#sheila raynor

[cinemacouture]

A Clockwork Orange (1971, dir. Stanley Kubrick) had Milena Canonero as costume designer in her first gig; the movie also was very low-budget (almost all of it was shot on location rather than in sets), so most of the costumes are off-the rack except for some of Alex's fantasy sequences where I'm sure it's reused period stock.

Canonero's Droog costumes however remains one of the most iconic costume designs in film history; the combination of underclothes, suspenders, old-fashioned hats and cricket codpieces. The asymmetrical makeup calls to mind tribal warriors but also adds a little androgyny (despite them all being vicious misogynists). The final touch is gore prosthetic decorations, such as the eyeballs on Alex's cuffs, that feel like a forerunner to punk fashion. This kind of DIY costume design was also done to excellent effect by Bobbie Mannix on The Warriors and Norma Moriceau on Mad Max 2.

There's some other nasty 'Droog' gangs too; one of the torture sequences (more harrowing cos Kubrick was being a sociopath again and had Malcolm McDowell's eyes being scratched for real) has some other Droogs in different hats, whilst Alex's nemesis 'Billyboy' (played by Richard Connaught) wears a very different kind of Droog uniform; consisting of leather overalls, military wear (especially WWII German military), and clashing colourful frilly shirts.

McDowell also gets to wear a fantastic purple suede and snakeskin jacket - prop sites say it was designed by Canonero, but the first comment on this Propstoreauction youtube video says something different 'I actually sold this coat to Malcolm around september 1970 in Kensington market in London , it is a plum suede and python trim coat designed and made by a young Yugoslavian guy and bought from our stock. the film’s costume designer had no imput. Malcolm chose it. Priced at £120 in 1970, it was the most expensive item in the market'. Interesting - given it only appears in one brief scene, it would make sense that it was bought. He also gets to wear a red and white nightgown that presumably was also off the rack.

As for the rest of the film's outfits? They all scream '1971' and were presumably off the rack. though almost all the women have had their hair dyed in garish colours. I love the red outfits worn by Sheila Raynor as Alex's mother, as well as the vinyl-lined red jumper worn by the unnamed lodger. Also the multicoloured dress worn by the psychiatrist, and the red jumpsuit worn by one of Alex's victims. Also the Milk Bar security who wear spandex unitards with studded belts, for some reason?

There's a couple of fantasy sequences that Alex indulges in, that I'm mostly including so that someone can hopefully indentify which film their costumes are from - he briefly has a fantasy of being a Roman soldier torturing Jesus, as well as being an ancient noble. Then he has one as a soldier in Old Testament battles; again, I highly doubt these were made for the film given the very low budget and the briefness of these fantasy sequences (clips from other movies were used in these fantasy sequences after all), but I did notice the helmets worn by his warriors were familiar - because they had been reused by costume designer James Acheson in the Doctor Who serial 'The Mutants' a year later!

[saturdaynightmovie]

Sheila Raynor in

Madonna and Child (1980) Director: Terence Davies

[recycledmoviecostumes]

This dress has seen extensive use over the years. Its first sighting was on actress Sheila Raynor as Tabitha Aykroyd in the 1973 mini-series The Brontës of Haworth. In 1978 it was spotted on Pippa Guard as Maggie Tulliver in The Mill on the Floss. The following year it made a very brief appearance on an extra in The Old Curiosity Shop. 1985’s The Pickwick Papers recycled the dress for use on Tamsin Heatley in the role of Mary, and in 1999 Justine Waddell wore the costume as Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters. In 2007, the gown was worn by Julia Sawalha as Jessie Brown in Cranford, and finally in 2019 on Gemma Whelan as Marian Lister in Gentleman Jack.

Costume Credit: Ameliadean, carsNcors Sarah A. Shrewsbury Lasses 

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[mariocki]

The Omen (1976)

"The little priest, is he dead yet?"

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Clockwork Orange 1971

[ozu-teapot]

A Clockwork Orange | Stanley Kubrick | 1971

Philip Stone, Sheila Raynor, Malcolm McDowell

[rahenning]

A Clockwork Orange

      A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 Stanley Kubrick ultraviolent masterpiece that tells the story of the criminal young man Alex DeLarge (Malcom McDowell). Alex is the leader of a gang of delinquents who kill, rob and rape in London –UK. Alex falls into the hands of the police and in jail gets an opportunity to reduce his time in prison. He began to be studied and participating in experiments focused on curbing destructive impulses of the human being. Alex developed a reaction to the stimulus he was subjected to but also became powerless to deal with the violence that surrounded him. The film is an adaptation of Anthony’s Burgess’s 1962 novel of the same name. The film has a different ending than the original book.

When talking “A Clockwork Orange” it is a must to talk about its director Stanley Kubrick, his aesthetic, photography and music in film. Kubrick is considered by many one of the biggest genius in the history of film. He dominated all the possible genres in film creating real masterpieces. Stanley was very interested in the human being and theirs falls, desires and secrets. One of his biggest desires with his films was to be provoking and controversy but in high quality. His films are easy identified. His film’s aesthetic were always built after an extensive research based on books, documentaries, and thesis. Kubrick wanted to make sure he was the biggest authority in its themes once he stepped in the film set. The director was also known by never having the scrips ready and sometimes making alterations right before filming it. He was constantly writing and changing lines. Prior to beginning his path as a director, Kubrick was a photographer, it helped him to have all the knowledge to know how to get to the results that he intended. He had a very technical knowledge and worked with his own camera and lenses. But his equipment was minor compared to his eye. The vanish point is one of his most important characteristics in film. All was seeing in image, the architecture, the position of the actors, colors and all the details were well thought by the director. He liked to give the audience all the information possible in the scene but without telling where the information is. All the camera movements and actions had a reason to happen working in a subjective way giving the audience a chance to interpret by themselves without having an explanation connected in the film. His films works like a puzzle to the audience.

Another piece of Kubrick’s puzzle movies is the music. Stanley knew the power of music and how it could be used to build the films premise. He liked to use classic and often create it. In “Eyes Wide Shut” for example, the music is one of the main elements to create the tone of the film. Kubrick’s have done allegory about our society in his films, in the desire, in the violence, in war, in secrets and insanity. When “A Clockwork Orange” film was released a wave of violence and crimes began to surge in England with young people saying they got influenced by the movie. Kubrick not just took the film off the cinemas but also prohibited it in England for 25 years. “The Shinning”, “2001: A Space in Odissey” and “Dr.Strangelove” are great examples of Stanley Kubrick’s works.

       The aesthetic of “A Clockwork Orange” is full of neobaroque references. Baroque is a lot more than just a period in history of culture. Baroque it is also an aesthetic term and stylistic concept. The blaring, shining and plastic colors. Everything is colorfully aggressive and exuberant. The furniture and decorations are grotesque and often sexual with naked white woman elements on it. The characters clothing also follow this premise. Alex’s mother (Sheila Raynor) is a strange motherly figure who wears nylon and fluorescent wigs. Her clothing contrasts the father (Phillip Stone) which clothing tries to bring a more conservative idea to the audience. His attitude and attire contradicts with the exaggeration of the elements in his house.

     The camera movement, editing, slow motion or fast forward effects also adds to create this cinematography experience to the audience. A good scene to amplify this matter is the scene when Alex have sex with two women in his room. As mentioned before, music plays an important role in Kubrick’s films. In “A Clockwork Orange” the audience listen to a mix of electronic synthetic and classic music with Beethoven 9th Symphony and the well-known Gene Kelly’s song “Singing in the rain”. The soundtrack of film was done by Wendy Carlos. One of the most known scenes in the movie is the one that Alex and his gang invades a house and in a performance way while singing “Singing in the rain” begins to assault, terrorizes and sexually abuse Mr. and Mrs. Alexander (Patrick Magee and Adrienne Corri)  . His movements are slow and sudden to the point that each time that he suddenly hurts them, the audience can feel how much more painful it is not just because of the actual physical assault but the psychological terror created by him.

         One of the screenplay’s scene that brings more discomfort to the audience is when Alex begins his treatment and experiments with the doctors in the prison. Alex was subjected to a series of treatments focused on the Ludovico radical behaviorist method. A fictional aversion therapy. With this technique, Alex had to be strapped into a chair with his eyes wide forcedly open, drugged and to watch ultra-violent videos that could trigger his violent self. This way each time the videos trigger his emotions, he develops a stomach and mental discomfort causing him nausea and vomit. The doctors also played a video with his favorite song, the 9th Symphony. Every time Alex listen to this song he would have the exact same reaction as if he was experiencing a violent act. Alex treatment is successful in the eyes of the doctors and society. Although it transformed him in an individual incapable to defend himself when the violence was being directed to him.

     The author of the original book once said “If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange—meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with color and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil.” – Anthony Burgess.

    The tittle of the film explains a lot about the screenplay. The organic and natural of the orange and the engineering and mechanic of the inside of the clock. Alex experiences this transformation from an organic human being with the good and very bad in him and shifts to this programed mind person. His mind begins to work conditionally and mechanically.

      “A Clockwork Orange” does not deserve less than 5 stars. It is a true masterpiece, full of controversy, hard to watch elements and a lot of culture behind it. My personal and only negative opinion is on the age of the main character. Alex is living a high school delinquent student on his 17 years old. The actor was 27 years old at the time and it shows. His gang friends also did not look like a 15-17 years olds young boys. It bothers me a little and does not give me an idea of a high school student. Overall this film is very important in the history of film, such as most of Kubrick’s works.

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1975/76

Omen – Il presagio

Also Known As (AKA)

(original title) The Omen

Argentina La profecía (1976)

Austria Das Omen

Belgium (Flemish title) De vervloeking

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian title) Pretkazanje

Brazil A Profecia

Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) Поличбата

Canada (French title) La Malédiction

Croatia Pretkazanje

Denmark Tegnet

Finland (Swedish title) Spådom

Finland Ennustus

France La Malediction

Germany Das Omen

Greece Η Προφητεία

Hungary Ómen

Iran (Persian title) TALE E NAHS

Italy (DVD title) Omen il Presagio

Italy Il presagio

Japan Omen

Lithuania Ženklas

Mexico La profecía

Norway Omen

Peru La profecía

Poland Omen

Portugal O Génio do Mal

Serbia Predskazanje

Soviet Union (Russian title) омен 1

Spain La profecía

Sweden Omen

Turkey (Turkish title) Kehanet

Ukraine Омен

USA (working title) The Birthmark

USA (working title) The Antichrist

Uruguay (original subtitled version) La profecía

West Germany Das Omen

(reissue title) Omen I: The Antichrist

(reissue title) Omen I:

(reissue title) Omen I: The Birthmark

Release Dates

USA 25 June 1976

Austria September 1976

UK 16 September 1976

Spain 20 September 1976 (San Sebastián Film Festival)

West Germany 25 September 1976

Hong Kong 30 September 1976

Italy 30 September 1976

Japan 2 October 1976

Finland 5 November 1976

Greece 5 November 1976

Denmark 6 November 1976

Spain 8 November 1976

Netherlands 11 November 1976

France 17 November 1976

Argentina 2 December 1976

Norway 2 December 1976

Australia 23 December 1976

Ireland 11 February 1977

Brazil 21 February 1977

Belgium 3 March 1977 (Gent)

Mexico 18 March 1977

Uruguay 1 April 1977

Sweden 12 April 1977

Portugal 3 August 1977

Poland December 1977

Turkey February 1980

Hong Kong 23 May 1980 (re-release)

Belgium 31 October 2013 (Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival Bruges)

Argentina 12 May 2018 (re-release) (limited)

Directed by Richard Donner

Music by Jerry Goldsmith

Filming Dates

12 October 1975 - 2 January 1976

technical specifications

Runtime 1 hr 51 min (111 min) (Italy / Uk)

1 hr 47 min (107 min) (cut) (Germany)

Cast

Gregory Peck ... Robert Thorn

Lee Remick ... Katherine Thorn

Harvey Stephens... Damien

David Warner... Jennings

Billie Whitelaw ... Mrs. Baylock

Patrick Troughton ... Father Brennan

Martin Benson... Father Spiletto

Guglielmo Spoletini ... Italian Taxi Driver

Patrick McAlinney... Photographer

Robert Rietty ... Monk

Tommy Duggan ... Priest

John Stride ... The Psychiatrist

Anthony Nicholls ... Dr. Becker

Holly Palance ... Nanny

Roy Boyd ... Reporter

Freda Dowie ... Nun

Sheila Raynor ... Mrs. Horton

Robert Macleod ... Horton

Bruce Boa ... Thorn's Aide

Don Fellows ... Thorn's Second Aide

Dawn Perllman ... Chambermaid

[tigriswolf]

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April: 47

May: 63

June: 72

July: 95

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September: 31

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December: 343

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 Mary 25, 2017: The Fox Wish by Kimiko Aman & Komako Sakai; Pretty Salma a Little Red Riding Story from Africa by Niki Daly; All Birds Have Anxiety by Kathy Hoopman

 May 28, 2017: Twelve Dancing Unicorns by Alissa Heyman & Justin Gerard; The Moon Dragons by Dyan Sheldon & Gary Blythe; The Cajun Cornbread Boy by Dianne de Las Casas & Marita Gentry

 May 30, 2017: Sleeping Bobby by Will Osborne & Mary Pope Osborne & Giselle Potter; Cinderella by Max Eilenberg & Niamh Sharkey; Little Red Riding Hood by Lari Don & Celia Chauffrey & Imelda Staunton; Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton; How Robin Saved Spring by Debbie Ouellet & Nicoletta Ceccoli; The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett & Poly Bernatene; The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool & Alison Jay; The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson & Paul Howard; I’m Not Sleepy by Jane Chapman; Me Too, Grandma by Jane Chapman; Bedtime in the Forest by Kazuo Iwamura; Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox & Lydia Monks; Prince Ribbit by Jonathan Emmett & Poly Beratene; Otto the Owl Who Loved Poetry by Vern Kousky; Hoot and Holler by Alan Brown & Rimantas Rolla; Yard Sale by Mitra Modarressi; The Little White Owl by Tracey Corderoy & Jane Chapman; Taking Care of Mama by Mitra Modarressi; Little Owl’s Day by Divya Srinivasan; Little Owl’s Night by Divya Sirinivasan; Seven Fathers by Ashley Ramsden & Ed Young; Little Red by Bethan Woollvin; Puss in Boots by Joy Cowley & Sam-hyeon Kim

 May 31, 2017: The BFG by Roald Dahl; The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Mary Hoffman & Miss Clara

 June 1, 2017: Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine

 June 7, 2017: Scowl by Steve Smallman & Richard Watson; Because I Had a Teacher by Kobi Yamada & Natalie Russell

 June 7 – July 17, 2017: Helping Children Succeed What Works and Why by Paul Tough; Poverty and Schooling in the US Contexts and Consequences by Sue Books

 June 8, 2017: The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy & Niamh Sharkey; The Sons of the Dragon King by Ed Young; Moon Mother by Ed Young; The Magical Snow Garden by Tracey Corderoy & Jane Chapman; If Kisses Were Colors by Janet Lawler & Alison Jay; White Wave A Chinese Tale by Diane Wolkstein & Ed Young; Hoot and Peep by Lita Judge; Owl Sees Owl by Laura Godwin & Rob Dunlavey; Timothy Tugbottom Says No by Anne Tyler & Mitra Modarressi; Sleeping Bunny by Emily Snowell Keller & Pamela Silin-Palmer; Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie & Ed Young

 June 9, 2017: Hooray for Spring by Kazuo Iwamura; The Very Noisy Night by Diana Hendry & Jane Chapman; Hooray for Fall by Kazuo Iwamura; Hooray for Snow by Kazuo Iwamura

 June 10, 2017: The Not-So Scary Snorklum by Paul Bright & Jane Chapman

 June 12, 2017: Big Red and the Little Bitty Wolf by Jeanie Franz Ransom & Jennifer Zivoin; Sidney & Norman a tale of two pigs by Phil Vischer & Justin Gerard; Once Upon a Time, the End by Geoffrey Kloske & Barry Blitt; The Frog Prince Saves Sleeping Beauty by Charlotte Guillam & Dan Widdowson; October Smiled Back by Lisa Westberg Peters & Ed Young; The First Song Ever Sung by Laura Krauss Melmed & Ed Young; Desert Song by Tony Johnston & Ed Young; The Cat from Hunger Mountain by Ed Young; Lon Po Po a Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young; The Best Gift of All by Jonathan Emmett & Vanessa Cabban; Beyond the Great Mountains a Visual Poem about China by Ed Young; Clever Katya a Fairy Tale from Old Russia by Mary Hoffman & Marie Cameron; Hooray for Summer by Kazuo Iwamura; Hooray for Today by Brian Won; Moon Bear by Brenda Z Guiberson & Ed Young

 June 14, 2017: Listen, Listen by Phillis Gershator & Alison Jay; Crabs, Crayfishes, and Their Relatives by Beth Blaxland

 June 15, 2017: Sun, Moon, and Stars by Mary Hoffman & Jane Ray

 June 18, 2017: Cats Are Cats by Nancy Larrick & Ed Young; For Biddle’s Sake by Gail Carson Levine; The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine; The Fairy’s Mistake by Gail Carson Levine

 June 19, 2017: The Fairy’s Return by Gail Carson Levine

 June 22, 2017: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine

 June 23, 2017: Gooseberry Goose by Claire Freedman & Vanessa Cabban; Down in the Woods at Sleepytime by Carole Lexa Schaefer & Vanessa Cabban; Where There’s a Bear, There’s Trouble by Michael Catchpool & Vanessa Cabban; Hooray for Hat by Brian Won

 June 24, 2017: Hurry Hurry Have You Heard by Laura Krauss Melmed & Jane Dyer; Jumbo’s Lullaby by Laura Krauss Melmed & Henri Sorensen; Through the Heart of the Jungle by Jonathan Emmett & Elena Gomez; Twelve Terrible Things by Marty Kelley; The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney; Breezier, Chessier, Newest, and Bluest by Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable; A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne; Under, Over, By the Clover by Brian P Cleary & Brian Gable; Twenty Heartbeats by Dennis Haseley & Ed Young

 June 25, 2017: Warhorses by Yusef Komunyakaa

 June 26, 2017: The Last Unicorn the Lost Version by Peter S. Beagle

 June 26 – June 30, 2017: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

 June 27, 2017: Betsy Who Cried Wolf by Gail Carson Levine & Scott Nash; The Hunter by Mary Casanova & Ed Young; The Princess and the Frogs by Veronica Bartles & Sara Palacios; Betsy Red Hoodie by Gail Carson Levine & Scott Nash

 June 29, 2017: Georgie’s Best Bad Day by Ruth Chan; The Cat Book by Silvia Borando; The Tortoise & the Hare by Jerry Pinkney

 June 30, 2017: Beauty and the Beast by H. Chuku Lee & Pat Cummings; Beauty and the Beast by Ursula Jones & Sarah Gibb; The Seal Mother by Mordicai Gerstein

 July 1, 2017: Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies by Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable; Yaks Yak by Linda Sue Park & Jennifer Black Reinhardt; Pete with No Pants by Rowboat Watkins; Where’s My Truck by Karen Beaumont & David Catrow; The Catawampus Cat by Jason Carter Eaton & Gus Gordon; Puss in Boots by Jerry Pinkney; A Most Mysterious Mouse by Antony Shugaar, Giovanna Zoboli, & Lisa D’Andrea; Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling & Jerry Pinkney; Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack & Jerry Pinkney; Three Little Kittens by Jerry Pinkney; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Jerry Pinkney; Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon & Jerry Pinkney; The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney

 July 1 - 3 2017: Katherine Howard A New History by Conor Byrne

 July 3, 2017: Home Place by Crescent Dragonwagon & Jerry Pinkney; Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins; The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney; The White Cat and the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart & Sydney Smith; Ideas Are All Around by Philip C. Stead; The Grasshopper & the Ants by Jerry Pinkney; Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead & Erin E. Stead

 July 4, 2017: Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson

 July 7, 2017: Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins; Sidewalk Flowers by Jon Arno Lawson & Sydney Smith; Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins; Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole; Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon & Jerry Pinkney; Sometimes It’s Storks by LJR Kelly & the Brothers Hilts; A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers & Sam Winston; Big and Small, Room for All by Jo Ellen Bogart & Gillian Newland; Pinduli by Janell Cannon; Magic Box by Katie Cleminson; All the Awake Animals are almost asleep by Crescent Dragonwagon & David McPhail; Bringing Down the Moon by Jonathan Emmett & Vanessa Cabban; The Third Gift by Linda Sue Park & Bagram Ibatoulline

 July 7 - 8, 2017: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

 July 8, 2017: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers; The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers; Clovis Crawfish and His Friends by Mary Alice Fontenot & Keith Graves; A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare by Brian P Cleary & Martin Goneau; Clovis Crawfish and Fedora Field Mouse by Mary Alice Fontenot & Scott R Blazek; Be Quiet by Ryan T Higgins; The Dragon Prince by Laurence Yep & Kam Mak; The Shell Woman & the King by Laurence Yep & Yang Ming-Yi; Verdi by Janell Cannon; Wilfred by Ryan Higgins; Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz & Sydney Smith; The Boy Who Swallowed Snakes by Laurence Yep & Jean&Mou-Sien Tseng; The Khan’s Daughter by Laurence Yep & Jean&Mou-Sien Tseng

 July 10, 2017: Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers; Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers; This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers; Cuddle Up, Goodnight by Katie Cleminson; Cat Knit by Jacob Grant

 July 13, 2017: The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers; Bad Boys by Margie Palatini & Henry Cole; Chicken Big by Keith Graves; Stuck by Oliver Jeffers; How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers; Jack’s Garden by Henry Cole; Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer & Oliver Jeffers

 July 14, 2017:  Three Nasty Gnarlies by Keith Graves; The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers; Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves; Livingstone Mouse by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole; Rosie’s Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole; Puppy by Keith Graves; Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketterman & Keith Graves; Desert Rose and Her Highfalutin Hog by Alison Jackson & Keith Graves; Dinorella a Prehistoric Fairy Tale by Pamela Duncan Howard & Henry Cole; The Worrywarts by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole

 July 15 - 26, 2017: Edward II the Unconventional King by Kathryn Warner

 July 24, 2017: A Very Curious Bear by Tony Mitton & Paul Howard; Little Bird’s Bad Word by Jacob Grant; Scaredy Kate by Jacob Grant; While the World Is Sleeping by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Daniel Kirk

 July 27, 2017: Hook by Ed Young; Diamond in the Snow by Jonathan Emmett & Vanessa Cabban; If… by Sarah Perry; The Girl Who Loved the Wind by Jane Yolen & Ed Young; All of You Was Singing by Richard Lewis & Ed Young; The Lost Horse by Ed Young; Petrouchka by Elizabeth Cleaver

 July 28, 2017: A Strange Place to Call Home by Marilyn Singer & Ed Young; The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky; A Ladder to the Stars by Simon Puttock & Alison Jay; The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed & Jim LaMarche

 July 29, 2017: Nailheads & Potato Eyes by Cynthia Basil & Janet McCaffery; The Girl’s Like Spaghetti by Lynne Truss & Bonnie Timmons; This for That by Verna Aardema & Victoria Chess; All Ducks Are Birds (But Not All Birds Are Ducks) by Tara Michele Zrinski; Eats, Shoots, & Leaves by Lynne Truss & Bonnie Timmons

 July 31, 2017: Tony by Ed Galing & Erin E. Stead

 August 1, 2017: What If… by Anthony Browne; Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne; Twenty-Odd Ducks by Lynne Truss & Bonnie Timmons; A Cat Named Swan by Holly Hobbie; Into the Forest by Anthony Browne; The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker & Grace Lin

 August 11, 2017: Nursery Tales Around the World by Judy Sierra & Stefano Vitale

 August 11-12, 2017: I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew by Dr. Seuss

 August 13, 2017: I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano; The Wisdom of Owls by Debbie Mumm; The Butterfly’s Treasure by Schim Schimmel

 August 13 – 14, 2017: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving & Will Moses

 August 14 – 15, 2017: Blackwater by Eve Bunting

 August 15, 2017: The Red Tree by Shaun Tan; The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan; Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan; The Owl and the Lemming by Roselynn Akulukjuk & Amanda Sandland; The Butterfly Boy by Laurence Yep & Jeanne M. Lee

 August 16 – 17, 2017: Weird but True by Leslie Gilbert Elman

 August 18, 2017: Jeremiah Learns to Read by Jo Ellen Bogart & Laura Fernandez & Rick Jacobson; Princess Sophie and the Six Swans by Kim Jacobs; Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan; The Rabbits by John Marsden & Shaun Tan

 August 21, 2017: the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace

 August 22 – 26, 2017: The Clockwork Teddy by John J. Lamb

 August 22 – 29, 2017: Choice Words by Peter H. Johnston;

 August 25 – October 24, 2017: Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design Choosing Among Five Approaches by John W. Creswell & Cheryl N. Poth

 August 30, 2017: Someday by Eileen Spinelli & Rosie Winstead; An Octopus Followed Me Home by Dan Yaccarino; Unlovable by Dan Yaccarino; The Little Bad Little Pig by Margaret Wise Brown & Dan Yaccarino; Cat Talk by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan Charest; Your Moon, My Moon by Patricia MacLachlan & Bryan Collier

 September 3 - 9, 2017: The Mournful Teddy by John J. Lamb

 September 9 -20, 2017: The False-Hearted Teddy by John J. Lamb

 September 14, 2017: Painting the Wind by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan & Katy Schneider; I Am A Story by Dan Yaccarino; I Didn’t Do It by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan Charest & Katy Schneider; The Best Story by Eileen Spinelli & Anne Wilsdorf; What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan & Barry Moser; The Moon’s Almost Here by Patricia MacLachlan & Tomie dePaola; A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen & Mike Lowery; The Word Collector by Sonja Wimmer; Someone Like Me by Patricia MacLachlan & Chris Sheban; Lala Salama A Tanzanian Lullaby by Patricia MacLachlan & Elizabeth Zunon

 September 15, 2017: The Color of Home by Mary Hoffman & Karin Littlewood; Tell Me What to Dream About by Giselle Potter

 September 16, 2017: The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas & Erin E. Stead

 September 20 - 25, 2017: The Crafty Teddy by John J. Lamb

 September 21, 2017: The Women at the Well by Grace Bauer; Bittle by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan & Dan Yaccarino; Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne & Giselle Potter; That Book Woman by Heather Henson & David Small; The Year I Didn’t Go to School by Giselle Potter; Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey & Giselle Potter; Crush by Richard Siken  

 September 21 – October 3, 2017: 1491 New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

 September 21 – October 19, 2017: The Poems of Emily Dickinson ed. by R.W. Franklin

 September 25 - 30, 2017: The Treacherous Teddy by John J. Lamb

 September 28, 2017: Playing from the Heart by Peter H. Reynolds; Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds; The Water Princess by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds; I watched you disappear by Anya Krugovoy Silver

 September 30, 2017: Trail of Stones by Gwen Strauss; Classic Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm by Francesca Rossi; Six Blind Mice and an Elephant by Jude Daly

 October 1 - 5, 2017: Treasures in Dust by Tracey Porter

 October 4 - 7, 2017: How To Write a Lot by Paul J. Silvia

 October 5, 2017: The Town In the Library by E. Nesbit; The Last of the Dragons by E. Nesbit & Peter Firmin; The Rainforest Grew All Around by Susan K. Mitchell & Connie McLennan; Melisande by E. Nesbit & PJ Lynch; The Mysterious Traveler by Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham, & PJ Lynch; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by PJ Lynch; Jack and the Beanstalk by E. Nesbit & Matt Taveres; Louisiana Through My Lens by Chad Guidry & Yvette Naquin; The King of Ireland’s Son by Brendan Behan & PJ Lynch; Lionel and the Book of Beasts by E. Nesbit & Michael Hague; Grandad’s Prayers of the Earth by Douglas Wood & PJ Lynch; Llama Llama Time to Share by Anne Dewdney

 October 6 - 8, 2017: Quotes That Will Change Your Life ed. by Russ Kick

 October 6, 2017: Tashi and the Forbidden Room by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, & Kim Gamble; Who Said by Jennifer Michael Hecht; From Nothing by Anya Krugovoy Silver; Catkin by Antonia Barber & PJ Lynch; Splat Says Thank You by Rob Scotton; The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler; Hey That’s My Monster by Amanda Noll & Howard McWilliam

 October 7, 2017: Tashi by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, & Kim Gamble; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Jon Erickson & Jan Morgensen; Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Cynthia Rylant & Jen Corace; The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy; Transformations by Anne Sexton; My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett & Ruth Chrisman Gannett; Elmer and the Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett & Ruth Chrisman Gannett; The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth Stiles Gannett & Ruth Chrisman Gannett

 October 8 - 27, 2017: Voodoo Queen the Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau by Martha Ward

 October 12, 2017: The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Adrian Mitchell & Jonathan Heale; There Once Was a Boy Called Tashi by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, & Kim Gamble; Russel’s Christmas Magic by Rob Scotton; Love, Splat by Rob Scotton; The Straw Maid by Anita Lobel; Splish, Splash, Splat by Rob Scotton; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Joohee Yoon; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Thomas Di Grazia

 October 13, 2017: Splat the Cat and the Late Library Book by Cari Meister & Robert Eberz; Russell and the Lost Treasure by Rob Scotton; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Paul Galdone; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Rachel Isadora

 October 17, 2017: The Frog Princess by Elizabeth Isle & Michael Hague

 October 18 – 19, 2017: The Swan’s Stories by Hans Christian Anderson, Brian Alderson, & Chris Riddell

 October 19, 2017: The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Eve’s Red Dress by Diane Lockward; Poisoned Apples Poems for You My Pretty by Christine Heppermann; Voices of the Trojan War by Kate Hovey & Leonid Gore; the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace

 October 21, 2017: The Foxwood Surprise by Cynthia & Brian Paterson; The Foxwood Smugglers by Cynthia & Brian Paterson; The Fairies by William Allingham & Michael Hague; Calendarbears by Kathleen & Michael Hague; The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Fred Marcellino & To Seidler; The Unicorn Alphabet by Marianna Meyer & Michael Hague; Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton; Michael Hague’s Treasury of Christmas Carols; Splat and the Cool School Trip by Rob Scotton; Robbery at Foxwood by Cynthia & Brian Paterson; The Foxwood Kidnap by Cynthia & Brian Paterson; The Foxwood Regatta by Cynthia & Brian Paterson

 October 23, 2017: Speaking of Art Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters ed. by Bob Raczka; Secret Agent Splat by Rob Scotton; Marilyn’s Monster by Michelle Knudsen & Matt Phelan; The Foxwood Treasure by Cynthia & Brian Paterson

 October 24, 2017: Into the Dark & Emptying Field by Rachel McKibbens; Argus by Michelle Knudson & Andrea Wesson; Rainbow in the Cloud the Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou

 October 25, 2017: Quotes Every Man Should Know ed. Nick Mamatas

 October 27, 2017: A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton; Druthers by Matt Phelan; Flora’s Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall & Matt Phelan; Cloud Country by Noah Klocek & Bonny Becker; What Are You Waiting For? By Scott Menchin & Matt Phelan; The New Girl by Jacqui Robbins & Matt Phelan; Have a Look, Says Book by Richard Jackson & Kevin Hawkes; The Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen & Kevin Hawkes; Always by Ann Stott & Matt Phelan; The Christmas Crocodile by Bonny Becker & David Small; I’ll Be There by Ann Stott & Matt Phelan; Dogosaurus Rex by Anna Staniszewski & Kevin Hawkes; A Library Book for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton; The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky & Kevin Hawkes; How the End Begins by Cynthia Cruz

 November 1, 2017: The Sniffles for Bear by Bonny Becker & Katy MacDonald Denton; Just a Minute by Bonny Becker & Jack E Davis; A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Rasmussen, Marilyn Nelson, Pamela Espeland, & Kevin Hawkes; Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle & Matt Phelan; A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton; Xander’s Panda Party by Linda Sue Park & Matt Phelan; A Bedtime for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton  

 November 2, 2017: Dreamland by Roni Schotter & Kevin Hawkes; Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Anne Isaacs & Kevin Hawkes; This Beautiful Day by Richard Jackson & Suzy Lee; Bartleby Speaks by Robin Cruise & Kevin Hawkes; When Giants Come to Play by Andrea Beaty & Kevin Hawkes; Me, All Alone at the End of the World by MT Anderson & Kevin Hawkes; In Plain Sight by Richard Jackson & Jerry Pinkney

 November 3, 2017: Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison & Kevin Hawkes

 November 6 - 8, 2017: Wunderkammer by Cynthia Cruz

 November 8, 2017: The Library of Alexandria by Kelly Trumble & Robina MacIntyre Marshall; Ruin by Cynthia Cruz

 November 9, 2017: Averno by Louisa Gluck; The Land of Froud ed. by David Larkin; Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman & Kevin Hawkes; And to Think that We Thought that We’d Never Be Friends by Mary Ann Hoberman & Kevin Hawkes; A Thanksgiving Comedy Turk and Runt by Lisa Wheeler & Frank Ansley; Over There by Steve Pilcher; All Ears, All Eyes by Richard Jackson & Katherine Tillotson

 November 10, 2017: What’s the Hurry, Fox? And Other Animal Stories

 November 10 - 14, 2017: Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

 November 16, 2017: Humble Pie by Jennifer Donnelly & Stephen Gammel; Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman & Divya Srinivasn; Little Rabbit’s New Baby by Harry Horse; Here She Is! By Catherine LeBlanc & Eve Tharlet

 November 17, 2017: Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back by Joseph Bruchac, Jonathan London, & Thomas Locker

 November 20, 2017: blinking with fists by Billy Corgan

 November 20 – 21, 2017: Feminine Gospels by Carol Ann Duffy

 November 21, 2017: If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul & David Walker; Anything for You by John Wallace & Harry Horse; Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; Dragons Love Tacos 2 The Sequel by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; A Friend for Little Bear by Harry Horse; Aida by Leontyne Price, Leo Dillon, & Diane Dillon; Little Rabbit Goes to School by Harry Horse; Will You Still Love Me If…? By Catherine Leblanc & Eve Tharlet; Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse; Big Bad Bubble by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; One for All, All for One by Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlet; Little Rabbit Runaway by Harry Horse; A Ball for All by Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlet; Little Rabbit’s Christmas by Harry Horse; A Promise Is a Promise by Knister & Eve Tharlet

 November 22, 2017: Last Psalm at Sea Level by Meg Day; A Child Is a Child by Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlet; Dear Dragon by Josh Funk & Rodolof Montalvo; Human Rights by Joseph Lease; A Man In My Position by Norman MacCaig

 November 22 - 26, 2017: 24 Stories for Advent by Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlot

 November 23, 2017: where the apple falls by Samiya Bashir

 November 24, 2017: Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines by Natalie Wee; The Spring Rabbit by Joyce Dunbar & Susan Varley; She Persisted 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger; The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse by Miriam Norton & Garth Williams

 November 25, 2017: Uppity Women Speak Their Minds by Vicki Leon  

 November 28, 2017: Grumbles from the Forest Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist by Jane Yolen, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, & Matt Mahurin; This Book Will Not Be Fun by Cirocco Dunlap & Olivier Tallec; The Elf’s Hat by Brigitte Weninger & John A. Rowe; Ragged Bear by Brigitte Weninger & Alan Marks; Lumina by Brigitte Weninger & Julie Wintz-Litty; Bye-Bye Binky by Brigitte Weninger & Yusuke Yonezu; Goodnight Nori by Brigitte Weninger & Yusuke Yonezu; Don’t Blink by Tom Booth;

 November 28 - 30, 2017: War of the Foxes by Richard Siken

 November 29, 2017: Imagine That How Dr. Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat by Judy Sierra & Kevin Hawkes; Apex Predators by Steve Jenkins

 November 29 - 30, 2017: Heroines Great Women Through the Ages by Rebecca Hazell

 November 30 – December 2, 2017: Garfield at Large by Jim Davis

 December 2, 2017: Sister Day by Lisa Mantchev & Sonia Sanchez; Meet the Dullards by Sara Pennypacker & Daniel Salmieri; The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski; Henry & Leo by Pamela Zagarenski; Someday, Narwhal by Lisa Mantchev & Hyewon Yum; Happy Birthday, Cupcake by Terry Border; Milk Goes to School by Terry Border

 December 3, 2017: Peanut Butter & Cupcake by Terry Border; Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue & Pamela Zagarenski; Red Sings from Treetops A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman & Pamela Zagarenski

 December 4 - 7, 2017: A Book about Names by Milton Meltzer & Mischa Richter

 December 5, 2017: The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken; Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev & Taeeun Yoo; Temple Cat by Andrew Clements & Kate Kiesler

 December 7, 2017: The Christmas Teddy Bear by Ivan Gantschev; Those Darn Squirrels by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; Those Darn Squirrels Fly South by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri; Anklet for a Princess a Cinderella Story from India by Lila Mehta, Meredith Brucker, & Youshan Tang; The Jade Necklace by Paul Yee & Grace Lin; If the Shoe Fits Voices from Cinderella by Laura Whipple & Laura Beingessner; This Is Just to Say Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman & Pamela Zagarenski; Cinderella by Diane Goode; Cinderella by Amy Ehrlich & Susan Jeffers; Something about a Bear by Jackie Morris

 December 8, 2017: The Gospel Cinderella by Joyce Carol Thomas & David Diaz; The Red Thread an Adoption Fairy Tale by Grace Lin; Mariana and the Merchild by Caroline Pitcher & Jackie Morris; The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo & Ruth Heller; Sun and Moon Folk Tales by Various Artists; Cinderella by Sarah L. Thomson & Nicoletta Ceccoli; The Cat and the Fiddle a Treasure of Nursery Rhymes by Jackie Morris; I Am Cat by Jackie Morris; Lord of the Forest by Caroline Pitcher & Jackie Morris; The Snow Leopard by Jaackie Morris; The Seal Children by Jackie Morris; The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin; The Gift by Carol Ann Duffy & Rob Ryan; Cinderella by Paul Galdone; Cinderella by Peter Elwell & Jada Rowland; The Time of the Lion by Caroline Pitcher & Jackie Morris  

 December 8 - 12, 2017: Out of the Ark Stories from the World’s Religions by Anita Ganeri & Jackie Morris

 December 12, 2017: Tell Me a Dragon by Jackie Morris; The Sea King's Daughter by Aaron Shepard & Gennady Spirin; Song of the Golden Hare by Jackie Morris; The Bad Seed by Jory John & Pete Oswald; Savitri a Tale of Ancient India by Aaron Shepard & Vera Rosenberry; The Ice Bear by Jackie Morris; A Small Book of Unicorns by Jay Burch & Josephine Bradley; King o’ the Cats by Aaron Shepard & Kristin Sorra; Silence by Lemniscates  

 December 12 - 20, 2017: Hatching Magic by Ann Downer

 December 13, 2017: Sweet Dreams, Bruno by Knister & Eve Tharlot; Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry; The Seal Mother by Mordicai Gerstein; Abadeha The Philippine Cinderella by Myrna J. de la Paz & Youshan Tang; The Princess Mouse a Tale of Finland by Aaron Shepard & Leonid Gore; One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes! A Very Grimm Fairy Tale by Aaron Shepard & Gary Clement; The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo & Robert Florczak; The Magic Brocade a Tale of China by Aaron Shepard & Xiaojun Li; The Crystal Heart a Vietnamese Legend by Aaron Shepard & Joseph Daniel Fiedler

December 14, 2017: Cendrillon A Cajun Cinderella by Sheila Hebert Collins & Patrick Soper; Blanchette et les Sept Petits Cajuns A Cajun Snow White by Sheila Hebert Collins & Patrick Soper; How the Stars Fell into the Sky A Navajo Legend by Jerrie Oughton & Lisa Desimini; Older Brother, Younger Brother A Korean Folktale by Nina Jaffe & Wenhai Ma; The Magic Weaver of Rugs A Tale of the Navajo by Jerrie Oughton & Lisa Desimini; Penguin Problems by Jory John & Lane Smith; I Love You Already by Jory John & Benji Davies; The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems by Jackie Morris; A Treasury of Mermaids Mermaid Tales from around the World by Shirley Climo and Jean&Mou-sien Tseng; Kongi and Potgi A Cinderella Story from Korea by Oki S. Han; The Golden Flower a Taino Myth from Puerto Rico by Nina Jeffe & Enrigue O. Sanchez; The First Strawberries a Cherokee Story by Joseph Bruchac & Anna Vojteck; Thumbelina by Brian Pinkney; Jolie Blonde and the Three Heberts by Sheila Hebert Collins & Patrick Soper; The Korean Cinderella by Shirley Climo & Ruth Heller; One Cheetah, One Cherry by Jackie Morris; Quit Calling Me a Monster by Jory John & Bob Shea; Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck & Anita Lobel; Wilfred by Ryan Higgins; Cendrillon a Caribbean Cinderella by Robert D. San Souci & Brian Pinkney; The Story of the Milky Way a Cherokee Tale by Joseph Bruchach, Gayle Ross, & Virginia A. Stroud; Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose by Dr. Seuss; The Magic Fish by Freya Littledale & Winslow Pinney Pels; The Lost Dinosaur Bone by Mercer Mayer; Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs by Freya Littledale & Susan Jeffers; The Monster Bed by Jeanne Willis & Susan Varley; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett & Ron Barrett; The Unicorn of the West by Alma Flor Ada & Abigail Pizer

December 15, 2017: Scrambled Eggs Super by Dr. Seuss; The Dream Collector by Troon Harrison and Alan&Lea Daniel; Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman; The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater & The Fan Brothers; Ike’s Incredible Ink by Brianne Farley

 December 16 - 19, 2017: Twelfth Night by Shakespeare

 December 17, 2017: Know-It-Alls Wolves; We Are Wolves by Molly Grooms & Lucia Guarnotta; The Tale of the Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt & Tim Jonke; The Legend of the Three Trees by Catherine McCafferty & Gene ‘n Geppy Productions; The Penguin Who Wanted to Sparkle by Kath Smith & Sophie Groves; Antarctic Antics a Book of Penguin Poems by July Sierra, Jose Aruego, & Ariane Dewey; Mary, Did You Know? By Mark Lowry & Phil Boatwright; Clovis Crawfish and His Friends by Mary Alice Fontenot & R. A. Keller

 December 17 - 18, 2017: The Word Play Almanac by O. V. Michaelsen

 December 18, 2017: The Little Drummer Boy by Katherine Davis, Henry Onoratt, Harry Simone, & Kristina Rodanas; Kiviuq and the Mermaids by Noel McDermott & Toma Feizo Gas; hello sunshine a little book of happy by Freya Ete; The Legend of the Jersey Devil by Trinka Hakes Noble & Gerald Kelley; The Frog Prince by Paul Galdone; The Drummer Boy by SooHyeon Min & Peggy Nille; The Turtle and the Monkey by Paul Galdone; King of the Birds by Shirley Climo & Ruth Heller; Nobody Rides the Unicorn by Adrian Mitchell & Stephen Lambert; The Sea Serpent and Me by Dashka Slater & Catia Chien; Kamik an Inuit Puppy Story by Donald Uluadluak & Qin Leng; Hansy’s Mermaid by Trinka Hakes Noble; The People of Twelve Thousand Winters by Trinka Hakes Noble & Jim Madsen

 December 19, 2017: Antigonick by Sophokles translated by Anne Carson; Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus translated by George Thomson; Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish & Fritz Siebel; Amelia Bedelia and the Baby by Peggy Parish & Lynn Sweat; Good Work, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish & Lynn Sweat; Monster Goose by Judy Sierra & Jack E. Davis; Once Upon a Mouse by Lockie Holt & Amye Rosenberg; This Great Unknowing Last Poems by Denise Levertov; milk and honey by Rupi Kaur

 December 19 - 21, 2017: Sisters of Glass by Stephanie Hemphill; Fooling around with Shakespeare by Glenda Richmond Slater & Dale Goss Mozley  

 December 20, 2017: Can You Guess My Name? by Judy Sierra & Stefano Vitale; Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith

 December 21, 2017: The Christmas House by Carol Bullman & Jim Madsen; The King’s Tea by Trinka Hakes Noble; Tuko and the Birds a Tale from the Philippines by Shirley Climo & Francisco X. Mora; When I Was Little Like You by Jill Paton Walsh & Stephen Lambert; It’s a Book by Lane Smith; A Perfect Day by Lane Smith; Tuki and Moka a Tale of Two Tamarins by Judy Young & Jim Madsen; Grandpa Green by Lane Smith; Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam & Lane Smith; There Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane Smith; Fly by Night by June Crebbin & Stephen Lambert

 December 21 – 22: Louisa the Poisoner by Tanith Lee

 December 22, 2017: Day Dreamers a Journey of Imagination by Emily Winfield Martin; The Little Drummer Boy by Katherine Davis, Henry Onoratt, Harry Simone, & Ezra Jack Keats; The Littlest Family’s Big Day by Emily Winfield Martin; Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen; Dream Animals a Bedtime Journey by Emily Winfield Martin; The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin

 December 22 - 24, 2017: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl; A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

 December 23, 2017: Ariel The Restored Edition by Sylvia Plath; Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst & Lane Smith; Glasses who needs ‘em? By Lane Smith; The Crossing by Donna Jo Napoli & Jim Madsen; Brother Wolf a Seneca Tale by Harriet Peck Taylor; The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka & Steve Johnson; Triangle by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen; That’s Me Loving You by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Teagan White; Princess Hyacinth (the Surprising Tale of a Girl who Floated) by Florence Parry Heide & Lane Smith; The Big Pets by Lane Smith; Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies by Harriet Peck Taylor; Coyote Places the Stars by Harriet Peck Taylor; Cowboy & Octopus by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith

 December 23 - 29, 2017: The Bhagavad-Gita Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War translated by Barbara Stoler Miller

 December 24, 2017: Sarah’s Unicorn by Bruce&Katherine Coville; How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers; Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers; The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers; The Velveteen Rabbit the Classic Edition by Margery Williams Bianco & Charles Santore; East of the Sun & West of the Moon by Mercer Mayer; The Beastly Visits by Mitra Modarressi; The Last Bit Bear by Sandra Chisholm Robinson & Ellen Ditzler Meloy; Dear Children of the Earth a Letter from Home by Schim Schimmel; Monster Stew by Mitra Modarressi; Children of the Earth… Remember by Schim Schimmel; The Family of Earth by Schim Schimmel; Owlet’s First Flight by Mitra Modarressi; Stone Soup by Ann Mcgovern & Winslow Pinney Pels; Oddfellow’s Orphanage by Emily Winfield Martin

 December 24 – 28, 2017: Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin

 December 25, 2017: A Treasury of Peter Rabbit and Other Stories by Beatrix Potter; Petrouchka the Story of the Ballet by John Collier & Vivian Werner; The Random House Book of Stories from the Ballet by Geraldine McCaughrean & Angela Barrett; A Ring of Tricksters Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa by Virginia Hamilton & Barry Moser

 December 26, 2017: Zoe’s Cats by Zoe Stokes; This Morning I Held a Rose by Tina Hacker & Anne Jaeschke; a couple of local boys by George Rodrigue & Gus Well; Constellations by Larry Sessions; Singing Away the Dark by Caroline Woodward & Julie Morstad; Swan the Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder & Julie Morstad; The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris van Allsburg; Just a Dream by Chris van Allsburg; While You Were Napping by Jenny Offill & Barry Blitt; Boo Who? By Ben Clanton; We Are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner & Ben Clanton; The Table Sets Itself by Ben Clanton; It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton; Adventures with Barefoot Critters An ABC Book by Teagan White; Bunny Roo, I Love You by Melissa Marr & Teagan White; Counting with Barefoot Critters by Teagan White; Something Extraordinary by Ben Clanton

 December 27, 2017: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz & Robert Byrd

 December 27 – 28, 2017: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

 December 28, 2017: Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman; Bruce’s Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins; Bertolt by Jacques Goldstyn; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Randall Jarrell & Nancy Ekholm Burkert; Draw the Line by Kathryn Otoshi; Big Wolf & Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Olivier Tallec; The Grumpy Pets by Kristine A. Lombardi; Hurricane by David Wiesnir; Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey; Good night, laila tov by Laurel Snyder & Jui Ishida; The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams & Graham Percy; Inside the Slidy Diner by Laurel Snyder & Jaime Zollars; Lovey Bunny by Kristine A. Lombardi; Found You, Little Wombat! By Angela McAllister & Charles Fuge; Good Day, Good Night by Margaret Wise Brown & Loren Long; Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea; The Nutcracker in Harlem by TE McMorrow & James Ransome; Beauty and the Beast by Jan Brett; The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone; Twinkle, Twinkle An Animal Lover’s Mother Goose by Bobbi Fabian; Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Galdone; Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey by Johanna Skibsrud, Sarah Blacker, & Julie Morstad; Two Bad Ants by Chris van Allsburg; Letters to a Prisoner by Jacques Goldstyn; Big Wolf & Little Wolf the Little Leaf that Wouldn’t Fall by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Olivier Tallec; Franklin’s Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell & Katie Harnett; Hedgehugs by Steve Wilson & Lucy Tapper; Hedgehugs Autumn Hide-and-Squeek by Steve Wilson & Lucy Tapper; Jumanji by Chris van Allsburg; Hedgehugs and the Hattiepillar by Steve Wilson & Lucy Tappers; Big Wolf & Little Wolf Such a Beautiful Orange by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Olivier Tallec; Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey

 December 28 - 30, 2017: Trickster Native American Tales a Graphic Collection; Disenchantments An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry ed. by Wolfgang Mieder

 December 29, 2017: Sky Sisters by Jan Bourdeau & Brian Deines; Thumbelina by James Riordan & Wayne Anderson; When Green Becomes Tomatoes Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano & Julie Morstad; Art Up Close from Ancient to Modern by Clair d’Harcourt; The Mare’s Egg by Carole Spray & Kim La Fave; The Black Geese a Baba Yaga Story from Russia by Alison Lurie & Jessica Souhami; Yeh-Shen a Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling’Louie & Ed Young; Rapunzel by Amy Ehrlic & Chris Waldherr; The Elves and the Shoemaker by Margaret Walty; The Trojan Horse by Warrick Hutton; The Princess and the Pea by Paul Galdone; A Frog Prince by Alix Berenzy; Puss in Boots by Paul Galdone; The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall; Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman; Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall; Otto Runs for President by Rosemary Wells; Kindergators Miracle Melts Down by Rosemary Wells; Jack and the Beanstalk by Rosemary Wells & Norman Messenger; Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells; Bamboo for Me, Bamboo for You by Fran Manushkin & Purificacion Hernandez; The Forgotten Pumpkin by Hugh G Earnhart & Susan Ertel; Mouse by Zebo Ludvicek; You’re All Kinds of Wonderful by Nancy Tillman; Elmer and the Tune by David McKee; I Can’t Sleep! By Owen Hart & Caroline Pedler; Where, oh where, is baby bear? By Ashley Wolf; Platypus by Sue Whiting & Mark Jackson; The King and the Magician by Jorge Bucay & Gusti; Knitty Kitty by David Elliot & Christopher Denise; Sometimes I Like to Curl up in a Ball by Vicki Churchill & Charles Fuge; Moonlight by Helen V Griffith & Laura Dronzek; C is for City by Nikki Grimes & Pat Cummings; Wolf Won’t Bite! By Emily Gravett; Zathura by Chris van Allsburg; Who Goes There? By Karma Wilson & Anna Currey; A Frog in the Bog by Joan Rankin & Karma Wilson; June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner; Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner; Tuesday by David Wiesner; The Three Pigs by David Wiesner; Mama, Why? By Karma Wilson & Simon Mendez; The Longest Night a Passover Story by Laurel Snyder & Catia Chien

 December 30, 2017: The Pretext by Rae Armantrout; The Enemies of Leisure by John Gery; Dance of the Swan a Story about Anna Pavlova by Barbara Allman & Shelly O. Haas; Sparky by Jenny Offill & Chris Appelhans; Sylvia Plath Drawings; Richard Scarry’s The Animals’ Merry Christmas; Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes; Sammy the Classroom Guinea Pig by Alix Berenzy; The Man Who Loved Books by Jean Fritz & Trina S Hyman; The Ice Cream King by Steve Metzger & Julie Downing; The Snow Angel by Angela McAllister & Claire Fletcher; One Winter’s Day by M Christina Butler & Tina Macnaughton; The Winter Fox by Timothy Knapman & Rebecca Harry; First Snow by Peter McCarty; The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora; The Brave Little Seamstress by Mary Pope Osborne & Giselle Potter; The Forest by Claire A Nivola; Dinosaur Christmas by Jerry Pallotta & Howard McWilliam; Thumper’s Little Sisters by Walt Disney; Anna Is Our Babysitter by Brittany Candua & the Disney Storybook Art Team; Snowy Valentine by David Petersen; Animals Aboard by Andrew Fusek Peters & Jim Coplestone; October Smiled Back by Lisa Westberg Peters & Ed Young; The No-No Bird by Andrew Fusek Peters, Polly Peters, & Jim Coplestone; Little Flower by Gloria Rand & RW Alley; Scaredy Cat by Joan Rankin; I am so Handsome by Mario Ramos; Buddy and Earl go to School by Maureen Fergus & Carey Sookocheff; The Sandwich Swap by Rania Al Abdullah, Kelly DiPucchio, & Tricia Tusa; Our Kid by Tony Ross; I Don’t Want to be a Frog by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt; I Don’t Want to be Big by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt; Tricky by Kari Rust; Odd One Out by Danille Chaperon & Iris; The Best Tailor in Pinbaue by Eymard Toledo; Here Is Big Bunny by Steve Henry; Many the Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies & Emily Sutton; Theophobia by Bruce Beasley; It’s Happy Bunny What’s Your Sign? By Jim Benton; Confessions to My Mother by Cathy Guisewite; The Soul Bird by Michal Snunit; Delivered by Sarah Gambito; Partially Kept by Martha Ronk; And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou; I Am Phoenix by Paul Fleischman & Ken Nutt; Night by Etel Adnan; The 13th Sunday after Pentecost by Joseph Bathanti

 December 31, 2017: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park; Shane by Jack Schaefer; Animal Farm by George Orwell; precis by Jose Felipe Alvergue; Lullaby (with Exit Sign) by Hadara Bar-Nadav; Tales of the Mushroom Folk by Signe Aspelin; Lessons of a Turtle (the little book of life) by Sandy Gingras; Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry; Trio the Tale of a Three-legged Cat by Andrea Wisnewski; Minty a Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Ala Schroeder & Jerry Pinkney; Next Year Hope in the Dust by Ruth Vander Zee & Gary Kelley; The Boy and the Whale by Mordicai Gerstein; Tobor by Guido van Genechten

[lostissarahsophiacaruana]

Clockwork Orange

Synopsis: 

“ The story takes place in London in a dystopian future. "Our humble narrator" Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) and his droogs, Georgie (James Marcus), Dim (Warren Clarke), and Pete (Michael Tarn), are seated in the Korova Milk Bar stoned on milk laced with narcotics. Shortly, the gang leaves the Korova for a night of ultra-violence. They encounter a wino (Paul Farrell) in an underpass, and beat him with their truncheons. Later, they arrive at a derelict theater. On the stage, another gang, led by a rival named Billy Boy, prepare to rape a voluptuous girl. Instead, the two gangs battle it out-- Alex and his two droogs are victorious. The trio next head out into the dark countryside looking for action. Alex pilots their stolen Durango 95 sports car. After playing "hogs of the road," wherein they drive on the wrong side of the road and run a number of other motorists off into ditches and over embankments, Alex suggests making a "surprise visit." They stop at a lonely country house that displays a backlighted sign that simply reads "Home." Alex tricks his way into the house by claiming to be the victim of a car accident. They beat the homeowner, a writer named Frank Alexander (Patrick Magee), and gang rape his wife (Adrienne Corri) while Alex croons "Singin' in the Rain." When they've finished having fun, the gang returns to the Korova. An opera singer seated at an adjacent table sings the chorus from Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Listening to the woman, Alex is ecstatic -- "I felt all the malenky little hairs on my plott standing endwise"-- but Dim ruins the mood when he makes a farting noise. Alex hits him in the crotch with his truncheon. Henceforth, Dim is resentful but Alex dismisses him. Alex arrives at his apartment just before dawn. Climbing into bed, he fantasizes scenes of violence while listening to Beethoven's 9th Symphony. In the morning, Alex's mother (Sheila Raynor) tries to wake Alex for school, but he feigns illness. At the breakfast table she discusses the situation with his father (Philip Stone). Alex's parents seem foolish and impotent. When Alex later awakens and wanders about the apartment in his underwear he encounters his probation officer, Mr. Deltoid (Aubrey Morris), in his parent's bedroom. The officer lectures Alex about his school truancy and threatens him with jail. After Deltoid leaves, Alex begins another busy day. He picks up two girls at a local shopping mall record store and brings them home. In a sped-up sequence backed by the "William Tell Overture," he has sex with both of them. Later that day, he encounters his droogs in his apartment house lobby. They ominously tell him that they've been "talking." They feel that Alex has been bullying them, especially Dim, and they suggest that Alex has been taking more than his fair share of the spoils from their robberies. Georgie proposes an idea to make lots more money. He wants to rob a rich lady who owns a health farm in the country. Alex perceives Georgie's independent thinking as a threat, but wanting to appear democratic, he goes along with it. As the three droogs walk along a river bank outside the apartment block, Alex attacks. He throws first Georgie and then Dim into the fountain. When Alex offers to help pull Dim out of the water, he slashes the back of Dim's outstretched hand with a hidden dagger. They all retire to the Duke of York, a restaurant. Having re-established his dominance of the group, Alex reconsiders Georgie's idea. Arriving at the health farm that evening, the droogs try the same trick they'd used at Alexander's house previously: pretending that one of them has been injured in a traffic accident. However, the proprietress (Miriam Karlin) is suspicious and calls the police, telling them that she'd heard the news reports about the writer and his wife being victimized in the same manner. When the boys aren't let into the house, Alex climbs up a drainpipe, enters a second floor window, and confronts the homeowner. They fight, the woman defending herself with a bust of Beethoven, until Alex bludgeons her with a huge plastic phallus sculpture. As police sirens are heard in the distance, Alex runs out the front door. It is there and then that his droogs take their revenge. Dim smashes Alex in the face with a milk bottle and the droogs flee. As Alex writhes and screams on the ground, the police arrive. Alex is arrested. At the police station, an uncooperative and belligerent Alex is questioned by several constables. When an overzealous beat constable presses his thumb against Alex's broken nose, Alex kicks the officer in the groin. The other officers then beat Alex until Deltoid shows up. Deltoid tells Alex that unfortunately for him, the proprietress of the health farm has died, making Alex a murderer. He spits in Alex's face and tells him how disappointed he is. Alex laughs it off, but is soon headed for prison. Prison Alex gets sentenced to fourteen years in prison. He deposits his possessions with Chief Officer Barnes (Michael Bates), undresses, and undergoes a cavity search. After answering several questions about his health and personal well-being, Alex is given prison garb. He's now prisoner number 655321. Two years later, Alex is shown scheming to get favors by feigning piety. He helps the prison chaplain (Godfrey Quigley) with his service and he studies the Bible. But rather than reflecting on the redemptive power of the Lord, Alex visualizes himself torturing Jesus at the crucifixion, killing people in battle, and laying about with concubines in an Old Testament setting. Alex tells the chaplain that he's heard of a new treatment, the so-called "Ludovico Technique," that helps criminals get out of prison. The chaplain says that it's experimental and that he's not sure it's right for Alex. But Alex, eager to finagle a short-cut to freedom, vies to be selected for the experiment. When the government's Interior Minister (Anthony Sharp) visits the prison, Alex makes a show of himself. The minister picks Alex as a perfect Ludovico subject. Alex is taken before the prison governor (Michael Gover) who tells the boy that, although he'd rather punish him, the political party currently in power have "new, ridiculous ideas" about criminal reform, so Alex will shortly be released. The Ludovico Technique Chief Officer Barnes then transports Alex to the Ludovico Centre. Alex is given a room and is interviewed by Dr. Branom (Madge Ryan). She promises him that he'll be fine, then gives him an injection. In his first day of treatment Alex appears in an auditorium in a straight jacket. His head is strapped to the back of a restraining chair so that he can neither turn his head nor look away. An eye doctor installs clamps on his eyelids that forcibly keep Alex's eyes open. Then, while the doctor constantly drops eye wash into Alex's grotesquely clamped eyes, Alex is subjected to two violent films. The first shows explicit scenes of a severe beating, the second, a gang rape. Halfway through the first film Alex begins to feel sick. By the end of the second, Alex is shouting for something into which to vomit. At the rear of the auditorium, Dr. Brodsky (Carl Duering) explains to observers that the drug administered to Alex causes a form of paralysis with deep feelings of terror and helplessness. Following the screening, Dr. Branom assures Alex that his feeling of sickness is a sign that he's getting better. On the following day Alex is back in the auditorium, this time for two shows: morning and afternoon. While viewing scenes of Nazis during World War II, Alex begins screaming in earnest. The background music is none other than Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Alex screams that he shouldn't be made to feel sick while listening to such beautiful music. Brodsky loudly apologizes, saying that it can't be helped while quietly he speculates to nearby staff that perhaps this is the "punishment element." Two weeks later, presumably after twelve more treatments, Alex is paraded before a group of dignitaries by the Interior Minister. Alex is there for demonstration purposes. He is first confronted by an angry Irishman (John Clive) who throws him to the ground and forces Alex to lick his boot. Next he's approached by a statuesque platinum blonde (Virginia Wetherell) clad only in panties. Alex collapses in a fit of nausea when he tries to touch her breasts. The Interior Minister proclaims a new era in law enforcement and social justice, but the prison chaplain exclaims that the procedure has debased Alex's human nature by taking away his ability to choose good over evil. The Interior Minister counter claims that the only thing that matters is results. Welcome Home Alex returns home to find his parents plus a stranger (Clive Francis) sitting in the living room reading newspaper accounts of his release. Alex tries to make awkward small talk. When he hints about moving back home, his father tells him that Joe, their new lodger, has already paid the next month's rent. Alex is upset but Joe, who has ingratiated himself with Alex's parents, pushes the situation by castigating Alex for the things he did before going to prison and for breaking his parents' hearts. Before Alex can hit Joe, his psychological conditioning kicks in, leaving him dry heaving, to the dismay and disgust of Joe and Alex's parents. When he has recovered, Alex storms out. Alex later stares at the Thames river below a bridge, presumably contemplating suicide. He's approached by a bum seeking spare change. Alex fishes some cash from his pocket and hands it over. Taking a closer look, the bum recognizes Alex as the same malchick who beat him under the bridge two years earlier. Alex looks at the bum in horror and tries to escape, but is trapped in the very same underpass by the bum and his elderly compatriots. They hit and kick Alex as he cowers on the ground, disabled by his conditioning. Two constables show up to break up the fight. To Alex's further horror, his rescuers turn out to be Dim and Georgie, his former droogs, who are now constables. Demonstrating that police training hasn't altered their basic violent natures, they handcuff Alex, drive him out of town, march him into a wood, push his head into a cattle trough filled with filthy water, and beat him with their batons. They then remove the cuffs and leave him battered and gasping. With thoughts of home echoing in his head, Alex staggers to the first house he can find. It displays a welcoming, backlighted sign that reads "Home." At home, Frank Alexander sits at his typewriter, now in the wheelchair that he's used ever since he was severely beaten two years earlier. Julian (David Prowse), his muscular attendant, answers the doorbell. As Julian opens the door, Alex collapses into the entryway. Julian carries him into the house. When confronted by a concerned Mr. Alexander, Alex realizes he's at the very same residence in which, two years earlier, he and his former partners in crime gang-raped Alexander's wife. He relaxes, however, when he realizes that Mr. Alexander couldn't possibly recognize him due to the fact that Alex and his droogies wore masks back in those days. Mr. Alexander, who knows Alex only as the subject of the Ludovico treatment, invites the lad to have a bath and some supper. As Alex soaks in the bath, Mr. Alexander calls a friend with whom he discusses the political repercussions of Alex's Ludovico conditioning. He believes that the government has a totalitarian agenda, as exemplified by its willingness to rob its citizens of their free will. As he finishes the conversation, Alexander arranges a visit with the person on the other end, stating, "He'll be here," before he hangs up the phone. Mr. Alexander sits in his wheelchair relishing a fantasy of using Alex as a political pawn when he becomes aware of singing coming from the bathroom. In his bath, Alex has struck up a bright rendition of "Singin' in the Rain." Mr. Alexander's face twists in agony and rage as he thinks back to the night of the home invasion that left him crippled and realizes just who Alex is. Later, at the dinner table, an obviously distraught Mr. Alexander encourages Alex to eat and drink. Flanked by the apoplectic Mr. Alexander and the burly Julian, Alex eats a plate of spaghetti while Mr. Alexander plies Alex with red wine. As he eats, Alex grows increasingly fearful, wondering if the hostile-looking old man knows his real identity. Suddenly Mr. Alexander brings up the subject of his wife's rape and subsequent death. He believes that, though she officially died of pneumonia, it was her broken spirit that killed her. She was, according to Mr. Alexander, a victim of the modern age, just as Alex is a victim of the modern age. He tells Alex that two friends are expected and that they will help the boy. A minute later, man named Dolin (John Savident) and a woman (Margaret Tyzack) enter. They question Alex about the Ludovico treatment and whether it is true that, in addition to conditioning him against sex and violence, it has also made him incapable of listening to music. Alex replies that he only feels a foreboding sense of extreme depression when he hears Beethoven's Ninth Symphony specifically-- at which point he passes out, face down, into the plate of spaghetti. He has been drugged by the wine. Dolin congratulates Mr. Alexander who then asks Julian to bring the car around to the front. The conspirators have plans for Alex that will embarrass the government. Alex awakens the next morning in a small, second floor bedroom in an unknown country house. The room is flooded with the strains of Beethoven's 9th Symphony blasted from a stereo in the room below. As Mr. Alexander beams with satisfaction, Alex is driven to suicide. He leaps from the second floor window to the stone patio below. Cured Some time later, Alex wakes up in a hospital in a full-body cast. Newspaper clippings reveal that the government is being vilified for inhuman experimentation. The Interior Minister is being subjected to especially fierce attack. Alex's parents visit, apologizing for not taking him back and promising him his old room when he is released from the hospital. Next, Doctor Taylor (Pauline Taylor), a psychiatrist, shows Alex a series of cartoons having sexual or violent connotations. Alex is to supply the captions. He pleases Dr. Taylor by indicating through his descriptions of the cartoons that sex and violence are the foremost interests on his mind. Once the Ludovico Treatment has been successfully reversed, the Interior Minister visits Alex. As the aristocratic Minister spoon-feeds dinner to the juvenile thug, he assures Alex that he wants to be his friend. With oily smoothness the Minister apologizes for what his government has done. He promises Alex a good job on a good salary, provided that Alex helps the government. He assures the lad that the subversive writer, Frank Alexander, who had threatened him, has been put away. Alex milks the meeting for all it's worth. As a symbol of their understanding, the Minister calls for his assistants. They sweep in with flowers and a massive stereo system blasting Beethoven's 9th Symphony, followed by a troop of reporters and photographers. Alex poses with his new friend, the Interior Minister, aka "Fred," as cameras flash and Beethoven's 9th Symphony reaches its choral climax. Alex's eyes roll back into his head as he fantasizes about an orgy in the snow with a gorgeous blonde, to the applause of Victorian ladies and gentlemen”

[michaelcosio]

Sheila Raynor - IMDB

[saturdaynightmovie]

Terry O’Sullivan and Sheila Raynor in

Madonna and Child (1980) Director: Terence Davies

[mariocki]

Special Branch: Sorry Is Just A Word (2.10, Thames, 1970)

"Very satisfactory."

"I fail to understand the cause of your satisfaction."

"A job well done and without complications - would that it were always so, Chief Superintendent."

[movies-derekwinnert]

The Terence Davies Trilogy **** (1983, Phillip Mawdsley, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley, Terry O'Sullivan, Sheila Raynor, Wilfrid Brambell) - Classic Movie Review 5156

The Terence Davies Trilogy **** (1983, Phillip Mawdsley, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley, Terry O’Sullivan, Sheila Raynor, Wilfrid Brambell) – Classic Movie Review 5156

Writer-director Terence Davies’s outstanding first film is an impressive achievement in bleak memoir, cohering satisfyingly, though made up from three autobiographical short films made over a period of six years or so. It tells the life of Davies’s alter ego Robert Tucker in three segments: Children, Madonna and Child and Death and Transfiguration. Screened together at film festivals throughout…

[ozu-teapot]

A Clockwork Orange | Stanley Kubrick | 1971

Sheila Raynor, Malcolm McDowell

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Die, Monster, Die! (1965) - Episode 38 - Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

“It looks like a zoo in Hell!” Indeed it does! In fact, the whole film is a bit of a zoo. Join Chad Hunt, Joseph Perry, and Jeff Mohr, along with guest host Mike Imboden, as they visit the zoo in question, or in other words, discuss AIP's Die, Monster, Die!, a film that tied for first place in our latest Patreon poll. In the process, maybe they can figure out why the monster has to die twice.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 38 – Die, Monster, Die! (1965)

Die, Monster, Die!, also known as Monster of Terror, is helmed by first time director Daniel Haller. Loosely based on the H.P. Lovecraft story, “The Colour Out of Space,” the screenplay is written by Jerry Sohl. In this version, the story depicts Nahum Witley (Boris Karloff) as the head of the Witley family. Some years ago, the family property was hit by a radioactive meteorite that caused mutations, followed by decay, in all living things. Of course, Nahum thought it a good idea to bring the meteorite into the house for experiments there and in the greenhouse.

Not surprisingly, the radiation causes the physical deterioration of Nahum’s wife (Freda Jackson), her maid, and his butler (Terence de Marney). Nahum’s wife summons their daughter’s boyfriend (Nick Adams) from America to come save their daughter (Suzan Farmer) from the same fate. However, Nahum’s not having it. The cast is rounded out nicely with supporting roles from Patrick Magee as Dr. Henderson and Sheila Raynor as the Dr.’s housekeeper.

This episode’s Grue Crew have a mixed reaction to Die, Monster, Die! They all agree Boris Karloff is the main attraction and does a fine job and that the film looks great. Jeff appreciated the set design and furnishings in the English mansion. The opening scenes of the Nick Adams character’s attempts to find a ride to “the Witley place” tripped Mike’s trigger, but more importantly, he wants more Merwyn! Joseph, Chad, and Mike are fans of Nick Adams from his appearances in a few Toho productions while Jeff favors his output in westerns, purely from a nostalgia viewpoint. Though this film has a lot of issues, the script being the major one despite Jerry Sohl’s other credits, the Grue Crew think it’s worth a watch, especially if you’re looking for something different. After all, they don’t make them like Die, Monster, Die! anymore.

We plan to release a new episode every other week. On the next episode in our very flexible schedule, we‘ll be covering Universal’s The Wolf Man (1941), the other film that tied for first place in our latest Patreon Poll.

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