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hello fellow invisible man fan!! :D it’s awesome to find more fans of the movie on here- do you have a fav quote of griffin’s or scene from the 1933 movie :0

HI. OH MY GOD. I'M SO GLAD THERE ARE MORE IT'S SO NICE. It definitely feels like there's not enough of him anywhere, which might be a little bit of a bias but also... where is he. Why is there so much merch for everyone else and then Jack gets forgotten. Little guy d:(

GOOD NEWS. SORT OF. BAD NEWS: I LIKE A LOT. He's just so silly and then so... you know. In no particular order:

I love his "here we go gathering nuts in May" moment. I so desperately wish there was footage of Claude Rains doing it where we can actually see him, even if it's just him recording the lines and not doing the skipping, because I think it would be delightful

Similarly, I love the part after he's robbed the bank and he's going "There you are! A present from the Invisible Man! Money! Money! Money! Money! Ups and down the city road, in and out the eagle, that's the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel!" (then proceeds to just repeat "money" over and over again). Again, I desperately wish we had a recording of Claude Rains where we could see him, even if it's just him doing the lines

The whole bit where, to show how far gone and stressed Jack is, he says 'damn' under his breath

It seems like everyone likes the "Power, I said! Power to walk into the gold vaults of the nations, into the secrets of kinds, into the Holy of Holies; power to make multitudes run squealing in terror at the touch of my little invisible finger. Even the moon's frightened of me, frightened to death! The whole world's frightened to death!", but... it is good, even if it gets most of the attention.

Same for when he's talking to Kemp and goes "We'll begin with a reign of terror, a few murders here and there, murders of great men, murders of little men--well, just to show we make no distinction. I might even wreck a train or two--just these fingers around a signalman's throat, that's all." It's very popular and also... just very good at showing his state at the moment!

"You've driven me to near madness with your peering through the keyholes and gaping through the curtains, and now you'll suffer for it! You're crazy to know who I am, aren't you? Alright! I'll show you! There's a souvenir for you, and one for you! I'll show you who I am--and WHAT I am!" it's just so funny. He really does just start stripping. And it WORKS.

The whole bit where he's like "I've no time now but, believe me, as surely as the moon will set and the sun will rise, I shall kill you tomorrow night. I shall kill you even if you hide in the deepest cafe of the Earth. At ten o'clock tomorrow night, I shall kill you!" I don't know why I'm so obsessed with this but. Yeah! Sounds about right, Jack! This sounds like the kind of threat I'd say in an absurd voice to, like, my cat

And then the whole "I hope your car's insured, Kemp. I'm afraid there's going to be a nasty accident in a minute. A very nasty accident... You will? That's fine. Just sit where you are. I'll get out and take the handbrake off and give you a little shove to help you on. You'll run gently down and through the railings, then you'll have a big thrill for a hundred yards or so 'til you hit a boulder, then you'll do a somersault and probably break your arms, then a grand finish up with a broken neck! Well, goodbye, Kemp. I always said you were a dirty little coward. You're a dirty, sneaking little rat as well. Goodbye." He'd do so well as a Doofenshmirtz-type villain that has wacky monologues but doesn't actually die. I'd pay money to watch a TV show where he got to do that, actually

I also really like when he realizes Kemp is in the study (HE'S SO MUCH LIKE MY CAT THERE FOR REAL). Messing with the door and the little step in. I love it. And leading into when he realizes there's a car coming and is like "oh. you called the cops." before Kemp explains that it's Flora and Doctor Cranley. And he goes calm like a cat being held by the scruff of his neck.

"We are partners. Bosom friends!" said so ominously. Beautiful line delivery. No notes.

"Here's your blooming bicycle."

"Don't stare at me, you fool. Look in front of you. Come on! Get a move on!

"Had to take some exercise to keep warm. Killed a stupid little policeman. Smashed his head in."

Him getting all comfy for bed. Taking off the sunglasses and the robe and bandages and just being a CREATURE. I don't know why--I really like the practical effects in the movie, and this really shows it well, I guess! Also the little tiny bounce on the bed that he does there is really fun

Honestly I think this entire movie is just an absolute gem. I adore it so much

PFFT OH MY GOD THAT'S A LOT. TLDR I REALLY LIKE GRIFFIN. WHAT'S YOURS. FAVORITE PART OF THE MOVIE/LINE/ANYTHING. ALSO I see the Hannibal... Will Graham my beloved.... you have EXCELLENT taste

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the year is 2025

scientists are still scrambling to figure out what “zigazig ahh” is so that they can give the spice girls what they really really want

the spice girls are getting impatient

war is upon us

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There’s so much to unpack here:

Pack of Beakers

Goth Beaker

The Beaker snitching and pointing out the photographer

The Beaker that’s about to unload on the photographer

The terminator strut before the ass whooping and you know he’s moving at speed because of the blur

The ominous feeling that you know this is 3 in the morning

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Detail, Frances Anne Tasker Carter, painted by Wollaston, c1755 Via @Colonial Williamsburg

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Need you guys to know I am soooo anti generative AI. In case that wasn't clear. It's bad for the environment, unethical, theft, and will never be as freaky as me. It is inferior in every way

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#FootcandyFriday: #ShoeStories From the collection #MassachusettsHistoricalSociety Read on for details: "A Victorian Favorite: Special Occasion Shoes by Viault-Este, Paris" silkdamask.org/2016/08/a-vict…

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La Mode illustrée, no. 16, 20 avril 1873, Paris. Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, 19 r. du 4 Septembre. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

Description de toilettes:

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Daniël Seghers

Southern Netherlands, 1590-1661

Still Life with Roses, Tulips, and Narcissi in a Glass Vase, 1630-40

Oil on copper

The Phoebus Foundation currently on view at the Peabody Essex Museum

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"I prefer simplicity to every thing else but there are women who don't believe in the value of a dress unless it is loaded w/ trimming." Worth to Harper's Bazaar

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The colorful Shoe Seller opens my book ‘Treasures Afoot: Georgian Shoe Stories’ with her tempting tray with its array of colorful footwear: sturdy boots, beribboned mules, and women’s metallic laced buckle shoes. Her wares would have been familiar to an 18thc audience. Martin Engelbrecht c.1750 #TreasuresAfoot To order @johnshopkinsuniversitypress

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Three years ago — field trip to R.S. Butler's Trading Company in Northwood, NH. I had passed by many times but never stopped. So glad I did— it is full of fabulous antiques, vintage & mid-century modern pieces. There is vintage clothing (some great denim & jean jackets on display), linens, quilts and this stunning Japanese wedding kimono (label & price in 3rd photo.) If you go for the textiles, ask for Coleen. #heavythrifting #reusereducerecycle #sustainablefashion

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Suit. 1870–79. Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret D. Leverich, 1964 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158355

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I want to use this #cookbook for the name alone!

People with low spoons, someone just recommended this cookbook to me, so I thought I’d pass it on.

I always look at cookbooks for people who have no energy/time to do elaborate meal preparations, and roll my eyes. Like, you want me to stay on my feet for long enough to prepare 15 different ingredients from scratch, and use 5 different pots and pans, when I have chronic fatigue and no dishwasher?

These people seem to get it, though. It’s very simple in places. It’s basically the cookbook for people who think, ‘I’m really bored of those same five low-spoons meals I eat, but I can’t think of anything else to cook that won’t exhaust me’. And it’s free!

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I don't see people talking about this so today is the 110th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in where the factory owners locked working women and girls inside to "eliminate the risk of theft" (in reality it was too keep them from taking breaks), which resulted in the gruesome deaths of 123 mostly immigrant women and girls and 23 men, many of whom jumped to their deaths from the ninth floor either in a panicked attempt to escape or in order to die quickly. There were reports that some of the workers were on fire already as they jumped.

The eighth floor of the building was able to telephone the tenth floor to warn them about the fire, but the factory on the ninth floor where these women and girls labored had no such communication and such warning.

The factory owners were criminally charged with manslaughter for actions that contributed to the mass deaths but acquitted. However, this tragedy led to mass sympathy to the labor movement, and unions spurred on safety regulations that passed in New York state and eventually the entire country, and activists were able to reduce child labor in the process.

This tragedy is a reminder that has been forgotten in the 110 years since: every safety regulation-- every scrap of paperwork contributing to the hundreds of pages of red tape people like to complain about--every word of it was written in the blood of a laborer.

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A little reading - from my visit to Historic Deerfield a decade ago!

"A Striking English Quill Work Portrait, 1700-1720" Read on: http://silkdamask.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-striking-english-quill-work-portrait.html