Mark of Zorro". Prior to gaining fame, Fairbanks spent the majority of his early career making comedies.Later in his career, Fairbanks gained attention when he founded United Artists. He was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy, and hosted the first Oscars ceremony in 1929. During this time period, Fairbanks was commonly referred to as "The King of Hollywood".
Mabel Normad was a famous silent film actor in the early film history. She was one of the first american women screenwriters, producers and directors. She was very influential in the development in women's role throughout the film industry how they could compete and make art just as the men did. Her famous film was made in 1914 called Mabel's Blunder. Today her name still lives on the Hollywood walk of fame.
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ReplyDeleteAdele Degarde began her acting career at the young age of 8. She played numerous children roles such as the ill-treated, mischevious , or spoiled brat. As time passed and she reached her teenage years she began starring in comedies. These comedies were super popular and her fame and stardom exploded. She retired from acting in 1918 after a successful 10 year carreer.
James Stewart was an American actor who gained acclaim in some of Hollywood’s most popular movies. Stewart first showed his talent for acting in a prep school in Pennsylvania, where he was an avid athlete, musician, and performer. Later, in 1932, he joined the University Players Theatre Company as a performer on Broadway, and two years later he appeared in his first movie. It was not until after World War II, where he served as a colonel in the U.S. Army, that his acting career took off. In 1946, he starred in the hit movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, and later that decade, performed in such classics as The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Spirit of St. Louis. Stewart continued his career as a star in some of the nation’s most popular movies, right up until his death in 1997. Exemplified in his impressive service in World War II, Stewart is best remembered for his qualities as a common, likable “everyman”.
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ReplyDeleteThroughout the early 1900s Rudolph ("Rudy") Valentino's career had hit a climax when he starred in several silent films. His acting career began around 1914 where he usually played the villain, a dancer, and even a gigolo. However, it wasn't until the 1920s when the public really started to take a liking toward him. His leads in "The Four Horsemen Of the Apocalypse," "Camille," and "The Sheik" set the nation in awe, for the women, in particular, would swoon over his common roles of the passionate, romantic Latin lover or Arab type of leading man. During that time it'd been said that no one nearly possessed as much film "star quality" as Valentino, for his suave and and charming characters were often what set a huge label for his name, making him known to female fanatics across the states.
When he died an agonizing death from blood poisoning and pleurisy in August 1926, many American women became hysterical, some even committing suicide. Crowds would break out in rots with individuals begging to see his open coffin at a public service. It was because of Valentino, his fans, and his sensational death, that movies were finally recognized by Wall Street as a legitimate, lucrative business.
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ReplyDeleteJudy Garland's fame was brought to her in the form of the iconic film, "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Having played Dorothy, a virginal sweetheart that captured the hearts of many, Garland's fame increased with her starring in films like "Meet Me in St. Louis," "Easter Parade", and "A Star is Born".
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ReplyDeleteThe early move star that i choose was Shirley temple. She was born in April of 1928, and is known for many pieces. Most of her pieces, like little princess and curly top, were stories staring her as the main character. After a lot of acting as a young girl, she slowed down as she got older, and is 85 today.
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ReplyDeleteThe early movie star that I chose was Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. He was one of the most popular actors in the 1910's and signed a $1 million contract with Paramount Pictures. He mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Bob Hope. However, he is most famous, or infamous, for the Virginia Rappe case. Arbuckle was accused of rape and manslaughter against Rappe. After two hung juries, Arbuckle won the case. However, the damage had already been done to his career. Many theaters banned his films, and he quickly fell out of grace with the public. He died in 1933, at the age of 46, of a heart attack.
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ReplyDeleteGreta Garbo was a Swedish Actress during the 1920's. She was nominated for four academy awards. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Greta 5th on their all time best actresses list.
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ReplyDeletePhillip Seymour Hoffman was a famous actor staring in his major professional accomplishments in the early nineties. Some of his most recognizable works include Capote, Bond, Patch Adams.
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ReplyDeleteMargaret Lindsay (September 19, 1910 - May 9, 1963) was an American film actress. Her time as a Warner Bros. contract player during the 1930s was particularly productive. She was noted for her supporting work in successful films of the 1930s and 1940s such as Jezebel (1938) and Scarlet Street (1945) and her leading roles in lower-budgeted B movie films such as the Ellery Queen series at Columbia in the early 1940s. Critics regard her portrayal of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hepzibah Pyncheon in the 1940 film adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables as Lindsay's standout career role.