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PLAYING POST OFFICE
Lucille Ball and the Mail
Lucille Ball gets the mail at the end of the driveway to her Chatsworth home, Desilu Ranch, circa 1940s.
“Lady, we don’t mind the rain, or the snow, or the sleet. It’s kooks like you that drive us nuts!” ~ Postmaster, “Lucy & The Missing Stamp” (1964)
In 1943, Lucille Ball performed on the radio program “Mail Call,” a show only available to the troops overseas and not broadcast stateside.The term mail call was used when soldiers would get letters from home.
“My Favorite Husband” (1948-1951)
Jay Novello played Mr. Negley the mailman on several episodes of Lucille Ball’s radio series.
In “The Sleigh Ride” (1949) Mr. Negley uses his mail delivery motorcycle to pull the holiday sleigh, but the load proves to much and the milkman’s old horse is pressed into service instead.
In “Liz The Matchmaker” (1949) Katie the maid decides that after three years of dating Mr. Negley that their relationship is not going anywhere, so she enlists Liz’s help.
In “Mother-in-Law” (1949), Liz (Lucille Ball) correctly assumes that Katie the maid (Ruth Perrot) is so happy because Mr. Negley the mailman has flirted with her. Katie says they were “playing post office.”
KATIE: “He’s so creative. He said my mouth was like a postage stamp. Then he canceled me!”
Katie hands her the mail and Liz finds a letter from her mother-in-law.
LIZ: “No one else addresses a letter ‘To George Cooper Only’ marked personal all over and then seals it with Scotch tape!”
“George Attends a Teenage Dance” (1948) ~ George and Liz chaperone a high school dance and we learn that ‘playing post office’ is a game, not just an institution. Post Office is a kissing party game played at teenage parties. It has been referred to in popular culture since at least the 1880s. The group playing is divided into two groups. One group goes into another room which is called "the post office”. To play, each person from the outer group individually visits “the post office”. Once there, they get a kiss from everyone in the room. They then return to the original room.
The game of Post Office is mentioned again in “George Needs A Raise” (1949). In "The Charm School" (1954), Ethel mentions that Fred suggested they play Post Office the previous night when a beautiful guest arrived at their dinner party. In “Kiddie Parties Inc.” (1963) Vivian says she played Post Office when she was younger.
JIMMY: “Do you know how to play Post Office, Mrs. Cugat?” LIZ: “Know how? When I was your age they used to call me Jim Farley.”
James Farley was the the 53rd US Postmaster General from 1933 to 1940.
Hans Conried played a weary mailman in “Valentine’s Day” (1949).
LIZ: “Are you picking up the mail?”
MAILMAN (sarcastically): “No, I’m a Confederate soldier and these are messages for General Lee.”
In 1949, General Robert E. Lee’s face was on a postage stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
"I Love Lucy” (1951-1960)
“Drafted” (1951) ~ A letter from Fort Dix makes Lucy and Ethel think that Fred and Ricky have been drafted. The flap of the envelope is open, so Lucy reasons it is okay to read Ricky’s mail. Re-sealing Ricky’s letter from Fort Dix, Ethel says “I’ve had lots of practice at this.”
Early in the episode, Lucy gets a postcard from the Bishers, who are on vacation in Florida. The comedy trope of the landlord / landlady (Ethel) reading the tenants’ mail to keep up on gossip is used here!
The premise of a letter from the Draft Board will be used again on “The Lucy Show” in 1966, when Lou C. Carmichael is mistakenly called up.
Unmailed and unfinished love letters to a former boyfriend haunt Lucy in “Lucy Changes Her Mind” (1953). When Ricky insists she finish everything she starts, she finishes the love letter to Tom Henderson and it mistakenly gets mailed!
The “I Love Lucy” Comics created a similar storyline for an issue in 1954.
Mailed postcards once again cause trouble in “Fan Magazine Interview” (1954) when a publicity scheme for the Tropicana maquerades as a ‘date’ with Ricky Ricardo. When Lucy finds one of the postcards, she naturally thinks Ricky is cheating! She tracks down the woman: Minnie Finch (Kathryn Card).
Turns out Minnie’s neighbors (Elvia Allman and Sunny Boyne) got similar invitations for ‘dates’ in the mail.
“The Passports” (1955) ~ Lucy has trouble proving where and when she was born. At the end, Lucy gets a letter from her mother enclosing her birth certificate and saving the day.
“Tennessee Ernie Visits” (1954) ~ Lucy gets a very wordy letter from her mother to explain the presence of Ernie Ford. Naturally the letter comes after Ernie has arrived.
“Tennessee Ernie Hangs On” (1954) ~ Lucy discovers an unmailed letter from Ernie to his Ma in Bent Fork, causing Lucy and Ricky to feel guilty for scheming to get rid of him.
“Lucy Gets into Pictures” (1955) ~ Ricky discovers a postcard Lucy’s written to Lillian Appleby, fibbing about having a part in a picture. In a rare blooper, Ricky calls Mrs. Appleby Lillian instead of Carolyn. She was only named Lillian in her very first appearance.
To apply the stamp, Lucy borrows Ricky’s tongue.
LUCY: “I've stamped so many cards, I'm all out of lick. Now, remember, don't read them.” RICKY: “Why not?” LUCY: “Because it's not nice to read other people's postcards.” RICKY: “Well, you and Ethel do it at home all the time.” LUCY: “Not until after they're mailed. It's illegal to read them before they're postmarked.”
“Don Juan is Shelved” (1955) ~ To save Ricky’s picture, Lucy decides to flood the studio with fan mail. She organizes an assembly line in her hotel room to churn out 500 handwritten and stamped fan letters.
“Paris at Last!” (1956) ~ Lucy goes to the American Express Office to change some money into Francs. Fred is in charge of collecting the mail, which has been forwarded to the American Express Offices along their tour route.
Although primarily known for their credit cards today, in the 1950s American Express was an international banking company that issued travelers checks and was a trusted source of currency exchange. Their international offices were equipped with reading and writing rooms which offered the latest American newspapers and magazines. They also maintained a post office where clients’ letters could be forwarded.
“Return Home from Europe” (1956) ~ Packing to sail home, a surprise in the mail changes their plans.
RICKY: “Hey, did they have any mail for us at American 'Spress?” LUCY: “Oh, yes, I almost forgot. Oh, a letter from Mother! Here's a telegram for you.” RICKY: “How do you like that? A telegram and she forwards it in the regular mail. It takes three weeks to get here!”
It turns out to be very important - an offer to play at the Roxy in New York - staring immediately!
“Lucy Raises Chickens” (1957) ~ After placing an ad for someone to help with the egg business, Ricky finds a reply in the mailbox - from Fred!. He put the letter in the box himself, saving the cost of a stamp and replacing it with an Easter Seal!
“Lucy Meets the Mustache” (1959) ~ Lucy opens a letter from Ricky’s Uncle Alberto in Cuba, then must figure out a way to get it back into the envelope before Ricky comes home! She employs a knitting needle using a technique she saw on television.
STAMPS
MAILBOXES
“The Lucy Show” (1962-1968)
“Lucy and the Missing Stamp” (1964) ~ Lucy mistakenly uses a collectible stamp on an envelope she’s mailed then realizes its value.
She tracks it to the post office where she does everything she can to retrieve it.
Herb Vigran plays the postman. Robert S. Carson plays the postmaster.
“Lucy Goes Into Politics” (1964) ~ As volunteers working on Mr. Mooney’s campaign for Danfield Comptroller, Lucy and Viv are in charge of stamping hundreds of envelopes!
“Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft” (1966) ~ The mail that contains her draft notice is delievered by Joe the Postman (Sid Gould).
Also in the mail is a letter from Lucy’s son, who is away at Military School. In probably the largest blooper in the history of “The Lucy Show,” the letter is signed “Jimmy Carmichael” instead of “Jerry Carmichael”. It was Lucille Ball who insisted to the production people that it was Jimmy, remembering the actor’s name (Jimmy Garrett) and not the character’s!
“Lucy the Bean Queen” (1966) ~ At the office, Mr. Mooney notes that it costs five cents postage to send a letter. This rate went into effect in 1963, rising a penny, and went up again another penny in 1968.
“Here’s Lucy” (1968-1974)
“Lucy’s Working Daughter” (1968) ~ When Kim must have her social security number to get a job at a boutique, Lucy confuses it for the Zip Code! The US Post Office introduced Zip Codes on July 1, 1963.
“Lucy Protects Her Job” (1969) ~ Kim disguises herself as new secretary - gum-chewing Shirley Shoppenhauer. She returns from the post office with 500 postage stamps. Unfortunately for Harry, they are all balled up in a bunch and jammed into her purse.
“Lucy and Lawrence Welk” (1970) ~ Lucy gets a letter from her old friend Viv, saying that she’s coming to visit. Naturally, the letter arrives moments before Viv walks through the door!
#Lucille Ball#Post Office#Stamps#Letters#Postcards#Mail#Mailbox#Post#Postal Worker#Mailman#My Favorite Husband#I Love Lucy#Here's Lucy#The Lucy Show#Sid Gould#Vivian Vance#Gale Gordon#Lucie Arnaz#Her Vigran#Robert S. Carson#Jay Novello#Hans Conried#Richard Denning#TV#Radio#Desi Arnaz#Jimmy Garrett#Carol Burnett#Elvia Allman#Sunny Boyne
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What Is Doom's Day? Your Complete Guide to the Multi-Platform Doctor Who Event
What Is Doom's Day? Your Complete Guide to the Multi-Platform #DoctorWho Event
More details have appeared on the merchandise soon to be released as part of this year’s multi-platform story Doom’s Day. Said to be ‘the universe’s greatest assassin’, new character Doom has to embark on a 24 hour quest to find the Doctor, in the hope the Time Lord can save her from ‘the ever-approaching Death’. It’s fair to say that the initial response to Doom’s Day back in March was less…
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#A Date With Destiny#Darren Jones#Dawn of Everlasting Peace#Doctor Who Magazine 592#Doom&039;s Day#Extraction Point#Four From Doom&039;s Day#Jacqueline Rayner#Jaye Griffiths#Lizzie Hopley#Lost in Time#MG Harris#Missy#Ninth Doctor#Robert Valentine#Second Doctor#Silas Carson#Simon Clark#Sooz Kempner#The Crowd#The Howling Wolves of Xan-Phear#Time Lord Victorious#Titan Comics
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Incomplete list of recommendations if you want greek myth retellings that are actually interesting and do something new with the concept:
Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (& friends)
O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
Cassandra by Christa Wolf
The King Must Die by Mary Renault
Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Trojan Women: A Comic by Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno (let's be honest, Ms. Carson could easily dominate this whole list but I'm trying to limit myself to one and I think this one is the most interesting.)
Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr
Oresteia by Robert Icke
An Iliad by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson
Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
Helen in Egypt by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)
Norma Jean Baker of Troy by Anne Carson (ok I lied, what are you gonna do about it?)
Weight by Jeanette Winterson
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Averno by Louise Glück
#it's incomplete bc these are just from the top of my head rn it's not comprehensive#tcp#in the beginning
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Happy 184th birthday to the world’s first selfie, taken by thirty-year-old Philadelphian photographer Robert Cornelius some time in October, 1839.
“Daguerre announced his invention of a photographic method to the French Academy of Sciences in August 1839. That October, a young Philadelphian, Robert Cornelius, working out of doors to take advantage of the light, made this head-and-shoulders self-portrait using a box fitted with a lens from an opera glass. In the portrait, Cornelius stands slightly off-center with hair askew, in the yard behind his family's lamp and chandelier store, peering uncertainly into the camera. Early daguerreotypy required a long exposure time, ranging from three to fifteen minutes, making the process nearly impractical for portraiture.” Source: "Photographic Material," by Carol Johnson. In Gathering History: the Marian S. Carson Collection of Americana, 1999, p. 100. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664436/
#I am in love with him#1839!!!!!!#mary shelley was writing when he took this#the duke of wellington was chilling#this was before the brontës had published!#robert cornelius#byronic#photography#daguerreotype#daguerreotypy#19th century#1800s#history#art#portrait#fashion#interesting#cool#selfie
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Stargate Character Birthdays
Ever wondered what Stargate characters' birthdays were? Or their zodiac signs? I offer you this:
SG-1
Daniel Jackson - July 8th, 1965 (Cancer)
Major Paul Davis - July 8th, 1969 (Cancer)
Sam Carter - December 29th, 1968 (Capricorn)
Jack O'Neill - October 20th, 1952 (Libra)
Teal'c - no date, 1899, though Chris Judge's birthday is October 13th (Libra)
Jonas Quinn - no date, but Corin Nemec's birthday is November 5th, 1971 (Scorpio)
General Hammond - no date, but Don S. Davis' is August 4th, 1942 (Leo)
Cam Mitchell - no date, but I was told that it was May/June, 1970 (Taurus or Gemini, depending)
Vala Mal Doran - no date, but Claudia Black's is October 11th, 1972 (Libra)
General Landry - October 6, 1945 (Libra)
SGA
John Sheppard - June 14th, 1970 (Gemini)
Rodney McKay - April 18th, 1968 (Aries)
Teyla Emmagan - no date, but Rachel Luttrell's is January 19th, 1971 (Capricorn)
Ronon Dex - no date, but Jason Momoa's is August 1st, 1979 (Leo)
Elizabeth Weir - October 14th, 1974 (Libra)
Evan Lorne - July 22nd, 1970 (Cancer)
Radek Zelenka - February 7th, 1967 (Aquarius)
Aiden Ford - no date, 1979, though Rainbow Sun Francks' is December 3rd (Sagittarius)
Richard Woolsey - no date, but Robert Picardo's is October 27th, 1953 (Scorpio)
Carson Beckett - January 5th, 1967 (Capricorn)
Jennifer Keller - no date, but Jewel Staite's is June 2, 1982 (Gemini)
SGU
Nicholas Rush - no date, but Robert Carlyle's is April 14, 1961 (Aries)
Everett Young - no date, 1968/1969, but Louis Ferreira's is February 20 (Pisces)
Matthew Scott - no date, 1983, but Brian J. Smith's is October 12 (Libra)
Tamara Johansen - no date, 1983, but Alaina Huffman's is April 17th (Aries)
Eli Wallace - no date, 1984, but David Blue's is January 17th (Capricorn)
Ronald Greer - no date, but Jamil Walker Smith's is August 20th, 1982 (Leo)
Chloe Armstrong - no date, 1986, but Elyse Levesque's is September 10th (Virgo)
Camille Wray - no date, but Ming-Na Wen's is November 20, 1963 (Scorpio)
David Telford - no date, between 1969-1974, but Lou Diamond Phillips is February 17th (Aquarius)
All dates were taken from the SGCommand Wiki!
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thank you for everything!! could you maybe gift the June 5, 2023 phantom show in london with adam robert lewis as the phantom?
Adam Robert Lewis (e/c The Phantom of the Opera), Anouk van Laake (u/s Christine Daaé), Connor Carson (u/s Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny) June 5, 2023; London
https://www.mediafire.com/file/08oicicvdd1pwpm/POTO+London+June+5,+2023.zip/file
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I'm re-re-re-re-rewatching Downton Abbey (more re-s) and I was thinking about the scene where Mary and Anna are thinking of who can help them with Pamuk's body... Robert is out b/c Mary can't let him know what happened. Thomas is out b/c of the blackmail (at best) potential. Anna says no about William b/c try as he might he can't keep a secret.
But they never even consider Carson.
On one hand, Carson is very loyal to Lord Grantham, but...
on the other hand, I think that he would do just about anything for Lady Mary.
Thoughts?
#downton abbey#lady mary crawley#Robert Crawley Lord of Grantham#anna smith#downton abbey season 1#charlie carson
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Found a programme for the London production of Rebecca das Musical on ebay, so I got it scanned in case someone would like to see. All 30 pages are attached below. It doesn't have a lot of photos, but it has full cast and song lists which I haven't seen anywhere else. Feel free to inbox me for a PDF copy that's easier to read. Enjoy!
Ich/I - Lauren Jones
Maxim de Winter - Richard Carson
Mrs. Danvers - Kara Lane
Mrs. van Hopper - Shirley Jameson
Beatrice - Sarah Harlington
Giles - Neil Moors
Frank Crawley - Piers Bate
Clarice - Emily Apps
Frith - Nigel-Joseph Francis
Jack Favell - Alex James-Ward
Ben - David Breeds
Colonel Julyan - Nicholas Lumley
Ensemble: Melanie Bright (u/s Mrs. Danvers), Rosie Glossop, Gail Mackinnon, James Mateo-Salt, Scott McClure, Tarisha Rommick, Elliot Swann
Directed by Alejandro Bonatto
Conducted by Robert Scott
Choreography by Ron Howell
#rebecca#rebecca london#rebecca musical london#rebecca das musical#rebecca levay kunze#daphne du maurier#a manderley ház asszonya#kara lane#lauren jones#richard carson#charing cross theatre#musical theatre#european musicals
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Drabble - Blue dress
This one is written on request of @ladyrosse.
The dress in this story is the one we see Cora wearing in S5E8 in the beginning, when Rose's parents meet with Atticus parents.
Robert glanced at the door, where was Cora, it took her a little bit longer than usual to come down. What was she doing? He tried to listen to the conversation that was going on.
Carson walked towards him. "All the guests are in the drawing room, is her Ladyship coming?" He asked.
"Thank you, Carson, as soon as her Ladyship joins us, you can announce dinner," Robert answered. He looked at the door again, but there was no sign of Cora yet.
"Papa? Where is Mama?" Mary had walked towards him. "Something wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong, dear." Robert answered. "Your mother will be down soon." He waited for Mary to start a conversation with the chap that was standing next to him. The door opened that must be Cora he thought. And as always, he felt his heart flutter, even after all these years of marriage he still got excited seeing her. She appeared in the doorway in a stunning blue dress, her blue eyes lit up, when she saw him standing in the back of the room. Robert was mesmerized by her appearance and needed a minute to soak in her beauty. She had worn this dress only one time before. They were in London, for Rose´s wedding. The dress was royal blue, covered in a kind of lacey fabric. Robert never knew the correct terms when he tried to describe Cora´s dresses. He remembered the back of her dress, it showed of her shoulder blades, without showing to much skin. He realised he was staring at her and quickly walked towards the door to greet her.
Cora was looking at Robert, she was relieved to see him walking towards her. Even after all these years she still got nervous walking into a room full of guests. She could not wait to go back upstairs with Robert. After a busy day entertaining, there was nothing better than to crawl into his arms and settle down for the night. Unfortunately, they still had to entertain their guest for a couple more hours. Robert had reached her and softly put his hand on her hip and kissed her cheek.
"You look mesmerizing, my darling." He said, while he kept his lips a little too long on her cheek.
Cora's hand went to his upper arm, his strong arms, which were always there to protect her. She forced herself to let go of them and think of something else. They were in company and should behave.
"I am glad, you decided to wear this dress again." Robert said softly, so only she could hear him.
Cora felt her cheeks colour. "You remember me wearing this one?"
Robert stepped back a little and said semi-indignant. "How could I not." He then stepped back towards her. "You always look stunning, but this dress." He run his hand over her back. "This blue makes your eyes shine and the way the dress moves around your legs." He stopped. "I do not know how to describe it, but you look stunning my darling." His hand still running over her back.
Now Cora's cheeks were bright red. "Stop it." she said softly, without sounding too harsh. She glanced around the room, but everybody was engaged in their own conversation, and nobody was looking at them.
Robert took her arm in his. "Milady, are you ready for dinner?"
Cora leaned in on him. "I am Milord."
They both looked at Carson, who nodded in agreement.
Cora turned towards the guests. "Dinner, everybody."
The drawing room started to empty, it was a big dinner with a lot of guests, and it took a while for everybody to leave the room. Robert stayed still, with Cora's arm still in his, his hand on hers. She nodded at the guests while they walked passed. Mary and Edith were the last ones to leave the room. Cora stopped Edith. "Darling, after dinner I will not stay to long can you make sure all the guests have what they need?"
Robert gave her a concerned look. "What is it?" he asked.
Cora padded his hand. "I am just a little worn down, nothing to worry about. A good night's rest will help."
"When, you are sure?" His eyebrows were drawn together, he was worried Cora was hiding something for him.
Cora got on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "I promise, there is nothing wrong. These days have just been busy with the hunting and everything. I am not your blushing bride that could go on for days on end."
Robert checked the room, and it was empty. He pecked Cora's lips. "You are still my blushing bride." He brushed his hand over Cora's cheek, which coloured the moment he said that. Robert chuckled. "You see, you still blush. Come my dear, the sooner we sit down for dinner, the sooner you can retrieve in your bedroom."
Cora's heart swelled from the love she felt for this man, she was the luckiest woman alive.
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I ud ud eatharam I ud ud aoiream I ud ud eatharam Chunna mise raoir thu 👟🕵️♂️
Critiquing the footwear of others is a timeless tradition. This puirt could perhaps be considered a precursor to the 2010's question of “What are those??” 👟
Also worthwhile is Ian MacKay's recording, which is a bop in its own right; when can you ever go wrong with an accordion?
This version by Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts is in a different order from the lyrics at the link:
Làrach do thacaidean Làrach do chruidean Làrach do bhrògan Am bòrd Loch na Muilne
Carson a bha thu spadsearsachd Timchioll tigh na muilne Robh thu'n dùil gu faigheadh tu Gu nighean bhuidhe mhuilleir?
Cha b'e brògan tacaideach Le pleitichean is cruidhean Bu chòir a bhith ma d' chasan Ma 's e caithris bha nad inntinn
Cha ghabh i idir, idir, thu Cha dèan i caithris oidhch' leat Gu'n cuir thu bhuat na bloidsearan 'S gu faigh thu brògan foidhne
#while making this post i learned that if you press Shift+P repeatedly Tumblr will cycle through dark/light/etc. mode#ceòl#gàidhlig#scottish gaelic
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Emma
Classic and loose adaptions from 1972, 1995, 1996 (x2), 2009, 2013, 2020
The fourth of Jane Austen’s novels, first published in 1815, has had many adaptions over the years. The ones pictured above are detailed below:
Emma (1972 Miniseries)
6 episodes x 45min Written by Denis Constanduros, directed by John Glenister
Starring Doran Godwin as Emma Woodhouse, John Carson as Mr. George Knightley, Debbie Bowen as Harriet Smith, Timothy Peters as Mr. Philip Elton, Robert East as Frank Churchill, Ania Marson as Jane Fairfax, among others
Clueless (1995 Film)
Loose adaption set in modern Beverly Hills, USA Written and directed by Amy Heckerling
Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz (Emma), Paul Rudd as Josh Lucas (Knightley), Stacey Dash as Dionne Davenport, Brittany Murphy as Tai Frasier (Harriet), Jeremy Sisto as Elton Tiscia, Justin Walker as Christian Stovitz (Frank), among others
Emma (1996 Film)
Written and directed by Douglas McGrath
Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse, Jeremy Northam as Mr. George Knightley, Toni Collette as Harriet Smith, Alan Cumming as Philip Elton, Ewan McGregor as Frank Churchill, Polly Walker as Jane Fairfax, among others
Emma (1996 TV Film)
Written by Andrew Davies, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence
Kate Beckinsale as Emma Woodhouse, Mark Strong as Mr. George Knightley, Samantha Morton as Harriet Smith, Dominic Rowan as Mr. Philip Elton, Raymond Coulthard as Frank Churchill, Olivia Williams as Jane Fairfax, among others
Emma (2009 Miniseries)
4 episodes x 58min Written by Sandy Welch, directed by Jim O'Hanlon
Starring Romola Garai as Emma Woodhouse, Jonny Lee Miller as Mr. George Knightley, Louise Dylan as Harriet Smith, Michael Gambon as Mr. Henry Woodhouse, Blake Ritson as Mr. Philip Elton, Rupert Evans as Frank Churchill, Laura Pyper as Jane Fairfax, Jefferson Hall as Robert Martin, among others
Emma Approved (2013-14 Webseries)
95 episodes x 4-8min, available on Youtube Loose adaption set in modern US, told in a vlog format
Created by Bernie Su, from Pemberley Digital
Starring Joanna Sotomura as Emma Woodhouse, Brent Bailey as Alex Knightley, Dayeanne Hutton as Harriet Smith, James Brent Isaacs as Bobby Martin, Paul Stuart as James Elton, Stephen A. Chang as Frank Churchill, Tyra Colar as Jane Fairfax, among others
While the series is a follow-up to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, it stands on its own.
Emma (2020 Film)
Written by Eleanor Catton, directed by Autumn de Wilde
Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse, Johnny Flynn as Mr. George Knightley, Mia Goth as Harriet Smith, Bill Nighy as Mr, Woodhouse, Josh O'Connor as Mr. Philip Elton, Callum Turner as Frank Churchill, Amber Anderson as Jane Fairfax, among others
*****
Personal favorite: 2009 But also: 1996 (Theatrical Film), Emma Approved
P.S.: 2020′s pretty popular, from what I’ve seen. I’ve enjoyed it myself, but it’s not among my favorite.
#emma#emma approved#period drama#jane austen adaptations#emma woodhouse#mr knightley#george knightley#emma 2009#clueless#harriet smith#frank churchill#emma 1996#emma 2020#emma 1972#there's an indian movie but it's in hindi and I haven't found it with subtitles!
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Doctrines of Grace - Collection of Essays
What the Bible Says About the Doctrines of Grace God's Part and Man's Part in Salvation - John Reisinger The Five Points of Calvinism – R.L. Dabney The Five Points of Calvinism – John Piper The Five Points of Calvinism - WJ Seaton The Reformaed Doctrine of Predestination by Boettner The Reformed Faith – Loraine Boettner The Reformed Faith – B.B. Warfield More Than A Calvinist – John Newton Why Can’t They See This – Tom Nettles A Defense of Calvinism – C.H. Spurgeon Calvinism Fact Sheet - Joel Barnes The Five Points of Calvinism @Monergism More articles like this....
Total Depravity Free Will – A Slave – C.H. Spurgeon Human Inability - Charles Spurgeon Man's Utter Inability to Rescue Himself - Thomas Boston The Doctrine of Total Depravity – Part I – John G Reisinger The Doctrine of Total Depravity – Part II – John G Reisinger Total Depravity – Loraine Boettner Man in His Fallen State – John Newton Decisional Regeneration - James E. Adams The Myth of Free Will - Walter Chantry Captive Hearts, Captive Church - R. C. Sproul More articles like this...
Unconditional Election Chain of Grace – John G. Reisinger The Doctrine of Election – Parts I, II & III – John G. Reisinger Election - B. B. Warfield Election - J. C. Ryle The Argument of Romans 9 – John Piper Who Chose Whom – John F. MacArthur Jr. Who Saves Whom – Michael Horton Unconditional Election - C. H. Spurgeon Election - C. H. Spurgeon Unconditional Election - Loraine Boettner Electing Love - Robert Murray McCheyne More resources like this...
Particular Redemption The Atonement – Arthur Pink Sufficient for All? - Jim Ellis Death of Death - John Owen Was Anyone Saved at the Cross – James White For Whom Did Christ Die? - C. H. Spurgeon Particular Redemption – C.H. Spurgeon Intro to The Death of Death – J.I. Packer Llimited Atonement - Loraine Boettner Partticular Redemption - Wayne Mack The Love of God and the Intent of the Atonement - D. A. Carson More Resources on Particular Redemption...
Effectual Grace Effectual Calling and Regeneration - Martyn Lloyd-Jones Justification & Regeneration - Charles Leiter The Internal and External Call - Wilhelmus a Brakel Effectual Calling – C.H. Spurgeon The Sovereignty of God the Holy Spirit in Salvation – Arthur Pink Irresistible Grace – Jacob Moseley Preaching the Grace of the Spirit’s Calling – S. Lewis Johnson Who Can Come – Mark Webb More Resources like this...
Preservation of the Saints Can a Christian Lose His or Her Salvation? - Greg Johnson Perseverance of the Saints – Loraine Boettner Sanctification and Perseverance - Herman Bavinck Perseverance of the Saints - Wilhelmus à Brakel Perseverance of the Saints by Brian Schwertley How to Know you are a Real Christian - Jonathan Edwards More Essays like this...
Related to the Doctrines of Grace
Augustine and Pelagius – R.C. Sproul From Whitefield to Wesley – George Whitefield (Includes Wesley’s Sermon Free Grace) Ian Murray on Whitefield and Wesley The Legacy of Charles Finney – Michael Horton The Carnal Christian Doctrine – John G. Reisinger The Pelagian Captivity of the Church – R.C. Sproul The Moral Basis of Faith – Tom Wells A Simple Explanation of Monergism
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Books Read In 2023
Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley (1/3/23)
East by Edith Pattou (1/4/23)
Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osbourn (1/16/23)
The Lady or The Tiger?, and The Discourager of Hesitancy by Frank R. Stockton (1/17/23)
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1/21/23)
Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti (1/22/23)
Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan (1/22/23)
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (1/26/23)
Batgirl, vol. 1: The Silent Knight (1/27/23)
Batgirl, vol. 2: To The Death (1/27/23)
Batgirl, vol. 3: Point Blank (1/28/23)
The Female of the Species by Rudyard Kipling (2/17/23)
Batgirl: Stephanie Brown, vol. 1 by Bryan Q. Miller (2/19/23)
Batgirl, Stephanie Brown, vol. 2 by Bryan Q. Miller (3/4/23)
Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren (3/4/23)
The Queen’s Blade by T C Southwell (3/5/23)
Sacrifice, The Queen’s Blade #2 by T C Southwell (3/9/23)
The Invisible Assassin, The Queen’s Blade #3 by T C Southwell (3/13/23)
Mermaids by Patty Dann (3/14/23) X
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám translated by Edward FitzGerald (3/19/23)
The Mirror Visitor by Christelle Dabos (3/21/23) X
The Missing of Clairedelune by Christelle Dabos (3/22/23) X
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy (3/24/23) X
Ronia, The Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren (3/27/23)
Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono (3/30/23)
Brine and Bone by Kate Stradling (4/10/23)
Green Arrow: Quiver by Kevin Smith (4/17/23) X
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, translated by Stanley Mitchell (4/22/23)
When Patty Went to College by Jean Webster (4/23/23)
The Princess and The Pea by Hans Christian Anderson (4/23/23)
Deathmark by Kate Stradling (4/25/23)
Without Blood by Alessandro Baricco (5/5/23)
River Secrets by Shannon Hale (5/6/23)
The Fairy’s Return and Other Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine (5/8/22)
Batman Adventures: Cat Got Your Tongue? by Steve Vance (5/14/23)
Batman Adventures: Batgirl — A League of Her Own by Paul Dini (5/17/23)
The Girl From The Other Side: Siúil a Rún, Vol. 1 by Nagabe (5/19/23)
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda. Translated by W. S. Merwin (5/26/23)
Other-Wordly: Words Both Strange and Lovely from Around the World by Yee-Lum Mak (6/21/23)
A Bride’s Story, vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori (6/25/23) X
La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils (7/17/2023)
Storefront Church by William Waring Cuney (7/24/23)
Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers (1941), compiled by Arnas Bontemps (7/28/23)
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (7/29/23)
Strawberry’s New Friend (Flower Fairy Friends series) by Pippa Le Quesne (7/29/23)
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (8/11/23)
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (8/18/23)
Convent Boarding School by Virginia Arville Kenny (9/05/23)
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis (09/18/23)
The Betsy Tacy Treasury by Maud Hart Lovelace (09/27/23)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (09/27/23)
Skylark (Sarah, Plain and Tall #2) by Patricia MacLachlan (09/27/23)
Caleb’s Story (Sarah, Plain and Tall #3) by Patricia MacLachlan (09/27/23)
Maelyn by Anita Halle (10/06/23)
Imani All Mine by Connie Porter (10/15/23)
The Perilous Gard (10/22/23)
Enemy Brothers by Constance Savery (10/29/23)
Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (11/19/23)
Gone By Nightfall by Dee Garretson (12/02/23)
The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim (12/08/23)
A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla (12/10/23)
The Thirteenth Princess by Diane Zahler (12/23/23)
The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle (12/26/23
The Wasteland by T. S. Eliot (12/31/23)
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The Exhibitors Herald, June 1926
The first of the deluxe presentations was at the Forrest theatre, Philadelphia, Thursday evening. The audience was composed largely of members of the Advertising Clubs of the World, which was holding an international convention in the Quaker City, and the members of the Poor Richard Club. There were also present a large turnout of society, official and judicial life of Philadelphia. The other audience, which included Mrs. Coolidge, members of the diplomatic corps and Washington newspapermen, as guests of the National Press club, viewed the picture at a special screening Friday night at Poli’s theatre in Washington. General W. W. Atterbury; Senator-elect [and notorious political boss] Wm. S. Vare; Senator [and law professor] George W. Pepper; Lieut. Commander Geo. B. Wilson, U. S. Navy [not to be confused with the character from the Great Gatsby] ; Mrs. Barclay Warburton [civil rights supporter and journalist] ; Major Norman MacLeod; E. T. Stottsbury; Paul Thompson; Alexander Van Rensselaer; Mrs. Charlemagne Tower; Dr. H. J. Tily [department story owner, mason] ; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Reath; Frank Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Jos. N. Snellenburg [merchant in clothing trade] ; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Block; Mr. and Mrs. Jules E. Mastbaum [movie theater and department store magnates] ; George Nitsche [possibly an affiliate of U. Penn]; Josiah H. Penniman [Provost of U. Penn] ; J. Willis Martin [a judge]; H. S. McDevitt; John J. Monaghan. Judge Buffington, of Pittsburgh; Thos Finletter [could be one of a a number of lawyers with this name]; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Einstein; Maurice Paillard, French consul; Robt. Von Moschzisker [justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]; Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick; Geo. H. Elliott, director of public safety; Chas. B. Hall, president of City Council; Dr. Charles Hart; Rev. Wm. H. Fineschriber; Chas Fox, district attorney [could be a coincidence but Charles Fox III and IV are both currently lawyers in Pennsylvania]; John Fisler, president Manufacturers Club [golf afficianado]; Albert M. Greenfield [real estate broker and developer]; Jos. P. Gaffney; Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Gimbel [department store owner]; Daniel Gimbel [brother and co-owner along with Ellis]; J. D. Lit; Richard Gimbel [son of Ellis Gimble]; Benedict Gimbel [brother of Ellis and Daniel]; Colonel Robert Glendinning [banker]; Benjamin Golder [member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives], Agnew T. Dice [President of Reading Railroad]. Dr. Leon Elmaleh [founder of the Levantine Jews Society of Philadelphia]; H. Gilbert Cassidy [a judge]; Utley E. Crane [author of Business Law for Business Men]; Cyrus H. K. Curtis [magazine publisher]; Chas. S. Caldwell; G. W. Cole; Hampton L. Carson [lawyer, professor, state Attorney general]; A. Lincoln Acker [Philidelphia port collector]; Max Aron [lawyer]; Eugene C. Bonniwell [a judge]; Chas. L. Brown; Edward Groome; Chas. L. Bartlett; Edward Bok [editor of the Ladies Home Journal]; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Lorimer [editor of the Saturday Evening Post]; Edw. Bacon; Chas. Curtis Harrison [a judge]; Samuel S. Eels, Rev. J. J. O’Hara [future Archbishop of Philadelphia], and Bishop Thos. J. Garland, D. D. [Episcopalian bishop]
There were a bunch of Universal employees in attendance too but that's less interesting to me. Let's see who went to the Washington show
Both showings were under the auspices of Ambassador Henri Beragner of France and Marcel Knecht, French publisher and trade representative. Dr. Ferdnand Heurteur, leader of the orchestra of the Paris Opera House, came to the United States to conduct the orchestras at these two showings. Among the distinguished guests at the Washington showing were: Don Juan Riano, Spanish ambassador; Senor and Senora de Mathieu, Chilan ambassador; Raoul Tilmont, secretary, Belgium embassy; G. H. Thompson, second secretary, British embassy; A. J. Pack, British embassy; Eduardo Racedo and Madame Racedo, first secretary, Argentine embassy; Conrado Traverso, Argentine embassy; Dr. and Senora Velarde, Peruvian ambassador; Dr. and Madame Santiago F. Bedoya, secretary, Peruvian embassy; Senor and Senora Tellez, Mexican ambassador; Senor and Senora Castro, secretary, Mexican embassy; Ambassador de Martino, Italy; Colonel Augusto Villa, miltary attache, Italian embassy; Count and Countess Sommati di Mombello, Italian embassy; Signor Leonardo Vitetti, Italian embassy. Baron and Baroness Ago Maltzan, German embassy; Mr. and Madame Matsuidaira, Japanese embassy; Mr. and Madame Gurgel de Amaral, Brazilian embassy; Senor and Senora de Sanchez Aballi, Cuban embassy; Senor Don Jose T. Baron, secretary, Cuban embassy; Brigadier General Georges A. L. Dumont, military attache, French embassy; Mr. Jules Henry, first secretary, French embassy; Major and Madame Georges Thenault, French embassy; Captain and Madame Willm, French embassy; Mr. A. Konow Bojsen, secretary, Danish legation; Mr. and Madame Marc Peter, Swiss ambassador; Mr. Andor de Hertelendy, Hungarian embassay; Senor and Senora Ricardo Jaimes Freyre, Bolivian embassy. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Smiddy, minister, Irish Free State; Mr. and Madame Simoposilis, Minister from Greece; Mr. and Madame Prochnik, Austrian ambassador; Mr. and Madame Charles L. Seya, Latvian embassy; Mahmoud Samy Pasha and Madame Samy Pasha, Egyptian embassy; Mr. Zdenek Fierlinger, Minister from Czechoslovakia; Mr. Simeon Radeff, Bulgarian embassy; Mr. and Madame Jan Ciechanowski, Polish minister; Senor don Manuel Zavala, Nicaragua embassy, and Mr. and Madame Bostrom, Swedish ambassador.
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100 Books to Read Before I Die: Quest Order
The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
Under The Net by Iris Murdoch
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
A Passage to India by EM Forster
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1984 by George Orwell
White Noise by Don DeLillo
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Oscar And Lucinda by Peter Carey
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré
Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Ulysses by James Joyce
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Are You There, God? It’s me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Herzog by Saul Bellow
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul
A Dance to The Music of Time by Anthony Powell
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Little Women by Louisa M Alcott
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
Watchmen by Alan Moore
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Money by Martin Amis
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
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Rena (Re-)Watches Downton Abbey: Ep.5
I have about 2h of free time which means I finally can watch a new episode - today it's all about the flowers of courtshhip and actual flowers within a garden! Let's find out which member of thhe Granthams will violate privacy laws this time!
The Episode
Daisy is still having flashbacks about seeing Mary move Mr. Pamuk's (RIP, you chauvinist) body - she's skittish, still nervous. O'Brien and Thomas Barrow both crowd her, trying to find out what Daisy knows. I love how Daisy decides to keep quiet for now! O'Brien, scheming queen, decides to tell her "concerns" about Daisy to Edith, fully knowing that Edith will use whatever she can to harm Mary's pride. Edith knows how to coax the truth out of Daisy much easier, telling her how much she thinks this weight should not be on Daisy's shoulders. It's sending a shiver down my spine!
Aunt Rosamund is mentioned for the first time, informing her brother Robert of the newest London gossip. Robert finds himself at a loss and Cora suggest Anthony Strallan as an option (who I remember being a really cool old guy, we'll see?). It also leads Cora to inform Mary that her standing in society has changed quite drastly and she is now seen as "damaged goods".
Sybil has organized a new opportunity for Gwen to interview for a position as secretary. She even decides to drive her herself in the governess carriage! Sadly, the horse is losing a shoe and Sybil and Gwen are somewhat stranded, which brings the members of Downton Household both upstairs and downstairs into great worries. Still, they make it back by the evening. Gwen does not get the job, but Sybil is still quite positive.
A flower show is happening! Moseley takes some time off to help his father. We also find out that Lady Violet is winning since she's competing as nobody dares to insult her to her face. Isobel feels very eager to tell Lady Violet, making her aware that she does not "usually win, but always win". It's so heartweaming when the Dowager Countess (?) decides that Moseley is supposed to win! I love Old Man Moseley so much.
Thomas Barrow is shown to sweet some wine - Carson has noticed during inventory that the wine bottles do not correspond with the numbers - so this was nicely set up! He's also still pretty chill at making William's life hell. He and fellow-schemer O'Brien are having a talk of him only writing about Mary to a friend - O'Brien, who knows how to keep a secret, berates him that the friend's employer is known to be a gossip - but encouraes him of getting rid of Mr. Bates, who spotted Thomas stealing. COINCIDENTALLY Lord Grantham is missing one of his snuff boxes, and KINDLY O'Brien openly says in front of everyone how unfortunate this is, given that only Mr. Bates goes into Lord Grantham's room. Anna realizes the snuff box has probably been planted in Bate's room. They both suggest to Carson to search the rooms, watching with glee how worried O'Brien and Barrow rush to their rooms. Anna also hints to Bates that his feelings are reciprocated, confessing her feelings to him.
Lastly, Mrs. Patmore's is getting some attention as Cora asks her to prepare an apple charlotte pudding for Sir Anthony Strallan, insisting she cannot read from a new receipt. I like this a lot as sicne the first episode we have Mrs. Patmore sometimes being unable to see ingredients on the table and sweet Daisy helping her out. She also drops the chicken later on and the servants, after wiping it, still serve it upstairs - what else are they supposed to do? The dining experience turns into an utter desaster when, presuming it to be sugar, Mrs. Patmore accidentally throws heaps of salt on the raspberry meringue. Carson has a really lovely talk with her which shows a bit of a softer side in him, leading to her opening up that she has not gone to the doctor yet.
We're ending on a cliffhanger, oooooooooh, with Edith writing a letter to dramatical violing music to the Turkish Embassy.
The Characters
Things are still UGH on the "Does my Dad love me?"-front between Mary and Robert. Mary and Matthew are still flirting but not owning up to things. Edith is pushed to the side. Water is wet. Still, the talk between Cora and Mary is really nice because they both so disagree with each other but affirm it.
Edith - everyone always pities her, we also are now confirmed that she was in love with Mr. Patrick, the man supposed to marry Mary. When she also overhears Mary insisting Cora should focus on Edith and that Edith as "fewer advantages" than Mary - but man ,she's so cute? Is it her being the second daughter? Probably, right ,given Downton's shaky future? Additionally, while here maybe in order to appeal to Strallan, over the course of the series, Edith's interest in machinery will increasingly be explored - I think she even learns hhow to drive. My heart hurts when she is overlooked by everyone in the room.
O'Brien, you scheming queen. I remember loving to see just how she works - what an incredible manipulator. I remember disliking her a lot during the first watch until stuff happens but by now I really like her.
Anna and Bates are just pure sugar this episode - but man, we are just five eps in and we are speaking of love? Darlings! This is a British show, we have so much time! But the confession? "You are a lady to me and I never kenw a finer one?" UGH MY HEART.
Mary vs. Edith Awfulness Score
Not sure if it counts here because this is my interpretation of camera angles - but while Sybil mentions her sympathy for Aunt Rosamund's living circumstances of bein alone in a big house, Mary mentions there is nothing to dislike, with exchanging glances at Edith. Whil Mary usually finds herself surrounded by suitors, Edith is - as we will later see- by far not as desired. I am not sure if this counts as a jab though, given that we, as a first-time-viewer, might not know this yet? This counts given two minutes later we have Isobel spell this out for the viewer. Point for Mary!
When Mary mentions she would not have gotten down from a horse, no matter how lame it was, Edith immediately replies "No, I don't believe you would", indicating once again Mary's pride as her greatest weakness. (Is pride as greatest weakness also arrogance? I am not sure!) Point for Edith!
While Mary openly mentions to her mother that she thinks Edith has none advantages, she does not tell Edith to her face yet. I'll overlook this.
Does it also not count that Edith very much goes for Strallan when Edith goes for Matthew anyway? I would say yes, given that she also rubs it into Mary's face and knows how her position has gotten much worse. Point for Edith!
Mary decides to tell Edith to her face that MATTHEW told her how much the thing with Edith is not something he is into. The hurt doubles given that Mary knows this is Matthew's opinion. Point for Mary.
Also, a point for both in now openly challenging each other with Mary saying she's quite capable of catching Strallan's attention.
Another point for Mary for immediately doing so by showing Strallan a book he might be interested in the moment Edith wants to speak to the man. Man we are having points here, it's raining!
It is kinda satisfying for Edith rub Matthew's sudden "disinterest" under Mary's nose. Still, point for you, Edith.
Current score 6:7, Edith is stil leading but man, look how this jumped up!
Other Things
I have to say, I always love the scenes where they are eating. It reminds me a bit of Little Lord Fauntleroy with Alec Guiness - I am always super keen to see what kind of food is served. I am also 1000% sure there is Downton Abbey cookbook. (Just, checked, there is, but after my 3 Jane Austen Tea Time and Cooking Books, I really shouldn't buy that one. Apple Charlotte is NOT in the cookbook)
Why are the subtitles calling her Rosamond? Netflix subtitles are so dumb sometimes.
A really nice detail is how, once Mr. Carson (and tus I suppose Mrs. Hugghes) are both out of the house, a lot of rules among the staff seem to be more lax. O'Brien is doing handiwork at the dining table, William is polishing a chandelier and Thomas is even smoking inside of the house!
...that Little Women comment about raising daughters by Cora. Ifykyn.
Those are some nice roses but my grandpa's roses are the nicest!
Mary always looks so wonderful in scarlet. Gives me Pathologic 2 Maria Kaina vibes.
What was that weird monologue by Edith? It felt so unfitting with the rest of the show - but oh well.
Quotes
"You know what they say about old Savident. Not so much an open mind as an open mouth."
"It's easy to be generous if you have nothing to loose."
"OH? Judas was only trying to help, I guess, when he brought the Roman Soldiers to the Garden!"
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