I. [From Luther Wright (www.videoflicks.com)]:
Portrait of Jennie is one of the most hauntingly romantic films I can recall ever watching. The stunning black & white cinematography often emulates the surface of the artist's canvas, while the music score weaves a tender, other-worldly tapestry of its own. Jennifer Jones is perfectly cast as the lovely, yet strangely sad and from-another-time Jennie Appleton. Joseph Cotten draws the viewer's sympathy as the struggling, starving artist, Eben Adams. Ethel Barrymore's portrayal of Adams' friend and mentor, Miss Spinney, adds strength to the film, and the first lady of the American film, Lillian Gish, offers Adams gentle and comforting grace as Sister Mary of Mercy. The film's final, stunning touch is the framed portrait of Jennie, revealed in gorgeous, glorious Technicolor, over which Jennie's voice is heard to repeat words spoken earlier to Eben Adams.... "Oh! Eben! Is it really me? I think some day it will hang in a great museum, and that it will make you famous!" This movie is a must-see for anyone who has felt the emptiness and lonliness of being a star-crossed lover. "From world's end to world's end there is only one true love, one you must search for until you find them..."
II. [From Brian Koller (http://briankoller.epinions.com)]:
Jennifer Jones became a star in 1943, with her leading role in The Song of Bernadette. Her performance captured the attention of film mogul David O. Selznick. He would eventually produce seven films starring the lovely, ethereal Jones. The Portrait of Jennie was the last film they would make together before their marriage in 1949. Joseph Cotten plays Eben, a poverty-stricken painter struggling to find commissions during the Great Depression. His only friend is kindly cab driver Gus (David Wayne). Eben tries to sell his drawings to an art gallery controlled by Miss Spinney (Ethel Barrymore), but is told that his work is mediocre. Nonetheless, Spinney takes a maternal interest in him, especially after she sees a drawing that he made of a radiant girl that he met in the park. Eben has subsequent encounters with the girl, whose name is Jennie (Jennifer Jones). Jennie is sweet but acts strangely, as if she belongs to another era. Eben is fascinated with her, and she provides the inspiration that is lacking in his work. But the more he learns about her, the more obvious it becomes that she is a spirit, seen only by him.
Perhaps the most highly regarded of all Canadian portraits, the rendering of this mysterious woman sparks our curiosity through her captivating eyes and coy smile. She reappears in many of Varley’s paintings, and photographs by John Vanderpant, and later Harold Mortimer Lamb. An inspirational muse to many famous Canadian artists, her own worth as an artist is often underrated.
In chapter one of Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer discusses memory and persuades the reader of its importance. Foer’s primary claim is that memory is essential. Joshua Foer uses a variety of different voicing techniques to create intimate distance. He also uses a variety of analytical and stylistic techniques to emphasize the importance of his claim and to persuade the reader. He supports his argument by discussing the impact of memory on daily life, the positive effects of improving one’s memory, and the incomplete nature of our collective memory as a society without external resources.
The film is at first glance a story about a woman, Marion, on the run
Fort Apache (1948) and She wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). For a good part of the 50’s and 60’s Wayne took part in several small pictures. Standard western and action movies but nothing too dynamic. Because of the numerous films though he was financially in good setting.
The industrial revolution was a transitional era that brought new manufacturing practices in the 19th century. In its social structure, Britain was as aristocratic as other European countries, however the British aristocracy was probably unusual in the respect that it accorded commerce and manufacturing, and the gentry-dominated British Parliament energetically defended commercial and manufacturing interests against foreign competition. British law was certainly unusual in the protections it gave inventors and property holders. Between 1624 and 1791, Britain was the only European nation with a system of patent laws, designed to give inventors the profits of their achievements. The system both encouraged innovation and expressed British society 's admiration for it. In
If human kind is to conquer the solar system and reach for the stars, we must first start closer to home. In such a situation, creating a colony on our nearest partner celestial body, the Moon, would create an ideal opportunity to learn and explore technical capabilities and human characteristics in space. On board, there would be plenty of science to do, plenty of fun to be had, and plenty of knowledge to learn. However, a lunar base of this kind of complexity can not just be slapped together; it must be designed and detailed beforehand to ensure a safe working environment for those inside and around the lunar base.
Throughout the story “Walk Two Moons” written by Sharon Creech, Mrs.Winterbottom is faced with internal and external conflicts that lead her to change.
Extravehicular Activity or Lunar Excursion Module… These are extremely uncommon terms and any average person most likely never heard of them. Throughout the book there are many peculiar words and abbreviations that will blow your mind. In the novel Back to the Moon by Homer Hickam, were there any startling/unusual/effective words, phrases, expressions or images encountered while reading the novel? Lets see.
In Noël Alumit’s novel, Talking to the Moon, he engages his readers in the life of the Lalaban family. Through the journey of the Lalaban family, Alumit lets us understand the different issues that Filipino-Americans encounter in the United States. Alumit cleverly utilizes the journeys of both Jory and Belen to provoke thoughts about family as well as different social issues; he utilizes these characters to progress the narrative arc of the novel. As the head of the Lalaban household, Jory and Belen take their journeys at times together and at times separately. Though physical journey is evident, Alumit permits these characters to travel space, time, and worlds. Through the usage of the concept of family, the journey of Jory and Belen unfold where they realizes their own realities. During this journey, the notion of the “American Dream” is contested. Alumit uses Jory and Belen’s experiences to provoke our thoughts about family, reality, and the “American Dream”. Through the exploration of these journey we understand the Filipino immigrant experience in American. These journeys also show us how different categories and identities affect our understanding of family.
When I had to move to a new home,I didn’t want to.Because I have been in my old apartment building where I had my friends right by me.I used to play them almost everyday.My experience is similar to Sal’s experience because Sal had to move away from Bybanks,Kentucky.In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, one important setting to Sal is the house in Bybanks,Kentucky because that's the last place Sal saw her mom,Sal’s house is the only place where she has the barn,the swimming hole and the maple tree,and Sal has the letters her mom sent to her when Sal’s mom was on her trip.
The Blind Girl in Charlie Chaplin's Romantic Comedy “ City Lights and Kitty King in Buster Keaton's drama film “ Steamboat Bill Jr” both compare and differ to each other from their social standpoint, treatment in the films, and the directors’ different portrayal of them. Both these women in the films share a lot in common in the films’ forte of treatment of women. Both the women in the films have to be wooed or liberated by the main characters the Tramp and William Canfield Jr acts of kindness and actions to win their heart over. In Both these women also, we see that there is a sense of approval they have to gain from the women's elders such as the Blind Girls grandmother and John James King, the father of Kitty king and liberation. In “
In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech it proves that you should never judge a book by it’s cover. Same thing the the short story The guest by Uma Krishnaswami. Both people in each book Judge a person and later find out the truth about them.
In the novel, Walk Two Moons, Salamanca Tree Hiddle, also known as Sal, tells a story of her best friend Phoebe Winterbottom. The novel is narrated by the main character, Sal, who tells a story as her personal story unfolds. The two stories are linked together in a peculiar way using the technique where the frame story leads readers from one story to another. In both stories, the girls face a major emotional journey through hardship and abandonment. Yet at the same time they go through very different struggles. These struggles include issues with grief, anger, and even acceptance of their own fate.
“Jules and Jim”, a movie shot from the semi-autobiography novel by Henri-Pierre Roche about the relationship between his wife and friend, Franz Hesse, revolves around decades of a love triangle between two friends and an impulsive woman. I liked the plot of the movie and the unfolding drama of the two best friends and the woman in their life. Despite coming from different backgrounds, with Jules an Austrian and Jim French, manage a great friendship and freedom until they met with Catherine, a woman they both fall in love with. Jules knows that he wants a girl, but cannot find the right woman. Previously, they had traded and shared girlfriends. However, when they met Catherine, the woman on a statue they had come across in Adriatic, Jules lets Jim know that he was not ready to share her with him. Finally, Jules leaves for Austria to marry the woman, whom the two men are already in love with. The love for the woman is so deep that Jim even marries her briefly during his visit to the couple in Austria after the Great War. The story however has a sad ending, with the death of Catherine and Jim in a cliff. Catherine hopes to satisfy her excessive insecurity through the two friends, to a point of manipulating her husband, Jules.
The movie, “Mona Lisa Smile” is an inspirational film that explores life through feminism, marriage, and education lead by a modernist teacher at the end of a traditional era. It begins by introducing the lead character, Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), a liberal-minded novice professor from California, who lands a job in the art history department at a snobbish, all-girl college, called Wellesley, in the fall of 1953. Despite warnings from her boyfriend Paul that a Boston Brahmin environment was out of her element, Katherine was thrilled at the prospect of educating some of the brightest young women in the country however, her image of Wellesley quickly fizzles after her first day of class, in which, was more like a baptism by fire. Her smug students flaunted their exhaustive knowledge of the text and humiliated her in front of a supervisor. However, Katherine, determined not to buckle under pressure, departs from the syllabus in order to regain the upper hand. She quickly challenged the girls’ idea of what constituted art and exposed them to modern artist not endorsed by the school board. She dared them to think for themselves, and explore outside of their traditional views. This form of art was unacceptable by the students at first however, overtime Katherine penetrated her student’s distain and earned their esteem.