Grandfather's American Dream

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This paper focuses at the Hollywood Film industry, the Great Depression, The Theatre and the Acting career, all these historical experiences, mainly in the 1920’s and 1930’s had an impact on my grandfather’s life. This paper discusses his road to success and perseverance as he journeyed to live his American Dream.
There are many cultural products that uphold the American way of life but the most famous of all being the American Dream. In the pursuit for the American Dream especially in the film industry, Hollywood known for the domination in the movie industry often called the Dream Factory because of its capability to produce images of elevated ideals, reminiscent of a factory (Bernard, 1995). The Hollywood Dream Factory is set apart by the just right mate, the perfect family and the ideal life. It is implausible how the Dream Factory helps citizens to run away from the truth and get captured briefly to forget tribulations in real life. Hollywood has played a main function as it is centered as the film industry for the United States of America.
Hollywood has for over twenty-eight years created and supplied products associated with movies to all main film studios, leisure and entertainment industries. The most revered clients recognized in the entire world include Disney, Paramount, Colombia, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros and Universal among others. For this basis, the greater part of the actors all over the world wants to labor and make a living in Hollywood. The exceptional and distinctive characters have their own customs, beliefs and cultures which aid them to pursue fame and fortune in this Dream Factory. Every talented person desires this American dream. There are numerous prospects that make life better and in Hollywood, t...

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... is where he apparently saw full opening and seized it. He had focused on success and happiness despite regular chaos and failures which tested his human emotions all the time. The American Dream helped a young man, who grew up with no mother reach to the top, he earned recognition. He is for certain a self-made man who saw his dreams come to be.

Works Cited

Bernard, Rita .The Great Depression and The Culture of Abundance: Kenneth Fearing, Nathanael West, and Mass Cultures it the 1930’s, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1995.
Haspel, Savannah Renae. How Holly Wood became the new American dream. Anneenberg Press. 2011
"Clark Gable: King of Hollywood". The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
"America's Greatest Legends". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 29, 2009
Harris, Warren G. (2002). Clark Gable: A Biography. New York: Harmony

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