American Beauty (1999 film) as Lester and Angela get closer, finally taking the roses—and thus Carolyn—out of the shot. Lester's epiphany at the end of the film is expressed by rain and the use of red, building to a crescendo that is a deliberate contrast to the release Lester feels. The constant use of red "lulls [the audience] subliminally" into becoming used to it; consequently, it leaves the audience unprepared when Lester is shot and his blood spatters on the wall. Pennington argues that "American Beauty" defines its characters through their sexuality. Lester's attempts to relive his youth are a direct result of his
Kate Lester Crosman, Julia Marlowe, Margaret Anglin and even James J Corbett. Her first silent features were in 1916. The film titles are "Molly Make-Believe", "Destiny's Toy", "The Social Secretary", "The Kiss", and "A Coney Island Princess". Lester's last films were released in 1925. They are "The Meddler", "Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman", and "The Price of Pleasure". She attained initial success in "emotional" roles. She began to develop her "grand dame" line of characters when her hair turned white prematurely. Lester died from burns she sustained during an explosion inside her dressing room at Universal Studios in Hollywood in 1924. She was