#Jane Eyre 1944

[rapturousrot]

Jane Eyre (1944) dir. Robert Stevenson

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academia films & shows 🩶 🎬

— the holdovers (2023)

a cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go, set in 1971, during christmas time.

— the umbrella academy (2019 - present)

a family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world, science fiction meets preppy academia.

— mona lisa smile (2003)

a free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles, gives off a similar vibe to the dead poets society.

— the goldfinch (2019)

a boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the met, in a rush of panic, he steals 'the goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.

— dead poets society (1989)

john keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious new england boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

— a series of unfortunate events (2017 - 2019)

after the loss of their parents in a mysterious fire, the three baudelaire children face trials and tribulations attempting to uncover dark family secrets.

— mary shelley (2017)

life and facts of mary wollstonecraft godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet percy shelley, resulting in the writing of frankenstein.

— tik, tik...boom! (2021)

on the brink of turning thirty, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out, about art students during the 90s.

— the ministry of time (2015 - 2020)

a warrior from the sixteenth century, the first female university student from the nineteenth century, and a paramedic from the twenty–first century join a secret agency to prevent people from changing spanish history using time-traveling doors.

— romeo + juliet (1996)

shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue.

— jane eyre (2011)

amousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

— little women (2019)

jo march reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the march sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.

— the dreamers (2003)

a young american studying in paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a french brother and sister, set against the background of the '68 paris student riots.

— my policeman (2022)

the arrival of patrick into marion and tom's home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previously.

— deadly class (2018; cancelled)

a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of late 1980s counterculture, which follows a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins.

— shadow and bone (2021 - 2023; cancelled)

dark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker alina starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world, at the same time, a group of thieves gather for a new mission.

— kill your darlings (2013)

a murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: allen ginsberg, jack kerouac, and william burroughs.

[mrsrochesters-stuff]

This is my first post and I thought someone might be interested in my collection of copies of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. (I have 9 copies and counting). The oldest was published in 1944 and has some beautiful illustrations by Edward Wilson. A couple of them I’ve annotated, all of them I’ve read. Please don’t ask me to pick a favorite!

[irregularcollapse]

Hi! Unless someone already asked and I missed it: were you serious about the rec list of movies/books for A storm that took everything? List away if you still want to!!👀

I was VERY serious thank you so much for asking this

This list is not only a list of influences for my upcoming Gothic AU, but kind of a primer on The Gothic as a genre. It is by no means exhaustive, but in my humble opinion is a good place to start from if you are new to The Gothic as a literary and artistic form (or if you think that you know some stuff, but would like to know more).

The Theory/Background

Romanticism and/or/vs the Gothic: an info page for students at UMass (love it when university courses make unprotected websites) which summarises the link between Romanticism and the Gothic. It's a neat little history, discussion of key influences, and some central concepts

The British Library - The Gothic: this is a collection of fantastic articles and videos, compiled as a learning resource by the British Library. The focus is obviously British Gothic, but it features videos from leading Gothic scholar John Bowen that explain core concepts very clearly

A Short History of the Sublime: I quite like this article from the MIT Press Reader that explores the sublime in art. It is concise and references some great art!

British Gothic Literature 101: this series of articles by online publication Arcadia is well-cited, and provides good overview and discussion of elements that are at the forefront of the Gothic

Books/Prose

Dracula - Bram Stoker (1897)

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë (1847)

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier (1938)

The Turn of the Screw - Henry James (1989)

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson (1959)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson (1962)

Fingersmith - Sarah Waters (2002)

The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters (2009)

The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gillman (1892)

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (1891)

The Woman in Black - Susan Hill (1983)

Poetry

Porphyria's Lover - Robert Browning

The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe

Annabel Lee - Edgar Allen Poe

The work of Emily Dickinson (especially Because I could not stop for Death, I felt a Funeral in my Brain, and It was not Death for I stood up)

The work of Percy Bysshe Shelley (especially Adonais)

Film

Crimson Peak dir. Guillermo del Toro (2015)

Bram Stoker's Dracula dir. Francis Ford Coppola (1992)

The Handmaiden dir. Park Chan-wook (2016)

The Innocents dir. Jack Clayton (1961)

Gaslight dir. Charles Cukor (1944)

Phantom Thread dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)

The Others dir. Alejandro Amenábar (2001)

The Uninvited dir. Lewis Allen (1944)

The Haunting dir. Robert Wise (1963)

Rebecca dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1940)

That's some, at least! Enjoy diving in 🖤🖤🖤 and please let me know what you think of any of these that you read/watch!

[redplaidjacket]

Rereading Jane Eyre on my 1944 edition with beautiful engravings by Fritz Eichenberg.

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SHORT/LONG FICS

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“I have little left in myself―I must have you. The world may laugh―may call me absurd, selfish―but it does not signify. My very soul demands you: it will be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“I am tired, I have a colossal need of you.” — Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares written c. June 1944

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[wri0thesley]

Hey Nat! I know you gave some recs before for gothic horror/romance books, but do you have any movie recommendations?

OH I SURE DO! period horror movies are my favourite horror genre, i adore them. there is nothing that quite beats an ingenue wandering the halls of a spooky manor in a diaphonous nightdress for me personally on the aesthetics metre! some recommendations (please remember to check websites for trigger warnings!):

crimson peak. literally one of the most beautiful movies i have ever seen. i adore edith. i rewatch this one constantly. the cinematography, the set design, the costume design . . . agh!!!

bram stoker's dracula. worth it for the costumes alone but also . . . vampires.

interview with the vampire. don't bother with queen of the damned, it sucks, but interview is a rare case of the movie being. a good and mostly* faithful adaptation of the book and also being lovely to look at.

picnic at hanging rock. NOT a romance movie, but very much spooky and lovely. i'm a big fan of the concept of dark academia but not so much the usual execution; however, spooky girls boarding schools and unexplained happenings and sapphic tension . . . those should be featured more. (if you end up liking this one, they're not quite gothic horror/romance but also try the falling and maybe cracks!)

the innocents (1961) and gaslight (1944), both very pretty to watch and i think important as genre pieces!

the company of wolves (also read the book of short stories, they're worth it, as is much of angela carter's work!)

also, obviously, adaptations of famous gothic horror and gothic romances! rebecca (not the new one. don't even bother). the jane eyre from . . . i want to say 2012? dorian gray is not a particularly good adaptation but it IS very pretty. i enjoyed mary shelley quite a lot, which is technically a biography but has a lot of the same gothic horror kind of feeling!

[thatscarletflycatcher]

"Tag someone you want to know better and/or some of your besties" - I was tagged by @wendy-woodhouse whom I'm always delighted to see on my dash!

Favourite colour: Orange! Specially the toasty shades (burgundy comes as a close second).

Last song: House of the Rising Sun.

Last movie: I'll Be Seeing You (1944). Third time in like, six months. I'm officially obsessed with this movie.

Currently watching: There are so many things I'm kind of in the middle of... let's just mention Joan Hickson's Miss Marple and Remington Steele.

Other stuff I watched this year: Watched It's a Wonderful Life for the first time and loved it! The year is young and I have been doing a good amount of manual crafting so I've been doing more radio dramas.

Shows I dropped this year/didn't finish: Nothing to add :D

Currently reading: The war memoirs of Charles de Gaulle, Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers, Novel to Film by Brian McFarlane, The Gothic Tradition by David Stevens.

Currently listening to: the OST of Jane Eyre (1996) - underrated gem.

Currently working on: my dissertation (kinda), and my Percival and Nadine story (kinda).

Current obsession: Super specific, but the opposition between the survival-of-the-fittest Darwinism and Kropotkian-Proudhonian mutual-aid models of nature and society.

I'm tagging anyone who sees this post and is wearing red today ;)

[pataguja61]

Jane Eyre

Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) and Joan Fontaine star as Mr Rochester and Jane in the 1944 film 'Jane Eyre'. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

[byneddiedingo]

Gene Tierney and Vincent Price in Dragonwyck (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1946)

Cast: Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington, Connie Marshall, Harry Morgan, Jessica Tandy. Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on a novel by Anya Seton. Cinematography: Arthur C. Miller. Art direction: J. Russell Spencer, Lyle R. Wheeler. Film editing: Dorothy Spencer. Music: Alfred Newman. 

Dragonwyck both courts and suffers from comparison to those other paradigmatic gloomy old house movies of the 1940s, Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1941) and Robert Stevenson's Jane Eyre (1943). As the imperious master of the titular gloomy old house, Vincent Price can hardly compete with Laurence Olivier in the former or Orson Welles in the latter. Price had an aura of camp, present not only today after his many horror movies, but apparent even then, after playing Shelby Carpenter in Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944). Gene Tierney, on the other hand, holds up well in a comparison with Joan Fontaine, the heroine of both of the other two movies. There's also some distinguished supporting work from first-rate actors like Walter Huston, Anne Revere, and Jessica Tandy, and solid contributions by familiar character actors Spring Byington and Harry Morgan. So Dragonwyck isn't a total loss. Where it falls apart is in adapting Any Seton's hefty novel, which concentrates as much on history as on gothic romance. The historical element in both novel and film centers on the overthrow of the semi-feudal patroon system that was established in the Hudson River Valley by the Dutch in the 17th century and persisted through the mid-1840s. In adapting the novel, even the gifted screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz can't do much to stuff the history into the confines of his movie, which was also his debut as a director. But I got the feeling that he was stymied by the demands of the characters as well: We get only an outline of the backstory of his heroine, Miranda Wells (Tierney), in an opening scene with her stern, puritanical father (Huston) and her more understanding mother (Revere), before she is carried off to Dragonwyck to serve as governess to Katrine Van Ryn (Connie Marshall) and companion to the invalid Mrs. Van Ryn (Vivienne Osborne). The mystery of how and why Miranda's distant cousin-by-marriage, Nicholas Van Ryn (Price), decided to hire Miranda is never explained. The faithful Van Ryn housekeeper (Byington) shows her the house and tells her its creepy history, and then warns her, "One day you'll wish with all your heart you'd never come to Dragonwyck." But there's also a handsome young doctor (the forgettable Glenn Langan) to suggest alternative possibilities. The spook factor consists of a portrait of an ill-fated ancestor and her harpsichord, whose ghost can be heard singing and playing at ominous moments, such as the death of Mrs. Van Ryn. Mankiewicz has some trouble putting all of these pieces into play: For example, little Katrine disappears from the story entirely in mid-film, even after Miranda nominally becomes Katrine's stepmother. The best way to watch a movie like Dragonwyck is to disengage all expectations of logical character development and plot structure and just go with the mood supplied by the sets and Arthur C. Miller's cinematography.  

[janeeyreheresy]

But Really?

Charlotte's second era in Brussels was apparently unhappy, due to her homesickness and her attachment to Monsieur Heger. In a letter to her friend Ellen Nussey, she drew herself next to the Hegers:

This is displayed at the Haworth Parsonage museum (it's my own pic, taken when I went there). Reminds you of something? In the book, Jane draws Blanche Ingram as a beautiful young woman and herself as a plain little girl. This is before she ever sees Blanche; the portrait is drawn solely from Mrs Fairfax's description. It's a rather flowery description, not really in the style of a practical, uncomplicated housekeeper.

I'm not going to get into any speculating about whether anything took place between Charlotte and Heger. Most likely it was just unrequited love on her part. Whatever the case may have been, dude would have realised which side his bread was buttered. 

Constantin Heger and his wife had six children. They were still having them while Charlotte was at the pensionnat. She returned to Haworth in January 1944.

The first book Charlotte wrote was titled The Professor. (In which the main character is mistreated by his brother, gets a teaching job at a boarding school in Belgium, ran by a woman who he initially is attracted to, but finds out she is deceitful. He starts teaching a young female aspiring teacher whom he falls in love with. The scheming directress of the school actually falls in love with him but he gets another job elsewhere and marries the young teacher-student.) It was rejected by the publishers and only released posthumously. Jane Eyre, the second book she wrote, met with more success.

Later, Charlotte published Shirley and Villette. The latter draws heavily from her time in Brussels, Charlotte used some parts of The Professor and rewrote it into Villette. The villainess is once again a headmistress of a boarding school, who schemes to marry the professor M. Paul Emanuel. Who is really Constantin Heger and Madame Heger is the conniving Madame Beck, but just because they appear in this book doesn't mean they didn't appear in Jane Eyre. Charlotte totally gave herself away by inserting the age difference between Rochester and Bertha. It's not even that it's unnecessary to the narrative, it feels so tacked on that I suspect she added it later, maybe after she had already written the whole book. Hence it contradicting the earlier item of Bertha's older brother Richard being the same age as Rochester.

I've not read any of Charlotte's other books. I do have all the Bronte works as audio plays in my Audible library, though, and it seems to me that Shirley and Villette are better than Jane Eyre. But I don't know, like I said, I've not read the actual books, so I shouldn't judge. Villette has a dark, melancholy atmosphere. Not surprising, written after the death of her siblings, Charlotte's grief must have come through.

So where does the xenophobia come from? 

Fuck knows. But this just proves that being in love with someone from a different culture doesn't exempt you from being discriminative of the culture. "I'm not racist I have black friends". That dig about peasant women is telling. Why it had to be in the book at all, I cannot fathom. It's just like the whole Celine mess. It didn't add anything of value. She's like a typical Brexit supporter, feeling all superior about herself. 

It is quite the twist of fate that Brussels became the capital of the EU.

[rapturousrot]

Jane Eyre (1944) dir. Robert Stevenson

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Joan Fontaine in "Jane Eyre" (1944)

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Holidays

American Painters Day

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Battle of San Lorenzo Day (Argentina)

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Bowling Green Massacre Day (Kellyanne Conway Fictional Event)

Communist Party Foundation Day (Vietnam)

Day of Remembrance for Oleg the Prophet (Asatru/Slavic Pagan)

Day of the Virgin of Suyapa (Honduras)

Doggy Date Night

The Day the Music Died (according to Don McLean)

Elmo’s Day

Endangered Species Act Day

Feed the Birds Day

Four Chaplains Memorial Day

Halfway Point of Winter

Heroes' Day (Mozambique)

International Golden Retriever Day

International Lawyers Day

International Straw Free Day

John Lewis Day (Alabama)

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Meaka Bochea Day (Cambodia)

National Cordova Ice Worm Day

National Honey Badger Day

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National Women’s Heart Day

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Veterinary Pharmacists Day

Wedding Ring Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

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National Carrot Day

1st Friday in February

Bubble Gum Day [1st Friday]

Give Kids a Smile Day [1st Friday]

International Clash Day [1st Friday]

National Black Nurses Day [1st Friday]

National Wear Red Day (a.k.a. Wear It Beat It) [1st Friday]

NSPCC Number Day (UK) [1st Friday]

Pi Mod Appreciation Day [1st Friday]

School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day (Florida) [1st Friday]

Working Naked Day [1st Friday]

Pliny the Younger Day [1st Friday] (Postponed to March 24 in 2023)

Independence Days

Danielland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Keep Watch (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Ansgar (a.k.a. Anskar; Christian; Saint)

Auscharius (Christian; Saint)

Berlinda of Meerbeke (Christian; Saint)

Blaise (Christian; Saint) [Blessing of Throats]

Celsa and Nona (Christian; Saint)

Claudine Thévenet (Christian; Saint)

Dom Justo Takayama (Christian; Saint) [Japan, Philippines]

Ewok Day (Pastafarian)

Fiesta de San Blas (Protector of the Harvest; Puerto Rico)

Fukuju no mai (Jimai; Dance of the Seven Gods of Fortune; Japan)

Hadelin (Christian; Saint)

Hickety Pickety (Muppetism)

Margaret of England (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Suyapa (Honduras)

Pagerwesi (Festival to Sang Hyang Pramesti Guru, god of teachers and creator of the universe; Bali)

Pokémon Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint) 

Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival; Shinto/Japan)

Theocritus (Positivist; Saint)

Werburgh (a.k.a. Werburghe; Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [3 of 24]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [8 of 57]

Premieres

Air Force (Film; 1943)

Amapola, by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Song; 1941)

Boys on the Side (Film; 1995)

Chronicle (Film; 2012)

Dead Man’s Curve (TV movie; 1978)

Earthling, by David Bowie (Album; 1997)

Fun, Fun, Fun, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1964)

Hanna (TV Series; 2019)

The IT Crowd (UK TV Series; 2006)

Jane Eyre (Film; 1944)

La Dolce Vita (Film; 1960)

Santa Clarita Diet (TV Series; 2017)

Society Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (Documentary Film; 2006)

Yield, by Pearl Jam (Album; 1998)

Today’s Name Days

Ansgar, Blasius, Oskar (Austria)

Simeon (Bulgaria)

Blaž, Tripun, Vlaho (Croatia)

Blažej (Czech Republic)

Blasius (Denmark)

Hubert, Hugo, Huko (Estonia)

Hugo, Valo (Finland)

Blaise, Nelson, Oscar (France)

Ansgar, Blasius, Michael, Oskar (Germany)

Asimakis, Asimina, Malamati, Simeon, Stamatia, Stamatis (Greece)

Balázs (Hungary)

Biagio (Italy)

Aīda, Ansgars, Ida, Laida (Latvia)

Blažiejus, Oskaras, Radvilas, Radvilė (Lithuania)

Ansgar, Asgeir (Norway)

Błażej, Hipolit, Hipolita, Laurencjusz, Maksym, Oskar, Stefan, Telimena, Uniemysł, Wawrzyniec (Poland)

Ana, Simeon (Romania)

Blažej (Slovakia)

Blas, Olivia, Óscar (Spain)

Disa, Hjördis (Sweden)

Simon (Ukraine)

Ansgar, Barclay, Baxter, Blaise,, Blase, Blasia, Blaze, Norma, Norman, Norris (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 34 of 2023; 331 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 5 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 13 (Ren-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721(until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 12 Shevat 5783

Islamic: 12 Rajab II 1444

J Cal: 4 Xin; Foursday [4 of 30]

Julian: 21 January 2023

Moon: 96%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 6 Homer (2nd Month) [Theocritus)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 45 of 90)

Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 14 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.3

Holidays

American Painters Day

Artist Appreciation Day

Battle of San Lorenzo Day (Argentina)

Blessing of Throats Day (St. Blaise’s Day)

Booty Pic Day

Bowling Green Massacre Day (Kellyanne Conway Fictional Event)

Communist Party Foundation Day (Vietnam)

Day of Remembrance for Oleg the Prophet (Asatru/Slavic Pagan)

Day of the Virgin of Suyapa (Honduras)

Doggy Date Night

The Day the Music Died (according to Don McLean)

Elmo’s Day

Endangered Species Act Day

Feed the Birds Day

Four Chaplains Memorial Day

Halfway Point of Winter

Heroes' Day (Mozambique)

International Golden Retriever Day

International Lawyers Day

International Straw Free Day

John Lewis Day (Alabama)

Martyrs' Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Meaka Bochea Day (Cambodia)

National Cordova Ice Worm Day

National Honey Badger Day

National Missing Persons Day

National Patient Recognition Day

National Trevor Day

National Women Physicians Day

National Women’s Heart Day

Nuestra Señora de Suyapa (Festival of the Virgin of Suyapa; Honduras)

Number Day

Take a Cruise Day

Thaipoosam Cavadee (Mauritius)

Veteran’s Day (Thailand)

Veterinary Pharmacists Day

Wedding Ring Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Carrot Cake Day

National Carrot Day

1st Friday in February

Bubble Gum Day [1st Friday]

Give Kids a Smile Day [1st Friday]

International Clash Day [1st Friday]

National Black Nurses Day [1st Friday]

National Wear Red Day (a.k.a. Wear It Beat It) [1st Friday]

NSPCC Number Day (UK) [1st Friday]

Pi Mod Appreciation Day [1st Friday]

School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day (Florida) [1st Friday]

Working Naked Day [1st Friday]

Pliny the Younger Day [1st Friday] (Postponed to March 24 in 2023)

Independence Days

Danielland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Keep Watch (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Ansgar (a.k.a. Anskar; Christian; Saint)

Auscharius (Christian; Saint)

Berlinda of Meerbeke (Christian; Saint)

Blaise (Christian; Saint) [Blessing of Throats]

Celsa and Nona (Christian; Saint)

Claudine Thévenet (Christian; Saint)

Dom Justo Takayama (Christian; Saint) [Japan, Philippines]

Ewok Day (Pastafarian)

Fiesta de San Blas (Protector of the Harvest; Puerto Rico)

Fukuju no mai (Jimai; Dance of the Seven Gods of Fortune; Japan)

Hadelin (Christian; Saint)

Hickety Pickety (Muppetism)

Margaret of England (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Suyapa (Honduras)

Pagerwesi (Festival to Sang Hyang Pramesti Guru, god of teachers and creator of the universe; Bali)

Pokémon Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint) 

Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival; Shinto/Japan)

Theocritus (Positivist; Saint)

Werburgh (a.k.a. Werburghe; Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [3 of 24]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [8 of 57]

Premieres

Air Force (Film; 1943)

Amapola, by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Song; 1941)

Boys on the Side (Film; 1995)

Chronicle (Film; 2012)

Dead Man’s Curve (TV movie; 1978)

Earthling, by David Bowie (Album; 1997)

Fun, Fun, Fun, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1964)

Hanna (TV Series; 2019)

The IT Crowd (UK TV Series; 2006)

Jane Eyre (Film; 1944)

La Dolce Vita (Film; 1960)

Santa Clarita Diet (TV Series; 2017)

Society Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (Documentary Film; 2006)

Yield, by Pearl Jam (Album; 1998)

Today’s Name Days

Ansgar, Blasius, Oskar (Austria)

Simeon (Bulgaria)

Blaž, Tripun, Vlaho (Croatia)

Blažej (Czech Republic)

Blasius (Denmark)

Hubert, Hugo, Huko (Estonia)

Hugo, Valo (Finland)

Blaise, Nelson, Oscar (France)

Ansgar, Blasius, Michael, Oskar (Germany)

Asimakis, Asimina, Malamati, Simeon, Stamatia, Stamatis (Greece)

Balázs (Hungary)

Biagio (Italy)

Aīda, Ansgars, Ida, Laida (Latvia)

Blažiejus, Oskaras, Radvilas, Radvilė (Lithuania)

Ansgar, Asgeir (Norway)

Błażej, Hipolit, Hipolita, Laurencjusz, Maksym, Oskar, Stefan, Telimena, Uniemysł, Wawrzyniec (Poland)

Ana, Simeon (Romania)

Blažej (Slovakia)

Blas, Olivia, Óscar (Spain)

Disa, Hjördis (Sweden)

Simon (Ukraine)

Ansgar, Barclay, Baxter, Blaise,, Blase, Blasia, Blaze, Norma, Norman, Norris (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 34 of 2023; 331 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 5 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 13 (Ren-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721(until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 12 Shevat 5783

Islamic: 12 Rajab II 1444

J Cal: 4 Xin; Foursday [4 of 30]

Julian: 21 January 2023

Moon: 96%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 6 Homer (2nd Month) [Theocritus)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 45 of 90)

Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 14 of 30)

[killingmoon]

“Say, ‘Edward, I’ll marry you’. Say it, Jane.”

“Why don’t you come of your own free will?”

Jane Eyre (1943) // Jane Eyre (2011)