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Today is a very special day, it’s Marilyn’s Birthday! Can you believe that if she were still alive, Marilyn would have been turning 94 years old today – just two months younger than the Queen herself! With each year I always try and write a special post about this amazing woman, who has helped me so much and achieved more than anyone could have imagined in her 36 years. Therefore, I decided to write 94 facts about the Birthday Girl – some you may know, some you may not, all in the hope that genuine things will be learnt and the real Marilyn will be more understood and appreciated.

Gladys and baby Norma Jeane spend some quality time together on the beach in 1929.

Little Norma Jeane, aged seven, in 1933.

Norma Jeane photographed by David Conover whilst working at the Radio Plane Munitions Factory in either the Fall of 1944 or Spring of 1945.

Norma Jeane by Andre de Dienes in late 1945.

Marilyn by Richard Miller in 1946.

Marilyn on Tobey Beach by Andre de Dienes on July 23rd 1949.

Marilyn by Ed Clark in Griffith Park in August 1950.

Marilyn attends a Party in Ray Anthony’s home, organized by 20th Century Fox on August 3rd 1952.

Marilyn filming The Seven Year Itch on location in New York City by Sam Shaw on September 13th 1954.

Marilyn by Milton Greene on January 28th 1955.

Marilyn by Cecil Beaton on February 22nd 1956. This was her favourite photo of herself.

Marilyn attending the Premiere of The Prince In The Showgirl at the Radio City Music Hall on June 13th 1957.

Marilyn by Carl Perutz on June 16th 1958.

Marilyn by Philippe Halsman for LIFE Magazine in October 1959.

Marilyn attends a Benefit for The Actors Studio at the Roseland Dance City on March 13th 1961.

Marilyn on Santa Monica Beach for Cosmopolitan Magazine by George Barris on July 1st 1962.

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1. Stood at a height of 5’5½”

2. Born in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital at 9:30 AM on June 1st 1926.

3. Married three times;

– Jim Dougherty: (June 19th 1942 – September 13th 1946) – Joe Dimaggio: (January 14th 1954 – 31st October 1955) (Temporary divorce granted on October 27th 1954) – Arthur Miller: (June 29th 1956 – January 20th 1961).

4. Suffered two confirmed miscarriages; an ectopic pregnancy on August 1st 1957 and miscarriage in December 16th 1958.

5. Suffered with endometriosis very badly, so much so that she had a clause in her contract which stated she would be unable to work whilst menstruating.

6. Starred in 30 films – her last being uncompleted.

7. Favourite of her own performances was as Angela Phinlay in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

8. Winner of three Golden Globes; two for World Film Favourite – Female in 1954 and 1962 and one for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her performance as Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot (1959) in 1960.

9. Her idol was the first Platinum Blonde Bombshell, Jean Harlow.

10. Amassed a collection of over 400 books in her library, ranging from Russian Literature to Psychology.

11. Favourite perfume was Chanel No.5

12. Had two half siblings; Robert “Jackie” Baker (1918 – 1933) and Bernice Miracle (1919) – the former she would never have the chance to meet and Bernice was not informed about Marilyn until she was 19 years old.

13. Former Actor and 20th Century Fox Studio Executive, Ben Lyon created the name Marilyn Monroe in December 1946 – Marilyn after fellow Actress, Marilyn Miller and Monroe after Marilyn’s mother’s maiden name. Ironically enough, Ben starred with Jean Harlow, in her breakout movie, Hell’s Angels (1930).

14. Legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe ten years later, on February 23rd 1956.

15. Attended The Actors Studio.

16. Third woman to start her own Film Production Company – the first being Lois Weber in 1917 and the second being Mary Pickford in 1919.

17. First had her hair bleached in January 1946 at the Frank & Joseph Salon by Beautician Sylvia Barnhart, originally intended for a Shampoo Advert.

18. Contrary to popular belief, she was technically a natural blonde, not a redhead or brunette. She was born with platinum hair and was very fair until just before her teen years. Her sister described her with having dark blonde hair upon their first meeting in 1944.

19. Another myth debunked – she had blue eyes, not brown.

20. Was one of the few women in the 1950s to use weights when exercising.

21. Wore jeans before it was considered acceptable for women.

22. Her famous mole was real – albeit skin coloured, so she emphasized it using a brown eye pencil.

23. Was a Step-Mother in two of her three marriages to three children – Joe Dimaggio Jr. and Bobby and Jane Miller.

24. Found out she landed the lead role in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) on her 26th Birthday.

25. Another huge myth dispelled – only actually met President Kennedy four times from 1961 – 1962. Three of them were at public events, with the last being her performance at Madison Square Garden. One of them was at Bing Crosby’s Palm Spring house with various people, so at most (which again, is very unlikely) they had a one night stand – nothing more and nothing less.

26. Was the first Playboy Cover Girl, although she did not actually pose for them, nor give permission for them to be used. Hugh Hefner bought the photograph from a Chicago Calendar Company for $500 and the two never met.

27. Speaking of Playboy, the photo was taken by Photographer Tom Kelley on May 27th 1951 and Marilyn made a total of $50 for the photo shoot. The most famous photo then went on to cause a national sensation after being sold to the Calendar Baumgarth Company and became known as, “Golden Dreams“.

28. In 1955 it was estimated that over four million copies of the Calendar had been sold.

29. Favourite singers were Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.

30. Attended the Academy Awards Ceremony only once on March 29th 1951 and presented the award for “Best Sound Recording” to Thomas Moulton for All About Eve (1951) which she also starred in.

31. Performed ten shows over four days to over 100,000 soldiers and marines in Korea in February 1954 – she actually ended up catching pneumonia because it was so cold.

32. Was one of the few Stars who had Director Approval in their Contracts. Some of the names included were, John Huston, Elia Kazan, Alfred Hitchcock, George Stevens, William Wyler, Joshua Logan and Sir Carol Reed.

33. Was pregnant during the filming of Some Like It Hot (1959) – filming finished on November 7th 1958 and she miscarried the following month on December 16th.

34. Featured on the cover of LIFE Magazine seven times during her lifetime;

– April 7th 1952 – May 25th 1953 – July 8th 1957 (International Edition) – April 20th 1959 – November 9th 1959 – August 15th 1960 – June 22nd 1962

35. Favourite bevarage was Dom Perignon 1953 Champagne.

36. By the time of her death, her films had grossed over $200 million, when adjusted for inflation that is the equivalent of $2 billion in 2019.

37. Designer, William Travilla dressed Marilyn for seven of her films, two (*) of them received Oscar Nominations in, “Best Costume/Design, Color“;

– Monkey Business (1952) – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) – How To Marry A Millionaire (1953) * – River Of No Return (1954) – There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) * – The Seven Year Itch (1955) – Bus Stop (1956)

38. Spent 21 months of her childhood at the Los Angeles Orphanage, from September 13th 1935 until June 7th 1937.

39. Was one of the first Stars to speak out about child abuse, with her story appearing in movie magazines as early as 1954.

40. Fostered by her grandmother’s neighbours, Ida and Albert Bolender, for the first seven years of her life.

41. Lived in England for four months, during the period of filming for The Prince and The Showgirl (1957) from July 14th 1956 – November 20th 1956.

42. Her Production Company, Marilyn Monroe Productions produced only one film, The Prince and The Showgirl (1957) based on Terrance Rattigan’s play, The Sleeping Prince.

43. Was photographed by Earl Theisen in October 1952 wearing a potato sack dress after being criticized by the press for her outfit choice at The Henrietta Awards in January 1952. A journalist wrote that Marilyn was “insignificant and vulgar“and “even in a potato bag, it would have been more elegant.“

44. Was a huge supporter of LGBT+ rights, saying the following quote about fellow actor and friend, Montgomery Clift to journalist W.J. Weatherby in 1960,

“I was remembering Monty Clift. People who aren’t fit to open the door for him sneer at his homosexuality. What do they know about it? Labels–people love putting labels on each other. Then they feel safe. People tried to make me into a lesbian. I laughed. No sex is wrong if there’s love in it.”

45. Her measurements were listed as the following by her Dressmakers; 35-22-35 and 36-24-24 by The Blue Book Modelling Agency. For the majority of her life she weighed between 117-120 pounds, with her weight fluctuating around 15 pounds, during and after her pregnancies (1957-1960), although her waist never ventured past 28.5 inches and her dress size today would be a UK Size 6-8 and a US Size 2-4 as she was a vintage Size 12.

46. Her famous white halter dress from The Seven Year Itch (1955) sold for $4.6 million ($5.6 million including auction fees) on June 18th 2011, which was owned by Debbie Reynolds. The “Happy Birthday Mr. President Dress” originally held the record for the most expensive dress, when it was sold on October 27th 1999 for $1.26 million. It then went on to be resold for $4.8 million on November 17th 2016, thus regaining it’s original achievement.

47. Was discovered by Photographer, David Conover, whilst working in The Radio Plane Munitions Factory in the Fall of 1944 or Spring of 1945, depending on sources.

48. Now known as the, “Me Too” movement, Marilyn was one of the first Stars to speak out on the, “Hollywood Wolves” in a 1953 article for Motion Picture Magazine entitled, “Wolves I Have Known”. The most famous incident being with the Head of Columbia Studios, Harry Cohn, who requested Marilyn join him on his yacht for a weekend away in Catalina Island. Marilyn asked if his wife would be joining them, which, as you can imagine – did not go down well and her contract was not renewed with the Studio. Marilyn made only one film with Columbia during her six month contract, this being Ladies Of The Chorus (1948) which was shot in just ten days!

49. Loved animals dearly and adopted a variety of pets over the years. These included a basset hound called Hugo and parakeets, Clyde, Bobo and Butch with Husband Arthur Miller. A number of cats including a persian breed called Mitsou in 1955 and Sugar Finney in 1959. Her most famous pet was gifted to her in March or April of 1961 by friend, Frank Sinatra, a little white maltese named Maf. His full name was Mafia Honey, as a humorous reference to Sinatra’s alleged connections to the Mob. After Marilyn’s death, Maf went to live with Frank Sinatra’s secretary, Gloria Lovell.

50. The book she was reading at the time of her death was Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mocking Bird.

51. One of the movies she starred in was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won, this being All About Eve (1950) at The 23rd Academy Awards on March 29th 1951. It ended up being nominated for 14 Oscars, a record at the time and has only been matched by Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016).

52. Her first magazine cover was photographed by Andre de Dienes in December 1945 for Family Circle, released on April 26th 1946.

53. Joined The William Morris Agency on December 7th 1948.

54. Was right handed, not left as often believed.

55. Third Husband Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for Marilyn’s last completed film, The Misfits (1961) which was originally written as a short story for Esquire Magazine in 1957. After the tragic ectopic pregnancy Marilyn endured in August of 1957, friend and Photographer, Sam Shaw suggested to Miller he alter his short story specifically for her. Ironically the making of this film culminated in their divorce and Marilyn stating,

“He could have written me anything and he comes up with this. If that’s what he thinks of me then I’m not for him and he’s not for me.” 56. Was Author, Truman Capote’s original choice for the role of Holly Golightly in Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961) however, she was advised to turn it down by her Acting Coach, Paula Strasberg, who did not think the role of a prostitute would be good for her image. Writer George Axelrod, who wrote the Screenplay for Bus Stop (1956) and the play, The Seven Year Itch, ironically ended up being the Screenwriter for this movie.

Capote said this regarding Marilyn,

“I had seen her in a film and thought she would be perfect for the part. Holly had to have something touching about her . . . unfinished. Marilyn had that.”

57. Second Husband Joe Dimaggio had The Parisian Florists deliver red roses on Marilyn’s grave twice a week, for twenty years, from August 1962 until September 1982. Marilyn had told him how William Powell used to do this for Jean Harlow after her death and he reportedly vowed to do the same after their Wedding Ceremony. After the 20 years he then donated to a children’s charity, as he thought it would be a nice way to honour her memory. They also created the flower arrangements for her casket at her funeral.

58. The following five Directors directed Marilyn in more than one movie;

– John Huston; The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and The Misfits (1961) – Richard Sale; A Ticket To Tomahawk (1950) and Let’s Make It Legal (1951) – Howard Hawks; Monkey Business (1952) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) – Billy Wilder; The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Some Like It Hot (1959) – George Cukor; Let’s Make Love (1960) and Something’s Got To Give (1962)

59. Was an illegitimate child, which unfortunately was attached with a lot of stigma in the 1920s. Her mother, Gladys, listed her then husband Edward Mortenson on the Birth Certificate, although it is commonly accepted that her real father was Charles Stanley Gifford, as Gladys left Edward on May 26th 1925. Gladys had an affair with him, which ended when she announced her pregnancy and he never acknowledged or met Marilyn, although she tried multiple times over the years to speak with him.

60. Stayed in a number of foster homes during her childhood,

– George and Emma Atkinson; February 1934 – September 1934 – Enid and Sam Knebelcamp; Fall of 1934 – Harvey and Elsie Giffen; January 1935 – March 1935 – Grace and “Doc” Goddard; April 1935 – September 1935 and June 1937 – November 1937 and end of 1940 – February 1942 – Ida Martin; November 1937 – August 1938 – “Aunt Ana” Lower; August 1938 – End of 1940 and February 1942

61. Had her hand and footprints immortalized in cement at Graumans Chinese Theatre on June 26th 1953, with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) co-star, Jane Russell. Marilyn would place a rhinestone in the dot of the letter “i” as a reference to her character, “Lorelei Lee” but it was sadly stolen. This was an incredibly special moment for her, as she often talked about placing her hands and feet in the many prints there, when she spent her weekends at the Theatre as a child, especially in 1933 and 1934.

“When I was younger, I used to go to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and try to fit my foot in the prints in the cement there. And I’d say “Oh, oh, my foots too big. I guess that’s out.” I did have a funny feeling later when I finally put my foot down into that wet cement, I sure knew what it really meant to me, anything’s possible, almost.”

62. The famous gold lamé dress worn in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and designed by William Travilla, was deemed too risqué by the censors. Unfortunately for fans, this meant that the musical number, “Down Boy” was cut from the film and we only glimpse a few seconds of the dress from behind, on screen.

63. Due to the censors, the original, “Diamond’s Are A Girl’s Best Friend” costume was changed to the now iconic pink dress with black bow. Originally it was to be a diamond encrusted two piece, which was extremely daring for the then Motion Picture Hays Code.

64. Loved Erno Lazlo Skin Cream, Vaseline and Nivea Moisturizer.

65. Had she completed Something’s Got To Give (1962), Marilyn would have been the first Star in a major Motion Picture to appear nude on film. As she passed before it was completed the achievement went to fellow Blonde Bombshell, Jayne Mansfield in, Promises! Promises (1963).

66. Met Queen Elizabeth II in England at the Empire Theater in Leicester Square whilst attending the Premiere of, “The Battle Of The River Plate“ on October 29th 1956.

67. The Misfits (1961) was both Marilyn and Clark Gable’s last completed films. Clark died 12 days after filming finished, on November 16th 1960. The film was released on Clark’s would be 60th Birthday, February 1st 1961 and Marilyn passed 18 months later.

68. As Marilyn died before the completion of Something’s Got To Give (1962) it ended up being remade with Doris Day and James Garner, entitled, Move Over Darling! (1963). The film was originally intended to be a remake of, My Favourite Wife (1940) which starred Cary Grant.

69. Signed a recording contract with RCA Records on September 1st 1953. One of her songs from River of No Return (1954) entitled, “File My Claim” sold 75,000 copies in its first three weeks of release.

70. Was admitted to the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic on February 10th 1961 by her then Psychiatrist, Marianne Kris. Originally thought to be for rest and rehabilitation, following her divorce from Arthur Miller and the strain of filming The Misfits. However, Marilyn was placed on the security ring and held against her will. Thankfully, she was able to contact ex Husband, Joe Dimaggio, who stated he would, “Take the hospital apart brick by brick” if she was not released and after three days of emotional trauma, she left.

71. Visited the following Countries;

– Canada – (July – August 1953) – Japan (February 1954) – Korea (Feburary 1954) – England (July – November 1956) – Jamaica (January 1957) – Mexico (February 1962)

72. Purchased her only home, 12305 Fifth Helena Drive on February 8th 1962, where she would tragically pass just under 6 months later.

73. The home had the following tile located on the front paving entrance saying, “cursum perficio” meaning, “my journey ends here.” The title is still there to this day.

74. Her final interview was published in LIFE Magazine on August 3rd 1962 and was written by Richard Meryman.

75. Aside from her millions of fans, had a staunch group of supporters affectionately known as, “The Monroe Six” who followed Marilyn around New York during her time there. Their nickname for Marilyn was, “Mazzie” and they became so acquainted that Marilyn actually once invited them for a picnic at her home.

76. First married at just sixteen years old, this was to avoid returning to the Orphanage she had spent almost two years in as a child.

77. Supported numerous charity events, most famously riding a pink elephant in Madison Square Garden, to support the Arthritis and Rheumatic Affections Association on March 30th 1955.

78. Left 25% of her Estate to her then Psychiatrist, Marianne Kris and 75% to mentor and friend, Lee Strasberg. For reference, her Will was last updated on January 1961 – a month before she entered the Payne Whitney Hospital on the advice of Marianne Kris.

79. At the time of it’s release, The Misfits (1961) turned out to be the most expensive black and white movie ever made, costing a budget of $4 million dollars.

80. The Premiere of The Seven Year Itch was held on her 29th Birthday, on June 1st 1955, she attended with ex Husband, Joe Dimaggio.

81. Laid to rest at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on August 8th 1962 at 1:00 PM, with friend and mentor Lee Strasberg delivering the Eulogy.

82. Although so often associated with diamonds, actually wasn’t that fond of jewellery stating, “People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Frankly, I don’t.”

83. Spent her 36th Birthday filming Something’s Got To Give (1962) and then attending a Charity Event for muscular dystrophy at the Chavez Ravin Dodger Stadium, which also happened to be her last public appearance.

84. Whilst recovering in hospital from an appendectomy in April 1952, Marilyn asked long time Makeup Artist and friend, Allan “Whitey” Snyder to do her makeup, should she pass before him. She gave him a gold money clip with the inscription, “Whitey Dear, while I’m still warm, Marilyn” and he did fulfill this promise to her.

85. Converted to Judaism for third husband, Arthur Miller on July 1st 1956.

86. Despite appearing in 30 films, she only actually dies in one, that being her breakout movie, Niagara (1953) where her character Rose Loomis, is strangled by her Husband George, played by Joseph Cotten.

87. Moved to New York City in 1955 and attended The Actors Studio, after breaking her Film Contract with 20th Century Fox. This was for a number of reasons, mainly years of low pay, unsatisfactory scripts and lack of creative control. A new contract would finally be reinstated on December 31st.

88. Repurchased a white Baby Grand Piano that her mother, Gladys, owned during their time living together in 1933. After Marilyn passed it would then be sold at the Christies Auction of her Estate in 1999 to none other than, Mariah Carey for $632,500.

89. Wore long hair pieces in River of No Return (1954) and a medium length wig in The Misfits (1961). The first I can only assume was due to the time period and setting of a Western and the second was due to the bleach damage her hair had suffered. After the filming in 1960, she wore the wig a couple of times in public events and then reverted back to her normal hair.

90. Like all students, it was tradition to perform in front of each other in The Actors Studio and on February 17th 1955, Marilyn acted out a scene from “Anna Christie” with Maureen Stapleton. Although it was an unwritten rule that students were not meant to applaud one another, an eruption of cheers and clapping happened after Marilyn had finished.

“Everybody who saw that says that it was not only the best work Marilyn ever did, it was some of the best work ever seen at Studio, and certainly the best interpretation of Anna Christie anybody ever saw. She achieved real greatness in that scene.”

– Actor Ellen Burstyn, on recalling Marilyn’s performance.

91. Used the pseudonym, “Zelda Zonk“, when trying to remain incognito.

92. Marilyn’s mother, Gladys Baker, suffered from Paranoid Schizophrenia and after various stays in institutions, was declared insane on January 15th 1935, when Marilyn was just 8 years old. After 10 years she was released and managed to retain various cleaning jobs and had developed an intense interest in Christian Science. However, by 1951 she was back in various institutions and would stay in the Rockhaven Sanitarium until 1967. Even after death, Marilyn continued to cover her mother’s care payments and Gladys would go on to outlive her for 22 years.

93. Favourite photograph of herself was taken by Cecil Beaton on February 22nd 1956.

94. Last professional photos were taken by Bert Stern, famously known as “The Last Sitting” for Vogue Magazine on June 23rd, July 10th and 12th 1962. Allan Grant took the LIFE Magazine interview pictures in her home, on July 4th and 9th 1962. Whilst George Barris took his photos for Cosmopolitan Magazine, the previous weekend on the 29th and 30th of June, until July 1st 1962. ______________________________________________________________________________

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The Five Pennies (1959)

Anyone with a passing interest in American music knows about Louis Armstrong, even superficially. The New Orleans-born cornetist/trumpeter/singer was a central figure of jazz music. His influence on the genre gifted him a popularity not afforded any other black artist in a segregated American popular culture. Armstrong’s renown saw him land numerous film roles – typically playing himself or a jazz band leader – such as Cabin in the Sky (1943); New Orleans (1947); and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He appears as himself, too, in The Five Pennies (1959), a film based on the life of a real-life cornet player. But The Five Pennies concerns not Armstrong, but a white contemporary in Red Nichols. Nichols, played by the effervescent Danny Kaye in this film, might not have been as virtuosic as Armstrong or Bix Beiderbecke, but he was a fine cornetist. For a time in the late 1920s and early ‘30s, he was hailed in Europe as the greatest living jazz cornetist – but only because the records of his African-American counterparts were not yet widely distributed across the Atlantic. Once European jazz fans were more exposed to the numerous black jazz greats, they turned on their regard for Nichols as quickly as they had built it up.

We first find Nichols (Kaye) moving to New York City in the 1920s, hoping to break through in the Big Apple’s thriving jazz scene. In what is probably a dramatization by director Melville Shavelson, Nichols receives that break during a Louis Armstrong show he attends. There, he meets and will later marry Willa Stutsman (Barbara Bel Geddes; in this film, Willa is a singer but was in actuality a dancer). The two are deeply supportive of the other, and will have a daughter named Dorothy (Susan Gordon as a child; Tuesday Weld as a teenager). In New York, Nichols will put together a band that may contain some familiar names to jazz aficionados: himself, pianist Arthur Schutt (Bobby Troup), clarinetist/saxophonist Jimmy Dorsey (Ray Anthony), drummer Dave Tough (Shelly Manne), and trombonist Glenn Miller (Ray Daley). They call themselves the Five Pennies in a sly nod to Nichols’ surname (five pennies equals a nickel), and the quintet tours the United States. At the height of the band’s popularity, Dorothy contracts polio. Nichols, unable to balance the demands of touring with the Five Pennies with the attention his daughter requires, has a crucial decision to make.

Danny Kaye’s comedic and musical abilities are the stuff of legend, in addition to his holding the distinction of being the first Ambassador-at-Large for UNICEF. In The Five Pennies, the audience saw glimpses, for the first time, of Kaye in a more dramatic role. This is not to say there aren’t any signature comedic moments by Kaye – far from it. In the film’s second half as a musical life wears down on Red Nichols, Kaye transforms from a dainty, energetic, and outgoing fellow to someone inhabiting weariness and harboring deep conflicts within his soul, disallowing anyone outside his family to look within. Any such transformation necessitates an actor who can believably and naturally transition between the two halves – and Kaye does just that. His expressive face helps to exaggerate emotion when needed; the studied change in his gait from the film’s first to second halves is something I never expected from him. Those only familiar with Kay’s comedic roles are in for a surprise – a pleasant one – in The Five Pennies.

She never really received top billing in her work nor was she primarily an actress in film, but Barbara Bel Geddes provides ample support for Kaye in this movie. The sincere, not showy, relationship between Willa and Red Nichols always feels authentic. Nichols spends most of the film reveling in his musical life; thus, Willa, as played by Bel Geddes, is responsible for much of the work here. Bel Geddes’ understated performance is wonderful complement to Kaye’s, and it only deepens my wish – when also considering her performance in one of my favorite films, I Remember Mama (1948) – that she starred in more movies alongside her accomplished stage career.

So while The Five Pennies might possess great performances, those performances are also what makes the film tolerable. It runs into trouble with an inert screenplay by Jack Rose and director Melville Shavelson (Rose and Shavelson also wrote 1955’s The Seven Little Foys and 1958’s Houseboat) from a story by Robert Smith (1952’s Invasion, U.S.A., 1953’s 99 River Street). Thus, The Five Pennies is a standard biopic about dreams deferred because of familial love, and it fails to distinguish itself when there is no musical performance on-screen. Too often I found myself wanting the film to hurry up its exposition so that Danny Kaye or Louis Armstrong could perform (Kaye’s cornet and trumpet playing was dubbed over by Red Nichols himself, but Kaye spent months learning the cornet so that he could accurately mimic the correct fingering) the next number. But Rose and Shavelson dedicate sufficient time to pore over Willa’s diagnosis of polio and how it irrevocably changes her life and those of her parents. This could easily have been maudlin, yet Rose and Shavelson provide enough space for this development without too much self-pity or undeserved inspiration.

Whether with or without lyrics, original or adapted material, there is music aplenty in The Five Pennies. Familiar songs such as “When the Saints Go Marching In”, “My Blue Heaven”, and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” are all given jazzy renditions – and though it might not be as popular as those aforementioned songs, Louis Armstrong’s rendition of “(Won’t You Come Home) Bill Bailey” at the speakeasy in the film’s concluding minutes is a musical highlight. Armstrong, as always, is a joy to watch while in his element. Despite given relatively little to do in The Five Pennies, Armstrong brings the best with the provided material. The moody lighting often employed during the speakeasy and nightclub scenes adds to the unique ambience of the performances. There are a handful of original songs in the film, all composed by the eminent Sylvia Fine (Kaye’s wife, who always tailored her compositions to suit her husband’s singing abilities and musical style). Kaye’s novelty songs are not to everyone’s tastes (certainly not mine), but they are not prominent in The Five Pennies.

“Lullaby in Ragtime” is not even remotely related to ragtime, but it provides Kaye a tender lullaby, the likes of which he excelled in. It is an easygoing, heartwarming tune that boasts beautiful two-voice counterpoint. The film’s title song appears on a sleepless night for young Dorothy – yet another lullaby! Backed by orchestra, it is short, sweet, lovely. However, it is not the last performance of “The Five Pennies”. Do you recall the two-voice counterpoint mentioned earlier this paragraph? Sylvia Fine composes a third lullaby and combines all three lullabies into an incredible rendition of three-voice counterpoint – “Lullaby in Ragtime” (the best of the three), “The Five Pennies”, and Louis Armstrong with “Goodnight – Sleep Tight”. With amateur musicians, this is a difficult musical feat to pull off. And though they were professional actors, it is a great accomplishment to sing this successfully alongside Louis Armstrong: Kaye could not read music (yet Kaye, through observation and close listening, was masterful at internalizing rhythm and expressing his own musicality) and Susan Gordon was no older than ten when this scene was filmed.

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The Five Pennies is one of several jazz musician biopics released during the Hollywood Studio System (see: 1945’s Rhapsody in Blue, 1954’s The Glenn Miller Story, 1956’s The Benny Goodman Story, etc.), but probably one of the least-known. That is almost certainly due to Red Nichols’ obscurity to even casual jazz fans today. Nichols did resume his touring career and revive the Five Pennies – its original members had long departed for their own storied careers – following his service as an industrial worker during World War II. But he never again reached the popular heights that he achieved prior to the mass distribution of jazz records featuring African-Americans performers in Europe. For Louis Armstrong, he remains a highly recognizable, central figure in the genre decades after his passing.

This decent film adaptation of Red Nichols’ life up to that point is perhaps not the best introductory film to Danny Kaye (I would recommend one of his comedies like 1955’s The Court Jester), but it is ideal for his fervent fans and those seeking any depiction of jazz figures in American cinema.

My rating: 7/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. Half-points are always rounded down. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found in the “Ratings system” page on my blog (as of July 1, 2020, tumblr is not permitting certain posts with links to appear on tag pages, so I cannot provide the URL).

For more of my reviews tagged “My Movie Odyssey”, check out the tag of the same name on my blog.

#The Five Pennies #Melville Shavelson #Danny Kaye #Barbara Bel Geddes #Louis Armstrong #Harry Guardino #Bobby Troup #Susan Gordon #Tuesday Weld #Sylvia Fine #Robert Smith #Jack Rose #Red Nichols #TCM #My Movie Odyssey

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Top 5 Best H&R Block Locations Near Me San Francisco

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This review is for Bobbie Bratu and H & R Block on Market Street. She is professional, detailed, and seems really knowledgeable in all things tax related. I highly recommend her services. She was patient with me even though I waited way too long to get her some specific documents. She was able to identify some things that my previous CPA had missed, thereby saving me $$$$. Very happy I went to her this year.

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OLYMPUS: a collection of playlists inspired by greek gods and goddesses

will my love grow? an aphrodite-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

woman - harry styles // beautiful - bazzi, camila cabello // love is strange - mickey & sylvia // roses - the chainsmokers, rozes // god is a woman - ariana grande // something - the beatles // can’t help falling in love - ingrid michaelson // beast of burden - the rolling stones // wild thoughts - dj khaled, rihanna, bryson tiller // love me like you do - ellie goulding // delicate - taylor swift // you and i - lady gaga

here comes the sun an apollo-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

here comes the sun - the beatles // listen to the music - the doobie brothers // arrow - rag’n’bone man // sunshine of your love - cream // three little birds - bob marley & the wailers // house of the rising sun - the animals // fix you - coldplay // good old fashioned lover boy - queen // sunflower - swae lee, post malone // bad medicine - bon jovi // mr. blue sky - electric light orchestra // don’t let the sun go down on me - elton john

hammer of the gods an ares-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

war pigs/luke’s wall - black sabbath // seven nation army - the white stripes // dirty deeds done dirt cheap - ac/dc // for whom the bell tolls - metallica // burn the fleet - thrice // immigrant song - led zeppelin // walk - pantera // killing in the name - rage against the machine // knights of cydonia - muse // conquistador - thirty seconds to mars // bleed it out - linkin park // battle born - the killers

moondance an artemis-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

edge of seventeen - stevie nicks // wolves - selena gomez, marshmello // follow your arrow - kacey musgraves // moon river - audrey hepburn // hunting girl - jethro tull // like a rolling stone - bob dylan // moonage daydream - david bowie // these boots are made for walkin’ - nancy sinatra // bad moon rising - creedence clearwater revival // moondance - van morrison // heartbreaker - pat benatar // eclipse - pink floyd

whisper words of wisdom an athena-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

let it be - the beatles // minerva - deftones // one - metallica // wish you were here - pink floyd // stairway to heaven - led zeppelin // live and let die - guns n’ roses // mind over matter - young the giant // wildfire - mandolin orange // imagine - john lennon // ‘39 - queen // dream on - aerosmith // the warrior - scandal, patty smyth

wheat kings a demeter-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

scarlet begonias - grateful dead // wheat kings - the tragically hip // grain belt - wartime blues // sister golden hair - america // winter winds - mumford & sons // strawberry fields forever - the beatles // big yellow taxi - joni mitchell // fields of gold - celtic woman // harvest moon - neil young // black horse and the cherry tree - kt tunstall // sundown - gordon lightfoot // rain is a good thing - luke bryan

heard it through the grapevine a dionysus-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

i heard it through the grapevine - creedence clearwater revival // red red wine - ub40 // escape (the piña colada song) - rupert holmes // margaritaville - jimmy buffett // drunkard’s prayer - chris stapleton // drink in my hand - eric church // cherry wine - hozier // whiskey in the jar - thin lizzy, derek varnals // i love this bar - toby keith // tequila sunrise - eagles // one bourbon, one scotch, one beer - george thorogood & the destroyers // have a drink on me - ac/dc

don’t fear the reaper a hades-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

sympathy for the devil - the rolling stones // o death - shakey graves, monica martin // (don’t fear) the reaper - blue öyster cult // highway to hell - ac/dc // runnin’ with the devil - van halen // crazy train - ozzy osbourne // closer - kings of leon // the funeral - band of horse // in my time of dying - led zeppelin // it will come back - hozier // the sound of silence - disturbed // paint it, black - the rolling stones

ring of fire a hephaestus-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

firebreather - macklemore, reignwolf // eruption - van halen // iron man - black sabbath // hammer to fall - queen // i'm on fire - bruce springsteen // whipping post - the allman brothers band // t.n.t - ac/dc // stranglehold - ted nugent // good times bad times - led zeppelin // mr. brightside - the killers // the thrill is gone - b.b. king // ring of fire - johnny cash

i'm in love with being queen a hera-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

run the world (girls) - beyoncé // killer queen - queen // woman - kesha // queen of california - john mayer // marry me - train // never grow up - taylor swift // the mother we share - chvrches // sorry not sorry - demi lovato // the chain - fleetwood mac // before he cheats - carrie underwood // royals - lorde // man! i feel like a woman! - shania twain

message man a hermes-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

message man - twenty one pilots // crossroads - john mayer // ramblin’ man - the allman brothers band // send me on my way - rusted root // up around the bend - creedence clearwater revival // money - pink floyd // life in the fast lane - eagles // thief in the night - kiss // renegade - styx // magic carpet ride - steppenwolf // take the money and run - steve miller band // on the road again - willie nelson

bring it on home a hestia-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

home - phillip phillips // family table - zac brown band // family tree - kings of leon // homesick - catfish and the bottlemen // firelight - young the giant // bring it on home to me - sam cooke // heart of gold - neil young // fire and rain - james taylor // take me home, country roads - john denver // warm glow - hippo campus // light my fire - the doors // our house - crosby, stills, nash & young

ocean’s roar a poseidon-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

the ocean - led zeppelin // octopus’s garden - the beatles // wild horses - the rolling stones // riders on the storm - the doors // ocean man - ween // hurricane - bob dylan // sail - awolnation // son of a son of a sailor - jimmy buffett // fishin’ in the dark - nitty gritty dirt band // beyond the sea - bobby darin // waves (tame impala remix) - miguel // boots of spanish leather - the lumineers

stormbringer a zeus-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

thunder - imagine dragons // king of the clouds - panic! at the disco // lightning bolt - pearl jam // power - kanye west // sky walker - miguel, travis scott // god’s gonna cut you down - johnny cash // stormbringer - deep purple // king and lionheart - of monsters and men // smokestack lightning - lynyrd skynyrd // viva la vida - coldplay // spirit in the sky - norman greenbaum // thunderstruck - ac/dc

pomegranate seeds a persephone-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

you can bring me flowers - ray lamontagne // pomegranate seeds - julian moon // holding out for a hero - nothing but thieves // spring wind - jack johnson // flowers in your hair - the lumineers // hunger - florence + the machine // sweet dreams (are made of this) - emily browning // roslyn - bon iver, st. vincent // give me love - ed sheeran // this is gospel (piano version) - panic! at the disco // flightless bird, american mouth - iron and wine // la vie en rose - lady gaga

witchy woman a hecate-inspired playlist (spotify | youtube)

witchy woman - eagles // rhiannon - fleetwood mac // fortune teller - robert plant & alison krauss // season of the witch - donovan // strange brew - cream // black magic woman - santana // i put a spell on you - creedence clearwater revival // voodoo child (slight return) - jimi hendrix // superstition - stevie wonder // spellbound - siouxsie and the banshees // abracadabra - steve miller band // dark lady - cher

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Cary Grant α:18 de enero 1904 Ω:29 de noviembre 1986

Cary Grant (nacido Archibald Alexander Leach, Bristol, 18 de enero de 1904 - Davenport, Iowa, 29 de noviembre de 1986) fue un actor de origen británico. Llegó a ser uno de los actores de Hollywood más populares durante décadas, no solo por su atractivo físico, sino también por su elegancia, su encanto y su agudeza. De él se decía que actuaba bien hasta de espaldas. Trabajó con muchas grandes divas del cine de Hollywood de su época: Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Joan Fontaine, Ingrid Bergman, Ginger Rogers, Doris Day, Deborah Kerr y Audrey Hepburn entre otras. El personaje de James Bond se inspira parcialmente en él. Según la lista del American Film Institute, está considerado la segunda estrella masculina más importante de los primeros cien años del cine estadounidense. Su verdadero nombre era Archibald Alexander Leach y nació en Bristol (Inglaterra). Grant tuvo una infancia infeliz y un tanto confusa. Su padre ingresó a su depresiva madre en un hospital psiquiátrico cuando su hijo tenía nueve años. Fue a la escuela en su ciudad natal, de la que fue expulsado a los 14 años (en 1918), tras un incidente relacionado con los vestuarios de las alumnas. Ese mismo año se incorporó a una compañía de teatro con la que llegó a Estados Unidos en 1920, y del vodevil en Broadway pasó a Hollywood en 1931. Es allí donde comenzó a utilizar el nombre de Cary Grant. Pronto consiguió papeles en películas de éxito, como La Venus rubia (1932, con Marlene Dietrich) y Lady Lou (1933, con Mae West). En 1942 adquirió la nacionalidad estadounidense. Grant protagonizó algunos clásicos de la comedia de enredo, como Historias de Filadelfia (1940) y La fiera de mi niña (1938), ambas junto a Katharine Hepburn, o Arsénico por compasión (1944). El director Alfred Hitchcock, cuyo desapego por los actores era notorio, se entusiasmó con Grant, y le contrató para actuar en cuatro de sus películas: Sospecha (1941; junto a Joan Fontaine), Encadenados (1946; con Ingrid Bergman), Atrapa a un ladrón (1955; con Grace Kelly) y Con la muerte en los talones (1959; junto a Eva Marie Saint), que se convirtieron en clásicos, al igual que otras obras del director. Aunque fue nominado dos veces para los Óscar, Grant no obtuvo el premio, si bien recibió en 1970 un premio especial de la Academia de Cine en reconocimiento a su carrera. En 1981 le fue concedido el Kennedy Center Honors en reconocimiento a su talento y contribución a las artes escénicas. Durante los últimos años de su vida, retirado del cine, fue ejecutivo de diversas empresas relacionadas con el mundo del cine. Se dedicó a viajar por el mundo y por Estados Unidos, donde realizó diversas sesiones de su programa Una noche con Cary Grant, en las que tras la proyección de fragmentos de sus películas, respondía a las preguntas del público. Grant se estaba preparando para una actuación en el Teatro Adler en Davenport, Iowa, en la tarde del 29 de noviembre de 1986, cuando sufrió una hemorragia cerebral (ya había sufrido previamente un ataque en octubre de 1984). Su esposa Barbara no sabía lo que estaba pasando y fue a una farmacia local para obtener una aspirina. Murió a las 11:22 pm en el Hospital de San Lucas en Davenport, Iowa, a la edad de 82 años, producto de las complicaciones de un derrame cerebral. La mayor parte de sus bienes, por valor de millones de dólares, fueron para su quinta esposa, Barbara Harris, y para su hija, Jennifer Grant.

FILMOGRAFIA

1932: This Is the Night (Esta es la noche).1932: Sinners in the Sun (Pecadores sin careta).1932: Merrily We Go to Hell (Tuya para siempre).1932: Devil and the Deep (Entre la espada y la pared).1932: Blonde Venus (La Venus rubia), de Josef von Sternberg.1932: Hot Saturday (Sábado de juerga).1932: Madame Butterfly.1933: She Done Him Wrong (Lady Lou (nacida para pecar)).1933: Woman Accused (La mujer acusada).1933: The Eagle and the Hawk (El águila y el halcón).1933: Gambling Ship (Casino del mar).1933: I’m No Angel (No soy ningún ángel).1933: Alice in Wonderland (Alicia en el país de las maravillas), de Norman Z. McLeod.1934: Thirty Day Princess (Princesa por un mes).1934: Born to Be Bad (Nacida para ser mala).1934: Kiss and Make Up (El templo de las hermosas).1934: Ladies Should Listen (Atención señoras).1935: Enter Madame (Mi marido se casa).1935: Wings in the Dark (Alas en la noche).1935: The Last Outpost (La última avanzada).1935: Sylvia Scarlett (La gran aventura de Silvia / Una muchacha sin importancia), de George Cukor.1936: Suzy (Suzy).1936: Wedding Present (Cásate conmigo... si puedes).1936: The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (La maravillosa aventura de Ernest Bliss).1936: Big Brown Eyes (Sus grandes ojos marrones). Mr. Deeds goes to Town ("El secreto de vivir").1937: When You're in Love (Preludio de amor).1937: Topper (La pareja invisible se divierte).1937: The Toast of New York (El ídolo de Nueva York).1937: The Awful Truth (Terrible verdad / La pícara puritana), de Leo McCarey.1938: Bringing Up Baby (La adorable revoltosa / La fiera de mi niña), de Howard Hawks.1938: Holiday (Vivir para gozar / Negocios o placer), de George Cukor.1939: Gunga Din, de George Stevens (Gunga Din).1939: Only Angels Have Wings (Sólo los ángeles tienen alas), de Howard Hawks.1939: In Name Only (Dos mujeres y un amor).1940: His Girl Friday (Ayuno de amor / Luna nueva), de Howard Hawks.1940: My Favorite Wife (Mi mujer favorita), de Garson Kanin.1940: The Howards of Virginia (Pasión de libertad).1940: The Philadelphia Story (Historias de Filadelfia / Pecadora equivocada), de George Cukor.1941: Penny Serenade (Serenata nostálgica), de George Stevens.1941: Suspicion (La sospecha / Sospecha), de Alfred Hitchcock.1942: The Talk of the Town (Tres contra todos / El asunto del día).1942: Once Upon a Honeymoon (Hubo una luna de miel).1943: Mr. Lucky (Mr. Lucky).1943: Destination Tokyo (Destino Tokio).1944: Once Upon a Time (Érase una vez).1944: None But the Lonely Heart (Un corazón en peligro).1944: Arsenic and Old Lace (Arsénico y encaje antiguo / Arsénico por compasión), de Frank Capra.1946: Night and Day (Noche y día), de Michael Curtiz.1946: Notorious (Tuyo es mi corazón / Encadenados), de Alfred Hitchcock.1947: The bachelor and the bobby-soxer (El solterón y la adolescente / El solterón y la menor), de Irving Reis.1947: The Bishop's Wife (La esposa del obispo / La mujer del obispo).1948: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (Los Blanding ya tienen casa), de H.C. Potter.1948: Every Girl Should Be Married (En busca de marido), de Don Hartman.1949: I Was a Male War Bride (La novia era él), de Howard Hawks.1950: Crisis (Crisis).1951: People Will Talk (La gente hablará / Murmullos en la ciudad).1952: Room for One More (Hogar, dulce hogar), de Norman Taurog.1952: Monkey Business (Joven otra vez / Vitaminas para el amor / Me siento rejuvenecer), de Howard Hawks.1953: Dream Wife (La mujer soñada), de Sidney Sheldon.1955: To catch a thief (Para atrapar al ladrón / Atrapa a un ladrón), de Alfred Hitchcock.1957: An Affair to Remember (Algo para recordar / Tú y yo), de Leo McCarey.1957: The pride and the passion (Orgullo y pasión), de Stanley Kramer.1957: Kiss Them for Me (El beso del adiós / Bésalas por mí), de Stanley Donen.1958: Indiscreet (Indiscreta), de Stanley Donen.1958: Houseboat (Hogar flotante / Cintia), de Melville Shavelson.1959: North by Northwest (Intriga internacional / Con la muerte en los talones), de Alfred Hitchcock.1959: Operation Petticoat (Operación faldas / Operación Pacífico / Sirenas y tiburones), de Blake Edwards.1960: The Grass Is Greener (Página en blanco), de Stanley Donen.1962: That Touch of Mink (Suave como el visón), de Delbert Mann.1963: Charada, de Stanley Donen.1964: Father Goose (Papá ganso / Operación Whisky), de Ralph Nelson.1966: Walk Don't Run (Camina, no corras / Apartamento para tres), de Charles Walters.

#Cary Grant #elcinelateleymickyandonie

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Mad Men characters I absolutely fucking despise:

Don Draper: pretty boy, asshole, horny dumbass

Pete Campbell: little bitch boy

Joan's doctor husband whose name i don't care about: rapist little bitch boy

Joy: you sent your DAD to get you a date with the guy you're lusting for?????? Seriously?????

Midge: asshole

That comedian and his wife whose name was Bobbie: fuck them both, assholes

Peggy's mom: oh! You're having success?? Perish if you are

Abraham: if your boyfriend feels inferior because you want a nice apartment in a nice place and forces you to buy a shitty apartment complex and then DUMPS you for being scared in it??? Dump him

Harry Crane: incel, pathetic, stupid, little bitch

Margaret Sterling: selfish spoiled brat

Sylvia: I hate the idea of horny Velma

Megan Calvet: HEAR me out, she willingly married some guy she knew was a massive asshole and a fucking dumbass and then told him he took away her youth???? So no one remembers when she just stole her friend's opportunity??

That guy that was the representative of Lucky Strike: asshole, hated that he got Salvatore Romano fired

That secretary that ran over some guy's foot: she was an asshole to Peggy, fuck her

That guy that was Lane Pryce's assistant: asshole to Joan

Lou Avery: don't even get me started on this guy

That guy that was an asshole to Joan and drew a porno drawing of her: enough said

Meredith: idk she was annoying lmao

Mad Men characters I love and deserved the world:

Peggy Olson

Betty Draper

Joan Harris

Lane Pryce :(

Bert Cooper

Ted Chaough

Marie Calvet: emptying your very hated son-in-law's apartment and THEN getting his partner to pay for it before fucking him on his bed?? Power-move

Sally Draper

Dawn Chambers

Trudy Campbell

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Married to a Murderer

Married (before/during) Murders:

Aileen Wuornos - married to 69 year old Lewis Gratz Fell, annulled after nine weeks

Albert DeSalvo - married to Irmgard Beck in Frankfurt, had two children, one disabled

Dennis Rader - married to Paula Dietz (1971-2005), had two kids, later divorced

John Wayne Gacy - a closet homosexual, married to Carole Hoff (1972-1976)

H H Holmes - bigamously married three times; Clara Lovering (1876-96), Myrta Belknap (1887-96) and Georgiana Yoke (1894-96), until his execution on 7th May 1896

Albert Fish - paedophile, child rapist & murderer, married to Estella Wilcox (1898-1917) and together had six children: Albert, Anna, Gertrude, Eugene, John and Henry Fish.

Janie Lou Gibbs - poisoned her husband Charles Gibbs, their three sons and grandson

Judy Buenoano - murdered husband James Goodyear and her son Michael, attempted to murder of her fiancé John Gentry and murdered her boyfriend Bobby Joe Morris

Kristen Gilbert - married to Glenn Gilbert (1988-95) with two sons

Dorothea Puente - married to soldier Fred McFaul (1945-48), Swede Axel Johanson (1952-66), Roberto Puente (1966-68) and Pedro Montalvo (1976)

Velma Barfield - married to Thomas Burke (1949-69) until his death and Jennings Barfield (1970-71) until his death, both committed by Velma Barfield

Gary Ridgway - married three times; Claudia Kraig Barrows (1970-72), Marcia Lorene Brown (1973-81) and Judith Lorraine Lynch (1988-2002), only Lynch was married to Ridgway during his 16 year killing spree

Randall Woodfield - married three times, once whilst in prison to Jennifer Lyn Coria

Donald Henry Gaskins - married five times, one who was 13 years old, has two children

John Allen Muhammad - married and divorced twice, once to Mildred Muhammad

Arthur Shawcross - married four times; to Sarah Chatterton with one son, Linda Neary, Penny Sherbino and had an affair with Clara D. Neal

Glen Edward Rogers - married Deborah Ann Nix aged 14 years old (1978-83)

Charles Manson - married and divorced twice to Rosalie Willis (1955-58) and Leona Stevens (1959-63)

John Reginald Christie - married to Ethel Simpson (1920-52), who he murdered

John George Haigh - married to Beatrice 'Betty' Hamer (1934), annulled, with one child who was given up for adoption

Donald Neilson - married to Irene Tate with one daughter Kathryn, jailed as an accessory

Fred West - married to Catherine “Rena” Costello (1962-71)

Harold Shipman - married to Primrose Shipman (1966-2004, his death)

Peter Sutcliffe - married to Sonia Szurma in 1974, separated in 1982, divorced in 1994

Anthony Hardy - married to Judith Dwight (1972-86) with four kids, all prior to murders

Colin Ireland - married twice to paraplegic athlete Virginia Zammit (1982-87) and Janet Young (1989-91) but claimed he "pretended to be gay" to lure his homosexual victims in

Levi Bellfield - unmarried but fathered five children with three women, the final three children with Emma Mills (1995-2004)

Raymond Morris - married twice, second wife was called Carol Morris

George Joseph Smith - married bigamously seven times between 1908 and 1914; Caroline Beatrice Thornhill, Florence Wilson, Edith Peglar, Sarah Freeman, Bessie Munday, Alice Burnham and Alice Reid, two of whom he murdered... to name but a few

Peter Tobin - married and divorced three times; Margaret Mountney / MacKintosh (1969-71), Sylvia Jefferies (1973-76) and Cathy Wilson (1989-93)

Steve Wright - married Angela O'Donovan (1978-87) and Diane Cassell/Cole (1987-88)

Married (after) Murders/Crimes

Richard Ramirez - married in prison to Doreen Lioy, up to his death (1996-2013)

Ted Bundy - engaged to Diane Edwards known as Stephanie Brooks in 1973, and later married Carole Ann Boone whilst on trial and had a daughter with him

Arthur Shawcross - Clara D. Neal who he later married whilst in prison for murder

Henry Lee Lucas - married Betty Crawford after his conviction for kidnapping three girls

Charles Manson - engaged in prison to Afton Elaine "Star" Burton, never married

Myra Hindley - engaged to Ronnie Sinclair on her 17th birthday for six months

Killers Couples

Ray & Faye Copeland - the killer couple of Missouri (1940-93)

Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka - "The Ken & Barbie Killers"

Ray Fernandez & Martha Beck - "The Lonely Hearts Killers"

Carol M. Bundy & Doug Clark - "The Sunset Strip Killers"

Cynthia Coffman & James Gregory Marlow - another killer couple

David Ray Parker "The ToyBox Killer" & his girlfriend / accomplice Cindy Lee Hendy

Ian Brady & Myra Hindley - "The Moors Murderers"

David and Catherine Birnie – “The Moorhouse Murderers”

Fred West & Rose West - "The Gloucester Killers"

Single / Dated Only: (or unmarried owing to a lack of equal rights for gay couples)

Dennis NIlsen - single, homosexual, lived with David "Twinkle" Gallichan

David Berkowitz - single, no wives or known girlfriends

Edmund Kemper - single, troubled upbringing, unable to maintain a normal relationship, but was briefly engaged to a 16-year-old Turlock High School student

Jeffrey Dahmer - single, a homosexual loner, one brief relationship with a boy at school

Joel Rifkin - single, with learning difficulties, no known girlfriends

Ed Gein - single, no girlfriends, his only true love was his mother

Ted Kaczynski - single, but "dated" Joy Richards whilst in prison (1998-2006)

Rodney Alcala - dated Beth Kelleher for a few months before his arrest in 1979

Robert Pickton - habitual user/murderer of prostitutes, he once dated Connie Anderson

Ronald Dominique - single, homosexual serial killer, no known boyfriends or partners

Larry Eyler - single, homosexual serial killer, no known boyfriends or partners

Dean Arnold Corll - a homosexual "relationship" with 12 year old David Brooks

Lee Boyd Malvo - single, a few girlfriends, once was referred in the press as "Kaitlin"

Orville Lynn Majors - unmarried, single

Herbert Mullin - had a steady girlfriend but expressed worries to her that he was gay

Richard Chase - single, hospitalised, no known girlfriends

Graham Young - single, no known girlfriends, convicted / hospitalised

Michael Lupo - homosexual, claimed to have had over 3000 lovers

Patrick MacKay - single, institutionalised from his early teens

Robert Maudsley - single, rent-boy / drug-addict, sexually-abused and incarcerated

Robert Black - single, occasional girlfriends, nothing long-term

Kenneth Erskine - unknown

Steven Grieveson - unknown

Stephen Griffiths - dated Kathy Hancock for 12 months, stalked her for 10 years

Trevor Hardy - his partner Sheilagh Farrow provided his alibi, which meant he was released from prison, and went on to murder Sharon Mosoph

Stephen Port - homosexual, numerous former boyfriends but names unknown

Robert Napper - Single, sexually-abused, unknown of any long-term relationships

Beverley Allitt - boyfriend Stephen Biggs, the only real love in her life

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The Chicken and the Egg (TGP, Episode 24)

Today Eli is forced to watch and recap The Chicken and the Egg, the final episode of The Golden Palace. In this installment, Blanche entertains the idea of having another child with a random boyfriend, while Roland uses his martial arts mastery to teach the local elderly community to lay down some street justice. Will the final chapter of the show serve as a fitting conclusion to this epic saga? Keep reading to find out…

Well, here we are! I don’t quite know what to say before I dive into one last recap, as I want to save my thoughts on the project in general for my very last post. With that in mind, let’s do this.

Buttocks tight!

Episode written by Mitchell Hurwitz, directed by Lex Passaris

Sophia enters the hotel lobby declaring that “It’s gone.” Chuy guesses that she is referring to her short-term memory, but Sophia ignores him and wonders aloud who the Mexican is. She says that her purse was stolen by some thug and blames the Bush economy. With a few more questions, she reluctantly reveals that the purse was stolen while within Rose’s now also-stolen car, which Sophia “borrowed” without asking. Additionally, the thief might have gotten pretty far since Sophia had just filled up the gas tank using Rose’s credit card. Roland considers teaching a self-defense seminar at the hotel to deal with these situations, and casually mentions that he has a blue belt in Tae Kwon Do. Blanche is all dressed up and demanding compliments as she has a hot date with Bobby Lee, a cattle baron from Austin. Her daughter Rebecca is also coming to visit Blanche’s (shudder) birthday, so we have all the pieces in place for our final outing!

We cut to Blanche and Bobby Lee in the hotel lobby, and he wastes very little time in sitting Blanche down to propose. He wants Blanche to agree to be his wife! Oh, and he also wants her to agree to have his children. Say what now? She attempts to pump the brakes, but he says that he knows she is older than she claims. Still, breeding is his business and Bobby suggests letting the doctors worry about the details. She simply has to say “yes,” and caught up in the moment, she does just that.

Blanche soon makes an announcement to her friends about her engagement and receives congratulations. She then announces her plan to have a baby and receives mockery. Sophia calls her a fossil, and Rose suggests that perhaps that ship has already sailed. Like, way back in End of the Curse. Rose also speculates that this is all a result of Blanche’s hatred of birthdays, but Blanche says that this is something that Bobby Lee wants and she “owes” it to him to try. Gross. Blanche also points out that medical science has come a long way, and she could potentially have another woman’s fertilized egg implanted. Roland reminds Blanche that she should really consider adoption, and then probably laughs and laughs in his head as he remembers that he is totally off the hook with Oliver, or whatever that little burden’s name was.

Roland dons his Tae Kwon Do garb and prepares to instruct a class of elderly women on the finer points of kicking a man in the balls. Someone hurls a bottle of estrogen at his head and he shames a masculine-looking lady, so things are really off to a great start. Roland attempts to bond with a student names Sylvia, who mentions that she enrolled because she wants to put her bastard husband through a window for calling her frail. To get down to business, Roland reveals that Chuy will be playing the part of the “attacker” in class, and he enters in a padded suit, snarling like a bear. It takes the old ladies approximately 2.5 seconds to swarm and beat the shit out of him.

Blanche has checked in with Bobby Lee about the possibility of adoption and says that he (predictably) has no interest in caring for someone he didn’t help to create. Rose wonders where Blanche will find someone with a compatible medical history to give her an egg, and at just that moment her daughter Rebecca shows up. They hug, and Rebecca says that Blanche can have anything she wants for her birthday. Blanche only has her sights on an egg.

After having a presumably uncomfortable conversation with her daughter, Blanche tells Rose that Rebecca didn’t agree to her request right away and will have to think things over. Blanche insists that she isn’t as old as everyone seems to think she is, and Rebecca shows up again to mildly rain on her parade. Blanche doesn’t want to be lectured, but Rebecca says that although she doesn’t think any of this is a good idea, she is willing to give her mother what she wants despite her objections.

Blanche seems to be having a rough night, tossing and turning in bed. Unable to sleep, she goes downstairs and discovers that she is super pregnant with a huge belly! Actually, Rose says that she went to the clinic with Blanche, and she got pregnant too! The two show off their enormous midsections and Rose complains about all of the morning sickness, varicose veins, cravings, and back pain that come along with pregnancy, and that they had both forgotten about. The surprises keep coming as Sophia is pregnant too, maneuvering her own belly around on a wheeled contraption. The trio somehow manages to gather at the kitchen table, where Sophia gives Blanche a good kicking for talking them all into this mess. Blanche says that she didn’t mean that “anyone” can get pregnant, but it’s too late, this scene has already gone off the rails; Roland is pregnant too and experiencing some major mood swings. We aren’t done yet, folks, Chuy has a bun in the oven as well! More specifically, he is carrying his bun in his backside for the sake of a dumb joke. Blanche apologizes profusely to everyone…

…and then a worried Rose wakes her up from her dream! Can you believe it?

The parking attendant from the neighboring hotel shows up with Sophia’s purse, and everyone realizes that Sophia actually just accidentally valet parked Rose’s car. Unfortunately for the attendant, Sophia and her gang of newly-trained Tae Kwon Do grannies choose this moment to wander in, and they all swarm Sophia’s “assailant.” Blanche needs to talk to Bobby Lee, who arrives at the hotel at just this moment. She is about to tell him that she doesn’t want to have a baby after all when he breaks down and admits that he is sterile. Both parties continue to insist that they are not old, but Blanche says that perhaps they can accept that they are “approaching middle age” and still have some fun together. Bobby Lee throws out a parting reference to his freezer full of bull semen, and leaves. Rebecca then comes downstairs, and Blanche tells her that she was right. Rebecca says that she just wants Blanche to be proud of the person she is, and they hug it out in the show’s final embrace.

For one closing scene, we find Chuy fleeing into the hotel elevator to escape the gang of violent older women that Roland has unleashed on the world. He almost makes it to safety, until Rose foils his plan. The very last image we are ever to see in the Golden Universe is that of Chuy being descended upon by the angry mob.

The End.

I have to say, while this is the final episode of the series and I’d like to go out on a high note, I kind of wish that this episode and the previous one had been swapped. I know I enjoyed the wacky antics of Roland policing vacationing young adults and Chuy building a giant burrito, but the pregnancy dream sequence in this episode just seemed silly without actually bothering to be funny. That, plus I feel like the whole angle of one of the girls (specifically Blanche) lamenting her lost youth and reproductive capability was already done by The Golden Girls, and done better. Bobby Lee seemed like kind of a creep to me, and it also seemed weird that Blanche was ready to marry a character in the very first scene in which he was introduced. It wasn’t a total loss, as I kind of enjoyed the idea of a gang of pissed-off grannies wandering the streets of Miami and stirring up trouble, and I liked that the show’s final message was that you should love yourself just the way you are, so I’ll leave things with that very positive thought in mind. Still, I’m giving The Chicken and the Egg a rating of 3 poofy hairdos out of 5.

I can’t believe that I have written my final recap for this big, crazy project, but I’ll still return one more time to share some final thoughts on the series and what One of Us! has meant to me. But before then, you can still treat yourself to one more recap from the real powerhouse of this duo, as Drew will soon be sharing his thoughts on the most recent Bond film, SPECTRE. Until then, as always, thank you for being a friend, and for being One of Us!

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Benny Carter

Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognized as such by other jazz musicians who called him King. In 1958, he performed with Billie Holiday at the Monterey Jazz Festival - but, then, really, he performed with every major artist of several many jazz generations, and at every major festival you could possibly care to name.

The National Endowment for the Arts honored Benny Carter with its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award for 1986. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, and both won a Grammy Award for his solo "Prelude to a Kiss" and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. In 2000 awarded the National Endowment for the Arts, National Medal of Arts, presented by President Bill Clinton.

Biography

Born in New York City in 1907, the youngest of six children and the only boy, received his first music lessons on piano from his mother. Largely self-taught, by age fifteen, Carter was already sitting in at Harlem night spots. From 1924 to 1928, Carter gained valuable professional experience as a sideman in some of New York's top bands. As a youth, Carter lived in Harlem around the corner from Bubber Miley who was Duke Ellington's star trumpeter, Carter was inspired by Miley and bought a trumpet, but when he found he couldn't play like Miley he traded the trumpet in for a saxophone. For the next two years he played with such jazz greats as cornetist Rex Stewart, clarinetist-soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, pianists Earl Hines, Willie "The Lion" Smith, pianist Fats Waller, pianist James P. Johnson, pianist Duke Ellington and their various groups.

First recordings

He first recorded in 1928 with Charlie Johnson's Orchestra, also arranging the titles recorded, and formed his first big band the following year. He played with Fletcher Henderson in 1930 and 1931, becoming his chief arranger in this time, then briefly led the Detroit-based McKinney's Cotton Pickers before returning to New York in 1932 to lead his own band, which included such swing stars as Leon "Chu" Berry (tenor saxophone), Teddy Wilson (piano), Sid Catlett (drums), and Dicky Wells (trombone). Carter's arrangements were sophisticated and very complex, and a number of them became swing standards which were performed by other bands ("Blue Lou" is a great example of this). He also arranged for Duke Ellington during these years. Carter was most noted for his superb arrangements. Among the most significant are "Keep a Song in Your Soul", written for Fletcher Henderson in 1930, and "Lonesome Nights" and "Symphony in Riffs" from 1933, both of which show Carter's fluid writing for saxophones. By the early 1930s he and Johnny Hodges were considered the leading alto players of the day. Carter also quickly became a leading trumpet soloist, having rediscovered the instrument. He recorded extensively on trumpet in the 1930s. Carter's name first appeared on records with a 1932 Crown label release of "Tell All Your Day Dreams to Me" credited to Bennie Carter and his Harlemites. Carter's short-lived Orchestra played the Harlem Club in New York but only recorded a handful of brilliant records for Columbia, OKeh and Vocalion. The OKeh sides were issued under the name Chocolate Dandies. His trumpet solo on the October 1933 recording of "Once Upon A Time" by the Chocolate Dandies (OKeh 41568 and subsequently reissued on Decca 18255 and Hot Record Society 16) has long been considered a milestone solo achievement.

In 1933 Carter took part in an amazing series of sessions that featured the British band leader Spike Hughes, who went to New York specifically to organize a series of recordings featuring the best Black musicians available. These 14 sides plus four by Carter's big band were only issued in England at the time, originally titled Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra. The musicians were mainly made up from members of Carter's band. The bands (14–15 pieces) include such major players as Henry "Red" Allen (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Wayman Carver (flute), Coleman Hawkins (saxophone), J.C. Higginbotham (trombone), and Leon "Chu" Berry (saxophone), tracks include: "Nocturne", "Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn", "Pastorale", "Bugle Call Rag", "Arabesque", "Fanfare", "Sweet Sorrow Blues", "Music at Midnight", "Sweet Sue Just You", "Air in D Flat", "Donegal Cradle Song", "Firebird", "Music at Sunrise", and "How Come You Do Me Like You Do".

Europe

Carter moved to Europe in 1935 to play trumpet with Willie Lewis's orchestra, and also became staff arranger for the British Broadcasting Corporation dance orchestra and made several records. Over the next three years, he traveled throughout Europe, playing and recording with the top British, French, and Scandinavian jazzmen, as well as with visiting American stars such as his friend Coleman Hawkins. Two recordings that showcase his sound most famously are 1937's "Honeysuckle Rose," recorded with Django Reinhardt and Coleman Hawkins in Europe, and the same tune reprised on his 1961 album Further Definitions, an album considered a masterpiece and one of jazz's most influential recordings.

Return to Harlem and a move to Los Angeles

Returning home in 1938, he quickly formed another superb orchestra, which spent much of 1939 and 1940 at Harlem's famed Savoy Ballroom. His arrangements were much in demand and were featured on recordings by Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, and Tommy Dorsey. Though he only had one major hit in the big band era (a novelty song called "Cow-Cow Boogie," sung by Ella Mae Morse), during the 1930s Carter composed and/or arranged many of the pieces that became swing era classics, such as "When Lights Are Low," “Blues in My Heart," and "Lonesome Nights."

He relocated to Los Angeles in 1943, moved increasingly into studio work. Beginning with "Stormy Weather" in 1943, he arranged for dozens of feature films and television productions. In Hollywood, he wrote arrangements for such artists as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Pearl Bailey, Ray Charles, Peggy Lee, Lou Rawls, Louis Armstrong, Freddie Slack and Mel Torme. In 1945, trumpeter Miles Davis made his first recordings with Carter as sideman on album Benny Carter and His Orchestra, and considered him a close friend and mentor. Carter was one of the first black men to compose music for films. He was an inspiration and a mentor for Quincy Jones when Jones began writing for television and films in the 1960s. Carter's successful legal battles in order to obtain housing in then-exclusive neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area made him a pioneer in an entirely different area.

Benny Carter visited Australia in 1960 with his own quartet, performed at the 1968 Newport Jazz Festival with Dizzy Gillespie, and recorded with a Scandinavian band in Switzerland the same year. His studio work in the 1960s included arranging and sometimes performing on Peggy Lee's Mink Jazz, (1962) and on the single "I'm A Woman" in the same year.

Academia

In 1969, Carter was persuaded by Morroe Berger, a sociology professor at Princeton University who had done his master's thesis on jazz, to spend a weekend at the college as part of some classes, seminars, and a concert. This led to a new outlet for Carter's talent: teaching. For the next nine years he visited Princeton five times, most of them brief stays except for one in 1973 when he spent a semester there as a visiting professor. In 1974 Princeton awarded him an honorary master of humanities degree. He conducted workshops and seminars at several other universities and was a visiting lecturer at Harvard for a week in 1987. Morroe Berger also wrote the book Benny Carter – A Life in American Music (1982), a two-volume work, covers Carter's career in depth, an essential work of jazz scholarship.

In the late summer of 1989 the Classical Jazz series of concerts at New York's Lincoln Center celebrated Carter's 82nd birthday with a set of his songs, sung by Ernestine Anderson and Sylvia Syms. In the same week, at the Chicago Jazz Festival, he presented a recreation of his Further Definitions album, using some of the original musicians. In February 1990, Carter led an all-star big band at the Lincoln Center in a concert tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Carter was a member of the music advisory panel of the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1990, Carter was named "Jazz Artist of the Year" in both the Down Beat and Jazz Times International Critics' polls. In 1978, he was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame and in 1980 received the Golden Score award of the American Society of Music Arrangers. Carter was also a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1996, and received honorary doctorates from Princeton (1974), Rutgers (1991), Harvard (1994), and the New England Conservatory (1998).

One of the most remarkable things about Benny Carter's career was its length. It has been said that he is the only musician to have recorded in eight different decades. Having started a career in music before music was recorded electrically, Carter remained a masterful musician, arranger and composer until he retired from performing in 1997. In 1998, Benny Carter was honored at Third Annual Awards Gala and Concert at Lincoln Center. He received the Jazz at Lincoln Center Award for Artistic Excellence and his music was performed by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall and Bobby Short. Wynton accepted on Benny's behalf. (Back trouble prevented Benny from attending.)

Carter died in Los Angeles, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center July 12, 2003 from complications of bronchitis at the age of 95. In 1979, he married Hilma Ollila Arons, who survived him, along with a daughter, a granddaughter and a grandson.

Songs composed by Carter

"Blues in My Heart" (1931) with Irving Mills

"When Lights Are Low" (1936) with Spencer Williams

"Cow-Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)" (1942) with Don Raye and Gene De Paul

"Key Largo" (1948) with Karl Suessdorf, Leah Worth

"Rock Me to Sleep" (1950) with Paul Vandervoort II

"A Kiss from You" (1964) with Johnny Mercer

"Only Trust Your Heart" (1964) with Sammy Cahn

Other songs by Carter include "A Walkin' Thing", "My Kind of Trouble Is You", "Easy Money", "Blue Star", "I Still Love Him So", "Green Wine" and "Malibu". Of course there are, literally, hundreds more - he truly was one of jazz's greatest composers.

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thelasthundredmiles · 52 years

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November 24th, 1972

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Alone in the trailer-- found a couple of letters to mom from Uncle Lowell. Also one from Bobby. Strange to see words written by people I knew for years and who now inhabit only the murky rooms of recollection for me. No mention in any of the letters of my father. Easy dialogue of news-- teeth being pulled-- babies in kindergarten. I learn my cousin Jimmie is in Germany. Uncle Lowell writes:

“I did have Jimmie driving for me (after operation), but he had to go back to Germany Monday. He left crying. He is a big boy, but he is just 18 years old, so he can’t control his emotions very well. The Red Cross sent him home for 30 days, and then he got a 15-day extension, so he got to be with us for 45 days.”

Roberta writes about her marital complications:

"He still hasn't paid his lawyer so I guess we will stay married at least I won't get married again."

I have extricated myself completely from these lives. Last night I was acutely aware of how alienated I am from the concept of reality and life that was expressed throughout the evening in conversation. The course of conversation last night developed into several “queer” jokes. Stories were passed. Bill tells of a buddy of his who is harassed by a queer. Bill assures us that his friend is not queer-- but the queer tags around-- even does his laundry for him. Anita even has queer stories. Bill tells of finding three girls together in a parked car on a deserted road in Springfield. Uncle Willie-- Aunt Cat-- Mom-- all have jokes and cruel stories about queers. Meanwhile, I sit and endure in silence-- realizing how impossible actualizing coming out would be.

I’m a big boy, but I’m only 21 and I can’t control my emotions very well.

Bill and Willie talk of cars and guns and football. Willie reminisces about wild days of drinking and gambling and hotel rooms. Aunt Cat has a barrage of off-color jokes-- all unfunny-- all lewd and dirty. Stories of stinking cunts-- pussy hairs--

I remember Peggy and Ed and Margie and myself holding each other in a circle in the darkness of my bedroom saying goodbye. Sobbing and holding.

I am fresh out of queer stories. I can’t remember a single funny nigger joke. Knives and guns and automobiles evoke my inner fears but leave that part of my brain I call love-- unmoved.

The family sits and comforts themselves by making sex dirty and nasty. They hate the niggers and queers and love to kill animals and handle knives and guns. Meanwhile, life goes on.

Miles and miles away I sit all afternoon long listening to John passionately speak of killing policemen.

At Marvin and Sylvia’s I sit and watch men washing the blood of students off the sidewalk in Alabama.

I try to read a book on economics. I thumb through a book on philosophy. I think of reading the Bible. I dread everyone returning.

If my family is all the comfort I have-- I long to be alone.

Only Rene remained silent. I’ve never known him to engage in cruelty.

#thelasthundredmiles #journal #diary #1970s #1972 #vintage #racism #homophobia #journaling #queer #hate speech #war #vintage letters #letters #writers of tumblr #LGBT #LGBTQIA #gay #gay men

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Stuck Inside Media Diary Week 9

It was sometime during this week, very possibly the week before that I realized why egg-zacktly Mad Men has been so (”comforting” seems like a big word here, but let’s just say) comforting during this period of time. Well I guess there’s a couple of reasons, time being one of them: being able to escape to other peoples’ problems and not have them be (overtly) contemporary. The second just as obvious being that this show spends probably 95% of its settings indoors. Maybe once a season do you see these people outside for whatever reason; season 3 was probably the height of having scenes outdoors, between Sally’s teacher and those scenes and then the Roger/Jane Old Kentucky Home wedding. Surely I’ve been outside more hours than watching Mad Men these past 7 weeks, but at this point I don’t really know. Hasn’t made me want a cigarette, so that’s something.

Sunday, May 17

Sour Grapes, Rothwell & Atlas 2016 [as of now this is available on Netflix]

Pretty neat little telling of rich people getting scammed. Definitely better than the Fyre Fest docs that came out last year, though you can see this as almost a model for it, however my problems with those are the same problem here, being I don’t really care that these insanely rich people got duped. I mean I care because it feels good, but rarely do you get someone in that position (especially from a financial standpoint) admitting they got duped or doing it in a way where they’re trying not to come across as a victim. And like I get it, I know that’s the point of some of these where it’s “look at their lack of self-awareness” but that’s not particularly satisfying. What’s satisfying is seeing the person do this and explain how they did it (the why is pretty obvious) and what their process is. You wouldn’t want to see a documentary about Terry Benedict having his casinos robbed and act like he doesn’t know why (I mean I would, because I invite almost anything from the Ocaen’s-verse, but you get my point).

Mad Men, “Collaborators”, “To Have And To Hold”, “The Flood”

Season 6, upon this viewing, appears to be the weakest or second to weakest season of the series; I don’t really know for sure. It’s definitely not bad, but lacks the sense of urgency to watch. It’s a little repetitive in some of its storytelling choices with Don, but does explore the motives of the men who want to be him, but lack that Dick Whitman/Don Draper drive that only he has (in the realm of Mad Men). Pete, not unlike Don, decides to keep up his habit of having an affair (with another married person too) and keeps it close to home feeling very in tune with Pete Campbell mentality: not seeing the dangers of shitting where he eats. Sure he keeps his affair to the confines of his Manhattan apartment, but it’s with a woman who not only lives in his neighborhood, but someone who is friendly enough with his wife. It backfires instantly and because no one has ever had a frank discussion with Pete about the consequences of his actions, this might be the first time Pete has actually had to learn a lesson. But because no one talks him through “this is where you messed up and this is how you can become a better and bigger person from this” it almost feeds his outwardly victimhood. Once again, props to Vincent Kartheiser for playing Pete Campbell perfectly for 6 straight seasons (and beyond).

And here’s something Season 6 decides to ponder: how about Bobby Draper? How about Bobby Draper deals with the assassination of MLK through seeing Planet Of The Apes? Probably the toughest look Mad Men took in its run (besides Hamm losing every year to Cranston for best actor) that it totally asks for.

The Last Dance, Parts 9 & 10

The end. This thing went out how it lived: absurdly entertaining while still being confounding in what it decided to say and how to present itself. There’s probably a lot to be taken from it, but my brain will forever linger on “eat the pizza.” (partly due to The Ticket, partly due to it being one of the funniest lies I’ve ever been told) Also I’m not a Pearl Jam listener (this genre of rock is my absolute biggest blind spot), but uh, that song’s pretty cool that they played there at the end; good sports montage moment-reminded me of a montage to close out a season of The Wire. No “Right Here, Right Now” though.

Monday, May 18

Circus Of Books, Mason 2019 [as of now this is available on Netflix]

Pleasant enough li’l entry of history about an important cultural landmark in LA; it really banks on the notion of “you’d never assume these people run this store” which isn’t ineffective. But it doesn’t come from an impartial place, it comes from the daughter of the store owners, which you could argue makes her the most qualified person to tell this story. But when your subjects are so unassuming and almost bothered by your insistence to tell this story it comes across as more (unintentionally) uncomfortable rather than trying to prove a point. But that’s kind of the looming question over all of this too-what’s the point? The titular bookstore closed last year, implying that there’s importance to this instantaneously being a historic document, when really it’s just a love letter to your parents and also your brother to tie it together just a little bit nicer.

Mad Men, “For Immediate Release”

The episode where it starts to find its footing again; as interesting an idea as it is to separate Don and Peggy on paper, the execution leaves so much to be desired. Peggy needs a force to push up against and while I’m sure she might have with Jim Cutler, but that’s not super interesting. Teaming up Ted and Don, maybe the only person to respect Don as an artist, but openly questioning his method to him on the show and not taking his excuses at face value.

Tuesday, May 19

Platoon, Stone 1986

Yeh, I don’t think I like Oliver Stone movies. I think I like the ideas of them, but ultimately I just don’t think it’s a match (heartbreaking for him). Part of this was I was on a massive Apocalypse Now high chose this as a chaser for that, which is mistake, and I knew this as I was watching. Or maybe it’s just that, explicitly, Vietnam movies set out to punish you for watching them, both in trying so hard to prove its authenticity while still being heavy-handed in other regards. Oliver Stone kind of feels like your cousin who insists on telling you that Dr. Strangelove is *actually* a farce and satire (yeh, I’ve used this before-guess what, it’s happened to me).

Mad Men, “Man With A Plan”, “The Crash”

Mad Men does its Sopranos karaoke best when drugs are involved, plain and simple. Though truly wild and Tony Soprano-levels of insanity when Don forces Lindsay Weir Sylvia to stay in that hotel room for like two days straight (or maybe a day, I don’t remember).

Wednesday, May 20

Blown Away, Hopkins 1994

I can 100% guarantee you that the only reason I thought I should see this movie is because it’s been lodged in my brain and marked as “important?” because Bill Simmons mentioned it offhandedly in a podcast once saying it’s a “_____ Boston movie.” So when I was scrolling through local listings, as I’m wont to do, and I saw that it was on, almost like a Pavlovian response, I immediately hit set to record. I’ve fallen for the trap of “record movie that should only be watched if it just happens to be on-do not go out of your way to watch it” and this is just the latest entry into it. This thing’s a quintessential dad-movie that has a wayyyy better poster than it should. I should probably be mad that I watched it, but this thing is so beautifully stupid that I’d be betraying myself by acting like it isn’t entirely in my wheelhouse. I was just happy to see the marble machine pop back up when it did.

Mad Men, “The Better Half”

“Hey, uh....how about Bobby goes to Bible Camp and we just use that as an excuse to bring Don and Betty back together for a one-night fling? Yeh, I think it’s pretty good too.” Tough break for the loss of Abe, though-they always kept him far enough to want you wanting more of him, which was probably the right decision, ultimately.

Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, Bahr & Hickenlooper & Coppola 1991

Was this good for Coppola’s image in 91? It’s coming kind of off the heels of Godfather III, which is maybe the most damning way to start off a decade. Maybe the biggest knock against this is that there’s probably still a lot unsaid, or the thing that’d be better is if you could’ve been a fly on the wall during the actual production or the editing of the documentary.

Thursday, May 21

S Is For Stanley, Infascelli 2016 [as of now this is available on Netflix]

You have to wonder if the Kubrick estate was pulling some strings to have this made as a preemptive strike against Filmworker. Yeh, yeh, we all know Stanley was difficult (man geniuses tend to be!) but what if I told you that he had a friendly side with his sweet old Italian driver who he kind of held hostage? I guess because Emilio D'Alessandro had the benefit of not working directly on the movies/Art Kubrick was making a professional/personal distance was able to be established. It’s cute and charming (small, old Italian men have that effect on me)-there’s not much more you should demand of it.

Mad Men, “A Tale Of Two Cities”, “Favors”

Sopranos karaoke meets coke part from Annie Hall. Then maybe the most traumatic thing to happen to Sally Draper, rivaled by the most traumatic thing to happen to Pete Campbell (via Peggy relaying info). Though I will say, those small moments between Peggy and Pete, moments we don’t get a lot of, are so nice, because it is one of the few times this show’s characters are stripped of trying to have an upper hand. Honesty between people, not Mad Men’s bread and butter (it has never sought to be), but they know how to serve it up in small enough doses that you don’t take them for granted when they happen.

Friday, May 22

Chinatown, Polanski 1974

Weird how no one talks about this movie being incredible. Glad I can be at the forefront for this, clearly, little seen flick and champion it as much as possible! With that said, knife to the nostril is a very real new fear for me.

Top Chef, Season 17 episode 10

If I were a person who cared about the olympics I could see myself either being very melancholy or furious after this episode. Fine challenge, though not totally surprising. I dunno man, you gotta imagine how annoyed these contestants get every time Malarkey outlives them-or at the very least incredibly tickled by it. Looking forward to binging Last Chance Kitchen before this next week’s ep.

Mad Men, “The Quality Of Mercy”

The Ken Cosgrove eyepatch is such a weird choice, but not altogether terrible. Hard to take a guy with an eyepatch seriously, which is probably the reason they gave it to Ken, because no one in that office does. The Bob Benson is a fraud reveal is fascinating in the sense of the writers trying out an experiment of “what if Don Draper but different job” though far more obvious. And what perfect symmetry having Pete find out from Duck (the man who thought he’d be able to use this information against Don and the man who, at the top of his game, absolutely could’ve used it against Don) about Bob and learned his lesson from 5 years ago and knowing how to use that information to his benefit (the setup to it is still pretty good, because I reacted this time the same way I did in 2014 with “oh Pete, you are dumb as hell” forgetting what the reveal is).

Saturday, May 23

Cast Away, Zemeckis 2000 [as of now this is available on HBO]

Somehow made it as long as I did without having seen Cast Away and it’s pretty good and also maybe the first time a Zemeckis movie gives worth to its character being (almost) extraordinary? Like in almost all his movies these characters kind of stumble into this otherworldly, almost other plane, level of humanity and ability; there tends to be a lot of right place at the right time with his main characters. So I had no idea that Cast Away flash forwards 4 years in the middle of its story (I’m kind of amazed with how little I knew about the bigger plot points of this movie, like no idea that it takes place in 1995 to start off) and not just making him instantaneous amazing hermit-man. It’s a fun movie, though I’m sure if I’d seen this in high school or early college I’d be all in a huff because of the whales, which is clearly just Zemeckis not being able to help himself. Whatever, pretty good and I’m glad he and Helen Hunt don’t end up together (though it does raise an incredible hypothetical). Though if you’re throwing a “welcome back from nowhere” party to a guy, wouldn’t you want to stick to specifically turf food as the delicacy you deliver to him? Like you’re already in Memphis, which is a pretty suspect location to have crab-give the man some BBQ, something without a shadow of a doubt he didn’t have access to on a deserted island.

Mad Men, “In Care Of” [season 6 finale], “Time Zones” [season 7A premier], “A Day’s Work”, “Field Trip”

The birth of “Not Great Bob!” truly a landmark. Season 6 is weird, it’s all a build-up, but Don’s descent has been going on for so long it’s hard to pinpoint what led to it all (maybe his divorce with Betty? Signing a contract? Anna passing away? there are so many chaos dominoes on the table that contribute to it all). Man needs therapy or to be reminded of who he is or how he got here. He’s brought down several, several pegs and he stays there and lingers in it, but he’ll be dammed if he isn’t loyal till the bitter end, or at least loyal to what he can be in control of and what he cares about (he does not care about Megan’s acting, though he does care about Megan and how much of her life he has put on halt).

Minority Report, Spielberg 2002 [as of now this is available on Netflix]

Steven Spielberg makes perfect Saturday movies. This is the sort of thing that if you had put it in anyone else’s hands it’d be without that crucial Spielberg twinge of hope or love that is the motivation behind its lead’s actions. It’s fun and pulpy and washed out and dark and takes Spielberg back to his feature debut: it’s a chase movie. It’s almost 2½ hours that flies by.

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Lesbian & Bi Books New In July!

[image description: a collage of the books listed below, with the text Lesbian & Bi Books New In July!]

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (Fiction)

The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas (Short Stories)

Walking on Knives by Maya Chhabra (Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings)

Sovereign (Nemesis #2) by April Daniels (Young Adult, Fantasy, Super Heros)

The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz (Young Adult)

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges (Graphic Novel, Memoir)

Sappho's Bar and Grill by Bonnie J. Morris (Sci Fi)

Canvas for Love by Charlotte Greene (Romance)

Bearly A Lady by Cassandra Khaw (Fantasy)

Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg (Fiction)

You Make Me Tremble by Karis Walsh (Romance)

Heat Wave by Elyse Springer (Romance)

Click the read more to see all of these books’ synopses!

Support FYLL & the Lesbrary on Patreon for $2 or more a month and be entered into monthly book giveaways!

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (Fiction)

At a local poetry performance one night, Frances and Bobbi catch the eye of Melissa, a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into Melissa's world, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman's sophisticated home and tall, handsome husband, Nick. However amusing and ironic Frances and Nick’s flirtation seems at first, it gives way to a strange intimacy, and Frances’s friendship with Bobbi begins to fracture. As Frances tries to keep her life in check, her relationships increasingly resist her control: with Nick, with her difficult and unhappy father, and finally, terribly, with Bobbi.

The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas (Short Stories)

The Cubans in Achy Obejas's story collection are haunted by islands: the island they fled, the island they've created, the island they were taken to or forced from, the island they long for, the island they return to, and the island that can never be home again.

Walking on Knives by Maya Chhabra (Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings)

The little mermaid has no idea that as she makes her way on land, she's being watched over by the sister of the very witch with whom she made her bargain. She has no idea that the witch's sister is falling in love with her. When the prince decides to marry another woman, the little mermaid's secret helper offers her a chance to live. But the price may be too high...

Sovereign (Nemesis #2) by April Daniels (Young Adult, Fantasy, Super Heros)

Only nine months after her debut as the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she’s doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it’s only going to get worse.

The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz (Young Adult)

Mercedes Moreno is an artist. At least, she thinks she could be, even though she hasn’t been able to paint anything worthwhile in the past year.

Her lack of inspiration might be because her abuela is in a coma. Or the fact that Mercedes is in love with her best friend, Victoria, but is too afraid to admit her true feelings.

Despite Mercedes’s creative block, art starts to show up in unexpected ways. A piano appears on her front lawn one morning, and a mysterious new neighbor invites Mercedes to paint with her at the Red Mangrove Estate.

At the Estate, Mercedes can create in ways she hasn’t ever before. But Mercedes can’t take anything out of the Estate, including her new-found clarity. Mercedes can’t live both lives forever, and ultimately she must choose between this perfect world of art and truth and a much messier reality.

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges (Graphic Novel, Memoir)

When Nicole Georges was sixteen she adopted Beija, a dysfunctional shar-pei/corgi mix—a troublesome combination of tiny and attack, just like teenaged Nicole herself. For the next fifteen years, Beija would be the one constant in her life. Through depression, relationships gone awry, and an unmoored young adulthood played out against the backdrop of the Portland punk scene, Beija was there, wearing her “Don’t Pet Me” bandana.

Sappho's Bar and Grill by Bonnie J. Morris (Sci Fi)

Lonely women's history professor Hannah Stern walks into her local lesbian bar one winter night, seeking love advice from her old friend and bartender, Isabel. "Women's history will be my date this year!" Hannah raises her glass in sarcastic tribute, resigned to life as a scholar, but her remark sets in motion a wild, sexy-smart romp through time. Much to her astonishment, Hannah soon finds herself meeting up with the actual figures and foremothers she assigns her college students to learn about. She's caught in a time-travel vortex: one that seemingly emanates from Sappho's Bar and Grill.

Canvas for Love by Charlotte Greene (Romance)

With the holidays over and the New Year beginning, Chloé Deveraux and Amelia Winters are finally in a position to concentrate on themselves and their new love. Chloé hopes that she and Amelia can finally stop worrying and start living. The course of true love is never easy, however, and Chloé and Amelia struggle to keep their love strong in the face of mounting complications. Family conflict and a woman from Amelia’s past conspire to keep the two lovers apart. These problems, combined with Chloé’s desire to leave Amelia’s art dealership, may act as the ultimate blow to their tenuous romance. Can Chloé and Amelia overcome these threats, or is it time to move on?

Bearly A Lady by Cassandra Khaw (Fantasy)

Zelda McCartney (almost) has it all: a badass superhero name, an awesome vampire roommate, and her dream job at a glossy fashion magazine (plus the clothes to prove it). The only issue in Zelda’s almost-perfect life? The uncontrollable need to transform into a werebear once a month.

Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg (Fiction)

Pages for Her is the story of two women, Flannery and Anne, each at a personal turning point, and the circumstances that lead to their reunion. Twenty years after their brief but passionate affair, chronicled in Sylvia Brownrigg's earlier novel Pages for You, Flannery has the chance once again to meet Anne, who opened young Flannery up to the possibility of love―then left her heartbroken.

You Make Me Tremble by Karis Walsh (Romance)

Animal rescue worker Iris Mallery thinks she has created a stable and secure home for herself, but when her small town is battered by an earthquake, Iris needs to rebuild not only her own life, but the lives of the displaced dogs and cats now filling her shelter.

Heat Wave by Elyse Springer (Romance)

Sara Walker's life is going nowhere fast: she has a job she enjoys but doesn't love, friends who are too busy to hang out with her, and no boyfriend in sight. Then a phone call on a lonely Friday night changes everything, and suddenly she's spending her weekends with Laura. Newly single and openly bisexual, Laura makes Sara think decidedly not-straight thoughts.

#lesbian books #queer books #sapphic books #wlw books

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LUCY’S PUNCTURED ROMANCE

S4;E22 ~ February 7, 1972

Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs

Synopsis

Lucy takes an interest in a new man (Robert Cummings), but the milkman tips off Kim that he may be a womanizing alcoholic. To protect her mother, Kim and Harry scheme to make him think the family is crazy, hoping he'll run for the hills.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter)

Guest Cast

Robert Cummings (Bob Collins) was born in 1910 in Joplin, Missouri. His godfather was the aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright, so naturally he got his pilot’s license and studied aeronautical engineering. After the stock market crash of 1929, he gave flying up to study drama in New York City, making his Broadway debut in 1931. In 1934 he moved to Hollywood and started making films. During World War II he was a captain in the Air Force Reserves. His television career kicked off in 1952, winning an Emmy for his role in the series “My Hero.” Starting in 1955, Cummings starred on a successful NBC sitcom, "The Bob Cummings Show” (aka “Love That Bob”), in which he played Bob Collins (the same character name he uses in this episode of “Here's Lucy”), an ex–World War II pilot who became a successful photographer. The show ended in July 1959, just a few months prior to filming “The Ricardos Go To Japan” the penultimate episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” Cummings returned to “Here's Lucy” for an episode in season 5. Cummings was married five times and fathered seven children. He died in 1990 at the age of 80.

Bob Collins graduated from Carnegie Tech and is a field representative for a cosmetics company. He enjoys dancing.

Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis) played Betty Ramsey during season six of “I Love Lucy. ” She also played Cynthia Harcourt in “Lucy is Envious” (ILL S3;E23) and Evelyn Bigsby in “Return Home from Europe” (ILL S5;E26). She played Audrey Simmons on “The Lucy Show” but when Lucy Carmichael moved to California, she played Mary Jane Lewis, the actor’s married name and the same one she uses on all 31 of her episodes of “Here’s Lucy. Her final acting credit was playing Midge Bowser on “Lucy Calls the President” (1977). She died in 1999 at the age of 83.

Billy Sands (Mr. Larson, the Milkman) returns to the role of Lucy's Milkman from “Lucy's Lucky Day” (S4;E15). Sands began his professional acting career in 1946 when he appeared on Broadway with Spencer Tracy in Robert Sherwood’s Rugged Path, but he eventually became a television character actor who appeared regularly as Dino Papparelli on “The Phil Silvers Show” and as ‘Tinker’ Bell on “McHale’s Navy.” He will make one more appearance on “Here’s Lucy” (but not as the milkman).

Larry J. Blake (Fire Chief, left) first appeared as a Native American Medicine Man in “Lucy the Rain Goddess” (TLS S4;E15). He was an ex-vaudevillian making the sixth of his eight “Here’s Lucy” appearances.

Orwin C. Harvey (Fireman, center) was an actor and stuntman who played one of the singing and dancing teamsters in “Lucy Helps Ken Berry” (TLS S6;E21). This is one of his six appearances on “Here’s Lucy.”

Sid Gould (Fireman, right) made more than 45 appearances on “The Lucy Show,” and nearly as many on “Here’s Lucy.” Gould (born Sydney Greenfader) was Lucille Ball’s cousin by marriage to Gary Morton.

The script for this episode was dated October 6, 1971. It was filmed on October 28, 1971.

The title may have been inspired by the Charlie Chaplin silent film “Tillie’s Punctured Romance” (1914), remade in 1928 with W.C. Fields. It may have also inspired “Fester’s Punctured Romance,” a 1964 episode of “The Addams Family.”

In his book I Had A Ball: My Friendship with Lucille Ball, Michael Z. Stern recounts when he attended the filming of this episode in 1972.

The date this episode was originally aired, film director Walter Lang died at age 75. He had directed Lucille Ball (who was uncredited) in two films in 1935: Carnival and Hooray for Love. In 1957 Lang was nominated for an Oscar for directing The King and I.

As the episode opens, Mary Jane is sitting on the living room sofa reading the November 1968 issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine. In “Redecorating the Mertzes' Apartment” (ILL S3;E8), Lucy Ricardo says she got the idea to hold a painting party from reading Better Homes and Gardens. The magazine got plenty of airtime because the writers felt bad after making a ‘Better Homes and Garbage’ joke in “Men Are Messy” (ILL S1;E8).

In the Carter living room, the large gold-framed mirror on the landing has temporarily been replaced by an ornate cuckoo clock in order to make the final gag pay off. If the clock looks familiar, it was formerly in a home of “The Munsters” (1964-66) at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The raven has been replaced by a cardinal, but it is otherwise identical. Both “Here’s Lucy” and “The Munsters” were filmed at Universal Studios. [Thanks to Lucy fan Bill Graff for spotting this!] In 1957, the same clock was seen on “Those Whiting Girls” - a Desilu production.

Also, just for this episode, the French doors in the living room can only be opened by banging on the wall above the fireplace mantle.

Lucille Ball’s ‘showgirl style’ entrance down the stairs gets a round of applause from the studio audience. Mary Jane admires her new outfit. Lucy and Bob (her new boyfriend) ‘met cute’ in the supermarket when she dropped her knockwurst and he dropped his sauerkraut.

The studio audience is very enthusiastic, also bursting into spontaneous applause for Bob’s entrance, Mary Jane’s exit, and the end of scene 1.

MILKMAN: “Cross my heart and hope to die. May my sweet cream curdle if I tell a lie.”

Mr. Larson the milkman reports that the Wilsons down the street are splitting up. Larson says his wife calls him her “homogenized Walter Winchell.” Walter Winchell (1897-1972) was a journalist and radio host who was the narrator of “The Untouchables.” His voice was heard (uncredited) in the 1949 Lucille Ball film Sorrowful Jones and “Lucy the Gun Moll” (TLS S4;E25). His name was in the lyrics of the Desi Arnaz song “We're Having A Baby” sung on “Lucy is Enceinte” (ILL S2;E10). Winchell died just two weeks after this episode first aired.

Mr. Larson awkwardly used the ‘modern lingo’ with Kim:

Pad (apartment)

Swinger (wolf)

Splitsville (break up)

Kim calls Bob a “Cut-Rate Casanova”. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725-1798) was an Italian adventurer and memoirist who’s name became synonymous with a man who seduces multiple women. Coincidentally, in "The Gossip” (ILL S1;E24), the milkman was labeled a “cottage cheese Casanova”!

In order to convince Bob Collins that the Carters are crazy, Kim and Harry do the following:

Convince Lucy that Collins is partially deaf, reads lips and has a hearing aid in his cuff links.

Pretend that Lucy has been married six times by prominently placing her wedding gown in the hall closet.

Having Kim make inappropriate advances on Collins while sitting on his lap.

Spiking Collins' hors d'oeuvres with a concoction of Tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, hot mustard and chili pepper.

“Lucy is just a deaf alcoholic who's been married six times!”

Even after they confess their deceit, things get even crazier when Mary Jane shows up dressed as a chicken, Lucy banging on the wall to open the doors sets off the phonograph and the cuckoo clock, and Lucy burns the roast causing the fire department to smash the front door glass.

A flustered Mary Jane makes it clear to Bob that she is unmarried by stressing that she is MISS Lewis. Miss Lewis was also the name of a single lady who lived at 623 East 68th Street, played by Bea Benadaret in “Lucy Plays Cupid” (ILL S1;E15).

Lucy says that Bob Collins tangos better than Rudolph Valentino. The dance was responsible for the longest laugh in “I Love Lucy” history in “Lucy Does the Tango” (ILL S6;E20). Heartthrob actor of the silent era Rudolph Valentino was also mentioned in that episode. Valentino was one of Mrs. McGillicuddy's favorite screen stars and was mentioned in “The Hedda Hopper Story” (ILL S4;E20) and “The Homecoming” (ILL S5;E6).

This is the first time that Lucy has had a boyfriend since Tony Rivera (Cesar Romero) in “A Date for Lucy” (S1;E19). Lucille Ball had no plans for Lucy Carter (or Lucy Carmichael) to have a serious relationship.

Robert Cummings played himself in a 1959 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” set in Japan.

A cuckoo clock played an integral role in “The Kleptomaniac” (ILL S1;E27). Lucy hid the clock under her coat - but the ‘cuckoo’ nearly gave her away!

A milkman (Bobby Jellison) was the conveyor of "The Gossip” (ILL S1;E24) about the marriage of the Ricardo’s neighbors Grace and Bill Foster.

Trying to make her mother out to be undesirable, Kim says that Lucy has always married men who’s last name begins with ‘C’ so she doesn’t have to change the monogram on her luggage! Is this a reference to “The Lucy Show”’s widow, Mrs. Carmichael? Other folks named Collins in the Lucy-verse include:

Kitty Collins - Lucille Ball’s character in the 1936 film Follow The Fleet

Sylvia Collins - an unseen character on “I Love Lucy”

Dr. Collins - Mr. Mooney’s eye doctor on “The Lucy Show”

Mr. Collins - Manager of Stacey’s Department Store on “The Lucy Show”

Eddie Collins - Viv’s boyfriend on “The Lucy Show”

Pat Collins - the ‘hip’ hypnotist on “The Lucy Show”

FAST FORWARD

Lucy would finally become Lucy Collins in a 1975 special titled “Lucy Gets Lucky” co-starring Dean Martin and set in Las Vegas.

Character Consistency! Two episodes earlier Kim moved out of the house into a garage apartment nearby. But in this episode she is apparently still living at home.

Fur Blur! When Lucy comes from the closet after retrieving her stole, the camera momentarily goes out of focus.

Props! On the bookshelves behind Lucy's head, a small ceramic vase has been tipped over by some books. This was probably caused when the finale with Lucy banging on the wall and the picture frames falling was rehearsed before filming.

No Stove Is A Floating Island! In the kitchen, the counter top island has been awkwardly moved out of the way to make room for Lucy’s tango and give better sight lines of the refrigerator. This island also holds the cook top range, so it would be technically impossible for it to be un-grounded by electric wires or a gas hookup!

Cap Redact! The first letter of the name of the milkman’s dairy (mostly illegible) is covered with white tape. This was likely done to avoid any legal action by a company with the same name.

Let Yourself Out? When Kim marches into the living room to have a heart-to-heart talk with her mother about Bob, she leaves the milkman alone in the kitchen!

Wardrobe! Kim’s picnic table skirt does not have pockets, so there is a conspicuous pouch sewn to her waist in a slightly different pattern in order to hold the small bottle of spices she intends to use to spice up Bob’s hors d'oeuvres.

Plot Loops! Mr. Larson thinks Bob Collins is a wolf because girls are seen coming and going from his home and he orders five quarts of orange juice daily. He reasons some people mix orange juice with liquor for wild parties. At the end of the episode, the girls are explained by his being a cosmetics distributor but the orange juice surplus is never explained. He may not be a wolf, but he might be a lush!

“Lucy’s Punctured Romance” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

In this episode, the roles of mother and daughter are reversed, giving Lucie Arnaz a larger and more commanding role. This fits in with plans for her to launch a spin-off series after the end of season 4. Lots of sight gags in this episode. The living room runs amok in a very visual (but not very character-driven) finale. Mary Jane in a chicken suit.

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RECEPTION (BRRRMMM)

In And we’ll never be lonely anymore, Eames serves as the DJ at Yusuf and Ariadne’s wedding reception. Behind the cut is his big, huge, gigantic playlist.

"Tell It Like It Is” - Aaron Neville

“Let’s Stay Together” - Al Green

“Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Audrey Hepburn

“Hooked On a Feeling” - B.J. Thomas

“Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)” - Barry Mann

“God Only Knows” - the Beach Boys

“If I Fell” - the Beatles

“Till There Was You” - the Beatles

“All You Need is Love” - the Beatles

“I Saw Her Standing There” - the Beatles

“And Your Bird Can Sing” - the Beatles

“I Will” - the Beatles

“I Want To Hold Your Hand” - the Beatles

“Stand By Me” - Ben E. King

“I Want You” - Bob Dylan

“Elusive Butterfly” - Bob Lind

“Mack the Knife” - Bobby Darin

“Beyond the Sea” - Bobby Darin

“Dream Lover” - Bobby Darin

“Rockin’ Robin” - Bobby Day

“Tossin’ and Turnin’” -Bobby Lewis

“Sway” - Bobby Rydell

“I’ll Never Dance Again” - Bobby Rydell

“Volare” - Bobby Rydell

“Sweet Nothin’s” - Brenda Lee

“I’m Sorry” - Brenda Lee

“It’s Just a Matter of Time” - Brook Benton

“(Baby) You’ve Got What It Takes)” - Brook Benton & Dinah Washington

“Hey! Baby” - Bruce Channel

“True Love Ways” - Buddy Holly

“Not Fade Away” - Buddy Holly and the Crickets

“Tequila” - the Champs

“All I Really Want To Do” - Cher

“One Fine Day” - the Chiffons

“Sh-Boom” - the Chords

“Let’s Dance” - Chris Montez

“The Twist” - Chubby Checker

“Johnny B. Goode” - Chuck Berry

“Brown Eyed Handsome Man” - Chuck Berry

“You Never Can Tell” - Chuck Berry

“(I Don’t Know Why) But I Do” - Clarence “Frogman” Henry

“Spooky” - Classics IV

“Love Potion No. 9″ - the Clovers

“Down in Mexico” - the Coasters

“If I Didn’t Care” - Connie Francis

“Who’s Sorry Now” - Connie Francis

“Do You Love Me” - the Contours

“La Vie En Rose” (from How I Met Your Mother) - Cristin Milioti

“(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry” - Darlene Love

“Everybody Loves Somebody” - Dean Martin

“That’s Amore” - Dean Martin

“Runaway” - Del Shannon

“The Wanderer” - Dion

“Runaround Sue” - Dion

“Chapel of Love” - the Dixie Cups

“As Time Goes By” from Casablanca - Dooley Wilson

“Just One Look” - Doris Troy

“Save the Last Dance for Me” - the Drifters

“There Goes My Baby” - the Drifters

“You Belong to Me” - the Duprees

“Son of a Preacher Man” - Dusty Springfield

“La Vie En Rose” - Edith Piaf

“Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” - Edith Piaf

“I’m Beginning to See the Light” - Ella Fitzgerald

“Almost Like Being in Love” - Ella Fitzgerald

“A Big Hunk O’ Love” - Elvis Presley

“Such a Night” - Elvis Presley

“Hound Dog” - Elvis Presley

“Can’t Help Falling in Love” - Elvis Presley

“Jailhouse Rock” - Elvis Presley

“One Night With You” - Elvis Presley

“At Last” - Etta James

“Tell Him” - the Exciters

“Ain’t That a Shame” - Fats Domino

“Blueberry Hill” - Fats Domino

“I Only Have Eyes For You” - the Flamingos

“Build Me Up Buttercup” - the Foundations

“Witchcraft” - Frank Sinatra

“Somethin’ Stupid” - Frank Sinatra (with Nancy Sinatra)

“At Long Last Love” - Frank Sinatra

“You Make Me Feel So Young” - Frank Sinatra

“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” - Frankie Valli

“C’mon Marianne” - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

“Sherry” - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

“Rag Doll” - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

“Dawn (Go Away)” - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

“Green Grass” - Gary Lewis and the Playboys

“Ko Ko Mo” - Gene & Eunice

“Duke of Earl” - Gene Chandler

“Town Without Pity” - Gene Pitney

“In the Mood” - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

“Moonlight Serenade” - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

“Little Brown Jug” - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

“I’m Into Something Good” - Herman’s Hermits

“Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” - Herman’s Hermits

“There’s a Kind of Hush” - Herman’s Hermits

“Carrie Anne” - the Hollies

“Shout (Parts 1 and 2)” - the Isley Brothers

“(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” - Jackie Wilson

“I’ll Be Satisfied” - Jackie Wilson

“I Want You Back” - the Jackson 5

“A Little Bit of Soap” - the Jarmels

“Come a Little Bit Closer” - Jay and the Americans

“My Love Is Strong” - Jimmy Clanton

“Handy Man” - Jimmy Jones

“If You Wanna Be Happy” - Jimmy Soul

“Bad Boy” - the Jive Bombers

“Cherry” - the Jive Bombers

“Chances Are” - Johnny Mathis

“It’s Not For Me to Say” - Johnny Mathis

“Rock and Roll Waltz” - Kay Starr

“Dancing in the Moonlight” - King Harvest

“Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows” - Lesley Gore

“The Girl Can’t Help It” - Little Richard

“Stagger Lee” - Lloyd Price

“Lightnin’ Strikes” - Lou Christie

“Just A Gigolo” - Louis Prima

“Do You Believe in Magic?” - The Lovin’ Spoonful

“A Wonderful Dream” - the Majors

“Dream a Little Dream of Me” - the Mamas & the Papas

“Dedicated to the One I Love” - the Mamas & the Papas

“(Love is Like a) Heat Wave” - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas

“You Got What It Takes” - Marv Johnson

“Let’s Get It On” - Marvin Gaye

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

“My Guy” - Mary Wells

“Hang On Sloopy” - the McCoys

“Love is Strange” - Mickey & Sylvia

“Daydream Believer” - the Monkees

“Sincerely” - the Moonglows

“96 Tears” - ? & the Mysterians

“Can’t Get Enough of You, Baby” - ? & the Mysterians

“These Boots are Made for Walkin’“ - Nancy Sinatra

“Sweet Caroline” - Neil Diamond

“Feeling Good” - Nina Simone

“I’m a Girl Watcher” - the O’Kaysions

“Dance By the Light of the Moon” - the Olympics

“Try a Little Tenderness” - Otis Redding

“Tonight You Belong to Me” - Patience and Prudence

“Crazy” - Patsy Cline

“Diana” - Paul Anka

“Let the Bells Keep Ringing” - Paul Anka

“It’s a Good Day” - Peggy Lee

“I’ll Dance at Your Wedding” - Peggy Lee

“Why Don’t You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too)” - Peggy Lee

“‘Deed I Do” - Peggy Lee

“Downtown” - Petula Clark

“Sea of Love” - Phil Phillips

“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” - the Platters

“the Great Pretender” - the Platters

“Only You (and You Alone)” - the Platters

“Twilight Time” - the Platters

“What Is Love” - the Playmates

“You Don’t Know Me” - Ray Charles

“Hit the Road Jack” - Ray Charles

“Hallelujah, I Love Her So” - Ray Charles

“What’d I Say (Parts 1 and 2)” - Ray Charles

“Let’s Go Get Stoned” - Ray Charles

“Sweet Sixteen Bars” - Ray Charles

“Silhouettes” - the Rays

“Come and Get Your Love” - Redbone

“(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet” - the Reflections

“Barbara Ann” - the Regents

“That’s All” - Ricky Nelson

“Hello Mary Lou” - Ricky Nelson

“Fools Rush In” - Ricky Nelson

“Unchained Melody” - the Righteous Brothers

“Be My Baby” - the Ronettes

“Crying” - Roy Orbison

“Oh, Pretty Woman” - Roy Orbison

“You Send Me” - Sam Cooke

“Wonderful World” - Sam Cooke

“Having a Party” - Sam Cooke

“Bring It on Home to Me” - Sam Cooke

“Frankie and Johnny” - Sam Cooke

“Sleepwalk” - Santo & Johnny

“Will You Love Me Tomorrow” - the Shirelles

“Let the Good Times Roll” - Shirley & Lee

“Since I Don’t Have You” - the Skyliners

“Pennies From Heaven” - the Skyliners

“I Hear You Knocking” - Smiley Lewis

“Cry to Me” - Solomon Burke

“I Got You Babe” - Sonny & Cher

“Goodnight, Well It’s Time To Go” - the Spaniels

“Stand By Me” - Spyder Turner

“I Want Candy” - the Strangeloves

“You Can’t Hurry Love” - the Supremes

“the Happening” - the Supremes

“Where Did Our Love Go” - the Supremes

“Hippy Hippy Shake” - the Swinging Blue Jeans

“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” - the Temptations

“My Girl” - the Temptations

“Little Bitty Pretty One” - Thurston Harris

“A Lover’s Concerto” - the Toys

“So Much in Love” - the Tymes

“Concrete and Clay” - Unit 4+2

“Danke Shoen” - Wayne Newton

“Kansas City” - Wilbert Harrison

“She’s Not There” - the Zombies

I bolded some of my absolute favorites. The ones in italics were (if I remember correctly; it’s been a few years) other serious contenders for Arthur and Eames’ first dance/kiss. Forgive the fact that this is just in alphabetical order by artist, rather than Eames’ meticulous chronological/reverse-chronological order. Also forgive the fact that there’s no way the reception could be long enough for Eames’ nine-hour playlist.

Also, it’s not included here, but I always got the feeling that Eames’ snuck the Dan Band’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on here.

#arthur x eames #inception fic #oldies #and we'll never be lonely anymore #playlist

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