Movie Monday Questions: Half Past Autumn Part 1 and 2

1. Gordon Parks was born on November 30, 1912. But he was born dead. The doctor was able to revive him by plunging him into a tub of ice cold water.
2. Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas.
3. Ms. McClintock, his college adviser, discouraged him about going to college. She said that very few Negroes attend college.
4. Gordon was 15 when his mother died.
5. Gordon moved to St. Paul, Minnesota after his mother died.
6. Gordon Parks graduated from Princeton University.
7. Gordon began his fashion photography career at a department store and caught the attention of Marva Louis.
8. A double exposure is a technique in photography that combines two images into one image.
9. Joe Louis was an African-American professional boxer. A World Heavyweight champion from 1937-1949.
10. Gordon played the piano.
11. The purpose of the Farm Security Administration was to reduce poverty during the Deppresion.
12. Roy Stryker's first assigment for Gordon Parks was to: Buy a top coat, get something to eat at a restaurant, and watch a film at a movie house.
13. Ella Watson was the maid who Gordon Parks photographed. She was standing in front of an American flag, holding a broom in one hand and a mop in the other.
14. Grant Wood was inspired by the American Midwestern cultures and traditions.
15. Gordon parks learned how to approach subjects more casually from Stryker.
16. The FSA shut down in 1943.
17. When Gordon moved to New York, he worked for Vogue.
18. Wilson Hicks was the picture editor of Life magazine.
19. Parks first story for Life Magazine was to cover the Harlem Gang story.
20. Van Gogh and Picasso were sine artists that influenced Parks works after he moved to Paris.
21. In Paris when shooting fashion, Parks allowed the models to move while he was taking pictures. he wasn't afraid to take risks and take different styles of photos.
22. Parks concerto was preformed in Venice, Italy.
23. Gordon Parks' second wife was Elizabeth Campbell. Her father worked for Ebony magazine.
24. Flavio was 11 when Parks met him.
25. Parks met Flavio in Rio de Janerio.
26. When Parks first met Flavio and his family, they lived in the slums of Brazil.
27. Gloria Vanderbilt was doing well. She was a a close friend of Gordon Parks. Her famous son is Anderson Cooper.