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bookmaven · 8 months
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THE CASTLE OF IRON by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. (New York: Gnome Press, 1950). [Harold Shea] Dust jacket illustration by Hannes Bok.
Originally published as a 35,000 word novella in Unknown, this story is set in a parallel universe where magic works. It is the third story (and second volume) in the Harold Shea series.
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Unknown, April 1941. Edited by John W. Campbell.
THE CASTLE OF IRON by Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt. Illustrated by Edd Cartier
“They” by Robert A. Heinlein. Illustrated by Charles Schneeman
“Over the River” by P. Schuyler Miller. Illustrated by Edd Cartier
“The Haunt” by Theodore Sturgeon. Illustrated by R. Isip
“A Length of Rope” by Chester S. Geier. Illustrated by Edd Cartier
“The Forbidden Trail” by Jane Rice. Illustrated by Edd Cartier
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THE CASTLE OF IRON (New York: Pyramid, 1962) Cover by Ed Emshwiller // THE COMPLETE ENCHANTER (Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1975) Cover by D.K. Stone.
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THE COMPLEAT ENCHANTER (New York: del Rey, 1976) Cover by the Hildebrandt Brothers.// THE CASTLE OF IRON (London: Sphere, 1979) Cover by Peter Jones.
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THE COMPLETE COMPLEAT ENCHANTER (New York: Baen, 1989) Cover by Thomas Kidd // THE COMPLEAT ENCHANTER (London: Gollancz, 2000 ) Cover by Edd Cartier.
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destinygoldenstar · 1 month
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Fusing Total Drama Characters In Sims 4 (Part 9)
I’m fusing Total Drama characters in Sims 4 using the genetic mechanic.
Why?
I don’t flipping know. Why not?
I’m gonna do EVERY pairing possible. This post is just gonna be however long Tumblr allows for images.
So let’s just get into it.
I’m using my own TD Sims for this. They’re in the Gallery if you want them. As well as all these pairings and sims that get generated. So what you want.
Lindsay + Bridgette
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Alright, let’s see…
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Oh wow. That girl is like, the PERFECT Lindsay/Bridgette fusion
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Well one, I love her, two, she actually looks like Lindsay and Bridgette fused together. With the blue and the fashionable crop top and the heel version of sandals, and her hairstyle… this actually looks perfect.
The boy is whatever. He’s got a lot of animal print on for some reason.
The boys name is Jordan. He’s good & proper.
The girls name is Shea. She’s a dog lover & gloomy
Lindsay + Trent
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Alright, let’s see…
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Oh geez, they’re both mismatch.
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Welp. This one was a fail.
The girls name is Lyric. She’s active & loves the outdoors.
That’s funny cause one of my project’s characters name is Lyric. (‘Danganronpa The Privileged Traitor’, look forward to it)
The boys name is Isaac. He’s proper & good.
Okay, really? You’re gonna give the boys the same traits?
Lindsay + Harold
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What should’ve been Action’s finale.
Let’s see what sims comes up with…
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WHO IS THIS BOY?!?!
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This boy is CRAZY looking. Where’d you come from?!?!
Why do you have a mohawk?! Earrings?! A neon colored shirt?!
The girl is adorable. Why are the Harold daughters so cute?
The girls name is Elliana. She’s a loner & goofball.
The boys name is Finley. He’s practice makes perfect & a party animal.
Lindsay + Courtney
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Here’s a pairing that’d never happen.
But let’s see…
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Okay. The boy is terrible.
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I’m sorry. But he’s bald. And he’s mismatch all over. That one was a fail.
The girls cute though. I think it’s a trend now that I like the Lindsay generated girls but not the boys.
The boys name is Angelo. He’s mean & hates children.
So yeah… his personality doesn’t make up for it.
The girls name is Marisa. She’s lacrosse intolerant & cheerful.
Aww she’s got a bit of both her parents.
Lindsay & Beth
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Last one for today. And of course we got the two besties.
This should be interesting…
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Oh gosh…
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Okay, the boy, HIDEOUS. Top to bottom. Mismatch clothes. He’s got an ugly cap. He clearly has Beth’s genes when it comes to face. He’s got nose rings. UGH.
The girls actually very pretty…? Like, I’m surprised. This is a cute red dress she’s got going. And that hair? She’s pretty.
Congrats Beth, you did something right for… twice. Admittedly.
The girls name is Yvette. She’s self assured & evil.
…I take it back.
The boys name is Simon. He’s an animal enthusiast & good.
I guess this is a ‘looks aren’t everything’ story. Cause wow is that convenient that the hot one is evil and the ugly one is good.
Would be an interesting story though.
Say these generated sims were on a team on a show. What’s their team name?
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mask131 · 1 year
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Reading-list for an “old-school D&D” fantasy
Aka, here is the list of the fantasy books that MASSIVELY influenced the original D&D and its first editions. Or, if you want to put it another way, the books that were the ingredients to create D&D/that were copied by D&D.
# J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” (+ “The Hobbit”). The source of modern fantasy, and THE main influence and source of old-school D&D. In fact, the creation of D&D was basically the creation of “The Lord of the Rings: The Role-Playing Game”. Very famously (or unfamously), in its original edition, D&D included a LOT of elements taken from the work of Tolkien, that then had to be re-shaped due to being under the copyright of Tolkien’s work. In the first edition D&D you’ll find “hobbits”, “mithril” and “balrogs” for example - that D&D had to change to “halflings”, “mithral” and “balors” to legal reasons. The only Tolkien-specific creatures D&D could keep were the orcs. Overall a LOT of D&D comes from Tolkien: the original depictions of elves and dwarfs, the ents (sorry, treants), the wights, the symbols of the “eye of fire” and “white hand” for the gods the orcs worship... And of course, the “Ranger” class was originally just the character of Aragorn as a class.
# Poul Anderson’s “Three Hearts and Three Lions”. This book was one of the two sources for the alighnment system of D&D of “Order versus Chaos” in a fantasy world. The D&D trolls were also heavily influenced by the depiction of trolls in this novel, PLUS the “Paladin” class was influenced by the character of Holger Carlsen.
# Michael Moorcock’s “The Elric Saga”.The other main source of the “Order vs Chaos”, “Lawful vs Chaotic” alignment of D&D - but also the main inspiration behind the Drow and the D&D-shaped image of “Dark Elves” in general (in the novels, they are the Melnibonéan Empire). D&D also contains several other references to the Saga - for example “Blackrazor” is inspired by Elric’s iconic sword, “Stormbringer”.
# Robert E. Howard’s “Conan the Barbarian”. The source of heroic fantasy the same way Tolkien’s LotR was the source of epic/high fantasy - the Barbarian class of D&D (and the image of a Barbarian in fantasy in general) all comes from Conan. 
# Fritz Leiber’s “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser”. The origin of the “Sword and Sorcery” genre (at least, as called as such), originally intended as a parody of the Conan-style heroic fantasy genre, but then promptly becoming itself a serious and admired genre-creating classic, Leiber’s works were another major inspiration for D&D (the “Thief” class was heavily inspired by the character of the Gray Mouser), and there is a good number of supplements and books in D&D entirely centered around this book series - introducing the characters of the books, the gods of Newhon, or the city of Lankhmar, into the D&D world. 
# Jack Vance’s “The Dying Earth” series. The magic system of D&D was heavily influenced by how Vance re-imagined magic and spells in this unique sci-fi feeling fantasy: some spells and items are directly taken from the books (the prismatic spray, the ioun stones) and the entire concept of needing to “re-learn” or “re-charge” a spell once it is cast is the Dying Earth magic system (called by some “Vancian Magic”). 
# H.P. Lovecraft’s work (especially anything tied to the “Cthulhu Mythos”). Lovecraft’s brand of eldritch horror and alien fantasy has also been a big influence over the creatures and deities of early D&D - to the point that the various gods of the Cthulhu Mythos were included as one of the pantheons that could be used in the early editions of D&D (alongside other pantheons such as the gods of Newhon from Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, or the gods of the Conan world). 
# Gary Gygax, one of the creators of D&D, also listed other authors as direct influence for his game, but given I am less familiar with them I will just list them here: Fletcher Pratt (I think it might be his “Harold Shea” series, quite famous in the fantasy genre), L. Sprague de Camp, Edgar Rice Burroughs (the creator of some of the most famous American fictional characters, such as John Carter of Mars, or Tarzan) and A. Merritt. 
(Finally, not a literary work, but a series of movies that also influenced early D&D: the “Sinbad” movies of the mid-20th century. If you look through the creatures, monsters and illustrations of early editions D&D you’ll find several references to movies such as “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad“ or “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad”)
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heauxplesslydevoted · 3 months
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Read the first 2 chapters of Hearts on Fire and I have thoughts
1) I would die for Harold and Amelia. Those are my besties for life
2) they’re being entirely too heavy handed with the set up/tension for MC and Shea. For goodness sake, they had a few drinks and a make out session once months ago. They might as well had sex for the way my poor MC is mooning over it. And going forward, I don’t need every interaction to be sexually charged for no reason. If Shea and my MC happen to stare at each other, I don’t need a line about ~heat~ or ~smoldering tension~ every single time.
3) they’re trying too hard to set up Shea x Ethan similarities (the grumpiness, the lone wolf tendencies, the whiskey drinking diamond scene, the rookie/probie parallels) and I really hope they develop more of a personality as the book goes on
Overall, I give it a 7/10 and will still probably be back next week.
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dndhistory · 1 year
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Various Authors - The Dragon #15 (June 1978)
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A great wraparound cover really makes this issue stand out from the previous ones, Dragon is getting more and more professional looking as the issues go on. We get articles on the magic that Dragons can practice with a suggested variant rules article as well as two small column on damage caused by pits and random events that can occur at settlements and villages, like droughts, border raids and so forth.
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The humorous columns continue with the Monty Hall series, which I again find pretty dull. A table for random wandering monsters and another humorous article on good D&D preparation take up the middle part of the magazine. More usefully, however, we get Gary Gygax explaining differences in spell areas of effect because of the way in which scales change from dungeon to wilderness maps. Speaking of wilderness we also get some tables to randomize weather in the wilderness.
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The rest of the magazine is taken up with articles on other games, fiction and the two regular comic strips, this time with a full page panel for Trampier's Wormy. Worth noting that the main fiction piece here is a Harold Shea story by L. Sprague de Camp. Good stuff. 
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jxrm · 15 days
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book log - 2023
the librarianist by patrick dewitt
same time next year by tessa bailey
did you hear about kitty karr? by crystal smith paul
lore olympus: volume one by rachel smythe
a court if thorns and roses by sarah j. mass
summer sisters by judy blume
the demigod files by rick riordan
mistletoe and mayhem by carly winter
you shouldn’t have come here by jeneva rose
a house with good bones by t. kingfisher
christmas presents by lisa unger
z: a novel of zelda fitzgerald
the storm runner by j.c. cervantes
just another missing person by gillian mcallister
take me home by beth moran
blood sugar by sascha rothchild
a court of mist and fury by sarah j. mass
the christmas orphans club by becca freeman
under her care by lucinda berry
paris: the memoir by paris hilton
our wives under the sea by julie armfield
the celebrants by steven rowley
keep it in the family by john marrs
housemoms by jen lancaster
the woman in me by britney spears
just like home by sarah gailey
trespasses by louise kennedy
silence for the dead by simone st. james
a good family by matt goldman
the fire keeper by j.c. cervantes
dead silence by s.a. barnes
sunshine nails by mai nguyen
lore olympus: volume one by rachel smythe
the mystery guest by nita prose
her little flowers by shannon morgan
woke up like this by amy lea
legendary children by tom fitzgerald
midnight is the darkest hour by ashley winstead
the leftover women by jean kwok
everyone here is lying by shari lapena
mother-daughter murder night by nina simon
you may now kill the bride by r.l. stone
the man i never met by elle cook
hold my girl by charlene carr
legends & lattes by travis baldree
the golden spoon by jessa maxwell
bright young women by jessica kroll
suddenly a murder by lauren munoz
the only one left by riley sager
zero days by ruth ware
good bad girl by alice feeney
the christmas wager by holly cassidy
fortune by elle won steil
theme music by t. marie vandelly
close to home by cara hunter
the true love experiment by christina lauren
penelope in retrograde by brooke abrams
everyone in my family has killed someone by benjamin stevenson
the modern girl’s guide to magic by lindsay hall
i feed her to the beast and the beast is me by jamison shea
hello stranger by katherine center
the unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry by rachel joyce
gone tonight by sarah pekkanen
the library of the dead by t.l. huchu
what never happened by rachel howzell hall
look out for the little guy by scott lang
the christmas mourner by marian mccarthy
every little breath by keri beevis
this might hurt by stephanie wrobel
the last word by taylor adams
a court of wings and ruin by sarah j. mass
forth wing by rebecca yaros
hello beautiful by ann napolitano
summer rental by rektok ross
the house across the lake by riley sager
a cursed covenant by leigh ferguson
her rebel highness by diana ma
stone heart by katee robert
the perfect match by dandy smith
camp zero by michelle min sterling
one by one by frieda mcfadden
the wishing game by meg shaffer
a court of frost and starlight by sarah j. mass
that summer feeling by bridget morissey
to die for by lisa grey
the wrong family by tarryn fisher
heiress apparently by diana ma
the school for good mothers by jessamine chin
tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin
she started it by sian gilbert
best friends forever by shannon hollinger
the housekeepers by alex hay
secluded cabin sleeps six by lisa unger
lore olympus: volume two by rachel smythe
of women and salt by gabriela garcia
kismet by amina akhtar
the devil wears scrubs by frieda mcfadden
girl, forgotten by karin slaughter
come closer by sara gran
the exorcist’s house by nick roberts
august blue by deborah levy
hang the moon by jeannette walls
the thursday murder club by richard osman
a whole new world by liz braswell
run on red by noelle w. ihli
the last thing he told me by laura dave
lore olympus: volume three by rachel smythe
how to sell a haunted house by grady hendrix
the dead romantics by ashley poston
cassandra in reverse by holly smale
i used to be fun by melanie summers
the showrunner by kim moritsugu
runaway groomsman by meghan quinn
i want to die but i want to eat tteokpokki by baek she-hee
the whispers by ashley audrain
e. aster bunnymund and the warrior eggs at the earth’s core! by william joyce
allergies: poems on grieving and loving by maggie bowyer
hermione granger and the philosopher’s stone by sara baines-miller
the summer house by keri beevis
exiles by jane harper
just the nicest couple by mary kubica
the very secret society of irregular witches by sangu mandanna
have you seen her by catherine mckenzie
the shallows by holly craig
a love letter to whiskey by kandi steiner
hermione granger and the chamber of secrets by sara baines-miller
the coworker by frieda mcfadden
tiny beautiful things by cheryl strayed
you’re not supposed to die tonight by kalynn bayron
the little old lady who broke all the rules by catharina ingelman-sundberg
hermione granger and the prisoner of azkaban by sara baines-miller
the blonde identity by ally carter
nicolas st. north and the battle of the nightmare king by william joyce
women in white coats by olivia campbell
the ex talk by rachel lynn solomon
hermione granger and the goblet of fire by sara baines-miller
the wife before by shanora williams
gone again by minka kent
know my name by chanel miller
in the lives of puppets by t.j. klune
the homewreckers by mary kay andrews
going dark by melissa de la cruz
all the dangerous things by stacy willingham
counterfit by kirsten chen
the rewind by allison winn scotch
have i told you this already? by lauren graham
beyond the wand by tom felton
jana goes wild by farah heron
the perfect son by frieda mcfadden
america’s next reality star by laura heffernan
the new mother by nora murphy
georgie, all along by kate clayborn
the storied life of a.j. fikry by gabrielle zevin
a flicker in the dark by stacy willingham
the villa by rachel hawkins
device free weekend by sean doolittle
what the neighbors saw by melissa adelman
the library of lost and found by phaedra patrick
motherthing by ainslie hogarth
the block party by jamie day
tanqueray by stephanie johnston
the ex hex by erin sterling
rock paper scissors by alice feeney
the kiss curse by erin sterling
it ends with us - colleen hoover
the summer of broken rules by k.l. walther
the wife stalker by liv constantine
in my dreams i hold a knife by ashley winstead
the family remains by lisa jewell
my secret sister by lauren westwood
the engagement by samantha hayes
if we were villains by m.l. rio
the sleepover by keri beevis
twenty years later by charlie donlea
the doctor’s wife by daniel hurst
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haroldgross · 11 months
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New Post has been published on Harold Gross: The 5a.m. Critic
New Post has been published on https://literaryends.com/hgblog/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one/
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
[3 stars]
While this boasts some of the biggest and most unrelenting action of the MI franchise it also, surprisingly, has the second weakest script of the series so far (only topped by MI 2). And I say “surprisingly” because it was another co-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie (Top Gun: Maverick).
This latest installment… or should I say down-payment given the nature of the two-part tale… isn’t bad. In fact it has a thrill a minute and was quite prescient about the world. It was already in the can  just months ahead of ChatGPT becoming the seismic market and political hot potato that continues to rock the world.  In fact, it would have preceded it if it had hit theaters as planned before the pandemic. However, that also means they spend a great deal of time explaining things that, now, everyone knows and thinks they understand. It makes the movie a bit exposition heavy, to be sure.
But all that aside, the truth is that MI has been getting steadily darker for the last few movies. Much like Bond, the man at the center of the stories is getting worn down and losing those around him. The humor has drained out of the stories and the reality of the fight has taken over, for better and worse. It has made the stories more realistic, but it has also leeched out much of the respite and joy that made them triumphant at the end. It is feeling a lot more like No Time to Die than, say, Octopussy.
Some of the humor gap was due to the lack of screen time for Simon Pegg (Luck) and Ving Rhames (Wendell & Wild), who have both been support, brains, and comic relief for the series. Rebecca Ferguson (Silo) had more humor, or at least light-hearted interaction with Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick) than either of the two making for an odd rhythm. And Haley Atwell (Christopher Robin), who finally got the spy-ish role she has deserved, likewise carried that aspect of the story.
The women, interestingly, are the real center of movie, holding it all up. Even Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Thunder Force), with a smaller role, added significantly to that aspect.
But our big bads were an odd mix. Esai Morales was very effective as the cold representative of destruction. But Vanessa Kirby ( Hobbs & Shaw) reprising her role was a bit more confused and unfocused. Perhaps we’ll get more in part 2 of the story to understand her conflicts? And even the “good” side of the equation, read Cruises’ own folks, were less than crisp in their actions and motivations. Shea Whigham (Vice) clearly has a personal beef that isn’t yet revealed. And Cary Elwes (We Don’t Belong Here) was, well almost laughable in his role as Director. How much of this came down to late editing of stories versus just weak directing on McQuarrie’s part is hard to pull apart, but some of it lands at his feet to be sure.
Ultimately, this is a great ride with a lot of open questions and wounds to be resolved in the second film. Did it need to be two films? Probably not. One 3 hour installment probably could have done it by trimming several of the many, many, many chase scenes and several discussions. But I am willing to reassess when I see the true ending of a clever saga. So do see this if you like the MI universe, but know that you’re not going to feel sated at the end, only primed for the next sitting.
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mangus-khan-blog · 1 year
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Pulling the Pen
Daily writing promptHow do you want to retire?View all responses SHORT FICTION – PROSE/LIGHT RANT Harold Shea is an ordinary fellow, as fellows go. He has no grand stories about this girl or that girl. He is a simple chap who eats tuna on toasted rye. Harold and I are clerks at the Ministry of Useless Facts and Random Memories. A person becomes a clerk if they have a knack for remembering and…
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byneddiedingo · 2 years
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian, 1931; Victor Fleming, 1941)
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Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins (1931)
Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Halliwell Hobbes, Edgar Norton, Tempe Pigott. Screenplay: Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath, based on a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Cinematography: Karl Struss. Art direction: Hans Dreier. Film editing: William Shea.
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Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman (1941)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, Peter Godfrey, Sara Allgood. Screenplay: John Lee Mahin, based on a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and a screenplay by Samuel Hoffenstein and Percy Heath. Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Harold F. Kress. Music: Franz Waxman. 
MGM's 1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a virtual remake of Paramount's 1931 version of the Robert Louis Stevenson novella: John Lee Mahin's screenplay is clearly based on the earlier one by Samuel Hoffenstein and Percy Heath. The similarities are so obvious that MGM, having bought the rights to Paramount's version, tried to buy up all prints of it.* Seeing the two versions back-to-back is a pretty good lesson in how things changed in Hollywood over ten years: For one thing, the Production Code went into effect, which means that the "bad girl" Ivy (Miriam Hopkins in 1931, Ingrid Bergman in 1941) ceased to be a prostitute and became a barmaid. Hopkins shows a good deal more skin than does Bergman, and in the 1931 we see the scars on her back, inflicted by Hyde's whip, whereas in 1941 we see only the shocked reaction of those who view them. As for Jekyll/Hyde (Fredric March in 1931, Spencer Tracy in 1941), the earlier version gives us a lustier Jekyll -- we sense that he's so eager to marry the virtuous Muriel Carew (Rose Hobart) because he wants to go to bed with her. Tracy's Jekyll indulges in a little more PDA with his fiancée, Beatrix Emery (Lana Turner), than her Victorian paterfamilias (Donald Crisp) would like, but there's no sense of urgency in his attraction to her. It's widely known that the original casting had Turner playing Ivy and Bergman as Beatrix, but that Bergman wanted to play the bad girl for a change -- it's clearly the better part -- and persuaded director Victor Fleming to make the switch. March's Hyde is a fearsome, simian creature with a gorilla's skull and great uneven teeth; Tracy's is just a man with a lecherous gaze, unruly hair, bushy eyebrows, and what looks like an unfortunately oversize set of false teeth. March's Jekyll -- pronounced to rhyme with "treacle" -- is a troubled intellectual, whereas Tracy's -- pronounced to rhyme with "heckle" -- is a genial Harley Street physician who genuinely wants to find a cure for bad behavior. March won an Oscar for his performance, and he does lose his sometimes rather starchy manner in the role. Tracy, I think, was just miscast, though in real life he had his own Jekyll/Hyde problems: The everyman persona hid a mean drunk. *MGM did the same thing to Thorold Dickinson's 1940 film of Gaslight when it made its own version, directed by George Cukor, in 1944, but didn't succeed in either case.
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ggcaps · 4 years
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senamarais · 3 years
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5.13 g.g. Blair x Cyrus x Harold,
like or reblog if you save please <3
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mllekurtz · 3 years
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If you could make all your friends read one book, what book and why?
Hi, friend! ♥
Oh, this is a hard question. Both because I'm generally very persuasive (and/or my friends are very patient, bless) and they end up reading whatever I recommend, and because there are SO MANY BOOKS that I think everyone should read.
I'm going to go with the first title that popped into my mind, which is unsurprisingly The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers: the closest a novel has made adult-me feel to that sweet, irreplaceable feeling of making friends with make-believe characters you only get when you're a child.
I love so many things about it: the character-driven, episodic structure, the cleverness of the world-building, the way aliens feel properly, well, alien but their cultures and mores make total sense, and the fact that the author approached this with such a strong "cisheteronormativity? don't know her" attitude. I recommend the sequels as well (reflections on mortality and what makes us human? space racism? found family, so much found family?) but this book, to me, is a staple.
Also I'm very grateful to it because it's the reason me and @dawl-and-dapple are friends, so cheers to that!
(I am holding an AMA, send me your questions!)
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leatheryhoward · 4 years
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2020 Gossip Girl Rewatch | S01E11 ‘Roman Holiday’
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michigandrifter · 5 years
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Smoking Guns 1934
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astoldbyblair · 7 years
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Gossip Girl (2007-2012)
Season 2 Episode 16 - You’ve Got Yale! (2009)
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infj-zen · 2 years
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Movies
Some movies to watch starring INFJ actors
The Acid House  Colin 'Coco' Bryce (segment "The Acid House")
Agent Game  Omar
Alien vs. Predator Graeme Miller 
All Hat Steve Allman
Almost Friends Charlie
Amanda & Jack Go Glamping Amanda
American Renegades Jim Rainey 
American Sausage Standoff Edward Hofler
Anonymous Thomas Dekker
Apostasy Elder Steven
The Arbor Young David
Around the World in 80 Days Inspector Fix
Arthur and the Invisibles Arthur
Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard Arthur
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds Arthur (voice)
The Art of Getting By George Zinavoy
Astro Boy Astro / Toby (voice) 
As You Like It Silvius
August Rush August Rush
Belfast Billy Clanton
Beneath a Sea of Lights Caweys 
Benjamin Benjamin 
Black Hawk Down Nelson
Blade Runner 2049 Doc Badger
Blindness Sergeant
Borg vs. McEnroe Vitas Gerulaitis 
Broken Rick
The Brothers Grimsby Tabansi Nyagura
The Cabin in the Woods Lin
Cadia: The World Within Tanion
Canyon Del Muerto Sylvanus Griswold Morley
Captain Phillips Muse
Catch Me If You Can Miggy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie Bucket
The Coming of the Martians George 
Creation Stories Alan McGee
Dance Flick Mr. Stache
Death at a Funeral Justin 
Deep Swimmer Theo
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Mailman
Dragon Rider Ben (voice) 
Exodus: Gods and Kings Expert
Extortion Miguel Kaba 
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Wiraj
Eye in the Sky Jama Farah
Faintheart Julien
Faintheart Tim
Fancy Dancing Bernard Schiff
Finding Neverland Peter Llewelyn Davies 
First Cow Lloyd
Five Children and It Robert 
Fool's Gold Alfonz
A Fox's Tale Little Jack (voice) 
Freedom's Path Silas
Get Santa PS Finkerton
A Girl from Mogadishu Hassan 
The Glimmer Man Det. Jim Campbell
The Golden Compass Pantalaimon (voice) 
Good Time Dash the Park Security Guard
A Good Year Young Max 
The Gospel According to Vic Stevie Deans 
Great Expectations Wemmick
Groom Lake Kate
Hallam Foe Andy / hotel employee
The Happy Prince Alfred Bosie Douglas
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Fred Weasley
Hollywood Shuffle Donald / Jheri Curl 
The Huntsman: Winter's War Duke of Blackwood
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Jack Spade 
Island Calum 
Jack the Giant Slayer Wicke
The Journey Jack the Driver 
Judge Dredd Junior Angel 
Julien Donkey-Boy Julien
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Tech Merc
Justin and the Knights of Valour Justin (voice) 
Kick-Ass 2 Insect Man
Last Night in Soho Cloakroom Attendant 
Legend Frank Shea
Let's Kill Ward's Wife Gina
The Life of Stuff Fraser
A Low Down Dirty Shame Shame 
Marvelous Lars
Mary and the Witch's Flower Flanagan (English version, voice)
Master Harold and the Boys Hally Ballard 
Match Point Inspector Dowd 
Mediator Steven
Mirror Mirror Charles Renbock
Mojo Skinny
Most Wanted James Dunn
Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice 
National Theatre Live: All My Sons Chris Keller
The Novice Jill Yarrut
Paranoid Gordon
Parked Cathal O'Regan
Patchwork Garret 
Pearl Harbor Red 
Perfect Sense James
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet Joe
The Pirates of Somalia Abdi 
The Reckoning Simon Damian
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest Chaz
Royal Deceit Frovin 
The Rundown Declan
Scary Movie Slave
The Selfish Giant Phil the Barman
7 Days: The story of Blind Dave Heeley Captain Williams
Sironia Molly
16 Years of Alcohol Jake 
Skagerrak Gabriel
Snatch Mullet
Snowpiercer Andrew
The Spiderwick Chronicles Jared Grace / Simon Grace 
Star 80 Comic
The Tempest Ariel 
Testament of Youth Victor Richardson 
Trainspotting Spud
T2 Trainspotting Spud
21 and a Wake-Up Caitlin Murphy
Two Brothers Raoul Normandin 
Tyson's Run Aklilu
The Vault  Thom
The Veil of Twilight Rabbi Dunbar
Waiting for You Paul Ashton 
War Horse David Lyons
Wide Open Spaces Austin
Wonder Woman Charlie
Wonder Woman 1984 Charlie (Photograph) (credit only)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Henry Strangler
The Zero Sum Leonard Paulson
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