Social graces

Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller, Rear Window, broken-legged L.B. Jeffreys, played by James Stewart watches his neighbors through his back window and becomes obsessed with solving a murder mystery in one neighbor’s apartment, aided by Lisa Fremont, played by Grace Kelly. At first, Lisa does not seem able to fit into Jeffreys’ adventurous lifestyle as a photojournalist, nor does she take an active interest in his mystery. She begins the film being feminine, inactive and seemingly incompatible with Jeffreys. As

Did you know Cool Papa Bell’s real name is James Thomas Bell? James Bell was an American Center fielder for Professional Negro League Baseball.(Wikipedia.com) James Bell (Cool Papa Bell) was considered by many people in Baseball knowledge to be the fastest man to ever play the game of baseball. Cool Papa Bell was so great at baseball he was rated 66th on the greatest players by The Sporting News in 1999.(Wikipedia.org) Cool Papa Bell was known for his speed and ability to score. Most the time when

Admiral Grace Hopper Admiral Grace Hopper was a computer scientist and the first woman Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Hopper invented the first compiler for a computer programming language, tackled the original computer bug and helped program the 1944 Harvard Mark 1 computer. Her outspoken support of machine-independent programming languages led to the creation of COBOL, one of the very first high-level computer programming languages. Admiral Grace Hopper’s quote, “You manage things, you

up as she approaches Jefferies and he then he grins as a way to show that he is happy to see her. His grin is friendly and causes a shift in the audiences initial perception of the mysterious woman. The close up utilizes the entire frame to capture Grace Kelly’s natural beauty. Lisa then leans in for a slow-motion, soft focus kiss. The kiss is her way of greeting Jefferies, which in-turn, immediately establishes their romantic relationship. She then seamlessly makes her way around the apartment turning

Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery film Rear Window based on the Cornell Woolrich short story introduces the characters of L.B. Jeffries, and Lisa Freemont. L.B. Jeffries is an adventurous photographer who takes action shots. Lisa Freemont is a high class woman who is a fashion designer and very prim and proper. What Hitchcock shows in this film is that men and women will take drastic measures to change when seeking approval from a love interest. Lisa’s initial beliefs are that she wants to get married

Relationships in Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” I believe that Hitchcock’s film “Rear Window” is mostly about relationships rather than voyeurism. The entire movie is made up of the personalities and traits that Jefferies has assigned each tenant that he watches. With each new deed he sees them perform, and every assumption that goes along with it, he builds his relationship with the other character. I do think that some of the relationships in “Rear Window” emerge through voyeurism. For example, at

Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rear Window based on Cornell Woolrich’s short story navigates the life of L.B. Jeffries, a professional photographer with a desire for adventure, as he recovers from a broken leg. Jeffries is confined to a wheelchair in his apartment and therefore spends his time watching his neighbors out of his rear window. His girlfriend Lisa Freemont lives quite a separate life as a high fashion mogul and Jeffries worries that she is not right for him. The two are brought closer and Lisa

Defining Grace Paley is hard since she is called many things. In short, she could be portrayed as a political activist fighting war and injustice, a proud Jewish-American, a creator of a better world through listening, reading and teaching literature, a divorcee of two failed marriages, a hard core feminist, a mother of a son and a daughter, a pacifist disapproving of war and nuclear weapons, a woman, and both a postmodernist as a traditional realistic writer. Above all, her literary work as well

One Hour Photo, written and directed by Mark Romanek, stars Robin Williams in this psychological thriller movie. In this movie, Williams plays Seymour Parrish, a man who works on developing photos in a photo lab at a local superstore. He develops photos of a family that he becomes very friendly with but as the film progresses we soon realize that Seymour “Sy” has an unhealthy obsession with the family instead. This movie could have easily gone down the direction of most thrillers where the “antagonist”

tasks and are many people’s main gateway to the real world. Have you ever given thought to who is to thank for all of this? Was it Bill Gates, or Steve Jobs? No, and no. It was actually Navy Rear Admiral, and overall genius, Grace Murray Hopper-also nicknamed “Amazing Grace”. Born December 9, 1906, she was the eldest of three children, and was filled with curiosity from a