... sound cartoon in which Mickey mouse made his debute too. Disney made his 1st color cartoon, the Trees and flowers, in1932. The next year it was followed by the Three little piglets. The 1st colour and sound cartoon that filled a whole evening was also made in Disney's studio. It was the Snow ... White in 1937. Westerns The ancestor of western films (The great train robbery) was shown in New York, in 1903. The audience was nearly shocked when a bandit lifted his gun and shot into their ... 1st horror film in Hollywood ---the Dracula--- was directed by Tod Browning in 1931 and Lugosi Bé...

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... finally became successful in 1935 with his novel "Tortilla Flat- being published. John was awarded the California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal for best novel by a California author that year. He followed it with one of the most widely known books ever, "Of Mice and Men-, which was published in 1937. This book became an instant success and was immediately a best seller ... novel earned him a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. It was then adapted into a classic film. It went on to be named into the American Film Institute's one hundred greatest films. John did not handle the stre...

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• Grade Level: High School

... finally became successful in 1935 with his novel "Tortilla Flat- being published. John was awarded the California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal for best novel by a California author that year. He followed it with one of the most widely known books ever, "Of Mice and Men-, which was published in 1937. This book became an instant success and was immediately a best seller ... novel earned him a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. It was then adapted into a classic film. It went on to be named into the American Film Institute's one hundred greatest films. John did not handle the stre...

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• Grade Level: High School