#brewster’s millions

[crusheswhimsandfancies]

This comment cracks me up. So true

[80smovies]

[angelamontoo]

Diversity win, Women can be babygirls too

[ozdeg]

[thejonymyster]

i am obsessed with moments of pause like the scene in brewster's millions when they show him the room they designed for him in all reds and greys

[my-self-reflections]

[vintagedreamsofsennett]

Brewster's Millions (1921)

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Jessie Matthews (Evergreen, First a Girl, It's Love Again, Gangway)—known as “the dancing divinity”, jessie matthews was a british musical star of stage and screen in the 20s and 30s - if you're an enjoyer of lavish art deco musicals of the likes of fred and ginger, busby berkeley etc, definitely give her movies a try they are delightful! (tantalizingly there were multiple attempts made to pair her and fred together that never came to fruition - gaumont-british tried to get fred for evergreen and mgm wanted jessie for a damsel in distress.) and for the women in tuxedos enjoyers, her 1935 movie first a girl was the first english language remake of viktor und viktoria, famously later remade with julie andrews.

Lili Damita (Brewster's Millions, Goldie Gets Along, Fighting Caravans)—no propaganda submitted

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut—there is one NSFW photo]

Jessie Matthews:

Star of British 1930s stage and screen, she introduced classic songs by Noel Coward and Rogers and Hart to English audiences, and then played perky heroines, but today it’s her genderswapping role in First A Girl that probably gets most attention.

Lili Damita:

[imahumashipper]

Why is China so fucking pretty!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited to see this movie because Brewster’s millions is one of my favorite movies

[flashfuture]

No such thing as ethical billionaires however DC has decided Someone in the Batfamily has to be a billionaire and I am a stickler for the status quo.

I need Dick to buy a bunch more Wayne Industry stocks and give the majority to Bruce so he can get his company back and get rid of all those board members who voted him off and let the Joker rob him. And then I'm going to need Bruce to buy back Wayne Manor. (We can do that instead of Joker Year One please I'm begging, stop publishing Joker Comics or at least publish them separate from the main Batman run)

Lastly, I want a scene Brewster's Millions style where someone comes in and is like "hey Mr. Grayson not questioning anything you do but after all the investing into the city for no returns well you spent almost all of your remaining money on building Titans Tower mainly installing the space warping technology ?" and Dick to let out a sigh of relief he doesn't have to deal with anything more than what he used to have and Blüdhaven is better off.

[citizenscreen]

Roscoe Arbuckle with director Joseph Henaberry on set of BREWSTER’S MILLIONS (1921).

[gatutor]

June Havoc-Dennis O´Keefe "Mi novio está loco" (Brewster´s millions) 1945, de Allan Dwan.

[angelamontoo]

A lot of my lorre related opinions have changed since I've had this blog

The biggest one I can think of rn is that Polo and 'I was an Adventuress' >>>>>>> Louie and 'I'll give a million'

[der-papero]

Ho fatto un pensiero stanotte, che poi ho detto "machisenefotte di scriverlo", sto perdendo pure la voglia di venirle a raccontare qui le cose, finisce che mi deprimo ancora di più, e poi è successo qualcosa dal sorriso tanto amaro per me da fare da scintilla per queste parole.

Oggi, cosa mai richiesta a nessuno, ho ricevuto un aumento di stipendio del 4%. Così, aggratis, dopo averne ricevuto il 10% ad inizio anno, finendo col guadagnare adesso 7000 euro lordi al mese tondi tondi.

A questo ci aggiungiamo una casa di proprietà di quasi 600mila euro, 100mila euro di conto corrente più altri 40mila di azioni, un'auto da 250 km/h che non pago, e tanta roba sfusa qua e là che manco so di avere alla fine, perché non la controllo mai (del tipo, ho da poco scoperto che pagavo a vuoto due abbonamenti che non usavo, perché manco li guardo più gli estratti conto).

Voi adesso mi direte: ma che ci stai a rompere i coglioni vantandoti di essere il nuovo finto Briatore?

No, il punto è un altro.

E' che da tanto, ormai troppo tempo, rimpiango il giorno che sono venuto in questo paese, ed è proprio su questo punto che inizia il mio rimpianto e la mia vergogna, perché ci sono venuto per i soldi, e quelli li ho fatti, eh, ne ho fatti tanti e li sto continuando a fare pur non volendoli fare, mi sembra di vivere in quel film, Brewster's Millions, quello con Richard Pryor, dove più spendeva i soldi a cazzo e più ne faceva, correndo il rischio di perdere la scommessa, e quando ho deciso di venire qua perché pensavo di meritare di più l'ho fatto spezzando il cuore a tante persone che mi volevano bene, porto al collo ogni giorno da 6 anni a questa parte una bussola regalatami da una persona che mi salutò per l'ultima volta in lacrime, e io la guardai andare via, non avendo nemmeno la minima idea di cosa stesse accadendo e gettandomela alle spalle come una scatola vuota.

E oggi questo sono, schifosamente ricco e schifosamente solo, perché sono stato uno stupido, una persona che per avidità non si è fatta scrupolo di abbandonare tutti, e pago questa scelta con un prezzo così alto da non poter mai guadagnare abbastanza per poterlo estinguere.

[saintmeghanmarkle]

H&M are starting to remind me of the 80's film "Brewster's Millions" by u/Xystal

H&M are starting to remind me of the 80's film "Brewster's Millions" Am I one of the few people who remembers this Richard Pryor movie from 1985? The premise was that a man must spend $30 Million dollars in 30 days with nothing to show for it in order to inherit $300 Million. Between their rebranding, PR blitzes, legals fees and security, H&M seem to be spending money with nothing to show for it. What else have they blown money on with nothing to show for it? post link: https://ift.tt/4ywMOjb author: Xystal submitted: February 29, 2024 at 01:05PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Why are we so fascinated with aliens?

Robert Smith is convinced the aliens have won. "The invasion has happened—it's all over," says the University of Alberta space historian who teaches a course on the history of extraterrestrials.

It's not so much that Smith believes in their literal existence, only that aliens have staked their claim in the human imagination.

"Look at the TV listings on any given night, and it's clear they are everywhere," he says. "The number of programs with extraterrestrials is striking."

Just last month, the seventh film of the Alien franchise, "Alien Romulus," was released in theaters worldwide. The series has gripped the collective imagination since 1979 and is showing no signs of slowing down. Romulus has grossed more than $225 million worldwide so far, making it the third-highest-grossing film in the series.

When he isn't tracking every detail of the James Webb telescope, launched in December of 2021, for an upcoming book on the subject, Smith is reviewing his notes for a senior seminar called "The History of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate." According to him, it's the only course in the world that probes "the existence, nature and possible significance of extraterrestrial life from the ancient world to today."

Smith contends aliens have been invading our imagination at least since the ancients. The Greek philosopher Epicurus—who first came up with the idea that the universe is made up of atoms—speculated about other worlds, as did the Roman poet Lucretius.

In the second century CE, Lucian of Samosata wrote what is considered the first work of science fiction, a satire called "A True Story" about inhabitants of the sun and the moon fighting over the colonization of Venus.

"There's always been this fascination with what you could call the other, often very similar to us but sometimes different or even wildly different," says Smith.

"The extraterrestrial becomes a kind of mirror, and by trying to understand how people see extraterrestrials, we're also learning about what people think it is to be human."

Even the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages considered the possibility of aliens as a manifestation of God's power, says Smith.

"If you attended a medieval university … one of the topics you would likely have examined would have been other worlds, because if you said there were no other worlds, it was regarded as limiting God's power."

The popular fascination with aliens took off with the publication of "Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds," by French author Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle in 1686, says Smith. Considered the first scientific blockbuster in publishing history, it was read by many people at the time and is still in print today after almost 100 editions.

The best English translation of the text, according to Smith, was done by a former U of A English professor and science fiction writer, H.A. Hargreaves, in 1990.

Considered one of the first major works of the Enlightenment, it was partly inspired by Copernicus' revolutionary discovery that Earth revolved around the sun, rather than the other way around. That shift in cosmology allowed for the possibility of other solar systems, and therefore other worlds.

By the 18th century, "The great majority of educated people probably believed in life on other worlds," says Smith.

The popularity of "Conversations" and the idea of extraterrestrial life increased well into the 19th century, fueling a hot debate between two major intellects of the age—scientist David Brewster and Anglican minister and philosopher of science William Whewell. That debate "spawned a huge body of literature," says Smith, including perhaps the most famous alien invasion tale of all time: H.G. Wells' 1897 "War of the Worlds," which left its indelible mark well into the 20th century.

Wells' novel was widely seen as a reflection of anxiety over British imperialism. The author once said the story was prompted by a discussion with his brother about the brutal British colonization of Tasmania; he wondered what would happen if Martians treated England the same way.

War of the Worlds tapped into a fundamental human fear, famously manifested when the 1938 CBS Radio version narrated by Orson Welles reportedly caused panic among some listeners who didn't realize it was fiction.

For the most part, says Smith, interest in aliens dropped off slightly in the first half of the 20th century as astronomers surmised that solar systems were relatively rare. But the mania picked up again with the space race of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

"As soon as we sent a spacecraft into space, we were thinking about the implications of that," says Smith. "Remember, the Americans actually celebrated their bicentennial in part by looking for life on Mars (with the launch of Viking 1 in 1976)."

Since then, interest in aliens has been relentless and pervasive, with a flood of movies attesting to our fascination with all things extraterrestrial, from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Star Trek" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" to "Alien," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "The X-Files" and "Dr. Who." And that barely scratches the surface.

After taking the long view, does Smith believe in the existence of extraterrestrials? He prefers to defer to the great science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. "Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying."

IMAGE: "Alien: Romulus" — the seventh film in the long-running franchise — is the latest example of how humans depict extraterrestrials as objects of both fascination and dread. Credit: Disney