#Amy Stryker

[mariocki]

Hell High (Real Trouble, 1989)

"Let's get out of here while we still can."

"No."

"You're pushing our luck. She's had enough!"

"I said I'm gonna finish it."

"It's no good, man!"

"What do you owe her?"

"Look, there are limits. There are certain laws we can't break. This is real trouble, real jail. Our future!"

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

Do you have a list of good sex ed books to read?

BOY DO I

please bear in mind that some of these books are a little old (10+ years) by research standards now, and that even the newer ones are all flawed in some way. the thing about research on human beings, and especially research on something as nebulous and huge as sex, is that people are Always going to miss something or fail to account for every possible experience, and that's just something that we have to accept in good faith. I think all of these books have something interesting to say, but that doesn't mean any of them are the only book you'll ever need.

related to that: it's been A While since I've read some of these so sorry if anything in them has aged poorly (I don't THINK SO but like, I was not as discerning a reader when I was 19) but I am still including them as books that have been important to my personal journey as a sex educator.

additionally, a caveat that very few of these books are, like, instructional sex ed books in the sense of like "here's how the penis works, here's where the clit is, etc." those books exist and they're great but they're also not very interesting to me; my studies on sex are much more in the social aspect (shout out to my sociology degree) and the way people learn to think about sex and societal factors that shape those trends. these books reflect that. I would genuinely love to have the time to check out some 101 books to see how they fare, but alas - sex ed is not my day job and I don't have the time to dedicate to that, so it happens slowly when it happens at all. I've been meaning to read Dr. Gunter's Vagina Bible since it came out in 2019, for fucks sake.

and finally an acknowledgement that this is a fairly white list, which has as much to do with biases with academia and publishing as my own unchecked biases especially early in my academic career and the limitations of my university library.

ANYWAY here's some books about sex that have been influential/informative to me in one way or another:

The Trouble With Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life (Michael Warner, 1999)

Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences (Laura M. Carpenter, 2005)

Virgin: The Untouched History (Hanne Blank, 2007)

Sex Goes to School: Girls and Sex Education Before the 1960s (Susan K. Freeman, 2008)

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Mary Roach, 2008)

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution (Revised Edition) (Susan Stryker, 2008)

The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women (Jessica Valenti, 2009)

Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens, and the Culture of Sex (Amy T. Schalet, 2011)

Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality (Hanne Blank, 2012)

Rewriting the Rules: An Integrative Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships (Meg-John Barker, 2013)

The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Realities (Rachel Hills, 2015)

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Tranform Your Sex Life (Emily Nagoski, 2015)

Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men (Jane Ward, 2015)

Too Hot to Handle: A Global History of Sex Education (Jonathan Zimmerman, 2015)

American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus (Lisa Wade, 2017)

Histories of the Transgender Child (Jules Gill-Peterson, 2018)

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights (Juno Mac and Molly Smith, 2018)

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex (Angela Chen, 2020)

Pleasure in the News: African American Readership and Sexuality in the Black Press (Kim Gallon, 2020)

A Curious History of Sex (Kate Lister, 2020)

Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity (Peggy Orenstein, 2020)

Black Women, Black Love: America's War on Africa American Marriage (Dianne M. Stewart, 2020)

The Tragedy of Heterosexuality (Jane Ward, 2020)

Hurts So Good: The Science and Pleasure of Pain on Purpose (Leigh Cowart, 2021)

Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs (Ina Park, 2021)

The Right to Sex: Feminist in the Twenty-First Century (Amia Srinivasan, 2021)

Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles (Eric C. Wat, 2021)

Superfreaks: Kink, Pleasure, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Arielle Greenberg, 2023)

[otthonzulles]

GLSDB-ről van szó! @hochfunf @kgyst

Már novemberben írta a sajtó, hogy ha beindítják a "gyártását", akkor indulhat a szállítása Ukrajnába. Mondjuk a tavaszt ezzel is kell várni.

Mi a GLSDB? Gyorstalpaló. Adott ez az SDB, Small Diameter Bomb:

Ez egy siklórepülő, verziótól függően a pontossága 1-8 méter. Hasonlóan egy loitering munitionhöz nem nyílegyenes pályán tud a célponthoz repülni. Egy kis bökkenő van vele: repülőről kellene indítani.

Ezt küszöböli ki a GLSDB, Ground Launched, egy készleten lévő rakétamotort kap a végére adapterrel és hipp-hopp, 150km-es hatótávolság. Ami könnyebbé teszi a döntést az amerikaiknak, hogy egy ilyen rakéta ára 40000USD, a régóta várt ATACMS viszont 1 millió dolcsi/db (természetesen pusztításban (~4x akkora robbanófej) és hatótávolságban (2x) is más dimenzió).

A GLSDB (ugyanúgy mint az ATACMS) indítható a meglévő M270 (lánctalpas) és HIMARS járművekről. Haggy szóljon!

[tearyeyedonce-gentlesoul]

glossary (WIP)

i didn't know there was a word limit on tumblr until i made this, so i unfortunately had to remove links that would lead to specific tags and help with organizing on here. also note that this post might be remade in the future

electricpuke/rocklandgame characters: abel, adam whesker, akihiko kojima, akira kojima, alchemy willow, alice (electricpuke), alice carroll, amaterasu, amy, ana (rockland), ana (viral), annabelle winter, arcadian, aria king, ashley kinley, ashton kinley, athena dianoia, audrey, august dixie, avery greyson, ami, axel, baal, cain zeitgeist, callum willow, cassiel, charlie willow, chase knox, chase valentine, christopher “chris” king, circe, damien morningstar, dante stryker, dominick torrero, edison tekker, elizabeth bathory, enoch, eve, farz murphy (electricpuke), foal, freya, gabriel, gabriel lily, grace quinn, hades, hammerclaw, heidi, horus, hunter, itsuki mori, jack buchanan, jason buchanan, jason carmine (rook), jiyun, kali, karasu, kaz tyagi, kenny, kiku kojima, kiyoshi, kurt, lachesis chronis, lady yuzu, leo taylor, lilith, lincoln, logan, loki marshall, lucifer morningstar, macey, marcus de la cruz, meredith, mia, michael fitzroy, michael volkov, mio, molly, morgan, morgan le fey, munchie, naoki “nathan” donovan, nicolas flamel, olivia, oswalt morrison, peyton, quinton willow, raizer, raja, ramiel, raphael sivori, reiko nakamura, richter (hotelpsycho), rory stryker, rose martinez, rosey, roy mcnamara, ruby red graves, sally, samael volkov, sanae, sano kojima, sejun, sergio marino, sergio morrison, shiro suzuki, sparrow, sun-mi yeon (scarlet), sydney dixie, teagan buchanan, the engineer, thor, tobias reeves, trace, trevor mcloughlin, tsubaki, uriel metzger, valak, vencil cartier, veni (electricpuke), verak, vincent castillo (electricpuke), vincent metzger, vlad, xander rosario, yeon seong-mi (emily yeon), zero (dollmaker), zero (empire), zeus

gatobob characters: anthony shore, ashe, beg, celia lede, centicat, chastity, chet ichpujani, cry, derek aeron, derek goffard, dragon, evander hutch, farz murphy (gatobob), farzen, gideon bautista, harold, jack, jedka (facility), komodo, lawrence oleander, lily talor, machete, marten trell, mason armbruster, mason heiral, mona winters, raven, ren hana, roadkill girl, scream, sid, strade, veni (gatobob), vincent castillo (gatobob)

other notable characters: a.e.d, ellen klein, izm, lucien rire, rodchester williams, shaun

known blogs:

arioddsandends, askparasitegods, bonesandcentipedes, doctor-dollmaker, electricpuke, fuckbyknifepoint, nagakira, nurseharlot, rocklandgames, runawayoutlaw, scarletmarionette, trentboyett

gatoafterdark, gatoanswers, gatobob, gatoplays-sos, gatxbxb, gurobob, gurpbob, serpulalacrymans

eras (label for creator universes): altinr, arcane, boyfriend to death, dark circus au, devil's night carnival, dollmaker, empire, facility, foxtail, human!au, huntress, inferno, mark of belial, nightclub, of gods and monsters, rockland, route 66, self insert, superjail, the artist, the carnival game, the commander, the doctor, the hunt, the misfits, the price of flesh, the puppetmaster, the serial killer, this is not romance, till death do us part, viral, welcome home, yanaki, you kill me every time, zeitgeist

[ediths-shades]

The Long Riders (1980).

Costume design by Bobbie Mannix.

[hedleylamarr]

The Long Riders (1980).

[clemsfilmdiary]

Impulse (1984, Graham Baker)

10/4/21

[moviemosaics]

A Wedding

directed by Robert Altman, 1978

[heartlandtfln]

“Ty: This is my ex-girlfriend, Amy. Amy: I'm his wife.“

[welcometoheartland]

12x06 - Diamond in the Rough

Photos by CBC Media Centre

[dozydawn]

vintage bridal fashion: 1978

i love how many 70s wedding dresses feel turn of the century and edwardian. the hats help.

princess caroline of monaco in christian dior by marc bohan: this is a typically disliked royal wedding look, which of course means i love it. people call the length awkward because the hem doesn’t touch the ground but i actually like the interesting shape of the skirt, you don’t see skirts like that very often.

she changed into a different dress for the reception and wore her mother’s diamond tiara. it’s kind of a boho eliza doolittle moment.

french television personality denise fabre, 1978. i love to see fur.

this dress!!! worn by andrea de portago.

german actress margot werner. color! the skirt has a beautiful leafy lace overlay.

a portrayed wedding dress: amy stryker in a wedding (1978). designed by j. allen highfill. beautiful veil.

meryl streep as a bridesmaid in the deer hunter (1978). designed by eric seelig.

katharine barker in emmerdale farm (1978). i love the little jacket.

past doing the past (1970s does 1890s): marie osmond in the gift of love (1978). designed by sandra stuart. those are baroque pearls hanging off the skirt...

[ninewheels]

X-MEN in other media (TV, films, video game cinematics) Characters By Screen Time

James “Logan” Howlett / Wolverine - 996:30 Scott Summers / Cyclops - 517:15 Professor Charles Xavier / Professor X - 514:45 David Haller / Legion - 443:30 Dr. Henry “Hank” McCoy / Beast - 361:30 Jean Grey / Phoenix - 350 Anna Marie / Rogue - 305:15 Ororo Munroe / Storm - 276:45

Sydney Barrett - 269 Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto - 261 Reed Strucker - 199:15 Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat - 198:15 Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler - 195:30 Dr. Caitlin Strucker - 194:45 Lorna Dane / Polaris - 193:15 Marcos Diaz / Eclipse - 183:15 John Proudstar / Thunderbird - 175 Raven Darkholme / Mystique - 174:15 Emma Frost / White Queen - 172 Lauren Strucker - 166:15 Wade Wilson / Deadpool - 156:30 Andy Strucker - 148 Clarice Ferguson / Blink - 144:15 Jubilation Lee / Jubilee - 138:45 Remy LeBeau / Gambit - 133:30 Amahl Farouk / Shadow King - 125:30 Jace Turner - 103:15 Cary Loudermilk - 98 Dr. Melanie Bird - 96 Piotr Rasputin / Colossus - 83:15 Kerry Loudermilk - 80 Ptonomy Wallace - 75:45 Bobby Drake / Iceman - 73:30 The Stepford Cuckoos* - 71:15 Evan Daniels / Spyke - 69:30 Victor Creed / Sabretooth - 69:15 Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver - 68:45 Lenny Busker - 68:30 Dr. Oliver Bird - 66:15 Dr. Moira MacTaggert** - 65:45 Hisako Ichiki / Armor - 65:45 Yukio - 61:15 En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse - 55:45 Mortimer Toynbee / Toad - 55:15 Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch - 53:45 Warren Worthington III / Angel - 54 Lucas Bishop - 53:30 Clark DeBussy - 52:15 Dominic Petros / Avalanche - 51:30 Switch - 49:30 Mariko Yashida - 47:30 Fred J. Dukes / Blob - 47:15 Nathan Summers / Cable - 47 Laura Kinney / X-23 - 45 Gabrielle Haller - 44 Dani Moonstar / Mirage - 43 Reeva Payge - 40 Samuel Guthrie / Cannonball - 38:45 Amy Haller - 38:15 Alex Summers / Havok - 37:15 Forge - 34 Sean Cassidy / Banshee - 32:30 Cain Marko / Juggernaut - 32:30 Nathaniel Essex / Mr. Sinister - 31:30 William Stryker - 31:15 Arkady Rossovitch / Omega Red - 30:30 Sebastian Shaw / Black King - 30:15*** Senator Robert Kelly - 30 Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane - 28:30 Sonia Simonson / Dreamer - 28:15 Tabitha Smith / Boom Boom - 27:45 Erg - 27:45 Amara Aquilla / Magma - 27:15 St. John Allerdyce / Pyro - 25:45 Angelo Espinosa / Skin - 25:15 Roberto Da Costa / Sunspot - 25 Shingen Yashida - 25 Abigail Brand - 24:45 Illyana Rasputin / Magik - 23:15 Jason Wyngarde / Mastermind - 23:15 Dr. Roderick Campbell - 23 Kevin Sydney / Changeling/Morph - 22:30 Neena Thurmon / Domino - 21:15 Kevin MacTaggert / Proteus - 21:15** Hideki Kurohagi - 20:45 Bolivar Trask - 20:15 Russell Tresh - 20 Danger - 19:15 Koh - 17:45 Caliban - 17:30 Tessa / Sage - 17:15 Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike - 17 Walter - 16:30 Donald Pierce - 15:15 Mojo - 15 Ichiro Yashida - 14:45 Kikyo Mikage - 14:45 Empress Lilandra Neramani - 14:30 Fabian Cortez - 14:30 Dr. Cecilia Reyes - 14:30 Silver Fox - 14  Christopher Summers / Corsair - 14 Sauron - 14 Betsy Braddock / Psylocke - 13:45 Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man - 13:30 Min - 13:30 Sarah / Marrow - 12:45 Ray Crisp / Berzerker - 12:45 Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai - 12:30 Vuk - 12 Ord of the Breakworld - 11:45 Ellie Phemister / Negasonic Teenage Warhead - 11:30*** Warlock - 11:30 Callisto - 11 Christoph Nord / Maverick/Agent Zero - 11 Shard - 11 Glow Worm - 10:45 Warren Worthington II - 10:30 Nick Fury - 10:15 Spiral - 10:15 Graydon Creed - 10:15 Vadhaka - 10:15 Longshot - 10 Ka-Zar - 10 Arkon - 10 Jimmy / Leech - 9 Steve Rogers / Captain America - 8:15 Vincent / Mesmero - 8:15 Lockheed - 8 Peter Gyrich - 8 Amelia Voght - 7:30 Dr. Kavita Rao - 7:30 Kruun - 7:30 Kallark / Gladiator - 7:15 Shakari - 7:15 Shatter - 7 Mondo - 7 Dr. Abraham Cornelius - 6:45 Cameron Hodge - 6:45 The Phalanx - 6:15 Aghanne - 6:15 Philippa Sontag / Arclight - 6 D’Ken - 6 Vertigo - 5:45 Julian Keller / Hellion - 5:45 Cassandra Nova - 5:30 Fade - 5:30 Edward Tancredi / Wing - 5:15 Solar - 5:15 Monet St. Croix / M - 5 John Grey - 4:45 Samuel Paré / Squidboy - 4:45 Selene Gallio - 4:30 Alison Blair / Dazzler - 4:15 Nimrod - 4:15 Zaladane - 4:15 Heather Hudson - 4:15 John Wraith - 4:15 Black Tom Cassidy - 4 Zebediah Killgrave - 4 Harry Leland - 3:45 James Hudson / Vindicator - 3:45 Immortus / “Bender” - 3:45 Arcade - 3:45 Annalee - 3:45 Megan Gwynne / Pixie - 3:30 High Evolutionary - 3:30 Master Mold - 3:30 Trevor Fitzroy - 3:30 Gorgeous George - 3:30 Shiro Yoshida / Sunfire - 3:15 Vanisher - 3:15 Ape - 3:15 Mark Hallett / Sunder - 3 Zabu - 3 Ruckus - 3 Hairbag - 3 Slab - 3 Tildie Soames - 3 Ruth Aldine / Blindfold - 2:45 Bella Donna Boudreaux - 2:45 Bantam - 2:45 Irene Adler / Destiny - 2:30 Sebastion Gilberti / Bastion - 2:30 Dr. Carol Hines - 2:15 Garrok - 2 Hepzibah - 2 Agatha Harkness - 2 Cal’syee Neramani / Deathbird - 1:45 James Proudstar / Warpath - 1:30 Sooraya Qadir / Dust - 1:30 Guido Carosella / Strong Guy - 1:30 Elaine Grey - 1:15 Jean-Paul Beaubier / Northstar - 1:15 Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen / Shaman - 1:15 Jeanne-Marie Beaubier / Aurora - 1 Walter Langkowski / Sasquatch - 1

* Sometimes it’s not possible to tell which of the sisters are on screen in any given shot, so I’m just making one calculation for when any of them are on screen. I don’t like it, but it’s the best accurate option I have. ** Includes the Sasaki characters from the anime. Yui is just Moira with a different name, and Takeo is somewhat David but more Kevin, so I’m counting him towards Kevin. *** Includes their appearances as illusions in Emma’s mind in Astonishing X-Men.

IMDB listing

[queerwhohatesithere]

Because they're literally appropriating and forcefully changing the meaning of our own identity and when we refute having our identity taken from us we're called bigots and told we're wrong?

What if I started telling everyone I was black, huh? I'm not. I'm white. But if I feel black that's fine according to you. Because identity is "complicated" and it doesn't matter if what I'm doing is literally harming other people.

Lesbianism and gayness are mono-identities. That's it.

“The label "bi lesbian" originated in the 1970s as a result of the effects of lesbian separatism, a belief within some strains of lesbian feminism and often within radical feminism which advocates for separating women from men in as many ways as possible as a strategy to achieve women's liberation.[1] Subsequently, this lead to lesbian separatists rejecting and often discriminating against women who refused to withdraw from their involvement with men, particularly bisexual women. Lesbian separatists accused bisexual women of "sleeping with the enemy" and forcefully removed them from lesbian spaces and from claiming the lesbian identity for themselves, by redefining it as "a homosexual female/woman" or "a woman who does not sleep with men/is not attracted to men". It is because of lesbian separatism that the bisexual label became very popular starting in the 1970s, as the word to describe a woman who was attracted to other women before was "lesbian", whether they were attracted exclusively or not, and now that had suddenly changed” (LGBTA Wiki).

“What is a Lesbian? To me, a lesbian is a woman-oriented woman; bisexuals can be lesbians...” (Lavender Woman, Volume 2, Issue 5, August 1973)

"Unfortunately, many of my experiences as a lesbian-identified bisexual woman have said to me that having an appearance or demeanor that diverges from the expected means I will not be accepted as truly belonging in the lesbian community” (Amy Wyeth, "Don't Assume Anything", Bi Women Vol. 13, No. 4, Aug-Sep 1995)

So what does all of this sum up? Bi lesbians have existed in history for a long time. There’s many documented instances of them, there’s signs from people at pride parades that mention them. Nobody is “forcefully changing the meaning” of lesbianism. However, as always, TERF bullshit (radical feminism) seeps its way into the lesbian community. In fact, queer spaces tended to be more broad and accepting throughout history. Recently, we have focused more on shuffling people into their exact labels and complaining if we think they stray from it. I recommend reading Transgender History by Susan Stryker. I think Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg and things written by Alison Bechdel are also really good reads if you want to learn more about queer history. Normally I would delete the stupid anons I get, but I thought it was a good reason to show some more resources about queer history and bi lesbianism in particular. And let me repeat it. The label someone chooses to use is none of your business and does not affect you.

[gatheringbones]

Thank you for posting those excerpts from Amy fox's piece. There's not much writing about butch trans women around and it means a lot

there's tons, just gotta find it or write it! Amy made a tv show for pete's sake, and Susan Stryker has been doing her history work for ages. There's trans butches everywhere and they are a prolific bunch.

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

HALLMARK CHANNEL'S "SUMMER NIGHTS" All premieres at 9 p.m. PT/ET.

Love, For Real Starring: Chloe Bridges, Taiana Tully, Scott Michael Foster, Corbin Bleu Premieres: Saturday, July 31 Hayley (Bridges) and her friend, Bree (Tully), go on a dating show to advance their careers. But bachelor Marco (Bleu) and producer Luke’s (Foster) plans are for Hayley to stay through the finale.

The 27-Hour Day Starring: Autumn Reeser, Andrew Walker Premieres: Saturday, Aug. 7 An entrepreneur (Reeser) takes a necessary break from developing her wellness brand empire and discovers that the work-life balance she needs won’t be easy. Will a new romance and relaxing retreat change her life forever?

Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6 Starring: Jack Wagner, Caitlyn Stryker, Josie Bissett, Nathan Witte Premieres: Saturday, Aug. 14 Before saying “I do” themselves, Mick (Wagner) and Olivia (Bissett) are hosting the wedding of an A-list actor (Witte) and his fiancée (Stryker). But when the low-key celebration morphs into an event that’s anything but that, they have to quickly pivot to pull it off. Meanwhile, when Mick gets an exciting opportunity Olivia won’t let him turn down, they’re faced with delaying their own nuptials until a last-minute change in plans gives both couples the weddings of their dreams.

Love in the Afternoon (working title) Starring: Jen Lilley, Ryan Paevey, Linda Dano Premieres: Saturday, Aug. 21 In order to save her daytime soap drama from cancellation, head writer Maggie (Lilley) must convince Darin (Paevey), fan-favorite actor and her real-life ex-boyfriend, to return to the show. The show’s producer, Alice (Dano), who created the series, wants to retire and hopes to pass the baton to Maggie, if the soap can be salvaged.

Sweet Pecan Summer (working title) Starring: Christine Ko, Wes Brown, Lauren Tom Premieres: Saturday, Aug. 28 Amanda (Ko) must work with her ex-boyfriend, J.P. (Brown), to sell her favorite aunt’s (Tom) pecan farm. Putting aside their differences, old feelings start to rekindle and they question their life paths.

HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES All premieres are at 9 p.m. PT/ET.

Mystery 101: Deadly History Starring: Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, Robin Thomas Premieres: Sunday, Aug. 1 Amy (Wagner) and Travis (Polaha) travel to New York to investigate when Amy’s uncle goes missing, as does all his research on the “accidental” death 50 years ago of a family heir.

Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery Starring: Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Barbara Niven Premieres: Sunday, Aug. 8 As Hannah (Sweeney) and Mike (Mathison) experience engaged life while balancing their busy careers, a murder at a 24-hour gym complicates their wedding planning.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder Starring: Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner Premieres: Sunday, Aug. 22 While on a “pre-honeymoon” getaway, Aurora (Bure) and Nick (Matter) discover a body, and as they get closer to finding out what really happened, danger knocks on their doorstep.

[adrian-paul-botta]

At the outset, grandmother Lillian Gish lies in her bed too ill to attend the wedding but giving last minute instructions to wedding reception coordinator Geraldine Chaplin. Then we see a bit of the wedding ceremony. Half-senile John Cromwell, who has been coaxed out of retirement by friend Gish, is stumbling through the service as the groom, Desi Arnaz, Jr., is becoming one with bride Amy Stryker, who still wears her retainers.

The groom’s mother, Nina Van Pallandt, Gish’s daughter, is a glamorous woman who is married to an Italian of mysterious origin which will be revealed later on. He is portrayed by the superlative Vittorio Gassman. Her sisters are the very regal Dina Merrill, strangely paired with Pat McCormick, who plays an art collector; and Virginia Vestoff, who is conducting an affair with Miss Gish’s black butler, Cedric Scott.