Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

films guess who’s coming to dinner and Guess who, at the end of my essay I’ll have a series of question’s, I have been asked by my Teacher Miss Forrest. I have answered these questions with answers I think are most appropriate towards the topic. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. Personally to me the film was more of a serious type of film, I personally wouldn’t call it a comedy The film Guess who’s

Spencer Tracy plays the role of Matt Drayton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a film directed by Stanley Kramer. In Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Matt and Christina Drayton’s attitudes are challenged when their daughter, Joanna (Joey), brings home a fiancé who is black, John Wade Prentice. This movie explores how different people related to John and Joanna react to the news of a possible marriage between a black man and a white woman. John tells Matt and Christina that he would not marry their daughter

In this essay, I will talk about the social commentary Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? demonstrates into the world of film and the influence it had on the community. In addition, I will discuss how the director included certain things in order to display the historical events that had occurred during that time period. The director of the film, Stanley Kramer, was a famous American film director and producer who wasn’t afraid to tackle controversial issues and display them in his films. Kramer was born

In 1967 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner premiered and it was undeniably innovative at the time of its production. It’s portrayal of the relationship between a white woman and a black male, and the attempt of both white and black families to understand and accept such a coupling, no doubt made waves just three years after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The film sought to showcase the social structures that intertwined race and relationships and the stress felt by both blacks and whites alike

Susan Courtney’s analysis on the film ‘Guess who’s coming to dinner’ argues that this film’s view of race is very limited because it reduces the issue of interracial marriage to the dilemma of colour. The film also negates all the other complex meanings attached to ‘race’. Yet, in reality, the interracial couple might also have many other social conflicts in terms of class and gender. John Prentice, a black man, comes from a low-class family whose father being a retired mailman. Joey Drayton, a

Film: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner      Joanna Drayton returns unexpectedly from Hawaii to announce her engagement to an intelligent, accomplished, world traveling doctor. The only problem with the intended union is that he is African American and she is white. The Drayton’s come face to face with their own principles and realize that their daughter is the way they brought her up to be – non-prejudicial. Turmoil and anxiety ensue as Joanna insists that her parents give their approval by the

Stanley Kramer’s film, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, explores the controversial issue of interracial marriage and reflects society’s prejudicial views during the 1960’s. In the 60’s, the concept of an interracial marriage was foreign. At the time, it was considered illegal sixteen states for two people of different races to wed.(Kramer 1967). Joanna Drayton, the white daughter of a wealthy newspaper editor, and Dr. John Prentice, the son of a black mail man fall deeply in love after ten short

The Hollywood movie "Guess Who" (2005) is a remake of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967). Both film's premises are about the same situation of an interracial marriage. The original revolved around a daughter bringing her black fiancée to meet her white middle class family. This was a touchy and even controversial subject in 1967 but the film became an award winner. The 2005 update switches the roles around and with a stroke of genius we now have a white fiancée meeting a black family. Personally

Honestly, in regard with my feelings from watching it, I don’t have much to say about “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER?”, because the main message the director: Stanley Kramer, script writer: William Rose and actors: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton are trying to convey; (the racism and interracial marriage in the USA) are truly distant to me personally. In my country of origin and furthermore, in our national history, we never experienced

In the 1967 film, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, the main characters bring home controversy when they surprise their parents and friends with the news of their soon to be interracial marriage. Each character brings a unique perspectives to the film, which in turn brings to light several different issues. Throughout the film, there are many different ways in which communication is ineffective and could have been improved. First, this paper will discuss examples of stereotypes presented in the film