The primary concept is that people come to the United States for a better life and come to Hollywood to become stars, rich and popular. This is a dream lit by the perpetual sunshine of Southern California, steeped in the values of the immigrant filmmakers who moved there in the early 1900s and got enormously rich. Hollywood's not called a dream factory for nothing. It manufactures optimism, and in the process of selling it, can make the possibility of success feel wondrously real. The concept is shown in many movies, and there are some examples: “The Godfather, Part II” (1974) Francis Ford Coppola’s epic sequel to “The Godfather” shows how Don Corleone came to America from Sicily, orphaned, penniless and hungry, and built his criminal empire. It also shows how difficult such empires are to maintain as well as the toll it takes on his family. “Superman” (1978) Kal-el — who can only be described as a young, orphaned and undocumented immigrant — is sent to Ea...
Hollywood had long been inspiring immigrants to come to the U.S. with images that filled them with overstated optimism about what they'd find here. There are also some polish women immigrants which succeeded and they are well-known among Hollywood stars. Since the era of silent cinema, Polish actresses have been present in the American film industry. Some of them have become recognized performers in the US, with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Some are presently trying to make it big in the dream factory. 1. Pola Negri One of the great stars of silent cinema. Negri, who was born in 1897 as Apolonia Chałupiec, started her acting career in Warsaw and moved on to make films in Berlin. At the age of 25, after making a name for herself in Europe, she went to the US, where she starred in such silent movies as Forbidden Paradise and Hotel Imperial. She became a major star whose femme-fatale image was fuelled by st...
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