#Gail Williams

[why-i-love-comics]

Chee'ilth #1 (2023)

written by Rebecca Roanhorse art by Jim Terry & Rachelle Rosenberg

[warm-like-autumn]

This drawing is so near and dear to me. It took me a while, I almost gave up a few times while drawing it, but alas, it is finnaly here. I knew I wanted to draw something detailed and wholesome, and I drew this while preparing for a picnic with my friends. I love picnics in general, they are so cozy. Samantha and Gail love picnics where they can draw and just infodump about their intrests, both of them have a hard time letting people in, despite how freindly both of them are, so they find a lot of comfort and sollace in eachother. I have a speedpaint for this art piece, I just need to find the courage to make a voiceover :)

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[gatutor]

Gail Patrick-William Powell "Mi marido está loco" (Love crazy) 1941, de Jack Conway.

[of-fear-and-love]

My Man Godfrey (1936)

[citizenscreen]

During rehearsal of the “Lux Radio Theatre” presentation of "My Man Godfrey” in 1938, David Niven, Carole Lombard, William Powell, Gail Patrick and program host Cecil B. DeMille.

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Giantess Battle Attack 2022

[letterboxd-loggd]

My Man Godfrey (1936) Gregory La Cava

February 8th 2023

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Captain America #750 by J.M. DeMatteis, Gail Simone, Stephanie Williams, Carmen Carnero, Daniel Acuña, Rachael Stott, Sara Pichelli and many more. Cover by Gary Frank. Variant covers by (2) Ernanda Souza, (3,4,5) John Cassady (in red, white and blue) and (6) John Romita Sr. Out in July.

"SPECIAL ISSUE #750! THE CAPTAINS AMERICA MOURN THEIR FALLEN! After the harrowing events of CAPTAIN AMERICA: COLD WAR, the Captains America return home to mourn their fallen – and strive to honor the power of legacy. Plus: The secret origin of Sam Wilson’s new shield revealed, and a bold new direction for Sharon Carter! In honor of 750 issues of CAPTAIN AMERICA, a team of fan-favorite guest writers join forces with superstar artists to spin timeless tales celebrating the epic history of the star-spangled hero! Don’t miss this jam-packed oversized issue!"

[checkoutmybookshelf]

Fae books are some of my favorite, so in honor of my favorite Irish poet, let's have a quick round-up of books with Fae!

OR Melling's The Chronicles of Faerie Series, which includes The Hunter's Moon, The Summer King, The Light Bearer's Daughter, and The Book of Dreams

Literally 99% of everything Juliet Marillier has ever written, with Dreamer's Pool and Wildwood Dancing being my favorites

Brittany N. Williams's That Self-Same Metal

Not one of my favorites, but Holly Black's The Cruel Prince has a metric ton of fae

Terri Windling's The Raven Queen (and the rest of the Voyage of the Basset Series)

Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl and The Fowl Twins series

CE Murphy's Walker Papers series and Negotiator Trilogy

Illona Andrews's Magic Bites

Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales trilogy

Herbie Brennan's The Faerie Wars Chronicles

Gail Carson Levine's books, including Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, and The Princess Tales volumes 1 and 2

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

[frommybookbook]

Fuck "Morality" Clauses

I'm getting towards the tail end of S3 of Perry Mason and something just feels...off. The last few episodes I've watched just haven't been great. It doesn't feel like the main cast has had their heart in it, and after doing some reading, I'm realizing why.

The episodes in question aired in April of 1960. The timing here is very important because in March of 1960, William Talman, the actor who played District Attorney Hamilton Burger, was arrested after a raid on a party he attended. CBS cited the morals clause in his contract and fired him from the show. Morality clauses weren't uncommon in Hollywood in this era, in fact nearly every contract had one. But invoking them wasn't particularly common. Talman was eventually reinstated in December of 1960, after lobbying by show producer Gail Patrick, the rest of the cast, and a letter writing campaign from fans.

With this in mind, it makes total sense that the rest of the main cast—Raymond Burr, William Hopper, Barbara Hale, and Ray Collins—would seem off their game and not as vibrant as usual in the episodes of the show that aired beginning in April of 1960. It's also worth noting that the two episodes of the show that aired in March of that year are not available to stream currently, my theory is that those episodes featured Talman and were filmed before his arrest and firing but have since been "erased" from the record.

Raymond Burr was a gay man, by 1960 he had met his life partner, Robert Benevides (on the set of Perry Mason), whom he would be with until his death in 1993. William Hopper was also said to be gay, or bisexual, though much more private about it than Burr. For both of them, the threat of their own "morality" clauses had to be a constant source of anxiety and fear.

By all accounts, Barbara Hale and Ray Collins were fiercely loyal friends. Hale in particular remained extremely close with Burr for the rest of his life (tragically, Collins, Hopper, and Talman all died very shortly after Perry Mason went off the air). Seeing their friend persecuted (unjustly) couldn't have been a good feeling.

All that to say, the firing of William Talman couldn't have done much to create a pleasant working environment, to say the least. I like to think that the fact that (at least so far), there hasn't been a new DA, only a series of deputy DAs, means that Raymond Burr, Gail Patrick, and others were actively fighting for Talman's return from the start and were working to ensure that no one else would be the District Attorney for LA County on their watch.

[warm-like-autumn]

A doodle of Gail and Sally Winfred, where I'm trying to figure out a new shading style that is more simple but still effective. This was merely a concept drawing for Sally because it doesn't reflect her personality, but hopefully the more I draw her that will change. Sally is part of the friend group consisting of Samantha, Gail and other characters that I'll introduce along the way. Sally is captain of the college volleyball team, a gamer who's a huge fan of vocaloid songs.

[lamodechicsworld]

Paulina Porizkova, Kim Williams, Kathy Ireland & Gail Elliott in “The Season Takes Shape at Geoffrey Beene” for Vogue US, September 1985

Shot by Irving Penn

Hair by Ezel

Makeup by Francois Nars

[gatutor]

Gail Russell-Brian Donlevy "Our hearts were growing up" 1946, de William D. Russell.

[of-fear-and-love]

Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey (1936)

[citizenscreen]

Warren William and Gail Patrick for WIVES UNDER SUSPICION (1938), a James Whale production