America’s most controversial women of the ’50s and 60’s decade and the first ‘It girl’ – Norma Jean Mortenson (Baker), whom the whole world knows as Marilyn Monroe had a very alluring smile from the beginning especially when she turned a teenager. Her smile captivated the hearts of many until now, the more I write...
From the time I was a young kid I absolutely adored movies, my mom was always busy working and my dad stayed at home with me. He had responsibilities as well so he would throw on an old movie to keep me entertained. I remember one of the movies he turned on was “Roman Holiday”...
Hippocrates once said, “Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity”, and I have always kept this message in mind. However, when I entered UP College of Medicine, I was concerned that my empathy would make me overly involved with my future patients. While passing through the halls of...
Intro: This essay will be discussing the significance and the impact that designers had in the post WW2 era, along with the impact that Punk Rock music had on society and influenced designers work. Various subcultures and trends will also be discussed in this essay, such as the ‘Teenage Culture’, ‘Matching Outfits’, Marilyn Monroe and...
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home on the 5th of August 1962. Marilyn was best known as the sex symbol, blonde bombshell of the Hollywood movies, such as “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “How to marry a Millionaire”. Plagued by mental health issues and her history of drug abuse, it was easy for investigators...
As Richard Dyer has observed in Stars, films play a fundamental role in the construction of a star’s image. Such films, fashioned by the studios to associate stars with certain characters or genres, would be identified as ‘star vehicles’ (1998, 61-62). Taking Dyer’s argument as a starting point, discuss the screen persona of one Hollywood...
