Brief research and write about the cultural/political/social impact the star and film had relevant to the film’s era

#2 Film Response Due: This paper will focus on cultural/political/social reflection and influence films and actors have had. Students choose one of the following actors and their films listed, watch the film, do some brief research and write about the cultural/political/social impact the star and film had relevant to the film’s era. Why was the actor in this film important? What barriers did both the actor in this film break? Again, this is not entirely a research paper. It is important to see your own reaction to the performance and how you see the effect of the actor/film in regard to cultural/political or.social influence. As with Response 1, it’s integral to see the actor in this film through your eyes! Minimum word requirement is 600 to 750 words but feel free to expand if needed. Cite all sources if you use research!

James Edwards: The Steel Helmet (1951)

Ava Gardner: Showboat (1951), The Night of the Iguana (1964)

Vivien Leigh: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Marlon Brando: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954)

Ethel Waters A Member of the Wedding (1952)

Donna Reed, Burt Lancaster: From Here to Eternity (1953)

Audrey Hepburn: Roman Holiday (1953), Sabrina (1954)

Montgomery Clift: From Here to Eternity (1953), The Misfits (1961)
James Stewart: Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Dorothy Dandridge Carmen Jones (1954)

Pearl Bailey: Carmen Jones (1954), Porgy and Bess (1959)

Judy Garland: A Star is Born (1954)

Grace Kelly: Rear Window (1954), Dial M for Murder (1955)

Ernest Borgnine: Marty (1955)

James Dean: Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955), Giant (1956)

Robert Mitchum: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Yul Brenner, Deborah Kerr: The King and I (1956)

Rita Moreno: The King and I (1956), West Side Story (1961)

Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack: Written on the Wind (1956)

Henry Fonda/Lee J. Cobb: 12 Angry Men (1957)

Rock Hudson: Giant (1956), Pillow Talk (1959), Seconds (1966)

Paul Newman: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Elizabeth Taylor: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly Last Summer (1959), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Juanita Moore: Imitation of Life (1959)

Doris Day: Pillow Talk (1959)

Kim Novak: Vertigo (1958)

George C. Scott: Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Patton (1970)

Lee Remick: Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe: Some Like It Hot (1959)

Jack Lemmon: Some Like It Hot (1959)

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh: Psycho (1960)

Burt Lancaster, Shirley Jones: Elmer Gantry (1960)

Ruby Dee: A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Sidney Poitier: A Raisin in the Sun (1961), In the Heat of the Night (1967) Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)

Sophia Loren: Two Women (1961)

Natalie Wood, George Chakiris: West Side Story (1961)

Audrey Hepburn: Roman Holiday (1953), Sabrina (1955)

Shelley Winters: Lolita (1962)

Angela Lansbury: The Manchurian Candidate (1962),

Shelley Winters: Lolita (1962)

Peter Sellers: Lolita (1962) Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Richard Burton: The Night of the Iguana (1964), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Rod Steiger: The Pawnbroker (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Brock Peters: The Pawnbroker (1965)

Michael Caine: Alfie (1966)

Robert Blake: In Cold Blood (1967)

Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)

Warren Beatty: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Faye Dunaway: Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Chinatown (1967)

Dustin Hoffman: The Graduate (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969) Little Big Man (1970), Straw Dogs (1971), All the President’s Men (1976), Marathon Man (1976)

Anne Bancroft: The Graduate (1967)

Paul Newman: Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969)

Barbra Streisand: Funny Girl (1968), The Way We Were (1973)

Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Robert Redford: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), All the President’s Men (1976)

Paul Newman: Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969)

Liza Minelli: The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), Cabaret (1972)

Jack Nicholson: Five Easy Pieces (1970), Chinatown (1974), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Maggie Smith: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

Jon Voight: Midnight Cowboy (1969), Deliverance (1972)

Chief Dan George: Little Big Man (1970)

Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland: M*A*S*H (1970)

Ali MacGraw, Ryan O’Neal: Love Story (1970)

Malcolm MacDowell: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Jane Fonda: Klute (1971), Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

Clint Eastwood: Dirty Harry (1971), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Topol: Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Cloris Leachman, Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms: The Last Picture Show (1971)

Joel Grey: Cabaret (1972)

Burt Reynolds: Deliverance (1972), Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Al Pacino: The Godfather (1972), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield: Sounder (1972)

Linda Blair: The Exorcist (1973)

Ellen Burstyn: The Exorcist (1974), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

Sissy Spacek: Badlands (1973), Carrie (1976)

Martin Sheen: Badlands (1973), Apocalypse Now (1979)

Robert Redford: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), All the President’s Men (1976)

Louise Fletcher: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Cleavon Little: Blazing Saddles (1974)

Gene Hackman: The Conversation (1974)

Ellen Burstyn: The Exorcist (1973), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976)

Chief Dan George: The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Gregory Peck, Lee Remick: The Omen (1976)

Piper Laurie: Carrie (1976)

Robert DeNiro: Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978)

George Segal: Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

John Travolta: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Jill Clayburgh: An Unmarried Woman (1978)

Christopher Walken: The Deer Hunter (1978)

Robert Duvall: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Meryl Streep, Justin Henry: Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

Sigourney Weaver: Alien (1979)

Sally Field: Norma Rae (1979)