#Adela Bradley

[figureofdismay]

i've had Hugh Laurie's Bertie Wooster's garbled version of Goodnight Vienna stuck in my head, and have done for 4 or 5 days, it is no longer endearing 😩

[byneddiedingo]

Neil Hamilton and Constance Bennett in What Price Hollywood? (George Cukor, 1932)

Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Brooks Benedict, Louise Beavers, Eddie Anderson. Screenplay: Jane Murfin, Ben Markson, Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, based on a story by Adela Rogers St. John. Cinematography: Charles Rosher. Art direction: Carroll Clark. Film editing: Del Andrews, Jack Kitchin. Music: Max Steiner. 

Bradley Cooper's 2018 film A Star Is Born is often called a remake of the films by that title starring Fredric March and Janet Gaynor in 1937, James Mason and Judy Garland in 1954, and Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand in 1976. But all four of them can trace their origin to What Price Hollywood?, produced by David O. Selznick and directed by George Cukor in 1932. The name is different but the plot's the same: A successful man in the entertainment business discovers a young woman whom he helps become a star, but as her career ascends, his personal problems send him into a tailspin. if there's any doubt about the link with What Price Hollywood? and at least the first A Star Is Born, both were produced by Selznick. RKO, which released What Price Hollywood?, threatened to sue Selznick over the similarities, but decided against it. Selznick also asked Cukor to direct the 1937 film, but Cukor declined, so William A. Wellman took it on. But then Cukor went on to direct the 1954 Star Is Born. I don't think there's any direct connection between What Price Hollywood? and the 1976 version, produced by Streisand and Jon Peters and directed by Frank Pierson, but the lineage by then was obvious. The idea for the original film is a natural in a Hollywood that had become increasingly conscious of its own myth, and many real-life rising-star-falling-mentor analogs can be found in the history of the industry. Selznick commissioned Adela Rogers St. Johns, a former reporter for Photoplay and the Hearst newspapers, to write the story for the film, and various other hands turned it into a screenplay, though St. Johns and Jane Murfin claimed most of the credit when they were nominated for an Oscar for best original story. The film begins with a touch of screwball comedy when Max Carey (Lowell Sherman), an alcoholic director, encounters Mary Evans (Constance Bennett), a waitress at the Brown Derby looking for her chance to break into the movies. After some funny scenes involving Max's drunkenness and Mary's initial ineptness as an actress, the movie unfortunately begins to get serious. Though it's clear Mary really loves Max, when she becomes a big star she marries a society polo player, Lonny Borden (Neil Hamilton), after a somewhat cutesy courtship. But Borden is unhappy being "Mr. Mary Evans," and eventually storms out, though she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Max's decline continues, and after Mary rescues him from the drunk tank and promises to rehabilitate him, he shoots himself, thereby embroiling her in a headline-making scandal. But then Borden returns to apologize and all is well again. What keeps the film alive despite its clichés are the performances. Bennett is quite charming, and Sherman clearly models Max on John Barrymore, whom he knew well: He was married to Helene Costello, whose sister, Dolores, was Barrymore's third wife. The supporting cast includes Gregory Ratoff as the producer of Mary's films, Louise Beavers as (of course) her maid, and Eddie Anderson as Max's chauffeur -- five years before he became famous as Jack Benny's chauffeur, Rochester, on radio.  

[sweetiepeteypie]

(Gif by me.)

Rating: Explicit.

Warnings: None.

Relationship(s): Henry Christmas/FTM!Reader.

Characters: FTM!Reader, Henry Christmas, Adela Bradley, George Moody.

Tags: Creampie, cum swallowing, dirty talk, dom/sub, falling In love, glove kink, hand kink, love confessions, oral fixation, oral sex, praise kink, strangers to lovers, trans male character, vaginal fingering, vaginal sex.

Word Count: 10,126

Summary: Missus Bradley, George Moody and Henry Christmas are working a case, forcing the three to stay at a local hotel. You, one of the hotel waiters, just so happen to catch the eye of the charming, mature inspector.

[apicturewithasmile]

Adela Bradley/George Moody - some angst, some smut

Alternative version of that bedroom scene in "Laurels are Poison". Adela suggests that George could stay a bit longer. He resists the temptation at first and causes an argument but quickly realises the error of his ways and returns to spend the night with her.

(mature, no archive warnings apply, 3053 words)

[tiger-moran]

Oh my god he is a baby in this

(And Diana Rigg was very beautiful)

[andveryginger]

Fictober, Day 4: “Absolutely Scandalous”

Fandom(s): Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (ABC). The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries (BBC).

Pairing(s): Adela Bradley/George Moody. Phryne Fisher/Jack Robinson (implied).

Rating: PG

Warnings: None?

“Will that be all?”

The Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher tilted her head to the side, an observant eye on George Moody, her aunt’s chauffeur and -- apparently -- travelling companion, as the sturdy, broad chested man leaned forward, placing two mixed drinks onto the low table before her. He offered her a taut, flickering smile as he straightened, one that spoke to his discomfort with her observation. Clasping his hands before him, he shifted his attention to her aunt. “Your drinks, madam.”

Adela Bradley, one leg folded beneath her in the overstuffed chair, shifted forward to pick up the highball he had prepared. Her gaze held his for a long moment over the rim of her glass as she sipped the yellow-peach concoction. “Quite satisfactory, as always, George,” she replied. Her chin lifted slightly, an impish gleam sparking to her eyes. “You do know me so well.”

There was a flickering glance toward her, Phryne noticed, and a slight rosy bloom across the elder man’s cheeks. “Aye, madam,” he said. “I would hope to, after so many travels.” He cleared his throat. “Will that be all?”

The elder detective looked to her niece. “Phryne?”

“Oh, I think we’re quite well for now.” Phryne reached and picked up her own drink, this one in a martini glass, the liquid giving off a slight yellow hue. “And I do appreciate you stepping in for Mister Butler this evening,” she said. “It would appear you are a man of many talents.”

“Yes, well…” His blush returned and he licked his lips, shifting his shoulders slightly. He glanced to Adela, who merely looked on with an amused expression. She was enjoying this little exchange, it seemed. “When working for Mrs. Bradley, one learns to be... resourceful.”

At this, Phryne nodded. “Tracking down brigands and murderers does tend to put a few things into sharp relief,” she replied, “including how short our lives truly are… as if the war hadn’t already pointed that out.” Her expression softened to offer the sympathy she felt -- if, of course, she was reading things properly. She suspected she was. “We find our happiness where we can, and however we can.”

For the first time since their arrival the previous day, George Moody finally seemed to relax in her presence. There was a warmth to his expression that had been fleeting, and all but absent when anyone else was in the room. “Indeed we do, Miss Fisher.” He swallowed a bit, looking to Adela before the professional mask slipped back into place. “Now, if I may…?”

“Of course, George.” Adela looked up at him, a gentle smile curving bright red lips. “I know where to find you.”

Moody coughed. “Yes, madam. As ever.” Nodding his head, he quickly turned and crossed the foyer, disappearing down the corridor toward the guest room.

A long moment of silence followed his departure, both ladies sipping their drinks. It was Phryne to spoke first, a mischievous grin curling across her features. “Scandalous, Aunt Adela,” she teased. “Absolutely scandalous.”

Adela regarded her niece with her own grin. “Have you ever known me not to be?”

“Well, you did marry Uncle Randolph,” Phryne said. A solicitor, Randolph Horatio Bradley seemed, to everyone else, as an excellent catch: Safe, staid, and wealthy -- everything Adela should have wanted. But Phryne knew she came by her own free-spirited nature honestly. It was a trait shared by both her mother and the woman now seated beside her.

“And divorced him.” Her aunt chuckled. “It was the most exciting thing the old man ever did, while -- for me -- it was quite a new beginning.”

Phryne gave her aunt a sidelong glance. “And George is the continuation of that?”

“George is…” Adela sighed, looking down into her glass. She swirled the liquid for a moment before speaking. “George is the conclusion of that, I think. A friend -- yes. A lover -- certainly. But more than that, he is a partner, someone I can truly share this life with.” A rueful smile tugged at her lips as she looked to Phryne. “I doubt we’ll ever marry, of course… but I do think we’ll be company for each other, till the end.”

She reached her hand across the distance between the chairs, and placed her hand over the wiry fingers of her aunt. A wry grin crept over her expression. “Detective work is always more fun with the right partner.”

Her aunt laughed, turning her hand and giving Phryne’s a quick squeeze before releasing her. “So it is,” she said. “Speaking of ‘right partners’, when is it that I get to meet this Detective Robinson I’ve heard so much about?”

“Not until breakfast, I’m afraid,” Phryne replied. “We wrapped up a case this afternoon, and he wanted to finish the paperwork. It’s likely to be quite late by the time he…well, you’ll likely have turned in before he arrives.”

Adela arched a brow. “And then you’ll turn in yourself?”

“Very likely.” The younger detective gave her aunt a smirk. Raising her glass, she offered a toast: “To continuations and happy conclusions.”

Mrs. Bradley touched her glass to that of her niece. “Indeed.”

Note: This ties back into a crossover idea I’ve been toying with for a couple of years. Not sure it’ll ever come to fruition, so here’s a few snippets. George breaking the news to his daughter can be found here and Phryne and Jack speculating about the relationship between Adela and George can be found here.

[lemonsterwatchesfilms]

2022 Film List

January

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Ang Henerasyong Sumuko sa Love (Jason Paul Laxamana, 2019)

Isa Pa With Feelings (Prime Cruz, 2019)

LSS (Jade Castro, 2019)

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Sakaling Hindi Makarating (Ice Idanan, 2016)

1-2-3 (Carlos Obispo, 2016)

Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington (Jade Castro, 2011)

A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper, 2018)

Apocalypse Child (Mario Cornejo, 2015)

Water Lemon (Lem Lorca, 2015)

Quezon’s Game (Matthew Rosen, 2019)

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Ang Babae sa Septic Tank Movie Cut (Marlon Rivera, 2019)

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Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok (Lauren Sevilla, Faustino, 2012)

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Ang Pambansang Third Wheel (Ivan Andrew Payawal, 2018)

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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Joe Berlinger, 2019)

Bridesmaids (Pau Feig, 2011)

Through Night and Day (Veronica Velasco, 2018)

Lorna (Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, 2014)

Adela (Adolfo Alix, 2008)

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Cinderella (Kay Cannon, 2021)

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Yesterday (Danny Boyle, 2019)

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Fuccbois

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Love and Monsters

The Fabulous Filipino Brothers

Jonas Brothers Family Roast

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Tick Tick Boom

Klaus

School of Rock

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I’m Drunk I Love You

The Princess Switch

Single All the Way

Grease Live

Detective Pikachu

Scenes from a Gay Marriage

Don’t Look Up

Baby Driver

Don’t Look Up

Birdbox

[missanthropicprinciple]

I never read the whole thing before properly but the full obituary of Mr. Bradley is as follows: 

RANDOLPH HORATIO BRADLEY 

(1863 - 1929)

    The death has occurred of Randolph Bradley QC of Gray’s Inn, London. Universally acknowledged as one of the legal profession’s safest pair of hands, Bradley rose to great heights during long and illustrious career; he will, nevertheless, be best remembered as the husband of the celebrated Adela Lestrange Bradley. He leaves a devoted son, Ferdinand, whom he was proud to see follow in the family footsteps. 

It’s interesting that Mr. Bradley will be remembered by his ex-wife, and not the other way around. While Adela is always referred to as “Mrs.” she is not defined by any man, nor does she have to underline that like many shows do these days. Part of her power is not speaking and not repeatedly calling herself a feminist. She talks about the emancipation of women directly but doesn’t label herself or state who or what she is. She is. 

[ao3feed-mfmm]

Golden Age

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/38fDD17

by Scratch_Pad

In the 1930s, a rash of romances infected the great detectives of the Golden Age of Mystery. A Phryne and Jack Come-After-Me fic.

Words: 3399, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Phryne Fisher, Jack Robinson, Peter Wimsey, Adela Bradley, Tuppence Beresford, Tommy Beresford, Albert Campion, Amanda Fitton, Roderick Alleyn, Agatha Troy, Harriet Vane, Maud Silver

Relationships: Phryne Fisher/Jack Robinson

Additional Tags: Golden Age Mystery

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/38fDD17

[aleclikescake]

There are two things in life you will never do:

Catch a waiter's eye before he's ready to see you.

Turn back the clock.

- Mrs Adela Bradley

[tiwaztyrsfist]

I want to see a mashup fanfic of all the inter-war period detective novels.

Hercule Poirot, Phryne Fisher, Albert Campion (A pseudonym, of course), and Adela Bradley.

It would be a DELIGHTFUL train wreck, as their personalities clashed.

Super prim and proper Poirot who wilts into sickness ten feet outside of a major city.  Wild adventurer Phryne who drives, flies, and at one point worked in a circus, and isn’t above using her title as a bludgeon.  Campion, NOT he real name, who has deliberately distanced himself from his noble titled family, and employs a burglar as his butler.  Upperclass Widow and wild woman Mrs. Bradley, who is the Deadpool of the group, regularly breaking the 4th wall and speaking directly to the audience.  

You know, I SAID their personalities would clash, but honestly they’d all get on perfectly well except Poirot who would suffer in silence.  But Hastings would love them all.  And be INSANELY jealous of whatever car Phryne had at the moment.

[figureofdismay]

This is your fair warning that this blog supports Adela Bradley/George Moody shipping. Posts will be tagged, not that I can come up with reams of them base on 5 episodes. But. Like I said, fair warning.

[kwebtv]

The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries - BBC One - 8/31/1998 - 2/6/2000

Period Crime Drama (5 episodes with pilot)

Running Time:  60 - 90 minutes

Stars:

Diana Rigg as Adela Bradley

Neil Dudgeon as George Moody 

Peter Davison as Inspector Christmas

Pooky Quesnel as Delilah Hicks 

Isla Blair as Myrtle Quincey 

Rebecca Callard as Cecily Moody 

Jason O'Mara as Jake Hicks 

Matthew Burgess as Constable Sharp

Charlotte Francis as Temperance Baines 

John Bowe as Reverend Baines 

Alex Palmer as Lester Hicks 

Katy Lown as Polly

Eddie Marsan as Ronald Quincey

[unsaltedsinner]

Diana Rigg as Adela Bradley in "The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries" (1998). This Mrs. Bradley is a bit different from the one you encounter in Gladys Mitchell's novels, who is variously described as looking like a deadly serpent, a smiling alligator or even "a hag-like pterodactyl" with a characteristic cackle.

[apicturewithasmile]

well... I did absolutely not anticipate I’d be hammering down 1k words of an angsty-going-on-smutty fic about Adela Bradley and George Moody but here we are.

[tiger-moran]

George Moody and John Barnaby, a comparison

This may get long so I’m going to have to put it behind a cut. Also some of these points may be a little spoilery if you haven’t seen both shows. 

Both clearly adore one particular woman who, frankly, totally owns them

But they both have bisexual vibes

For instance:

George strips off in front of a group of young women also David Tennant.

Meanwhile John can’t seem to help himself flirting with certain men

Both also have kinky and submissive vibes

Including allowing themselves to get into situations where they could be injured by sharp things

And both of them encountering rather dominant women with big whips 

Both seem uncomfortable when other people make advances towards them

Both have unsettling experiences with clowns when both already don’t like clowns

Both appear disgusted by the homophobia of another character

Both are loving dads who adore their daughter and are fiercely protective of those they love

Both have to deal with corrupt murderous police officers

Both show incredible self-control in the face of provocation by awful people

Both encounter slightly ditzy old ladies with weird attitudes towards their children who are played by Phyllida Law

Both have knowledge of how to drown someone in the bath and make it look accidental (George’s is, unfortunately, much more first hand)

John has a degree in psychology while George knows at least something about it from Mrs Bradley (I don’t really have comparative images for this one)

And finally both get a gun pointed at them and react with contempt: