https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53 APUSH Presentation en-us 2021-03-08 13:39:30 UTC 2025-07-31 05:17:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f39e.png tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1282261843 Early Felix the Cat is essentially a animated political cartoon with depicting controversial topics into the segments. ]]> 2021-03-08 14:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1282261843 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1282319468 The movie industry started in the early 1900's, but gained extreme popularity during the 1920's becoming a popular American pastime.]]> 2021-03-08 14:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1282319468 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1282399321 DeMille was the predecessor of the big Hollywood directors with having multiple successes in the industry. In 1927, he helped found the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

]]> 2021-03-08 14:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1282399321 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292739105 The Birth of a Nation was the first major blockbuster in America. It was even so popular enough to be the first movie shown in the white house. Nowadays, the movie is extremely problematic with the racist tones and seeing lynching as a "good thing."]]> 2021-03-10 13:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292739105 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292766553 Silent Films were the first movies for the consensus of early America, due to sound equipment being too expensive for everyday theaters. To still allow for a story to be told, directors made their actors go over the top with their actions and show segments of text of what was unfolding.]]> 2021-03-10 13:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292766553 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292785343 Charlie Chaplin was the prominent actor in the era of silent films. His persona, the Tramp, became one of the most important figures in all of cinema. ]]> 2021-03-10 13:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292785343 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292806542 2021-03-10 13:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292806542 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292833349 "Half-way through making The Great Dictator I began receiving alarming messages from United Artists. They had been advised by the Hays Office that I would run into censorship trouble. Also the English office was very concerned about an anti-Hitler picture and doubted whether it could be shown in Britain. But I was determined to go ahead, for Hitler must be laughed at... However, I was determined to ridicule their mystic bilge about a pure-blooded race."
Except from Charlie Chaplin's "My Autobiography" (1964)]]> 2021-03-10 13:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292833349 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292869387 In this document, it says "Please bear in mind the NEGROS MUST NOT BE ADMITTED TO "THE BIRTH OF A NATION" under any circumstance. Silencing the black audience from seeing the film.]]> 2021-03-10 13:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292869387 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292894502 In 1927, Warner Bros announced that all of the movies from there on would be in sound. The first movie to be created with audio from this was The Jazz Singer. The success of this plan made Warner Bros a top dog in the movie industry.]]> 2021-03-10 13:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292894502 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292926321 Steamboat Willie, created in 1928, was Disney's blowout success with it being the first cartoon fully post-produced soundtrack. Steamboat Willie helped Walt Disney stand aside from most other animations.]]> 2021-03-10 14:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292926321 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292971714 Demille's social drama, Male and Female, allowed for a cheap approach to film making with not as much resources being used. This allowed for him to use extra money for photographers to create better stills to lure audiences in.]]> 2021-03-10 14:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1292971714 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1302468000 The AMPAS organization established the Academy Awards to recognize the excellence in the film industry. The Best Productions awards, now known as the Best Picture awards, were rewarded to "Wings" and "Sunrise". The Jazz Singer, being ineligible, was awarded a honorable mention due to the advancement of the movie industry.]]> 2021-03-12 13:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1302468000 tristan_polton22 https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1302521021  “It's like writing history with lightning. My only regret is that it is all so terribly true.” 
The response after the White House screening from president Woodrow Wilson (1915)]]> 2021-03-12 13:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_polton22/1h5yzdwpgtei4x53/wish/1302521021