Articles written by Susan Z. Swan
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Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. a Silent Comedy Gem
Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (1924) is a classic silent comedy film that goes beyond slapstick to capture a dreamscape that challenges the boundaries between reel and real.
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The Making of the "Red Hollywood" Film Series
Behind the "Red Hollywood" series of Soviet musicals of the 1930s sits a tale that links 3 film festivals, a Romanian graduate student, and a New York film programmer.
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Russian Film The Circus Showcases Red Hollywood
A lavish Busby Berkeley-style musical, a critique of race intolerance, and Stalin's favorite actress add up to a movie that was wildly popular in the 1930s USSR.
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Classic Film Review, Minnelli's Cabin in the Sky
Vincente Minnelli's debut film as director was the MGM musical Cabin in the Sky. It featured an all-black cast which shone in its acting, singing and dancing.
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Film Review of Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
The classic movie, Meet Me in St. Louis, is the perfect model of a wholesome MGM musical. A period film set in 1903 St. Louis, it stars Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien.
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Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland—1939 to 1941
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland create movie romance in their last films together -- Dodge City, Elizabeth and Essex, Santa Fe Trail, & They Died with Their Boots On.
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Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland—1935 to 1938
Captain Blood, Charge of the Light Brigade, Robin Hood, and Four's a Crowd pair Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland together for the first four of their eight films.
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The Redemption of Dallas in Stagecoach (1939)
Claire Trevor as the prostitute Dallas in Stagecoach(1939) is key to Ford's critique of social prejudice and defense of the noble outcast in this classic western movie.
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John Wayne as The Ringo Kid, Stagecoach (1939)
The character study of the Ringo Kid is key to John Ford's noble outlaw motif in this classic western movie- and it's the breakthrough role that made John Wayne a star.
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Themed Malls in Dubai Spotlight Architecture
A shopper in Dubai can begin the day touring the pyramids of Egypt, spend the afternoon traveling through Arabia and Asia, and end the day with a cafe au lait in Italy.
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Ice Bars, Ski Slopes, & Ice Rinks in Dubai
Visitors to Dubai during a long hot Persian Gulf summer need a break from heat and humidity. Snow skiing, ice skating, and a ice bar are top choices for cooling off.
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Common Frontier Folk in Ford's Stagecoach (1939)
The common folk in Ford's Stagecoach contrast with the more flamboyant characters who are featured in the film, providing a more down-to-earth feel for movie audiences.
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Getting the Bad Guys in Ford's Stagecoach (1939)
The non-respectable characters in Ford's Stagecoach come in two forms: (1) the villains and (2) the merely disreputable ones who find the journey a quest for redemption.
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Flawed Characters in Ford's Stagecoach (1939)
The respectable-seeming characters in the film Stagecoach are flawed individuals whose social prejudice lacks compassion and violates the frontier mythos of equality.
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Character Study as Narrative in Stagecoach(1939)
John Ford and Dudley Nichols' work to craft the screenplay of Stagecoach (1939) focused on psychological character studies as the base of the first modern western film.
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A Critics' View of John Ford's Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach is widely seen as one of the best westerns and most important films made. Critics praise it for its rich drama and artful photography of Monument Valley.
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Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan
Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan was the founding president of the United Arab Emirates. In the hearts of the Emirati, he was also the father of their new nation.
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Managing Cultural Differences in Dubai & the UAE
Dubai is a cosmopolitan city that only seems quite Western. Understanding cultural differences there related to time and its flexibility can make for a better visit.
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The History of the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates sits atop the "rhinoceros horn" of the Arabian peninsula. A small prosperous federation of tribal states, the UAE was founded on 2 December 1971.
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Tips on Taking a Taxi in Dubai
Dubai is a superb first Middle East destination. Taxis are a major mode of transportation there so inside tips on how to use them are one key to a successful stay.
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