#Arthur Jacobson

[fayestardust]

Painting of Sam Rosenthal as Arthur Jacobson in Masters of the Air. What an amazing experience that must have been for him.

[kalinara]

Dream Movie

It's the Dream Show challenge again! This time, it's a movie! I hope you enjoy it!

The Marvelous Ms. Marbell

Quick Synopsis:

Sweet elderly Ms. Mary Marbell has quite the reputation for solving murders. But when an unpleasant business man with more money than sense, and more enemies than either, is found dead in his office, Ms. Marbell's investigation takes on some interesting complications.

Annette Badland - Ms. Mary Marbell, amateur detective extraordinaire. But does she have some secrets of her own?

Annie Murphy - Nicole Fletcher, Ms. Marbell's trusted aide. Ms. Marbell has the sharpest of minds, but she isn't exactly adept at wiggling through windows or creeping into closets. So when the investigation requires a bit more physical legwork, young Nikki is happy to oblige.

Elden Henson - Detective Jack Winchell, the investigating officer. He's never worked with Ms. Marbell before, and he's quite skeptical of her reputation. At least until he sees her results.

Michael Shanks - Darren Holt - Our victim. An entirely disagreeable fellow who any number of kind, simple folk would love to see dead. But who could have done it? And why duct tape?

Jeff Goldblum - Aaron Jacobson - One of many potential suspects, but the one with the most recognizable face. He lost a lot of money due to one of Darren Holt's shady business deals. He also made his fortune in hardware, particularly duct tape. Could he perhaps be the murderer?

Sonequa Martin-Green - Tara Mars - An American blogger and investigator who has teamed up with a like-minded British counterpart. Ms. Marbell once proved her father guilty of murder, but Tara still has questions.

John Boyega - Stephen Smith - A British blogger and investigator. He's been following Ms. Marbell's exploits for years, and he thinks he's started noticing a few concerning patterns.

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Full Synopsis:

Businessman Darren Holt has been murdered and Ms. Marbell is on the case. Despite the skepticism of her new "partner", Detective Winchell, Ms. Marbell thorough and gentle examination of witnesses and evidence soon bring results, and Aaron Jacobson is arrested for the crime.

But that's when Tara Mars and Stephen Smith show up, with a lot of questions. While Ms. Marbell has been investigating murders, they've been investigating Ms. Marbell and they've come up with one heck of an alternate theory for the crimes.

Is Ms. Marbell simply a brilliant, yet underestimated, amateur detective? Or is SHE the murderer, carefully choosing the most unlikable, distasteful victims so that she can send her real targets to prison instead?

Complicating the investigation is the discovery that Stephen Smith and Nicole Fletcher had once been very close friends in their shared Ms. Marbell fandom.

Ultimately, the murderer is revealed to be Nicole Fletcher. She'd long admired Ms. Marbell, and as the elderly sleuth's reputation began to fade, she'd taken it upon herself to provide new cases. She's imprisoned, Aaron Jacobson is set free, and a devastated Ms. Marbell returns to her sad, empty home.

In the coda, Ms. Marbell is visited by her long estranged grandson, Philip (as played by Arthur Darvill). As they enjoy the fresh air, she notices a very angry fellow shouting at the women on the street. "That one next," she tells her grandson, who nods solemnly as they continue their pleasant walk.

Bonus:

[polyamships]

November and December Polyam Shipping Day roundup

Hi everyone - it’s been a hectic past few months dealing with the end of the year. IRL issues and holly poly have kept us very busy, but here is the roundup for November and December for Polyam Shipping Day.

We had one work for the month of November and six works across six fandoms in December. All are linked below:

Ikemen Vampire: First Celebration Plans (fanfic) by @fang-and-feather (arthur conan doyle x isaac newton x original character)

The Hotel (Podcast): Calendar (fanfic) by zombified_queer (the auditor x the bellhop x the concierge)

Barbie (2023): Untitled (headcanon) by @merryfortune (barbie x gloria x gloria's husband)

Deus Ex: Untitled (fanfic) by @kleiner-ghost (alex jacobson x jc denton x jock)

Genshin Impact: Stolen Hours (fanfic) by @dandelion-wings (eula x jean x lisa)

Ikemen Vampire: Written With Love (fanfic) by @fang-and-feather (arthur conan doyle x isaac newton x reader)

How to train your dragon/Rise of the guardians: Untitled (graphics/headcanon) by @big4andfriends (astrid x hiccup horrendous haddock iii x jack frost)

Thanks to everyone who took part in November and December!

Gentle reminder that if you want your fanwork to be included in the roundup it needs to either be submitted/@ us on tumblr or in the official ao3 collection, and if not uploaded on the day in question let us know what prompt it’s for. And if we’ve missed any items please send us a note and let us know.

[mastersoftheair]

(reminder: sam rosenthal, rosie rosenthal's grandson, will also be in the show, playing lt. arthur jacobson)

[zablife]

I Have OCs???

Feeling jealous of my lovely moots for having such amazing OCs when my dumbass just realized I've created EIGHT!!!

❧Talia Solomons-Alfie's wife from the one shot Crossing the Line

❧Evelyn "Evie" Tolbert-Arthur's love interest in the series Dark Games

❧Mary Roberts-Finn's wife from the one shot Welcome to the Family

❧Scarlett Shelby-Tommy's sister and Jack's love interest in the series Little Harlot

❧Louise "Lou" Frasier-Jack's mistress in the series White Picket Chemtrails

❧Elizabeth Nelson-Jack's wife in the series White Picket Chemtrails

❧Emma Jacobson-John's love interest and Tommy's wife in the one shot The Reunion

❧Martha Warren-John's fiance in the one shot My Martha

[kheelcenter]

On this day in 1954 organizer Arthur Jacobson stood outside of James Knitting Mills in Brooklyn, NY urging all workers, new and old, to join the Knitgoods Workers Union, also known as Local 155, International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

Collection 5780/054 Local 155 records consist primarily of correspondence of Louis Nelson, the manager of Local 155 from 1930-1995, as well as tracks the activities of the Local through articles, speeches, and other materials.

[doitinanotherlanguage]

May 2023: My Plan for the 1940s

(You can read more about the Reading Through the Decades reading challenge on my post introducing the challenge. Basically, it’s a year-long reading challenge where we read books - and explore other media - from the 1900s to the 2020s, decade-by-decade.)

Here’s a list of the things I’ve got my eye on for this month:

📖 Gone to Soldiers (1987), Marge Piercy 🎬 Coming Out Under Fire (1994), dir. Arthur Dong 📺 Transatlantic (2023), created by Anna Winger & Daniel Hendler 📺 The Plot Against America (2020), created by David Simon & Ed Burns 📖 The Last Days of New Paris (2016), China Miéville 🎬 明月幾時有 (2017; Our Time Will Come), dir. Ann Hui 🎬 无名 (2023; Hidden Blade), dir. Cheng Er 📺 The Forgotten Army – Azaadi Ke Liye (2020), created by Kabir Khan 📺 A League of Their Own (2022-), created by Will Graham & Abbi Jacobson 🎬 El laberinto del fauno (2006; Pan’s Labyrinth), dir. Guillermo del Toro 🎬 Dom över död man (2012; The Last Sentence), dir. Jan Troell 🎬 Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank (2022; My Best Friend Anne Frank), dir. Ben Sombogaart 📖 Kätilö (2011; The Midwife), Katja Kettu 🎬 Kätilö (2015; Wildeye), dir. Antti J. Jokinen 📖 Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Kurt Vonnegut 🎬 Дылда (2019; Beanpole), dir. Kantemir Balagov 🎬 Oma maa (2018; Land of Hope), dir. Markku Pölönen 📺 Vår tid är nu (2017-2020, Our Time Is Now / The Restaurant) 📖 Dialektik der Aufklärung (1947; Dialectic of Enlightenment), Max Horkheimer & Theodor W. Adorno 📖 Le Deuxième sexe (1949; The Second Sex), Simone de Beauvoir

[oldshowbiz]

Arthur Jacobson, the assistant director on Madame Butterfly (1932), recalled that the racist yellowface make-up applied to actress Sylvia Sidney nearly scarred her for life: 

“In Madame Butterfly, they pulled back and stuck tape on the corner of her eyes to make her look Japanese. It pulled the skin away, and in order to keep shooting they covered the skin with medication and makeup. By the time the picture was finished her skin was very sore, and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if that had affected her in later years.”

[holdoncallfailed]

“before air-conditioning” by arthur miller; do the right thing (1989) dir. spike lee; “born to beg” by the national; “fire next time” by jennifer packer; “going to queens” by the mountain goats; "sunbathers on the roof” by john sloan; “heart museum” by durga chew-bose; “hot fun in the summertime, brownsville, brooklyn, nyc” by jamel shabazz; “the end of love” by florence + the machine; dog day afternoon (1975) dir. sidney lumet; giovanni’s room by james baldwin; “(untitled) #3775“ by bill jacobson; “summer in the city” by the lovin’ spoonful

[an-illusion99]

He’s our little prodigy

(The Prodigy 2019), dir. Nicholas McCarthy

[dovebuffy92]

Spoilers Below

The Gilded Age Season 1, created and written by Julian Fellowes, is an entertaining historical drama that wrestles with gender, class, and race. The period drama takes place in 1882 New York City, documenting the fight between new money, a.k.a. the Russell family, and old money represented mainly by the van Rhijn-Brook family. Matriarch Agnes van Rhjin (Christine Baranski) desires to keep the status quo of high society only consisting of those with generational wealth. But, at the same time, the younger Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) uses her husband’s money and intelligence to move up in the world.

While this series doesn’t fit within the realm of radical social commentary, it partly deals with feminism since it’s the women with a lot of societal power. Peggy Scott (Denee Benton), the young upper-middle-class Black writer, pushes the boundaries of her race and gender to gain a position as a reporter at a Black-owned newspaper. The Gilded Age shows that some 19th century Black New Yorkers were business owners and professionals but doesn’t negate the struggles they all went through because of racism.

Similar to Fellowes’ Downton, Abby, this series also shows the life of the “downstairs.” However, uniquely The Gilded Age explores both the Russell and the Rhijn-Brooke household staff. Along with reveling in the all of white New York city elite rather than just one British-based estate. In this way, The Gilded Age feels like a portrait of late 1800s East Coast “blue blood” society.

Feminism in The Gilded Age Season 1

Julian Fellowes doesn’t usually write political pieces, and The Gilded Age Season 1 doesn’t appear to be the exception. However, there is a bit of a feminist bent to the series. In most cases, the women have the ultimate authority in their households.

The most prominent example is Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon), whose husband, robber baron George Russell (Morgan Spector), ruffles the feathers of the “blue blood” business world. Bertha acts as the foremost authority in her household, deciding everything from moving into an elaborate Stanford White-designed mansion across the street from snobby socialite Agnes to when her daughter Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga) comes out to society.

George sees Bertha as his equal partner in taking New York city society by storm and becoming one of the wealthiest families in the United States. He doesn’t even attempt to control her. All the older women in The Gilded Age series are powerhouses who don’t bow down to anybody.

The younger women in this historical drama bend the rules of society even further. Agnes’ niece Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) wants to work, but her aunts forbid her from seeking employment. Instead, Marian volunteers at numerous non-profits. If a socialite can’t work, she wants to help people. She speaks up for Bertha and Sylvia Chamberlain (Jeanne Tripplehorn), who are denied charity board seats.

Marian can’t fathom that a couple of scandals can keep somebody from doing good, especially if they are willing to donate lots of money. Sylvia’s affair with her now-deceased husband (when he was still married to his first wife) makes her a social pariah. Bertha’s only crime is being born into a middle-class household. She befriends the women against Agnes’ orders forming solid friendships.

Marian refuses to buy into the new verse old money battles. She sees everybody as an equal who should not be judged by petty standards like original class or profession.

Race and Womanhood

Peggy revolts against society’s constraints based on her race and gender. Against her father Arthur Scott’s (John Douglas Thompson) wishes, Peggy moves into the servant quarters of the van Rhijn-Brook mansion to work as Agnes’ secretary.

She needs the income to further her writing career, but Arthur wants his daughter to work for him at his pharmacy. He believes that women can’t make a living through writing. Arthur and her mother, Dorothy Scott (Audra McDonald), know that even upper-middle-class Black women can’t thrive in white society. Agnes could live in relative luxury at home with a maid who waits on her. Even with her education, Agnes lives downstairs with the van Rhijn-Brook servants, unable to enter her new residence through the front door.

She writes everything from articles to poems. She gains employment as a political reporter at The New York Globe, a prominent African American newspaper. Important people like the founder of The Red Cross, Clarissa Harlowe Barton (Linda Emond), treat Peggy with respect during their interviews.

Along with the fact, Marian and she form a genuine though complicated friendship. They listen to and help each other throughout the first season. Fellowes reveals the hidden history of New York, proving that some Black educated men and women gained real wealth by the late 1880s.

Racism in East Coast

Fellowes doesn’t pretend racism didn’t exist in America’s East Coast during that decade. Some van Rhijn-Brook household servants don’t even want to eat with a Black woman. The editor at The Christian Advocate refuses to publish one of Peggy’s short stories unless they can keep her identity as a Black woman secret.

White Southern readers might cancel their subscriptions if The Christian Advocate openly publishes an author of color. Even one of her closest friends, Marian, whose relatively progressive, attempts to be a white savior. She makes some racist assumptions about the Scott household. Marian brings some used boots to Peggy’s family home, believing that all Black people must be poor.

The fact that the Scott residence is quite large and luxurious shocks, Marian. Even an educated elite Black woman can’t fully integrate herself into white upper crest New York society.

Last Thoughts

The Gilded Age Season 1 is a fun, entertaining watch with some light social commentary for those who love Downton Abby or historical dramas in general. The creative team does a brilliant job creating costumes, styling hairs, and forming The Gilded Age’s art design in what appears to a novice as period accurate. In addition, both Fellowes, the directors, and the actors like Cynthia Nixon, who performs as Agnes’ sister Ada Brook, masterfully creates a way of speaking that transports audiences back in time.

So, what do you think of Julian Fellowes’ first significant foray into American television? Let us know in the comments below.

[autogynocrat]

Holmes concluded his argument by citing Jacobson v. Massachusetts as a precedent for the decision, stating "Three generations of imbeciles are enough".[18][19] The sole dissenter in the court, Justice Pierce Butler, a devout Catholic,[20] did not write a dissenting opinion.

Carrie Buck was operated upon, receiving a compulsory salpingectomy (a form of tubal ligation). She was later paroled from the institution as a domestic worker to a family in Bland, Virginia. She was an avid reader until her death in 1983. Her daughter Vivian had been pronounced "feeble minded" after a cursory examination by ERO field worker Dr. Arthur Estabrook.[9] According to his report, Vivian "showed backwardness",[9] thus the "three generations" of the majority opinion. It is worth noting that the child did very well in school for the two years that she attended (she died of complications from measles in 1932), even being listed on her school's honor roll in April 1931.[9]

[power-chords]

Who wants to tell Joseph Arthur about Jacobson v. Massachusetts?

[mastersoftheair]

matt gavan as captain charles b. cruikshank (which solves that cruikshank ask once and for all!)

ian bouillion as (possibly) technical sergeant william e. charlton (his cv specifies a “lieutenant charlton”, but there’s only two guys named charlton in the 100th, and only one has any information about him)

louis hoffmann as (possibly) second lieutenant ulrich haussmann (who you can read more about here, here, and here in lieu of a complete bio for him. he was an interrogator at stalag luft iii)

sam rosenthal as lieutenant arthur l. jacobson (he’s, afaik, the only “a. jacobson” there is here)

branden cook as lieutenant colonel alexander jefferson (still alive at the age of 100! he was also a pow at stalag luft iii, which gives an idea of what his episode may be like)

there’s also alexander hartmann playing a luftwaffe sergeant and max themak is playing an ss lieutenant foreman.

[typingtess]

Tiptoeing through the “Cash Flow” guest cast.

Bar Paly as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck Bar Paly/Anna was last seen in “Missing Time” with her legal issues at least temporarily behind her.

Marsha Thomason as NCIS Special Agent Nicole DeChamps Marsha Thomason/DeChamps was last seen in “Commitment Issues” last season.

Rachelle Chung as Ashley Liao Can’t find any credits for Rachelle Chung.

Kara Royster as Jojo Ballard Played Brandi in Faking It, Abby Martin in K.C. Undercover, Yvonne Phillips in Pretty Little Liars, Dawn in The Fosters and Emily in God Friended Me.

Appeared in episodes of Hollywood Heights, The Goodwin Games, The Mentalist, Oishi High School Battle, Arthur Dane 0.07, Liv & Maddie, Scream Queens, Supernatural, 9-1-1 and Single Parents.

René Alvarado as Lincoln Benavidez Played Andy in With the Angels and Pedro Morales in East Los High.  Guest starred in episodes of Las Vegas, Do Not Disturb, The Unit and Power.

Philip Bolden as Marcus Babu Was a child actor who now works as an adult.  Played Kirby Plamer in The King of Queens and had guest roles in 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Bernie Mac Show, The Hughleys, CSI: Miami, My Wife and Kids, According to Jim and iZombie.

Shelli Boone as Claudia Lazzez Was Evan Reed in Saints & Sinners and Alex in Sistah Did What?.  Appeared in episodes of Entourage, Drake & Josh, Southland, House, Grey’s Anatomy, House of Payne, Castle, Private Practice, How I Met Your Mother, Hot in Cleveland and Dear White People.

Mauricio Mendoza as Jorge Appeared in the season three “Bait” episode of the mothership as drug dealer Rico Caldas.  Played Juan Garcia Sr. in Hacienda Heights.

Was in episodes of Vital Signs, Babylon 5, The King of Queens, Judging Amy, Numb3rs, 24, Everybody Hates Chris, Just for Kicks, Cold Case, Lincoln Heights, Days of Our Lives, Law & Order: LA, The Nine Lies of Chloe King, Undercovers, Encounters, East Los High, Private Eyes, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Last Man on Earth and The Rookie.

Mark Jacobson as Colin Guest roles include Hungry, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Lopez, How to Get Away with Murder, Games People Play, Speechless, The Rookie, Lodge 49, 9-1-1 and The Resident.  Is a voice actor in a number of video games and animated series.

Written by:  Kyle Harimoto wrote “Omni”, “Merry Evasion”, “Chernoff, K”, “Command and Control” (episode 150), “Granger, O.”, “Ghost Gun”, “Kulinda”, “767”, “Se Murio El Payaso”, “Assets”/“Liabilities”, “Venganza”, “Superhuman”, “One of Us", "Let Fate Decide" (season 11 premiere), "Decoy", "Answers" and “Watch Over Me”.  He co-wrote “Three Hearts”, “Leipei”, “Humbug”, both ends of the “Matryoshka” two-parter, “Smokescreen” part two and "Searching".

In credits notes, Harimoto is now an executive producer for the program.  Was a co-executive producer last season.

Directed by: Yangzom Brauen directed “Venganza” (written by Harimoto), “Heist”, “No More Secret”, “Concours D'Elegance”, “Missing Time” and “War Crimes”.

[kwebtv]

For All Mankind  -  Apple +  -  November 1, 2019  -  Present

Science Fiction (10 episodes to date)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Joel Kinnaman as Edward Baldwin

Michael Dorman as Gordo Stevens

Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison

Sarah Jones as Tracy Stevens

Shantel VanSanten as Karen Baldwin

Jodi Balfour as Ellen Waverly/Ellen Wilson

Historical figures

Chris Agos as Buzz Aldrin

Matt Battaglia as John Glenn

Chris Bauer as Deke Slayton

Jeff Branson as Neil Armstrong

Dan Donohue as Thomas O. Paine

Colm Feore as Wernher von Braun

Ryan Kennedy as Michael Collins

Eric Ladin as Gene Kranz

Steven Pritchard as Pete Conrad

Rebecca Wisocky as Marge Slayton

Ben Begley as Charlie Duke

Recurring

Tait Blum as Shane Baldwin

Arturo Del Puerto as Octavio Rosales

Noah Harpster as Bill Strausser

Krys Marshall as Danielle Poole

Tracy Mulholland as Gloria Sedgewick

Dave Power as Astronaut Frank Sedgewick

Mason Thames as Danny Stevens

Olivia Trujillo as Aleida Rosales

Sonya Walger as Molly Cobb

Meghan Leathers as Pam Horton

Wallace Langham as Harold Weisner

Nate Corddry as Larry Wilson

Leonora Pitts as Irene Hendricks

Dan Warner as General Arthur Weber

Lenny Jacobson as Wayne Cobb