tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313739712946236202024-03-19T01:46:55.491-07:00Caftan WomanCaftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comBlogger745125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-13242371390921362712022-03-16T10:38:00.001-07:002022-03-16T10:38:45.138-07:00PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SAUSALITO SUNRISE<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC0WqV-NkhWo9eLlZmhFx8hF3_wheBRDleN45OTAu9PyzR9q61Q6XOkpDJ9-WwWmlI6yhu8N_KTt6AmFfTdansRCTOZODKorXVF91dmGaVkw1q13fXshyWzti3yx9bLaJ0PUi3VeZqVS3ek3cYHC7NphU_CNfKbqhcnRFMXHinnzXYringyQuLUAHv=s892" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="597" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC0WqV-NkhWo9eLlZmhFx8hF3_wheBRDleN45OTAu9PyzR9q61Q6XOkpDJ9-WwWmlI6yhu8N_KTt6AmFfTdansRCTOZODKorXVF91dmGaVkw1q13fXshyWzti3yx9bLaJ0PUi3VeZqVS3ek3cYHC7NphU_CNfKbqhcnRFMXHinnzXYringyQuLUAHv=s320" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Terence Towles Canote at <b><a href="http://mercurie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Shroud of Thoughts</a></b> is hosting <a href="http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2022/01/announcing-8th-annual-favourite-tv-show.html" target="_blank"><b>The 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon</b></a>. The popular blogathon is running from March 18th to 20th.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpcQ8z3TtqIxIdtCd4PR8gO27owTZGEZAU8ZxYFyvZeAUYr56oaDEgaJP5hHTfC8ZTjQfQ36hHZF7VD4h_gS0aREVonQBMcivYbzKDNCx4nNYi1Pa3bQvQAG8tfshyRQ07-PWtnsOZVNS8m8ez0ga7x0UqpQo-QZrujN1AXui-YHYYJ-NaKswcJ7r_=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1052" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpcQ8z3TtqIxIdtCd4PR8gO27owTZGEZAU8ZxYFyvZeAUYr56oaDEgaJP5hHTfC8ZTjQfQ36hHZF7VD4h_gS0aREVonQBMcivYbzKDNCx4nNYi1Pa3bQvQAG8tfshyRQ07-PWtnsOZVNS8m8ez0ga7x0UqpQo-QZrujN1AXui-YHYYJ-NaKswcJ7r_=w280-h400" width="280" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u style="text-align: left;">THE CASE OF THE SAUSALITO SUNRISE</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">First aired: Sunday, February 13, 1966</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Written by Ernest Frankel and Orville H. Hampton</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Based on Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Directed by Jesse Hibbs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Introducing the cast of characters:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUCuGLT8oF9NZDQlT-_q19j6jbOyuCILtRBFHyaQ7F3tIcKQ3jYFOUBG0zOwQoivbxLl8fm7aQkKpxnK8T9CF3gItDQRiLAKkFhfN4wpcshUIVYUnltm2vY6dUq31BzqqZk_kJMmtrWsiQTL6sT--ioMoVz9WVprjdjFTgI_Ug6hF78VU4sv9rmMN7=s910" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="910" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUCuGLT8oF9NZDQlT-_q19j6jbOyuCILtRBFHyaQ7F3tIcKQ3jYFOUBG0zOwQoivbxLl8fm7aQkKpxnK8T9CF3gItDQRiLAKkFhfN4wpcshUIVYUnltm2vY6dUq31BzqqZk_kJMmtrWsiQTL6sT--ioMoVz9WVprjdjFTgI_Ug6hF78VU4sv9rmMN7=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">PERRY MASON (Raymond Burr)</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Attorney-at-law whose clients pay for advice they refuse to follow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT2HhwDlXV6zXzdML5iNDN3WuC9ZuD0RBvrtnCmm2r2nH-SDfkPtGp2Mq3_OWNwjCUYPMZdzaUpMW9GHnqy6PQMVCsKYKM98c-7OmKe_zrxG2dq6YB3IvGN6eX4jXaF3lIDIpHAD9FEsWz6g7mZT2F3pC1xBc1BayIfuwj6SSKcJ-C-egxc6HsJduK=s920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="920" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT2HhwDlXV6zXzdML5iNDN3WuC9ZuD0RBvrtnCmm2r2nH-SDfkPtGp2Mq3_OWNwjCUYPMZdzaUpMW9GHnqy6PQMVCsKYKM98c-7OmKe_zrxG2dq6YB3IvGN6eX4jXaF3lIDIpHAD9FEsWz6g7mZT2F3pC1xBc1BayIfuwj6SSKcJ-C-egxc6HsJduK=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">DELLA STREET (Barbara Hale)</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Efficient secretary who is not easily fazed by the risks taken by her crusading boss. Perks of the job include the boss and gallery openings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEbxdbfRuE8oo9XskspSaThFN98tloq2b8oQYE10lukXx5hpsWb6BgDHEytJtFH1rrZoesYyjKCgGOARCub6uenbVN6MMQtCS6II30wI8Dfo_eSkilr2lRf1aolHtc3aJ6Oc4qzt-gRbDtr6-BdOigcRUBs1lEHLQ_akBqJCOUmJVuzWyBhnNzhLYA=s928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="928" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEbxdbfRuE8oo9XskspSaThFN98tloq2b8oQYE10lukXx5hpsWb6BgDHEytJtFH1rrZoesYyjKCgGOARCub6uenbVN6MMQtCS6II30wI8Dfo_eSkilr2lRf1aolHtc3aJ6Oc4qzt-gRbDtr6-BdOigcRUBs1lEHLQ_akBqJCOUmJVuzWyBhnNzhLYA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">PAUL DRAKE (William Hopper)</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">A private detective who does have clients other than Perry Mason, but it is funny how all roads seem to lead back to the attorney.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggq1jUGxPE6xSEZmr7FgBwmaGJG4fbrI6v-vJcKM1lORKermNDU_GWp1Iuhu6yxjr09T8VkmMJHLu3MG46xN8J78DuPAoDdLqojOz6J0WjVvyPaFrFTZGSlNrI_pbQhUxuPd4e4coZ3Ojj8LFUM0WqPxzLqIEIYhwlBtSudE7zMDC7aoAborT58i5V=s916" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="916" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggq1jUGxPE6xSEZmr7FgBwmaGJG4fbrI6v-vJcKM1lORKermNDU_GWp1Iuhu6yxjr09T8VkmMJHLu3MG46xN8J78DuPAoDdLqojOz6J0WjVvyPaFrFTZGSlNrI_pbQhUxuPd4e4coZ3Ojj8LFUM0WqPxzLqIEIYhwlBtSudE7zMDC7aoAborT58i5V=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">LT. STEVE DRUMM (Richard Anderson)</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This case has the by-the-book officer seeking more than justice and looking in the wrong places.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkJLhZOxvJp2RbGf8JISn5oknwkzYTzioPX591Np2eyXpMXMZfg8P8WRhvJUpQtfQKoCjoavpXWBK9MDr0oGgN_EIQQkbQsae_cZSd8LKEu4f4TWBF8Aq4aKEEdsvuPuOQ2QPbPvnkBkRz8x3gfeMlWFzXqK5IYsq6G-SEDLL4qEwqxOTrg3-7_nWd=s919" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="919" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkJLhZOxvJp2RbGf8JISn5oknwkzYTzioPX591Np2eyXpMXMZfg8P8WRhvJUpQtfQKoCjoavpXWBK9MDr0oGgN_EIQQkbQsae_cZSd8LKEu4f4TWBF8Aq4aKEEdsvuPuOQ2QPbPvnkBkRz8x3gfeMlWFzXqK5IYsq6G-SEDLL4qEwqxOTrg3-7_nWd=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">BOBBI DANE (Francine York)</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">A young buyer for an art gallery who is on the receiving end of unwanted attention from gangsters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOn_jKo6OQ9V5GP67uoo3aG9K1I8udAr01P6ARAl6FrZS312YzvNd0gI7pZmfpTIZpTmT3k54I5LXw278QxD0m3bJTEnkzbcvLirKvSyjuuWBhUGVJ2mQAeGCbo_KdO-28STPiKID5HQqe82U9XejDq4zOu8-wM_gd8MTsZlXPO-kMEi7aC1g9JZ31=s920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="920" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOn_jKo6OQ9V5GP67uoo3aG9K1I8udAr01P6ARAl6FrZS312YzvNd0gI7pZmfpTIZpTmT3k54I5LXw278QxD0m3bJTEnkzbcvLirKvSyjuuWBhUGVJ2mQAeGCbo_KdO-28STPiKID5HQqe82U9XejDq4zOu8-wM_gd8MTsZlXPO-kMEi7aC1g9JZ31=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">FRANCIS CLUNE (Donald Murphy)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">An art gallery owner who tries to do the right thing but can't escape police harassment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgktRKYDIcJjg7alfX45KZ5yaf-EkbWMqc44cxAA5zo1fx7tWSXYWcn5jCx6_VlzUKOall072QZKJTflxMBBF1wbCHtRAkaW54UYnbpUEWRe2dCJNfyaJwNoPbC2baHIL2uPrtOz1ie9P8hGsLa1BHy1TtzAuRZ0HEgQz-kR4zsyG24hD-IDItiIU43=s777" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="777" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgktRKYDIcJjg7alfX45KZ5yaf-EkbWMqc44cxAA5zo1fx7tWSXYWcn5jCx6_VlzUKOall072QZKJTflxMBBF1wbCHtRAkaW54UYnbpUEWRe2dCJNfyaJwNoPbC2baHIL2uPrtOz1ie9P8hGsLa1BHy1TtzAuRZ0HEgQz-kR4zsyG24hD-IDItiIU43=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">SGT. DEKE BRADLEY (Mark Tapscott)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A man with a definite agenda and an apparent chip on his shoulder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1OzSyp_DfBOoRqF1rdhd6M61mugarpwbp3UZuECsQU5CWBES9_dPM4PZ36LnVbMlQGHWCkpjZDT2Wo8g75fa1S_g2cpe75eWIMyPIfnNNP3K1mkZwZnwiF2UEPTAJK7LvDaTQi9jMZDALq_9FBn6ccV8yt03E9ZXJ1-8n_Rv7nN5ZAfSX8LnMxJX5=s920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="920" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1OzSyp_DfBOoRqF1rdhd6M61mugarpwbp3UZuECsQU5CWBES9_dPM4PZ36LnVbMlQGHWCkpjZDT2Wo8g75fa1S_g2cpe75eWIMyPIfnNNP3K1mkZwZnwiF2UEPTAJK7LvDaTQi9jMZDALq_9FBn6ccV8yt03E9ZXJ1-8n_Rv7nN5ZAfSX8LnMxJX5=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">BERT KANNON (Allan Melvin)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A reporter with a sharp nose for news or should we wonder where he gets his stories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBPtuPCnUAxHTZGeGaWf0skqdjbaeTH5FwTMFG29StO-4WcH1JzfYRjeIeI0kTVSJxZDQCoRTV86QA8quc_rw_sCcN8wHMvNj-A3oaYKUJkjIg9l8MdE4iJ5gQpwOHU3bMvekEDQiMYTV5qDotAMZLDDcXWBH-1qZGuqIJkmyvnF9rAx3c9k1CJWJl=s930" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="930" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBPtuPCnUAxHTZGeGaWf0skqdjbaeTH5FwTMFG29StO-4WcH1JzfYRjeIeI0kTVSJxZDQCoRTV86QA8quc_rw_sCcN8wHMvNj-A3oaYKUJkjIg9l8MdE4iJ5gQpwOHU3bMvekEDQiMYTV5qDotAMZLDDcXWBH-1qZGuqIJkmyvnF9rAx3c9k1CJWJl=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">OLAF DEERING (Peter Mamakos)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His trucking firm is the target of hijackings, and he wants to know the reason.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnm38OqrEXEspbuXUY11MppQhbk_jvVWxUohUcSeeSZ-x_n3yTHPYsaLBm0TY8SdI2--LKAmL-u3H45cruSqfRcitHuZQoUsReGWS5tDYmpZX3UXDESoQsFNeX2p5NjyhjcUzlboVknin93jmLhQn-aWGvwSyWe91wI6pJmEORsmwxHPtK0MwN7SFg=s913" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="913" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnm38OqrEXEspbuXUY11MppQhbk_jvVWxUohUcSeeSZ-x_n3yTHPYsaLBm0TY8SdI2--LKAmL-u3H45cruSqfRcitHuZQoUsReGWS5tDYmpZX3UXDESoQsFNeX2p5NjyhjcUzlboVknin93jmLhQn-aWGvwSyWe91wI6pJmEORsmwxHPtK0MwN7SFg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">ESTELLE PAIGE (Elisabeth Fraser)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Her troubles began when she merged her trucking firm with that of Olaf Deering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq9Wi-ZHef1UwK6inBiWIHBi0dsGHsGT0_eShlR-R0RqS93OB86b4-vrYdkUIwNvTVWs-hED3ZSaHOUFTALrA7EuJpJL6ABjntdsmG7VPs0KJMof-waQCgTPjyf0eZ7W51feQVLJi_92JZvAAM6mqdy4MQgNBcbjM1kk1-3Yij1Z4NF3KZTbMsmElV=s922" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="922" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq9Wi-ZHef1UwK6inBiWIHBi0dsGHsGT0_eShlR-R0RqS93OB86b4-vrYdkUIwNvTVWs-hED3ZSaHOUFTALrA7EuJpJL6ABjntdsmG7VPs0KJMof-waQCgTPjyf0eZ7W51feQVLJi_92JZvAAM6mqdy4MQgNBcbjM1kk1-3Yij1Z4NF3KZTbMsmElV=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">CAMPBELL BOYD (Richard Angarolo)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A pop artist with the attitude of a true iconoclast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdzsFR9H4G7-84VK_V5oM3R2PuIeOprL-B0XMNrpX0HpUiXjYNOdO49mOsIkpKAVaoXgUq1cqInEHP9zJv9mup1iM0BBIHmdFf_lHFGnUL_2374DR7d3COtV93pTZ6UGU13UMdVXH9ZrncV1HbwscoVGrkkrwPRj00IFBiMhUUDgyUZmqHyGvw8tpJ=s923" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="923" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdzsFR9H4G7-84VK_V5oM3R2PuIeOprL-B0XMNrpX0HpUiXjYNOdO49mOsIkpKAVaoXgUq1cqInEHP9zJv9mup1iM0BBIHmdFf_lHFGnUL_2374DR7d3COtV93pTZ6UGU13UMdVXH9ZrncV1HbwscoVGrkkrwPRj00IFBiMhUUDgyUZmqHyGvw8tpJ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">FLOYD WALTERS (Stanley Clements)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A trusted employee at Deering's trucking firm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuwWciZ5MDHesd32d9fePM6Uk6TP7YDCE82wbvc8fJwXLtMgQkkoimnWsCnbT2q_VjBVrZWcZjM-iOSnIx_1uPM2LQH3D0x9ZEYS-veo0X0ooPnuW8Dfm0nxGXZUGt0zdXxTnx3-dl_3zhDQJu9Hvl1ffvPgvbTcKAVN4A7E8MYK0FVcXjNHM6AYGG=s917" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="917" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuwWciZ5MDHesd32d9fePM6Uk6TP7YDCE82wbvc8fJwXLtMgQkkoimnWsCnbT2q_VjBVrZWcZjM-iOSnIx_1uPM2LQH3D0x9ZEYS-veo0X0ooPnuW8Dfm0nxGXZUGt0zdXxTnx3-dl_3zhDQJu9Hvl1ffvPgvbTcKAVN4A7E8MYK0FVcXjNHM6AYGG=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">MAC (Steve Conte)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Underling to a gang leader who won't put up with much more bungling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgwMYaGUp76m5WHdFL1mFEMmpJIjEByuUBwsFJ0cAuQy7LTFn5lCP6CA9WW0_GglzSLb19qeurmAOYd-uLPv7ZedtiHXKcyOZ24Ac68SA8DKPGBBernHzLjj4OkNozmT2OZUDOHEZ2Gm0SeBVDOyKGos34IXZVVNvIefpML-6_0c8NrfmGY8zyUaL9=s921" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="921" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgwMYaGUp76m5WHdFL1mFEMmpJIjEByuUBwsFJ0cAuQy7LTFn5lCP6CA9WW0_GglzSLb19qeurmAOYd-uLPv7ZedtiHXKcyOZ24Ac68SA8DKPGBBernHzLjj4OkNozmT2OZUDOHEZ2Gm0SeBVDOyKGos34IXZVVNvIefpML-6_0c8NrfmGY8zyUaL9=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">BUD (Paul Genge)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This case not only baffles the police but also keeps the crooks on their toes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUAlvYSjyfLm8wEiNSsVHEBzicNJ1weMArh4OzX9XmUpQFaqwp1SavvTf4kPfl8VsI_hzYwuJZdL1eWgomwwVhh2jwOIseVHhUWUXfvYUwjCdp5NeyAt8LWIIJ1lqDy51GhNYchSSAqFTtclfgWGxoW3INZpl-x-QatMTtB2ICeZoKFnxTDYT1pbfd=s912" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="912" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUAlvYSjyfLm8wEiNSsVHEBzicNJ1weMArh4OzX9XmUpQFaqwp1SavvTf4kPfl8VsI_hzYwuJZdL1eWgomwwVhh2jwOIseVHhUWUXfvYUwjCdp5NeyAt8LWIIJ1lqDy51GhNYchSSAqFTtclfgWGxoW3INZpl-x-QatMTtB2ICeZoKFnxTDYT1pbfd=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">HAMILTON BURGER (William Talman)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The District Attorney must walk a fine line to bring about the desired conviction in this dramatic case.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU88Ymhrw-ctzVvacj0TQ3ys7MGsbnOCCFymSEPi6aWY4pecadLmGCDBrMq316UT32-MXrSQVkpsEsaQuDiC45HT4hDilpIQpx3q3Y1IJMppO754ngQ5RRPofSuv64Ymg2PtnlvHei-SL89eCq__pwSfNW4QyJY6r5Cmz27TO1QHZMaa9lRK8aqIw2=s931" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="931" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU88Ymhrw-ctzVvacj0TQ3ys7MGsbnOCCFymSEPi6aWY4pecadLmGCDBrMq316UT32-MXrSQVkpsEsaQuDiC45HT4hDilpIQpx3q3Y1IJMppO754ngQ5RRPofSuv64Ymg2PtnlvHei-SL89eCq__pwSfNW4QyJY6r5Cmz27TO1QHZMaa9lRK8aqIw2=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">JUDGE (Kenneth MacDonald)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Presiding over an emotional case, he must keep D.A. Burger and Attorney Mason in line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">If like me, you are a fan of Erle Stanley Gardner's 1952 novel <i>The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink</i> or the 1957 television episode, you will note the exciting twists Ernest Frankel and Orville Hampton took with the case, and the incidents they left behind to streamline one of Gardner's most engrossing plots.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCJqY1WwsFspQ5J7iITRL-CsK-7sXsTJvFUxPF5GS1Igwe4a6WSN_iPE9IqCfte7YNuBC_OML5QqRAovMNAou9GWfRULrorKxNHL472roTsYAblXnhqft7GBHDMHSU9gSrb68vGGJUgI0Pjq9GNgecYxeLwTldFmdcI2quLldRS6TKehnktNz8e-ym=s920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="920" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCJqY1WwsFspQ5J7iITRL-CsK-7sXsTJvFUxPF5GS1Igwe4a6WSN_iPE9IqCfte7YNuBC_OML5QqRAovMNAou9GWfRULrorKxNHL472roTsYAblXnhqft7GBHDMHSU9gSrb68vGGJUgI0Pjq9GNgecYxeLwTldFmdcI2quLldRS6TKehnktNz8e-ym=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />The diverging threads of the plot include a murdered police officer, the unexpected discovery of the murder weapon, a piece of pop art the gallery obtained for less than its worth, and hijacking in the trucking industry. Perry is representing an art gallery owner and his buyer as the detective was murdered in the gallery's storeroom. Gallery owner Clunes had contacted the police regarding the suspicious circumstances surrounding the purchase of Sausalito Sunrise. However, the police have no record of the report; only the body of an admired colleague.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT54ztVuHk9fgjJNsU-NW3buLPRoGdhANQmS3qQSNTqYSi3mdgmlW5Tl_ibtXT--SGhPEOxAZ902YqO3fTr331waN1odZQCvGwgS6-C5-WfZVEoq93uD3F6RNI0duy6HnIdltnmtt0YPnAWn5uyK4paufnyKxbLNAou4Mf_YmVs6WCYc9whvMktymW=s790" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="790" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT54ztVuHk9fgjJNsU-NW3buLPRoGdhANQmS3qQSNTqYSi3mdgmlW5Tl_ibtXT--SGhPEOxAZ902YqO3fTr331waN1odZQCvGwgS6-C5-WfZVEoq93uD3F6RNI0duy6HnIdltnmtt0YPnAWn5uyK4paufnyKxbLNAou4Mf_YmVs6WCYc9whvMktymW=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />Paul Drake goes undercover on what is presumed to be an unrelated case as a trucker when a firm that expanded by a recent merger finds itself the victim of hijackings and thefts. The undercover assignment and an intense hijacking sequence add immensely to the excitement of the episode.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiybaedOaUWQai4TF46-3E1YPIDmScHoaSps8xSA-YIeFxX0RAyp4uYmpUKo7hyFCQCdMn2lCKyWUCQBvjmLt3wf4gOWmojSEzoJCHUb4r2VsRWSymcBaY4XgLZSRJESyA6bB8C8CahjZp-GpFE6A36Q1UTzmSZPoFMzYFJVL8GTGd7vZD9yGxfZN07=s918" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="918" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiybaedOaUWQai4TF46-3E1YPIDmScHoaSps8xSA-YIeFxX0RAyp4uYmpUKo7hyFCQCdMn2lCKyWUCQBvjmLt3wf4gOWmojSEzoJCHUb4r2VsRWSymcBaY4XgLZSRJESyA6bB8C8CahjZp-GpFE6A36Q1UTzmSZPoFMzYFJVL8GTGd7vZD9yGxfZN07=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sausalito Sunrise</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Season nine of </span><i style="text-align: left;">Perry Mason</i><span style="text-align: left;"> is filled with interesting episodes including Perry behind the Iron Curtain in <i>The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein</i>, and </span><span style="text-align: left;">a colour episode based on Dickens'</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><i style="text-align: left;">Oliver Twist</i><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">in</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><i style="text-align: left;">The Case of the Twice-Told Twist</i><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The crowning glory is </span><span style="text-align: left;">a finale for the ages in</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><i style="text-align: left;">The Case of the Final Fade-Out</i><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">when such a thing was rare in episodic television. The episode features murder on the set of a television series with many amusing cameo appearances and asides for the fans. Perhaps a fellow classic TV fan knows of a previous series finale, but I have no record of one predating this cheeky ending for <i>Perry Mason</i>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Final words from Janet Hall, Caftan Woman's daughter:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><span> Thank you everyone for reading Caftan Woman's thoughtful insights on the media she loved so much. More than just the watching of it, it was the sharing of the shows and movies she loved that brought her so much joy. It was her wish that the works she had as drafts be published; she loathed to leave unfinished business. And it feels fitting that her last work would be about Perry Mason, a show she cherished and wrote about often.</span><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i>She asked me to "include some pithy comments" for this post, and while I'd like to oblige, I'm just far too grateful to all of her friends in the classic movie blogosphere to try my hand at wit right now.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i>She was so proud of this blog not just for her writing which she put so much care and thought into, but more for the community she was able to join and help cultivate because of it. She would read and comment on everyone else's posts because of that love of sharing, excited to see what her friends and fellow enthusiasts had to say. And your blogs and usernames became household names to us here because of that. It wasn't just the movies and shows that brought her joy, it was all of you, her dear friends who did.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i>Her blog will remain up as it is, so anyone and everyone can still enjoy her writings. She wouldn't want it any other way.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i>And it is with that, with a loss at what else to say, I'll leave you with a paraphrased quote:</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><i> "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my brother thanks you, and I thank you."</i></span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-77471129648319577402022-03-02T15:21:00.000-08:002022-03-02T15:21:44.407-08:00MAVERICK: THE SAVAGE HILLS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhu5nRzy8HIkD_JqtFcbFUYbMjnf0_maaqORcJs5R8bQ0c86OkEdhNSgpLofJOr0-aUhWsOUlViCrrEgI0JxhWHDEeEVwC9ZQyRODzNux0rQAjBI6iW0NvodwNa66Hksu1YsOLEGEh9aAYrRlX4MFpIsyUlGLnCyXcCEksdEg9Sb_DmYgGBTixNk_8v=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhu5nRzy8HIkD_JqtFcbFUYbMjnf0_maaqORcJs5R8bQ0c86OkEdhNSgpLofJOr0-aUhWsOUlViCrrEgI0JxhWHDEeEVwC9ZQyRODzNux0rQAjBI6iW0NvodwNa66Hksu1YsOLEGEh9aAYrRlX4MFpIsyUlGLnCyXcCEksdEg9Sb_DmYgGBTixNk_8v=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Gill at <b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Realweegiemidget Reviews</a></b> is hosting <b>The Wilhelm Scream Blogathon</b>! A brilliant idea whose contributions can be found <b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/blogathons/blogathons-2022/wilhelm-scream-blogathon/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FHw2aItRlw" target="_blank">Wilhelm Scream</a></b> is ubiquitous in movies and television, and as welcome and comforting as the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUL5w91dzbo" target="_blank">Goofy Yell</a></b> or the Roadrunner's <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xqTG3Y4SEo" target="_blank">Beep Beep</a></b>. Okay. Perhaps the Wilhelm Scream isn't truly comforting because we know that someone has come to a grizzly end, but it has certainly become familiar and a welcome "aha" moment to fans.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLU15X5Sp5fEFfOLaiI00R8EL76M5fXYMbzpr1Df9hFMtsN32xUupbz72ym_p5XtYoA4whFN9_cv-DJm9X00FFEF9Wz6qkUImIpM_3L3thZx8bAF4LUR4p-K-dHpc0-whF7cIDhDVE3Spt_13TBl8uO3oybt4R-f08ZmtEztcDR3FYEvRPZ-UJw95G=s379" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="342" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLU15X5Sp5fEFfOLaiI00R8EL76M5fXYMbzpr1Df9hFMtsN32xUupbz72ym_p5XtYoA4whFN9_cv-DJm9X00FFEF9Wz6qkUImIpM_3L3thZx8bAF4LUR4p-K-dHpc0-whF7cIDhDVE3Spt_13TBl8uO3oybt4R-f08ZmtEztcDR3FYEvRPZ-UJw95G=w289-h320" width="289" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">My contribution to <u>The Wilhelm Scream Blogathon</u> is an episode of <i>Maverick</i> from its first season, <i>The Savage Hills</i> featuring Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick with guest star Diane Brewster as the recurring character Samantha Crawford, in the second of four episodes. The character was introduced in <i>According to Hoyle</i> in 1947 where "Sam" beat Bret at his own game.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIZ_HYNI9-vixsuCOvzKI_uWwQtGaj80Bdjp3si6CLjie4nrh5MW7JpP82DaSm232tmbHH5IzyJ85f6VxAhSDFCR1Zj9IKONb4BnJMvCMeWYPUBS6rw2FGt4CGs6fHW46-zLn01qGxsCh7damcZE3NoMr47bb2Ma8Fl6RfaiS_bHPtx2dXKbXcaLUJ=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="809" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIZ_HYNI9-vixsuCOvzKI_uWwQtGaj80Bdjp3si6CLjie4nrh5MW7JpP82DaSm232tmbHH5IzyJ85f6VxAhSDFCR1Zj9IKONb4BnJMvCMeWYPUBS6rw2FGt4CGs6fHW46-zLn01qGxsCh7damcZE3NoMr47bb2Ma8Fl6RfaiS_bHPtx2dXKbXcaLUJ=w316-h400" width="316" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Diane Brewster, Jack Kelly</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>THE SAVAGE HILLS</u></div><div style="text-align: center;">First aired: Sunday, February 9, 1958</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by Gerald Drayson Adams</div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by Douglas Heyes</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Roy Huggins created the irreverent and Emmy-winning series Maverick in 1957 and it ran, with various actors until 1962. Our first season finds the Maverick Brothers played by James Garner (Bret) and Jack Kelly (Bart) traveling the television west gambling, doling out the wisdom of their "Old Pappy" and romancing lovely Warner Brothers contractees.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bart Maverick wanted a good night's sleep and a hearty meal. What he got was grifter Samantha Crawford played by Diane Brewster getting Bart in a lot of trouble with Secret Service Agent Gunnerson played by Peter Whitney, some Natives in <i>The Savage Hills</i>, a possible Federal jail sentence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaiW_Urz6AXsiLm9_HE6R3N7H4fNEHzFLB1g5N-fcRiqXOIkIpVgXtrdIGidcFTCHMpbejBzzJNxXIFy2S_RbLrNSSBOVHTaR8ifMc_hec0n2HO54FO4EXtC5sAId_pAp76OFZey1-4rGDd7LCCx11fBqgYQlP-JHeDSpDNllYk_gYAdQbgcGwCuk8=s909" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="909" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaiW_Urz6AXsiLm9_HE6R3N7H4fNEHzFLB1g5N-fcRiqXOIkIpVgXtrdIGidcFTCHMpbejBzzJNxXIFy2S_RbLrNSSBOVHTaR8ifMc_hec0n2HO54FO4EXtC5sAId_pAp76OFZey1-4rGDd7LCCx11fBqgYQlP-JHeDSpDNllYk_gYAdQbgcGwCuk8=w400-h259" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jack Kelly, Peter Whitney</div><br />Agent Gunnerson sums things up to an incarcerated Bart: <i>"This girl comes to your hotel room - tries to rob you. You go for the sheriff. She hops into bed. You come back. She tells you she's a Secret Service Agent and I'm a crook. So you team up with her to rob me to get the reward. Is that the way it goes?"</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bart: <i>"I wish I could say 'no.'"</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gunnerson: <i>"She sure must have been a charmer."</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bart: <i>"Dripping honeysuckle, Mr. Gunnerson."</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The reward is $10,000 for some counterfeit engraving plates. Bart and Gunnerson team up with a plan to split the reward. All the while, Bart is trying to recall where he's heard the name "Samantha Crawford." But, doggone it, those Maverick boys have so many women in their lives how can they possibly remember them all! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZCDS9YZNqwGEf25omZVR8d8SxOaHiZo9aX5gv9_g0tWkbUtjgTcx6Jb1X9I3yFf6zuACSPT91aomP_ywwqdwLW3mP-BwguXVSXseeM_uBoQDpLA38E2WwOthCoDhFaPbP-wmmQHUrbmOPi2LiYtrCHiQCWzadWlZRQ9OvvQ-Jua-FWEJvtv6OEN-A=s915" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="915" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZCDS9YZNqwGEf25omZVR8d8SxOaHiZo9aX5gv9_g0tWkbUtjgTcx6Jb1X9I3yFf6zuACSPT91aomP_ywwqdwLW3mP-BwguXVSXseeM_uBoQDpLA38E2WwOthCoDhFaPbP-wmmQHUrbmOPi2LiYtrCHiQCWzadWlZRQ9OvvQ-Jua-FWEJvtv6OEN-A=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jack Kelly, Diane Brewster</div><br />Samantha takes the plates and jumps from a riverboat with Bart in pursuit while Gunnerson is knocked out. Attempting a cross-country route the hungry wanderers make the mistake of stealing a food pouch from a Native death lodge. They may have satiated their hunger but now they have some angry men on their trail.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-QP2VD1qmux7-qhUWciWp0mNmsu_C4ekIGJzOc2stJm-yq9FRjyzgJ1giCe6cLM76cq7Bns8P3AfwLriVMLmQYGsyX4U-gTlzQwFSJkC5XE8lN2ruNeavPYeihiy04p4nqFH5JbsAL8QRXU1081eGZyro8ZL9YaknCdAzJEnPVi2hhfjJB8KziACc=s923" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="923" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-QP2VD1qmux7-qhUWciWp0mNmsu_C4ekIGJzOc2stJm-yq9FRjyzgJ1giCe6cLM76cq7Bns8P3AfwLriVMLmQYGsyX4U-gTlzQwFSJkC5XE8lN2ruNeavPYeihiy04p4nqFH5JbsAL8QRXU1081eGZyro8ZL9YaknCdAzJEnPVi2hhfjJB8KziACc=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Diane Brewster</div><br />Samantha proves resourceful in rescuing Bart from certain torture and this is where the <b>Wilhelm Scream</b> joins the action. Clever Sam starts a distracting fire, grabs a rifle, and down goes one angry Native (<b>Ahhh!</b>) at the <b>30:13 mark</b> in the proceedings. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bart, being a Maverick, becomes susceptible to Sam's later romantic overtures. While Bart sleeps, Sam once again absconds with the plates. Meanwhile, back in civilization, Bart is the subject of a preliminary trial with Gunnerson convinced that Bart knows the whereabouts of Samantha Crawford and/or the plates. After all, there is still that $10,000 reward to consider.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVwjgElntKDNv_rIByxZyaF7P3O5CLAycBLwvG026FR7Vh4dia97iu92DHww6MhIRr4J0gJbEp08xuIm_QZAyymDNxTKYIxCO8fhZ4QmQZ4HXmoOU99pgxkzUTAJH7NV9JzXNylHCXb1q-3gYDl9lxfUjDV_gySSxLZ2mODVb8hgoRvtNjD-TdRVbg=s919" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="919" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVwjgElntKDNv_rIByxZyaF7P3O5CLAycBLwvG026FR7Vh4dia97iu92DHww6MhIRr4J0gJbEp08xuIm_QZAyymDNxTKYIxCO8fhZ4QmQZ4HXmoOU99pgxkzUTAJH7NV9JzXNylHCXb1q-3gYDl9lxfUjDV_gySSxLZ2mODVb8hgoRvtNjD-TdRVbg=w400-h255" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thurston Hall</div><br />Samantha "dripping honeysuckle" Crawford charms the Judge, who also "drips honeysuckle" played by Thurston Hall, a favourite of classic movie fans with 230 film credits including Inspector Crane in The Lone Wolf movies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Justice prevails when Gunnerson and Maverick split the reward. There is a touching farewell at the railway station between Bart and Samantha.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgItEbdWHZwYE4qAEHs7Q3VWP4aAXCqZ2TqQv8asTls-i7eVP9ZCdDQNAiFSLUW9xU3XlqdE4JZw5EZh9a6dltoLnMAQgMO6W26aWiZaBeeG-Av6q6aQcKeYwWxzIG1kFM3r4ziUzCmZhhJZypi6jesMkFeQJ1B6-Wop6mvMUWrtey8RJW120jNl8-n=s920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="920" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgItEbdWHZwYE4qAEHs7Q3VWP4aAXCqZ2TqQv8asTls-i7eVP9ZCdDQNAiFSLUW9xU3XlqdE4JZw5EZh9a6dltoLnMAQgMO6W26aWiZaBeeG-Av6q6aQcKeYwWxzIG1kFM3r4ziUzCmZhhJZypi6jesMkFeQJ1B6-Wop6mvMUWrtey8RJW120jNl8-n=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Diane Brewster, Jack Kelly</div><br />Bart: <i>"Goodbye, Samantha."</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Samantha: <i>"Goodbye, darling."</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg__sCwKNNSMxK7bmhVbgU15NWh_RS-U5Hk8MNA4xbydfN6rV7Xo9UZzGEti7G8zAenuE2BLHgXrAGGOa8NAH2_wVhMrOIMHu7ck5KzMg8Gb-p_NrW0Y1XbZRx283eE3HgcXvvDdDm7vjgbd7yQAjOupf_mlV7kJP_T8EeKFVNGk4FVUcygQNkCYQh4=s919" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="919" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg__sCwKNNSMxK7bmhVbgU15NWh_RS-U5Hk8MNA4xbydfN6rV7Xo9UZzGEti7G8zAenuE2BLHgXrAGGOa8NAH2_wVhMrOIMHu7ck5KzMg8Gb-p_NrW0Y1XbZRx283eE3HgcXvvDdDm7vjgbd7yQAjOupf_mlV7kJP_T8EeKFVNGk4FVUcygQNkCYQh4=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jack Kelly</div><br />Bart immediately jumps on board the train when he realizes Samantha has picked his pocket with her goodbye kiss. Samantha waves goodbye from the platform. Those Maverick boys consider themselves as cynical as they come, but they have a strong sentimental streak when it comes to their lovely Warner Brothers contractees.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2sFGCe-ndGOb7rlp4bhjOdmA4YAhXdJRjeAX-u3v-7aaiMYZ_l2M2Y3DBWp1BH0aRPEhUyR1WGCy09FlVQoUPPnFkwmVJT22D9nd37lu5c7uLYp48eVBDyIGWI8hQJC-le0wDe6ibh5ngO709nkKVqWsjQay1VRgrORmh20TOztNMBzuKAVqoZpJH=s911" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="911" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2sFGCe-ndGOb7rlp4bhjOdmA4YAhXdJRjeAX-u3v-7aaiMYZ_l2M2Y3DBWp1BH0aRPEhUyR1WGCy09FlVQoUPPnFkwmVJT22D9nd37lu5c7uLYp48eVBDyIGWI8hQJC-le0wDe6ibh5ngO709nkKVqWsjQay1VRgrORmh20TOztNMBzuKAVqoZpJH=w400-h259" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Diane Brewster</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Samantha: <i>"Goodbye, darling. Say "hello" to brother Bret for me. He'll remember me too."</i><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-49081983519626617032022-02-08T09:09:00.001-08:002022-02-08T09:09:16.484-08:00THE JOHN WILLIAMS BLOGTHON: Fitzwilly, 1967<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipdLXa8Kt2TQfduCchHRl2_Ecfs8dC45FmSHLiXS5_XNaqKf5UNCJ6g-27HoAqcLuC5NPsbrvc59MYFTQTCeTrB1uyay_h4lcHrAoGSebuCTDtKTK3BrQ_iH2KvEkmO1zSN4sGC1zlTLrllAgzQ6bSUuCKTtFCnWfT7KHXEJE02soy62BUen_1WEaX=s647" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="647" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipdLXa8Kt2TQfduCchHRl2_Ecfs8dC45FmSHLiXS5_XNaqKf5UNCJ6g-27HoAqcLuC5NPsbrvc59MYFTQTCeTrB1uyay_h4lcHrAoGSebuCTDtKTK3BrQ_iH2KvEkmO1zSN4sGC1zlTLrllAgzQ6bSUuCKTtFCnWfT7KHXEJE02soy62BUen_1WEaX=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rebecca Deniston at <a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Taking Up Room</b></a> is hosting <a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2021/11/06/announcing-the-john-williams-blogathon/" target="_blank"><b>The John Williams Blogathon</b></a> to commemorate the occasion of the composer's 90th Birthday on February 8th. The celebration begins <b><a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2022/02/05/the-john-williams-blogathon-has-arrived/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifAgHGaa3vwsqOPcycBAHzjTmm2POA6MT-VIwtiFTSSdZTm_Z9ClWgPrUHQEXFDhGSDbX_tuZOZ0Jr2qrFshwX6dk2qQ6XG1Aq35HeTC7jI8eUJK5nHH8RnxyYEpzpo2msHfpKo4lcXPl4oGW6YVps1LQTjq-HhaCO0NcI82oAIMnUmEpZrUcoxxGr=s550" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="550" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifAgHGaa3vwsqOPcycBAHzjTmm2POA6MT-VIwtiFTSSdZTm_Z9ClWgPrUHQEXFDhGSDbX_tuZOZ0Jr2qrFshwX6dk2qQ6XG1Aq35HeTC7jI8eUJK5nHH8RnxyYEpzpo2msHfpKo4lcXPl4oGW6YVps1LQTjq-HhaCO0NcI82oAIMnUmEpZrUcoxxGr=w400-h311" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Dick Van Dyke plays the title character in <i>Fitzwilly</i>, 1967. Fitzwilly is an informal nickname for Claude R. Fitzwilliam, the very formal butler to Miss Victoria Woodworth played by Edith Evans. The beloved "Miss Vicky" was brought up in wealth and privilege by a father who had nothing left to bequeath at the time of his passing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Miss Woodworth's staff led by that supreme organizer Fitzwilly intend to see that she continues to live in wealth and privilege. The money for Miss Vicky's charitable whims, as well as her project of a phonetic dictionary for those who cannot spell, is obtained through theft of high-end goods which are sold through their own thrift shop. Note: the thrift shop is named after St. Dismas, the penitent thief on the cross at Calvary. The conscience of our larcenous band remains clear as insurance firms take care of any "victims." </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgomtpTVeVi0DBm3tb05TlyRo2znk9JthnlUWNy8CgnSRLgXvn7qI2nOF_nCb96X4H4iJ3XUwz3GmYqwnviELxcTJoMS326ye7L19zx0smsOpycSA9vKUzuoFqIw4HXvwdQVMNHTZlQJOIEM3ibNIs_6KhjirVlonYSxbb09C1lWloXlp-bwI3_bFP-=s300" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="300" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgomtpTVeVi0DBm3tb05TlyRo2znk9JthnlUWNy8CgnSRLgXvn7qI2nOF_nCb96X4H4iJ3XUwz3GmYqwnviELxcTJoMS326ye7L19zx0smsOpycSA9vKUzuoFqIw4HXvwdQVMNHTZlQJOIEM3ibNIs_6KhjirVlonYSxbb09C1lWloXlp-bwI3_bFP-=w400-h317" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Fitzwilly began his criminal organization with the best of intentions and while he does not stray into other areas of criminality, he does rather fancy himself quite the mastermind. There is no denying he enjoys the excitement that comes with his enterprise. When Miss Vicky hires an assistant to work on her dictionary things start to unravel in Fitzwilly's well-oiled machine. Barbara Feldon plays Juliet Nowell, an intuitive young woman who senses something is "off" in the household. Juliet's strong sense of morality and her burgeoning romance with Fitzwilly is not conducive to a well-oiled machine.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Fitzwilly</i> screenplay was written by Caftan Woman favourite Isobel Lennert (<i>The Sundowners</i>, <i>Holiday Affair</i>) based on Poyntz Tyler's 1960 novel <i>A Garden of Cucumbers</i> and was directed by Delbert Mann (<i>Marty</i>, <i>The Dark at the Top of the Stairs</i>).</p><div style="text-align: justify;">The cast of the movie is filled with familiar and always welcome character actors from John Fiedler and John McIver to Anne Seymour and Helen Kleeb. Your favourite is probably among Miss Vicky's obliging staff including 26-year-old (Look at that baby face!) Sam Waterston.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The best of heist films always feature that one last job and the Fitzwilly gang's one last job is a doozy. They mean to rob Gimbels Department Store on Christmas Eve to offset possible losses from another job and assure Miss Vicky's continued comfort for the "rest of her natural." The Gimbels scene is a masterpiece of blocking and a nostalgic treat for those of us who remember that era of shopping. Read Jacqueline T. Lynch's take at <a href="https://anotheroldmovieblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/fitzwilly-1967.html" target="_blank"><b>Another Old Movie Blog</b></a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Fitzwilly</i> is an amusing and clever movie set at Christmas. Its appeal comes from the unique story, mid-century setting, and cast of character actor greats. A large part of its charm lies with the score by Johnny Williams.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYj8NyaX0OmyreH580MbSAhTVgp4ZN3YY-Eo9oUW3lCbSItkJWI2_x1P8SYbtN3bkE_luTithoZjTTqjUVeZPtxQTk5qTEBPtA210QNhnqsvo7QqhhPWvAqRx1JNTJ03nP5pZ5kDTNX84LtYHS43QGtODqKJGwfzAIl09NuSBW4oCQf5Xc58HKISDx=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYj8NyaX0OmyreH580MbSAhTVgp4ZN3YY-Eo9oUW3lCbSItkJWI2_x1P8SYbtN3bkE_luTithoZjTTqjUVeZPtxQTk5qTEBPtA210QNhnqsvo7QqhhPWvAqRx1JNTJ03nP5pZ5kDTNX84LtYHS43QGtODqKJGwfzAIl09NuSBW4oCQf5Xc58HKISDx=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Composer, conductor, arranger, performer John Williams accomplished all of those duties with the U.S. Air Force, jazz clubs, and Hollywood studios creating classic television scores for the likes of <i>Wagon Train</i>, <i>Ben Casey</i>, and <i>Gilligan's Island</i> garnering six Emmy nominations and three trophies for <i>Heidi</i>, 1969, <i>Jane Eyre</i>, 1972, and <i>Great Performances</i>, 2009.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">His first film score was for <i>Daddy-O</i>, 1958, and progressed through the neo-noir <i>The Killers</i>, 1964, the contemporary western <i>None But the Brave</i>, 1965, <i>How to Steal a Million</i>, 1966, and the similarly themed good guy thieves comedy <i>Fitzwilly</i>. Fans can take it from there as the beloved movie scores and the awards racked up for John Williams.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The score for <i>Fitzwilly</i> has an underlying West Coast Jazz vibe layered with a quasi-martial swing which highlights the precision of the capers with the cheeky bounce of the comedy. When this theme is repeated later in the film in a more minor mood it supports the unlooked-for sleuthing of Miss Julia and the tension in the Gimbels heist. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwscCVaGGUM" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> is the main theme to whet your appetite for the engaging movie and score. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqtAaKWv0fFUl6PfzvsL1Mr5gC6Ssef1CsD9RKGXWl9OWhdsWJdmGynfgumaH0Qe4wDCV0VirCs4wIh2bni_Id_83otDY2U_bF6oZ8e67cZlqla4xy2GrUc-LyBzn90uF5H9Sp8n-a3GPr9b-rqtGzMzhNuGBtUH5cA26dwXbvWJx9oX4Xpoap_YDe=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1024" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqtAaKWv0fFUl6PfzvsL1Mr5gC6Ssef1CsD9RKGXWl9OWhdsWJdmGynfgumaH0Qe4wDCV0VirCs4wIh2bni_Id_83otDY2U_bF6oZ8e67cZlqla4xy2GrUc-LyBzn90uF5H9Sp8n-a3GPr9b-rqtGzMzhNuGBtUH5cA26dwXbvWJx9oX4Xpoap_YDe=w400-h250" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, John Williams</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The love theme for the movie is the delightful <i>Make Me Rainbows</i> by Johnny Williams with lyrics by Marilyn Bergman (November 10, 1928 - January 8, 2022) and Alan Bergman. If you recall or are a fan of this era of movie music, then you are a fan of the Bergmans with eight Emmy nominations, four wins, and 13 Oscar nominations, three wins.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is <i>Make Me Rainbows </i>performed by the studio singers from the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wt84AskXLg" target="_blank">soundtrack</a></b>. It floats lazily behind Fitzwilly and Julia's first date and has become a jazz standard.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">You may find another favourite version among these fine vocalists. Here is <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoHql5dVI1M" target="_blank">Nancy Wilson</a></b> from her 1968 album, <i>Easy</i>, and a lovely version by<i> </i><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hefMqzf6Ju8" target="_blank">Sue Matthews</a></b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's invite the gentlemen up to the microphone.<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG2q3x7ujx0" target="_blank">Vic Damone</a></b> took a turn in the 1967 album <i>The Damone Type of Thing</i>. Here is <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A7it1ku6O8" target="_blank">Frank D'Rone</a></b> from his 1968 album <i>Brand New Morning</i>. You'll find many more versions available as singers love the tune and it is constantly being rediscovered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQIGwNUJIFxo2dEXkZZNUnlwCkoyzLBOlSkJ865s7wRBGhLB35kwZ2cbFcFfFmvIIJP02NY4lMvdZDLahXEfUU2MXY-w18rkC4LUcP5i6JSmo8MaTSBAVol_QPMw2-wXZO-umklEX0KjoQN6VPAPTwWVA9EpSeZtxkpeuDwqd0R0qUJLgnSxYBKYTg=s620" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="620" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQIGwNUJIFxo2dEXkZZNUnlwCkoyzLBOlSkJ865s7wRBGhLB35kwZ2cbFcFfFmvIIJP02NY4lMvdZDLahXEfUU2MXY-w18rkC4LUcP5i6JSmo8MaTSBAVol_QPMw2-wXZO-umklEX0KjoQN6VPAPTwWVA9EpSeZtxkpeuDwqd0R0qUJLgnSxYBKYTg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-9878106539217104382022-01-31T19:16:00.001-08:002022-01-31T19:19:45.739-08:00CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR FEBRUARY ON TCM <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirfDJoC4m6EY38IE21WAhbEfz8M1o2cLuPY7oE2NiX6aOhDF3hNqVXb4BTa8TtB5cE6WkE63q9r7etroyEXcgXSuFksNgBeOoz_ZABz0pc-Tscn8gaNbEp9h05kXJAMYYNBVblsF92eyf8gCexiSVNt_OLxiwZDxZ6ToDbQwv1RuxE2NdTZYxz_HXN=s2100" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirfDJoC4m6EY38IE21WAhbEfz8M1o2cLuPY7oE2NiX6aOhDF3hNqVXb4BTa8TtB5cE6WkE63q9r7etroyEXcgXSuFksNgBeOoz_ZABz0pc-Tscn8gaNbEp9h05kXJAMYYNBVblsF92eyf8gCexiSVNt_OLxiwZDxZ6ToDbQwv1RuxE2NdTZYxz_HXN=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Frances Hodgson Burnett brought pleasure to countless generations of readers and earned herself critical praise with her writing, in particular three novels which have made the transition to the screen and stage countless times, <i>Little Lord Fauntleroy</i> (1886), <i>A Little Princess</i> (1905), and <i>The Secret Garden</i> (1911). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is difficult for me to imagine that <i>The Secret Garden</i> was first adapted for the movies in 1919 and the second feature was not produced until 1949. Since that time, there have been countless movie versions, television mini-series, an animated feature, and a Tony-winning Broadway musical among its incarnations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mary Lennox played by Margaret O'Brien is both a neglected and spoiled child. She is bitter and lonely and acts out on these emotions. Born in India to British parents whom she lost in a cholera epidemic, it is determined by authorities that the orphan be sent back to England and the care of a distant relative, an uncle by marriage, Archibald Craven played by Herbert Marshall.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Archibald Craven is plagued by a hunchbacked, guilt, memories, and secrets. He tries to bury these secrets, literally and through drink and absence. Prior to leaving on one of his frequent trips to London, Craven tells the orphan girl, whom he had hoped would be beautiful: <span style="text-align: left;"><i>"It's a poor house for children, Mary. Perhaps you're equal to it. I'm not." </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Mary finds her new home in Yorkshire very strange indeed. Gladys Cooper plays the cold and tyrannical housekeeper. Dennis Hoey is "Mr. Craven's man" who battles Cooper for control. Reginald Owen is the gardener who has his own secrets. Elsa Lanchester is a giggly housemaid who tolerates no nonsense from a headstrong girl, yet has sympathy for Mary's plight. Her brother Dickon played beautifully by Brian Roper is a nature boy who becomes a friend to the isolated orphan. He is an unaware yet remarkably perceptive friend and teacher. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7DFJzdq_sYQTtOFTTnQsGsMiauZ404qxn6e9M68nnnqgqGyfW2Hfe4NsbRy8Q6QutF7-x5BAy7cnyLdn_qB_sh487T1nl4SAPecYia8ZenK0pN2UmycrCHMzChANEGxwGXwTo_1HRgz3QBN3EmVEo_Y9agcQpTQmOz-aUyzCbhRJ_YBJof50HFBpu=s1118" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1118" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7DFJzdq_sYQTtOFTTnQsGsMiauZ404qxn6e9M68nnnqgqGyfW2Hfe4NsbRy8Q6QutF7-x5BAy7cnyLdn_qB_sh487T1nl4SAPecYia8ZenK0pN2UmycrCHMzChANEGxwGXwTo_1HRgz3QBN3EmVEo_Y9agcQpTQmOz-aUyzCbhRJ_YBJof50HFBpu=w400-h306" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Brian Roper (Dickon), Margaret O'Brien (Mary), Dean Stockwell (Colin)</span></div><br />Norma Varden plays a nurse in the Craven household. Why is there a nurse in the house? It is to care for the "poor boy." Craven's son Colin is played by Dean Stockwell. The boy is a cripple with the threat of an early death hanging over him. Colin is a great one for giving the staff a hard time through his behavior and tantrums. Mary has finally met someone who matches her, fault for fault. These cousins are holy terrors who must raise themselves out of the depths of their despair. In an outburst for the ages, Mary breaks Colin down: </span><span style="text-align: left;"><i>"I was worse the day I was born than you are this minute!"</i></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The secret of the Craven family and of the locked-up garden on the grounds will prove life-affirming and cathartic for our trio of youngsters. The adult cast is superb, especially George Zucco as a doctor with common sense and the correct prescription for the shut-up Colin and his father. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Robert Ardrey (<i>The Green Years</i>, <i>Madame Bovary</i>) wrote the screenplay for <i>The Secret Garden</i> under the auspices of producer Clarence Brown for MGM Studios. The prestigious film was directed by Fred M. Wilcox (<i>Lassie Come Home</i>). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I find in the best of Clarence Brown's work, producing and/or directing, a particular empathy for the outsider especially as represented by the lonely, isolated world of children in such films as<i> The Yearling</i>, <i>Intruder in the Dust</i>, <i>Ah, Wilderness!</i>, <i>The Human Comedy</i>, <i>National Velvet</i>, <i>Angels in the Outfield</i>, and this lovely version of<i> The Secret Garden.</i> </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">TCM is screening <i>The Secret Garden</i>, 1949 on Thursday, February 24th at noon Eastern Time. Other classic novel adaptations in the lineup include <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, 1940, <i>Little Women</i>, 1933, <i>The Age of Innocence</i>, 1934, <i>Murder She Said</i>, 1961, and <i>The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter</i>, 1968.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Previous titles in the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/list/ls094808605/" target="_blank">Caftan Woman's Choice series</a>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-91840390389898727372022-01-22T05:25:00.002-08:002022-01-23T13:33:18.897-08:00THE ODD OR EVEN BLOGATHON: The Patsy, 1928<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-JR77JR6DMvq-7t77jSqSXQkKviZjJ6L6WLT2lX6n2PGGsaQ1uyDXxeodoYxp902JVQvXY3duIIf6FBz_Zh27LMqGnl6d0c8ifbOiCIXleJerElBoOGjIbxeAEoalvHzuC91iYTcBsabG15vvHhPZsb99rPKveRKDk0o9ho852uKov96dYOjtOnKV=s647" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="647" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-JR77JR6DMvq-7t77jSqSXQkKviZjJ6L6WLT2lX6n2PGGsaQ1uyDXxeodoYxp902JVQvXY3duIIf6FBz_Zh27LMqGnl6d0c8ifbOiCIXleJerElBoOGjIbxeAEoalvHzuC91iYTcBsabG15vvHhPZsb99rPKveRKDk0o9ho852uKov96dYOjtOnKV=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Rebecca</i></b> at <a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Taking Up Room</b></a> and <i><b>Gill</b></i> at <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>RealWeegieMidget Reviews</b></a> are hosting <b>The Odd or Even Blogathon</b> from January 20th to the 23rd. It was a lot of fun to have a flip of the coin settle the topic for the contributors. <b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/odd-or-even-blogathon/" target="_blank">Day 1</a></b> <b><a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2022/01/21/odd-or-even-day-two/" target="_blank">Day 2</a></b> <b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2022/01/22/blogathon-day-3/" target="_blank">Day 3</a></b> <b><a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2022/01/23/odd-or-even-blogathon-day-four/" target="_blank">Day 4</a></b> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFmLYUFm4WBDaWZgu0RBLMbOmhq5FXsFCv_AUKEVck_VMqCQV4NT-ofTjdPQ-rWZmlKoXz0WNJ_7deNVrA0XuiDqDNmNwPiDZlVt5kLPd5GSlXZQFBlvTRHM45y6cXT3AMqV5JfUTNGEA0LdR77PxmxANJr8UcM_Qc8MahdWgQIr2BiGJ10CuH_XjL=s480" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="480" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFmLYUFm4WBDaWZgu0RBLMbOmhq5FXsFCv_AUKEVck_VMqCQV4NT-ofTjdPQ-rWZmlKoXz0WNJ_7deNVrA0XuiDqDNmNwPiDZlVt5kLPd5GSlXZQFBlvTRHM45y6cXT3AMqV5JfUTNGEA0LdR77PxmxANJr8UcM_Qc8MahdWgQIr2BiGJ10CuH_XjL=w400-h334" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Ma Harrington played by Marie Dressler has no favourites between her two daughters. Grace played by glamourous Jane Winton is the favourite for wearing the best clothes, attending the best functions, and moving up the social ladder. The pair have set their sights on handsome young real estate executive Tony Anderson played by Orville Caldwell. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Patricia or "Pat" played by Marion Davies is the favourite when it comes to having someone to treat as a second-class citizen, who does all the work and takes all the grief from the other females in the family. Pat also has her sights set on handsome young real estate executive Tony Anderson. He's a sweet guy and Pat's knight in shining armour.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpEPSaPONXSFn-gyf-lyJQpGMV7tHQgWOIbTsZxuSZvIDl-p0XnElaQJJWMqIuyOw7MTbZnxy2iIAcNAvq0_s6WeSFEm6ZTusrWKRlvf126jX2f8txyKqug8Qw__MCjTIKWx-hx4OVYxjt-9tkcaQ6i9NVF2Ogy0GjfEdsVmxhKftmILVSlPhZgjBW=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpEPSaPONXSFn-gyf-lyJQpGMV7tHQgWOIbTsZxuSZvIDl-p0XnElaQJJWMqIuyOw7MTbZnxy2iIAcNAvq0_s6WeSFEm6ZTusrWKRlvf126jX2f8txyKqug8Qw__MCjTIKWx-hx4OVYxjt-9tkcaQ6i9NVF2Ogy0GjfEdsVmxhKftmILVSlPhZgjBW=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion Davies, Dell Henderson, Jane Winton, Marie Dressler</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pat: <i>"Why do I always get the part of a chicken that goes over the fence last?"</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The one person in Pat's corner is Pa Harrington played by Dell Henderson. Pa understands exactly how Pat feels.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pa to Ma: <i>"Maybe you don't believe it, but I've had a pain in the neck ever since we were married."</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiolgyj5zc_BAtv6yQMUhgbUK1NiN7uBtWkcZxcmKnDIYjStxFC2iKRergYGsgyHIKbP7JKYd5Ra5joqDMD2K8G9TIAaoBd_87JEBsqRvC_yJrsNi5ZXMKtOoE9CtGmrc0ikzAEV2MFBJXXM8nZLaraguVcZxSLTWrdBYWp2wWEfQuWp2k9hrGrlguS=s1100" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1100" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiolgyj5zc_BAtv6yQMUhgbUK1NiN7uBtWkcZxcmKnDIYjStxFC2iKRergYGsgyHIKbP7JKYd5Ra5joqDMD2K8G9TIAaoBd_87JEBsqRvC_yJrsNi5ZXMKtOoE9CtGmrc0ikzAEV2MFBJXXM8nZLaraguVcZxSLTWrdBYWp2wWEfQuWp2k9hrGrlguS=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Orville Caldwell, Marion Davies</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pat confesses to Tony her unrequited affection for a man who doesn't know she exists. Tony, attempting to be kind advises her to "get a personality." Pat feels she does have a personality but tries some self-help books to improve hers. The title that makes an impression is <i>What to Say and When to Say It</i>. She memorizes the pithy bon mots and throws them at her family with no context. Ma is convinced that Pat is off her rocker as there is insanity on her father's side of the family.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pa to Pat: <i>"Let Ma keep on thinking you're a bit cuckoo and you can do anything you want to."</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgak8RhZ72UxBZ1l3kmQp-duUDhhMM10867sJjN9BaUXCHYzbJDsR1DgWB_myZFeFwTDPiqmdMeF1-JpAgHxDTH2EH8hdZj8HHPzspyx9TrGOS7DHavr7xaJrOaBeNXOJ-_oy242H-te_fvZT4KpssXb2I-qmhfz9pu1nBgdw5FKCjwf_pclI_jv13b=s1380" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1380" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgak8RhZ72UxBZ1l3kmQp-duUDhhMM10867sJjN9BaUXCHYzbJDsR1DgWB_myZFeFwTDPiqmdMeF1-JpAgHxDTH2EH8hdZj8HHPzspyx9TrGOS7DHavr7xaJrOaBeNXOJ-_oy242H-te_fvZT4KpssXb2I-qmhfz9pu1nBgdw5FKCjwf_pclI_jv13b=w400-h318" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Gray, Marion Davies, Jane Winton</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pat follows Pa's advice and has a lot of fun doing so. Grace is also having a lot of fun stepping out on Tony with local playboy Billy Caldwell played by Lawrence Gray. Pat also uses Billy as part of her plan thanks to Pa's recounting of a movie plot that impressed him. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pa to Pat: <i>"I saw the slickest movie last night and the girl in it sure knew her onions."</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Initially, the romances between both the older (Ma and Pa) and younger (Pat and Tony, Grace and everybody) generations don't exactly work out as anticipated, but this is a romantic comedy and I will leave it to you as to who gets their way when the dust settles.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The cast is uniformly expert at the comedy craft, making <i>The Patsy</i> a delight. Marion's character of "Pat" is a pro-active Cinderella who engages our sympathies. Orville Caldwell's "Tony" is such a sincere dope that you can't help but like him. Lawrence Gray's "Billy" has a goofy sense of humour that takes the sting out of his trying to steal his pal's gal. Jane Winton's "Grace" is nobody's fool except maybe her own. Dell Henderson's "Pa" displays a resigned dry wit that is quite captivating. Marie Dressler's tyranny as "Ma" could be overwhelming if played by an actress with lesser comedy chops. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Barry Connors' play <i>The Patsy</i> had a successful 245 performance Broadway run in the 1925/1926 season. Ralph Spence (<i>Cracked Nuts</i>, <i>Peach O'Reno</i>) adapted the play for the screen. The movie features many amusing intertitles that seem to match the pace of the popular Jazz Age play.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWGI_MDInDliykxmbmMDGPFi7IRJkvdv0DsxDsqN5KbIBk5qKgOtFtFZmdC8xckGcq0_p09FjXnybZkMOnNN5PsSYIEvRGodjl_u_QGsTRiJ0sv-Dj_ss-j8g2rvqS8fQGBp3mSl71Mup98YDu0D5b_iiFhhND_yl0SmhNe5izNKoBXAlmgcnT5WBj=s1631" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1631" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWGI_MDInDliykxmbmMDGPFi7IRJkvdv0DsxDsqN5KbIBk5qKgOtFtFZmdC8xckGcq0_p09FjXnybZkMOnNN5PsSYIEvRGodjl_u_QGsTRiJ0sv-Dj_ss-j8g2rvqS8fQGBp3mSl71Mup98YDu0D5b_iiFhhND_yl0SmhNe5izNKoBXAlmgcnT5WBj=w314-h400" width="314" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Marion Davies (or is it Lillian Gish?!) with King Vidor</p><p style="text-align: justify;">King Vidor and Marion Davis collaborated on three comedies, <i>The Patsy</i> and <i>Show People</i> in 1928 and <i>Not So Dumb</i>, 1930. Their screen work shows that the pair had a most simpatico sense of humour and working relationship. <i>Show People</i>, like <i>The Patsy</i>, gave Marion a chance to display her wonderful ability to imitate other actresses of the era with unerring precision. The two films also teamed Marion most felicitously with Dell Henderson.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Of note</u>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJM0VDbq3CmMWZ7xf_FIlK4ygyduK7O2er1aGyQ1O0HJMci3d5k5oLbzdEK5v9doItPiBTHCR_oekXSY4XE_qWNf6ZVSR1tIw-b7G_lCTLmiCXg2Tgv61G65hODuzk1fOFjbkwZ9QjvHD_mfLuFObSKiq_MDcM3RUFuiq7RX6DFcaxMRXp69BwyPAT=s1120" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJM0VDbq3CmMWZ7xf_FIlK4ygyduK7O2er1aGyQ1O0HJMci3d5k5oLbzdEK5v9doItPiBTHCR_oekXSY4XE_qWNf6ZVSR1tIw-b7G_lCTLmiCXg2Tgv61G65hODuzk1fOFjbkwZ9QjvHD_mfLuFObSKiq_MDcM3RUFuiq7RX6DFcaxMRXp69BwyPAT=w150-h400" width="150" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Claiborne Foster starred as "Pat" in <i>The Patsy</i> during its successful Broadway run.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-70405877349720487382022-01-18T06:00:00.011-08:002022-01-20T04:51:35.326-08:00THE UMPTEENTH BLOGATION: 42nd Street, 1933<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZVz8YdHHW07md7UGD6utm83fpMInSJMODC83Alr9s_FSeSc7W9RDYuEqs_CL4mRc3ocxF6NjzC5D0z1TNIjYY_3xEmdlQCX8ImM5djQkG_nZzYUQxiovqVFEKJDw9DMIIppy9JhwFeuTsY3objwkDTcmSvHLPP6QeLT-_ljK0l-CrJ85M-eGVvMH2=s584" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="584" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZVz8YdHHW07md7UGD6utm83fpMInSJMODC83Alr9s_FSeSc7W9RDYuEqs_CL4mRc3ocxF6NjzC5D0z1TNIjYY_3xEmdlQCX8ImM5djQkG_nZzYUQxiovqVFEKJDw9DMIIppy9JhwFeuTsY3objwkDTcmSvHLPP6QeLT-_ljK0l-CrJ85M-eGVvMH2=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Theresa, the <b><i>CineMaven</i></b> herself is hosting <b>The Umpteenth Blogathon</b> on January 18th. A tribute to those movies which have an addictive hold on our moving pictures loving souls. Every fan has many such films and <b><a href="https://cinemavensessaysfromthecouch.wordpress.com/2022/01/18/for-the-umpteenth-time-blogathon/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> we get to gush about one of them. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">My selection is the energetic, music-filled, cynical, and hopeful <i>42nd Street</i> released by Warner Brothers in 1933.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0iHIf6Thd6EDOfecyCO_uoGSyXZTr8yQnOnRRt3EkBzpR_vBsetKKN2S1uLQxwxsTSx7NBVO831f2nfkuSkWM0kKBVFsO_RlEXSy1KwidHPDZ2I6qqqIpNqVOzsjTIRKzO1RuQBduRClZOoOv29Aro1cclDrrGl1Tjs-vK3spd5UHvnkKUp_vJlJR=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1615" data-original-width="2048" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0iHIf6Thd6EDOfecyCO_uoGSyXZTr8yQnOnRRt3EkBzpR_vBsetKKN2S1uLQxwxsTSx7NBVO831f2nfkuSkWM0kKBVFsO_RlEXSy1KwidHPDZ2I6qqqIpNqVOzsjTIRKzO1RuQBduRClZOoOv29Aro1cclDrrGl1Tjs-vK3spd5UHvnkKUp_vJlJR=w400-h315" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i><u>"Say, Jones and Barry are doing a show!"</u></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The news rings out about a new show to all the hopeful dancers, singers, and actors who need that next job.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk4WXO4gR-wSFk6mdtCullwDtwcbdiUFGQ_139zlaeljPZbhM1VJZbXIS4HoB6vv4WdnjUuzDChLcGouKp0cFrHaVzSc2krvkkpWF0Thtnd5w1HblmTvuNQTr383zmFrSBBBzVljT9O1PG4f5Lsgo4oe_wKdqUtNvIFwJLuCB206oBFEEd6LuhBR6l=s909" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="909" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk4WXO4gR-wSFk6mdtCullwDtwcbdiUFGQ_139zlaeljPZbhM1VJZbXIS4HoB6vv4WdnjUuzDChLcGouKp0cFrHaVzSc2krvkkpWF0Thtnd5w1HblmTvuNQTr383zmFrSBBBzVljT9O1PG4f5Lsgo4oe_wKdqUtNvIFwJLuCB206oBFEEd6LuhBR6l=w400-h259" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ned Sparks (Barry), Guy Kibbee (Abner Dillon), Robert McWade (Jones)</div><p style="text-align: justify;">The show is <i>Pretty Lady</i> and Jones and Barry (Robert McWade and Ned Sparks) have a financial backer in kiddie car magnate Abner Dillon (Guy Kibbee). Dillon has money that, apparently, is burning a hole in his pocket. He enjoys the sight of all the pretty girls, and he is involved with leading lady Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels). A match made in Heaven for the producers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_IT-3kp-NFL1hjW_iwxSTmAuqniKNu0UC174Iz4kHAMAAG38DoAmXhlDuSCdH60YChYEZUwGbjm5qD0HM0K4UBMKQITj6Te53dcddlQrjvXzOw-_IvwqFjgGWOye3s2arbuGoygvog74Yh-RMgs6GzJGSPGhpsN5ac7G7jbnWJoB3amGuYumFKoCy=s906" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="906" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_IT-3kp-NFL1hjW_iwxSTmAuqniKNu0UC174Iz4kHAMAAG38DoAmXhlDuSCdH60YChYEZUwGbjm5qD0HM0K4UBMKQITj6Te53dcddlQrjvXzOw-_IvwqFjgGWOye3s2arbuGoygvog74Yh-RMgs6GzJGSPGhpsN5ac7G7jbnWJoB3amGuYumFKoCy=w400-h260" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Warner Baxter (Julian Marsh)</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Jones and Barry have their director in hitmaker Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter). Marsh was indeed a hitmaker but, like many others, he lost a bundle when the stock market laid an egg. His health has deteriorated and he needs to recoup some of his losses to keep body and soul together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLZishQaYB5q4rf4jKfcFX1QBMaHBixTFrjN5ZG-mVBysVvQJ78AXZSAA3DcL35sXUhXXShIfLFP_oe8rzjXDHrB5hUi9lzTZhNtuWUxxhB4l84HBaTsqJqL3YCgMrQC389OKdAIYNwmPGMj0-Yqcjtio20jowl9D_efLeKjhAIBI4aF5HnSvxyR8n=s918" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="918" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLZishQaYB5q4rf4jKfcFX1QBMaHBixTFrjN5ZG-mVBysVvQJ78AXZSAA3DcL35sXUhXXShIfLFP_oe8rzjXDHrB5hUi9lzTZhNtuWUxxhB4l84HBaTsqJqL3YCgMrQC389OKdAIYNwmPGMj0-Yqcjtio20jowl9D_efLeKjhAIBI4aF5HnSvxyR8n=w400-h255" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">George Brent (Pat Denning), Bebe Daniels (Dorothy Brock)</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The star of the show, Dorothy Brock, isn't Abner Dillon's love match. That fellow is her former Vaudeville partner Pat Denning (George Brent). Pat doesn't want to stand in Dorothy's way to success, but meeting on the sly is putting a strain on their relationship.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnIQg9b87gA8WjPZB6U9ETxI4cT3P08hWJ7UO11HmDaRqcSP0AYYujYjcP6nNS43e00_u0wuDg6Pa1Q7CL1c766Bas-Z2xZPY6_RWgLLj0Ko6m4qyY8dOuOLqUVucoHvZCKxUH53t0CXDW5Yi4zRhO4S16YeyZcrZrctsBy-KIeS35pCIAphdGmHI2=s917" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="917" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnIQg9b87gA8WjPZB6U9ETxI4cT3P08hWJ7UO11HmDaRqcSP0AYYujYjcP6nNS43e00_u0wuDg6Pa1Q7CL1c766Bas-Z2xZPY6_RWgLLj0Ko6m4qyY8dOuOLqUVucoHvZCKxUH53t0CXDW5Yi4zRhO4S16YeyZcrZrctsBy-KIeS35pCIAphdGmHI2=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ruby Keeler (Peggy Sawyer), Ginger Rogers (Annie), Una Merkel (Lottie)</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A newcomer to the Great White Way, Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler) of Allenton, PA gets a break in the chorus. Down on her luck before the job came her way, Peggy gets somewhat involved with Pat Denning and somewhat involved Billy Lawler (Dick Powell), Broadway's "oldest living juvenile". What's a naive kid to do even if she can dance rings around Brock?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvHmXT8JfbOkV2Dxz_jWgqRH2LdojeDRclR6U5gI_Nw5p1-zq02h9nEs-QYmyyS0RUaUsgbeL95S_hQriO48U881a0Ou8uRYSnvmpVTGV20IsbspfZ2lW5-LaSMm9QaI-diebi4yY4HYCGeuDz4oEMQ4mLMa8a_xVIStkii7OjksEOGK2_q34_pUB5=s915" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="915" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvHmXT8JfbOkV2Dxz_jWgqRH2LdojeDRclR6U5gI_Nw5p1-zq02h9nEs-QYmyyS0RUaUsgbeL95S_hQriO48U881a0Ou8uRYSnvmpVTGV20IsbspfZ2lW5-LaSMm9QaI-diebi4yY4HYCGeuDz4oEMQ4mLMa8a_xVIStkii7OjksEOGK2_q34_pUB5=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">George E. Stone (Andy Lee), Warner Baxter (Julian Marsh)</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ann "Anytime Annie" Lowell (Ginger Rogers) and Lorraine "Lottie" Fleming (Una Merkel) are dancers in the show with guaranteed jobs because Lorraine's boyfriend Andy Lee (George E. Stone) is Marsh's stage manager. The girls are great kibbitzers, giving the movie a lot of its pep and pizzaz. Dance director Mac (Allen Jenkins) is a riot as the sub-task master under Marsh and Lee. Note: there is a treat for Charles Lane spotters.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The songs of <i>42nd Street</i> are classics by Harry Warren and Al Dubbin: <i>42nd Street</i>, <i>You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me</i>, <i>Shuffle Off to Buffalo</i>, <i>Young and Healthy</i>, plus the background love theme and dance music by Warren.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFxu0M5UnjKbsTPPEf3rjr-4Qf9JT3m4ImRmemP2fBmgPQBa7WRIApwqcE0yBPERgxQ9Gd0f5fFjDlasSa4rQXexvw8fD7Nboii5UebOzVBrWx6Wko6NdK4f2v_fzHq8HjdGmykNVIA1Sv7wAmsvCEZ38RRhV4wn2UfTWzLhh5UriPKf0x3mYDw4Zz=s917" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="917" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFxu0M5UnjKbsTPPEf3rjr-4Qf9JT3m4ImRmemP2fBmgPQBa7WRIApwqcE0yBPERgxQ9Gd0f5fFjDlasSa4rQXexvw8fD7Nboii5UebOzVBrWx6Wko6NdK4f2v_fzHq8HjdGmykNVIA1Sv7wAmsvCEZ38RRhV4wn2UfTWzLhh5UriPKf0x3mYDw4Zz=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Al Dubin, Harry Warren, Warner Baxter</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Warren and Dubin have an adorable cameo as the composers of <i>Pretty Lady</i> getting berated by Julian Marsh for their lack of originality.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Speaking of pep and pizzazz as I was earlier let's pause for a round of applause for the hard-working dancers who were more than put through their paces by the creator and stager of the mind-boggling routines, Busby Berkeley! Berkeley really put Warner Brothers musicals on the classic movie map.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>42nd Street</i> is a joy to re-watch. It crackles with wit and electricity as directed by versatile Lloyd Bacon from a screenplay by Rian James and James Seymour based on Bradford Ropes' novel. I haven't read the novel in many years as the copy I bought at a second-hand store in the 1970s was musty even then. The ending of that book has always stayed with me.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Academy honoured the movie with two nominations: Best Picture (winner: <i>Cavalcade</i>), and Best Sound, Recording (winner: <i>A Farwell to Arms</i>). <i>42nd Street</i> was placed on the National Film Registry in 1998.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeMnNlK-zAdP1btUCZHQKC1mAXqOFt21QgVwn3-ydQgJSwO4twjvHAzv6OJIW_3dFXhngFASeeTNFf3SuUwCGeo4vkXu3INrtfJ5a4k5Kl15Q304vZNp_sWmbfq7-p8GrnktgehfYdqR1ME08-BUQb0YBNLgAN0R-xbmhg4PA_BKyVsrNMzNkXKDoY=s280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="180" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeMnNlK-zAdP1btUCZHQKC1mAXqOFt21QgVwn3-ydQgJSwO4twjvHAzv6OJIW_3dFXhngFASeeTNFf3SuUwCGeo4vkXu3INrtfJ5a4k5Kl15Q304vZNp_sWmbfq7-p8GrnktgehfYdqR1ME08-BUQb0YBNLgAN0R-xbmhg4PA_BKyVsrNMzNkXKDoY=w257-h400" width="257" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Brooklyn-born <b><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2011/03/harrys-back-in-town.html" target="_blank">Harry Warren</a></b> (1893-1981) was one of the most successful composers of the 20th Century. Despite his great success with popular songs and movies, it looked like he would not have his dream of a Broadway Show until David Merrick produced <i>42nd Street</i> as a major Broadway hit directed by Gower Champion in 1980.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u>There are two things to remember if you are coming across <i>42nd Street</i> for the first time.</u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2_pubpkOq-vUSz4znKQzF5JAWiPo6DICIWRH_0cesgNFEPyPf3xw3UQ3TpTKV6QzUHm7SlEwQ1Pe_M9FBo0XwZGyj5DdjfGadg5wkJH_KL8Mi_g2TAa6oStu6hwak05scn7u-Q34E3ze6Z6SLmYwIJoI6UfHn7KX7HD3C321DqeZQUwatG5es0-Jo=s916" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="916" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2_pubpkOq-vUSz4znKQzF5JAWiPo6DICIWRH_0cesgNFEPyPf3xw3UQ3TpTKV6QzUHm7SlEwQ1Pe_M9FBo0XwZGyj5DdjfGadg5wkJH_KL8Mi_g2TAa6oStu6hwak05scn7u-Q34E3ze6Z6SLmYwIJoI6UfHn7KX7HD3C321DqeZQUwatG5es0-Jo=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Number 1: Do NOT try to make sense of <i>Pretty Lady</i>. It can't be done.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-S2KA_gnF-HjIpC8tzMdN7Wl9QTbqdehqkKxm2T1RmXwYoPg_v8TZA8CP0VPLe71rP8e3Pgn_Bqz9dgtcGARgvvQjl53Sz1SyE8FfuGgd463-WJsHrLt3biXoqb5Ynmtk9Oi3fuO_i0NFTA63AsBFBlmuLrYcj3rbI1S-rlMvgYO6Zw7iI5HQkR5d=s914" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="914" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-S2KA_gnF-HjIpC8tzMdN7Wl9QTbqdehqkKxm2T1RmXwYoPg_v8TZA8CP0VPLe71rP8e3Pgn_Bqz9dgtcGARgvvQjl53Sz1SyE8FfuGgd463-WJsHrLt3biXoqb5Ynmtk9Oi3fuO_i0NFTA63AsBFBlmuLrYcj3rbI1S-rlMvgYO6Zw7iI5HQkR5d=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ruby Keeler, Warner Baxter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Number 2: "...Sawyer, you're going out a youngster but you've got to come back a star!"<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMWkokM9ecQyfRypS3nzrU10XcszsrUlHJQuOPrRGppqGjKiuAb61grjWhC2qYbCjL2AR9ORIdIfur661A0Nq42gEqM11V8SD-ZyFIKrvY1ZkwnVmoF6c28dDHJs14muAUZoKlMSg4HB-mCJ4m27qkVFZ2f2JvdXWKrorAiFBdXqE2mXirIY4SszyH=s922" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="922" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMWkokM9ecQyfRypS3nzrU10XcszsrUlHJQuOPrRGppqGjKiuAb61grjWhC2qYbCjL2AR9ORIdIfur661A0Nq42gEqM11V8SD-ZyFIKrvY1ZkwnVmoF6c28dDHJs14muAUZoKlMSg4HB-mCJ4m27qkVFZ2f2JvdXWKrorAiFBdXqE2mXirIY4SszyH=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dick Powell (Billy Lawlor)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Admission: I am a theatre rat. It all began with the show business as depicted in movies and seen on late-night television. The glossy Technicolor offerings from 20th Century Fox and the gritty spins from Warner Brothers led to studies in music and acting, plus years of involvement in Community Theatre, which is a big scene in Toronto. Community theatre introduced me to my husband and many of my fondest friends. To this day, I love losing myself in the theatre world depicted by the movie makers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-52113705827287135352022-01-10T06:05:00.001-08:002022-01-10T06:05:34.159-08:00Sailing Away on Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise, 1940<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpQg3uIJJeuRUGGKaQwQVos0hqfLchkO-tRyuG2VOZ5MF5R436sbxuD8beKYV2Lpu-KxlLtASXWNFASIo4jNPmJkWWIp3zdL2v6BQoT4Z0qIgaUSTGq2igJkTO6MvChmerYYdLxDfKDckigeW30eQ2Ep5W4aleImptOQlp4IpuzODL4GLsUd95LYF6=s648" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="648" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpQg3uIJJeuRUGGKaQwQVos0hqfLchkO-tRyuG2VOZ5MF5R436sbxuD8beKYV2Lpu-KxlLtASXWNFASIo4jNPmJkWWIp3zdL2v6BQoT4Z0qIgaUSTGq2igJkTO6MvChmerYYdLxDfKDckigeW30eQ2Ep5W4aleImptOQlp4IpuzODL4GLsUd95LYF6=w400-h309" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>Charlie Chan Carries On</i>, published in 1930 was the fifth of author Earl Derr Bigger's six Chan novels. Our premise finds Chan's friend and colleague Inspector Duff, from <i>Behind That Curtain</i> published 1928, pursuing a mysterious killer on board a luxury liner. Duff is wounded when the ship reaches Honolulu and Lt. Chan steps in as a matter of honour and friendship. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh04R7nc2RFn9Sme4YMT5yHLEgIhOTCX_ElvTuM0mweOCgmaEL0Eib_VjfYHAtyXjl2rg7IGySshjzsB_65geGnPWtdlxJgP2GnKXsY9DF1TarpmoKd5K143P3NkHjRovFkjaEv3uK2zNxBnH40XAsPPSOZ8ZyAS990vuiOsQ_9A-eYeczXOPS-WO9k=s1004" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1004" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh04R7nc2RFn9Sme4YMT5yHLEgIhOTCX_ElvTuM0mweOCgmaEL0Eib_VjfYHAtyXjl2rg7IGySshjzsB_65geGnPWtdlxJgP2GnKXsY9DF1TarpmoKd5K143P3NkHjRovFkjaEv3uK2zNxBnH40XAsPPSOZ8ZyAS990vuiOsQ_9A-eYeczXOPS-WO9k=w400-h314" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Charlie Chan Carries On</i> was the basis of a 1931 film, sadly lost to us in a Fox Studio fire. The movie was Warner Oland's first foray as the Inspector and was directed by Hamilton MacFadden (<i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2015/06/beach-party-blogathon-black-camel-1931.html" target="_blank"><b>The Black Camel</b></a></i>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWxZ0ckR4ai3FgDocr7tLloQwJ0mTLg4TrwNuXy3ZYNWUUPXSBwBCxwSp89VBFpEvazH312aba5gIycBCO8YhoYWnnu0YyBZsyWpqwgOhT4VKrTYArppgtuB49DUOq8JNLyc_yIZSZNWAghWLRRsh9L4F1yli-syFXgPOCuKpA4nVyJz3SA9uEMNNb=s260" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="260" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWxZ0ckR4ai3FgDocr7tLloQwJ0mTLg4TrwNuXy3ZYNWUUPXSBwBCxwSp89VBFpEvazH312aba5gIycBCO8YhoYWnnu0YyBZsyWpqwgOhT4VKrTYArppgtuB49DUOq8JNLyc_yIZSZNWAghWLRRsh9L4F1yli-syFXgPOCuKpA4nVyJz3SA9uEMNNb=w400-h298" width="400" /></a></div><br />The Spanish language version, <i>Eran Trece</i> produced in 1931 and featuring Manuel Arbo as Chan is available on the DVD collection, Volume 1. Fans will find it a treat to see the characters come to life.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Robertson White (<i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2015/07/the-1947-blogathon-dick-tracy-meets.html" target="_blank"><b>Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome</b></a></i>) and Lester Ziffren (<i>Charlie Chan in Panama</i>) reworked the story as <i>Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise</i> to suit the more contemporary sensibilities of the team of Sidney Toler and Sen Yung, who took over the popular series in 1938 with <i>Charlie Chan in Honolulu</i>. Eugene Forde directed the film, his only Toler outing after working on four of Warner Oland's Chan films.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise</i> is a treat for fans of the series, fans of mysteries, and fans of the cast of great and familiar character actors featured in prominent roles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjOM8JDqo2P67gf0PC0ANBeTYVbdX9A7s52MGEMMIUin4NoiWDt9NUndCO1abGob1Y-PGyF5-zpTO6RO3iO53Jte4S_5jViqV3z4fLs0HJstEjSmGFzFyWEuTOVO-sX0moEXdqHM1qU40GxSLlvBMNIX9zji1-JWQofSMVLs1K1NE8i7jB5K7yeuMM=s918" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="918" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjOM8JDqo2P67gf0PC0ANBeTYVbdX9A7s52MGEMMIUin4NoiWDt9NUndCO1abGob1Y-PGyF5-zpTO6RO3iO53Jte4S_5jViqV3z4fLs0HJstEjSmGFzFyWEuTOVO-sX0moEXdqHM1qU40GxSLlvBMNIX9zji1-JWQofSMVLs1K1NE8i7jB5K7yeuMM=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sen Yung, Layne Tom, Jr., C. Montague Shaw, Sidney Toler</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />We begin with a little domestic problem for "Pop" Chan dealing with Sen Yung as Jimmy and Layne Tom, Jr. as Willie. Layne Tom, Jr. appeared in three of the Chan films and they gave him a different name in each one! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The arrival of Inspector Duff of Scotland Yard is a "saved by the bell" moment for the Chan offspring. Jimmy, of course, will be back later to "help" with the case. Inspector Duff had been traveling incognito with a party on a cruise, in pursuit of a fiendish serial killer. The Inspector is murdered while at Honolulu Police Headquarters and Lt. Chan request to be assigned to carry on with the case is approved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Before the ship sets sail for its final destination of San Francisco there is another murder among the party. A retired manufacturer called Kenyon is strangled under mysterious circumstances and his lawyer nephew played by Robert Lowery comes under suspicion. You needn't worry about him as he is involved with Paula Drake played by Marjorie Weaver and the young romantic couple in Chan pictures may get in trouble, but they always get their happy ending.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeAKL3Bu5DEK1F0jVivkhXAeqahM2McNGNzYTGvkUHeQoScefeRBJ0K3ANdF6GRqpPTu64LEzXCTChzHOtzepMyzOEr191yPF4brPdvrOvXuOvCYSWciMUvvVBv2m9q7wQgLq8UZH5ifAf_dBvy6JY9BRY0FJ8_p_AnPCDcr26p1ByayBVO932IUFa=s927" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="927" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeAKL3Bu5DEK1F0jVivkhXAeqahM2McNGNzYTGvkUHeQoScefeRBJ0K3ANdF6GRqpPTu64LEzXCTChzHOtzepMyzOEr191yPF4brPdvrOvXuOvCYSWciMUvvVBv2m9q7wQgLq8UZH5ifAf_dBvy6JY9BRY0FJ8_p_AnPCDcr26p1ByayBVO932IUFa=w400-h253" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cora Witherspoon, Marjorie Weaver, Sidney Toler, Don Beddoe</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Susie Watson: <i>"What an advertisement for Honolulu. Scream once and Charlie Chan appears."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />We meet more of the party as hotel security played by James Burke joins Lt. Chan in the investigation. Guess what? Jimmy gets involved as well. Susie Watson played by <b><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/12/the-what-character-blogathon-cora.html" target="_blank">Cora Witherspoon</a></b> is a most insistent but not particularly reliable witness. She is a hoot who brings a lot of vibrancy to her role and the movie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYfcZ6cere6J2FDYpO__czyj-rFQiI_Uae74IFq0yke5rmOpaPY2R7m_Q3gFrnir9GC_-sMYKrR7pfziQxVGPIEGZ3k1v4ymTJq_ASFRrt11wkA1ZnyEpEF2JvX3_pKGkeSpweebbd1rcOjYU-r22DTjdBMuPG2WLY-d5nP8SWyFzQJis800qLnFA3=s927" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="927" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYfcZ6cere6J2FDYpO__czyj-rFQiI_Uae74IFq0yke5rmOpaPY2R7m_Q3gFrnir9GC_-sMYKrR7pfziQxVGPIEGZ3k1v4ymTJq_ASFRrt11wkA1ZnyEpEF2JvX3_pKGkeSpweebbd1rcOjYU-r22DTjdBMuPG2WLY-d5nP8SWyFzQJis800qLnFA3=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sidney Toler, Leonard Mudie</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leonard Mudie appears as Pendleton, an extremely nervous man, with just cause. He is being pursued by a mad killer. On shipboard Pendleton remains in his cabin with a guard posted on the door. The details have yet to be revealed but apparently, the circumstances extend to his wife's first husband.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3TNckTIhJMwZJxg9UZkJrlFdvvTAbqyhWBbYZG1C58reI6o76ASMTTzSwnqZdOTGt8YAWlFytG3WolQucOP__pB1qWmAdCEtKwhQY63Z3A8Bl7yu3JEXOfaBgKb5OwAlXsZy-aRLRTVhmwCgiAvGlrZxXG7jlepTHTIovJ1hmWERl-8PCO70mUzUq=s910" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="910" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3TNckTIhJMwZJxg9UZkJrlFdvvTAbqyhWBbYZG1C58reI6o76ASMTTzSwnqZdOTGt8YAWlFytG3WolQucOP__pB1qWmAdCEtKwhQY63Z3A8Bl7yu3JEXOfaBgKb5OwAlXsZy-aRLRTVhmwCgiAvGlrZxXG7jlepTHTIovJ1hmWERl-8PCO70mUzUq=w400-h255" width="400" /></a>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lionel Atwill, Charles Middleton, Sen Yung, Claire Du Brey, Don Beddoe, Sidney Toler</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lionel Atwill plays Dr. Sudeman the organizer of the cruise party. It is his first and he fears the bad publicity - murders are not pleasant - will ruin his business. He desires everything to be handled discreetly. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Charles Middleton and Claire Du Brey play the Watsons. Jimmy rightly calls them "bluenosers." They are killjoys and she claims to be psychic. Just the sort you want along on a cruise.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0s-pwJgZzd4kIBx7xAfOlWfym2xAPGdGqDNx_mfXEAVlKEnlHpzIXeYtq6wH-DVvLrH2hlA0sg3im-8NsVEpYTmHFZ6mckxRnzmgvMN4nnYWsru-nGOxHD2uduM3gYJJXNt1rvBnStqSeVuVspvLfrc3KzbrZ4YwumgTFC8WSRuz6udvY8uNLaaON=s926" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="926" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0s-pwJgZzd4kIBx7xAfOlWfym2xAPGdGqDNx_mfXEAVlKEnlHpzIXeYtq6wH-DVvLrH2hlA0sg3im-8NsVEpYTmHFZ6mckxRnzmgvMN4nnYWsru-nGOxHD2uduM3gYJJXNt1rvBnStqSeVuVspvLfrc3KzbrZ4YwumgTFC8WSRuz6udvY8uNLaaON=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let the hobby horse races begin!</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It's all fun and games until there is another murder or two. One appears to solve the entire case but Lt. Chan is not so easily fooled. The confines of the ship keep the suspects too close for comfort and too convenient for destroying or creating misleading evidence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEig-DRhZRyPFqfscu_cD5a5L0XNdYNJ5CqGmA2TaT4NHSASFkn6SB80DXQhrIKTODb8JAj7pwLIaalofSGvUd6S4o2SZv_pqWw-Qt773JlGpdlmuNXkLqX2RxjzvB9RIJeQWsDGHpggKCCpP9oNENaCjm8CYs_sVMHdolXKveNYtpBw5bU2Gu7260xk=s921" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="921" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEig-DRhZRyPFqfscu_cD5a5L0XNdYNJ5CqGmA2TaT4NHSASFkn6SB80DXQhrIKTODb8JAj7pwLIaalofSGvUd6S4o2SZv_pqWw-Qt773JlGpdlmuNXkLqX2RxjzvB9RIJeQWsDGHpggKCCpP9oNENaCjm8CYs_sVMHdolXKveNYtpBw5bU2Gu7260xk=w400-h255" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let the Coroner's Inquest begin!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cliff Clark, Charles Middleton, Claire Du Brey, Cora Witherspoon, Marjorie Weaver</div><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Lowery, Lionel Atwill, Sen Yung, Leo G. Carroll, Harlan Briggs</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once in San Francisco, the Coroner determines it is quick work to determine the facts and truth of the case, but let's not be too hasty. Lt. Chan has a surprise witness and an even more surprising assistant in bringing the matter to its true successful conclusion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjieQG7lto4QuH4sNvtdyHPmVvOhatcJ9CapggEyqFZKl89Wnm38TTswPVS-V5WZBTWyq3jibuipYx-K-eRBxDfCOaYctIoL4fHbH7rA2oViAK4ed2m0PKDTsovrutHUPMmqnfrJdWtg2pxfoCSVHZP2PMMAhlSAC_tsaw6RfjxYiZQ8OKltiTw4VIw=s923" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="923" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjieQG7lto4QuH4sNvtdyHPmVvOhatcJ9CapggEyqFZKl89Wnm38TTswPVS-V5WZBTWyq3jibuipYx-K-eRBxDfCOaYctIoL4fHbH7rA2oViAK4ed2m0PKDTsovrutHUPMmqnfrJdWtg2pxfoCSVHZP2PMMAhlSAC_tsaw6RfjxYiZQ8OKltiTw4VIw=w400-h255" width="400" /></a></div>Sen Yung, Sidney Toler, Harlan Briggs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Jimmy Chan: <i>"Gee, Pop. You sure figured that one out."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-79904183057092949542022-01-01T08:53:00.002-08:002022-01-01T09:13:12.958-08:00CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR JANUARY ON TCM<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhvcOgW2D2lQKWN0584nqKONWXN6wMeOPNIBuBiRRIZka-v9Z0hpT2kXZ9D1bn_OEPyfhM7u3zOhkYniA0Cn0ycCemvNw-FEbAuVcMobUbIzlarX4ri78cIkJCYpYOS4-bYnMPuoyPPJ2hVU-j8p_vmWoKF92st8L6DnRESjpPXabgPQ7qgxaysodk=s535" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="535" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhvcOgW2D2lQKWN0584nqKONWXN6wMeOPNIBuBiRRIZka-v9Z0hpT2kXZ9D1bn_OEPyfhM7u3zOhkYniA0Cn0ycCemvNw-FEbAuVcMobUbIzlarX4ri78cIkJCYpYOS4-bYnMPuoyPPJ2hVU-j8p_vmWoKF92st8L6DnRESjpPXabgPQ7qgxaysodk=w400-h315" width="400" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Sitting atop the 1937 movie season box office we find MGMs adaption of Pearl S. Buck's <i>The Good Earth</i> starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, MGMs operetta <i>Maytime</i> starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and Paramount's <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/05/bings-birthday-movie-waikiki-wedding.html" target="_blank"><b>Waikiki Wedding</b></a></i> with Bing Crosby. It appears that the audience of that year enjoyed epic drama from best-selling novels, and a variety of music and musical performers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The operetta<i> Maytime</i> premiered on Broadway in 1917 and ran for 492 performances, cementing Sigmund Romberg as a legendary composer in the field. Romberg collaborated with Rida Johnson Young (<i>Little Old New York</i>) on the book and lyrics which was adapted from the 1913 German operetta <i>Like Once in May.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Noel Langley and Frances Marion wrote the screenplay from Claudine West's treatment for the MGM film. The Broadway play was a generational love story starring Peggy Wood (<i>The Sound of Music</i>) and Charles Purcell wherein the children of thwarted lovers themselves find romance. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The film <i>Maytime</i> is the story of two singers who find romance while outside forces strive to keep them apart. Only one of the Romberg tunes made it to the screen, the hauntingly beautiful <i>Will You Remember </i>(<i>Sweetheart</i>). The rest of the tunes are classical pieces, opera excerpts, and contributions by Herbert Stothart, the film's musical director, and adaptor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5DuEJyCzXtmuwfSEw15Iwsz-O3t-ugBl2x231mKxpwhocnv8M2cxN4BGV4egDWtOBCB4DUSC_UUi4D84PW6D5O_JA4pHNe9nFj3xOdsSAnWYNJTK9ZQs3Dd9aaStUi_DGjbPEgeKxbzFYoa_-NM9_nRDCP0NqLbfv6NJ6hDmae7Qqt_KXCftrLCrq=s470" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="470" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5DuEJyCzXtmuwfSEw15Iwsz-O3t-ugBl2x231mKxpwhocnv8M2cxN4BGV4egDWtOBCB4DUSC_UUi4D84PW6D5O_JA4pHNe9nFj3xOdsSAnWYNJTK9ZQs3Dd9aaStUi_DGjbPEgeKxbzFYoa_-NM9_nRDCP0NqLbfv6NJ6hDmae7Qqt_KXCftrLCrq=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nelson Eddy </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nelson Eddy plays Paul Allison, who is studying voice in Paris. Paul and his teacher August Archipenko played by Herman Bing (<i>Dumbo</i>) live a hand-to-mouth existence with Archipenko constantly complaining about the young man's lack of dedication and ambition. Despite his grumbling, Archipenko couldn't be more fond of his young student if he were his own son. Paul is good-hearted and full of youthful joie de vivre. He has nothing in his pocket but lives life as if the world is his.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5yUHYLeQAGWt3aemrrD0cFuz1-8uptQ24rHJ96saLLf9niu-ibWXBAhrpvwyjbsEQCJR_CriCmTH1FljbAbHve0IcDOVIluCHiAp5m2kdvrUati5snDJSM-enYsxweuYuzy4C04ySSr_QrFPxA5qpUlzo1AUknPkLBiuwXbr3pbiBMguaDS14hPVm=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="847" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5yUHYLeQAGWt3aemrrD0cFuz1-8uptQ24rHJ96saLLf9niu-ibWXBAhrpvwyjbsEQCJR_CriCmTH1FljbAbHve0IcDOVIluCHiAp5m2kdvrUati5snDJSM-enYsxweuYuzy4C04ySSr_QrFPxA5qpUlzo1AUknPkLBiuwXbr3pbiBMguaDS14hPVm=w339-h400" width="339" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeanette MacDonald and John Barrymore </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Jeanette MacDonald plays Marcia Mornay, a soprano who is reaching the success for which she has striven and worked so very diligently under the tutelage of Nicolai Nazaroff played by John Barrymore (<i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/08/the-fourth-annual-barrymore-trilogy.html" target="_blank"><b>Counsellor-at-Law</b></a></i>). Marcia, as she is constantly reminded, owes everything to Nicolai who has taught her to sing, and how to deport herself like a star. Nicolai loves Marcia, perhaps truly but most definitely as a possession. Marcia is grateful, feels her debt keenly, and is trying to convince herself that these emotions will equate or lead to love.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikkjPjhN-u686_xovj_wX6fuGvHrXEgwQ8I-6JXADfez_MtbwV6Qf_JM7Su2dicfNkuEHnfJJsWsZtnmB2iD8xGtgq39NSH188LOv9QWH2sKJiBxhT5373LEPI__SZzqDH16WNx4pNcIp1WaGHJBtCCojBJM6otR0IcWY4pe4-oEdWqyq4DbZ_xtAy=s350" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="350" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikkjPjhN-u686_xovj_wX6fuGvHrXEgwQ8I-6JXADfez_MtbwV6Qf_JM7Su2dicfNkuEHnfJJsWsZtnmB2iD8xGtgq39NSH188LOv9QWH2sKJiBxhT5373LEPI__SZzqDH16WNx4pNcIp1WaGHJBtCCojBJM6otR0IcWY4pe4-oEdWqyq4DbZ_xtAy=w400-h341" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Herman Bing</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The ebullient Paul falls madly in love with Marcia. Archipenko falls in love with Marcia, whom he sees as the one who will inspire in Paul some of the lacking ambition. Marcia is initially amused by her new suitor and soon learns to return the love that is offered so freely. However, Nicolai is not a power to be ignored and comes between the young lovers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The passage of time finds both Marcia and Paul enjoying international success and, as will be expected in their world, the star-crossed lover's paths cross when Paul is hired to star opposite Marcia at the Metropolitan Opera. Is this the opportunity for true love to assert itself?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYszsHzHqZrq0HG70RP1rgkfd1OIaVEKKdYqS5Jrg_cgViJJzQXEGTGYjaUN64aObRvNkFZdYThcwAD_KoJ0mpF8cXNKPPbqFCZJlZXtoSu2Xe-YqK52ZN5bhx8igwM36eccMeigKXjSb2Z8JerQQ6xSl9XH4_cxF-d0ywsHlTOTf4X4lsi7mdqKUx=s300" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYszsHzHqZrq0HG70RP1rgkfd1OIaVEKKdYqS5Jrg_cgViJJzQXEGTGYjaUN64aObRvNkFZdYThcwAD_KoJ0mpF8cXNKPPbqFCZJlZXtoSu2Xe-YqK52ZN5bhx8igwM36eccMeigKXjSb2Z8JerQQ6xSl9XH4_cxF-d0ywsHlTOTf4X4lsi7mdqKUx=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><i>Maytime</i> is a beautiful movie with an epic yet intimate romance, and music that will wash over your soul. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who directed the top box office duo of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in five films, <i>Maytime</i> is an example of the best of that dream factory of Metro Goldwyn Mayer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adrian's sumptuous costumes are time-appropriate and awe-inspiring. Cinematographer Oliver T. Marsh's glorious black and white cinematography bring us a world of sunshine days and dark nights, reminiscent somewhat of his work on <i>The Merry Widow</i>, 1934. His two Oscar nominations were for work in color, and with Nelson and Jeanette for <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/05/the-mgm-musical-magic-blogathon.html" target="_blank"><b>Sweethearts</b></a></i>, and <i>Bitter Sweet</i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">TCM is screening <i>Maytime</i> on Thursday, January 13th at 5:45 PM as the final film in a daytime lineup that appears to be spotlighting movies about opera singers. Look for other MGM stars like Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, and Walter Pidgeon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBMRFBra2NZsHAxWRpIl8Efeo1lNAVjlIPCVEFkbnj2dlEEpuxkn7cuVA6CDPGG7jGybN-ABBzuApblMG3W2tAaW4q19StoLkowis8sN1Vf7ngBM3LmeP8qSldKwcN-XWSLmpgKgpQij_bbuapwI2Mcb8o_kpBfCSuEXCEQzCYVeIPMnD0ApLq2Jkg=s200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBMRFBra2NZsHAxWRpIl8Efeo1lNAVjlIPCVEFkbnj2dlEEpuxkn7cuVA6CDPGG7jGybN-ABBzuApblMG3W2tAaW4q19StoLkowis8sN1Vf7ngBM3LmeP8qSldKwcN-XWSLmpgKgpQij_bbuapwI2Mcb8o_kpBfCSuEXCEQzCYVeIPMnD0ApLq2Jkg=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sigmund Romberg</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">July 29, 1887 - November 9, 1951</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Note: MGM also produced a biopic of Sigmund Romberg in 1954 called <i>Deep in My Heart</i>. It may pique your interest in the composer, and your admiration for star Jose Ferrer, along with the opportunity to see many studio stars performing the composer's timeless music. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: Previous titles in the <b><a href="https://www.imdb.com/list/ls094808605/" target="_blank">Caftan Woman's Choice</a></b> series. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-59533528358391558792021-12-18T05:06:00.006-08:002021-12-19T08:14:04.251-08:00YOU KNEW MY NAME: THE BOND NOT BOND BLOGATHON - The Persuaders! (Greensleeves), 1971<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixWepAfy_QH3rCIDol82n9kdbvpqLGA8HKe8N0GsezX8OuUdnwfWPKzPjP4_2Q9gMy-Ankop7Rcy-ByDxo2ws_IKVFgU1LN0B2l_Vqn-Hup5MBt5qch0Vn3smBFjGDx1A6GHt0iIYYs5CbkQ3If_OJSNdE8lJO3sEOGQCLpGc30PDL_tHvS0sJNiDw=s598" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="598" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixWepAfy_QH3rCIDol82n9kdbvpqLGA8HKe8N0GsezX8OuUdnwfWPKzPjP4_2Q9gMy-Ankop7Rcy-ByDxo2ws_IKVFgU1LN0B2l_Vqn-Hup5MBt5qch0Vn3smBFjGDx1A6GHt0iIYYs5CbkQ3If_OJSNdE8lJO3sEOGQCLpGc30PDL_tHvS0sJNiDw=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Gill</b></i> at <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Realweegiemidget Reviews</a> and <b><i>Gabriela</i></b> at <a href="https://palewriter2.home.blog/" target="_blank">Pale Writer</a> are co-hosting the unique <b>The Bond Not Bond Blogathon</b>. When not attached to Ian Fleming's legendary agent, there are a variety of performances and movies to enjoy with many actors who brought him to life. Click <b><a href="https://palewriter2.home.blog/2021/12/16/the-you-knew-my-name-bond-not-blogathon-has-arrived/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to begin the journey. The <b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/12/17/day-2-with-moore-posts-for-the-you-knew-my-name-the-bond-not-bond-blogathon/" target="_blank">DAY 2</a></b> lineup. The <b><a href="https://palewriter2.home.blog/2021/12/18/the-final-day-of-you-knew-my-name-the-bond-not-bond-blogathon/" target="_blank">DAY 3</a> </b>lineup. <b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/12/19/bond-returns-for-an-encore-for-the-you-knew-my-name-the-bond-not-bond-blogathon/" target="_blank">BONUS</a></b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Debonair Roger Moore portrayed debonair James Bond from 1973 to 1985. Prior to that, he played the equally heroic, debonair, and charming Beau Maverick on <i>Maverick</i>, 1960-1961, Leslie Charteris's Simon Templar on <i>The Saint</i>, 1962-1969, and the dashing and well-dressed Lord Brett Sinclair on <i>The Persuaders!</i>, 1971-1972. Ah, he had a way about him did the unflappable Roger Moore.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMewPbhagVqkLclkdoIP80cBnU7XyR8V0Axe5lR8OJexdUq1DkLRDdq84-rYthmDmyZirgD8HsY0vdAmhETIIMRItsb7e2hAi6jWsjoj0-_l4uwokF7JKb3PonsgbEkf7fENUe9qHNc8NBlquG60xDnTJoGYSXulB-y20Shq0alZje4LLOYK8PzCKa=s434" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMewPbhagVqkLclkdoIP80cBnU7XyR8V0Axe5lR8OJexdUq1DkLRDdq84-rYthmDmyZirgD8HsY0vdAmhETIIMRItsb7e2hAi6jWsjoj0-_l4uwokF7JKb3PonsgbEkf7fENUe9qHNc8NBlquG60xDnTJoGYSXulB-y20Shq0alZje4LLOYK8PzCKa=w274-h400" width="274" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Persuaders!</i> was an international television hit produced by ITC Entertainment, Sir Lew Grade, and co-star Roger Moore. One season of 24 episodes was released during the 1971-1972 season. The best way to describe the premise of the action/adventure series starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis as playboy crimefighters Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny (Daniel) Wilde is to watch the impressive and addictive opening <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9CI4STxRk" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> with its theme by John Barry.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy-QPYliYt95xKRpFE3Nh3yLM2Hgc6u3wADqCDysdClMlLvm04YlxMX41fCz7_VnQPQHghTq68XVK5kne2aUw3xgIodEt3ytbloKDo3n7cGai3tyA8izqB_XiIb1NJiagdE4gS9sjSfroSPhkwPURmFouxMlHQ_XXqOmePowtt3RHPw2pUdodJDK34=s473" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="473" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy-QPYliYt95xKRpFE3Nh3yLM2Hgc6u3wADqCDysdClMlLvm04YlxMX41fCz7_VnQPQHghTq68XVK5kne2aUw3xgIodEt3ytbloKDo3n7cGai3tyA8izqB_XiIb1NJiagdE4gS9sjSfroSPhkwPURmFouxMlHQ_XXqOmePowtt3RHPw2pUdodJDK34=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Episode 4, October 8, 1971</p><p style="text-align: center;">Screenplay by Terence Feely and Directed by David Green</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6DlNvDYrl06ZmS54M55LFsaONLWOZHaY5L8ey_vyICZDGAj7pa6irhKyi_t3GRVhW_GIaNWQoXcXvxQmPQTxJh_UqV4unRBuEe6BYlMhTHWlTS5bqRngCZJ0KGhYCl7RcXFG5fKdTigaUuGspMrPQQdvH89cgAP9FmGU7zvuLjRfhT-cUqBpJUeYf=s477" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="477" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6DlNvDYrl06ZmS54M55LFsaONLWOZHaY5L8ey_vyICZDGAj7pa6irhKyi_t3GRVhW_GIaNWQoXcXvxQmPQTxJh_UqV4unRBuEe6BYlMhTHWlTS5bqRngCZJ0KGhYCl7RcXFG5fKdTigaUuGspMrPQQdvH89cgAP9FmGU7zvuLjRfhT-cUqBpJUeYf=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lord Sinclair's Old School Motto: <i>"Sneaky is best."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Sinclair family manse has been undergoing unauthorized renovations. Lord Brett becomes aware of this development when an overcharge comes his way. It has been seven years since Lord B. packed up and left the old place in charge of the butler Moorehead (Arthur Brough). What's going on? Brett and Daniel (Danny) use a tunnel that has one end at the local pub and the other into the middle of the estate to surreptitiously enter the home and investigate.</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXnmnZ0hlrogzlAKaGEmRfhhR1orqLakBUmCKqyihbr_9egHqnmXljWmSzHj0Z9Z1IOmIVtJ8Gcn_dJlxJN-ehviR-Jn9oph9od3Yi_t6kZTq_W6J4vZtKQR3rRyQvPDfVevA_mGgTKN7Csi2Ljt6-pJ-LFVmbG8ku4lC3NpNrXJwXEjKfTa_uwemr=s478" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="478" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXnmnZ0hlrogzlAKaGEmRfhhR1orqLakBUmCKqyihbr_9egHqnmXljWmSzHj0Z9Z1IOmIVtJ8Gcn_dJlxJN-ehviR-Jn9oph9od3Yi_t6kZTq_W6J4vZtKQR3rRyQvPDfVevA_mGgTKN7Csi2Ljt6-pJ-LFVmbG8ku4lC3NpNrXJwXEjKfTa_uwemr=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Theatrical agent: <i>"Have you ever played a Lord?"</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The home is occupied by Sir John Hassocks (Andrew Keir), Piers Emerson (Tom Adams), and the fetching Melanie Sadler (Rosemarie Nicols). Note: you cannot have an episode of <i>The Persuaders!</i> without a fetching young woman or two.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Papers in the study reveal that this group of usurpers is looking for an actor to play the role of Lord Brett Sinclair. Why, it's a role just made for Lord Brett Sinclair, who hies himself to the preferred theatrical agent of crooks to gain entry to his own home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFcnaRp2nd4lvuCmQkX-JWVofH0QwlnkHfLxOcbrOSo_iLiKASkIVqN-nsygbLirKejZNThNzxgPpdQR2Sr7-heOwIlQEVpfqv-kJh_ZKZMARDBiYM89A9uKK0wjcu3qWp3rYtH5Xq6cGjS1T6ZcfZNMZYRTGkXNWc45hkIwzCN5SuL9SIJRy_D7ik=s475" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="475" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFcnaRp2nd4lvuCmQkX-JWVofH0QwlnkHfLxOcbrOSo_iLiKASkIVqN-nsygbLirKejZNThNzxgPpdQR2Sr7-heOwIlQEVpfqv-kJh_ZKZMARDBiYM89A9uKK0wjcu3qWp3rYtH5Xq6cGjS1T6ZcfZNMZYRTGkXNWc45hkIwzCN5SuL9SIJRy_D7ik=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Roger Moore, Rosemary Nicols, Arthur Brough, Tom Adams, Andrew Keir</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The group hems and haws and makes many cutting remarks about the actor's unsuitability but Moorehead seals the deal because he knows the real thing when it is presented to him. Moorehead also knows, in the best butler tradition, when to keep his mouth shut.</div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG4XG5HL2hBRvIcgjtMniF3d54ccWkFOxb3cqJ5pUoBtNiHIgJAclxJ2WLPFio5nJS0wI94949FwDh1N-DMy_N_ugS9zNkQb8aEvEaZzvVPE-cqz2LA6BLznbjmJfhTbYn9KFJCk2fKLU9a-uu5DCGEs1AWQIbB7s4axFXGGxHwMLC7XIfzOPL1ML_=s479" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="479" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG4XG5HL2hBRvIcgjtMniF3d54ccWkFOxb3cqJ5pUoBtNiHIgJAclxJ2WLPFio5nJS0wI94949FwDh1N-DMy_N_ugS9zNkQb8aEvEaZzvVPE-cqz2LA6BLznbjmJfhTbYn9KFJCk2fKLU9a-uu5DCGEs1AWQIbB7s4axFXGGxHwMLC7XIfzOPL1ML_=w400-h253" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Brett: <i>"Actors are like politicians. We say what we're paid to say."</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The phony Brett insists on being told what is going on. The story laid out is that Lord Sinclair, having allowed the Foreign Office to use the mansion for secret talks with Richard Congoto (Cy Grant), the president of an African country and schoolboy chum of Lord Sinclair, said Lord scarpered and left the old F.O. in the lurch. Since President Congoto only agreed to the talks because of the presence of his old pal, a stand-in is required.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5NkGWFuUVyrxmxJAGpBxfaNVpEH6yK_VY9nnsgqu03bEWyQv6qgjKsQEA8TXdGEz9P3Ivf5cNkj7DjoIVP9txh3n5Dpia6fFy4geYfUGGwvA_CLLSDNPoBRYJ7_rQuelYkF5-gIqUk8bppPCbnj9ws6EkY2CYTR-J0NCEvWNs30BgAhMicN0lXzb9=s485" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="485" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5NkGWFuUVyrxmxJAGpBxfaNVpEH6yK_VY9nnsgqu03bEWyQv6qgjKsQEA8TXdGEz9P3Ivf5cNkj7DjoIVP9txh3n5Dpia6fFy4geYfUGGwvA_CLLSDNPoBRYJ7_rQuelYkF5-gIqUk8bppPCbnj9ws6EkY2CYTR-J0NCEvWNs30BgAhMicN0lXzb9=w400-h251" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Moorehead: <i>"I have noticed a certain undercurrent of intrigue, My Lord."</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The actor accepts the story and settles in to studying the role. Brett instructs the already suspicious Moorehead to create a family emergency to get out of the house and to bring a message to his replacement who happens to be Danny aka the American fellow staying at the pub. Moorehead, in the best tradition of butlers, knows when to leak necessary information and advises Lord Brett that the others on the staff are "heeled". In other words, too well-armed for their professed business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNe0Nlre-D5lp8NK8JOAPY0rx7f5Pj3TleaZDyGR6U-Kb_Ews7iW6m0OO4ajPQDXK2YZGz7xf_Lgw5hw6AjC83V7SrjKmSW66oxc0QP__8yxqlRX76iRJSGjmDBwiuS7E-GlFeT3SuKezzzj_S4f1rt2888Mfhdj7JbYOtYelApiI8ewuB0m6raHWU=s478" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="478" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNe0Nlre-D5lp8NK8JOAPY0rx7f5Pj3TleaZDyGR6U-Kb_Ews7iW6m0OO4ajPQDXK2YZGz7xf_Lgw5hw6AjC83V7SrjKmSW66oxc0QP__8yxqlRX76iRJSGjmDBwiuS7E-GlFeT3SuKezzzj_S4f1rt2888Mfhdj7JbYOtYelApiI8ewuB0m6raHWU=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Roger Moore, Tony Curtis</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lord Sinclair is unimpressed with Moorehead's replacement Gregor from Hungary and advises him to wash off excessive aftershave if he wants to keep this choice position. Also, he had better keep his references handy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOMyLC0O6tMGVmOKrWWCcIMYf-QJPzmerqIQpGwdqRmuJFrh7metKbJg1h8whT2_nkI1Pj1DS4cscleS5b-cfgFZmLI-kv4HeCFfaZk1WIfq8gQaVDf6CqBPLxdo2UThru9ZQxzCRBqWDpr4rNjLw3PU076Q-oPtlQOEHUoU5SOlhTwAKJTS2OmzWG=s475" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="475" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOMyLC0O6tMGVmOKrWWCcIMYf-QJPzmerqIQpGwdqRmuJFrh7metKbJg1h8whT2_nkI1Pj1DS4cscleS5b-cfgFZmLI-kv4HeCFfaZk1WIfq8gQaVDf6CqBPLxdo2UThru9ZQxzCRBqWDpr4rNjLw3PU076Q-oPtlQOEHUoU5SOlhTwAKJTS2OmzWG=w400-h259" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cy Grant, Roger Moore</div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brett confides the dangerous and duplicitous situation to his pal Richard. They must be wary and remember their old school motto.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPvviR-O8xWcMkOx1coKd6MPQDMWqSJYA9B4rHg0LTmj3oFYpPMDFkIrf_whoZeCfTmG8HrSAHDXonmlFa64zIMfOHP0IVh9mfEnBLnx-v_WwKxaMbMufI1fn602EWtCod3ERTn2N3eqFI_UOrrbxTzQq6-OKJ9lt_nPgYbwwZ7Q2g2ASsY3zIC1_z=s476" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="476" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPvviR-O8xWcMkOx1coKd6MPQDMWqSJYA9B4rHg0LTmj3oFYpPMDFkIrf_whoZeCfTmG8HrSAHDXonmlFa64zIMfOHP0IVh9mfEnBLnx-v_WwKxaMbMufI1fn602EWtCod3ERTn2N3eqFI_UOrrbxTzQq6-OKJ9lt_nPgYbwwZ7Q2g2ASsY3zIC1_z=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carmen Munroe, Tony Curtis</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Danny cannot fool Carmen the aristocratic daughter of Richard Congoto about his being a butler or Hungarian. He confides the dangerous and duplicitous situation in which they find themselves.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTlIeBurEVMTofS7H0gBzPKdsvloAMC7J0Lv-6lkN3zp5qU84u-SFyOc-szPHAO9Ji9JGPIDJfA3_Kx4dtTvpFI-bad8DUmcPzvGIvp2lF1XqWE9AfwpQqf7E6Xa5h7BifGHQ5OQJ4wEUp9HzTZqjLfaZ15eh-uUidaTa4BV8UaloIEAu3JcmzcIRc=s433" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="433" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTlIeBurEVMTofS7H0gBzPKdsvloAMC7J0Lv-6lkN3zp5qU84u-SFyOc-szPHAO9Ji9JGPIDJfA3_Kx4dtTvpFI-bad8DUmcPzvGIvp2lF1XqWE9AfwpQqf7E6Xa5h7BifGHQ5OQJ4wEUp9HzTZqjLfaZ15eh-uUidaTa4BV8UaloIEAu3JcmzcIRc=w400-h281" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The jig is up!</div></div><div><br /></div><div>I ask you, is it proper to conk a Lord on the head when he is dressing for dinner? I ask you, is it proper to toss a Lord in a dungeon in his own home? That's the sort of people we're dealing with!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6bSYrHBK2Y3yDJHLbdjMgB1unwT1VGhUWtbrV_M3c5qwJm7RuUHbYhtnaETb2DeeZWlzzW_CqQujEGYSam2lw0Fn4GgdD0CrdIN9_k56W1AezYNJGMyBu5-4t60IkZq6Ngbp9idOnVdJELVP-0jMNDVrZKgk8tHcZBOO2dOdWqLQN_M9YlYyqANJ8=s481" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="481" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6bSYrHBK2Y3yDJHLbdjMgB1unwT1VGhUWtbrV_M3c5qwJm7RuUHbYhtnaETb2DeeZWlzzW_CqQujEGYSam2lw0Fn4GgdD0CrdIN9_k56W1AezYNJGMyBu5-4t60IkZq6Ngbp9idOnVdJELVP-0jMNDVrZKgk8tHcZBOO2dOdWqLQN_M9YlYyqANJ8=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cy Grant, Carmen Munroe, Tom Adams, Clifton Jones, Andrew Keir</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The sneaks are not politically motivated. It is all about money with them. Including the trusted Dr. Kibu (Clifton Jones), they represent a consortium of nickel miners and Congoto is the president of a nickel-rich country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The bandits are determined to get more than their fair share of profits. They use threats of blackmail and even murder to reach their goal. These are not nice people. (See above conking on the head of Lord Brett.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Adventure and action sequence to wrap up the episode in a tidy fashion.</b></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihvBno8bps1n-N9SLZ7LHc_h66PDWy5WBfsd53BFEeY0kw5cHgj3uk3r2dQm_ToqtW2acezdOl3WByBdag9mHf7G8-7a3Z7g6kYE8REvoBKzu5iktf5aCHFHWLbMoIIpXTqyMXGaBzoW0nVwZKBRdkKtDqKl3jg4quTH1oarIuFbz38VuPaStB3tQv=s478" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="478" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihvBno8bps1n-N9SLZ7LHc_h66PDWy5WBfsd53BFEeY0kw5cHgj3uk3r2dQm_ToqtW2acezdOl3WByBdag9mHf7G8-7a3Z7g6kYE8REvoBKzu5iktf5aCHFHWLbMoIIpXTqyMXGaBzoW0nVwZKBRdkKtDqKl3jg4quTH1oarIuFbz38VuPaStB3tQv=w400-h255" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Danny faces off against one of the henchmen with the handy swords littering the old homestead. Lots of fun to be had here, reminiscent of <i>The Great Race</i>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirWtA9geWYMnkiChX71Q1KazMTSmTPafx-dNXKD_bkTJAczqsBbSWaBxk6ABsbweNjU0TiEpmkWOw8Ev-FgLH67sDLCWZQO8CT-O7l_dZM_qcrVAC6wSj4KCnjXqlyTObOgnpUxc0F9xB11LNHf5yBcOTxTUli1Dwyk4gCcDv5hJ8O9MethqIKwlI1=s490" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="490" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirWtA9geWYMnkiChX71Q1KazMTSmTPafx-dNXKD_bkTJAczqsBbSWaBxk6ABsbweNjU0TiEpmkWOw8Ev-FgLH67sDLCWZQO8CT-O7l_dZM_qcrVAC6wSj4KCnjXqlyTObOgnpUxc0F9xB11LNHf5yBcOTxTUli1Dwyk4gCcDv5hJ8O9MethqIKwlI1=w400-h250" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brett gets bashed and bopped up and down the stairs and into walls and portraits, and has himself a fine old time.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-St_0rA_bM64N0BhJWNXMdmGTIBN1iUUSYJenVgZ3BjNksUhtaBXLx7Vkp1JEaQmqt6bT4Qi75u-P417tk7blHEqQ-QOQ-DpLqc2s4BaWQiC0ZWqbaWF_BtgVLrcvj4FRuBkA5q-Cep3hHnW0FoN-F0WvUBoBlq0Os1HP18wJg6Mn2AhMbdA2iKKr=s479" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="479" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-St_0rA_bM64N0BhJWNXMdmGTIBN1iUUSYJenVgZ3BjNksUhtaBXLx7Vkp1JEaQmqt6bT4Qi75u-P417tk7blHEqQ-QOQ-DpLqc2s4BaWQiC0ZWqbaWF_BtgVLrcvj4FRuBkA5q-Cep3hHnW0FoN-F0WvUBoBlq0Os1HP18wJg6Mn2AhMbdA2iKKr=w400-h255" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The aftermath of the fight is that no one, except Melanie, appears to be left unscathed. However, bruised and battered though they may be, our boys wind up the winners!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5WAvd2H5TaEzBloHzRM01fMhCSoL7UOOTQvtf8KMBxphrnUSNOuPQlBN4Uq2l0SQkQwcwxA3sPSX5IghrJzb83_53cFTcldix0D5grzm6mN23pOLpYuXeRsFts2HU1NwllnWv3o8n0nqyV_ijanaVu9fLOc0FQEZEHq8_d041UpmcqpEbkrqi1pcQ=s478" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="478" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5WAvd2H5TaEzBloHzRM01fMhCSoL7UOOTQvtf8KMBxphrnUSNOuPQlBN4Uq2l0SQkQwcwxA3sPSX5IghrJzb83_53cFTcldix0D5grzm6mN23pOLpYuXeRsFts2HU1NwllnWv3o8n0nqyV_ijanaVu9fLOc0FQEZEHq8_d041UpmcqpEbkrqi1pcQ=w400-h253" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div>Cy Grant, Carmen Munroe</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br />Richard: <i>"That's the trouble with these English Country House parties, nothing ever happens."</i></span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRHzWyzlz4lSfjG6zMenf25BddVaJyRgvgLbWYqwghmVFdAJR_6PCUHfKw8HXhf1JILqCk7t5plC0fJvCRzrfAOTmDJn5eHg010Q0502vQKTmWfHRqjBwAZ2pAKpSJ2ueuBVdo9nrWd7v_0UcUkLGwDrn_gtZODmw552Z8jQ7KuqD41SK_RgBcPSH4=s472" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="472" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRHzWyzlz4lSfjG6zMenf25BddVaJyRgvgLbWYqwghmVFdAJR_6PCUHfKw8HXhf1JILqCk7t5plC0fJvCRzrfAOTmDJn5eHg010Q0502vQKTmWfHRqjBwAZ2pAKpSJ2ueuBVdo9nrWd7v_0UcUkLGwDrn_gtZODmw552Z8jQ7KuqD41SK_RgBcPSH4=w400-h261" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rosemary Nicols, Roger Moore</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Daniel is banished to the tunnels so Lord Brett can have some quiet time with the fetching Melanie. After all, she did draw the line at murder. Note: the inclusion of a fetching girl in episodes is necessary for the episode ending clinch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Fashionistas take note</u>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzLDZjKJZzJQqcQcJcDZ4YQAuUCRwcbQPwCDMf52MA13nHfuPaXBEM2TB1ojHYB8KHJT5-Ky1lrC1mdQoqfTz69Qgvj9lDVGLmysvBlAXBsu2SZFBZYCh-9WWhzZsmdVeHLi8PAtWqpsUB85HEbmpJOmDo70VgP4rpC0OweWx4ZEc_4PAB385dSrOD=s476" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="476" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzLDZjKJZzJQqcQcJcDZ4YQAuUCRwcbQPwCDMf52MA13nHfuPaXBEM2TB1ojHYB8KHJT5-Ky1lrC1mdQoqfTz69Qgvj9lDVGLmysvBlAXBsu2SZFBZYCh-9WWhzZsmdVeHLi8PAtWqpsUB85HEbmpJOmDo70VgP4rpC0OweWx4ZEc_4PAB385dSrOD=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-85836009604911027312021-12-11T05:56:00.007-08:002021-12-11T14:15:37.024-08:00IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE BLOGATHON - A 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Ward Bond and Frank Faylen as Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGO_mSh5g9UFuTonu1STsTlMjCOhPdhHUHMpTbHXrq52ExcqAegz-7QEXlQf3uZc5taX0YuTaMfDyhvJT9xJbrAVMGgggB-cb0i8XEhZGhtVnZAGD0iF29QvAgevEGFPvW6BQLYBctPY1xZSZNc3z5HJMsmkZax-D5WTueh_CByARYc9j89RhrwS7U=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGO_mSh5g9UFuTonu1STsTlMjCOhPdhHUHMpTbHXrq52ExcqAegz-7QEXlQf3uZc5taX0YuTaMfDyhvJT9xJbrAVMGgggB-cb0i8XEhZGhtVnZAGD0iF29QvAgevEGFPvW6BQLYBctPY1xZSZNc3z5HJMsmkZax-D5WTueh_CByARYc9j89RhrwS7U=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ari, <a href="https://theclassicmoviemuse.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>The Classic Movie Muse</b></a> is hosting the <a href="https://theclassicmoviemuse.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/announcing-its-a-wonderful-life-blogathon-a-75th-anniversary-celebration/" target="_blank"><b>It's a Wonderful Life Blogathon, A 75th Anniversary Celebration</b></a>. Click <b><a href="https://theclassicmoviemuse.wordpress.com/2021/12/11/welcome-to-its-a-wonderful-life-blogathon-a-75th-anniversary-celebration/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to access the tributes to Capra's Classic. Assuming you have lost count of the number of times you have watched the movie, <b>spoilers abound.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>It's a Wonderful Life</i> is a story of dreams, expectations, and reality, specifically, the expectations and reality of George Bailey played by James Stewart. The rich screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett fills George Bailey's world with nuanced characters we come to know and love. Their time on screen may be limited but their impact is great thanks to the impeccable casting and the cinematic storytelling talent of director Frank Capra.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1EnCu1Gmsl7ayUKsOiOVpvSf93xQtl2UwgMlxoa4qHXLkBCYuQ2e7bDeKlN6w6OtXgrO2LWDmoML352_ivIrYI6tmlhhKBaSi2UvIm4uconF34rEfPgKBeotDLKURsSnqTZLQr25LnRGF30oGoCR6xAclHoO2XH9FffFYmkh73pGKv5mQmhNancfv=s516" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="516" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1EnCu1Gmsl7ayUKsOiOVpvSf93xQtl2UwgMlxoa4qHXLkBCYuQ2e7bDeKlN6w6OtXgrO2LWDmoML352_ivIrYI6tmlhhKBaSi2UvIm4uconF34rEfPgKBeotDLKURsSnqTZLQr25LnRGF30oGoCR6xAclHoO2XH9FffFYmkh73pGKv5mQmhNancfv=w400-h280" width="400" /></a></div><br />Ward Bond as Bert and Frank Faylen as Ernie</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What do we know about the man persistently referred to as "Bert the cop" and his and George's pal "Ernie the taxi driver" as we observe them in Bedford Falls and its dark alter-ego Pottersville? What can we learn from their actions and words, and how others react to them?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is Christmas Eve, 1945. Heavenly observers note that it is George Bailey's "crucial night." George's family and his friends are praying with all their hearts and souls. You get the feeling that, like George, his friends Bert and Ernie are not used to the supplication, but get right to the point. They understand their friend.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bert: <i><u>"He never thinks about himself, God. That's why he's in trouble."</u></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ernie: <i><u>"George is a good guy. Give him a break, God."</u></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">George Bailey's business problems are extraordinary and complicated. The Bailey Bros. Building and Loan is short $8,000 due to his partner Uncle Billy's forgetfulness and the greedy Mr. Potter who has found and is keeping the money.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In an effort to increase his power over the town of Bedford Falls, Potter played by Lionel Barrymore reminds George that he is worth more ($500 equity in his insurance) dead than alive. The desperate George is at the end of his rope and sees suicide as the only escape from scandal and prison. The AS2 (Angel, second class) Clarence Oddbody assigned to help George must learn the man's history.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We first see Bert and Ernie in conversation with George on the street years before the crisis. The appearance of town flirt Violet Bicks leads to a "men of the world" exchange before they go their separate ways. Bert appears a little older than his pals and has the confidence of a man in his position. Ernie is friendly and humorous --- he puts on his cap for the carriage trade. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">George's first date with Mary Hatch played by Donna Reed ends up with an unexpected swim and change of clothes. When George jokingly says he is not sure if he should return her borrowed robe, Mary says <i><u>"I'll call the police."</u></i> George responds that <i><u>"They're way downtown. They'll be on my side too."</u> </i>Guys!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ernie becomes a matter of contention in another of Potter's bids to close down the Building and Loan. He mentions how Ernie was turned down for a bank loan but was able to get a mortgage through the Building and Loan because he shoots pool with one of the employees. George vouches for Ernie's character which leads to an impassioned plea to treat the working class with respect. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxj4pRoSHKJLMMEQFn0S_3k6cf-n-0iqtns8TYaPiZaz-haj_cAXj8DEbaljEoGX-JsJwuC8jGO-Jn3C_MBsLcn2PvAKgZI5Q2mSQpKEU-d5V5bZUdxi0Hy__2EjSFcvxCzLEJNhp4eIBXfsVrHyg4JMlCIScNxUKByAoKJloqgKPD5PsJJFuAj1T5=s927" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="927" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxj4pRoSHKJLMMEQFn0S_3k6cf-n-0iqtns8TYaPiZaz-haj_cAXj8DEbaljEoGX-JsJwuC8jGO-Jn3C_MBsLcn2PvAKgZI5Q2mSQpKEU-d5V5bZUdxi0Hy__2EjSFcvxCzLEJNhp4eIBXfsVrHyg4JMlCIScNxUKByAoKJloqgKPD5PsJJFuAj1T5=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div><br />It is the marriage of George to Mary Hatch when we next see Ernie. George and Mary stop kissing long enough for George to notice, <i><u>"Oh look, there's somebody driving this cab."</u> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ernie: Referring to a bottle of champagne, <i>"<u>Bert the cop </u></i><u>(Bert must be a popular name in Bedford Falls.)</u><i><u> sent this over. He said to float away to Happy Land on the bubbles."</u> </i>George responds: <i><u>"Oh look at this. Old Bert. Champagne, huh?</u></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ernie is driving the couple to the train to begin their honeymoon on this rainy day when a run on the bank, and machinations from Potter force George and Mary to use their own honeymoon savings to stave off the closure of the Building and Loan. Ernie escorts and stays near Mary, perhaps ready to help if needed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mary has set up an old abandoned house which means a lot to her as their honeymoon suite. When George asks how she managed it, he gets a kiss as an answer. We can assume that family and friends had something to do with it, especially friends like Bert and Ernie. Bert has finagled posters from some company or other to block the windows on what turned out to be an even rainier night. <i><u>"What we want is beautiful places, romantic places, places George wants to go."</u></i> These guys know and understand each other. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLIQFngzEJkGyvDsJgir3yvWE6ru0_nw_tSpIooCsFHsX5tTZlVDQ5TwDzAihK1i8NkywoILX6tuJwRa2RFzD-wctoTwZl4zZEgA7lMkjx2A1Wn1x85p6XfWM2s5QpJaZsQXSbamS1ah2Z27Su82t_7aR6NoGmWfnkGDrBDZFTlC5JJ3pgDLSDNMWw=s923" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="923" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLIQFngzEJkGyvDsJgir3yvWE6ru0_nw_tSpIooCsFHsX5tTZlVDQ5TwDzAihK1i8NkywoILX6tuJwRa2RFzD-wctoTwZl4zZEgA7lMkjx2A1Wn1x85p6XfWM2s5QpJaZsQXSbamS1ah2Z27Su82t_7aR6NoGmWfnkGDrBDZFTlC5JJ3pgDLSDNMWw=w400-h251" width="400" /></a></div><br />Ernie acts as a butler to the honeymooners and then joins Bert in serenading the couple with <i>I Love You Truly</i>. Ernie kisses Bert on the forehead at the song's conclusion and Bert smashes Ernie's hat before they go their separate ways. The friendships are long standing and filled with ease. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We next see George fighting WW2 on the homefront. Bert the cop was wounded in North Africa and got the Silver Star. Ernie the taxi driver parachuted into France. George's kid brother Harry Bailey played by Todd Karns is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Ernie jokes with George about missing that headline in the local paper to remark on the weather report.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc-TV3R25y8zRZHKimfy4jr_TcZnpcyXPrvBbJcA3CkBTH1KPSIEHYYr-MGCV0MsbMKHMC9pVq9G_7wZQPesGG8dtQB5dAx61PhplhzFtuC5Hp5BafL2dAHyjlQIVE08BUbmGpGyPpV5R9sD2BR76Oa1JGIcIj9whFKyHRqLblLLUoftxd5y_Z9Ch3=s928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="928" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc-TV3R25y8zRZHKimfy4jr_TcZnpcyXPrvBbJcA3CkBTH1KPSIEHYYr-MGCV0MsbMKHMC9pVq9G_7wZQPesGG8dtQB5dAx61PhplhzFtuC5Hp5BafL2dAHyjlQIVE08BUbmGpGyPpV5R9sD2BR76Oa1JGIcIj9whFKyHRqLblLLUoftxd5y_Z9Ch3=w400-h253" width="400" /></a></div><br />It is the Christmas Eve of George's crisis and his guardian angel Clarence arranges for George to see what the world would be like if he had never been born. Bedford Falls is now Pottersville, a wide-open town.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ernie doesn't know George despite George's belief that they are still pals and he has been to Ernie's house a hundred times. George mentions Ernie's wife and kid to solidify the truth of what he is saying only to hear Ernie say that his wife left two years ago and took the kid with her.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Worried about the manic stranger he has picked up, Ernie signals to Bert who follows to the abandoned house George still thinks of as home. George is a stranger to Bert who tries to calm him with <i><u>"Be a good kid"</u></i> before pulling a gun to strike him. Clarence engineers George's escape and unseen forces help Clarence to disappear at the moment Bert tries to cuff him.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnISVl25FEp3wr2QOtEKcSctRCaF0BrrnvSmu_d6ebPdFIYM5JGTaWqD-i1D7f7kN5v3ytuWFoqNxWS9b_GsYOzRJyVp-6_gaovabZq_1F2bXX2LGaL46a-g1is2EfgmJbh22yyNfqdi4yJMQpnTnBTXzqu6d9rj9vCPXWhZpUXHZQi2ba9P-Bucsz=s926" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="926" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnISVl25FEp3wr2QOtEKcSctRCaF0BrrnvSmu_d6ebPdFIYM5JGTaWqD-i1D7f7kN5v3ytuWFoqNxWS9b_GsYOzRJyVp-6_gaovabZq_1F2bXX2LGaL46a-g1is2EfgmJbh22yyNfqdi4yJMQpnTnBTXzqu6d9rj9vCPXWhZpUXHZQi2ba9P-Bucsz=w400-h255" width="400" /></a></div><br />George accosts the unmarried, lonely, and frightened Mary Hatch shouting about their family and their love. The loss of Mary is too much for George. He begins to run as far and as fast as he can from the nightmare that is Pottersville. This time Bert draws his gun to shoot at the crazed George. When he reaches the bridge where he first met Clarence, George prays the prayer of the sincere that he get back to his wife and kids no matter what happens.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bert has been looking for George, finds his abandoned car and tracks him to the bridge. Afraid it is still the Pottersville Bert, George threatens to hit the cop. <i><u>"What in the Sam Hill are you yelling about, George?"</u> </i> When Bert recognizes him, George knows his prayer has been answered and he is back in his world. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At home, there is the bank examiner, reporters, and a man from the district attorney's office with an arrest warrant. There is also Mary who discovered what was happening from Uncle Billy and asked friends for help.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEievW08T5Z0MGmH_lotsLR8nwS3SCQn1MwozZ7rxRnwF9Lq4sQWPv6WDkzY0xt91ABDDoOHF7SXYloUQLhiF5CLD7xGySut-RFmM7UPrKZKSqvhrsdy304TJx_IU2dlexmSsFVaQ6cWYrObie3DrAkM7XjyuyChwi-MhO4SdNfvLYdiZGJKrzYKUCsv=s924" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="924" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEievW08T5Z0MGmH_lotsLR8nwS3SCQn1MwozZ7rxRnwF9Lq4sQWPv6WDkzY0xt91ABDDoOHF7SXYloUQLhiF5CLD7xGySut-RFmM7UPrKZKSqvhrsdy304TJx_IU2dlexmSsFVaQ6cWYrObie3DrAkM7XjyuyChwi-MhO4SdNfvLYdiZGJKrzYKUCsv=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div><br />Help came in the form of friends contributing anything they could to help George. Ernie reads a telegram from Sam Wainwright, the richest of their circle of friends, who authorizes his office to give George up to $25,000. Bert has escorted medal winner Harry from the airport. Harry had left an official banquet and flew through a blizzard to be with his brother George, <i><u>"the richest man in town."</u></i> The happy crowd sings <i>Auld Lange Syne</i> with Bert on the accordion. Oh, and Clarence is no longer an Angel 2nd Class.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We learn a lot about Bert and Ernie through their actions with George and we learn a lot about George through how he is with his friends. The friendship is deep and they are there for each other. <i>It's a Wonderful Life</i> is a movie of rich and layered characters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhR5JhV6xej9kVK5BO6TXVGivkurNu6_6a6s6xx9wgLy3l1xYkWOKIivF0Ura4sYmuNjHiDBJT71B_C99_ZlHm3d1FaR5fTb_y1yEKWigvMLEcdXeqMRniCcQ0wT81XysGvem4jVFuEmw8I7hjSQapbSfcOCHR_PVLJYnJ4ELHJFxgpYJJJmPnknLME=s604" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="485" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhR5JhV6xej9kVK5BO6TXVGivkurNu6_6a6s6xx9wgLy3l1xYkWOKIivF0Ura4sYmuNjHiDBJT71B_C99_ZlHm3d1FaR5fTb_y1yEKWigvMLEcdXeqMRniCcQ0wT81XysGvem4jVFuEmw8I7hjSQapbSfcOCHR_PVLJYnJ4ELHJFxgpYJJJmPnknLME=w321-h400" width="321" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">WARD BOND</div><div style="text-align: center;">April 9, 1903 - November 5, 1960</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nebraska-born Bond was attending the University of Southern California when he and fellow footballer John Wayne found work at Fox Studios as prop men and extras in the John Ford picture <i>Salute</i>, 1929. Unexpectedly, his life's path was set on a show business career with 262 film roles, big and small following and in each and every one, Bond was never less than believable. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bond's 1930s output includes the bus driver in <i>It Happened One Night</i>, the doorman in <i>Dead End</i>, a Union officer in <i>Gone with the Wind</i>, "Jack Cass" in <i>Young Mr. Lincoln</i>, and boisterous Adam in <i>Drums Along the Mohawk</i>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The 1940s would find Bond in fine form as John L. Sullivan in the biopic <i>Gentleman Jim</i>, a Nazi in <i>The Mortal Storm</i>, the penitent "Yank" in <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2012/02/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-february.html" target="_blank"><b>The Long Voyage Home</b></a></i>, peacekeeper Tom Polhaus in <i>The Maltese Falcon</i>, Moose Molloy in <i>The Falcon Takes Over</i>, sympathetic Al in <i>A Guy Named Joe</i>, duplicitous Judge Garvey in <i>Tall in the Saddle</i>, the murderer Honey Bragg in <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/04/favourite-movies-canyon-passage-1946.html" target="_blank"><b>Canyon Passage</b></a></i>, Morgan Earp in <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2013/02/cmba-fabulous-films-of-1940s-blogathon.html" target="_blank"><b>My Darling Clementine</b></a></i>, brave and confident Sgt. Major O'Rourke in <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2012/06/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-june-on.html" target="_blank"><b>Fort Apache</b></a></i>. The finest of these roles are for director John Ford who frequently used the actor as a favourite "whipping boy." Bond was thick-skinned enough to take it and prove his mettle as a screen actor.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The 1950s would bring Bond the opportunity to play/spoof Ford as director "John Dodge" in <i>The Wings of Eagles</i>. He played the title character in <i>Wagon Master</i>, the trustworthy Rev. Clayton in <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2015/06/and-scene-blogathon-searchers-silent.html" target="_blank"><b>The Searchers</b></a></i>, Buck in <i>3 Godfathers</i>, and the amusing Father Lonergan in <i>The Quiet Man</i> - all for Ford. Other outstanding rules include the reactionary John McIvers in <i>Johnny Guitar</i> and the grieving Walter Brent in <i>On Dangerous Ground</i> - both for Nicholas Ray. Note: Ida Lupino also directed portions of <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/03/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-april-on.html" target="_blank"><b>On Dangerous Ground</b></a></i>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSJ9grt03UosHHVEQV6WYz0RwJaWRX9miDPXoUcyw7SqOnQlA-ZPd7c_3eqkKvMrWAmKgqxlFy_2QiW-31rq1Gt7FGATZI7ZwPqTujkqGkIxCyV4XxydcR5I3xYWHhLuRWpi1TItx2Ggg2cYwIz-n1-ptliiUS4yapTjhkbwesALsw2Mt0MNS_yVvH=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSJ9grt03UosHHVEQV6WYz0RwJaWRX9miDPXoUcyw7SqOnQlA-ZPd7c_3eqkKvMrWAmKgqxlFy_2QiW-31rq1Gt7FGATZI7ZwPqTujkqGkIxCyV4XxydcR5I3xYWHhLuRWpi1TItx2Ggg2cYwIz-n1-ptliiUS4yapTjhkbwesALsw2Mt0MNS_yVvH=s320" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ward Bond would become more than a "that guy" character actor with the role of Major Seth Adams in the television classic <i>Wagon Train</i> in 1957. To this day, that character and program is an important and sometimes first association for many fans. Ward Bond's last film role was, perhaps fittingly, as John Wayne's friend in <i>Rio Bravo</i>, 1959.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNDovoa7SSP3mo0gXqRS_qL27ZAH0Lulw1GZo3O_Z2V3MwDyEmG9JrD0XteEUY9jbH7ZJ1Ju66-BTimG2K_LCKvxSLFbMvO_cTSAUZeTdZM0CrRt6qQnJ6l3cKIrtz9xFecqQMu-FjNovyiG4QMY_FHhE48je0Hh73vbjVXYzz7BZFwrlZNpIqnvGH=s841" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="546" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNDovoa7SSP3mo0gXqRS_qL27ZAH0Lulw1GZo3O_Z2V3MwDyEmG9JrD0XteEUY9jbH7ZJ1Ju66-BTimG2K_LCKvxSLFbMvO_cTSAUZeTdZM0CrRt6qQnJ6l3cKIrtz9xFecqQMu-FjNovyiG4QMY_FHhE48je0Hh73vbjVXYzz7BZFwrlZNpIqnvGH=s320" width="208" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ward Bond was married twice and divorced once. A park was named in the actor's honour in his hometown of Benkleman, Nebraska. He was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 2001. A Star on the Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard was established in 1960.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeozf778Tz0NgjYDb3ndiqw5aXv8g3iUrAtAjRMUSRLzGb4T7vT8Fi82ungwOxh1E6OzUIR4JNmF9vo6gsWp2rU_88hBvp60LNJEYLy049YBlMEWJQmFi-hVmL6aISsuxEzP6KLK1et9sJGFySRhMCgYr52PGEx6c5RI1vBouXzG5fjRUW6PuDcKq4=s225" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeozf778Tz0NgjYDb3ndiqw5aXv8g3iUrAtAjRMUSRLzGb4T7vT8Fi82ungwOxh1E6OzUIR4JNmF9vo6gsWp2rU_88hBvp60LNJEYLy049YBlMEWJQmFi-hVmL6aISsuxEzP6KLK1et9sJGFySRhMCgYr52PGEx6c5RI1vBouXzG5fjRUW6PuDcKq4=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">FRANK FAYLEN</div><div style="text-align: center;">December 8, 1905 - August 2, 1985</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Frank Faylen's show business fate was preordained as he was born in a trunk and joined his Vaudevillian parents on stage. A clown and song-and-dance man, Frank settled into steady work as a character actor in Hollywood.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Frank hopscotched through the studios often in uncredited bits as cops, cabbies, reporters, etc. plus some welcome larger supporting roles, and he always left an impression on audiences. Watching your favourite 1930s movies, look for Frank in <i>Marked Woman</i>, <i>San Quentin</i>, <i>They Won't Forget</i>, <i>Idiot's Delight</i>, <i>Five Came Back</i>, <i>Invisible Stripes</i>, and <i>It's a Wonderful World</i>. Personally, I would have liked Warner Brothers to have cast Frank as Paul Drake if they had taken the Perry Mason series to heart as Perry Mason instead of trying to turn him into a Nick Charles lite.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 1940s would still see Frank in the uncredited category, but observant movie fans (my late dad) would be putting the name with the face in <i>They Drive by Night</i>, <i>No Time for Comedy</i>, <i>City for Conquest</i>, <i>Margie</i>, <i>The Reluctant Dragon</i>, <i>Sergeant York</i>, <i>Yankee Doodle Dandy</i>, <i>Wake Island</i>, etc.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Frank would leave the uncredited bits behind in the latter part of the 1940s. Check out <i>Two Years Before the Mast</i>, <i>Road to Rio</i>, <i>Blood on the Moon</i>, the psychotic Whitey in <i>Whispering Smith</i>, and his nasty turn as "Bim" Nolan in <i>The Lost Weekend</i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 1950s would prove a golden time for Frank as a movie character actor in a variety of films including <i>Francis</i>, <i>Detective Story</i>, T<i>he Sniper</i>, and top-notch westerns <i>Gunfight at the O.K. Corral </i>and as the brave Cass in<i> <a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2015/01/the-blogathon-for-randolph-scott.html" target="_blank"><b>Hangman's Knot</b></a></i>. Versatile Frank was also featured in the comedy-musical western spoof <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2021/08/the-joyful-goofiness-of-red-garters-1955.html" target="_blank"><b>Red Garters</b></a></i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiErQ_SICIUMhEtBy-jCzOxgzGQqanVjoHg02PPCAzdPKbeabTRKEwUQYl0lT_NzYayu-sV-v-MPGBTKRwm5IVbbaS4iSsdnOQiJb5Zf216nS4FghAEW37vhGGuT6A60R5c_qATFdyipRK-2E1v-YBZXdYW8hjNfbCdOlALO0U6kbUH0Nj71JkXIeGV=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiErQ_SICIUMhEtBy-jCzOxgzGQqanVjoHg02PPCAzdPKbeabTRKEwUQYl0lT_NzYayu-sV-v-MPGBTKRwm5IVbbaS4iSsdnOQiJb5Zf216nS4FghAEW37vhGGuT6A60R5c_qATFdyipRK-2E1v-YBZXdYW8hjNfbCdOlALO0U6kbUH0Nj71JkXIeGV=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Steve Franken</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sheila James Kuehl, Florida Friebus, Frank Faylen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis</i></div><br />Television would make Frank Faylen even more familiar to audiences as <i>The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis</i> hit the home screen in 1959 and ran until 1963. Frank and Florida Friebus played Herb and Winifred, the parents of Dwayne Hickman's girl-crazy Dobie. The antics of the teen characters, his own son in particular would drive grocer Herb to shout to the Heavens, <i>"I gotta kill that boy!"</i> Check out "Dobie" on YouTube or DVD if you haven't yet seen the program. It is a gem.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Frank's last film role was in <i>Funny Girl</i>, 1968 but you can still spot him pre-retirement on Classic TV in <i>That Girl</i> as Ted Bessell's dad and the 1977 reunion program, <i>Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIeUCQFwDoGvIUUgMRc-C2ZkBpgUT9LqMnqcbuvT-IyxMzU7AAa9YJJiv7R83oLWNOreTVEsKPxvyHQi1jpxlycjfLQJGWBEGQOREHbzTSOyWO8beS1-5fedKWMgry2Y5z9DljAr3SjeacNHVzrxJjQ3FSKWHKUjhHRlNZlTMg2kJ4MBpYmcSWzBBd=s594" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="469" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIeUCQFwDoGvIUUgMRc-C2ZkBpgUT9LqMnqcbuvT-IyxMzU7AAa9YJJiv7R83oLWNOreTVEsKPxvyHQi1jpxlycjfLQJGWBEGQOREHbzTSOyWO8beS1-5fedKWMgry2Y5z9DljAr3SjeacNHVzrxJjQ3FSKWHKUjhHRlNZlTMg2kJ4MBpYmcSWzBBd=w316-h400" width="316" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carol and Frank at a theatre opening in 1952</div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Frank and actress Carol Hughes of <i>Three Men on a Horse</i>, <i>Under Western Stars</i>, <i>Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe</i>, etc. married in 1928. The couple appeared as a double act on stage as well as raising two daughters, Carol and Kay in a marriage that lasted until Frank's passing in 1985.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Of note</u>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Beyond <i>It's a Wonderful Life</i>, revered character actors Ward Bond and Frank Faylen crossed paths in <i>Gone with the Wind</i>, <i>Sergeant York</i>, <i>The Grapes of Wrath</i>, <i>A Guy Named Joe</i>, <i>City for Conquest</i>, <i>Slightly Dangerous</i>, and <i>Waterfront</i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjy1SmPRoOj4SnVSTg7-vB9GJKQKzJmuk2xAQpCDw1IyitiO-0OkUW4P-ykyNWMdO5YXctL1xsHeWwHPxMHTN0ONPn0t8jGnDaopdjkdynjhQqbnexkYB1mZlZOxKXIyyHrb2vumEUMoTlGQhAhOWfe3JPth9v3HSNPHvZBOLIq-lA_jUpm-qnHsi16=s817" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="817" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjy1SmPRoOj4SnVSTg7-vB9GJKQKzJmuk2xAQpCDw1IyitiO-0OkUW4P-ykyNWMdO5YXctL1xsHeWwHPxMHTN0ONPn0t8jGnDaopdjkdynjhQqbnexkYB1mZlZOxKXIyyHrb2vumEUMoTlGQhAhOWfe3JPth9v3HSNPHvZBOLIq-lA_jUpm-qnHsi16=w400-h272" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-35471404663412883012021-12-04T04:50:00.004-08:002021-12-25T07:24:09.995-08:00WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon: Kathleen Harrison<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpYVpF80GFiVzE7dY4Ojb-2Xt7D78-BIKpa7uLzbJXDVXPZsLRlneWr8tfzlR0Bhq9ZiRYkuU3hGRjBH73DpGR67MsSSD9k74jNXdLa5V1jj0PuqFxZDYmfYub2vguBGa38y51M2uItdM6tf067u4slEcy58RFEYnCBCX5w3jOBM8qW8E_krPCe7Xu=s585" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="585" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpYVpF80GFiVzE7dY4Ojb-2Xt7D78-BIKpa7uLzbJXDVXPZsLRlneWr8tfzlR0Bhq9ZiRYkuU3hGRjBH73DpGR67MsSSD9k74jNXdLa5V1jj0PuqFxZDYmfYub2vguBGa38y51M2uItdM6tf067u4slEcy58RFEYnCBCX5w3jOBM8qW8E_krPCe7Xu=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://paulascinemaclub.com/" target="_blank"><b>Paula's Cinema Club</b></a>, <a href="https://kelleepratt.com/" target="_blank"><b>Outspoken & Freckled</b></a>, and <a href="https://aurorasginjoint.com/" target="_blank"><b>Once Upon A Screen</b></a> are hosting their annual <i><b><a href="https://aurorasginjoint.com/2021/11/07/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-tenth-anniversary-of-what-a-character-blogathon-a-riot/" target="_blank">What a Character! Blogathon</a></b></i> on December 4th. It is the 10th anniversary of this highly anticipated event! Thank you, Paula, Kellee, and Aurora.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaNSzv2e0I8S8zgNoVvLP851Va3yYeHNrlWxQ3CqB7p4t1k9oSkEORFNBa1ffvGMx4S8d3Yr3OQHGe89pu_VCktaWcukdC6E4uI4bqcXDSZzkC9Dbiuwf8lNnYYDVlgoEKQZopU1Sf58Qy8YLl00HyTETZUU_VZiRqjpK3uSuFxCSptXzuEQgo9_e7=s317" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="214" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaNSzv2e0I8S8zgNoVvLP851Va3yYeHNrlWxQ3CqB7p4t1k9oSkEORFNBa1ffvGMx4S8d3Yr3OQHGe89pu_VCktaWcukdC6E4uI4bqcXDSZzkC9Dbiuwf8lNnYYDVlgoEKQZopU1Sf58Qy8YLl00HyTETZUU_VZiRqjpK3uSuFxCSptXzuEQgo9_e7=w270-h400" width="270" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Harrison</div><div style="text-align: center;">February 23, 1892 - December 7, 1995</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>"Go out into the Old Kent Road and just listen to the women talking."</i> This was the advice from George Bernard Shaw to Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts student Kathleen Harrison rehearsing the role of Eliza Doolittle in the author's <i>Pygmalion</i>. It would be the making of her career, but the actress would not see overnight success.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJsW8jAcAGV6ZkeZLpcIWVbv2JQMvHftdes5tVBz5iUwfjqB8Ql99CX5ektP4xemflj_QhQvEEzZ5ssV-aYAEoadlzL1VTJmBrQ7gmsTMmZHo5xoRORrucFQ_eGm-u-2R3c8yeo3soZMkq0ifx7alS7h2Zzu0xiScNN9TJTL-51xTJSJM70vFqI0Fy=s630" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJsW8jAcAGV6ZkeZLpcIWVbv2JQMvHftdes5tVBz5iUwfjqB8Ql99CX5ektP4xemflj_QhQvEEzZ5ssV-aYAEoadlzL1VTJmBrQ7gmsTMmZHo5xoRORrucFQ_eGm-u-2R3c8yeo3soZMkq0ifx7alS7h2Zzu0xiScNN9TJTL-51xTJSJM70vFqI0Fy=s320" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Harrison</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">RADA student</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Born in Lancashire and raised in London by her working-class family, young Kathleen aspired to the theatre and while attending RADA in 1914 - 1915 was the recipient of the Du Maurier Bronze Medal. Love entered the actress's life and she was married to John Back from 1916 to his passing in 1960. The family would grow with two sons and a daughter. Her husband's work took the family to Argentina and Spain. A return to England in the 1920s opened up avenues for Kathleen's career. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kathleen's movie career during the 1930s see-sawed between featured roles as in <i>The Ghoul</i> or <i>The Man from Toronto</i> both 1933, and those uncredited in nature as in <i>Inside the Room</i>, 1935.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtRjCUO8P3Be94vJuLcMtTRL8OzM3itBsuCbAlHT_8-gW5nWzFZ1PM_X3ZdIE-Pv3bRXsCo1Kme7UtAPfaGkJzqbx8SJRThBBAGgrL5NtziXysieRb-e__BUMlAnTks16PojlHDMhU11FgyiQdsea8sMn3BW-4oJ7eulMt0AsjuR5OCBWz1DpK1HQU=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtRjCUO8P3Be94vJuLcMtTRL8OzM3itBsuCbAlHT_8-gW5nWzFZ1PM_X3ZdIE-Pv3bRXsCo1Kme7UtAPfaGkJzqbx8SJRThBBAGgrL5NtziXysieRb-e__BUMlAnTks16PojlHDMhU11FgyiQdsea8sMn3BW-4oJ7eulMt0AsjuR5OCBWz1DpK1HQU=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Montgomery as the psychotic Danny</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Terence in <i>Night Must Fall</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Emlyn Williams' 1935 stage success <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/08/summer-under-stars-blogathon-robert.html" target="_blank"><b>Night Must Fall</b></a></i> featured Kathleen in the role of the housekeeper Mrs. Terence and she recreated the role in the 1937 film produced by MGM. Dame May Whitty was Oscar-nominated for recreating her role as Mrs. Bramson.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7_SjtCaoDi429oUybwohw9kCxLfPYlNHJgwt1flWNwmNzKK_5TD7s-pO2fqFaIi-SGEoKU99YujlUfdriRGrrPu8R39xUHT9IeS5pxpGW6oX7zBP7S7MxWoTUSVWoiiO_eeba3vb3O-cv1_zq1NmCRKlGJlbzwI1kOaktWGIS5UbMIaCIK-uMrAZr=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7_SjtCaoDi429oUybwohw9kCxLfPYlNHJgwt1flWNwmNzKK_5TD7s-pO2fqFaIi-SGEoKU99YujlUfdriRGrrPu8R39xUHT9IeS5pxpGW6oX7zBP7S7MxWoTUSVWoiiO_eeba3vb3O-cv1_zq1NmCRKlGJlbzwI1kOaktWGIS5UbMIaCIK-uMrAZr=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Harrison and Kay Walsh in <i>In Which We Serve</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">A telegram from the war office.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />More bits and uncredited roles would follow <i>Night Must Fall</i>, but the always notable actress would garner more memorable performances and films throughout the years including <i>The Ghost Train</i>, and <i>Major Barbara</i> in 1941. <i>In Which We Serve</i>, the WW2 morale booster written by and starring Noel Coward, who co-directed with David Lean gave Kathleen the plum role of Mrs. Blake, the mother to seaman "Shorty" played by John Mills.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtZE1po8j04aMlb8FW2VZRO8HsVzD1BY-M3ZkgthakvYbhNhNDX-ScEUXBS6_FJvt3K6dHRCdhml93Q5DRuU-gAUjIn94fNIuggj6bUeegDeY55xK4_Hyv_HZuVSrXkimV6TooH_XnZg8fjv2bfQuqSWC_4QJtidAcnT02UMHHXd3YTItxZCO8Y_bJ=s900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="900" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtZE1po8j04aMlb8FW2VZRO8HsVzD1BY-M3ZkgthakvYbhNhNDX-ScEUXBS6_FJvt3K6dHRCdhml93Q5DRuU-gAUjIn94fNIuggj6bUeegDeY55xK4_Hyv_HZuVSrXkimV6TooH_XnZg8fjv2bfQuqSWC_4QJtidAcnT02UMHHXd3YTItxZCO8Y_bJ=w400-h200" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jimmy Hanley, Susan Shaw, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Warner, Petula Clark, Jane Hylton</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here Come the Huggetts</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />In 1947 we go to a <i>Holiday Camp</i> with the Huggetts. Joe and Ethel Huggett played by Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison take their family away for the summer. The popularity of the family with audiences would lead to sequels and some tweaking of the family as originally met. The follow-up was <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/08/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-august-on.html" target="_blank"><b>Here Come the Huggetts</b></a></i>, 1948, <i>Vote for Huggett</i>, and <i>The Huggetts Abroad</i>, 1949. <i>Meet the Huggetts</i> was a popular radio program starring Warner and Harrison which ran from 1951 to 1963.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieKIN4aMnXRWGFU2V_wB3jG4brXw_5MJ2LkLgA7hLHfOsDFwc3P3ff2c1L1I3ASSDHhOytRO8K6ekr4D4hMNwDhnAzSRyPg4iPysX8IhOvMDs0aEMebYCkR2G_u6KOoIiy8bjUeN-HCGvbgJyRUOGF1OGzvbiMUY5M6Our5x7mTiFQ8I9Y58iAYhFP=s300" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="238" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieKIN4aMnXRWGFU2V_wB3jG4brXw_5MJ2LkLgA7hLHfOsDFwc3P3ff2c1L1I3ASSDHhOytRO8K6ekr4D4hMNwDhnAzSRyPg4iPysX8IhOvMDs0aEMebYCkR2G_u6KOoIiy8bjUeN-HCGvbgJyRUOGF1OGzvbiMUY5M6Our5x7mTiFQ8I9Y58iAYhFP=w318-h400" width="318" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Harrison as Violet</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Winslow Boy</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Terrence Rattigan's play <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/06/order-in-court-classic-courtroom-drama.html" target="_blank"><b>The Winslow Boy</b></a></i>, based on an Edwardian court case opened in 1946 and the 1948 film version featured two of the original cast members, Kathleen Harrison as the maid Violet and Mona Washbourne as Miss Barnes, a journalist of the sob sister sort.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The film does not bring us to the all-important conclusion of the trial. Instead, we are treated to Kathleen as the loyal Violet emotionally relating all to the Winslow family. The performance and scene are a genuine cathartic treat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjogqozzFjLeiL6JH5jZSXNexiW2viETQfTP3Y27iJvJpFXSZBAIjEjDozUad9ZStQCyA9tfPP0hc5XsZt9amkPxZMtvbzi1uEuf6w7YH2uO1-oZaSQkRCt_iS4L08EtCajxiNbhI5OulRvcZnP6kDf-lF2luAD0iRi3vWAxVenweTOYohlzTyTItYU=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1000" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjogqozzFjLeiL6JH5jZSXNexiW2viETQfTP3Y27iJvJpFXSZBAIjEjDozUad9ZStQCyA9tfPP0hc5XsZt9amkPxZMtvbzi1uEuf6w7YH2uO1-oZaSQkRCt_iS4L08EtCajxiNbhI5OulRvcZnP6kDf-lF2luAD0iRi3vWAxVenweTOYohlzTyTItYU=w400-h329" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Harrison, Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Turn the Key Softly</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />Turn the Key Softly</i>, 1953 finds Kathleen in the murky world of film noir in a film based on a novel by John Brophy which follows three women on their first day of freedom after being released from Holloway Prison. Yvonne Mitchell plays Monica who was led into crime by her boyfriend. Joan Collins plays prostitute Stella. Kathleen Harrison is a poverty-stricken shoplifter, Granny Quilliam.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Critical reception for the honesty in the film, and the performances of our trio of ex-convicts was laudatory. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>"Kathleen Harrison contributes the film's top portrayal. She makes the loneliness of the poor and unwanted strikingly real."</i></div><div style="text-align: right;">- New York Times</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtsP2pSGng_BdV2-cTCOXbfa06-N93QpXv_Xu7OWOGSVLv3b7b2fuE59H3bIxO32uJ43P8j7yIV9t8Fr9UFHzCPzOZ3R0EqDNQsKXGKCH-zNkw0dKnf_hxGpSQoYfFsOCTnC9i8CwmMcmMXNtCmtlF__DiAYQ8ggq2iIM9plr56FJ3wdOrPWk3uu5V=s320" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="320" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtsP2pSGng_BdV2-cTCOXbfa06-N93QpXv_Xu7OWOGSVLv3b7b2fuE59H3bIxO32uJ43P8j7yIV9t8Fr9UFHzCPzOZ3R0EqDNQsKXGKCH-zNkw0dKnf_hxGpSQoYfFsOCTnC9i8CwmMcmMXNtCmtlF__DiAYQ8ggq2iIM9plr56FJ3wdOrPWk3uu5V=w400-h211" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Flemying, Kathleen Harrison, Dirk Bogarde</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cast a Dark Shadow</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/10/a-worthy-october-villain-dirk-bogarde.html" target="_blank"><b>Cast a Dark Shadow</b></a></i>, 1955 is another film noir starring Dirk Bogarde as a charming psychopath who kills his older wife played by Mona Washbourne (see <i>The Winslow Boy</i>) for her money. He even goes so far as to cheat the maid Emmy played by Kathleen out of her paltry bequest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfs1xMkxR5rXNHDzIH2z2Jzr3Oscq8rU_LEHmTRCMafhPwJqJnlYPE8l7N1o-9j-eZ5T1ZEjH4EgPkmVmF7E0nmhTzEycbcQSMUDohr9iZPKHRaWQeyfFsLfEwHA4_GEh7F6aNz0ONJGUPNl9Xp3GjwPvbqdQph5H3qdS1kdLllrOptAaulEBlKbj5=s556" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="556" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfs1xMkxR5rXNHDzIH2z2Jzr3Oscq8rU_LEHmTRCMafhPwJqJnlYPE8l7N1o-9j-eZ5T1ZEjH4EgPkmVmF7E0nmhTzEycbcQSMUDohr9iZPKHRaWQeyfFsLfEwHA4_GEh7F6aNz0ONJGUPNl9Xp3GjwPvbqdQph5H3qdS1kdLllrOptAaulEBlKbj5=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Estelle Winwood, Sybil Thorndyke, Kathleen Harrison</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Alive and Kicking</i>, 1958</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Here's another trio of actresses with whom to reckon, Estelle Winwood, Dame Sybil Thorndyke, and Kathleen Harrison in <i>Alive and Kicking</i>, 1958 as three retirees who run away from a senior's home. Go, girls!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kathleen Harrison told a reporter that her favourite author was Charles Dickens and she certainly made her mark in filmizations of his work.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHVLLd7U0nTXtwbSK7r8-JlzNfCWBx9eSJPhX-jJQRMcA_SVYzaZjylltXLPwgN82HaKn6fIMmZSfxoH_9UAAWf-FYTd5pMDrEVpNxw1NgCDzbCMueCMrGMb_vrt-VsiVG-QOkgNRaIgInlS8hMNviD8Lt8-9VnXrRDiuUX5gm6RzBVsGUUqEwfZDv=s320" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHVLLd7U0nTXtwbSK7r8-JlzNfCWBx9eSJPhX-jJQRMcA_SVYzaZjylltXLPwgN82HaKn6fIMmZSfxoH_9UAAWf-FYTd5pMDrEVpNxw1NgCDzbCMueCMrGMb_vrt-VsiVG-QOkgNRaIgInlS8hMNviD8Lt8-9VnXrRDiuUX5gm6RzBVsGUUqEwfZDv=w320-h240" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen as the nasty Mrs. Sowerberry in <i>Oliver Twist</i>, 1948</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by David Lean</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfuM2ScdRKSMWw52Y1tHRJfrKmj8WiEjMGRI-rPf-xTIz8NYeqQaGGPEzqbU5gUMXgwn9cjUSX0D1wUBQOmyqZnfwx9dFClUBx9B1ARoXxOULXeyT3CwUnlibVNoLWmxqtRyttZ36q69ogluLjBpMnYxGUst1GaTIpOPZoQ5izy_uxCootswA-8wCJ=s298" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="169" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfuM2ScdRKSMWw52Y1tHRJfrKmj8WiEjMGRI-rPf-xTIz8NYeqQaGGPEzqbU5gUMXgwn9cjUSX0D1wUBQOmyqZnfwx9dFClUBx9B1ARoXxOULXeyT3CwUnlibVNoLWmxqtRyttZ36q69ogluLjBpMnYxGUst1GaTIpOPZoQ5izy_uxCootswA-8wCJ=w227-h400" width="227" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen as the gullible Rachel Wardle in <i>The Pickwick Papers</i>, 1952</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by Noel Langley</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSyQ4pztm2NZSzAhupTfHazs7ZpFFeKeVtilGRn04dlQzsaWbWJYqr4Vssl86-WIreYl-R2CNDYrQRV62Jz2zKy0snwe8-6lNOBG12VVZ7jlecyi9ItmEzZFzRktPa2eZA8hU0oqam5XFK0TD5NqHIa-kDBSCg3FMETId3oRrE-V3kNGoRgfjNtd1S=s320" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSyQ4pztm2NZSzAhupTfHazs7ZpFFeKeVtilGRn04dlQzsaWbWJYqr4Vssl86-WIreYl-R2CNDYrQRV62Jz2zKy0snwe8-6lNOBG12VVZ7jlecyi9ItmEzZFzRktPa2eZA8hU0oqam5XFK0TD5NqHIa-kDBSCg3FMETId3oRrE-V3kNGoRgfjNtd1S" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kathleen as befuddled charlady Mrs. Dilber in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, 1951</div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The crown jewel of these performances may well be Mrs. Dilber in the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol aka Scrooge. Second-billed behind Alastair Sim, Kathleen's talent at characterization and Noel Langley's script make charwoman Mrs. Dilber a memorable personality that not even Dickens himself envisioned. She is a vibrant personality with whom we share the experience of life in Scrooge's orbit. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On television, Kathleen played the aptly-named Mrs. Prigg in a 1964 production of <i>Martin Chuzzlewitt</i>, and the well-intentioned Henrietty Boffin in <i>Our Mutual Friend</i> in 1976.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZhWljRkT5e6gb4kbTIkZXDmj7CNHlExMD2Y1sW_rhJUknnTBuxa4CD9PPYfCZW8-5ypZ63wTAe9YN1IZGTZL18py2AkqSYbchPc5FfA4KjBX_yCSi_qBRxiO1ymfEBzKakZkD5sWvHOfh1l97HSRf55jJOTrhwS_TJ3UwGnNYKgJodsH01zk9eudj=s375" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="266" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZhWljRkT5e6gb4kbTIkZXDmj7CNHlExMD2Y1sW_rhJUknnTBuxa4CD9PPYfCZW8-5ypZ63wTAe9YN1IZGTZL18py2AkqSYbchPc5FfA4KjBX_yCSi_qBRxiO1ymfEBzKakZkD5sWvHOfh1l97HSRf55jJOTrhwS_TJ3UwGnNYKgJodsH01zk9eudj=w284-h400" width="284" /></a></div><br />The 1966-1967 television series <i>Mrs. Thursday</i>, saw Kathleen as a charlady whose late employer left her his fortune and company. Quite a step up that came with quite a few problems. Created by playwright Lord Ted Willis with Kathleen Harrison in mind, the program was a popular comedy-drama that explored the good and the ill that came with Alice Thursday's luck. The show ran for three series of 38 episodes, and a few of them can be found on YouTube. The working actress was now a star thanks to the television success.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>"Because of my popularity as Mrs. Thursday, I can't go shopping anymore. It's embarrassing to be recognized and stopped all the time."</i></div><div style="text-align: right;">- Kathleen Harrison quote on the IMDb</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kathleen's final television appearance was in the <i>Danger UXB</i> episode <i>The Quiet Weekend</i>, 1979. Her final film role was in <i>The London Connection</i>, 1979 where she is billed as "Elderly Lady."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We are aware that actors do not have ages, per se, but age ranges. However, even character actresses must consider age when wondering whether producers and directors are considering stamina in their hiring process. Kathleen would knock five or six years off her age throughout her working life but returned to her original birthdate when it came time to receive the 100th birthday message from Queen Elizabeth II in 1992.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a Jim McPherson report in <i>The Toronto Sun</i> dated 1989, 91-year-old Kathleen was living with a son in London and "hale and hearty." Cheering news for all of us fans who wished her well all the days of her 103 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-83112339389580784602021-12-01T06:52:00.005-08:002021-12-01T07:47:24.061-08:00CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR DECEMBER ON TCM<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYxuN3nXRedorz4U28M5Na8xmLI4lQ8wvDAZ0GgFUVggHplGyFQWMm4BfZsE1crv2eOKF5NTqMkVmDkVpIRiB4iltAR0rv4cmQw77hEnl811TxIF5PhegsjpK_te2MGTW6HkRK95cFUs_CMjxM3XHs64li0YR8kQ-gyCQF36q6wX7i0FSIt2eQZ689=s550" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="550" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYxuN3nXRedorz4U28M5Na8xmLI4lQ8wvDAZ0GgFUVggHplGyFQWMm4BfZsE1crv2eOKF5NTqMkVmDkVpIRiB4iltAR0rv4cmQw77hEnl811TxIF5PhegsjpK_te2MGTW6HkRK95cFUs_CMjxM3XHs64li0YR8kQ-gyCQF36q6wX7i0FSIt2eQZ689=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Can you believe that winter and the Christmas holidays are practically here? It is time to get cozy and revel in some sweet-natured nostalgia. Released in 1944, <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i> provided just such a relief for audiences weary from the struggle of World War Two. Enjoying <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i> in 2021, perhaps we can find some respite from the ravages of COVID-19; the loss, the fear, the guidelines, and the unfathomable controversies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyZCmTc5ETstA5bvND6UmMsU5ssP6gazQlP34AKHPTf_064OTvlEQG5iDt7iT6le5quZ6xj_s-UT7wsItKl5UE9P-zT_bgs_IgGt-wiAZzHAyfvRw7HlThNmC6rrPaXe11ozkXYofhcP3LkCtc_gsGS44ZIy1oScTbiY52eGEUwHFrDSNrnCG1UJmX=s393" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="249" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyZCmTc5ETstA5bvND6UmMsU5ssP6gazQlP34AKHPTf_064OTvlEQG5iDt7iT6le5quZ6xj_s-UT7wsItKl5UE9P-zT_bgs_IgGt-wiAZzHAyfvRw7HlThNmC6rrPaXe11ozkXYofhcP3LkCtc_gsGS44ZIy1oScTbiY52eGEUwHFrDSNrnCG1UJmX=w203-h320" width="203" /></a></div><br />Author Sally Benson had looked back on her happy childhood in St. Louis and compiled a series of vignettes under the title <i>5135 Kensington</i> and MGM purchased the stories to film. Ms. Benson added more stories to the collection and it was released by Random House under the movie title of <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i>. The studio did not use a screenplay by Sally Benson but one by Irving Brecher (<i>Du Barry Was a Lady</i>) and Fred Finklehoffe (<i>Strike Up the Band</i>) with uncredited assists. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i> was the follow-up picture for Broadway costumer and set designer Vincente Minnelli after <i>Cabin in the Sky</i>. His contract with MGM allowed him to apprentice and study the workings of the studio prior to directing. Minnelli's artistic sensibilities and eye for colour and detail make his film work exquisite. <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i> benefits from all of Minnelli's many talents.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cinematographer George J. Folsey was nominated for an Oscar for <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i>, his fifth of 11 nominations. The superb costumes by Irene Sharaff and the set design and art direction magically transport us to the world of 1903.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2JhdcmNNiVUXVLl3ml_thZeuiy983TyuAbUgiD0q_6uOROVp0mS7yDmZq41HyCKraJ5Q1pkb58DgP8k2qmIDeouS3gG-Zt23KSjCUalnTAv-iRbB1MRTpMqC77c1rwCXI1GQeiHiyXwdB7i8RwOpIHpSZ6uPeNFp7AQNtCZ2yy9PMGgZQ149fig4n=s704" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="704" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2JhdcmNNiVUXVLl3ml_thZeuiy983TyuAbUgiD0q_6uOROVp0mS7yDmZq41HyCKraJ5Q1pkb58DgP8k2qmIDeouS3gG-Zt23KSjCUalnTAv-iRbB1MRTpMqC77c1rwCXI1GQeiHiyXwdB7i8RwOpIHpSZ6uPeNFp7AQNtCZ2yy9PMGgZQ149fig4n=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Joan Carroll, Harry Davenport</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Henry H. Daniels Jr.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />Following Sally Benson's template of a year in the life of the Smith family through the seasons, the basic story is deceptively simple as the audience shares a year, like all years with its joys, sorrows, and hopes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The parents are lawyer Alonzo and homemaker Anna played by Leon Ames and Mary Astor. Their children are Lon Jr., Rose, Esther, Agnes, and Tootie played by Henry H. Daniels Jr., Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Joan Carroll, and Margaret O'Brien. Rounding out the household is Grandpa Prophater played by Harry Davenport and the cook Katie played by Marjorie Main. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Romance takes up a lot of the younger generation's time. Rose has a beau named Warren Sheffield played by Robert Sully but that doesn't keep her from casting her eye toward Col. Darly played by Hugh Marlowe. While away at college, Lon Jr. is attracted to socialite Lucille Ballard played by June Lockhart. Esther is besotted by the boy next door, John Truett played by Tom Drake. Meanwhile, Agnes and Tootie shake the world with their independent troublemaking. Tootie has a particular talent for --- well, let's call it impishness.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsYKRDQImBMvu0QD8JDSZIMQQzMun4TGT1SGGY-ydbXQrdRRsMa0gTO-W1rLK2QM_AXQsamLwPep6Drcs6cyy_yA_n5i8MQ07E09dVxNyfzRLSljLxBXBZ0kv8NSMkY_t6xyQgttU2fE-pjTUie97XYaaZyLYZQRgGKWI1vOrsygHHq9FbaGP0413J=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1573" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsYKRDQImBMvu0QD8JDSZIMQQzMun4TGT1SGGY-ydbXQrdRRsMa0gTO-W1rLK2QM_AXQsamLwPep6Drcs6cyy_yA_n5i8MQ07E09dVxNyfzRLSljLxBXBZ0kv8NSMkY_t6xyQgttU2fE-pjTUie97XYaaZyLYZQRgGKWI1vOrsygHHq9FbaGP0413J=w400-h308" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mary Astor, Leon Ames</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The big news in the town is the upcoming World's Fair. The big news in the Smith household is Mr. Smith's promotion and transfer to New York City. A large household with many different personalities does not mean that everyone will be on the same page concerning such a momentous change. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The songs for <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i> by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane include the Oscar-nominated <i>The Trolley Song</i>, and <i>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</i> which quickly became a holiday standard. Both composer and lyricist were inductees to the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNeaUORZTxyXsH0BhlkYBGQgMhDZGA74gUyVRbFEJdgS_-9LLflmWLa3Jea8t4ZO5LYtrmIF06LEgW8cKBwkjakmcMva7PyLGvIk0Kr78G7eU-o3CnXp2zyxgF4V5dOIOAwxpnQLWKgAx6VSkvY6FgJ_NTvAoPZoBBNjrWG_RlNOq9iK5owCcxY3Rv=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="500" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNeaUORZTxyXsH0BhlkYBGQgMhDZGA74gUyVRbFEJdgS_-9LLflmWLa3Jea8t4ZO5LYtrmIF06LEgW8cKBwkjakmcMva7PyLGvIk0Kr78G7eU-o3CnXp2zyxgF4V5dOIOAwxpnQLWKgAx6VSkvY6FgJ_NTvAoPZoBBNjrWG_RlNOq9iK5owCcxY3Rv=w400-h301" width="400" /></a></div><br />Filled with laughter and tears, song and heart, <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i> never fails to work its magic. Let it do so again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGDXkhBqXjBvQR-M1FQOMyv0vbL6fQ-8OOOslBdyEaeGg54a8egZzKaSFY0ZbWTht9PAPfZITn5iM1TyCAB1YDs5AIR-BQ_zt4k0DMYwgj0l5hChZrNMwlbeY4WyIF0jo8amLqdgg4yWvmA8GgAFJa5_gcKkn16uQKI-an9kde56zUZX_zPQbFWd9S=s718" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="546" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGDXkhBqXjBvQR-M1FQOMyv0vbL6fQ-8OOOslBdyEaeGg54a8egZzKaSFY0ZbWTht9PAPfZITn5iM1TyCAB1YDs5AIR-BQ_zt4k0DMYwgj0l5hChZrNMwlbeY4WyIF0jo8amLqdgg4yWvmA8GgAFJa5_gcKkn16uQKI-an9kde56zUZX_zPQbFWd9S=s320" width="243" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">TCM is screening <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i> on Saturday, December 4th. The afternoon begins with the 2011 documentary <i>Night at the Movies: A Merry Christmas</i> and is followed by <i>Little Women</i>, 1949, <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i>, and<i> It Happened on 5th Avenue</i> as holiday viewing begins in earnest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further opportunities to see <i>Meet Me in St. Louis</i> on TCM in December are Tuesday the 21st and Friday the 24th.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-61808604043940930122021-11-22T04:32:00.004-08:002021-11-22T04:33:37.394-08:00NOIRVEMBER HOTEL: Tight Spot, 1955<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDi05-kPGUcMbPaejqz4sBl39hm8Rs0R1fu5j8zsROp1ZsTs_RLRSyMDNmpN9qOvv6LvzQnSRxFN0f0mcHQqEoVEBxRApA9HjAKt80OIankIgr73t5TfCrw8iJZh78tuGP0ywm1LAei6TnFciaWeU4AqTmvUB-92-c8BW4p5Pj6WlyARQ18zX6E65R=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="354" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDi05-kPGUcMbPaejqz4sBl39hm8Rs0R1fu5j8zsROp1ZsTs_RLRSyMDNmpN9qOvv6LvzQnSRxFN0f0mcHQqEoVEBxRApA9HjAKt80OIankIgr73t5TfCrw8iJZh78tuGP0ywm1LAei6TnFciaWeU4AqTmvUB-92-c8BW4p5Pj6WlyARQ18zX6E65R=w284-h400" width="284" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">It was interesting to discover recently in the decades between my first and second viewing of <i>Tight Spot</i>, 1955 how much of the movie remained vivid in my memory; a true sign that something is working. In my opinion, that something was director Phil Karlson whose way with a well-paced western or crime picture truly came to a peak in the 1950s with pictures such as <i>Gunman's Walk</i> and <i>The Brothers Rico</i>.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">William Bowers (<i>Cry Danger</i>) screenplay was based on a play by Leonard Kantor titled <i>Dead Pigeon</i> which had a brief run of 21 performances on Broadway over the Christmas holiday of 1953-1954. The three person drama set in a single hotel room featured Joan Lorring (<i>The Corn is Green</i>) as a potential trial witness with Lloyd Bridges (<i>The Sound of Fury</i>) and James Gregory (<i>The Manchurian Candidate</i>) as her police detective guards.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Samuel French synopsis reads: "Two detectives bring a young lady from the penitentiary to a secluded seaside hotel and hold her in protective custody before her appearance at a murder trial. Actually, the girl knows nothing about the murder of a gangster but has turned state's witness in order to get a day's vacation from prison. But the underworld does not know this: nor do the detectives who are in league with the underworld and who are ordered to kill the girl. But the younger of the men has a heart and a bit of a conscience left. He upsets things when he falls in love with the girl. The menace that night comes from the other detective who is undeterred in his mission of murder."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6x0MvE5GbHcOHuR8I3xbDepM08k3u8jmsBUQkZn4EvnyrvC8q2P0ObwGU-vihAlKqxPOPd-QQdn4dFTRkjt9SKZfGs8L0cYuFIG46aLm7LMyxH9a7hG5ByIRaugW2puYbxMburQ73fAPnTJiDa2TJW4VIxFsTnDX8yC-fdeHLbvNeQTfJ1RYdrxne=s736" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6x0MvE5GbHcOHuR8I3xbDepM08k3u8jmsBUQkZn4EvnyrvC8q2P0ObwGU-vihAlKqxPOPd-QQdn4dFTRkjt9SKZfGs8L0cYuFIG46aLm7LMyxH9a7hG5ByIRaugW2puYbxMburQ73fAPnTJiDa2TJW4VIxFsTnDX8yC-fdeHLbvNeQTfJ1RYdrxne=w400-h320" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Sherry Conley played by Ginger Rogers is in a tight spot. She has less than a year left on her five year prison sentence, having assisted a less than honest boyfriend in a payroll robbery. How was she to know what he had in mind? Sherry has information that can assist the Feds in getting a conviction on a mobster. It is an undesirable alien rap that can only result in deportation, but it is better than nothing. Until now witnesses have disappeared or been killed. The prosecutor has one weekend to convince Sherry to "do her duty." Sherry doesn't think it is worth it although she will take advantage of the sudden plush accommodations. Of course, the mob only wants to tie up loose ends and that means Sherry Conley must die.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ginger Rogers was perhaps ten years or so older than the character as presented through the dialogue. The tweaking of a line here or there would have assisted in her characterization. In fact, though no means a hag (We should all look so good in that polka dot dress.), her been-around-the-block status assists with the character of Sherry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ginger brings her considerable professionalism and instincts to the role as the actress was always adept at the quips which make up a lot of film noir dialogue. The character of Sherry Conley finds sisterhood with much of Ginger's filmography, the neglected and abused Ellie May Adams in <i>Primerose Path</i>, the vainglorious <i>Roxie Hart</i>, and the vulnerable convict Mary Marshall in <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/12/the-third-fred-astaire-and-ginger.html" target="_blank"><b>I'll Be Seeing You</b></a></i>.</div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMrFNDqRNVYG_Pz3yoY_R_UU9cIFNxczbP8g8NeBtz6LeCBFFUBeITrRubjQxrENwVRaUNM8RyRoUy8whUbT9nEEvAxf5Ih5h3paa-WB-rtN9JVBM4Re_pKB5b4D35QEBCl54FaG4MGIijh6p59Lrpf_0dooY2etty7c62vmiuVWnXwIUnvQFqPNuf=s249" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="249" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMrFNDqRNVYG_Pz3yoY_R_UU9cIFNxczbP8g8NeBtz6LeCBFFUBeITrRubjQxrENwVRaUNM8RyRoUy8whUbT9nEEvAxf5Ih5h3paa-WB-rtN9JVBM4Re_pKB5b4D35QEBCl54FaG4MGIijh6p59Lrpf_0dooY2etty7c62vmiuVWnXwIUnvQFqPNuf=w400-h324" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Detective Vince Striker played by Brian Keith is in a tight spot. He's worked hard on this case but he realizes what is at stake for the reluctant witness. It is the sort of detail he would rather avoid. His reasons are many and varied, but suffice to say he is in as tight a spot as he has ever been in his life.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Brian Keith was breaking out of the uncredited portion of his career with a number of fine and tough-minded characters during this period, mostly at Columbia. See <i>The Violent Men</i>, <i>5 Against the House</i>, and <i>Nightfall</i>. Ruggedly handsome and adept at his craft, Vince Striker is a character that gives the actor a myriad of emotions to convey and some nice action sequences.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Prosecutor Lloyd Hallett played by Edward G. Robinson is in a tight spot. The mob has all the power and the means of getting information that should be secret. The mob is powerful and committed. Killing isn't an option they use occasionally; they are brazen with the tactic. The deportation isn't what Hallett has spent years building up a case for, but the time is now and he needs this witness.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Edward G. Robinson channels a bit of Barton Keyes from <i>Double Indemnity</i> as he deals with his resistant witness and the leak in his department. Particularly satisfying is a scene with the mobster's lawyer where Hallett holds nothing back in his feelings about the criminal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG3wWZWds6TADpuCnL6msZhWi9D9UsHTTbM7diUW6P3oa5YLFjsM3vwr6JgmYLbhWmUOZDZckgad1K1FkGDfpdjjxVX3BvOBXQ9QsLdMz9Hh8v68MYtzc7KKdZ090fWxBbyn37SpJMdOrvhfj4UCHjqHhcRqEUt875nEJYoUplTNQm08LRz98qjMoU=s480" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG3wWZWds6TADpuCnL6msZhWi9D9UsHTTbM7diUW6P3oa5YLFjsM3vwr6JgmYLbhWmUOZDZckgad1K1FkGDfpdjjxVX3BvOBXQ9QsLdMz9Hh8v68MYtzc7KKdZ090fWxBbyn37SpJMdOrvhfj4UCHjqHhcRqEUt875nEJYoUplTNQm08LRz98qjMoU=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Mobster Benjamin Costain played by Lloyd Greene is in a tight spot. Every time he gets rid of one "loose end" the Feds come up with another. This time it is some dame he doesn't even remember who can finger him for this stupid deportation. Sherry is merely another nuisance to be taken out. Costain has no doubt in his power and is an angry man, but can he keep all of his team in line?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lorne Greene, the legendary Canadian broadcaster appears in his second Hollywood feature as the mobster Costain. His barely contained anger makes the character a frightening antagonist. Despite the might of the law collected against him, Costain's arrogance will not imagine defeat.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The play is opened up from the hotel room to give the audience views of the penitentiary, city streets, and the intrusion of television. The prison shows us Sherry's present circumstances, how she has adapted, and why she would like a break. The city streets bring us shop windows, people, and sudden violence. The television intrudes with an insipid telethon with a mediocre entertainer to contrast the life and death stakes facing our characters.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I find <i>Tight Spot</i> an engrossing and fascinating crime drama with an outstanding cast and taut direction. If you haven't seen it, give it a try. If, like me, you saw it eons ago, surprise yourself with a revisit to the Noirvember Hotel.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Of note</u>:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFuwXbdh1HqEH16icdeePrs-eujPC6W5HFIknEiaIZtWcQwW9siGTqwYQL5KCyyqbxo9wevvuZLlETHm3TzbWUsXeBes5oSq3F5LMIeCkt46ik_-RnuOSLGAXfdZo-q9Xj1pawK9h0IeIX0go31gpZy7gKQVxBG626FZ9ItVjgZXJoaqmFULkQfWiy=s512" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="512" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFuwXbdh1HqEH16icdeePrs-eujPC6W5HFIknEiaIZtWcQwW9siGTqwYQL5KCyyqbxo9wevvuZLlETHm3TzbWUsXeBes5oSq3F5LMIeCkt46ik_-RnuOSLGAXfdZo-q9Xj1pawK9h0IeIX0go31gpZy7gKQVxBG626FZ9ItVjgZXJoaqmFULkQfWiy=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Actress Katherine Anderson is a ray of sunshine in the dark environs as prison guard Willoughby. According to online sources, Ms. Anderson turns 99 on December 11th. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-68593682204662200222021-11-12T06:45:00.006-08:002021-11-28T04:57:36.508-08:00THE DISTRACTION BLOGATHON: Sherlock Holmes in Washington, 1943<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkHs5Oqf2lSMVfR6NKDCpBqHS4w2H4ndo2331g-hROQ-hrn3iv1kKrUUvMRMzc3sQMsHGFhbm-7mF5GsFZkxrrZE8B64FB6r5w_-ng0ANu1bRIy3-s7HaBTDP026lNRrjz5WMXMDPV0c/s648/distractionblogathon2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="648" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkHs5Oqf2lSMVfR6NKDCpBqHS4w2H4ndo2331g-hROQ-hrn3iv1kKrUUvMRMzc3sQMsHGFhbm-7mF5GsFZkxrrZE8B64FB6r5w_-ng0ANu1bRIy3-s7HaBTDP026lNRrjz5WMXMDPV0c/s320/distractionblogathon2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rebecca Deniston of <i><b><a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Taking Up Room</a></b></i> is hosting <b><i>The Distraction Blogathon</i></b> from November 12th to 14th. Join the fun <a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/the-distraction-blogathon-has-arrived/" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>. <a href="https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/the-distraction-blogathon-wrapup/" target="_blank"><b>Blogathon Wrapup</b></a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: right;"><b style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">Rebecca's blogathon mandate:<i> "MacGuffin's. Red herrings. Dangling carrots. Bait and switch. Whatever. We all know how movies mess with our heads."</i></b></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNz4I2BIZUVnyysHZ72OXrRq-eRqBt_oWdB4vDWGRRtiyiYy9ZtOJimymHAkWyW6Oa3oH2jdIAj-3jKr2leLVt9B3SO_2vdLOAysMp3iWzYPnT46l9wzGWOTBYVXAa8NGylc00378d1xk/s500/sherlockholmesinwashington1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNz4I2BIZUVnyysHZ72OXrRq-eRqBt_oWdB4vDWGRRtiyiYy9ZtOJimymHAkWyW6Oa3oH2jdIAj-3jKr2leLVt9B3SO_2vdLOAysMp3iWzYPnT46l9wzGWOTBYVXAa8NGylc00378d1xk/w261-h400/sherlockholmesinwashington1.jpg" width="261" /></a></i></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;"><u>My contribution to the blogathon includes both a distraction and a MacGuffin.</u></span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlndfpiy1LxUSSD9Grz07yx9lSypVLKo04mv3bCTTk9vawk65YwZ9pVlMbCtXA2ohAGc3BUxNXCyO0lYndr8iHrZn3Vl4Lv63wZAql7zOKkytcTXxVCHuvcMS34cwaT4T_bac9zsxgxo/s917/washington11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="917" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlndfpiy1LxUSSD9Grz07yx9lSypVLKo04mv3bCTTk9vawk65YwZ9pVlMbCtXA2ohAGc3BUxNXCyO0lYndr8iHrZn3Vl4Lv63wZAql7zOKkytcTXxVCHuvcMS34cwaT4T_bac9zsxgxo/w400-h258/washington11.png" width="400" /></a></div>Basil Rathbone</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Putting the distraction in <i>The Distraction Blogathon</i> is Basil's "do" as Sherlock Holmes. It is not the first time he has startled us in this way but, thankfully, it will be the last.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzlG2ki_YsNHezo0lFyErL6mF6JdkmZB7swwkhjxddHL7wDgvBHEzrgmhdxLmxQCA550xu26pL3Kc621RtJn2XahAXwNDjdI5XkML0wFGwiDtkVaL7PEKV1aNkDT9W6C8Da2uqSOe_lA/s916/washington2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="916" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzlG2ki_YsNHezo0lFyErL6mF6JdkmZB7swwkhjxddHL7wDgvBHEzrgmhdxLmxQCA550xu26pL3Kc621RtJn2XahAXwNDjdI5XkML0wFGwiDtkVaL7PEKV1aNkDT9W6C8Da2uqSOe_lA/w400-h255/washington2.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gerald Hamer</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Meet John Grayson, an unassuming law clerk who is in actuality Alfred Pettibone, secret agent. He is transporting vital information from the U.K. to the American government. He and the document are in danger.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbibnTsKrhlhLVqr5ixeq7v_Ld-OkdsfnYpW_qY3KVzYNm3hQ9bPTAx2TETJb_fP7UxLKgr4tYk7KqkWqstAvjG9B82WIgYITbY9hzhJL72DBWiJTmFdgv11zWgn75wBE02RtxZ0_ZGM/s918/washington4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="918" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbibnTsKrhlhLVqr5ixeq7v_Ld-OkdsfnYpW_qY3KVzYNm3hQ9bPTAx2TETJb_fP7UxLKgr4tYk7KqkWqstAvjG9B82WIgYITbY9hzhJL72DBWiJTmFdgv11zWgn75wBE02RtxZ0_ZGM/w400-h255/washington4.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marjorie Lord, Thurston Hall, Gerald Hamer, Clarence Muse</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Onboard the train from NYC to Washington, Nancy Partridge innocently asks for a light and gets more than she bargained for as Agent Pettibone slips his matchbook, which is more than a matchbook into her handbag. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPOsa8ELulhk_yy-lnDZ3aXKb3XZMHyb4zui-EAcE-8beKaNQkkJgBs62wxxtODNtivMlfjbl8PRl3KSx1t0VaMzqDnqwOzh7Q8jpBJdAQ5JKQ7nKeO3tUHreBQxva9IjteA1GFL6u1U/s921/washington9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="921" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPOsa8ELulhk_yy-lnDZ3aXKb3XZMHyb4zui-EAcE-8beKaNQkkJgBs62wxxtODNtivMlfjbl8PRl3KSx1t0VaMzqDnqwOzh7Q8jpBJdAQ5JKQ7nKeO3tUHreBQxva9IjteA1GFL6u1U/w400-h256/washington9.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Clarence Muse, Marjorie Lord, John Archer</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the journey's end, Nancy meets her fiance Lt. Merriam. In three days' time (he only has a three-day pass), the happy couple will be married.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vMmDeZ8RNx7x9-Zmw-BCcEqa5DFVVWhAZLvjf0Yvrb8KiwjU3T7AkHESXLIkTAoHj9A4HIC_DeKHLZQSFxCsNn07zsXbxq61Qjj0A7PhvPp55UoOZ6R_zm156HzJFsw-17mSCdsK52o/s913/washington8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="913" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vMmDeZ8RNx7x9-Zmw-BCcEqa5DFVVWhAZLvjf0Yvrb8KiwjU3T7AkHESXLIkTAoHj9A4HIC_DeKHLZQSFxCsNn07zsXbxq61Qjj0A7PhvPp55UoOZ6R_zm156HzJFsw-17mSCdsK52o/w400-h258/washington8.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gerald Hamer</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">While the happy couple celebrates, our brave Pettibone is whisked away by enemy spies. The agent is doomed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBv540uj0yIE_rjzvN2J75QhAF_4-7AGx47o2FoNV451-7jWk4opHbeo26e1Vps9aFgtmqPtMamrpyVb5xNcH16HS5PJ0rB4RwZ4rcVjAmemEnRFTCtD_kHqcGkUwoU4b4uvcReHJmsM/s921/washington13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="921" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBv540uj0yIE_rjzvN2J75QhAF_4-7AGx47o2FoNV451-7jWk4opHbeo26e1Vps9aFgtmqPtMamrpyVb5xNcH16HS5PJ0rB4RwZ4rcVjAmemEnRFTCtD_kHqcGkUwoU4b4uvcReHJmsM/w400-h256/washington13.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Basil Rathbone, Holmes Herbert</div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">MacGuffin: "</span><i style="text-align: left;">The thing that the spies are after but the audience don't care about."</i></p></div><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: right;"><i>- Alfred Hitchcock</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Ahrens from the Home Office:<i> "Grayson was carrying a document of a very confidential nature. Its contents are of such grave international importance that I am not at liberty to reveal them. But if that document falls into the hands of the --- I can only say that it would be absolutely disastrous for this government and our allies." </i><span style="text-align: center;">If that doesn't spell "MacGuffin", I don't know what does!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aIMnQv3xE5brctVIbvFhhqoTw3QknJS40H3A7DK9mOjrKOoz6kQKcM4iw7ZxZsY_CdQYnM_7TXXXYUkMsO1mb5hXr6VOmMCzg0awgrN5V0pWonPZIi_Vy6E6ciLElDfY3FRvu1n2C1s/s914/washington33.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="914" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aIMnQv3xE5brctVIbvFhhqoTw3QknJS40H3A7DK9mOjrKOoz6kQKcM4iw7ZxZsY_CdQYnM_7TXXXYUkMsO1mb5hXr6VOmMCzg0awgrN5V0pWonPZIi_Vy6E6ciLElDfY3FRvu1n2C1s/w400-h255/washington33.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nigel Bruce, Basil Rathbone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prior to leaving for America to join the FBI in the case of the kidnapped agent, Holmes and Watson search the agent's home. Holmes determines the brilliant Pettibone has reduced the bulky document to microfilm, and its hiding place in a V for Victory matchbook. Aha! We know that matchbook is currently in the possession of Washington socialite Nancy Patridge.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6grNbogDB5RfZv24ylpvC7gKQtQFLZsw-0SpkUusv2XNuUukeASjUXA07L4vezXc9XHAagXIuhyphenhyphenfQ-H63OaYokXACBHaK3Xhh80RquGqMJ-b3RoPkUXj_Zm_CW3djIGlXtkFH2X3L9Q/s911/washington17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="911" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6grNbogDB5RfZv24ylpvC7gKQtQFLZsw-0SpkUusv2XNuUukeASjUXA07L4vezXc9XHAagXIuhyphenhyphenfQ-H63OaYokXACBHaK3Xhh80RquGqMJ-b3RoPkUXj_Zm_CW3djIGlXtkFH2X3L9Q/w400-h258/washington17.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gavin Muir, Basil Rathbone, Clarence Muse</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sherlock Holmes questions the porter on the train during the fateful trip. He learns of the people with whom Pettibone came in contact, including a senator, a woman with a book, a woman with pet mice, and a woman who asked for a light. He learns of an upcoming wedding and the fact that the spies have not yet recovered the document.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iiK4R6f-_mreD2UZ-rWxFtZu-sX8odoyzP3yDTEjmpt1Dt_l1drZw6lbydSt64rT8a7Q-QJsxn_8z9WhZOG_tFyF4ImgJ-ch8JTewhSL-G1V5LtW0hGFQXg7bt7fbcU03XmUP0TEyrM/s917/washington19.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="917" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iiK4R6f-_mreD2UZ-rWxFtZu-sX8odoyzP3yDTEjmpt1Dt_l1drZw6lbydSt64rT8a7Q-QJsxn_8z9WhZOG_tFyF4ImgJ-ch8JTewhSL-G1V5LtW0hGFQXg7bt7fbcU03XmUP0TEyrM/w400-h256/washington19.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Basil Rathbone</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Holmes avails himself of the FBI laboratory discovering much that the FBI lab man overlooked. Vital clues are now forming his hypothesis. Note: Holmes has yet to look in a mirror.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieo8HwPXdsNdSGRH8l-d0dVeIIqruRxml1CFd-23Du5mSt0mJYw8u8Ao_ejTtHzQYcqRcrucsIGNJ22_03E4GozKinbVMlyzgl805h0ESKGHImK4SypKk8R3Kp9todcd8IEiXlCqHXno4/s917/washington18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="917" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieo8HwPXdsNdSGRH8l-d0dVeIIqruRxml1CFd-23Du5mSt0mJYw8u8Ao_ejTtHzQYcqRcrucsIGNJ22_03E4GozKinbVMlyzgl805h0ESKGHImK4SypKk8R3Kp9todcd8IEiXlCqHXno4/w400-h258/washington18.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marjorie Lord</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to the fluff part of the newspaper, i.e., the society news, Holmes now knows where to find the engaged couple. Unfortunately, so do the spies!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQO8HlnpUKO9rJToXik98zb5R-dKJONvGs90HlfXeLrUvWWOhaSkyp75J7s67fNGTV0hwE_jjl0Uej5Q64n92A_Dreulpyj2vK25b0vuMa1ZVHqqDO0iuiNe01PEVnZwxf2-tJo6tc-Y/s924/washington24.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="924" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQO8HlnpUKO9rJToXik98zb5R-dKJONvGs90HlfXeLrUvWWOhaSkyp75J7s67fNGTV0hwE_jjl0Uej5Q64n92A_Dreulpyj2vK25b0vuMa1ZVHqqDO0iuiNe01PEVnZwxf2-tJo6tc-Y/w400-h254/washington24.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">George Zucco</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The mysterious head of the spy ring knows not what he holds in his hand. That which he seeks is his.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikx-xM3f4KI0V5nPwGqe4szaw5y7470RlehrJMNLgyx8-Bl43gb6q30_DStdzgcztiU5zJO7BYCrZJrTaWNmygZHh-U-jK2kvSS69v1WgCRDBkrs5E9c8q1pqgGp3qQ_zMVq8pa_95AMc/s920/washington23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="920" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikx-xM3f4KI0V5nPwGqe4szaw5y7470RlehrJMNLgyx8-Bl43gb6q30_DStdzgcztiU5zJO7BYCrZJrTaWNmygZHh-U-jK2kvSS69v1WgCRDBkrs5E9c8q1pqgGp3qQ_zMVq8pa_95AMc/w400-h255/washington23.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Marjorie Lord</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When the kidnapped socialite Nancy Partridge clues into the importance of the matchbook, she bravely keeps silent in spite of threats and violence. Will rescue come in time?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUt50ecC55nq4lVNsaeSgHExSyHcNIfdDENtnYDHicPY15ipKMbR91UNjto3krFCCOHK6NxVFyxmAlT2XhWnwZner8FMu0f6SyLW1Wj6Q2XOEbgR9SlJNDqiFAW_RBhoFuvhzMWIH-kBY/s920/washington28.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="920" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUt50ecC55nq4lVNsaeSgHExSyHcNIfdDENtnYDHicPY15ipKMbR91UNjto3krFCCOHK6NxVFyxmAlT2XhWnwZner8FMu0f6SyLW1Wj6Q2XOEbgR9SlJNDqiFAW_RBhoFuvhzMWIH-kBY/w400-h256/washington28.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">George Zucco</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Holmes, through cleverness and disguise, confronts international spy (since the days of the Kaiser) Heinrich Hinkle, known for many years in Washington as antique dealer Richard Stanley.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4krUsFdqUn6XSDPHSskuaIxswVDQBvzAZAmgAEXA1umOfd2zFpAVK4G86MHEgHMu6tygSXDSadeL2DMUwIaaf9LdZufMpBjcAAAkbu_REz9qj6FNxE0X-j76hgz6-kURlNLWlATDXad8/s910/washington29.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="910" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4krUsFdqUn6XSDPHSskuaIxswVDQBvzAZAmgAEXA1umOfd2zFpAVK4G86MHEgHMu6tygSXDSadeL2DMUwIaaf9LdZufMpBjcAAAkbu_REz9qj6FNxE0X-j76hgz6-kURlNLWlATDXad8/w400-h258/washington29.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Basil Rathbone, Marjorie Lord</div><p style="text-align: justify;">The gags and makeshift handcuffs indicate that Holmes' rescue attempt goes awry. However, he had the forethought to send Watson for the FBI and a dramatic shootout ensues during which Hinkle escapes with Holmes in pursuit. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-hfgQNvn5LsQmOkZbcv5Pnm-X5x8r3VM_HfWS6VS42ze9oOwcXMekqeD5gB32HhRJfZ3Vav9sNBWu4euPLjkXSS2w8WmOFiPXj8HBHElKCz6m2oPSgQpVgWyJ6NuODV2_A4hpXYKJgM/s920/washington31.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="920" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-hfgQNvn5LsQmOkZbcv5Pnm-X5x8r3VM_HfWS6VS42ze9oOwcXMekqeD5gB32HhRJfZ3Vav9sNBWu4euPLjkXSS2w8WmOFiPXj8HBHElKCz6m2oPSgQpVgWyJ6NuODV2_A4hpXYKJgM/w400-h256/washington31.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Edmund MacDonald, George Zucco, Nigel Bruce</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Hinkle faces the ignominy of capture - and that's not all.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbONNOYMzecSDKjayZ7lsKzt06dHCfnVo9mfac3TfIZ1Jlo6yTgSQYeWivJS-ATr2GRc76xxR9y-ZSv1Ge-aOuFPdTWvj-pAANZYvLer2vf2BDhoG2uvj3qoq7vEjUJCWN94-8V6dqOs/s917/washington32.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="917" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbONNOYMzecSDKjayZ7lsKzt06dHCfnVo9mfac3TfIZ1Jlo6yTgSQYeWivJS-ATr2GRc76xxR9y-ZSv1Ge-aOuFPdTWvj-pAANZYvLer2vf2BDhoG2uvj3qoq7vEjUJCWN94-8V6dqOs/w400-h255/washington32.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Basil Rathbone</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Sherlock Holmes serves up the microfilm as a coup de grace. He's allowed the brag. After all, he broke the case.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58ZQJ6KB9CGihgB7CsYYXvej7ZDezCCSGYzNBzwlFVRIxVvDWg25XSV_Y1LIqUrn9qzz8IN2KyvfSCmXMisNkP_VZ7ruD7RL-x3rGpE6-jHxWueJ6YzHmjQxkDgdxFM0x4MtJmLTd7Tk/s917/washington34.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="917" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58ZQJ6KB9CGihgB7CsYYXvej7ZDezCCSGYzNBzwlFVRIxVvDWg25XSV_Y1LIqUrn9qzz8IN2KyvfSCmXMisNkP_VZ7ruD7RL-x3rGpE6-jHxWueJ6YzHmjQxkDgdxFM0x4MtJmLTd7Tk/w400-h256/washington34.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Holmes quotes Winston Church to conclude this picture. After all, it is 1942 and a little "hands across the sea" bonding keeps up morale when you are fighting Nazis.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Of note</u>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIw7rhKqbsp9KeWDF60Yvhn-UQmhukAVtIYDNxhTrK1NEZJs1GbkJhm4G9PIBHo2DdDVGh8zMPJojF0hx9d0SRG-gPJdUReuiTOhh7HpH-bhBh2SSmOYeAsbp6ZH4FOWHUsIgIAgTdp70/s450/johnarchermarjorielord.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIw7rhKqbsp9KeWDF60Yvhn-UQmhukAVtIYDNxhTrK1NEZJs1GbkJhm4G9PIBHo2DdDVGh8zMPJojF0hx9d0SRG-gPJdUReuiTOhh7HpH-bhBh2SSmOYeAsbp6ZH4FOWHUsIgIAgTdp70/s320/johnarchermarjorielord.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our romantic subplot leads Marjorie Lord and John Archer were married from 1941 to 1953 and were the parents of actress Anne Archer.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJt_7Og-X_3_ivLfHZx-UJxHcI-i2zTmYIPBAnkD7M9k-ZeODi6CNE4yQWN47hZD-71DJRjAxRc2drPv0PGS66gLm-oiVeniyUlAymoIL5eHYLPI_6CWsjvDt8Po9yI328GLxnWowOh0/s283/georgezuccomoriarty2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJt_7Og-X_3_ivLfHZx-UJxHcI-i2zTmYIPBAnkD7M9k-ZeODi6CNE4yQWN47hZD-71DJRjAxRc2drPv0PGS66gLm-oiVeniyUlAymoIL5eHYLPI_6CWsjvDt8Po9yI328GLxnWowOh0/w214-h320/georgezuccomoriarty2.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">George Zucco</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hinkle/Stanley in <i>Sherlock Holmes in Washington</i> is played by <b><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2019/11/what-character-blogathon-george-zucco.html" target="_blank">George Zucco</a></b>, who is my favourite Moriarty in the series, having played him in <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2017/01/spending-time-with-sherlock-adventures.html" target="_blank"><b>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</b></a></i>, 1939.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFTZ-ta09wT9zLiXWVQF07Y_DCc-ZhB6h-JL0arxWjd7We98BQw3cwaiGS3RUuuE33m_s7-XOpRLSZumY5VZfaTYoq8YMwip83Fqu3ezJYUFsy7d2wzRTja7rzrvYKoBYfjLw87IesTI/s916/washington3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="916" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFTZ-ta09wT9zLiXWVQF07Y_DCc-ZhB6h-JL0arxWjd7We98BQw3cwaiGS3RUuuE33m_s7-XOpRLSZumY5VZfaTYoq8YMwip83Fqu3ezJYUFsy7d2wzRTja7rzrvYKoBYfjLw87IesTI/s320/washington3.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Henry Daniell</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Henry Daniell is in <i>Sherlock Holmes in Washington</i> as William Easter, Hinkle's top henchman. He had played a British politician in <i><a href="https://www.moviecollectoroh.com/" target="_blank"><b>The Voice of Terror</b></a></i>, also 1942, and would later play Professor Moriarty in <i>The Woman in Green</i>, 1945.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5O9PIKx90_DUS4f2a2esDEzgOeElTOOFyswVdaE9q8WU7ytdawvKBLX_5qO3dcpelcEdwWs2lv1JaohJBUPO0FVVgaJg0Yo0HMQLBPGVPahybjr0Pyk6db2B2TiCPB_7Oyoj6WmXekc/s194/geraldhamer1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="154" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5O9PIKx90_DUS4f2a2esDEzgOeElTOOFyswVdaE9q8WU7ytdawvKBLX_5qO3dcpelcEdwWs2lv1JaohJBUPO0FVVgaJg0Yo0HMQLBPGVPahybjr0Pyk6db2B2TiCPB_7Oyoj6WmXekc/w254-h320/geraldhamer1.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gerald Hamer</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Gerald Hamer, Pettibone in <i>Sherlock Holmes in Washington</i> is pictured above as he appeared in the outstanding Holmes picture <i>The Scarlet Claw</i>, 1944. See also <i>Sherlock Holmes Faces Death</i>, 1943, <i>Pursuit to Algiers</i>, 1945, and <i>Terror by Night</i>, 1946.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUiM7mmbJFcVrEXnw6CEcqm8PWicpIWBOyUFkv904TavqCV5jd8nLfm5VihAHDi6uWjkMFIuxIRcEEw5KC891HwijoonXzXwmtReRefbsZZ2rdDxqeQUFUiZKfqd7uoTX-SIaSKowMgA/s1440/sherlockholmesinwashington3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUiM7mmbJFcVrEXnw6CEcqm8PWicpIWBOyUFkv904TavqCV5jd8nLfm5VihAHDi6uWjkMFIuxIRcEEw5KC891HwijoonXzXwmtReRefbsZZ2rdDxqeQUFUiZKfqd7uoTX-SIaSKowMgA/s320/sherlockholmesinwashington3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ian Wolfe, Basil Rathbone</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-style: italic;">Sherlock Holmes in Washington</i> was the first of four Holmes pictures for Ian Wolfe followed by<i> The Scarlet Claw </i>and<i> The Pearl of Death</i> in 1944<i> </i>and <i>Dressed to Kill </i>in 1946.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-5251055671189541672021-11-01T03:54:00.001-07:002021-11-04T15:05:28.835-07:00CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR NOVEMBER ON TCM<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxADXXaxPrVyN28OYGgNoWHYj4bChvzG7iMnn7TSq7l3NGTMUDS_p_LGxM0wjpetRhoJHVcs8848JPKySmeaBG3bJuFU3DOFcPdZnLvJcQJTcN2oINLpkrmcXBSFk-GcnWSvvz_ntKmLg/s500/itsadogslife1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="500" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxADXXaxPrVyN28OYGgNoWHYj4bChvzG7iMnn7TSq7l3NGTMUDS_p_LGxM0wjpetRhoJHVcs8848JPKySmeaBG3bJuFU3DOFcPdZnLvJcQJTcN2oINLpkrmcXBSFk-GcnWSvvz_ntKmLg/w400-h311/itsadogslife1.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is the oft-told tale of a young fellow of dubious background and hard-scrabble existence finding his way in a cruel and judgmental world. In fact, you might even call our hero a stray.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Wildfire is a bull terrier and we become part of his life's journey through the sassy narration of Vic Morrow. The turn of the 20th century Bowery is no place for gentlefolk or gentle dogs. Separated from his mother and only knowing the name of his grand champion father, Regent Royal, Wildfire falls in with the tough and abusive Patch McGill played by Jeff Richards (<i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2021/03/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-march-on.html" target="_blank"><b>Seven Brides for Seven Brothers</b></a></i>). Patch is out for the quick buck and doesn't care who gets hurt along the way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6RFTU3GFiYkvFL9t-GcXH71w78X-dYGeyBS95ocZqtThBQTgOgrb1KyRGU4lfz910hKsaP7AwbWnmk7ZT41cjjr7sy6MvWL2hRiAQd6MJ7_lbIslP3DmZBTDHsAIIlHJWaQM9VFT2B0/s1149/itsadogslife3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="1149" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6RFTU3GFiYkvFL9t-GcXH71w78X-dYGeyBS95ocZqtThBQTgOgrb1KyRGU4lfz910hKsaP7AwbWnmk7ZT41cjjr7sy6MvWL2hRiAQd6MJ7_lbIslP3DmZBTDHsAIIlHJWaQM9VFT2B0/w400-h170/itsadogslife3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Eventually, Wildfire becomes part of the circle of kindly trainer Jeremiah Nolan played by Edmund Gwenn (<i>Foreign Correspondent</i>) and learns of a different sort of life and a different sort of human. Life is no less complicated as Nolan works for the emotionally conflicted and wealthy Wyndham played by Dean Jagger (<i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2021/02/mitchum-rides-dark-range-pursued-1947.html" target="_blank"><b>Pursued</b></a></i>). </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Where will this twisted road take our hero? Will he find resolution or redemption? As the cold autumn wears on, you will enjoy a familiar story told in an unfamiliar manner. Sometimes that is what we need, plus the studio sheen of MGM and some Eastmancolor.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8X4aAtrFOqNaFm3z3JkOGZZFumv8HpUU9VDCdW3fgDidgTlZv2Bi69ij692V7HlZUA8taFb3VueJ5IFiQOoDimKYVTdNBF3y5a7wKeuEwsZVgTZsuNsu-S6SSlPHEvb7XTLoUffWu7c/s924/richardhardingdavis1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8X4aAtrFOqNaFm3z3JkOGZZFumv8HpUU9VDCdW3fgDidgTlZv2Bi69ij692V7HlZUA8taFb3VueJ5IFiQOoDimKYVTdNBF3y5a7wKeuEwsZVgTZsuNsu-S6SSlPHEvb7XTLoUffWu7c/s320/richardhardingdavis1.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916)</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>It's a Dog's Life</i> is based on the 1903 novel <i>The Bar Sinister</i> by Richard Harding Davis. In my youth, I found a compilation of the noted foreign correspondent's journalistic endeavours at a second-hand bookstore and lived the adventures and tragedies of history through his eyes. Davis's plays and novels were no less successful and influential, forming the basis of several films, shorts, and features. This screen telling was adapted by John Michael Hayes (<i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/12/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-january-on.html" target="_blank"><b>The Trouble with Harry</b></a></i>) and directed by Herman Hoffman (<i>The Invisible Boy</i>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmy5FFtzauYFcWzqYz4AtO9lnr7vqk0FKY2lwUrFVuIKztf29qJi4fyZ2KlRzJBdRP3AxKWVBu-2dHDTQA0XkPxz4qUri6HIxXyzZxx_0wbu1i5URfgywQyOKqxlHJmIj49Ptf8ZdS_S8/s275/itsadogslifealmosthuman1927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmy5FFtzauYFcWzqYz4AtO9lnr7vqk0FKY2lwUrFVuIKztf29qJi4fyZ2KlRzJBdRP3AxKWVBu-2dHDTQA0XkPxz4qUri6HIxXyzZxx_0wbu1i5URfgywQyOKqxlHJmIj49Ptf8ZdS_S8/w213-h320/itsadogslifealmosthuman1927.jpg" width="213" /></a></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-style: italic;">The Bar Sinister</i> was earlier adapted as the 1927 film <i style="font-style: italic;">Almost Human</i><i style="font-style: italic;">. </i>One can see its influence as well<i style="font-style: italic;"> </i>in<i style="font-style: italic;"> Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey</i><i style="font-style: italic;"> </i>the 1993 remake with animal narration<i style="font-style: italic;"> </i>of <a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/02/due-february-9-o-canada-blogathon-once.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"><b>The Incredible Journey</b></a><i> </i>the 1963 film of Sheila Burnford's 1961 novel.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiH2aSM8QJ4haXe6P9DpfF-62TnlYRb1WKSSwYuwGl4plMeRQkPlc80zr71pROg-AuIvKcFgAEikfnprbbxBEB-AlVYlXJAAL-3j6XPaTswxeKZ9hGCyaGZ4hR1xH8Qo8gtnM-oPlYYM/s386/itsadogslife2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiH2aSM8QJ4haXe6P9DpfF-62TnlYRb1WKSSwYuwGl4plMeRQkPlc80zr71pROg-AuIvKcFgAEikfnprbbxBEB-AlVYlXJAAL-3j6XPaTswxeKZ9hGCyaGZ4hR1xH8Qo8gtnM-oPlYYM/s320/itsadogslife2.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">TCM is screening <i>It's a Dog's Life</i> early on Tuesday, November 9th as part of a slate of films devoted to Man's Best Friend. Perhaps your favourite is already among the lineup and perhaps this movie will join that list.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-16523568451628499272021-10-29T04:30:00.004-07:002021-11-01T14:50:39.554-07:00THE BERNARD HERRMANN BLOGATHON: Jason and the Argonauts, 1963<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0g5P-GeZ7pig2gH7YGULZeaxebao6ChxhKm5Lu1BaxpKtV3t2ZECWKO5jR1Ys-vEl8JipDlqAtPFptx3CdgIeZQU9W_cnqrQ9XDD-ZWC_628XeqLVy-6M1JyRxY_KZ5oXFGqsLdRTjI/s477/bernardherrmannblogathon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="477" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0g5P-GeZ7pig2gH7YGULZeaxebao6ChxhKm5Lu1BaxpKtV3t2ZECWKO5jR1Ys-vEl8JipDlqAtPFptx3CdgIeZQU9W_cnqrQ9XDD-ZWC_628XeqLVy-6M1JyRxY_KZ5oXFGqsLdRTjI/w320-h320/bernardherrmannblogathon.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Ari, <b><a href="https://theclassicmoviemuse.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Classic Movie Muse</a></b> is hosting <b><u><a href="https://theclassicmoviemuse.wordpress.com/2021/08/15/announcing-the-bernard-herrmann-blogathon/" target="_blank">The Bernard Herrmann Blogathon</a></u></b>. This not to be missed event runs from October 29th to 31st. Click <a href="https://theclassicmoviemuse.wordpress.com/2021/10/29/treats-all-around-the-bernard-herrmann-blogathon-begins/" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> for the tributes to the legendary composer. <a href="https://theclassicmoviemuse.wordpress.com/2021/11/01/thank-you-bloggers-wrapping-up-the-bernard-herrmann-blogathon-2021/" target="_blank"><b>BLOGATHON WRAP UP</b></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioP83tmR3vKB4Qn-CKfXbIcqa0Vyh9rFjfutgkfyCNP8I9txlV-SmvSRdClDhRPVn1btbyX9nBgNaoRTcoM4ePyHCdWL55a3wthu9SydYCvoMT952RVR0a2SvF6i0WZNegQZ6sTe2XgQM/s2048/jasonandtheargonauts2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioP83tmR3vKB4Qn-CKfXbIcqa0Vyh9rFjfutgkfyCNP8I9txlV-SmvSRdClDhRPVn1btbyX9nBgNaoRTcoM4ePyHCdWL55a3wthu9SydYCvoMT952RVR0a2SvF6i0WZNegQZ6sTe2XgQM/w400-h314/jasonandtheargonauts2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>SEE! The Adventure That Stunned the World ... And the Mighty Men Who Conquered It!</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Apollonius of Rhodes wrote stories with legs. Legendary deeds of Hercules and in the epic poem <i>Argonautica</i>, the adventure of Jason and his crew of the ship Argos. Little could he have imagined the influence of his work would transcend centuries. The literate screenplay for the 1963 adventure film <i>Jason and the Argonauts</i> by Beverly Cross (<i>Half a Sixpence</i>) and Jan Read (<i>First Men on the Moon</i>) would take the familiar names and mythological characters from the 3rd century to the 20th century and beyond to a new sphere of storytelling. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitusMFZCeEbmwtZG7ki872GasnEf2ClUfV2MDOL2tcQbJHPLxmITRbMwZcYzuoA-HkwSqSkU5kpomTIzDSdITS4vJT9JQXwQC6RJbpZwNUDiAsP9SKC6HaJTfVuaka_19etZKx0WwIvvM/s1076/jasonandtheargonautsharryhausenandschneer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1076" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitusMFZCeEbmwtZG7ki872GasnEf2ClUfV2MDOL2tcQbJHPLxmITRbMwZcYzuoA-HkwSqSkU5kpomTIzDSdITS4vJT9JQXwQC6RJbpZwNUDiAsP9SKC6HaJTfVuaka_19etZKx0WwIvvM/w400-h308/jasonandtheargonautsharryhausenandschneer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ray Harryhausen, Charles Schneer</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Producer Charles H. Schneer began his movie career at Columbia Studios and there collaborated and encouraged stop motion animator and wizard of special effects Ray Harryhausen in his envelope-pushing endeavours. Of their many collaborations which extended to Schneer's own production companies, the producer considered <i>Jason and the Argonauts</i> their finest. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGJst79xM_dxYAJ9R94UKnMz2veeHOgXAmTum7xh5tJXQAW4jXDrGqm1jxwarcew-SUu2-1SqcEyk4rQvvCMOEo0Q6C-MRnGSMm1zLwD3_3aKA17hAMJ39pEViTgLy3_W2CImh1aUYLY/s590/jason12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="590" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGJst79xM_dxYAJ9R94UKnMz2veeHOgXAmTum7xh5tJXQAW4jXDrGqm1jxwarcew-SUu2-1SqcEyk4rQvvCMOEo0Q6C-MRnGSMm1zLwD3_3aKA17hAMJ39pEViTgLy3_W2CImh1aUYLY/w400-h213/jason12.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jason: <i>"The Gods want their entertainment."</i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />A golden fleece awaits at the end of the world. A gift of the Gods to the far country of Colchis, the fleece has guaranteed its prosperity and peace. Jason hopes it will do the same as an inspiration to the people of Thessaly. The usurper Pelias has ruled Thessaly for twenty years after killing King Aristo, Jason's father. Now come of age, Jason desires to take back the throne and free the minds and hearts of his people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The shipbuilder Argos builds a mighty ship for the voyage to the end of the world and a contest is held to select the crew. Among the crew is a spy and saboteur, Acastus, son of Pelias. Brave men and foolhardy men will join Jason and each has their part to play. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Goddess Hera is Jason's champion. Zeus has granted her the gift of five times in which she may assist our intrepid and righteous hero. Jason will need that help despite his independent streak that some on Mount Olympus see as blasphemy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZS6GV4PaRsQTV9JCTfIog1Nrp_CI7hG5ZW9q5GuOrJH1bAjexrAcv8BMwyb8VVgy62YJqmVjAvnZ_ZNM9weYUyFE4rk3ClGsPubqTqPOWDSqA63HhNwFYbC20V98rUleS-ICLWpCbhk/s1570/jasonandtheargonauts3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1570" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZS6GV4PaRsQTV9JCTfIog1Nrp_CI7hG5ZW9q5GuOrJH1bAjexrAcv8BMwyb8VVgy62YJqmVjAvnZ_ZNM9weYUyFE4rk3ClGsPubqTqPOWDSqA63HhNwFYbC20V98rUleS-ICLWpCbhk/w400-h301/jasonandtheargonauts3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ray Harryhausen and friend</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The cast of <i>Jason and the Argonauts</i> is an interesting mix of British actors steeped in tradition and Shakespeare, the glamorous Nancy Kovak as Medea, Honor Blackman a year before <i>Goldfinger</i>, a beginner for the lead in Todd Armstrong, and Italian speaking extras. The <strike>older</strike> more mature I become, the more I appreciate those acting against special effects they have yet to see. If it were not for their commitment, the audience would be unable to get caught up in the action.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Italian location shoot, the production, and set design, plus the clever screenplay that surrounds Harryhausen's eye-filling and memorable creatures are combined with the magnificent score of Bernard Herrmann, creating an indelible classic motion picture.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16CSLIQbi2yqvqRWweMCiHLGxutJsBDV0jmqBOdVnHClhVavO-zEfbfFjJGdKg7QvYXKT0CluBhWTcGBzKc66rsCmO2cK49r1OrlJgf9JgbXSwfs2X7-BGuiDHTR2TQ_4LeE0W1Hyppo/s703/jasonandtheargonauts5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="703" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16CSLIQbi2yqvqRWweMCiHLGxutJsBDV0jmqBOdVnHClhVavO-zEfbfFjJGdKg7QvYXKT0CluBhWTcGBzKc66rsCmO2cK49r1OrlJgf9JgbXSwfs2X7-BGuiDHTR2TQ_4LeE0W1Hyppo/w400-h399/jasonandtheargonauts5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bernard Herrmann and friend</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><i>Jason and the Argonauts</i> was the final of four Schneer and Harryhausen films scored by Bernard Herrman following <i>The 7th Voyage of Sinbad</i>, 1958, <i>The Three Worlds of Gulliver</i>, 1960, and <i>Mysterious Island</i>, 1961. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stentorian and martial, tender and sweet, and rousing and frightening, Herrmann's score is inextricably linked to the movie's visuals creating an exciting and memorable movie experience. As is a musician's purview, Herrmann made liberal use of what they would have called on Broadway, trunk songs. The child in me was unaware of the snatches of <i>Vertigo</i> or <i>North by Northwest</i> and other scores now familiar to the adult film fan. Their recognition somehow makes the experience grander.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Click on the highlighted word or phrase to hear selections from Bernard Herrmann's score, such as <i>Jason and the Argonauts</i><b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3AKvscUGxk" target="_blank">TITLE MUSIC</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdW3HbuoQyV8mhyGXNJIEIKvgRi-YQwL3E5LoMau9oMQk20WU4W5ZVpMcWaUwKEGk3ZASf9aUBM_KIFzkzhN7xXAkEwEiWB-rzJw_DrA-McCcYDE_NT-8To100_Rew8SyKAwA6hZ1mUk/s594/jason11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="594" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdW3HbuoQyV8mhyGXNJIEIKvgRi-YQwL3E5LoMau9oMQk20WU4W5ZVpMcWaUwKEGk3ZASf9aUBM_KIFzkzhN7xXAkEwEiWB-rzJw_DrA-McCcYDE_NT-8To100_Rew8SyKAwA6hZ1mUk/w400-h211/jason11.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhLhe1e5MUA" target="_blank">TALOS</a></b> is peeved.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdUoLg7VtWhafDeOkF_cNSM0ysMFuhNAjZhPUckJ9URRDmU61Nb2QyfwwVeBt4I55W1c1HUpDcXZ1yPpfVorGlchGHJFEstDoJldg-mjICALvTHIZDyR0G0qM19vcox-dXXgM9OxXeKo/s596/jason13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="596" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdUoLg7VtWhafDeOkF_cNSM0ysMFuhNAjZhPUckJ9URRDmU61Nb2QyfwwVeBt4I55W1c1HUpDcXZ1yPpfVorGlchGHJFEstDoJldg-mjICALvTHIZDyR0G0qM19vcox-dXXgM9OxXeKo/w400-h211/jason13.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Phineas's plague of <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwjz0a_FMDc" target="_blank">HARPIES</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3VOVrSM7dOY6MpkOCrH2aXk6hjZiIjGqppxIuIWS6HTql2va3s3n1-m2Sw5RQXzW065kRZ0L8YKnmMM30wThvsJ5k-UPz3suBPLVXLhR6CS8bw_fdzLl_WfM4_edRQ_S5hsOgfemtBU/s593/jason14.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="593" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3VOVrSM7dOY6MpkOCrH2aXk6hjZiIjGqppxIuIWS6HTql2va3s3n1-m2Sw5RQXzW065kRZ0L8YKnmMM30wThvsJ5k-UPz3suBPLVXLhR6CS8bw_fdzLl_WfM4_edRQ_S5hsOgfemtBU/w400-h210/jason14.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u75npvvFWBc" target="_blank"><b>CLASHING ROCKS</b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Phineas: <i>"They speak for themselves, don't they?"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1dcKn9IqJjHuBEupKBEfKB_JctnZiVEFRcRwtGlb3sbKU-4Gl-9jO6xCKKPsNR4mESaVheMA7pBwnz1yQ3Tu4dOslAk0tzn5UNCNxu-X0ra5qlnINVadT6rzaeFBA7-v6HYJRnq45zw/s592/jason9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="592" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1dcKn9IqJjHuBEupKBEfKB_JctnZiVEFRcRwtGlb3sbKU-4Gl-9jO6xCKKPsNR4mESaVheMA7pBwnz1yQ3Tu4dOslAk0tzn5UNCNxu-X0ra5qlnINVadT6rzaeFBA7-v6HYJRnq45zw/w400-h209/jason9.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Golden Fleece is protected by the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkZQ4CfqqE" target="_blank">HYDRA</a></b></div><i><br /></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5nk1KJlAmkhJvdz0zMocmsBo-5bKldIpxO2PBi1vE-DnV9V-nPmc9kwJimGc3NbQb7guS8ckysqSXip3VD-Rf9d0xf_xXYL3x3kB25-y-voVencwjjdR5uz083pTao9DOQ5HIfK3B6Y/s597/jason10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="597" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5nk1KJlAmkhJvdz0zMocmsBo-5bKldIpxO2PBi1vE-DnV9V-nPmc9kwJimGc3NbQb7guS8ckysqSXip3VD-Rf9d0xf_xXYL3x3kB25-y-voVencwjjdR5uz083pTao9DOQ5HIfK3B6Y/w400-h208/jason10.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Argonauts <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkZQ4CfqqE" target="_blank">BATTLE</a></b> the Hydra's teeth.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">King Aeetas: <i>"Hecate, Queen of Darkness, revenge yourself against the Thessalians. Deliver to me the children of the hydra's teeth; the children of the night!"</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9yil7De17I4YxPXN7dSoCPoqEfOwL9jkculPi9fFV7SjqZsiJbiMBgWE6qb7hnNw_YsQi3iJQzozVTNYTmEBLuGR44SFK3y2n-1Kq_-lomJ2G8xauAPWOoLbTfhXtCDQZkZbePQIGKE/s594/jason15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="594" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9yil7De17I4YxPXN7dSoCPoqEfOwL9jkculPi9fFV7SjqZsiJbiMBgWE6qb7hnNw_YsQi3iJQzozVTNYTmEBLuGR44SFK3y2n-1Kq_-lomJ2G8xauAPWOoLbTfhXtCDQZkZbePQIGKE/w400-h210/jason15.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zeus: <i>"Let them enjoy a calm sea, a fresh sea, and each other. The girl is pretty and I was always sentimental. But for Jason, there are other adventures. I have not yet finished with Jason. Let's continue the game another day."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Of interest</u>: Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) and Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013) were both born on June 29th. It is said of those born under the sign of Cancer that they are emotional, sensitive, and self-protective. Diligent and loyal once committed to their work these creatives are unstoppable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-27760985804698017822021-10-22T07:16:00.006-07:002021-10-25T12:27:27.655-07:00THE THIRD HAMMER-AMICUS BLOGATHON: Taste of Fear aka Scream of Fear, 1961<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6cP4hBsxK9NfqL1rfiqRjpNw1gKgf9zdu8lmZbYPGMYKHVO4ocW1KKAoSmaVrtV4ahGNL9EgM8rWqVRb2Z2jcLzAWc3W0PHiQf57-_mTK-aPIV57d53WPjsfQ8SxlDG_uXaRRf6GM8c/s665/hammeramicusblogathon2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="665" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6cP4hBsxK9NfqL1rfiqRjpNw1gKgf9zdu8lmZbYPGMYKHVO4ocW1KKAoSmaVrtV4ahGNL9EgM8rWqVRb2Z2jcLzAWc3W0PHiQf57-_mTK-aPIV57d53WPjsfQ8SxlDG_uXaRRf6GM8c/s320/hammeramicusblogathon2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you to our hosts, Barry at <b><a href="http://cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cinematic Catharsis</a></b> and Gill at <b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Realweegiemidget Reviews</a></b> who present <b><u>The Third Hammer-Amicus Blogathon</u></b> running from October 22nd to October 24th. <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/hammer-and-amicus-3/" target="_blank"><b>Day 1</b></a> <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/10/23/blogathon-and-there-are-more-in-the-3rd-hammer-and-amicus-blogathon/" target="_blank"><b>Day 2</b></a> <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/10/24/blogathon-day3/" target="_blank"><b>Day 3</b></a> <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/10/25/blogathon-a-last-encore-from-the-houses-of-hammer-and-amicus/" target="_blank"><b>Encore</b></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyv1FPmLt-nnAkFkio99Ix4T_Wi-kWhhiMo1kuu3Jj-umXLeuWyJbUup0CQ7GJFaAvcFOvAUMDt0ER4797AC9RL1Qgwcq4ECX9QcBKBO7-Yu2mdi0E_LssQ3lAtYxrECglSFWI0veAeGs/s500/tasteoffear1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="500" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyv1FPmLt-nnAkFkio99Ix4T_Wi-kWhhiMo1kuu3Jj-umXLeuWyJbUup0CQ7GJFaAvcFOvAUMDt0ER4797AC9RL1Qgwcq4ECX9QcBKBO7-Yu2mdi0E_LssQ3lAtYxrECglSFWI0veAeGs/w400-h301/tasteoffear1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Taste of Fear</i> released in the States as <i>Scream of Fear</i> is an elegant thriller written and produced by Jimmy Sangster (<i>The Brides of Dracula</i>) and directed by Seth Holt (<i>The Nanny</i>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItUkiVdjR1fIhg4PDHj0vWs3iKgiwrzASIchSHDSqpHYhBGDwyHFJr8yY3z1G7I4MZ64AT_ZYMhgqFFaBhywXALhwErhS0DVY2JB8cuQin38B5cWj6DChi_CND9p8-KXWt1t4KRUJbVU/s1142/fear12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1142" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItUkiVdjR1fIhg4PDHj0vWs3iKgiwrzASIchSHDSqpHYhBGDwyHFJr8yY3z1G7I4MZ64AT_ZYMhgqFFaBhywXALhwErhS0DVY2JB8cuQin38B5cWj6DChi_CND9p8-KXWt1t4KRUJbVU/w400-h206/fear12.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Susan Strasberg as Penny</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our film opens with the body of a young woman recovered from a lake while another young woman returns home after a long absence. Penny, played by Susan Strasberg (<i>Picnic</i>) has a complicated history. After the divorce of her parents, she moved to Italy with her mother and has not seen her father for a decade. Her closest friend was her nurse Maggie, who was hired to assist the wheelchair-bound Penny following a riding accident.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVt_pPUgfH-0gMPAhAF_fB5Bm5eSYa8caWXM0EDn5ykI9LJEu8pDybH3Ptm0mumB3X-wC1N6oixpWKFL29w5oXRpuAm0kR8VXvXYgX81gnG2OmkJtX5FSWlD4Wr12vSkmeaNEE12OPsi8/s1129/fear3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="1129" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVt_pPUgfH-0gMPAhAF_fB5Bm5eSYa8caWXM0EDn5ykI9LJEu8pDybH3Ptm0mumB3X-wC1N6oixpWKFL29w5oXRpuAm0kR8VXvXYgX81gnG2OmkJtX5FSWlD4Wr12vSkmeaNEE12OPsi8/w400-h206/fear3.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ann Todd as Jane</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Arriving at her father's villa in France, Penny is told that her father is away on business and has not set a return date. She is also told that her father has been ill and under a doctor's care. Penny is meeting her stepmother Jane played by Ann Todd (<i>The Passionate Friends</i>) for the first time. The relationship between the two is a strained one. Is Jane over solicitous? Is she hiding something? Perhaps Penny is paranoid about her strange situation. She is reputed to have always been an over-imaginative and skittish girl.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lZ4dfAfxhVUIHJJ6zIqeomt1kSLPjRqeDF_DibhC7qcsIo5TsDYLLx2Uv_Z9QhgpML1t_F6pvH3sDmCNB8JdzQYod5LtyC65vBq2ntK415L5WwJduc1oRgmj7lY72OgGdP6M0d07l4s/s1140/fear10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1140" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lZ4dfAfxhVUIHJJ6zIqeomt1kSLPjRqeDF_DibhC7qcsIo5TsDYLLx2Uv_Z9QhgpML1t_F6pvH3sDmCNB8JdzQYod5LtyC65vBq2ntK415L5WwJduc1oRgmj7lY72OgGdP6M0d07l4s/w400-h206/fear10.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ronald Lewis as Bob</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Penny is putting what trust she has in her father's chauffeur Robert played by Ronald Lewis (<i>Mr. Sardonicus</i>). Robert is kind and romantic, and a plus in Penny's eyes, he doesn't like his employer's wife. When Penny is frightened by the sight of her father's corpse, it is Robert who believes her while Jane calls in the local doctor Pierre Gerrard played by Christopher Lee (<i>The Gorgon</i>). Dr. Gerrard seems fixated on her mental state and keeps pushing sedatives.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlwC5mbKhURRLKIvo-YdDiUIkw4qhnOAtLEgasc1HkWn9Mbqm3NR7j3Rrh0ZR8XsPwu-vsCq5mqQ6ypHsYt_r67zU6Z5zQcQft0W4QlDx-fb3DcVEshDTzBF2_bfOy0afMXauH9iR_bw/s1141/fear9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="1141" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlwC5mbKhURRLKIvo-YdDiUIkw4qhnOAtLEgasc1HkWn9Mbqm3NR7j3Rrh0ZR8XsPwu-vsCq5mqQ6ypHsYt_r67zU6Z5zQcQft0W4QlDx-fb3DcVEshDTzBF2_bfOy0afMXauH9iR_bw/w400-h205/fear9.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Christopher Lee as Dr. Gerrard</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is a case of who and what to trust for both Penny, and for the audience. Is her vulnerability making Penny susceptible to nefarious persuasion or is that fragility the root of hallucinations and paranoia? Penny leans into the comfort offered by "Bob" and backs away from Jane's attempts to be a friend. Will proof be found to establish the truth of these people and the mysterious events at the villa? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is not a contradiction to say that the four leads in <i>Taste of Fear</i> play their duplicitous roles with straightforward honesty bringing the intriguing and twisting script to life. The tasteful and shadowy cinematography by Douglas Slocombe (<i>Julia</i>) and the stylishly classic score by Clifton Parker (<i>The Blue Lagoon</i>) subtly support the story.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Taste of Fear</i> was an international success for Hammer from a box office standpoint, from a critical standpoint, and for the audiences who have discovered it in the 60 years since its initial release. It is the very definition of a horror classic.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkv_sYZ5fc_6ArKRCXAYeA1PfUn3pBsLD1S40ut-6G2MPtsgAK-qhKqIelx-Rwh2Ltf4Bk4lc6H5MH_KphafdP66VDdHBsNoAAvxBVl8Yc4Y3_cJ-V5o6p4-X3zn1GJTfE1546CFJ6hsc/s1151/fear13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1151" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkv_sYZ5fc_6ArKRCXAYeA1PfUn3pBsLD1S40ut-6G2MPtsgAK-qhKqIelx-Rwh2Ltf4Bk4lc6H5MH_KphafdP66VDdHBsNoAAvxBVl8Yc4Y3_cJ-V5o6p4-X3zn1GJTfE1546CFJ6hsc/w400-h205/fear13.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-88918167672795089042021-10-19T06:18:00.003-07:002021-10-19T08:21:45.008-07:00CMBA 2021 FALL BLOGATHON, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE: Disney's Pluto<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YhKsLRar-NX63C0isk0AyJG4pb-lZtloyifI6snt2zhZDmQIsKfirYX3xlbLJkrl2jvOD9DqAkjcJW0D4I1s2KJx5Kb17eIWezDYjukHe-zRpq_YNCgfTpUkj4FT0fAQezWd4qYtP58/s1008/laughteristhebestmedicine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1008" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YhKsLRar-NX63C0isk0AyJG4pb-lZtloyifI6snt2zhZDmQIsKfirYX3xlbLJkrl2jvOD9DqAkjcJW0D4I1s2KJx5Kb17eIWezDYjukHe-zRpq_YNCgfTpUkj4FT0fAQezWd4qYtP58/w320-h237/laughteristhebestmedicine.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Classic Movie Blog Association (<b><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/07/favourite-movies-sapphire-1959.html" target="_blank">CMBA</a></b>) presents its Fall 2021 blogathon, <b><i><u>Laughter is the Best Medicine</u></i></b>. The contributions from members can be accessed <b><a href="http://clamba.blogspot.com/2021/10/laughter-is-best-medicine-cmba-fall.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. Don't crack your funnybone!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1DwyJvNKwEegWjEU_3CiDqrq3vqyp5aowx1gCWDuju7oaAbRqDt8WG1QL7jn3-Gjm01ZOVko4pXIloIuTHTBRp2kKwj73OIPL_Nddmn986S4d6y4vvocGsoSOgmxV5Pj2BaXcdk4z3M/s650/pluto2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1DwyJvNKwEegWjEU_3CiDqrq3vqyp5aowx1gCWDuju7oaAbRqDt8WG1QL7jn3-Gjm01ZOVko4pXIloIuTHTBRp2kKwj73OIPL_Nddmn986S4d6y4vvocGsoSOgmxV5Pj2BaXcdk4z3M/w400-h400/pluto2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Look at the adorable face of Pluto. It is a face full of personality and mischief; the face of all lovable and wacky mutts everywhere.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzX0IhfXRxHKVr9S-D9M1uiJPx9ChdptcTypzfVBKhiRf7GaWPPErj_Kc1-i1Dg-YXXZJVDSxCia0vvnwFH6pvEk1UL9CH_1JCjPV-hdroUzOrT-6oqNj-bs3lMxw1pbl5AkUJ17PuO0/s300/plutothechaingang.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="300" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzX0IhfXRxHKVr9S-D9M1uiJPx9ChdptcTypzfVBKhiRf7GaWPPErj_Kc1-i1Dg-YXXZJVDSxCia0vvnwFH6pvEk1UL9CH_1JCjPV-hdroUzOrT-6oqNj-bs3lMxw1pbl5AkUJ17PuO0/w320-h242/plutothechaingang.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Plucked from the anonymity of a "bit" in <u><i>The Chain Gang</i>, 1930</u> by creator Norm Ferguson, Pluto has found his way into the hearts of audiences for 91 years and counting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJpzyDExe-lBhABYkuH0ZKtQ17mBn6mVV1CzAUagsrB9z6ZJwiAZsEPPKRG0zDqq-AK3vsiBJwMaeNsfRL-ywPx-krqyVoqxihaBNq4xhyphenhypheng9EhYUQiFBH6eGumLvYMfxkckzabG4lg_0/s580/plutonormferguson1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="580" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJpzyDExe-lBhABYkuH0ZKtQ17mBn6mVV1CzAUagsrB9z6ZJwiAZsEPPKRG0zDqq-AK3vsiBJwMaeNsfRL-ywPx-krqyVoqxihaBNq4xhyphenhypheng9EhYUQiFBH6eGumLvYMfxkckzabG4lg_0/s320/plutonormferguson1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Norm Ferguson</div><div style="text-align: center;">September 2, 1902 - November 4, 1957</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Norm did not come from a traditional art background to the Disney animation department, but rather from the job of cameraman. Blessed with his own "outside the box" ideas, a mobile face, and a strong sense of humour, Norm leaped over traditional stepping stones and brought a vivid and fascinating thought process to his work and his characters. Audiences do not simply observe gags; they actually live in the moment with Norm's characters. Those characters include <i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarf</i>'s Wicked Witch, the all-purpose antagonist Peg Leg Pete, and the beloved Pluto.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6GaZxk_JIMU5UBx2emPl5siiuRzWSx-YMLAy-aGeFjPsjJ7KSQdgjjweOo0BHHpgeYDHSq5PIABaKhggf9U7o3IGN5Kf1G3eqoM5OVNkCQVxiuQokQnchLBWsROetJ638-HZI58VE24/s600/normfergusonwinsormccayaward.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="276" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6GaZxk_JIMU5UBx2emPl5siiuRzWSx-YMLAy-aGeFjPsjJ7KSQdgjjweOo0BHHpgeYDHSq5PIABaKhggf9U7o3IGN5Kf1G3eqoM5OVNkCQVxiuQokQnchLBWsROetJ638-HZI58VE24/w92-h200/normfergusonwinsormccayaward.jpg" width="92" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Norm Ferguson earned the praise and admiration of his fellow animators, and in 1987 received a posthumous Winsor McCay Award, a presentation of the International Animated Film Society for career achievement in animation, and the designation of a Disney Legend in 1999.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>PLUTO: Personal Favourites and Highlights</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjEekGYm2NzV4Q2UFBV3TqmsRceLuzphCzYJIxfPxa1k9SiPWnoQyL0fN4kLdti3XeuyKsNitH8ALJsD1hYBihmIeAK7YxjtWa5_xSwXsF8INLXHGY7nr_5xjxGGzQVpVFKkHPHWZWiY/s468/plutomickeysgooddeed1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="468" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjEekGYm2NzV4Q2UFBV3TqmsRceLuzphCzYJIxfPxa1k9SiPWnoQyL0fN4kLdti3XeuyKsNitH8ALJsD1hYBihmIeAK7YxjtWa5_xSwXsF8INLXHGY7nr_5xjxGGzQVpVFKkHPHWZWiY/s320/plutomickeysgooddeed1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><u><i>Mickey's Good Deed</i>, 1932</u> shows Mickey Mouse and Pluto singing for their supper on Christmas Eve during the Great Depression. Mickey, naturally, refuses to sell his beloved Pluto to a spoiled rich kid who demands his father buy him the dog. When Mickey comes across a poor family of cats, he relents to the sale to provide Christmas for the kittens. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoSXLNgnX2_SW7QLc93ETomJlHDuhlbAqEuKUrYhFAytzK0itr1iQE0d182nj4AMRf2BKbd4Bxxi5hZezwAMkou8tQMxE1xTjIyR3ggKh4dwcB8S1rwXdwdx5gARyBrm7RjMbMXNP9Ww/s259/plutomickeysgooddeed2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoSXLNgnX2_SW7QLc93ETomJlHDuhlbAqEuKUrYhFAytzK0itr1iQE0d182nj4AMRf2BKbd4Bxxi5hZezwAMkou8tQMxE1xTjIyR3ggKh4dwcB8S1rwXdwdx5gARyBrm7RjMbMXNP9Ww/w320-h240/plutomickeysgooddeed2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Mickey has saved Christmas for the poor family but is alone with only a snow sculpture of his beloved Pluto until the rich kid goes too far and gets a well-deserved spanking from his dad who throws Pluto out. The mutt finds his way to Mickey, bringing with him a roasted turkey from the mansion. It is a cold but happy Christmas for the pair.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI8XjKkiwhZz470D9tr-BmiPSfD7v1gp9z2WeoUIp4mYygaAI5Nh3Z6RYJsCmwetLnOFOw7X55IV5xlNmw1G8h-3uqT1byXN3W-ztUt3EdHbi6xtwiA0CnFvQv7kblGrVQgoVT0aA1lI/s720/plutoplayfulpluto1934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="720" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI8XjKkiwhZz470D9tr-BmiPSfD7v1gp9z2WeoUIp4mYygaAI5Nh3Z6RYJsCmwetLnOFOw7X55IV5xlNmw1G8h-3uqT1byXN3W-ztUt3EdHbi6xtwiA0CnFvQv7kblGrVQgoVT0aA1lI/s320/plutoplayfulpluto1934.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pluto struggles with intractable flypaper in <u><i>Playful Pluto</i>, 1934</u>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghm5LWbM-ubL5ORuk2fRcKMkZPxh9U6cEIT1DTro-EsXJyOloz9VF1CqW9ypPua1csiiKLRbfNafFxKEad-y9ik8uyO-qVuTL6aT2EVWgY7k53_NqSccTKYmxKDfcqtlCuEPNUTTFimBs/s1363/plutosullivanstravels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1363" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghm5LWbM-ubL5ORuk2fRcKMkZPxh9U6cEIT1DTro-EsXJyOloz9VF1CqW9ypPua1csiiKLRbfNafFxKEad-y9ik8uyO-qVuTL6aT2EVWgY7k53_NqSccTKYmxKDfcqtlCuEPNUTTFimBs/s320/plutosullivanstravels.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Preston Sturges' <u><i>Sullivan's Travels</i>, 1941</u> tells the epic journey of Hollywood director John L. Sullivan's (Joel McCrea) search for "real life" and the way to present a truly serious story on the screen. Time on a chain gang taught him one lesson he will carry forward when the downtrodden prisoners are offered the reprieve of a church screening of <i><u>Playful Pluto</u></i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that that's all some people have? It isn't much, but it's better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HMjIcyymlXC8WS6qaZbhuQ4Lw8DX0dIiDrVIF3wFWr_wsMloltu5Tu4MdTBdeDx4mmO0CRvYHVKSRNQIxmx_pyH-z3Xafib0hbOx2H5oJrsUU0meqAovaCEqMvllWtfXaL8wR8qRa7A/s1280/plutoonice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HMjIcyymlXC8WS6qaZbhuQ4Lw8DX0dIiDrVIF3wFWr_wsMloltu5Tu4MdTBdeDx4mmO0CRvYHVKSRNQIxmx_pyH-z3Xafib0hbOx2H5oJrsUU0meqAovaCEqMvllWtfXaL8wR8qRa7A/s320/plutoonice.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to my son Gavin and the 1935 Mickey Mouse Technicolor short <i><u>On Ice</u></i>, the laughs I had enjoyed through the years at Pluto finally came to a true appreciation. Gavin still enjoys watching his favourite 'toons on a loop and you have to reach the appreciation point to deal with the saturation point.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHRP40ALwsghKTjznk5_B7ydLU-jStn_DMKHqVP_F_SFXy0GSNnCdKautHGbkr9_jRK568QjjitbdRyGt3JlvdiC5i21Xe5_1EhWI8n49Dq8X_6qtRHgeNO4mL_IlhhOTch5O3AvKr0I/s600/plutoonice2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHRP40ALwsghKTjznk5_B7ydLU-jStn_DMKHqVP_F_SFXy0GSNnCdKautHGbkr9_jRK568QjjitbdRyGt3JlvdiC5i21Xe5_1EhWI8n49Dq8X_6qtRHgeNO4mL_IlhhOTch5O3AvKr0I/s320/plutoonice2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />In <i><u>On Ice</u></i>, Mickey and the gang are enjoying a winter's day skating on a frozen river. Donald, with his own insane sense of humour, decides to prank the innocent Pluto by placing ice skates on the sleeping pooch. Pluto awakens to the sudden reality of trying to stay on his feet and the scene made me realize that here was a comic mime on a par with the greats. Names like Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin, Lloyd, and Keaton must make way for their cartoon canine compatriot!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FdUddvUxmK2sHRBcZFRQyqgd-FVf6BrJhbwtk9aL_AAwqlLgKpvLyefPbcW3s7ovypIkik39WhSIIn9SsTgC5OWYLAx_kYAUqtVd1TX1PGxLNVJ01rKK6FRPDTg-GQ38cqRHlvIqa7I/s320/plutosjudgementday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="320" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FdUddvUxmK2sHRBcZFRQyqgd-FVf6BrJhbwtk9aL_AAwqlLgKpvLyefPbcW3s7ovypIkik39WhSIIn9SsTgC5OWYLAx_kYAUqtVd1TX1PGxLNVJ01rKK6FRPDTg-GQ38cqRHlvIqa7I/s0/plutosjudgementday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i>Pluto's Judgement Day</i>, 1935</u> takes us inside the nightmare of a guilty conscience. Pluto must face the judgement of all the cats in the world - at least, all of the cats he has chased and menaced or wishes he had chased and menaced. A courtroom made up entirely of cats finds Pluto guilty and he must be punished. Scary stuff, and very funny.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy17qmPGt54boJaOofwe-WPg-WSJhmxeUGTHr0JhvDP4uSqzQyPnBX3lPtyAUmHxgGsFXeybZkjZbUSIAmI0lQ8MJJtZ14j5jW2RmA83dbHdh9b7dYruLhY6uh4fTHFYQ_Bf3GmeNLQ6w/s720/plutosocietydogshow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy17qmPGt54boJaOofwe-WPg-WSJhmxeUGTHr0JhvDP4uSqzQyPnBX3lPtyAUmHxgGsFXeybZkjZbUSIAmI0lQ8MJJtZ14j5jW2RmA83dbHdh9b7dYruLhY6uh4fTHFYQ_Bf3GmeNLQ6w/s320/plutosocietydogshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><u><i>Society Dog Show</i>, 1939</u> places the mutt among the swell set. Proud owner Mickey believes his Pluto to be the equal of any of the purebred hounds and enters Pluto in the high-toned dog show. Pluto's finer points are not recognized until a fire breaks out and he shows himself to be a true hero, winning the heart of his lady fair.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskKV7RefGqJymRumkOLWbR1KbdskrQ-UDJX9zdxcI2qCneFUzOggqT_URuH7TuIG_4xs9Iy9Sjzk5HSaiO2xJvJSC0MfxWlyrpXFffsX2LlRkOKvXKpHSqvYDz1mCr3PBzXq8RwH95zQ/s720/plutotrip2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="720" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskKV7RefGqJymRumkOLWbR1KbdskrQ-UDJX9zdxcI2qCneFUzOggqT_URuH7TuIG_4xs9Iy9Sjzk5HSaiO2xJvJSC0MfxWlyrpXFffsX2LlRkOKvXKpHSqvYDz1mCr3PBzXq8RwH95zQ/s320/plutotrip2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i>Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip</i>, 1940</u> solidifies the bond between the mouse and the pup as the two battle conductor Pete, a strict enforcer of the no dog policy of the railway. Are there no lengths to which the mean old conductor won't go to get rid of the pooch? Are there no lengths to which the owner and pet won't go to make their destination together?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzEbTkssL9zw7yTgxi6SquaVK9Eng4YvYLRdKSu2Zxkq3XQUtpaQjHnEKMuPuYqQ5z8vBkO5NZt1g7SYienUQnMAWsEfEwhsC0jVzyenT-Qh5rkBJ-4RoDkve8VhAfEIwK8Q-2WZtn8w/s250/plutolendapaw1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="250" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzEbTkssL9zw7yTgxi6SquaVK9Eng4YvYLRdKSu2Zxkq3XQUtpaQjHnEKMuPuYqQ5z8vBkO5NZt1g7SYienUQnMAWsEfEwhsC0jVzyenT-Qh5rkBJ-4RoDkve8VhAfEIwK8Q-2WZtn8w/w320-h180/plutolendapaw1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><u>Lend a Paw</u></i> won the 1942 Oscar for Best Short Subject, Cartoons. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1m3ZsEk5LhC9T6uHjKdQYOsmSBtgrXq36a84ViD_ZN8ji7QQoxgemIiQYoEo39vkoSx77RLTM7nCGGftYn2fosStZ9V_5V_D8JNsbFcHR-SY4awAV4D9EyZjt-XmL7Lc5fOfZzv6RlcU/s600/plutolendapaw2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="600" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1m3ZsEk5LhC9T6uHjKdQYOsmSBtgrXq36a84ViD_ZN8ji7QQoxgemIiQYoEo39vkoSx77RLTM7nCGGftYn2fosStZ9V_5V_D8JNsbFcHR-SY4awAV4D9EyZjt-XmL7Lc5fOfZzv6RlcU/s320/plutolendapaw2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pluto has rescued a kitten from a watery grave. Pluto probably wouldn't have rescued the kitten if he had known it was a kitten. Pluto develops an instant and strong jealousy of the cute and cuddly little pussy cat. Pluto does his best to discredit the kitten in Mickey's eyes, and to get rid of it once and for all! It is a battle between Pluto's inner demon and inner angel. Who will win?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfT9cmE3oiUFBIdxsvh7Stj6Sb27_ZtoQlkN6Po4kgTOsEGUALcTbejrnOojC-t2tKN0sqnjf6uaSEz_eFSe6ZQArn4luA6aC-wFhi0DOwK1DUxU0htX-qhmHl-IZhuuEM8OSgdE1kac/s720/plutospringtimefor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfT9cmE3oiUFBIdxsvh7Stj6Sb27_ZtoQlkN6Po4kgTOsEGUALcTbejrnOojC-t2tKN0sqnjf6uaSEz_eFSe6ZQArn4luA6aC-wFhi0DOwK1DUxU0htX-qhmHl-IZhuuEM8OSgdE1kac/s320/plutospringtimefor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u><i>Springtime for Pluto</i>, 1944</u> finds Pluto following the siren call of Pan and reveling in the warm weather and promise of spring. He also runs into bugs, hayfever, and sudden torrential rainstorms. Everything has its good and bad points. Don't blame the flute-playing god. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp673IHS88Zl2_pQZCEYPnG1Zpv3WqSg7pwse1VMaSjyBQvZqePLhaXtnhxg1tCm_Aq2877smlb2fKSoLASI5tjBFbWCqPL_iyw8KQDF8QzYvHOxxaBRpY5nQZozE6eqq1Stfi1KnwKdU/s500/plutosbluenote1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="500" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp673IHS88Zl2_pQZCEYPnG1Zpv3WqSg7pwse1VMaSjyBQvZqePLhaXtnhxg1tCm_Aq2877smlb2fKSoLASI5tjBFbWCqPL_iyw8KQDF8QzYvHOxxaBRpY5nQZozE6eqq1Stfi1KnwKdU/s320/plutosbluenote1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i>Pluto's Blue Note</i>, 1947</u> casts the mutt as a frustrated musician. He discovers the miracle of lipsynching and finds himself the Sinatra-like idol of the lady dogs of the neighbourhood. Pluto's attempts to find his place in the musical milieu and his ultimate success make this a very satisfying and amusing entry. <i>Pluto's Blue Note</i> was nominated for Best Short Subject, Cartoons in 1948. The Oscar went to the Merrie Melody short <i>Tweetie Pie</i>, the first teaming of Tweety and Sylvester.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuEptW2jx-sZN9jzoSYLd0tYHftgY2vDdbaHF8BsHO7lbSgc7uCPTBCE3Uvlegx_SBD5gICG_T2-Rq52Zme32SKRxQcSB0d2DXLBCKFiUdVkFqQISCU8J-nxtZkJx7oQw97h8nTfxLeU8p6LYB2u9s0cM9JtfHm6I6t_sjHPehtbwQG2F1xR3OKXDL=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="720" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuEptW2jx-sZN9jzoSYLd0tYHftgY2vDdbaHF8BsHO7lbSgc7uCPTBCE3Uvlegx_SBD5gICG_T2-Rq52Zme32SKRxQcSB0d2DXLBCKFiUdVkFqQISCU8J-nxtZkJx7oQw97h8nTfxLeU8p6LYB2u9s0cM9JtfHm6I6t_sjHPehtbwQG2F1xR3OKXDL=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i>Plutopia</i>, 1951</u> finds Pluto and Mickey at a campground with harsh restrictions on where and what dogs may do. Pluto finds respite in dreamland where he is the ruler of all he surveys and a cat, a most deferential cat, supplying every wish to his dog master. Why, this compliant cat even goes so far as to beg for punishment at the very thought of disappointing the mighty Pluto! Plutopia indeed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdUkJ3V4DeNwEYQjZQ6dAilkWzzvPImu0YSXhjLOG5f4AMu-PXwGBZe7Jvxys4C0jtXHroi6OyKdx154ApqPWqfdsx8qPcBan-MaBtQbF5NSz5GQmdEf2_-OJh6joJPY6SDwtZSphsco/s1010/plutoschristmastree3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1010" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdUkJ3V4DeNwEYQjZQ6dAilkWzzvPImu0YSXhjLOG5f4AMu-PXwGBZe7Jvxys4C0jtXHroi6OyKdx154ApqPWqfdsx8qPcBan-MaBtQbF5NSz5GQmdEf2_-OJh6joJPY6SDwtZSphsco/s320/plutoschristmastree3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mickey: <i>"Pluto, we have chipmunks in our tree!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i>Pluto's Christmas Tree</i>, 1952</u> takes Pluto through his paces. First, the excitement of going for a walk with Mickey to pick out the tree. Next, the joy of decorating. After that, it is the horrifying discovery that Chip and Dale have invaded the celebration followed by the battle of the century and the frustration of not getting Mickey to understand the enormity of the situation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O-XGRsmFh56fw35rlopN38TM0PhADVpek5n2VOFOuCtt9LcLZ7gQivvxfgQXVrb4FbW8I1cTeXP_-jYn1PyWHWGkOXGjplusaO0H2rWbq1NgHTv_oXLP26FiyKEZNRVdRxFK80-X6wE/s628/plutoschristmastree6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="628" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O-XGRsmFh56fw35rlopN38TM0PhADVpek5n2VOFOuCtt9LcLZ7gQivvxfgQXVrb4FbW8I1cTeXP_-jYn1PyWHWGkOXGjplusaO0H2rWbq1NgHTv_oXLP26FiyKEZNRVdRxFK80-X6wE/s320/plutoschristmastree6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Through the years we have seen Pluto deal with Donald trying to give him a bath, Minnie knitting him a sweater, real and imagined cats, those smart-alec chipmunks, gophers, armadillos, coyotes, parrots, puppies, seals, the weather, and romantic rivals. Does Pluto handle these aggravations with grace and fortitude? He does not! And why should he? Pluto barks and rails against the indignities heaped upon him in this world of woe. He is loyal, perhaps a little foolhardy, and always funny. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhImZXxRSAmF7iDXvfE-uhAQTeTLnUO6ZUzjCx7HRIYuQSn-YCtJCpOQpneP-bEGq0yu4B9e-8yikUQTmKWfcY01Rl2gsIVrDHXzaIH04K9MXnILXpDDRHOl2z5chkAMjSjzR4rV_lvHALHT-HX4Us-C8kawEQNpumf5hK4M8JA7PmlLusVQh3Fbe5k=s250" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="250" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhImZXxRSAmF7iDXvfE-uhAQTeTLnUO6ZUzjCx7HRIYuQSn-YCtJCpOQpneP-bEGq0yu4B9e-8yikUQTmKWfcY01Rl2gsIVrDHXzaIH04K9MXnILXpDDRHOl2z5chkAMjSjzR4rV_lvHALHT-HX4Us-C8kawEQNpumf5hK4M8JA7PmlLusVQh3Fbe5k=w400-h291" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mickey:<i> "Aw, you're just a mutt!"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Canine Caddy</i>, 1941</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-4855276662775294482021-10-11T05:42:00.009-07:002021-10-31T09:54:39.579-07:00HALLOWE'EN ON REMAKE AVENUE: Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1932 and Phantom of the Rue Morgue, 1954<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbI0S-fqtkDxOIMK8AqRwqTjKdjsRyyxN_JPpeuykTlf2hSfuzimLRJEuvC_SvvtsSt__5BmNKJ6YRFLuvco5E8mi7SA4hn_J2ICPNc5yMN6DyX67tI2orwUNDq1lm1ZxQvLpf7MnSWfc/s500/murdersintheruemorgue1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbI0S-fqtkDxOIMK8AqRwqTjKdjsRyyxN_JPpeuykTlf2hSfuzimLRJEuvC_SvvtsSt__5BmNKJ6YRFLuvco5E8mi7SA4hn_J2ICPNc5yMN6DyX67tI2orwUNDq1lm1ZxQvLpf7MnSWfc/w213-h320/murdersintheruemorgue1.jpg" width="213" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) changed the literary landscape and the reading habits of generations forever with his creation of the logically-minded amateur detective Auguste Dupin in <i>The Murders in the Rue Morgue</i>, 1841, <i>The Mystery of Marie Roget</i>, 1842, and <i>The Purloined Letter</i>, 1844.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Murders in the Rue Morgue</i> present us with a dispassionate investigator, his companion/narrator, and an improbable murder in a story that echoes through the years.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Poe's stories, particularly Dupin's debut in <i>The Murders in the Rue Morgue</i> have been filmed multiple times dating back to 1908. Our trip to Remake Avenue looks at Universal's 1932 film and Warner Brother's 3D entry <i>Phantom of the Rue Morgue</i> in 1954.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimWQo9ECNQlRW1_S_dJQXQ4pgvjwLGbYYl3firNFakc0qHwNsSN12mQ5S1Bt_Yd4RWR8n1QzE6wcqsYzhn31TnW-TlR4qSl8zzJ6wl-Y2ltbxMBOmejX2K38CdTn9AAvFgcLs_rULWu8/s500/murdersintheruemorgue3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="500" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimWQo9ECNQlRW1_S_dJQXQ4pgvjwLGbYYl3firNFakc0qHwNsSN12mQ5S1Bt_Yd4RWR8n1QzE6wcqsYzhn31TnW-TlR4qSl8zzJ6wl-Y2ltbxMBOmejX2K38CdTn9AAvFgcLs_rULWu8/w400-h316/murdersintheruemorgue3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pierre Dupin played by Leon Waycoff (later Ames) is a medical student in Paris in 1845. He is an obsessive fellow whose romantic inclination is focused on pretty Camille L'Espanaye (Sidney Fox). Pierre's scientific focus is currently narrowed in on the mysterious and gruesome murders of two women in the Rue Morgue. Our earnest hero and too-sweet heroine are about to find their romance in a tangled and dangerous situation.</div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQKDbFuaf983c76Jof2nO9ABiu5-vcQThKD6Q7tGy-89liMqDT4DWiBnVeNNq7-wHhUtLSfjjAjrT4Xl7v-dYaVc6JpeA-SMbWIKIljBSL6Ql5fKZxgHDgCoCzSdxwjiRe8z_Vs_yFnwbpe3OwF263fgvhZGsaS88YeNNUADIHgfkslbXOgcxYGSdJ=s925" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="925" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQKDbFuaf983c76Jof2nO9ABiu5-vcQThKD6Q7tGy-89liMqDT4DWiBnVeNNq7-wHhUtLSfjjAjrT4Xl7v-dYaVc6JpeA-SMbWIKIljBSL6Ql5fKZxgHDgCoCzSdxwjiRe8z_Vs_yFnwbpe3OwF263fgvhZGsaS88YeNNUADIHgfkslbXOgcxYGSdJ=w400-h217" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Leon Ames, Sidney Fox, Bert Roach</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The carnival is in town and Pierre and his roommate Paul (Bert Roach) escort their ladies, Camille and Mignette (Edna Marion), for an evening's entertainment. Among the sideshow offerings is Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi) and Erik. Erik is a gorilla to whom Mirakle purports to speak. Mirakle makes grand claims about evolution which incite the religious element among the crowd. Mirakle declares that he is not just another sideshow barker, but a scientist whose true legacy will be in his work of combining Erik's blood with that of humans. Shades of <i>Island of Lost Souls</i>!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis_xCmoz5as8_dt9z_9zbG-N6STIdRMcTTL8Ne8ybOAyG_xM7a-c4hwiy6bdyLmQFqEUgCkRw9LU9xxVopG9fR2RvoOznT5r6ZGmFKgjttsrOevFQfaSRz8Sq26vsHLyQcJ3bI2w5r-Tw0ayFBwAlhvRkoukl92b9hotbikoMZWCkFCugCCNvGKoFh=s926" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="926" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis_xCmoz5as8_dt9z_9zbG-N6STIdRMcTTL8Ne8ybOAyG_xM7a-c4hwiy6bdyLmQFqEUgCkRw9LU9xxVopG9fR2RvoOznT5r6ZGmFKgjttsrOevFQfaSRz8Sq26vsHLyQcJ3bI2w5r-Tw0ayFBwAlhvRkoukl92b9hotbikoMZWCkFCugCCNvGKoFh=w400-h255" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Arlene Francis, Bela Lugosi</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Mirakle and Erik are both intrigued by the pretty Camille. Mirakle senses she will be the woman for whom he is searching in order to achieve success in his grand experiment. The blood of a Woman of the Street (Arlene Francis) proved to be "rotten." Pierre, a frequent visitor to the morgue will find one more murder victim to add to the mystery which occupies his mind.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Lugosi's creepy make-up courtesy of Jack Pierce and the actor's performance leave no doubt that his all-consuming fervor for his theories and experiments has taken him to madness.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The authorities are blind to the coincidences Pierre discovers and slow to listen to his well-thought-out theories on the crimes. Action must be taken quickly to save Camille and quick action is sorely lacking from the gendarme. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhofZZB3Sk9JGuqfIZi6KJcthqmnj-ZZmlFWyv9R-0hZPuEsiZ6RyBEPQ8u1iYr54ibd7oFopclJer8mFa21xWGnRiVum_WaafZTGK92N96zYr83wtObTRWP3DFikZIi9GoDEm4OiClk5MKtrdzGTs6abJJS8ydAqdgmh0XlDgGUJchqdOdDZRWFzV0=s919" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="919" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhofZZB3Sk9JGuqfIZi6KJcthqmnj-ZZmlFWyv9R-0hZPuEsiZ6RyBEPQ8u1iYr54ibd7oFopclJer8mFa21xWGnRiVum_WaafZTGK92N96zYr83wtObTRWP3DFikZIi9GoDEm4OiClk5MKtrdzGTs6abJJS8ydAqdgmh0XlDgGUJchqdOdDZRWFzV0=w400-h256" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Robert Florey, who was connected with the project in an on-again, off-again capacity adapted the story and directed <i>Murders in the Rue Morgue</i>. The screenplay by Tom Reed and Dale Van Every leaves us with Poe's setting and murderer while giving us a different human villain and a lead role for Bela Lugosi. The film benefits greatly from the moody and atmospheric cinematography by Karl Freund (<i>The Seventh Cross</i>).</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite an original run time of 80 minutes, the film offered to us runs just over an hour. Those 61 minutes are filled with shadows and fog, and ghastly scenes of death and horror. One can only imagine what the censors forced the studio to leave behind. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifu0_532wn6ImLCWtwp3vcjg2HiCIxHFjS1MynNOhnfl3IUbipR0L2gqTmfBV3j1iHrKn7zy4UFJmH2N3g-aKRVnVxZog1f2YSbO4S_S8wWh5MhB90ABqKz9d1Ue4rprv7Owc2i78halo/s2048/murdersintheruemorguephantom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifu0_532wn6ImLCWtwp3vcjg2HiCIxHFjS1MynNOhnfl3IUbipR0L2gqTmfBV3j1iHrKn7zy4UFJmH2N3g-aKRVnVxZog1f2YSbO4S_S8wWh5MhB90ABqKz9d1Ue4rprv7Owc2i78halo/w400-h301/murdersintheruemorguephantom.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Roy Del Ruth (<i>Employees' Entrance</i>) directed the 1954 3D/Technicolor version of Poe's story from the screenplay by Harold Medford (<i>The Damned Don't Cry</i>) and James. R. Webb (<i>Cape Fear</i>).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT4uObMYAtG5aBDxxilzqq7iO4bPUCRJGRtU2pvOeaasg5UTWl0CaRBOhUMG4ajrlxW0InIx4ZJBuBACgNhXQpkKQRifE4chR160g21kdBEp356bHnncT_odHPu_5Yvg0eH2ya648Cc2EPjT7hU_vu8adOXX87pfrjW4aEKDhorWe3erVw7Sf7xlAA=s389" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="389" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT4uObMYAtG5aBDxxilzqq7iO4bPUCRJGRtU2pvOeaasg5UTWl0CaRBOhUMG4ajrlxW0InIx4ZJBuBACgNhXQpkKQRifE4chR160g21kdBEp356bHnncT_odHPu_5Yvg0eH2ya648Cc2EPjT7hU_vu8adOXX87pfrjW4aEKDhorWe3erVw7Sf7xlAA=w400-h315" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merv Griffin, Steve Forrest, Patricia Medina</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Professor Paul Dupin (Steve Forrest) is intelligent enough to solve the murders that occur in the Rue Morgue and Police Inspector Bonnard (Claude Dauphin), in an amusing portrayal, is clever enough to go to the experts in the medical field to assist in discovering the culprit or at least to be suspicious of the strange theories put forth by these experts. However, the police narrow their culprit to that same Paul Dupin. Quelle dommage!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP5HwrUTqkCwiQOm82lDsM3Hfpo7wMCGjq5A-rQSUSIxWyP9HieMsT3uupeUDkq94m_SktiB3IT53yDq_1-E850SHxtjG5uoVP9qfQrNdArSUKLpKUpKXRGYgGeAnDhu0eG9G3oZ99Lwzl_oLx8yXAZnqohDobuoz0GeFaUlYxJDHaM_gszCBi8v4l=s480" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP5HwrUTqkCwiQOm82lDsM3Hfpo7wMCGjq5A-rQSUSIxWyP9HieMsT3uupeUDkq94m_SktiB3IT53yDq_1-E850SHxtjG5uoVP9qfQrNdArSUKLpKUpKXRGYgGeAnDhu0eG9G3oZ99Lwzl_oLx8yXAZnqohDobuoz0GeFaUlYxJDHaM_gszCBi8v4l=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Karl Malden, Patricia Medina</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Following the template of the 1932 Florey adaption, the motive behind the murders is given a uniquely personal twist on Poe's story. Professor Dupin's sweetheart Jeanette (Patricia Medina) is the object of obsession of the mad head of the institute, Dr. Marais (Karl Malden). Jeanette, like Marais' late wife, is another dark-haired beauty but that is only part of his obsession.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The world at large sees Dr. Marais as a successful professional. Malden's mad man appears only "eccentric" while dealing with the public. It is among the creatures at his personal zoo, his association with Jacques the One-eyed (Anthony Caruso), and the trained gorilla that his madness is revealed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9UJiIhtiGf9_OO5hucu0164Wj4gbITYukCj-a4R6HLokX0VOQRvbg8imadD1XYpl0hefgd0xNoagJkf6bx9Ze82olgB1SRzCBqVUdSGMd5EOUAgdnyoT-FFfXtfDrZoJas4QcfVdouUNO8UWK6uIHcxMnfDrO8w3r6_2crSX6ve-gGspZI3O_HRtK=s480" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9UJiIhtiGf9_OO5hucu0164Wj4gbITYukCj-a4R6HLokX0VOQRvbg8imadD1XYpl0hefgd0xNoagJkf6bx9Ze82olgB1SRzCBqVUdSGMd5EOUAgdnyoT-FFfXtfDrZoJas4QcfVdouUNO8UWK6uIHcxMnfDrO8w3r6_2crSX6ve-gGspZI3O_HRtK=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Enlivening the proceedings is extended use of characters from the circus including knife throwers and acrobats which widens our plot, investigation, and suspect pool. The ghastly murders are shot imaginatively and make fine use of garish Warnercolor. The solution and the race to save our damsel-in-distress is nothing less than what is expected.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Phantom of the Rue Morgue</i> provides its own brand of enjoyment as a Hallowe'en feature involving Poe's unique villain and the mad doctor that producers seemed to think audiences required to swallow the story.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Of note</u>:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR_7l-vwE1icclR2oouqVi-9KuxV85ylL1RsPabs9Y3apb22j-OnUn3aSUTmnVRKxMCatavavj9tGuQ3QtY8B32vcmUR4CEmYafQ3VUc4S--u7-YkHnsJDhuGVHa9rshpNwvbOtYrCGPov3QB7pLF5qDE4OnC97WFCJlVSB95Qx_Ktv2jfa5V55j9H=s248" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="248" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR_7l-vwE1icclR2oouqVi-9KuxV85ylL1RsPabs9Y3apb22j-OnUn3aSUTmnVRKxMCatavavj9tGuQ3QtY8B32vcmUR4CEmYafQ3VUc4S--u7-YkHnsJDhuGVHa9rshpNwvbOtYrCGPov3QB7pLF5qDE4OnC97WFCJlVSB95Qx_Ktv2jfa5V55j9H" width="248" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Charles Gemora (1903-1961)</p><div style="text-align: justify;">Charles Gemora aka "King of the Gorilla Men" due to the number of gorillas and apes he created and portrayed on-screen vs. the number of aliens, played the gorilla in <i>Murders in the Rue Morgue,</i> 1932, and the gorilla in close-ups for<i> Phantom of the Rue Morgue</i>, 1954.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-2477865550250658702021-10-04T04:46:00.002-07:002021-10-05T05:34:04.047-07:00CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR OCTOBER ON TCM<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkQEkI0BhsW7IzqUgWDAyJFi4j0jGAVgNNBN_KOxxrdhHZEeDBdGEq87bSB5uQT2HggOUyfozu_001iIJA9SzRl_HSRbPg6sY6lvMJx5KemQiXhOD9nKKbJoxNAzO7BLMk1ZJPWB5wUo/s775/dial1119b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="775" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkQEkI0BhsW7IzqUgWDAyJFi4j0jGAVgNNBN_KOxxrdhHZEeDBdGEq87bSB5uQT2HggOUyfozu_001iIJA9SzRl_HSRbPg6sY6lvMJx5KemQiXhOD9nKKbJoxNAzO7BLMk1ZJPWB5wUo/w400-h305/dial1119b.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Montreal-born Gerald Mayer (<i><b><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/04/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-april-on.html" target="_blank">Bright Road</a></b></i>) directed this taut hostage drama from a story by Hugh King (<i>The Threat</i>) and actor (<b><i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2013/01/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-january-on.html" target="_blank">Armored Car Robbery</a></i></b>) turned writer (<i>Tootsie</i>) Don McGuire. The disturbing screenplay is by John Monks Jr. (<i>The House on 92nd Street</i>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The post-war years saw changes in audience habits due to television and the venerable studios were seeing that shift play out in their own business. As Dore Schary came to prominence at MGM, grittier and more socially conscious films, particularly from the B unit was changing the look of the studio output. Fans could still count on colourful entertainment such as <i>The Band Wagon</i>, <i>Knights of the Round Table</i>, and <i>Dangerous When Wet</i>, but more and more there were political dramas such as <i>The Sell-Out</i>, contemporary dramas like <i>Executive Suite</i>, and <i>Rogue Cop</i>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Dial 1119</i> finds itself among those latter gloomier films. Studios often used their B unit to try out new ideas or personnel and the lower budget often spurs creativity. This 75-minute thriller is not cast with "names" but with recognizable actors for those who frequented films at the time and enjoy movies from the era today.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOfeWh_84jF1KD3_SZfJ4X7pn4Jv_ps5GzoGtIFjbgiZEHDEO_-unIIJUHV9eFFQsViVWPMieDlBVHhJxKfvOmDqrsoVPD1d6OP8jSFsdAoc8xI0f-dd9KYpu6t45AymBQXOoqJ0ToGk/s918/dial9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="918" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOfeWh_84jF1KD3_SZfJ4X7pn4Jv_ps5GzoGtIFjbgiZEHDEO_-unIIJUHV9eFFQsViVWPMieDlBVHhJxKfvOmDqrsoVPD1d6OP8jSFsdAoc8xI0f-dd9KYpu6t45AymBQXOoqJ0ToGk/w400-h258/dial9.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marshall Thompson</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">News travels quickly in 1950. When a disturbed young killer played by Marshall Thompson escapes from an asylum it is with determination and a frightening goal. The news is relayed through police bulletins and special breaking news radio reports and then on television screens including one in the Oasis Bar. The Oasis is a crumby joint as attested by its owner played by William Conrad but the television over the bar gives it that something extra.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaRRbFIFc63EkoCWMEsE3PdT4hkXCqV-iCvIxACOmFSB4wd3bDRJknjHpoC-LECOiEd6kfdo8zS8_EAIMd1SlSwOIFAFZ5Id5ep2A0nrxjSJvdnjCNbXr-aKcvYV7P-rRVzqjDrXkhGI/s921/dial8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="921" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaRRbFIFc63EkoCWMEsE3PdT4hkXCqV-iCvIxACOmFSB4wd3bDRJknjHpoC-LECOiEd6kfdo8zS8_EAIMd1SlSwOIFAFZ5Id5ep2A0nrxjSJvdnjCNbXr-aKcvYV7P-rRVzqjDrXkhGI/w400-h254/dial8.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Keefe Brasselle, James Bell, Virginia Field, Leon Ames, Andrea King</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The clientele at the Oasis this night includes regulars. Virginia Field is a barfly, James Bell is a disgruntled newspaperman, Keefe Brasselle works at the bar and worries about his wife back at the maternity ward. Andrea King is a lonely woman who decided to take a smarmy Leon Ames up on his offer of a weekend out of the city.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03awM_0SX2UDU7wMNMrxNg2ZHU-NltaqiucdUunRL59Mauzqa5DHSMeBYD_Bv76R3PaF1Ex8V8BDo-FGr0TmG-J2f71Z2UtlxJT6iVZxyFjY8GfH2a66sy8IE9JlpDWUd6jIzAuqiloE/s918/dial6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="918" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03awM_0SX2UDU7wMNMrxNg2ZHU-NltaqiucdUunRL59Mauzqa5DHSMeBYD_Bv76R3PaF1Ex8V8BDo-FGr0TmG-J2f71Z2UtlxJT6iVZxyFjY8GfH2a66sy8IE9JlpDWUd6jIzAuqiloE/w400-h256/dial6.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sam Levene, Richard Rober</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tension is prevalent inside the bar and out on the street, particularly between Sam Levene, the police psychiatrist who had the killer's sentence commuted to treatment instead of "the chair" and the police captain played by Richard Rober who only sees that more lives were lost because the State didn't execute a killer.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Spectators are crowding the streets surrounding the bar, drawn by the drama which they cannot see yet can still hear over the radio plus read about in special editions of newspapers. They also have the novel opportunity to see the television people in action. Dick Simmons plays a glib announcer who turns the life and death drama into a spectacle for an audience. You have to give the people what they want.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1GR2ZXRTJN1pEuKiP0kdESW-p_ANwQ5cHCZP2Im2TIH_oJmC2XSkxWH6IsXTx8a8VnYqmAY1jUnpNRZ7DJLNceKTF4kXFX6iDIxEOb5WtpVHEEaSf3n5E4FGwxKsK931O1GzcNn-nOA/s917/dial11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="917" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1GR2ZXRTJN1pEuKiP0kdESW-p_ANwQ5cHCZP2Im2TIH_oJmC2XSkxWH6IsXTx8a8VnYqmAY1jUnpNRZ7DJLNceKTF4kXFX6iDIxEOb5WtpVHEEaSf3n5E4FGwxKsK931O1GzcNn-nOA/w400-h255/dial11.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The connection between an event and the coverage of an event is the most off-putting aspect of this story. In the years since this movie's release, the lines have blurred more and more between real life and its telecast. Entire generations have had their perspective warped by the media and the two sides of the coin feed off of each other in a vicious circle. This circle is certainly not an entirely new phenomenon (see <i>Ace in the Hole</i>), but in the 21st century, it has become even more pervasive and dangerous.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Dial 1119</i> is an engrossing hostage drama that holds your attention while posing some interesting questions regarding crime, punishment, and coverage. Fans of the cast have an opportunity to see some familiar faces excelling in unfamiliar situations.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">TCM is screening <i>Dial 1119</i> at 6:00 am (Eastern time) on Thursday, October 14th. The films of the day turn a spotlight on mentally maladjusted characters in such titles as <i>M</i>, <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/08/summer-under-stars-blogathon-robert.html?" target="_blank"><b>Night Must Fall</b></a></i>, and <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/10/a-worthy-october-villain-dirk-bogarde.html" target="_blank"><b>Cast a Dark Shadow</b></a></i>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-29896973530709419202021-09-30T11:52:00.011-07:002021-10-03T11:56:43.994-07:00THE BIOPIC BLOGATHON: The Five Pennies, 1959<p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5i5KRDakG-MvxU8bnHCcpnMsxP0h5DTiZz_XN-dlmCOF4QXwJc7N3A5MR0GSBRGcvAyRG4KMm3Ju_9xEiLI9N_wgDe2XSoY-CAnpGuLRkmZKUE__YI69j8KLckKdjSYjISP3mTGs6tA8/s420/biopicblogathon2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="420" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5i5KRDakG-MvxU8bnHCcpnMsxP0h5DTiZz_XN-dlmCOF4QXwJc7N3A5MR0GSBRGcvAyRG4KMm3Ju_9xEiLI9N_wgDe2XSoY-CAnpGuLRkmZKUE__YI69j8KLckKdjSYjISP3mTGs6tA8/s320/biopicblogathon2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>The Biopic Blogathon</b> is hosted by Dr. Annette Bochenek's</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hometownstohollywood.com/" target="_blank">Hometowns to Hollywood</a>. </b>Begin your journey through interesting life stories by clicking<b style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="https://hometownstohollywood.com/2021/09/30/the-biopic-blogathon-is-here/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegIqDGDHl7Tph4yoeibL6WD4amVGSwFRp8zFyRQL4B1B9n2djqIl8i7z-eUAph5KdBwerU3pNjniX-cWnPTcP4fjKS-OiECt48lwym01zZTU8xHJl0HNhUncXNvesh5M3S27kL6QQAZs/s2048/fivepennies1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2012" data-original-width="2048" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegIqDGDHl7Tph4yoeibL6WD4amVGSwFRp8zFyRQL4B1B9n2djqIl8i7z-eUAph5KdBwerU3pNjniX-cWnPTcP4fjKS-OiECt48lwym01zZTU8xHJl0HNhUncXNvesh5M3S27kL6QQAZs/w400-h393/fivepennies1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Dena Productions, named for Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine's daughter, was formed in 1953 and saw the release of the movies <i>Knock on Wood</i>, 1954, <i>The Five Pennies</i>, 1959, <i>On the Double</i>, 1961, and <i>The Man from the Diner's Club</i>, 1963. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Five Pennies</i> written by Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson (<i>The Seven Little Foys</i>) and directed by Shavelson looks at the ups and downs of Red Nichols' career, and his triumph as a family man. Shavelson knew what worked for his star as he directed Danny Kaye on <i>On the Double</i> and wrote <i>The Kid from Brooklyn</i> and <i>Wonder Man</i>. Co-producer Sylvia Fine wrote four songs for the film: <i>The Five Pennies</i>, <i>Follow the Leader</i>,<i> Lullaby in Ragtime</i>, <i>Goodnight - Sleep Tight</i>, and contributed the special lyrics to <i>When the Saints Go Marching In</i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: in the film, Red Nichols played the trumpet for Danny Kaye and Eileen Wilson did the singing for Barbara Bel Geddes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkSH6a3aS8i7S67IJSEqdqwpa_B09hglb57TKNlsMbg8Jim0XM7HNhyhw6EN2eNYpNB7sZNf_698ejNV03FocYff2WtZyICs9ch3Wde-JNmfETAq8rXmjrLOU5O7IxYa-3ELYHWHOaaM/s226/rednichols.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="226" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkSH6a3aS8i7S67IJSEqdqwpa_B09hglb57TKNlsMbg8Jim0XM7HNhyhw6EN2eNYpNB7sZNf_698ejNV03FocYff2WtZyICs9ch3Wde-JNmfETAq8rXmjrLOU5O7IxYa-3ELYHWHOaaM/w400-h395/rednichols.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Loring "Red" Nichols</div><div style="text-align: center;">May 8, 1905 - June 28, 1965</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The son of a music professor and a child prodigy inspired by the likes of Bix Beiderbecke, Fate (with a capital "F") had determined that Red Nichols be a musician. Red owned those dots on the bar line. He was a thoroughly polished cornetist who could cut loose with the popular jazz of the era, bringing it to popularity with hundreds of recordings and concert dates. Red and trombonist Miff Mole were an inseparable and unbeatable team in the 1920s and 1930s.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In his various bands, Red Nichols influenced and mentored many musicians including Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Pee Wee Russell, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Gene Krupa, and Jack Teagarden.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Red made sure everyone was paid."</i></div><div style="text-align: right;">- Jimmy Dorsey on <i>This is Your Life</i>, 1956 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The course of time found Nichols falling out of favour with the intellectual critics who had discovered the sophisticated style of such as Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins. What in an earlier time was an appreciation of a fine musician turned to scorn forgetting that the music world is wide and encompasses many purveyors and many different tastes from audiences who can appreciate more than one thing at a time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Red was married to dancer Willa Stutsman and the couple had one daughter. During the 1930s Red played in pit orchestras and show bands. He left music and worked at a shipyard during WW2 when he and Willa's daughter Dorothy was diagnosed with polio. After the war, Red revived his band at first in small clubs then progressively larger venues, and toured Europe as a goodwill ambassador. Red was performing in Las Vegas when he passed away in 1965.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a treat, a 1929 <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsBJcSLIu5k" target="_blank">medley</a></b> from Red and the boys!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLyOdV8dqNW4i95Ef4AAQQc81uVL7pNn5_tnJpvczB2y6y3hn1FwR7iT-D6V0BEpPUCwsIPumEzpLx1W1Rt4TLkLrdP_LXqZz8UbIr9BJPAig0AFWSteellFQTRJnxzypMNrHOC-ZXts/s1211/fivepennies2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1211" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLyOdV8dqNW4i95Ef4AAQQc81uVL7pNn5_tnJpvczB2y6y3hn1FwR7iT-D6V0BEpPUCwsIPumEzpLx1W1Rt4TLkLrdP_LXqZz8UbIr9BJPAig0AFWSteellFQTRJnxzypMNrHOC-ZXts/w400-h194/fivepennies2.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Danny Kaye, Harry Guardino, Bob Crosby</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ogden, Utah's own Loring Nichols arrived in NYC in the mid-1920s with his cornet, his Dixieland arrangements, and the certainty that <i>"Someday you boys will all be working for me."</i> Work is consistent if not always in line with Red's vision but he is one of those to-thine-own-self-be-true fellows.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HoOVcw0kKq2L1dc2L0B53kBroXe9X0O-sInkzuNNQJ1UeHF5VNEBYhCj5suaR3ipkuN-SYC3SlcD4WEqFH5-IULnUy6m5cXOYcMVgO8YIsl6xHe3NJna4iR5Kwd4jrf52FKFSXXPh6k/s1197/fivepennies3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1197" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HoOVcw0kKq2L1dc2L0B53kBroXe9X0O-sInkzuNNQJ1UeHF5VNEBYhCj5suaR3ipkuN-SYC3SlcD4WEqFH5-IULnUy6m5cXOYcMVgO8YIsl6xHe3NJna4iR5Kwd4jrf52FKFSXXPh6k/w400-h196/fivepennies3.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Red is consistent as well in his personal life. He meets singer (society chanteuse) Willa Stutsman and after her original scorn for the "hick", they form a bond and marry. Like most marriages, they survive their ups and downs by supporting each other through the rough times.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs9d82Ck2iRPJaFSCFr06SQF1c4GKEE-JNiWwomnNmZgiNGxsZ1k7hRkwbWc9rsXiDDw7i_0Icwlr0sE-74WQVVTkTQq65iaxuJ2TOCgt6aaEXlJrCqHGwklhwoWEUUv65LWjrbo0BgY/s1198/fivepennies5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="1198" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs9d82Ck2iRPJaFSCFr06SQF1c4GKEE-JNiWwomnNmZgiNGxsZ1k7hRkwbWc9rsXiDDw7i_0Icwlr0sE-74WQVVTkTQq65iaxuJ2TOCgt6aaEXlJrCqHGwklhwoWEUUv65LWjrbo0BgY/w400-h196/fivepennies5.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Louis Armstrong, Danny Kaye</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Red has the approval and the friendship of his fellow musicians. It is one of the things that keeps him going when times are rough. As he says later in the movie, <i>"There was Louis, there was Bix, and there was me." </i>Red and Louis perform <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRirEDoWWlU" target="_blank">The Battle Hymn of the Republic</a></b>. Remember, that is Red Nichols trumpet that Danny is imitating.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJiIPHNHJ8Y5GnvR-flS3_-AEHuo_yZr4t9ZoX5FCpP49Nb8L_XhgoLLCwMSTHTU7H-saoLgNBqbtcHLQC-XuKLJPr89axHDL_kJIYAnAElhuRU7WsHNjI5KRhPa_YBEmSRhTuqAByzQ/s1205/fivepennies6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1205" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJiIPHNHJ8Y5GnvR-flS3_-AEHuo_yZr4t9ZoX5FCpP49Nb8L_XhgoLLCwMSTHTU7H-saoLgNBqbtcHLQC-XuKLJPr89axHDL_kJIYAnAElhuRU7WsHNjI5KRhPa_YBEmSRhTuqAByzQ/w400-h195/fivepennies6.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Danny Kaye</div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Red takes the Five Pennies on the road. College dates plus their recordings really put the group on the map. Style-wise <i>The Five Pennies</i> cinematographer David L. Fapp (<i>West Side Story</i>) has fun with Technicolor through the opening credits and montages which advance the years of Red's career. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQJUmk039sjB0pOPJQYnU_7snro592_JK697ja88b4nouqg9-F3gI-LzxNw6rMBnusFWz2VU8-kebynkXawpvB_NrUz8yecH5YM8xWMR6f9VWTPP7ghicIuNUEBLpEY-_KOELWBpopuI/s1212/fivepennies12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="1212" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQJUmk039sjB0pOPJQYnU_7snro592_JK697ja88b4nouqg9-F3gI-LzxNw6rMBnusFWz2VU8-kebynkXawpvB_NrUz8yecH5YM8xWMR6f9VWTPP7ghicIuNUEBLpEY-_KOELWBpopuI/w400-h194/fivepennies12.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Susan Gordon as young Dorothy</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The early years on the road include Red and Willa's daughter Dorothy. It is a unique and exciting time for the youngster who loves being with her parents. When Willa decides she would like their daughter to be at least 8-years-old before she starts singing in nightclubs, the couple must come to a difficult decision. It is Red who deems a Boarding School the best solution and Daddy's girl Dorothy resents being sent away.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDp5qIsxk0jud5806Rn_yqscPzfzR6azSE2hYfqyhZnvmJM3Rhz8WxvCRExlzdeMBQ360VrrBbbKWsV7HDiw7ph-sl7gF1neFU-UVjs5dvZrX7DJM4rRAvOUi1XAMBii9t1gcdjmUDY4/s1209/fivepennies14.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1209" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDp5qIsxk0jud5806Rn_yqscPzfzR6azSE2hYfqyhZnvmJM3Rhz8WxvCRExlzdeMBQ360VrrBbbKWsV7HDiw7ph-sl7gF1neFU-UVjs5dvZrX7DJM4rRAvOUi1XAMBii9t1gcdjmUDY4/w400-h195/fivepennies14.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barbara Bel Geddes, Danny Kaye</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When Dorothy is diagnosed with polio the doctors declare that she will never walk again. Devastated, Willa and Red take over her treatment. Red quits the road and the band taking a job in a wartime shipyard, settling down in the sunshine of Los Angeles. The treatment of heat and rehabilitation as outlined by Australian nurse Sister Kenny is their guide. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2Ph79FrBhUehzz-ClVw_IB9j5S5aWnILY5h9Z7dAbtdxTVcAG-iTZOQnim4L3gI1vLE3CN_O7jswfbKJ2PUviU8wfvo7qihd49-35zRXzPwX5qcfnirldSpCPYhQSUcg22FmUhNAk_U/s1210/fivepennies17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1210" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2Ph79FrBhUehzz-ClVw_IB9j5S5aWnILY5h9Z7dAbtdxTVcAG-iTZOQnim4L3gI1vLE3CN_O7jswfbKJ2PUviU8wfvo7qihd49-35zRXzPwX5qcfnirldSpCPYhQSUcg22FmUhNAk_U/w400-h194/fivepennies17.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday Weld as teenager Dorothy, Danny Kaye</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Through the years, Dorothy does walk with braces and a cane. Dorothy has forgotten those early years on the road and, in typical teenage fashion, scoffs at her mother's assertion that her father was once a famous musician. Slowly, Dorothy begins to remember the two separate phases of her life and what her father sacrificed for her sake. She joins her mother in convincing Red to return to what he was meant to do.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-lrnfVtp_nM6n2mh03SvHXnT3u6yFCZluiMDJoYuuoX7J6Ady5Mf1piTfDYR4EM4usqrmWwigbSNfVPK4C4-_1mkIKOzn8nImrA4rFguEOHUIqq1vwCSVFGB347QI3d5gi8hCB7hOLk/s1214/fivepennies20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1214" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-lrnfVtp_nM6n2mh03SvHXnT3u6yFCZluiMDJoYuuoX7J6Ady5Mf1piTfDYR4EM4usqrmWwigbSNfVPK4C4-_1mkIKOzn8nImrA4rFguEOHUIqq1vwCSVFGB347QI3d5gi8hCB7hOLk/w400-h194/fivepennies20.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ray Daley (Glenn Miller), Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino, Danny Kaye</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday Weld, Barbara Bel Geddes, Ray Anthony (Jimmy Dorsey)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Afraid that he has "lost his lip" after all this time, Red struggles with the idea of a comeback and the practice it will take but with the support of his family and old friends we leave him where we met him, back on stage making the music he loves.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>AWARDS/NOMINATIONS</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Oscar nominations</u>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Best music, scoring of a motion picture - Leith Stevens</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Winner: <i>Porgy and Bess</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Best music, original song - Sylvia Fine for <b><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbfb2SYdSqo" target="_blank">The Five Pennies</a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Winner: <i>High Hopes</i> from<i> A Hole in the Head</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Best costume design, color - Edith Head</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Winner: <i>Ben-Hur</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Best cinematography, color - Daniel L. Fapp</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Winner: <i>Ben-Hur</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Golden Globes</u>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Winner</b>: Most promising female newcomer, Tuesday Weld</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nominee: Best Motion Picture - Musical</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Winner: <i>Porgy and Bess</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Grammy Awards</u>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nominee: Best Soundtrack Album Original Cast Motion Picture or Television</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Winner: <i>Porgy and Bess</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Writers Guild of America</u>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Winner</b>: Best written American musical</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_ldbQTugLlSGOhnApawN84jo_psIXRasku-tLcbpqpBC2TuQ44D8uAdVCwyWB1UdV1tPgTVyZeZTjYDsrWTp_Ymd60iL2GFgdxWUEWXLxV05C4wkxTxzR1UZ01gzMXdfQ1ScGEKiNvc/s300/thefivepennies2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="300" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_ldbQTugLlSGOhnApawN84jo_psIXRasku-tLcbpqpBC2TuQ44D8uAdVCwyWB1UdV1tPgTVyZeZTjYDsrWTp_Ymd60iL2GFgdxWUEWXLxV05C4wkxTxzR1UZ01gzMXdfQ1ScGEKiNvc/w400-h289/thefivepennies2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Danny Kaye and Red Nichols</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: Look for a quick cameo from Bob Hope. Red led Hope's radio orchestra for a while in the 1930s.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: Red Nichols was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1986.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p></div></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-19916854771352941772021-09-29T04:31:00.003-07:002021-10-03T08:28:19.493-07:00THE SILENT MOVIE DAY BLOGATHON: The Last of the Mohicans, 1920<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7oEf8R_nxp0iAAJnOK6z-zso0aGCrfWSYvVTeTEJgWzNNK_p_NEevxWjCTHYUKKUlMdbHseGio3xClmFuOiY96imrrCkek69KDi8YderwUqAcdfAtLTrpN1_uVwrez1RX0bdBOppPHE/s400/silentmoviedayblogathonbanner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7oEf8R_nxp0iAAJnOK6z-zso0aGCrfWSYvVTeTEJgWzNNK_p_NEevxWjCTHYUKKUlMdbHseGio3xClmFuOiY96imrrCkek69KDi8YderwUqAcdfAtLTrpN1_uVwrez1RX0bdBOppPHE/s320/silentmoviedayblogathonbanner.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The first annual<b> <a href="https://www.nationaldayarchives.com/day/national-silent-movie-day/" target="_blank">National Silent Movie Day</a></b> has inspired <i>Crystal</i> at <b><a href="https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood</a></b> and <i>Lea</i> at <b><a href="https://silentology.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Silent-ology</a></b> to host <b style="font-style: italic;">The Silent Movie Day Blogathon </b>this<b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>September 29th. Your journey begins <a href="https://silentology.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/the-silent-movie-day-blogathon/" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lTIEg5aBUBMRCL1OPgbn7gwu-nvnxsvdHK6RAYh3EbXJKUQXZjBQDLXyV1W3hhc23UwOLzNI-cELvC42xRshNUu3cAR7SRfU-SHmVpt99jT0XowiMFBqwXyRtMNL_zKfudVUldK5ofI/s1024/silentmovieday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lTIEg5aBUBMRCL1OPgbn7gwu-nvnxsvdHK6RAYh3EbXJKUQXZjBQDLXyV1W3hhc23UwOLzNI-cELvC42xRshNUu3cAR7SRfU-SHmVpt99jT0XowiMFBqwXyRtMNL_zKfudVUldK5ofI/w200-h200/silentmovieday.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first <b><u>National Silent Movie Day</u></b> will be celebrated on September 29, 2021 as established in January 2021 by Chad Hunter, Executive Director of Video Trust and Director of the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society; Brandee B. Cox, Senior Film Archivist at the Academy Film Archive, and Steven K. Hill, Motion Picture Archivist at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini8U1ADui-1zGCKFihwjkht0TbobG2TTHhCdw3Il2-WNcrZCEjgT5Ux-bB_LUo52j_Y40kWgG2ILpcYvIO5E7qloUgZRTLEljX0tnJVtamo2FdgyUrSUHCmZfEoeVZyGbJa831l9Wij0/s1935/thelastofthemohicans5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini8U1ADui-1zGCKFihwjkht0TbobG2TTHhCdw3Il2-WNcrZCEjgT5Ux-bB_LUo52j_Y40kWgG2ILpcYvIO5E7qloUgZRTLEljX0tnJVtamo2FdgyUrSUHCmZfEoeVZyGbJa831l9Wij0/w248-h400/thelastofthemohicans5.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The most popular and enduring of James Fenimore Cooper's five novels which comprise the <i>Leatherstocking Tales</i> is the second in the series, <i>The Last of the Mohicans</i> published in 1826. The story is set in New York State in the mid-16th century during the French and Indian Wars (the North American site of the European Seven Years War).</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXInH-FaJZauXj5NhnuNz6W9Nvn048Yy90Ee7O3HUEuHRKRCx9qwV8Fa-WekNYn1ja-apG0ECOqqLK5TJTZqkl1LD7w_UbWRPkCnwui9F87KMsHbBBJS8ui97F9Ua43gkVV7ij_woGEuk/s830/jamesfenimorecooper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="830" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXInH-FaJZauXj5NhnuNz6W9Nvn048Yy90Ee7O3HUEuHRKRCx9qwV8Fa-WekNYn1ja-apG0ECOqqLK5TJTZqkl1LD7w_UbWRPkCnwui9F87KMsHbBBJS8ui97F9Ua43gkVV7ij_woGEuk/w400-h284/jamesfenimorecooper.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The scout Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, along with his close friends Chingachgook and Uncas, the last of the Mohicans become embroiled in the conflict and the danger that surrounds the Munro family, Colonel, and two daughters. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cooper's stories caught the imagination of filmmakers as early as 1910 and many adaptations for the big and small screens have been created in the hundred years since. 1920 saw a two-part German film that featured Bela Lugosi as Chingachgook. My contribution to <b><i>The Silent Movie Day Blogathon</i></b> is a look at the 1920 Hollywood film from Maurice Tourneur Productions.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi007gVy-xdrzKoOYHEMn8iLTDlWXUGPUqPp5-no_-upvgJ8G89g7zFkIeYe2KXOz4PeyVrmXJgIUs_dHPi1JHmtzQR8QbRMdBU30cRVirjzKP2NH70dZsaNOvgbd_9UWI4OXMGT7dRRqQ/s1094/thelastofthemohicans2a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi007gVy-xdrzKoOYHEMn8iLTDlWXUGPUqPp5-no_-upvgJ8G89g7zFkIeYe2KXOz4PeyVrmXJgIUs_dHPi1JHmtzQR8QbRMdBU30cRVirjzKP2NH70dZsaNOvgbd_9UWI4OXMGT7dRRqQ/w268-h400/thelastofthemohicans2a.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The scenario for the film by Robert Dillon distills the epic story to the events surrounding the emotional and danger fraught story of the Munro sisters, Cora and Alice, along with the memorable characters of Uncas, Chingachgook, Hawkeye, and Magua. This story is enhanced by the location filming in Big Bear Lake, the San Bernardino Forest, and Yosemite National Park.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJUjKhmeuGH-1FjmTBZbg2VjdMLmTUzevG959FtqnM4qkZ9GGv3jFj1KGVI85IGbDqWayEzgKEMQS0LKutFGPk_gvI86uc2D5ilkjzhsdjOFq1b11KhKZvFx-RxjdlGPte07pKn3MMYU/s489/mohicans3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="464" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJUjKhmeuGH-1FjmTBZbg2VjdMLmTUzevG959FtqnM4qkZ9GGv3jFj1KGVI85IGbDqWayEzgKEMQS0LKutFGPk_gvI86uc2D5ilkjzhsdjOFq1b11KhKZvFx-RxjdlGPte07pKn3MMYU/w380-h400/mohicans3.png" width="380" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lillian Hall, Barbara Bedford</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Maurice Tourneur whose background in the theatre and in classical art informed his filmmaking directed and released the film through his own production company formed in 1917. <i>The Last of the Mohicans</i> bears his distinctive hallmark of excellence regardless of the illness which forced assistant director Clarence Brown (<i>The Yearling</i>) to take over the duties of his revered mentor.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>"Maurice Tourneur was my god. I owe him everything I've got in the world. For me, he was the greatest man who ever lived." </i><span style="text-align: right;">- Clarence Brown</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHtRDYthwjGUm7BWi82AMicZ79unJTkj-PeX2Mw90WfoZJ9PfZsakD-BIwyZMAa7EJnj-5O9MfpHTYJ_OCwwTXdJnIFGA4B6OAdTtEUuAuXwOn86QcEm5S4lP46yHdfJNIr-A5nPuCH0/s647/mohicans5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="647" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHtRDYthwjGUm7BWi82AMicZ79unJTkj-PeX2Mw90WfoZJ9PfZsakD-BIwyZMAa7EJnj-5O9MfpHTYJ_OCwwTXdJnIFGA4B6OAdTtEUuAuXwOn86QcEm5S4lP46yHdfJNIr-A5nPuCH0/w400-h328/mohicans5.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Wallace Beery</p><p style="text-align: center;">Magua: <i>"Magua does not kill his prisoners - he tortures them!"</i></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Fort William Henry was built in 1755 on Lake George in what was called the province of New York. Our story finds Colonel Munro in a stand-off with General Montcalm and his Huron allies. Nonetheless, when General Webb sends reinforcements to Fort William Henry among them are Colonel Munro's daughters under the protection of Major Heyward and the guidance of a Native scout. Magua played by Wallace Beery claims to know a shortcut to the fort but has nefarious plans of his own. Pride and vengeance against mistreatment by Munro motivate the Huron. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNLbpX5nDTiM1PxrwIvRkq63v0pX34QVCtlhMbzHMLtgPAgNtFMrPXtymL0wZnP57FaaRYz_rjEfjjBWeTHprODwvMlewFifuMTQORlGuAtKDeyxTDicsWfyPLSJY5-1ZrJc5iR28yWw/s654/mohicans2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="654" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNLbpX5nDTiM1PxrwIvRkq63v0pX34QVCtlhMbzHMLtgPAgNtFMrPXtymL0wZnP57FaaRYz_rjEfjjBWeTHprODwvMlewFifuMTQORlGuAtKDeyxTDicsWfyPLSJY5-1ZrJc5iR28yWw/w400-h324/mohicans2.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">George Hackathorne, Barbara Bedford</p><p style="text-align: center;">Cora: <i>"Surely among his own people he is a prince!"</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Captain Randolph: <i>"You! - The daughter of Colonel Munro! - admiring a filthy savage!"</i></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Barbara Bedford plays Cora, Munro's dark-haired, devoted and romantic daughter. Her imagination has been taken by the appearance in their lives of Uncas played by Albert Roscoe. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Alice Munro played by Lillian Hall is a vivacious blonde protected by the love of her family and admired by the stalwart Major Heyward played by Henry Woodward.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkYDUKLt3fJ-Ekm71fpAMfsxHyYzZh1ULrECDTQWJgTlu651QfRHlAFC5RhhHJcsTeZi4qvdInSEalCuI43en9t5I3JvvrCQP8rV7BaAEiaDu0lZVCvNq2SIu9-N3hDUrYTzlPkRiMRo/s647/mohicans7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="647" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkYDUKLt3fJ-Ekm71fpAMfsxHyYzZh1ULrECDTQWJgTlu651QfRHlAFC5RhhHJcsTeZi4qvdInSEalCuI43en9t5I3JvvrCQP8rV7BaAEiaDu0lZVCvNq2SIu9-N3hDUrYTzlPkRiMRo/w400-h328/mohicans7.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Henry Woodward, Harry Lorraine, Albert Roscoe, Theodore Lorch </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hawkeye: <i>"I suspect the varmint covets your scalps! Come - these woods are no longer safe."</i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As the group of the Monro sisters, Major Heyward and Magua split off from the troops they come across David Gamut played by Nelson McDowall. The awkwardness of the preacher/musician adds a touch of comic relief to the tense situation as the travelers come to realize that Magua is not their friend. Friends will be found in the forest in the scout Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and his son Uncas.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIM0OTvIuksKXX0mlgSRrywEmkCcXnHbkuYEndzyzLRjHKc9CWBMIhIUyt0Iji8PDtiUjSQLW-qbZmK5guCSIzKOq83X6iFimNxtgVDUDt24gPa1rTIV1hmW-l5ZSKWz3u6UVl53rkr_s/s647/mohicans12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="647" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIM0OTvIuksKXX0mlgSRrywEmkCcXnHbkuYEndzyzLRjHKc9CWBMIhIUyt0Iji8PDtiUjSQLW-qbZmK5guCSIzKOq83X6iFimNxtgVDUDt24gPa1rTIV1hmW-l5ZSKWz3u6UVl53rkr_s/w400-h329/mohicans12.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barbara Bedford, Albert Roscoe</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite the knowledge and experience of the rescuers, escaping Magua and his Huron confederates is no easy task. A night spent in a hidden cave is an uneasy time for all. However, Cora and Uncas find they have a shared attraction and compatible souls. How inconvenient when they are faced with such challenges.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Eventually, our beleaguered group reaches Fort William Henry at the same time as the troops. Those troops and Colonel Munro are betrayed by the cowardly Captain Randolph to Montcalm. Under a flag of truce, the French commander informs Colonel Munro that he is aware that the British defenses are not what they should be and that no further help is coming. Montcalm and the Huron leaders pledge that the women and children, and soldiers may leave the fort under protection to which Monro reluctantly agrees.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwn4DmcpizMVQh1HVxNi1qnlkRT56miq4e22R3bGmZwrBsmzw7YJPM5JHaOD0bzJI4aHRVslz73CGpT428Ly2CE57re1fjU3N7-k2b0R6hbeQbfuPVdKGcg02RSY6YtsCnc9RLEAmqx0/s656/mohicans15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="656" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwn4DmcpizMVQh1HVxNi1qnlkRT56miq4e22R3bGmZwrBsmzw7YJPM5JHaOD0bzJI4aHRVslz73CGpT428Ly2CE57re1fjU3N7-k2b0R6hbeQbfuPVdKGcg02RSY6YtsCnc9RLEAmqx0/w400-h321/mohicans15.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nelson McDowall, Barbara Bedford, Lillian Hall</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Emboldened by alcohol and the urging of the magnetic Magua, many Braves turn their back on the word of their leaders and ambush those leaving Fort William Henry. It is a brutal scene that has not been equaled by many movies since. Cora and Alice are kidnapped by Magua who is pursued by Uncas, Chingachgook, Hawkeye, Munro, and Heyward.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgmVqdqIXfqpqdJRlSHGht3CJcMM6eyiN3fyooUvodpTWTFb-CXCRFhCmAZ1xF0x4AKxF8xLCOFJov8yPasR6mi2RkggWY1wj8sGZq6MTcuCOxLgerbKAIHVqSYqE1ajADF7eDIWsO8s/s659/mohicans23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="659" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgmVqdqIXfqpqdJRlSHGht3CJcMM6eyiN3fyooUvodpTWTFb-CXCRFhCmAZ1xF0x4AKxF8xLCOFJov8yPasR6mi2RkggWY1wj8sGZq6MTcuCOxLgerbKAIHVqSYqE1ajADF7eDIWsO8s/w400-h323/mohicans23.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barbara Bedford, Albert Roscoe</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Magua seeks his rights through the Delaware council. It is judged that Cora rightfully belongs with the Mohican Uncas, a cousin of the Delaware but that Magua may take Alice as the spoils of war. The protective nature of her relationship with her sister is overwhelming and Cora offers to exchange herself for Alice. The Delaware offer Magua safe passage until sundown at which time Uncas vows to follow.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5SvHBGIBJzhrln3JFD286iG973xXGIW-pFnCFPgUGls4t1W7mHaMi6UONEtNNa1HBSBzZOOqcTZH0ZsyoetmU22_0arhUIuTKeJGNyDe8scp_7wobPwLrUTzE0hT5_jY1KepSdPbZRY/s649/mohicans28.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="649" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5SvHBGIBJzhrln3JFD286iG973xXGIW-pFnCFPgUGls4t1W7mHaMi6UONEtNNa1HBSBzZOOqcTZH0ZsyoetmU22_0arhUIuTKeJGNyDe8scp_7wobPwLrUTzE0hT5_jY1KepSdPbZRY/w400-h326/mohicans28.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barbara Bedford, Albert Roscoe</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">After almost 200 years since the novel's publication, I have no fear of spoiling the story which reaches its tragic climax on a rocky promontory where lovely and often misunderstood Cora and her valiant protector Uncas lose their lives. Vengeance of a sort comes to Chingachgook with the death of the hated Magua but it does not assuage his pain.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrxFAKAWajYSm7GL5IqtLY36mMKeU-u6eXIOejqtunCH5mz48V8NZE0BN31-bzKXdPtfpQQfFo5Xil6QCSB7XFg0qPjeTZc2M23D7fql660mjOFl7n4OaK4hwBr8ANjH_ppCU4V15E_Y/s656/mohicans30.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="656" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrxFAKAWajYSm7GL5IqtLY36mMKeU-u6eXIOejqtunCH5mz48V8NZE0BN31-bzKXdPtfpQQfFo5Xil6QCSB7XFg0qPjeTZc2M23D7fql660mjOFl7n4OaK4hwBr8ANjH_ppCU4V15E_Y/w400-h325/mohicans30.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Theodore Lorch</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Chingachgook: <i>"Woe for the race of red men! In the morning of life I saw the sons of my forefathers, happy and strong - and before nightfall I have seen the passing of the last of the Mohicans!"</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Of note</u>:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Last of the Mohicans</i>, 1920 was placed on the National Film Registry for culturally significant films in 1995.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">You may be interested in my piece on the 1936 version of <i><b><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2014/11/the-british-empire-in-film-blogathon.html" target="_blank">The Last of the Mohicans</a></b></i>. The Dudley Nichols screenplay was a strong influence on the popular 1992 film, and its retelling of the story which sets the romance on its head is familiar to most film fans.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Maurice Tourneur is the father of director Jacques Tourneur who gave us such classics as <i>Out of the Past</i> and <i><b><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2012/04/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-may-on-tcm.html" target="_blank">Stars in My Crown</a></b></i>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Barbara Bedford and Albert (Alan) Roscoe (Cora and Uncas) were married from 1922 to 1928, and again from 1930 to 1933 when Roscoe passed at the age of 46. The only child for both was their daughter Barbara Edith Roscoe.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg30DqCX9f_BqOgGWUGt-HIF8NqfcSAKsWwgta-wIcNRNKNbE4xls2k9caLLApuTV15KdGxFHERM2yfho2r3Ppy_84VvQJhjXE_4uiF3PfCBlizArzGSaG5pmHCCYOntsmi693KqKsJHw/s607/mohicans9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="607" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg30DqCX9f_BqOgGWUGt-HIF8NqfcSAKsWwgta-wIcNRNKNbE4xls2k9caLLApuTV15KdGxFHERM2yfho2r3Ppy_84VvQJhjXE_4uiF3PfCBlizArzGSaG5pmHCCYOntsmi693KqKsJHw/w400-h338/mohicans9.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-17868545686510029792021-09-24T04:45:00.006-07:002021-09-24T07:45:10.118-07:00THE 8TH ANNUAL RULE BRITANNIA BLOGATHON: The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951<p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://mercurie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnazdC-T921pslexJDV8RgYBsNnAPPHMDuJZXVzk5TQCkUSwItpFLeI3AyI0CX6AL0KaYmQwIrpl68SWWU_LIHYMhqltYQmEHViuwAKvHr5KXasmdIND1DXaYa69NxrAJdODwaigOpws/w193-h200/Rulebritanniablogathon2021.jpg" width="193" /></a></span></b></div><a href="http://mercurie.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><br /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://mercurie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Shroud of Thoughts</a></b><span> is the place to be this weekend for the </span><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-8th-annual-rule-britannia-blogathon.html" target="_blank">8th Annual Rule Britannia Blogathon</a></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>courtesy of our host, Terence Towles Canote. Click on the highlighted blogathon title to access the contributions. My piece is a look at the old favourite from Ealing, </span><i>The Lavender Hill Mob</i><span>, 1951. </span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilplhXMDd9oPpGjNnZkrZMGfZ9Jbf2D9mUCrZ85tXB8jMP4wOSP3wEBJOlue5m34ei0PFIUu_7i8Rxjbt19MVsX7xoWPo6_f7lGqS3VLr9V3YDx1aePp2U3AZ74HjcINThF-AUzhrmaXs/s900/thelavenderhillmob1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilplhXMDd9oPpGjNnZkrZMGfZ9Jbf2D9mUCrZ85tXB8jMP4wOSP3wEBJOlue5m34ei0PFIUu_7i8Rxjbt19MVsX7xoWPo6_f7lGqS3VLr9V3YDx1aePp2U3AZ74HjcINThF-AUzhrmaXs/w400-h300/thelavenderhillmob1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u>"The events and characters portrayed in this film are fictitious and any similarity to any incident, name, or individual is coincidental."</u></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The above disclaimer or any of its ilk make me somewhat dubious. Executives from The Bank of England helped devise the plot for <i>The Lavender Hill Mob. </i>The collaboration was pursuant to a request from journalist and novelist T.E.B. Clarke, who created many of the eccentric Ealing Studios comedies between 1943 to 1957. It makes one consider the inner life of bankers, doesn't it? Not to mention authors!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7wIC33FsE3S49DCQFu1N2-vihE5DqLAJFJqIpcrJgAmoBZBlQKC6kbZ_avWSpIdKctnW840ReXRYVGR7M23AvgmPtFkqYKKWZpufepoBuND-3QJ2QqRLGmBt22PlcWvUwCy8_Sv0SBo/s728/thelavenderhillmob3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="728" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7wIC33FsE3S49DCQFu1N2-vihE5DqLAJFJqIpcrJgAmoBZBlQKC6kbZ_avWSpIdKctnW840ReXRYVGR7M23AvgmPtFkqYKKWZpufepoBuND-3QJ2QqRLGmBt22PlcWvUwCy8_Sv0SBo/w400-h225/thelavenderhillmob3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alec Guinness</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Alec Guinness as Mr. Holland (we may call him "Dutch") has carefully cultivated the persona of the loyal employee, the fussy little man with no imagination all the while devising schemes to rob his employers of the gold bullion under his watchful eyes. All that is required is a process in which the bullion may be smuggled to Europe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When the artistic Mr. Pendlebury played by Stanley Holloway becomes the newest boarder at the Balmoral Residential Hotel on Lavender Hill, the way is clear. Pendlebury is the owner of Geegaws Ltd. His business is creating and selling souvenirs. The Eiffel Tower paperweights are a great seller in Paris. Pendlebury, like Holland, dreams of riches and is easily convinced to become a partner in the great bullion meltdown.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ocZ5DehpAGHGdeCDfhFhfABL10WEVY01iHBLltnz1LB3aVTA5BfdHv2pe50XjYM2MApL_AydH6Wd7gM27jtBqOFMjmIItYAr9MzU5bLFKg_4Vtejc8Qb7G-w2qV5cruSWY9hH2Xsczg/s1200/thelavenderhillmob2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ocZ5DehpAGHGdeCDfhFhfABL10WEVY01iHBLltnz1LB3aVTA5BfdHv2pe50XjYM2MApL_AydH6Wd7gM27jtBqOFMjmIItYAr9MzU5bLFKg_4Vtejc8Qb7G-w2qV5cruSWY9hH2Xsczg/w400-h210/thelavenderhillmob2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stanley Holloway, Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Sid James</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>When Mr. Holland is kicked upstairs, that is promoted to an office job with an extra 15 shillings a week, plans for the robbery are rushed. Holland and Pendlebury ingenuously draw to themselves regular, working stiff crooks to assist in the caper. Enter Sidney James as Lackery and Alfie Bass as Shorty. They look to Holland as the boss and trust both Dutch and Pendlebury implicitly, babes in the woods though they may be.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiJWbODVxj6H1GIDTOQecQemEYnJNfMPyZeGBUgFyjia9sQ5YiPUR5Up7Kkb2obmmjKHafZKYC2yRTZcys7sPNV4bghLYOhAqFlzCZSFeUSAqkjm0lsTdunGdcFFpDGqiwksOJRt2L0E/s800/thelavenderhillmob4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiJWbODVxj6H1GIDTOQecQemEYnJNfMPyZeGBUgFyjia9sQ5YiPUR5Up7Kkb2obmmjKHafZKYC2yRTZcys7sPNV4bghLYOhAqFlzCZSFeUSAqkjm0lsTdunGdcFFpDGqiwksOJRt2L0E/w400-h300/thelavenderhillmob4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Audrey Hepburn, Alec Guinness</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />While we cannot say with complete honesty that the heist goes off without a hitch, it does keep the police on their toes while the weeks pass, the bullion is transformed to mementos and the plan comes oh-so-close to fruition. We are so pleased to see that "Dutch" has made it to Rio de Janeiro and is obviously enjoying the good life. He has the regard of those who have an appreciation for his money, including the lovely and young Chiquita winningly played by 22-year-old Audrey Hepburn.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We quell our concern as our scheming dreamer relates the story of his misappropriation to an interested party. We know in our hearts that the interested party is in all likelihood a law enforcement official, but we hold onto the same hope we would have for ourselves in similar circumstances. What does that say about audiences and/or the paycheque to paycheque crowd?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Lavender Hill Mob</i> was directed by Charles Crichton who gave us the affecting drama <i>The Divided Heart</i>, 1954 along with great comedies through the years from <i>The Golfer's Story</i> segment in <i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/10/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-october-on.html" target="_blank"><b>Dead of Night</b></a></i>, 1945 to <i>A Fish Called Wanda</i>, 1988. The script is filled with sly asides and allusions, marvelous double-takes, and some delicious slapstick from Guinness, and the police who emulate their Keystone ancestors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I selected this timeless classic for the <u>8th Annual Rule, Britannia Blogathon</u> not only because it was one of my late father's favourites, but it has become one of mine over the years. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE90HWFQiGP0YwLPByTMJ77SvpqQw3Lzt2iByD-DMujYazYwcZA7OQZ4PCfwOCoxGSKp67zdcFtbSnbnDWwIgIwFBmqzp3NuEddZ0HrCVD7S2ra2N9ANhOkTRQ6q_vc0hl6X8B57nXIAU/s250/ealingstudios.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="250" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE90HWFQiGP0YwLPByTMJ77SvpqQw3Lzt2iByD-DMujYazYwcZA7OQZ4PCfwOCoxGSKp67zdcFtbSnbnDWwIgIwFBmqzp3NuEddZ0HrCVD7S2ra2N9ANhOkTRQ6q_vc0hl6X8B57nXIAU/w400-h243/ealingstudios.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-85967088305024754812021-09-17T04:13:00.002-07:002021-09-17T06:32:27.524-07:00ANNE BANCROFT, A 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: The Raid, 1954<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6jJcKA90PmpUxFDgZJ_-u_axeVSdK-q6ndHGK6cLgGoVzbDheKFYrKqwjwE8AdCwvLZ9a2VdeM_hbutNTykp5HOfLRHxYpAtR0exKbHXZmXnLW01A-QpyouJmN6z3ikW4uM8DrLAFBY/s715/annebancroftblogathon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="574" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6jJcKA90PmpUxFDgZJ_-u_axeVSdK-q6ndHGK6cLgGoVzbDheKFYrKqwjwE8AdCwvLZ9a2VdeM_hbutNTykp5HOfLRHxYpAtR0exKbHXZmXnLW01A-QpyouJmN6z3ikW4uM8DrLAFBY/s320/annebancroftblogathon.jpg" width="257" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Crystal Kalyana is back and <b><a href="https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood</a></b> is hosting a blogathon tribute to the uniquely talented Anne Bancroft. The 90th birthdate celebration runs from September 17th to the 19th. Click <b><a href="https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2021/09/17/the-anne-bancroft-90th-birthday-celebration-blogathon-is-here/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> for the blogathon contributions.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5UJgUvUpHBa82mDn3M-7SuHaifehmmzv8GbIHDFVlsevnKtkoSLRMKcA6WPzqe_MGR-gKWPLfOKJKeu2pbz_xvMqGm2kaDHeE4NUd-KUuKvv76FsOjx4JBq5jb8hDUccb4nGixpmmME/s345/theraid2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="230" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5UJgUvUpHBa82mDn3M-7SuHaifehmmzv8GbIHDFVlsevnKtkoSLRMKcA6WPzqe_MGR-gKWPLfOKJKeu2pbz_xvMqGm2kaDHeE4NUd-KUuKvv76FsOjx4JBq5jb8hDUccb4nGixpmmME/w266-h400/theraid2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Raid</i>, 1954 is a historical drama released by Twentieth Century Fox. The screenplay by Sidney Boehm (<i><b><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2013/07/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-july-on-tcm.html" target="_blank">The Big Heat</a></b></i>) is based on the story treatment of Francis M. Cockrell (<i>Inferno</i>) of the Herbert Ravenel Sass novel <i>Affair at St. Albans</i>. Hugo Fregonese (<i>Saddle Tramp</i>, <i>Man in the Attic</i>) directed. <i>The Raid</i> is based on a true incident that occurred during the American Civil War, the details of which are recounted <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Albans_Raid" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Ia2c6pS0-ci00LubF3t-W493-GmK-bDTcMLWJ1atjigPh_LhcnzveDE5zXU2XpE55_AqYD39yyM5ejvCHYNyr42AB2OlO2FmImgHvuGqoGOhFqzlm7OLlD6EqdZUuN4JIGG5DGGTxQw/s904/raid3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="904" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Ia2c6pS0-ci00LubF3t-W493-GmK-bDTcMLWJ1atjigPh_LhcnzveDE5zXU2XpE55_AqYD39yyM5ejvCHYNyr42AB2OlO2FmImgHvuGqoGOhFqzlm7OLlD6EqdZUuN4JIGG5DGGTxQw/w400-h251/raid3.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Van Heflin, Peter Graves, Lee Marvin</div><p style="text-align: justify;">A group of Confederate prisoners led by Captain Benton played by Van Heflin escape their captors in New York State. There were eight altogether and six will make it across the border to Montreal in Canada. One of the soldiers refuses to go as he cannot condone their plans should the escape prove successful and another was killed. You win no prize for assuming that Lee Marvin as Lt. Keating is cast as the hothead. His character will bring trouble. Peter Graves as Capt. Dwyer is as dedicated and steady as their leader Benton.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When next we see Captain Benton he is posing as a Montreal businessman by the name of Neal Swayze. He has come to St. Albans on a reconnaissance mission. The Confederacy plans to bring the war to what they think of as the complacent North, to disrupt the flow of troops to the South, and to steal much-needed funds. St. Albans is planned to be the first of many such raids.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHRtjJ4n0-QfryZ8kCEjCoaH1cfYEwPJFefVmhY4DAYBRy8IqS2TUPqVtjnr2M7B9GtgLjh89ovhTPCK95XRrjLo6sdFQ0E1vzQY7pnxblkjHlb4qQzpSUiFyiFK1YCUa6uqBxAKejbw/s901/raid4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="901" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHRtjJ4n0-QfryZ8kCEjCoaH1cfYEwPJFefVmhY4DAYBRy8IqS2TUPqVtjnr2M7B9GtgLjh89ovhTPCK95XRrjLo6sdFQ0E1vzQY7pnxblkjHlb4qQzpSUiFyiFK1YCUa6uqBxAKejbw/w400-h258/raid4.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anne Bancroft, Van Heflin</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Benton/Swayze:<i> "I didn't mean to stare at you but I had been told about Widow Bishop. I had expected an older lady."</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Katy Bishop: <i>"The war makes young widows."</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">One of the local bankers played by Will Wright advises the boarding house run by the Widow Bishop for good vittles and a clean atmosphere. It is here that Captain Benton will find more than he was looking for. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In honour of Anne Bancroft's 90th birthdate, we will focus on her role in <i>The Raid</i>. At this point in her burgeoning career, she was generally cast as "the woman," in the picture. Nonetheless, Anne Bancroft brought depth and interest to her characters that were not always apparent in the scripts as written. The character of Katy Bishop has clearly taken control of her life in the midst of tumultuous times providing a haven for her guests and friends and raising her young son played by Tommy Rettig.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIwSVRSg635MOdvvhg1T7I9nhdPmPWKTZqu6NaALDE1vo2fjBTOKBkRF2m5wVu4Y_b0TTp-vFQqH4RVogoDVarPE125kmeudS-Sp1E8C4xc6g5lAKUjWRPZtaKvnds-pNpemC1FDR5E0/s896/raid10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="896" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIwSVRSg635MOdvvhg1T7I9nhdPmPWKTZqu6NaALDE1vo2fjBTOKBkRF2m5wVu4Y_b0TTp-vFQqH4RVogoDVarPE125kmeudS-Sp1E8C4xc6g5lAKUjWRPZtaKvnds-pNpemC1FDR5E0/w400-h263/raid10.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The relationship between Katy and the Confederate raider is not one of those great movie romances, but a subtle meeting of compatible personalities that begins when the Montreal businessman, as he is known, inquires about land that may be available for purchase. The attraction is noted with chagrin by Captain Foster played by Richard Boone. He is a longtime friend of Katy's and the recruiting officer for the district having lost his left hand early in the conflict. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Benton, like most of the men under his command, has difficulty suppressing his hatred of the Yankees among whom he is living. However, as time wears on and plans for the raid are constantly being changed due to unforeseen challenges from Union Forces and from the explosive Lt. Keating, Captain Benton forges feelings for Katy, Tommy, and the town. His allegiance to the Confederacy has not lessened but he is beginning to appreciate the two sides to the conflict and he no longer fanatically craves the destruction of the entire town. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtQLc1bDt8m2dxKkwa1Q9yPikx4N5gHQjRWS6vQ7L8jYAA4qCaQvwo3_SJ7tnJyBgYmNlkbnn8lj96A3X_76RYVO2W8YWBm8XKigU1Ont9wKm4rFEB1o9Fcg_MTtOIBBIkx4ofYWIy8w/s899/raid8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="899" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtQLc1bDt8m2dxKkwa1Q9yPikx4N5gHQjRWS6vQ7L8jYAA4qCaQvwo3_SJ7tnJyBgYmNlkbnn8lj96A3X_76RYVO2W8YWBm8XKigU1Ont9wKm4rFEB1o9Fcg_MTtOIBBIkx4ofYWIy8w/w400-h260/raid8.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft</p><div style="text-align: justify;">A fundraising dance for the Union becomes an exchange of views and a contest of wills. Katy cannot understand the profound emotions that stir this supposedly neutral Canadian. The conflicted Captain Benton now finds the commitment to his cause equal to his need to be understood.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtUz-5SneOsxXi1W2xJWoJprEpSMfKC4RE-EElPr7z_CuniGCF-B9RCClbGyluLgZAQUFRpVr3RYCvguFToXALuaBe7TERVNX5PLsbu7ZtWPO-E9eN7WyidE_jvy6MPvKUAvCHd-lPfQ/s905/raid12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="905" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtUz-5SneOsxXi1W2xJWoJprEpSMfKC4RE-EElPr7z_CuniGCF-B9RCClbGyluLgZAQUFRpVr3RYCvguFToXALuaBe7TERVNX5PLsbu7ZtWPO-E9eN7WyidE_jvy6MPvKUAvCHd-lPfQ/w400-h260/raid12.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft</div><p style="text-align: justify;">A violent incident precipitated by the desperate and irrational Lt. Keating places Captain Benton in a position where doing his duty for the Confederacy, he becomes a hero to the citizens of St. Albans. The look of pride and affection bestowed by Katy is perilously close to the love her friend Captain Foster fears she is feeling.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9_d9mdMeugkKfrAyaqk0fPWc0UIO74gygOs55v7zmrlb4W_hRaPzKGsYtSrW2gg0swDpuYH1JU7DtDbfw10ARWFBTxEFRNPu-H_EIbH1C98KBfN3oTbfObRck06pp7A_FhF6hu0jjEk/s891/raid14.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="891" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9_d9mdMeugkKfrAyaqk0fPWc0UIO74gygOs55v7zmrlb4W_hRaPzKGsYtSrW2gg0swDpuYH1JU7DtDbfw10ARWFBTxEFRNPu-H_EIbH1C98KBfN3oTbfObRck06pp7A_FhF6hu0jjEk/w400-h264/raid14.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft</div><p style="text-align: justify;">There is no stopping the raid, and there is no stopping Katy and Tommy from discovering the truth about the man they have let into their hearts. Captain Benton promises they will be safe and he practically begs for understanding as we hear the shouts and screams from the town square when the looting and arson begin.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wyoVae2hBExwWpH7ktdFfHMsD-21qbOjdlVa5K_EbIkeavAVEDZAbyUlqjzhdGZ8EA4-5WjNCucI2kJImcSXxkTQtRC8174bbMMPkYK7MACLOhvS_Pw4CQSdWWbLXQo0Kfsc2sre0Ds/s903/raid16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="903" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wyoVae2hBExwWpH7ktdFfHMsD-21qbOjdlVa5K_EbIkeavAVEDZAbyUlqjzhdGZ8EA4-5WjNCucI2kJImcSXxkTQtRC8174bbMMPkYK7MACLOhvS_Pw4CQSdWWbLXQo0Kfsc2sre0Ds/w400-h260/raid16.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Helen Ford, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone</div><p style="text-align: justify;">The destruction around them is a time for Katy and for Captain Foster to display their courage. It is an opportunity for Captain Benton to do the same; can he stay true to his mission and not sink to barbarism? His personal letter left for Katy asks much of her.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LcGoIOItZVbrqY8hBxpnC5P2xBwtGbusLzYfASrj9QmF7I2q3jsh1L_h7Z0XKHxAzuHP_8sUMOi50Fn9V-1YGpPeMiNkPtMHGMKupw4ug1kiZER4e25fp3V3C6OhFBM79DW_33wr5QU/s906/raid18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="906" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LcGoIOItZVbrqY8hBxpnC5P2xBwtGbusLzYfASrj9QmF7I2q3jsh1L_h7Z0XKHxAzuHP_8sUMOi50Fn9V-1YGpPeMiNkPtMHGMKupw4ug1kiZER4e25fp3V3C6OhFBM79DW_33wr5QU/w400-h261/raid18.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tommy Rettig, Anne Bancroft</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Captain Benton:<i> "If they burned St. Albans, would you understand them? Will you forgive them?"</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ6kUvTKJ0rkSGI8DStymHvz6YlKMy8aAa3EDAQzqK4ff_K55Uf4g_GFgb1Wxq4BuGskGGdSpQJXqzJkA_td2xTQXweRldcZybBjc9TaoHlJgRMQtAgFPUKlHnuVsnMBMYy-eu4ZlVUk/s911/raid17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="911" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ6kUvTKJ0rkSGI8DStymHvz6YlKMy8aAa3EDAQzqK4ff_K55Uf4g_GFgb1Wxq4BuGskGGdSpQJXqzJkA_td2xTQXweRldcZybBjc9TaoHlJgRMQtAgFPUKlHnuVsnMBMYy-eu4ZlVUk/w400-h259/raid17.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Peter Graves, Van Heflin</div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Raid</i> is interesting history, an adventurous story of espionage, and an understated character study that is able to rely on the talents of its leading players to bring layers to their roles. Anne Bancroft, in particular, has the ability to work compatibly with both Van Heflin and Richard Boone in bringing life to Katy Bishop.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Caftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-25053301752517471982021-09-06T05:28:00.006-07:002021-09-08T12:04:08.924-07:00NO TRUE SCOTSMAN BLOGATHON: Wagon Train, The Annie MacGregor Story (1958)<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6CuK8Zy6fwn3nMV02EY6PANhdOcy1lnzHcUX9Ho6vlqfd9cRZSjddHwFSFe9Vs0hFQFO_Ig4JvVjHJToGbuAcjrm0pvl8nv5qXHAL2nfyaILQvlq6Rmq9Z6RC1MskVsvbYG-_dumd-I/s399/notruescotsmanblogathon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6CuK8Zy6fwn3nMV02EY6PANhdOcy1lnzHcUX9Ho6vlqfd9cRZSjddHwFSFe9Vs0hFQFO_Ig4JvVjHJToGbuAcjrm0pvl8nv5qXHAL2nfyaILQvlq6Rmq9Z6RC1MskVsvbYG-_dumd-I/s320/notruescotsmanblogathon.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b><u><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/blogathons/blogathons-2021/whos-doing-what-in-the-no-true-scot-blogathon/" target="_blank">No True Scotsman Blogathon</a></u></b> is the brainchild of Gill at <b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Realweegiemidget Reviews</a></b>. Contributor's mission statement: "An actor or actress playing a Scot even though they themselves are not Scottish." Holy Scrooge McDuck, Batman! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/09/06/no-true-scotsman-1/" target="_blank">Day 1</a> <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/09/07/day-2-scottish-themed-posts/" target="_blank">Day 2</a> <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/scottish-laddies-and-lassies/" target="_blank">Day 3</a> </b></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I am taking a look at an episode of <i>Wagon Train</i> from the venerable western's first season with the accents of guest stars Jeannie Carson and Tudor Owen.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uWV-MTfqxV3JnvV3-TrKox1AP4YtwK6Dd174ujSntD2Yg0kQfzfgRcKUC1nEzDGiF7nuN8Youq0jTf3HZQWX5q4wUc1sEeoXqEmGZb2-_rKE-lwtbzL21CFrNvjE2yXW31W5SAu9RZo/s666/wagontrainseason1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="666" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uWV-MTfqxV3JnvV3-TrKox1AP4YtwK6Dd174ujSntD2Yg0kQfzfgRcKUC1nEzDGiF7nuN8Youq0jTf3HZQWX5q4wUc1sEeoXqEmGZb2-_rKE-lwtbzL21CFrNvjE2yXW31W5SAu9RZo/w320-h240/wagontrainseason1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u>THE ANNIE MacGREGOR STORY</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by Frank W. Marshall</div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by Mark Stevens</div><div style="text-align: center;">First aired: Wednesday, February 5th, 1958</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_2w9JSRSHX53EWJSa-MLYzD8rLrhjK5AFNFu-UOwuut-u93NQ_Ho6ejmZvlRYiCYTHVi3g-o0k6MvcIq4zDJslq5EkkcNA0iG6kZ9GpDfft8admaKFOrpxGCrNWgoKaBQGpyN8JwIPg/s259/anniemacgregorstory5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_2w9JSRSHX53EWJSa-MLYzD8rLrhjK5AFNFu-UOwuut-u93NQ_Ho6ejmZvlRYiCYTHVi3g-o0k6MvcIq4zDJslq5EkkcNA0iG6kZ9GpDfft8admaKFOrpxGCrNWgoKaBQGpyN8JwIPg/w320-h240/anniemacgregorstory5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ward Bond and Tudor Owen</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Major Adams: <i>"Have you ever tried to argue with a Scotchman? Well, I have!"</i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seth Adams wagon train has come upon quite a sight in the prairie. A wagon train of kilt-wearing MacGregors dealing unsuccessfully with a broken wagon wheel. Their leader Angus MacGregor stubbornly refuses any assistance while his daughter Annie tries to play a conciliatory role between her beloved father and the kind strangers. Among the kind strangers is Jason Campbell and sparks are flying between the immigrant girl and the guest star wagon train scout.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfy7n2x8FIOmcZy3BsBwj-_LRFF2caDTNI1SjoyIrkk_3XDa1GhEg6rgiUEfagZNdRgRYa6h3181UReiQrkX5XIEfG4lkoaK8sosmw9AxM28fisXnoIM-tuvot-Gik2ORLRIvdI4R7rU4/s2048/anniemacgregorstory1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1737" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfy7n2x8FIOmcZy3BsBwj-_LRFF2caDTNI1SjoyIrkk_3XDa1GhEg6rgiUEfagZNdRgRYa6h3181UReiQrkX5XIEfG4lkoaK8sosmw9AxM28fisXnoIM-tuvot-Gik2ORLRIvdI4R7rU4/s320/anniemacgregorstory1.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeannie Carson as Annie MacGregor</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Special Guest Star Jeannie Carson plays Annie. Born into a show business family in Yorkshire in 1928, Jeannie became a musical star in the 1952 hit play <i>Love from Judy</i>. Stage success led to movies such as <i>As Long as They're Happy</i> and <i>An Alligator Named Daisy</i>, plus an invitation to do American television. Jeannie played a Scottish lass in her CBS television series <i>Hey, Jeannie!</i>, 1956, and here in <i>The Annie MacGregor Story</i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lest you think Jeannie was America's go-to Scotswoman at this point, in 1960 she played the Irish Sharon McLonergan in a Broadway revival of <i>Finian's Rainbow</i> where she met her husband Biff McGuire. They appeared together often on stage, including a tour of <i>Camelot</i>. The couple was married from 1960 to McGuire's passing in March of 2021.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Accent-wise, Jeannie gives her Scottish characters a lovely soft lilt most pleasant to hear. Her inflection has that slightly foreign feel yet at the same time is comforting. You can understand producers wanting to utilize that aspect of Jeannie's ability.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Pvh1Bn3-TqY8N7JG0YGAWw4niv0M8y4w6mUY-CBH5pKs4vM5KXgqbsdXWaepbaQCu4ukAMgcKgL_M-jMTvWgywjTK8RCbBCLLWxrWbz9jfxlBlvlENm8_ZPRlEtGMCqPYxp-DKce_MI/s2048/anniemacgregorstory4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1821" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Pvh1Bn3-TqY8N7JG0YGAWw4niv0M8y4w6mUY-CBH5pKs4vM5KXgqbsdXWaepbaQCu4ukAMgcKgL_M-jMTvWgywjTK8RCbBCLLWxrWbz9jfxlBlvlENm8_ZPRlEtGMCqPYxp-DKce_MI/s320/anniemacgregorstory4.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tudor Owen as Angus MacGregor</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Tudor Owen (<i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/10/halloween-fun-black-castle-1952.html" target="_blank"><b>The Black Castle</b></a></i>) plays Angus MacGregor, the head of the clan and a most headstrong fellow. Owen was born in Wales and studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts following Medical Corps. service in WWI. His Hollywood career began in the silent era and would eventually encompass not only film but television and particularly radio.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Owen didn't always play a Scot but when he did, it was the gruff fellow with a burr under his tongue and a grand yet controlled ability to go over-the-top. Of course, being an actor he still communicated with his audience. I note this particularly because I have Scots friends of whom I can say that their conversation can be unintelligible and it is not until hours after we have spoken that my brain deciphers what I have heard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IhDiXWnC4NP7xbybQn8CdGhozxn1BGEwjf4iwn4Uz-oHyuzOTQpCVNOeFDBp9FPBVoGne1tvvOvweLBPuFmswS91ju2A-9KIQ_izxFt2H-lRFSBvpBxvOdKok6bQBcjiy2ioAjS0Dvg/s2048/anniemacgregorstory2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IhDiXWnC4NP7xbybQn8CdGhozxn1BGEwjf4iwn4Uz-oHyuzOTQpCVNOeFDBp9FPBVoGne1tvvOvweLBPuFmswS91ju2A-9KIQ_izxFt2H-lRFSBvpBxvOdKok6bQBcjiy2ioAjS0Dvg/s320/anniemacgregorstory2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Richard Long as Jason Campbell</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The MacGregors in our story have quit one wagon train due to the prejudices against foreigners they experienced from their fellow travelers. The experience has made Angus mistrustful of the genuine offer of help from Major Adams. Angus also bears animosity toward the scout who bears the name of Campbell due to a long-standing feud in the old country. Annie's romantic interest is played with sincerity by Richard "Be Still My Heart" Long. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Complications arise between Angus and his clan, between Angus and a hot-headed passenger on the Adams wagon train played by Kevin Hagen (<i>Little House on the Prairie</i>), plus a subplot with some warring Kiowa warriors. Musical interludes are provided by Jeannie's charming singing, and reels, and sword dancing. To wit, all the Scottish stuff necessary to satisfy audience expectations. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When we reach the last commercial and the final credits, Annie has helped us to see the softer side of her adored father. Romance is concluded satisfactorily as Major Adams is empowered to marry couples. As for the Kiowa, it appears they are as spooked by the sound of bagpipes as are American horses and cattle not used to the soothing sound! (Yes. They went there.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxobppQhWUhw5oByRyZX2KESUy_QRY4YeC-6HUqjVkGi9C6Y3t9uaUmPK0XUZ0gOw6QccqG9LRBwL-UtnFhIengKUWMt0nA-ONa1jwx_iUcrSFnKAZWDsSW-7tULcf8xntVtlRn7a1yU/s1486/anniemacgregorstory3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1217" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxobppQhWUhw5oByRyZX2KESUy_QRY4YeC-6HUqjVkGi9C6Y3t9uaUmPK0XUZ0gOw6QccqG9LRBwL-UtnFhIengKUWMt0nA-ONa1jwx_iUcrSFnKAZWDsSW-7tULcf8xntVtlRn7a1yU/s320/anniemacgregorstory3.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Special guest star Jeannie Carson with series lead Ward Bond</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />This episode was written by Frank W. Marshall whose only other IMDb writing credit is for the fondly recalled <i>The Seth Adams Story</i>, a two-part episode of the series. <i>The Annie MacGregor Story</i> is one of several <i>Wagon Train</i> episodes directed by actor Mark Stevens (<i><a href="https://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/07/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-august-on.html" target="_blank"><b>The Dark Corner</b></a></i>).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Of note</u>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1WGtRy91UEmyny6fHY-CT4rRi1TNCs_Iuond3IdyL76YNKjShfyzBSagcxepMLhsxL34BRteEIf1-86Vl3DnhFhOoLBq8VCX94ZETDqT4i9kaA36IiLBlM8rZvBBe5ILrRWMjUmZDOI/s612/jeanniecarsonbiffmcguire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="336" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1WGtRy91UEmyny6fHY-CT4rRi1TNCs_Iuond3IdyL76YNKjShfyzBSagcxepMLhsxL34BRteEIf1-86Vl3DnhFhOoLBq8VCX94ZETDqT4i9kaA36IiLBlM8rZvBBe5ILrRWMjUmZDOI/w220-h400/jeanniecarsonbiffmcguire.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Jeannie and husband Biff McGuire </div><div style="text-align: center;">Married 1960-2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDjpV65y7QLy8A8iohZsxSTaU-Af-eWRmk9UO9h-TL3Mtaq3cTo6BnLpUszOIzZoakCuRVD-aCkIvyh0hq405vRh2Y-aEusEc5D4yeq2PErBmtmFKUIZeuqebyOCbZE_uIFy2j_rRH0I/s500/jeanniecarsonolddevilmoon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDjpV65y7QLy8A8iohZsxSTaU-Af-eWRmk9UO9h-TL3Mtaq3cTo6BnLpUszOIzZoakCuRVD-aCkIvyh0hq405vRh2Y-aEusEc5D4yeq2PErBmtmFKUIZeuqebyOCbZE_uIFy2j_rRH0I/w320-h320/jeanniecarsonolddevilmoon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Jeannie's 93rd birthday was May 23, 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeannie and Biff sing Burton Lane and E.Y. 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