Bert Lahr

Technology and Happiness in Civilization and Its Discontents and Waiting for Godot Happiness is something most humans value above everything else. The various things in life that make us happy, such as family, friends, and cool cars, to name a few, are the very things we hold dearest to us and place the most value on. People fill their lives with things that please them to ease the gloom that comes as a result of the seemingly never-ending trials and tribulations of life. We gladly accept

Bert Lahr was born on August 13, 1895 as Irving Lahrheim. His parents were German Jewish immigrants. Lahr grew up in the Yorkville section of Manhattan. He dropped out of school at 15 to join a juvenile vaudeville act. Lahr worked up to top billing on the Columbia Burlesque Circuit. In 1927 he debuted on Broadway in Delmar's Revels. He played to full houses, performing classic routines such as "The Song of the Woodman". Lahr had his first major success in a stage musical playing the prize fighter

Egbert Austin Williams better known as Bert, was an African American performer during the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born in Nassau, Bahamas on November 12, 1874. He was the child of Frederick, who was a sailor and his mother Julia. When Williams was 11 he and his family moved to Riverside in southern California. While in Nassau, Williams encountered very little racism, southern California however was a much different story which troubled him deeply throughout his lustrous career. Although

hearing some rumblings about their costume from friends and strangers alike. They explained that they had no intention on offending anyone in the community, but had simply chosen the costumes because of its ridiculous nature. The abstract explains, "[Bert said] they saw white plastic breasts and considered dressing as topless women. Then they saw the black breasts and butts and decided

In this short excerpt, John Lahr elaborates on the character of playwright David Mamet by profiling him. He elaborates on Mamet’s mentality by describing the furniture and other objects in his workplace. Lahr tells of the ambience of the atmosphere to compare it to Mamet’s way of thinking and how he channels it into his work. Lahr also includes a quote from Mamet’s sister, Lynn, to clarify and justify his interpretation of David Mamet. The audience intended for John Lahr’s profile of David Mamet

The Wizard of Oz “I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!” is one of the most famous quotes from “The Wizard of Oz”. I recently watched the Wizard of Oz two weeks ago in my bedroom on my TV. I saw the Wizard of Oz seven times before that because it is such an great movie. There some very interesting facts about the Wizard of Oz, but I am going to tell you a few. One interesting fact about the Wizard of Oz is that the Cowardly Lion’s costume was made out of real

Movies have been made ever since the 1890’s. However, there can only be one, true, best movie of all time. Everyone has their own opinion on it. I believe that The Wizard of Oz, of course the one made in 1939, is the best movie of all time because of ratings, the message it sent to people of all ages, and how well it was put together for a movie made in the early 1940’s. The Wizard of Oz from 1939 has the best rating for any movie made. Rotten Tomato has this movie at the top of their list for “Top

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Known for the infamous ruby red slippers, The Wizard of Oz premiered in theaters in 1939 by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer Studios. The film came into production after director, Victor Fleming, bought the rights of the novel and adapted the novel into a film. This classic children’s story encaptures Dorothy Gale’s (Judy Garland) long, adventurous journey down the yellow brick road in the land of Oz. As we follow Dorothy’s venture home, Fleming holds the audience's attention throughout

Assignment 1 – Narrative Report Story and Plot In a narrative film, a plot is considered all visible and audible elements present in a film, in essence the film in its entirety including nondiegetic images. In The Wizard of Oz, the plot begins with Dorothy (Judy Garland), a young farm girl from Kansas who dreams of escaping to ‘somewhere over the rainbow’ without troubles and torment for her dog Toto from a horrible neighbour Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). During a tornado she is hit on the head

Being a PG movie, it is great for all ages. The story of The Wizard of Oz was written by Frank Baum and published on May 17, 1900, during the second industrial revolution. It was released as a movie on August 12, 1939, featuring Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton and Frank Morgan. It is in fact a musical, and Judy Garland, with her amazing voice, sings all throughout the movie. The movie is filled with fabulous special effects, such as being one of