Pride of Yankees (Great Depression)

The movie is based on the true story of Lou Gehrig, a famous baseball player. Lou Gehirg is born in middle class family. His mother was a cooker in Columbia University. He like to play baseball since he was young but his mother wanted him to be an engineer like his uncle. Lou very loved his mother so he joined Columbia University. Also, as the same time he joined university baseball club. One day his mother was sick and he need money so he had to go town of Harvard for money. His mother think that he going to Harvard University. So he had to lie his mother. He succeed with the team and later come back to join New York Yankee. He was called "Tanglefoot" because he fall over the bats, person who called hime was Eleanor,later became Mrs Gehrig. He was famous with the Yankees. He promised one sickness boy that he going to strike 2 ball for him in the game. He did it. He married with Eleanor. He won many award. Unfortunately, he was sick and cannot play baseball.After playing a baseball for 2130 games in 16 years. In the last scene, they were a farewell for Lou at the Stadium.

Lou Gehrig is g genius baseball player. He not give up and relly love baseball. Eventhough, he was a sportman but he's really romantic person. He's famous but still take care of the society. He teach children how to play baseball.

From the movie, I can see that people in that period crazy about the sport and educational. Also, they are many immigration as I can see from the accent of Lou's mother. There is an evelator in the doctor office. At the last part the movie is very sad when Lou know that he was sick and going to die especially when his wife tied the necktie for him.

Hello Dolly (Industrial)

Dolly Levi (Barbra Streisand), widow, is a famous matchmaker. Everybody khows her. If you what something you just tell Dolly she can do everything for you. This is her phylosophy. She try to match Mr.Vandergelder, a single rich man in Yonker however Mr.Vandergelder is a tough guy, he think other is fool. He's going to NY to meet Mollou his future wife. But Dolly don't want that so she ask Vandergelder's clerks, Mr. Tucker and Mr.Cornelius to go to NY for meeting with Mollou. Tucker and Cornelius pretend that they are richmen from Yonker. Mollou believe that and go out for a date with him. Dolly fell in love to Mr. Vandergelder and finally he asks her to marry with him.

The main character is Dolly Levi. She is a cheerful and good human relation. Everybody loves Dolly while she walks she greet everybody. Also when she goes to restaurant, everybody is so happy to see her. She's very clever and intelligent woman.

From the movie, I can see the evolution of technologies such as tram, train, streetcar, buildings, electricity post, etc. Also, people live with luxury lives. They dressed up with expensive and elegant styles. Women dressed up like a evening dress all the times. Men dressed up in tuxedo or suit. Having meal in luxurious restaurants. Women roles seem to change because they can live on their owns. It's difficult to find a housewife. But I fell that the movie talk very fast especially Barbra, she speak so fast. And it's mostly like the musical music which makea me a little bit confuse.

The Gold Standard (Research Topic)

Gold Standard is monetary system, which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of Gold. It's meaning to say they use gold to be a main part in trading. There wil be a grarantee for gold. The system in no longer use in the world because we use the flat money.

In the 1870,The first adoptation of gold standard is German, continued with Latin Monetary Union ( Belguim, Italy, France, Switzerland) and United States. But hitorian claimed that it began in England since 1717.

The starting crisis of Gold Standard was incresing in living standard. The central banking and the financial system was proven largely be example as the 1890 bail out of Baring Band by Bank of England. Bearing had been almost bankrupcy. Only the US. still lacked a central banking system. Only the United States still lacked a central banking system. Since the end of the depressions of the 1880, the increase rate of industrail and imperial colonization. Also served to push living standard higher.
Another reason is tho free the standard to fund the war.

The depression and Second World War (1933-1945)
In 1933, during the Great Depression, the London conference marked the death of the international gold standard as it had developed. The main problem was what value the gold standard should take. The US. adviced that reflection of prices occur before returning to the Gold Standard. The UK would use favorable trading arrangements to aviods tax discipline. Another disagreement is role of tariffs in defeat of the gold standard.

Tom Horn ( Industrail)

The movie is from the true story of Tom Horn (1901), is a cowboy. He was hired by John Cotler, member of the Association to protect the cows. He is good at rifle. He killed the cow theives. He fall in love with a your school teacher. Unfortunately, he was accused that he was killed young boy. But the real reason that he was teased by association member which unsatisfied him. But John believe that Tom is innocent. However he was sentenced to hang.

The main character is Tom Horn,a cowboy, honest and faith person. He like the hill. He keep his word. He such a great horse rider and gunshooter. He love to have the freedom.

From the movie, I realize that when people get into the industrail age, people mostly wearing suits. Not much of the people wearing cowboy clothes, however, they still riding horses and carring guns. Also, the way of hanging people is different, they developed to use the water system. The music in this movie is kind of folk and country music I saw they guitar and violin. Importantly, in the industrial age the cowboy seem to be in the second class people, they have to do work and become drunken. I wonder why Tom was sentenced to death because in reality he's not wrong, there should be some way to help him. (^0*!)

Surviving Christmas

Drew is a owner of Barcode Advertising Agency. He ask his girlfriend, Mizzy, to go to Fiji with him on X'mas but she refuse b'coz X'mas is family holidays. And she want him to introduce her to his family so that she will go to Fiji with him. Drew doesn't want to do that so he have to spend his X'mas alone. He doesn't want to spend X'mas alone so he ask his friend about this. His friend tell him that has to write down the grievances on paper and burn it outside of the home of his birth to help him with loneliness issues. He follow his friend advice. While he is burning his grievances Tom Valco, owner of the house, hit on his head and he become unconscious. When he wake up, Drew tell about his problem to Valcos. He want to stay at Valcos' house. He tall that he want to rent Valcos' house during the X'mas. He give them $250000 to be his family for X'mas to the Valcos for services render on X'mas. The Valco family will aid Drew in recapturing those chilhood X'mas memories. Actually trouble is brewing in the Valco family, Tom and Chistine are in bad marriage time. Tom begins his memory by: buying a Chirtmas tree, dress-up, house decoration, snow fighting, etc. He does everything that suppose to be in X'mas time. But the Valcos seem unhappy about that especially Alicia, daughter. He like with Alicia. One day, Mizzy call Drew and tell that her family is going to see Drew at his house. So, the Valcos has to play as a real family with Drew which he will pay more $75000 to them. While they're touring the house, they have some problem with Drew so he has to go out from Valco House. In reality, Drew's memories about X'mas is just stay in house or in the coffee shop that his mother is working until 18 years old, his mother died. Tom come to his apartment and go to the theater with him. At the theater he met the Valcos and celebrate Chritmas with them.

The main character is Drew, he is busy hard working man. He doesn't have much of his Christmas memories.
From the movie, I think that there will be people like Drew for sure. People who have to stay alone in Chrismas or forget what is Christmas. The movie showed me that people in US are really care about the X'mas. They spend time together and they usually don't want to stay alone in Chritmas but if they do, it'll be very sad. I can see that Christmas Cultures are almost same in most of the countries,like Chirstmas Tree, house decoration, red dress, Mr. Santa Claus, family together, exchange gifts,etc. I think this movie is get me understand more of X'mas and it better more my previous picture "White X'mas". I like Christmas.

White X'mas

It begin the story with solidiers celebrate the x'mas in war. And the soldier become a famous duo singer.
I couldn't finish this movie because I don't get what the movie is after I watch it around 20 minutes. Most of the movie is about singing a song so it kind of confuse for me (-,-!). Sorry to say. But I get something for this movie after I watch for short time that is people sing a song on X'Mas day and the soldiers sad b'coz they couldn't celebrate the x'mas with family. I 'll watch "Christmas Survive" instead of this movie.

Son of Paleface

Porter Paleface Jr. graduate from Harvard University. His girlfriend tell him to get the fortune of his father. His father is Porter Paleface, who won the west. Porter kill Indians for gold. The indians hate him. At that time, "The Torch" ,a robber gang, is needed by the government. This gang is live in the town that Porter Jr. are going to. Mr.Roy,federal man who try to catch The Torch, is disguise himself as a cowboy singer. He come to the town to help the sheriff catch The Torch. Porter reach the town and relized that his father was left 2 things for him: debts and fortune case. He wish that in the case will full of gold, but it was emtry. But he had to pretend that it's a gold inside. He fall in love with Mike, the head of The Torch, but he didn't realize b'coz she was disguise herself as a club singer. In the other hand, Indians know that son of Paleface come to the town and has a gold. They want to kill Jr. and take the gold back. As the same time Mike want his gold too. She pretend that she is going to marry him. But Jr. has to find his father's gold, he get some help from Eff, an oldman. People know that there is no gold so they try to hurt Jr. By accidentially Jr. and Eff find the hidden map of gold. They headed to the direction. Mike and Indians hand together to kill Jr. But Mike was betray by her gang and want to help Jr. and Mr.Roy. They found that the gold was hide in deer horn. But they have to run away from the indians. Finally, everyboby was saved and Mike know her heart that she love Jr. But she has to be in jail but after she came out. She had kids with Jr.

The main character of this movie is Jr. He is crazy with his Harvard University. Everythings he wear has name of Harvard. I think he is funny when he dressed up with the logo of Harvard.
I watch this movie for second time b'coz, the first time I really don't get what is the movie is. But my second time I enjoy with this movie b'coz the movie had lots of old kind of special effect techniques.This movie showed me that the indians are very angry with what the white people do to them.