Early+Film+A+Mirror+of+American+Life

EARLY FILM: A Mirror of American Life   After dashing down the street and paying my 5 cents admittance fee I am finally settling down in my seat .  This is the first time I have ever come to a [|Nickelodeon], and I can barely sit still .  I have heard from my friends that it is one of the most amazing things they have ever seen .  Suddenly the room goes dark, and the screen in front of me is illuminated .  Across the screen, the words, **"[|The Great Train Robbery]"** appear .  This is not really exciting I think to myself, as the picture emerges, it is only a man sitting in a room, and he's not even moving! Just then I jump as the door is knocked down and two men enter the room .  The [|action]continues full of fights and hold ups, just like how it must be in the real west <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> There is no sound, but I can pretty much figure out what the people are trying to say <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> This is like nothing I have ever seen before! [|Moving pictures]were the newest sensation that captivated Americans <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Filled with [|entertainment] and actual events, [|films] were what capture the stories and audiences of [|America] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tall Paul','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> [|Silent films]<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> were made from a series of pictures flashing by quickly on a screen <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Originally made in [|Europe], this form of art, and entertainment, soon spread to the United States, and were a big hit between the years of [|1917] and [|1927] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Films of [|documentaries], lasting anywhere from less than half-hour to three-hours, were some of the first [|movies]that were made <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> This new form of entertainment quickly began to catch the attention the people, and make lots of money <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> All over the states people flocked to [|theaters], called nickelodeons, to pay the five cents admission <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Watching films of landscapes, native and foreign, the audiences were captivated and hooked on movies <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Soon these films began to have stories and plots that were based on events that had happened or even just and exciting story that someone wrote <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> “Most films about the [|19th century]history have focused on events of the period extending from the [|civil war] to the end of the century <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">” Two early films that came out included, “[|The Great Train Robbery]**”** (1903), and, “[|The Birth of a Nation]” (1915 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">) The widespread interest soon gave way to new and exciting jobs; including [|directors], [|screenwriters], [|critics] and of course [|actors] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tall Paul','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The introduction of movies with sound, once again grabbed the interest in the audience <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The combined effect of moving pictures and [|sound]was a new and more exciting form of entertainment <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> With sound the viewers no longer had to guess what the actor was trying to say or explain <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The actors could now discuss the issues or even talk about the changing country; they could show different regions and explain what life was like <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The sound played a big part in helping to make film, and it also help the films show what America was like <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tall Paul','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Once the idea of moving pictures spread to America, the directors and writes were making films about [|Reconstruction], the civil war, and life in America <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Another popular [|clique] was [|western] flicks, not many people were able to travel to the west, and this made it possible to see it, even if a lot of [|scenarios] were added for entertainment <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Many of the movies that were made were based on events that were happening, and some were even made as [|guidelines] for life in America <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> These films showed what life was like and how you should act, according to you [|status] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Movies also concentrated on past events like the reconstruction era <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The film "Birth of a Nation"(1915) is all about what happened during reconstruction, and how different people reacted to the change <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The United States totally changed during reconstruction, and in the film Americans could see what they were doing to their lives <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The biggest and greatest movie clique created in America was Western flicks <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tall Paul','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> [|Western films]<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> concentrated on life in the west, even though most of the scenarios were added for entertainment <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> These movies showed fights with [|Native Americans], saloon show downs, and typical life in the west <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> People living in the east who were not able to travel across the [|country] could go in a theater and see this wild life style <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The viewer came to love western films, just the thought of living somewhere so wild amazed them <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The movie, “The Great Train Robbery” (1903) showed different views during a train robbery in the west <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The amount of western films over the years has grown to make up 25% of all American made movies <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tall Paul','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Just like now, [|comedies]were always great to go see <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Going to the [|nickelodeon] to see one of these shows was always a fun and care free way to spend time <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Some of the comedy shows were [|parodies] of what was happening in the [|government] and other serious events <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Comedy stars did really well in[|silent films], because the over exaggerated gestures they made looked really funny and often got then in trouble <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Most of these films were short and were often in a series <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The actor would perform many short skits much like the show “[|Saturday Night Live] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">” There were also many long [|movies], full of funny skits and great jokes <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> And speaking of actors, they were what made the movies come to life <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tall Paul','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The most recognized and remembered actors were probably [|comedians] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Among them were [|Charlie Chaplin] and [|Abbott & Costello] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Charlie Chaplin was a silent film star, known as the "Tramp," a very mischievous fellow who often got into trouble <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Charlie had his downfall with the introduction of sound, he was much better at the over exaggeration, then reciting lines <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> In his first sound film he portrayed [|Adolf Hitler], which gave [|government officials] a scare <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Abbott and Costello are known for their very funny skits and jokes <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> [|Films] that they starred in were made with sound, and although they did not need to, they also over exaggerated many gestures or emotions <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Abbott and Costello mostly made short skits, but they also had some full length movies <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tall Paul','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The early Americans films were as much about Americans as they are today <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Based on facts with lots of entertainment throw in, films have always focused on life around us <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Comedians, just like now, made jokes about the past, present, other actors, and of course the way this country is being run <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Western films showed the[|Wild West], with many made up scenarios, and [|gun fights] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The main focuses of [|early films]were events that were going on <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tall Paul','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">