Ida Lupino's body of work explores a realistic scope of human emotion both in the lives of men and women. Her movies Hard, Fast and Beautiful and The Bigamist are no exceptions. Rather than focusing on gender issues, Lupino chooses to investigate the delicate balance that common people walk between decent and outrageous morals. As a female director in an otherwise male-dominated 1950s Hollywood, perhaps Lupino's most arduous task was to make her films stand out from the classic Hollywood mode and her ambiguity and subject matter both aid in achieving this goal. Feminist critics can easily have ignored Ida Lupino's films because while controversial, they are not conducive to feminist modes of representation.
Ida Lupino first came into Hollywood at age fifteen as an actress but did not have much success outside of acting in "B- pictures. Instead, she turned to other horizons behind the scenes and even created her own production company titled "The Filmmakers- who produced their films with the aid of RKO studios. Over a period of five years in the early 1950s, Lupino wrote and directed six feature length films, which still makes her one of the most prolific female directors in the Hollywood system today. Because of her traditional femininity that she brought to the set, her director's chair read "Mother of Us All- but in contrast, her controversial subject matter such as rape, bigamy, fatal disease, among others placed a unique mark on cinema that might suggest her to be "one of the boys."" "Some of these topics alone, and the naturalistic style of her films "even if they have an occasional upbeat ending "are enough to make Lupino something of an anomaly in the 1950s- and an investigation of Lupino's characters help determine why feminist critics may not have given her body of work a closer look.
A large focus in Hard, Fast, and Beautiful is placed on the character Millie, who is arguably the film's antagonist because she constantly acts against the rigid moral framework of Hollywood cinema.
As Aunt Ida explains, "She doesn't realize that I am the story." ... However, Ida threatens to tell the real story if she does. ... The most poignant is that Aunt Ida's struggles are more innocent. Aunt Ida did not have an affair like Hester Prynne. ... Ida, even though a victim of extenuating circumstances, she was able to pull through. ...
Ida B. Wells is one of the most important African American of all times. Her struggles to put a stop to lynching were very significant. Her strategies for combating lynching were to use reverse psychology on the white newspaper reporters and the white community. In doing so, she often quoted the whi...
(Outline) Ida B. Wells: A Crusader for America Introduction- Ida was an active crusader against lynching and a champion of social and political justice for African Americans. She was not a famous crusader for the cause but she did more than many know. I. Background A. Birth date and family ...
Fellow African-Americans and Friends We are gathered here on this earth as one. A crucial element in today's society is in the struggle of African-Americans for equal treatment under the law. In fact, a well-known fighter for the rights of all human beings is Ms. Ida B. Wells-Barnet...
Ida Tarbell's life led her down a path, which established her as a well respected journalist, muckraker, and woman (Ida Tarbell). Ida Tarbell's foundation for greatness was set early on. ... Ida denied that her father's situation influenced her later works (Filler). ... Her childhood, college education, and early writing jobs influenced Ida's future as America's first great journalist (Ida Tarbell). ... Ida joined fellow journalists and muckrakers at the American from 1906-1915. ...
This is the time frame when Ida is introduced. ... Ida was definitely in crisis in this area. Ida seemed to be having an identity crisis. ... Ida seemed to want to be just like Clara. ... Ida was forced into isolation. ...
Running through Christine's mind was the thought that Ida had her where she wanted her,That Ida's dream had come true and I had come crawling back, failed and without pride,? ... If Christine would have seen things differently as a child, she might have encountered fewer problems with Ida. Christine would have known that she is not really Aunt Ida's daughter and Aunt Ida is doing a favor for Christine. Also Christine would not have minded Ida treating Lee better. Ida did not treat Christine as well because Ida did not want to get too close to Christine because she was afraid tha...
When Ida begins her story, we see her mother passing. She calls for Clara, Ida's Aunt, to assist with her care. ... Upon Clara having intercourse with Ida's father, becoming pregnant, and giving birth, she takes off and leaves the child with Ida. ... Ida takes a huge responsibility because no one else would. ... Ida's child, Lee, becomes a shining example to the community. ...
Ida Tarbell and Ralph Nader Ida Tarbell and Ralph Nader had many things in common. ... Ida Tarbell wrote a book about History of the Standard Oil Company which was published in 1904. ... Ida Tarbell was an important leader in American magazine journalism in a time when women were more or less entirely missing from the field. ...