Cultural/Social/Political reflection of an actor in a film

This paper will focus on the cultural/social/political significance of an actor in a film. Students will choose one of the following actors and their films listed, watch the film, do some brief research and write about the cultural/political/social (it doesn’t have to be all there, it can be merely one or two) 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 and 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 is 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), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1962)

Montgomery Clift: From Here to Eternity (1953), The Misfits (1961)
Dorothy Dandridge Carmen Jones (1954)

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

Judy Garland: A Star is Born (1954)

Grace Kelly: 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)

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

Henry Fonda, Lee J Cobb: 12 Angry Men

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

Andy Griffith: A Face in the Crowd (1957)

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)

James Stewart: Vertigo (1958), Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Kim Novak: Vertigo (1958)

Charlton Heston: A Touch of Evil (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), The Apartment (1960)

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh: Psycho (1960)

Shirley MacLaine: The Apartment (1960)

Burt Lancaster, Shirley Jones: Elmer Gantry (1960)

Ruby Dee: A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Gregory Peck: To Kill A Mockingbird (1961), The Omen (1976)

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

Dirk Bogarde: Victim (1961)

Sophia Loren: Two Women (1961)

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)

Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty: Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Chinatown (1974)

Dustin Hoffman: The Graduate (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969) Little Big Man (1970), Straw Dogs(1971), All the President’s Men (1976), Marathon Man (1976), Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

Anne Bancroft: The Graduate (1967)

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

Barbra Streisand: Funny Girl (1968), Up the Sandbox (1972), 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)

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

Jack Nicholson: Five Easy Pieces (1970), Chinatown (1974)

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

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)

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

Chief Dan George: Little Big Man (1970)

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

Malcolm MacDowell: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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), The Godfather II (1974), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield: Sounder (1972)

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

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

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

Robert DeNiro: The Godfather II (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978)

Cleavon Little: Blazing Saddles (1974)

Gene Hackman: The Conversation (1974)

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

Chief Dan George: The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Lee Remick – The Omen (1976)

Piper Laurie: Carrie (1976)

John Travolta: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Christopher Walken: The Deer Hunter (1978)

Robert Duvall: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Sally Field: Norma Rae (1979)

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

Sigourney Weaver – Alien (1979)