Please choose one of the following actors, and one of their films listed. Use only actors and films listed. After viewing the film, share your reaction to the physical and vocal choices the actor made in the film, their level of commitment to creating a character, and how successfully believable was their performance. Did you believe their performance? If so cite examples to help support your thoughts. . The main objective of this response paper is to see the actor in the film through your eyes. This response is your reaction and no outside research is needed, however if you do include any research or outside quotes, you must cite properly.
Lillian Gish: Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920)
Max Schreck: Nosferatu (1922)
Harold Lloyd: Safety Last (1923)
Charlie Chaplin: The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), City Light (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator (1940)
Buster Keaton: The General (1927), Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
Janet Gaynor: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), A Star is Born (1938)
Louise Brooks: Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), Pandora’s Box (1929)
Bela Lugosi: Dracula (1931)
Boris Karloff: Frankenstein (1931)
Joan Crawford: Grand Hotel (1932)
Paul Muni: I Am A Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Scarface (1932)
James Cagney: Public Enemy (1931), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), White Heat (1949)
Greta Garbo: Grand Hotel (1932), Ninotchka (1939)
Mae West: Iâ€
m No Angel (1933), She Done Him Wrong (1933)
The Marx Brothers: Duck Soup (1933), A Night at The Opera (1935)
Clark Gable: It Happened One Night (1934), Gone With the Wind (1939)
Claudette Colbert: It Happened One Night (1934), Imitation of Life (1934), Since You Went Away (1944)
Louise Beavers: Imitation of Life (1934)
Shirley Temple: Bright Eyes (1934), The Little Colonel (1935), Heidi (1937), The Little Princess (1939)
Robert Donat: The 39th Steps (1935), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
Fred Astaire: Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936)
Ginger Rogers: Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), Stage Door (1937), Iâ€ll Be Seeing You (1944)
Robert Donat: The 39th Steps (1935), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
Gary Cooper: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Katharine Hepburn: Bringing Up Baby (1938), Adamâ€s Rib (1949)
Fredric March: A Star is Born (1938)
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