#1931 Maria

[tina-aumont]

Young and beautiful María África Gracia Vidal (future Maria Montez on screen) pictured in Barahona in 1931. She was between 18 and 19 years old when these pictures were taken.

Photos from “María Montez La Reina del Tecnicolor”, book written by Antonio Pérez Arnay, Filmoteca Canaria 1995; “De María África a María Montez, un mito en Technicolor” documentary directed by Jesús Reyes Mota, 2014 and "Santo Domingo Invita - María Montez, Su Vida"

[magauda]

Si ritrovavano due fratelli, future spie tedesche

Le circostanze della nascita del futuro capo dell’ODEUM Roma hanno dato luogo a una serie di ipotesi, non solo da parte degli storici, ma anche da parte dei suoi contemporanei. Giovanni Gehlen nacque il 15 marzo 1901 a Roma. Solo pochi giorni dopo sarebbe stato abbandonato dai propri genitori, Walther Gehlen e sua moglie Katharina, che lo avrebbero affidato alle cure di Friedrich e Anna Baum, una…

[botallo]

Si ritrovavano due fratelli, future spie tedesche

Le circostanze della nascita del futuro capo dell’ODEUM Roma hanno dato luogo a una serie di ipotesi, non solo da parte degli storici, ma anche da parte dei suoi contemporanei. Giovanni Gehlen nacque il 15 marzo 1901 a Roma. Solo pochi giorni dopo sarebbe stato abbandonato dai propri genitori, Walther Gehlen e sua moglie Katharina, che lo avrebbero affidato alle cure di Friedrich e Anna Baum, una…

[sapergo]

Si ritrovavano due fratelli, future spie tedesche

Le circostanze della nascita del futuro capo dell’ODEUM Roma hanno dato luogo a una serie di ipotesi, non solo da parte degli storici, ma anche da parte dei suoi contemporanei. Giovanni Gehlen nacque il 15 marzo 1901 a Roma. Solo pochi giorni dopo sarebbe stato abbandonato dai propri genitori, Walther Gehlen e sua moglie Katharina, che lo avrebbero affidato alle cure di Friedrich e Anna Baum, una…

[bagnabraghe]

Si ritrovavano due fratelli, future spie tedesche

Le circostanze della nascita del futuro capo dell’ODEUM Roma hanno dato luogo a una serie di ipotesi, non solo da parte degli storici, ma anche da parte dei suoi contemporanei. Giovanni Gehlen nacque il 15 marzo 1901 a Roma. Solo pochi giorni dopo sarebbe stato abbandonato dai propri genitori, Walther Gehlen e sua moglie Katharina, che lo avrebbero affidato alle cure di Friedrich e Anna Baum, una…

[bigarella]

Si ritrovavano due fratelli, future spie tedesche

Le circostanze della nascita del futuro capo dell’ODEUM Roma hanno dato luogo a una serie di ipotesi, non solo da parte degli storici, ma anche da parte dei suoi contemporanei. Giovanni Gehlen nacque il 15 marzo 1901 a Roma. Solo pochi giorni dopo sarebbe stato abbandonato dai propri genitori, Walther Gehlen e sua moglie Katharina, che lo avrebbero affidato alle cure di Friedrich e Anna Baum, una…

[adrianomaini]

L’attività di spionaggio compiuta contro i comunisti poteva avvenire in modi diversi

Sul finire del 1927, Bocchini creò nell’ambito della polizia la prima cellula dell’OVRA: un «Ispettorato speciale di polizia» formato da funzionari e agenti abili nell’investigazione, dotato di mezzi di trasporto e fondi, al comando l’ispettore generale Francesco Nudi e con sede a Milano in Via Sant’Orsola, 7 ove una targa indicava la sede della «Società Anonima Vinicola Meridionale». Un secondo…

[antonio-m]

“Male nude”, 1974 by Carlo Maria Mariani (1931–2021). Italian painter. oil on canvas

[flanaganfilm]

Was there a deliberate homage to little Maria’s death in Frankenstein (1931) in the opening of Doctor Sleep?

Absolutely! We watched the Frankenstein sequence a few times while we were shot listing

[frank-enthusiast]

Thank you for your response, it was unexpected and really lovely to read!

It’s so nice to be able to obsessively talk about my interests on here, I’ve tried in the past to do this with my friends I know in real life, none of which had any idea what I was talking about 😅

I think the main reason the Elizabeth scene was put in, was to add extra drama, but also because there’s a similar scene in Mary Shelley’s novel, which definitely WAS a deliberate attack, so I would be interested to know exactly what the writers were implying here. I think the Monster just went for a stroll through the village and went for the biggest and richest looking house he could find 😅

Also, something I don’t understand, is why Maria’s father immediately jumped to the conclusion that Maria was murdered? He left her alone, by a lake knowing she couldn’t swim, so for all he knew, she could’ve just fallen in and drowned. I don’t know, maybe the Monster left large footprints by the lakeside and that led him to believing his daughter was deliberately killed.

I don’t have as many thoughts on the Bride as this film, but hopefully I’ll make a post soon about my theories on that film. I can tag you if you’d like (and then you can ignore it if you want of course 🙂)

[cabin13cappuccino]

coming out of my well to shame the fandom re: treating Nico like he's from 1840 rather than 1940 in terms of living with medical innovations

Vaccines for the following diseases were available during this time:

Smallpox- first generation vaccines were available and work on second generation vaccines occured in the 1930s with production of an egg-based vaccine begun by the Texas Department of Health in 1939. DC schools required smallpox vaccination for children to be allowed to attend by 1930, so Nico would have gotten immunized for this even if he didn't get anything else.

Diphtheria- first vaccine was developed in 1913, then a cheaper version in 1924. Yep, it's the "antitoxin" they call for in Balto (1995)- it can be used to either treat active infection or immunize.

Pertussis (whooping cough)- first vaccine was licensed in the US in 1914, then another in 1931, and another that became the basis for the modern vaccine in 1932.

BCG vaccine for Tuberculosis (TB)- first available in 1921, but neither the US nor Italy mandated it. This vaccine is still given around the world today.

Tetanus ("lockjaw") - first vaccine was produced in 1924, then a more effective version in 1938. The combo DTP (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) vaccine was first released in 1948 and was used all the way up to 1996 when a new, safer version was released.

Anthrax- the veterinary vaccine in use today is based on the one developed in 1935 in South Africa. The Soviet Union developed a human vaccine that was available beginning in 1940.

Yellow fever- the vaccine still in use today (17D strain) debuted in 1939.

The first rabies vaccine was developed in 1885, for crying out loud!

Penicillin was used to cure infections as early as 1930, though it didn't hit mass-production until 1945. Other antibiotics (Salvarsan and Prontosil) were in use in the early 1900s (by 1910 and 1935, respectively).

Thyroxin (1914) and insulin (1923) were known quantities for treating endocrine disorders.

Medical radiography (x-rays) was a thing before 1900. There were portable ECG/EKG machines as early as 1927.

Cocaine was taken out of Coke in 1903. Like, not even Maria di Angelo would remember that.

Yes, a whole bunch of things changed in medical science between 1942 and the mid-2000s- plenty of fodder for "Will blows Nico's mind with modern medicine." I will even provide suggestions!

Vaccines for major childhood illnesses: polio (1952), measles (1962), mumps (1967), rubella (1969). IMO the polio thing is way slept on given how big the March of Dimes got in the public consciousness.

Closed-chest defibrillation (1950s) and CPR (1970s for the public)

Organ transplants (1953)

Ultrasound (1949/1961)

Not giving aspirin to anyone under 16 due to Reye's Syndrome risk (1980s) and the advent of other OTC painkillers (ibuprofen, 1969; paracetamol/acetaminophen, 1952; naproxen, 1976)

Insulin that comes from genetically engineered E. coli instead of purified animal pancreases (1978) so as to keep allergic reactions from happening

Rapid strep or flu tests (1980s/1990s) rather than waiting days to culture stuff

If y'all want a "they took the cocaine out of Coke" moment, might I suggest "what do you mean cigarettes/asbestos give you cancer" and/or "they took the lead out of the gasoline"?

But yeah...we've made a lot of progress since 1942 but it wasn't "you got ghosts in your blood and bad air do some drugs about it" back then- not by a long shot.

Wah wahwah wah wah back in my day we scoured Wikipedia and the rest of the internet to do background research on fandom-related minutiae and we liked it

[asoftepiloguemylove]

"YOU WERE MY LIFE." // BORA AND WOONHO

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[7pleiades7]

Psyche by Carlo Maria Mariani (Italian, 1931–2021)

[bagnabraghe]

L’attività di spionaggio compiuta contro i comunisti poteva avvenire in modi diversi

Sul finire del 1927, Bocchini creò nell’ambito della polizia la prima cellula dell’OVRA: un «Ispettorato speciale di polizia» formato da funzionari e agenti abili nell’investigazione, dotato di mezzi di trasporto e fondi, al comando l’ispettore generale Francesco Nudi e con sede a Milano in Via Sant’Orsola, 7 ove una targa indicava la sede della «Società Anonima Vinicola Meridionale». Un secondo…

[ruvviks]

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Nathan and Ruben share a bond more powerful than most; mutual understanding through past experiences no one should ever have to go through, and through past actions so horrible they cannot be spoken of. Their grief and the blood on their hands binds them to the STEM technology they created, which has alienated them from the rest of the world— but they give each other the comfort they have both longed for so desperately for years, and that is all they need. They are each other's counterpart; you cannot imagine one without the other, like two sides of the same coin. Through their pain, their grief, their desire, and their regret, they have become one.

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[warningsine]

Good post op.

For those interested, here are some such films to know herstory:

"Mädchen in Uniform" (1931)

"Anna and Elizabeth" (1933)

"All about Eve" (1950)

"Olivia" (1951)

"Mädchen in Uniform" (1951), dir. Géza von Radványi

"Girls in Uniform" (1951), dir. Alfredo B. Crevenna

"No Exit" (1954)

"The Girl with the Golden Eyes" (1961)

"Walk on the Wild Side" (1962)

"The Nun" (1966)

"Persona" (1966) (yes, I'm including it)

"Belle de Jour" (1967)

"Les Biches" (1968)

"The Killing of Sister George" (1968)

"Baby Love" (1969)"

"The Exquisite Cadaver" (1969)

"The Vampire Lovers" (1970)

"Daughters of Darkness" (1971)

"The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant" (1972)

"The Beguines" (1972)

"Successive Slidings of Pleasure" (1974)

"Twice a Woman" (1979)

"Desert Hearts" (1985)

"I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing" (1987)

"Betty" (1992)

"Les Voleurs" (1996)

"8 Women" (2002)

"Nathalie…" (2003)

"Night Fangs" (2005)

"Backstage" (2005)

"Pretty Persuasion" (2005)

"Loving Annabelle" (2006)

"The Page Turner" (2006)

"Notes on a Scandal" (2006)

"Bandaged" (2009)

"Chloe" (2009), American remake of "Nathalie…"

"Cracks" (2009)

"Gigola" (2010)

"Bloomington" (2010)

"A Perfect Ending" (2012)

"Concussion" (2013)

"Nymphomaniac: Vol. II" (2013) (going controversial with this one)

"Tru Love" (2013)

"Clouds of Sils Maria" (2014)

"Sand Dollars" (2014)

"The Duke of Burgundy" (2014)

"Unexpected" (2014)

"4.48" (2014)

"Carol" (2015)

"Freeheld" (2015)

"Summertime" (2015)

"AWOL" (2016), dir. Deb Shoval

"Bird of Prey" (2016)

"Foreign Body" (2016)

"Allure" (2017)

"Atomic Blonde" (2017)

"Daphne du Maurier: In Rebecca’s Footsteps" (2017)

"The Party" (2017)

"You, Me and Him" (2017)

"Lizzie" (2018)

"The Favourite" (2018)

"Suspiria" (2018)

"The Bisexual" (2018)

"Clementine" (2019)

"Greta" (2019) (anon's* choice ❤️)

"Saint Maud" (2019)

"Ammonite" (2020)

"I Care a Lot" (2020)

"T11 Incomplete" (2020)

"Take Me Home" (2020)

"Parallel Mothers" (2021)

"Vigil" (2021)

"Benedetta" (2021)

"Anaïs in love" (2021)

"Eileen" (2023)

"May December" (2023)

Some of them are subtextual, some of them explicit, some--to use Tumblr's favorite word--problematique, some do not revolve around romance, some are cinematic masterpieces, some utter trash.

*Edit:

Ok, I laughed out loud, but on second thought? #valid