#1942 Maria

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Arabian nights promotional photos (John Rawlins 1942)

Ebay & Scans from 1990s French magazine.

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The Phantom of Paris (The Mystery of Marie Roget, 1942)

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The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) Phil Rosen

October 12th 2024

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1942 Carl L.T. Reitlinger, Marchesa Luisa Casati, London

[tina-aumont]

Here she reminds me of her younger sister Lucita.

Maria Montez in 1942

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9 Women Artists lost during the Holocaust #RemembranceDay

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Nel 1933 Johannes Gehlen si trovava in una situazione particolare

Con l’arrivo al potere di Hitler nel gennaio 1933, la cosiddetta Machtübernahme – termine che ormai gli storici preferiscono usare al posto di Machtergreifung, per sottolineare la nomina di Hitler a Cancelliere in modo non violento, secondo modalità democratico-parlamentari -, molte cose sarebbero cambiate, non solo per la Germania ma anche per l’Italia. Seguì infatti un rapido avvicinamento tra…

[adrianomaini]

Nel 1933 Johannes Gehlen si trovava in una situazione particolare

Con l’arrivo al potere di Hitler nel gennaio 1933, la cosiddetta Machtübernahme – termine che ormai gli storici preferiscono usare al posto di Machtergreifung, per sottolineare la nomina di Hitler a Cancelliere in modo non violento, secondo modalità democratico-parlamentari -, molte cose sarebbero cambiate, non solo per la Germania ma anche per l’Italia. Seguì infatti un rapido avvicinamento tra…

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Nel 1933 Johannes Gehlen si trovava in una situazione particolare

Con l’arrivo al potere di Hitler nel gennaio 1933, la cosiddetta Machtübernahme – termine che ormai gli storici preferiscono usare al posto di Machtergreifung, per sottolineare la nomina di Hitler a Cancelliere in modo non violento, secondo modalità democratico-parlamentari -, molte cose sarebbero cambiate, non solo per la Germania ma anche per l’Italia. Seguì infatti un rapido avvicinamento tra…

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Nel 1933 Johannes Gehlen si trovava in una situazione particolare

Con l’arrivo al potere di Hitler nel gennaio 1933, la cosiddetta Machtübernahme – termine che ormai gli storici preferiscono usare al posto di Machtergreifung, per sottolineare la nomina di Hitler a Cancelliere in modo non violento, secondo modalità democratico-parlamentari -, molte cose sarebbero cambiate, non solo per la Germania ma anche per l’Italia. Seguì infatti un rapido avvicinamento tra…

[tina-aumont]

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights is a 1942 adventure film directed by John Rawlins and starring Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu and Leif Erikson. The film is derived from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights but owes more to the imagination of Universal Pictures than the original Arabian stories. Unlike other films in the genre (The Thief of Bagdad), it features no monsters or supernatural elements.

This is the first feature film that Universal made using the three-strip Technicolor film process, although producer Walter Wanger had worked on two earlier Technicolor films for other studios: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) at Paramount and the 1937 Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 for United Artists.

Plot (it may contain spoilers)

In ancient Persia, the young women of a royal harem read the story of Sherazade, unfolding the film's story. Sherazade, a dancer in a wandering circus, captures the attention of Kamar, the brother of the caliph, Haroun al-Rashid. Kamar's infatuation influences his attempts to seize the throne from Haroun and make Sherazade his queen. His revolt fails, and he is sentenced to slow death by exposure, but Kamar's men storm the palace and free their leader. Wounded and forced to flee, Haroun chances upon Sherazade's circus and is spotted by the young acrobat Ali Ben Ali. Aware of Haroun's identity, Ali hides him in the circus. Later, upon awakening from his injuries, Haroun beholds Sherazade and falls in love with her.

Meanwhile, Kamar assumes the throne, but Sherazade is not to be found. He orders the captain of his guard to find her, but a scheming grand vizier, Nadan, approaches the captain with the order to make Sherazade 'disappear.' After finding them, the captain sells the troupe into slavery. When the captain is found out, Nadan murders him in order to conceal his treachery. Haroun, Sherazade, and the acrobats escape the slave pens, but are found by Kamar's army and taken to a tent city in the desert. Kamar reunites with Sherazade and proposes, but she has fallen in love with Haroun instead. Nadan, recognizing the caliph, uses this knowledge to blackmail Sherazade into helping him remove Kamar from the throne, in return for safe conduct for Haroun out of the caliphate. In secret, however, he plans to have Haroun killed once he has crossed the border.

Upon learning of this insidious scheme, Ali and his fellow performers rescue Haroun, who then decides to free Sherazade with the help of the acrobats. But Haroun and the others are quickly captured, and Sherazade finally learns his true identity. Kamar engages Haroun in a swordfight, while the acrobats set fire to the tents; and the arrival of the caliph's loyal troops, summoned by Ali, triggers a massive battle. In the end, as Kamar prepares to deliver the deathstroke to Haroun, Nadan assassinates Kamar. But as he prepares to do in Haroun, Ahmad and Ali interfere, forcing him to flee. Nadan is stopped by a thrown spear and dies inside a burning tent, leaving Haroun, Sherazade, and their loyal friends to celebrate victory.

Cast

Jon Hall – Haroun-Al-Raschid

Maria Montez – Sherazade

Sabu – Ali Ben Ali

Leif Erikson – Kamar

Billy Gilbert – Ahmad

Edgar Barrier – Nadan

Richard Lane – Corporal

Turhan Bey – Captain of the Guard

John Qualen – Aladdin

Shemp Howard – Sinbad

William 'Wee Willie' Davis – Valda

Thomas Gomez – Hakim

Jeni Le Gon – Dresser / Dancer's Maid

Robert Greig – Eunuch

Charles Coleman – Eunuch

Emory Parnell – Harem Sentry

Harry Cording – Blacksmith

Robin Raymond – Slave Girl

Carmen D'Antonio – Harem Girl

The film was released on 25th December 1942.

Photos from ebay and text from wikipedia.

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Il fratello aveva già stabilito i primi contatti con l’intelligence statunitense

Con l’arrivo al potere di Hitler nel gennaio 1933, la cosiddetta Machtübernahme – termine che ormai gli storici preferiscono usare al posto di Machtergreifung, per sottolineare la nomina di Hitler a Cancelliere in modo non violento, secondo modalità democratico-parlamentari -, molte cose sarebbero cambiate, non solo per la Germania ma anche per l’Italia. Seguì infatti un rapido avvicinamento tra…

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Il fratello aveva già stabilito i primi contatti con l’intelligence statunitense

Con l’arrivo al potere di Hitler nel gennaio 1933, la cosiddetta Machtübernahme – termine che ormai gli storici preferiscono usare al posto di Machtergreifung, per sottolineare la nomina di Hitler a Cancelliere in modo non violento, secondo modalità democratico-parlamentari -, molte cose sarebbero cambiate, non solo per la Germania ma anche per l’Italia. Seguì infatti un rapido avvicinamento tra…

[weirdlookindog]

The Phantom of Paris (The Mystery of Marie Roget, 1942)

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“The very fact of fighting an election is on the contrary a counter-revolutionary activity.” What Are We Voting For?

– Maria Luisa Berneri (1942)

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headcanon

So you know how it's canon that Will listens to true crime podcasts?

What if that's how he finds out that Nico is from the 1940s?!

Like he's listening to the latest episode about 'the death of Maria di Angelo and the disappearance and supposed kidnapping of her missing children, Niccolò and Bianca di Angelo'.

And it's not all that strange for demigods to pop up in conspiracy blogs or podcasts - Percy had a four part series about him, and Will listened to the whole thing during a nightshift at the infirmary.

So yeah, Will starts listens to the di Angelo episode thinking nothing of it, maybe he's just hoping to have a laugh about what the mortals thought happened to Nico or maybe he's more than a little curious about Nico's mysterious past.

And the hosts, in crackling stereo voices because they desperately need a better mic, are talking about lightning striking the hotel, how "the storm popped up out of nowhere" and the "strange seismic activity reported in the area at the time"...and then the date drops...

The hosts say something along the lines of, "The di Angelo siblings were reported missing by their family back in Italy after no word had been received of their safe passage to America. The police report states they were last seen by an anonymous witness entering the Lotus Hotel & Casino with an unknown third party in December of 1942."

And Will's just sat there, gaping at the infirmary bed he'd been stripping of its sheets. Because everything is adding up now, and Will's not quite sure how he missed it...