Joseph Patrick Kennedy BiographyJoseph Patrick Kennedy was a highly successful banker and film executive, born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 6, 1888. Considered by many to be America's version of the "royal family ,” the Kennedys of Boston, Massachusetts, enjoyed triumphs and witnessed tragedies throughout the 20th century. As the family's patriarch, Joseph Patrick Kennedy instilled values ​​of commitment to public service, determination to succeed and loyalty to his family father, Patrick Joseph, was a prosperous saloonkeeper. Patrick was also active in Boston politics, as an Irish district leader, a five-time state representative, and a state senator. Kennedy's parents were anxious for their son to succeed, however. in the Boston social environment of the time, success was difficult to achieve for people of Irish-Catholic descent. It was Kennedy's mother, Mary Augusta, who decided that her son should be named Joseph Patrick rather than Patrick Joseph, from his father's name. He worried that "Patrick Kennedy" sounded "too Irish". Mary Augusta believed that in elite Brahmin Boston, being Irish and Catholic would hinder entry into a "better" society. Mary arranged for her son to work for a millinery shop, delivering hats to wealthy women. He instructed his son to simply answer "Joseph" if asked his name, so as to avoid drawing attention to his ethnic background. Both parents were aware that entry into the higher levels of Boston society required Kennedy to mix with those outside his Irish community. They sent their son to Catholic schools for his early education, but when he was older he attended Boston Latin School and Harvard University, to be educated among Boston's elite Protestant families. Although Kennedy made some friends at Harvard, especially among the minority Irish students there, and was popular among young Irish women, Kennedy was never accepted by the majority of students: anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiment was strong. A friend warned Kennedy to be very careful in his behavior because the Brahmins of Boston were looking for any sign that might justify their prejudices. Kennedy's determination to ingratiate himself with socially prominent Protestants was seen by some as distasteful and pretentious. He was never invited to join any of Harvard's "top" clubs. Friends pointed to what they said was one of Kennedy's most commendable works... the paper medium... in its heyday (1930-49) was handled by a number of all-powerful studios, including Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Brothers, RKO, Paramount, Twentieth Century-Fox and Universal. They produced endless cycles of films in imitation of some successful originals. The range of themes included the criminal underworld, behind-the-scenes newspaper dramas, westerns, musicals, period romances and character series such as Charlie Chan films, prison stories, detective stories, comedies and Broadway shows . Because of their enormous investments and gigantic rewards (the film industry's gross income for 1946, its best year, was nearly $2 billion); film studios were encouraged to repeat images with conventional formulas. Today, the film industry is an ever-evolving and ever-thriving business. It seems that media companies are replacing real media moguls, taking over all aspects of the entertainment industry and forming a large conglomerate that runs everything from radio to television, from print to cinema. This semester I learned that the next few years.