#Cecil Cunningham

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Wives Under Suspicion (1938) James Whale

September 28th 2024

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Roscoe Arbuckle (a flirt), Corinne Parquet (his wife), Agnes Neilson (his wife's mother), Alice Lake (pretty girl) in A Reckless Romeo (1917)

Franklin Pangborn (a flirt), Dorothy Granger (his wife), Cecil Cunningham (his wife's aunt), Toby Wing (pretty girl) in The Candid Camera (1932)

In both stories, the protagonist gets a black eye while flirting with a pretty girl, so he makes up a lie to his wife about how he got a black eye.

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Safe in Hell

The plot may be utter nonsense, but William A. Wellman’s SAFE IN HELL (1931, Criterion Channel, TCM) is so visually distinctive and features such good performances by Dorothy Mackaill, Nina Mae McKinney and Clarence Muse it’s almost irresistible. Mackaill is a prostitute because after her former boss (Ralf Harolde) raped her she couldn’t get another job. When a procurer (Cecil Cunningham in a brief, vivid bit) sends her off on a job, it turns out to be Harolde. She fights him off, accidentally starting a fire in which he’s reported dead, so her childhood sweetheart (Donald Wood) sneaks her to a Caribbean island with no extradition treaty where she’s surrounded by other criminals “safe in hell.” There she falls prey to a crooked local jailer (Morgan Wallace) who hides Wood’s letters and support payments from her, and her life just goes downhill from there. Wellman and cinematographer Sidney Hickox throw in some impressive camera angles to keep things humming and a lot of shots of mirrors to reflect Mackaill’s divided nature. And she pulls off an impressive job of playing the tough cookie when she has to and letting her vulnerable side come through in places. Most notable is the treatment of McKinney and Muse, the only decent people in the film. Although their roles were originally written in stereotyped black dialect, they speak perfectly on screen, and Muse even has an impeccable British accent. McKinney also gets one of the film’s best closeups, has some remarkably fresh line readings and introduces the jazz standard “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South.”

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Films Watched in 2024: 46. The Awful Truth (1937) - Dir. Leo McCarey

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Propaganda

Anna May Wong (The Thief of Bagdad, Shanghai Express)—Wong was the first Chinese American movie star, arguably the first Asian woman to make it big in American films. Though the racism of the time often forced her into stereotypical roles, awarded Asian leading roles to white actors in yellowface, and prohibited on-screen romance between actors of different races, she delivered powerful and memorable performances. When Hollywood bigotry got to be too much, she made movies in Europe. Wong was intellectually curious, a fashion icon, and a strong advocate for authentic Asian representation in cinema. And, notably for the purposes of this tournament, absolutely gorgeous.

Josephine Baker (The Siren of the Tropics, ZouZou)— Josephine Baker was an American born actress, singer, and utter icon of the period, creating the 1920s banana skirt look. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion film. She fought in the French resistance in WWII, given a Legion of Honour, as well as refusing to perform in segregated theatres in the US. She was bisexual, a fighter, and overall an absolutely incredible woman as well as being extremely attractive.

This is round 6 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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Anna May Wong propaganda:

"She so so gorgeous!! Due to Hollywood racism she was pretty limited in the roles she got to play but even despite that she’s so captivating and deserves to be known as a leading lady in her own right!! When she’s on screen in Shanghai Express I can’t look away, which is saying something because Marlene Dietrich is also in that film."

"SHE IS ON THE BACK OF QUARTERS also she was very smart and able to speak multiple languages and is a fashion icon on top of the acting/singing"

"Paved the way for Asian American actresses AND TOTAL HOTTIE!!! She broke boundaries and made it her mission to smash stereotypes of Asian women in western film (at the time, they were either protrayed them as delicate and demure or scheming and evil). In 1951, she made history with her television show The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong, the first-ever U.S. television show starring an Asian-American series lead (paraphrased from Wikipedia). Also, never married and rumor has it that she had an affair with Marlene Dietrich. We love a Controversial Queen!"

"She's got that Silent Era smoulder™ that I think transcends the very stereotypical roles in which she was typically cast. Also looks very hot smouldering opposite Marlene Dietrich in "Shanghai Express"; there's kiss energy there."

"Hot as hell and chronically overlooked in her time, she's truly phenomenal and absolutely stunning"

"A story of stardom unavoidably marred by Hollywood racism; Wong's early-career hype was significantly derailed by the higher-up's reluctance to have an Asian lead, and things only got worse when the Hayes code came down and she suddenly *couldn't* be shown kissing a white man--even if that white man was in yellowface. After being shoved into the Dragon Lady role one too many times, she took her career to other continents for many years. Still, she came back to America eventually, being more selective in her roles, speaking out against Asian stereotypes, and in the midst of all of this finding the time to be awarded both the title of "World's Best Dressed Woman" by Mayfair Mannequin Society of New York and an honorary doctorate by Peking University."

"Incredible beauty, incredible actress, incredible story."

"-flapper fashion ICON. look up her fits please <3 -rumors of lesbianism due to her Close Friendships with marlene dietrich & cecil cunningham, among others -leveraged her star power to criticize the racist depictions of Chinese and Asian characters in Hollywood, as well as raise money and popular support for China & Chinese refugees in the 1930s and 40s. -face card REFUSED to decline"

Josephine Baker:

Black, American-born, French dancer and singer. Phenomenal sensation, took music-halls by storm. Famous in the silent film era.

Let's talk La Revue Negre, Shuffle Along. The iconique banana outfit? But also getting a Croix de Guerre and full military honors at burial in Paris due to working with the Resistance.

She exuded sex, was a beautiful dancer, vivacious, and her silliness and humor added to her attractiveness. She looked just as good in drag too.

So I know she was more famous for other stuff than movies and her movies weren’t Hollywood but my first exposure to her was in her films so I’ve always thought of her as a film actress first and foremost. Also she was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture so I think that warrants an entry

Iconic! Just look up anything about her life. She was a fascinating woman.

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GAY ICONS ANNA MAY WONG

As a young child living in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, Wong Liu Tsong dreaming of being an actress (Liu Tsong meaning "willow frost"). At the age of nine she pestered film crew to hirer her… so much so that she gained the nickname "C.C.C." or "Curious Chinese Child". Two years later she came up with her own stage name (Anna May Wong) - a combination of her original Chinese name and the Angelisized name used in school.

Despite her father’s objections, she was cast as an extra in The Red Lantern (1919) - her film debut. Soon, this and other extra roles motivated her to quit high school and pursue acting full time. She later said of her decision:

"I was so young when I began that I knew I still had youth if I failed, so I determined to give myself 10 years to succeed as an actress."

Her first screen credit came in 1921, when Wong was cast as Lon Chaney’s wife in “Bits of Life”. The next year she appeared in “The Toll of the Sea”, one of the first movies filmed in color. Variety singled out her performance as being “extraordinary”.

But unfortunately, despite her talent, Wong was primarily cast in stereotypical Asian roles. And if a film with a well rounded Asian character was available - Hollywood cast a Caucasian actress in “Yellow Face”.

For a time Wong had better success when she movie to Europe. There she befriended Marlene Dietrich and (pre-Nazi Propagandist) Leni Riefenstahl.

When Wong returned to Hollywood, she costarred with Marlene Dietrich in “Shanghai Express” in 1932. Although it was a supporting role, she played an important and heroic character.

During WWII, Wong focuses her efforts on raising money to help the Chinese cause against Japan.

In 1951, Wong starred in “The Gallery of Madame Liu-Song”, a 10 episode TV series where she played an art dealer turned detective - a major breakthrough as the first US television show starring an Asian-American.

Wong had planned to appearing in the film musical “Flower Drum Song” (1961) but died of a heart attack before production began.

The United States Mint announced in 2021 that Anna May Wong would be one of the first women depicted on the reverse of the quarter coin. This made her the first Asian American depicted on American coin.

Anna May Wong never married. When asked why not, she would answer:

“I am wedded to my art.”

She lived in an era when gay men and lesbian women dare not reveal themselves. But rumors persist that Wong was a lesbian. She has been linked to Marlene Dietrich, Leni Riefenstahl, Alla Nazimova, and Cecil Cunningham.

Whether Anna May Wong was a lesbian or not, her story deserves to be told.

UPDATE: Mattel released an Anna May Wong Barbie doll in May 2023!

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Publicity photo of Janet Beecher, Cecil Cunningham, Marjorie Rambeau, and Hedda Hopper for LAUGH IT OFF (1939), directed by Albert S. Rogell

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Meet the Cast

Alright, so this post is out of character for a reason! I have to introduce several new characters and tag the few people who made this possible! Without much further ado, let’s get right to the point!

As you might already know, please call me Cecil or Ghost! If we’re close or you’re the OG’s, you can refer to me by Destiny! I hoard names like a dragon- almost any name is fine with me, so long as it’s not insulting! I’m also an adult! I use they/them pronouns.

One last thing: you are allowed to ask more mature asks on this blog, but don’t go too overboard!

Now, let’s meet our characters, shall we~?

(NOTE: The picrew is not a finalized design but I got tired of checking for the right one!)

📕 Name: Nomi Norisu

📕 Nicknames: Gloom and Loom, Con-a-Lot, Tall Dark and Mysterious

📕 Age: ???

📕 Pronouns: He/She/They

📕 Dimension: E-92B (subject to change)

📕 Timeline: ITNV Season 1, set sometime in OG! Randy’s Season 1

📕 Cold, Distant, Pragmatic Teacher (what is his story…?)

(NOT A SHIP!)

🌗 Name(s): Randy Cunningham (OG), First Ninja (E-616)

🌗 Nicknames: Randy - kid/kiddo (by Punk Oni! Spike and Finja), rascal (by Punk Oni! Spike), punk (by Punk Oni! Spike); First Ninja - Finja/Fin (by Spike and Randy), reckless bastard (by Punk Oni! Spike)

🌗 Ages: Randy - 14-15, First Ninja - presumed late 30’s?

🌗 Pronouns: Randy - He/They, First Ninja - He/Him?

🌗 Relationship Type: (Adoptive) Father-Son

🐓 Name: Howard Weinerman

🐓 Nicknames: PENDING

🐓 Age: 27

🐓 Pronouns: He/Him

🐓 Dimension: E-212 (original)

🐓 Not Sociable, Never Seems to bring up Randy…

🔥 Name: Randy Cunningham

🔥 Nicknames: Ninja, Little Terror

🔥 Age: 15-16

🔥 Pronouns: He/They/It

🔥 Dimension: ??? / PENDING

🔥 Corrupted! Randy

🔥 Timeline: Alt Canon to Winner Takes Ball

(I couldn’t find the artist so if anyone knows- please let me know so I can credit them!)

🌸 Name: Theresa Fowler

🌸 Nicknames: Ninja, Flower Girl (by Howard from her dimension)

🌸 Age: 15

🌸 Pronouns: She/Her

🌸 Dimension: E-14512

🌸 Friendly, Upbeat, Confident

NOTE: Original Characters Coming Soon! For now, the characters above are the current available muses! Now to quickly show our list of tags - most rules as the other blogs apply. Use common sense, people but if need be, I will write new rules!

Tag List;

📕 Nomi Replies

🧣 Ninja Replies (OG/canon universe)

🌑 Randy Replies (OG/canon universe)

🗡️ E-616 Finja Replies

🐓 E-212 Howard Replies

🔥 Corrupted! Randy Replies

🌸 Ninja! Theresa Replies

💫 Mun Replies

(Also a quick thanks to @thesoundofmadness and @woodershloomp for convincing me to make corrupted! Randy as part of ITNV)

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Vanity Fair

Portraits of an Age 1914-1936

Introduction by John Russell

Thames & Hudson, London 1983, 203 pages, 23,5x30cm, ISBN 0 500 54089 6

missing pages n.51-52

euro 20,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

An undiscovered trove of over 200 celebrity photographs from the archives of Vanity Fair magazine, many of which had been commissioned from the foremost photographers of the age, but ended up being unpublished. Stunning black a white portrait photography(many full page) of artists, musicians, performers - people who shaped an era - by outstanding photographers: Man Ray, Baron de Meyer, Alfred Stieglitz, Cecil Beaton, Horst, Berenice Abbott, Edward Steichen, George Hoyningen-Huené, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, August Sander, Gertrude Käsebier, and more. 

09/04/24

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Safe in Hell (The Lost Lady) (1931) William A. Wellman

May 16th 2023

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Roscoe Arbuckle(a flirt), Corinne Parquet(his wife), Agnes Neilson(his wife's mother), Alice Lake(pretty girl) in A Reckless Romeo (1917)

Franklin Pangborn(a flirt), Dorothy Granger(his wife), Cecil Cunningham(his wife's aunt), Toby Wing(pretty girl) in The Candid Camera (1932)

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Mun and Blog Introduction

I guess we’re doing this again! You have no idea how tedious it is to keep making new blogs but I’m doing this for fun so!

Mun Introduction

💫 Name: Cecil/Ghost (I hoard names like a dragon, but right now I’m choosing to go by these two!)

💫 Age: 23 (about to change in a few days!)

💫 Pronouns: They/Them + Neos

💫 Multi-Fandom Blogger / Creator of AU’s

💫 Active Fandoms: Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja, Xiaolin Showdown (Secondary: Danny Phantom, American Dragon: Jake Long, Miraculous Ladybug, Codename: Kids Next Door, Swat Kats, Totally Spies, Kim Possible)

💫 Hyperfixated on 2000’s cartoon media. Working on multiple alternate universes and WIP’s!

The Category Catalogue

☑️ Likes: writing (original/fanfiction), film/media (animation/cartoons, fantasy, some romcom, action/adventure), roleplaying, discussing my hyperfixations/interests, original characters/self inserts, traveling

❌ Dislikes: ableism, heated fandom discourse, wet/slimy food, bigots, loud noises, certain bugs

Blog/Universe Explanation

Alright, so! Unlike the first two blogs - this one’s a little different although it’s still for asking characters things!

This one specifically and its sister blog @norisu-dojo are part of the same universe; at the moment it doesn’t have an official name, so to explain - the AU is a role swap where “Finja” is the ninja of 2012/2013 (?) and Randy’s the First Ninja (so basically Finja and Randy swap places hahah). I wanted to use the ask blog as a way of developing the universe a little more and to make something different!

It was between that or somehow First Ninja had been given a physical form and Randy convinced him to get social media or something, but I figured why not use one of my AU’s for the heck of it?

Now keep in mind this is still being developed, but you’ll be able to interact with “Finja” and well, possibly get information about the world he’s in! Who knows~

Muse Information

🐉 Name: [REDACTED] / the Ninja

🐉 Age: 14, almost 15! (I mean- totally 800 years old what do you mean)

🐉 Fandom: Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja / RC9GN

🐉 Current Timeline: “Season One” of Role Swap AU

🐉 Occupation: the Ninja / Protector of Norrisville High School

🐉 Certain information will be revealed via either this blog or its sister blog!

☑️ Acceptable Asks/Requests: inquiries for the Ninja (general questions and/or more personal ones, within reason of course!), roleplays between moots, out of character questions allowed (but please don’t do this too often- that’s not what this blog is for), anything you fancy!

❌ Do Not Ask: headcanon infodumps (wrong blog for this), x Reader requests, anything inappropriate (this is not canon! Finja), requests for fanfiction and/or artwork, anything too weird (at my own discretion)

Writer’s Edit: All questions to “Finja” will be answered in-character to the universe! The only exceptions to this is if I’m answering out of character

Additional Notes

Gifts are always welcome, of course!

Please keep in mind I do have a life outside of this blog! I might not always be active but I will do my best to respond as soon as I can!

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Dorothy Mackaill in Safe in Hell (William A. Wellman, 1931)

Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, Morgan Wallace, John Wray, Ivan Simpson, Victor Varconi, Nina Mae McKinney, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Noble Johnson, Cecil Cunningham, George F. Marion. Screenplay: Joseph Jackson, Maude Fulton, based on a play by Houston Branch. Cinematography: Sidney Hickox. Art direction: Jack Okey. Film editing: Owen Marks. 

Seamy and salacious, Safe in Hell is sometimes cited as an example of what finally scared Hollywood into accepting the Production Code, except that you could hardly find a more conventionally moral fable than this tale of a call girl who gives up her sinful ways when her sailor comes back from sea and proposes marriage. Unfortunately, the man who done her wrong intervenes and Gilda (Dorothy Mackaill) is forced to flee to a Caribbean island populated mostly by men of the wrong sort. Still, she manages to hold on to her renewed virtue and rise to self-sacrificing heights at the end. Mackaill is terrific in the role, making me wonder why she's not well-known today. It's probably because most of her work was done in silent films and she was turning 30 when sound came in, putting her at a disadvantage against younger actresses like Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck when it came to landing lead roles. Director William A. Wellman had a steady hand with this kind of tough-edged melodrama, introducing touches of comedy like the crowd of lecherous barflies who live in the hotel Gilda moves into while waiting the return of Carl (Donald Cook), her sailor. When she moves into her room on the balcony at the top of the stairs, they turn around their chairs to face it, eager for whatever action may occur. They're not disappointed: Piet Van Saal (Ralf Harolde), the man she thought she killed, forcing her to flee to the island, turns up alive, and the island's lawman, its "jailer and executioner" in his words, the unsavory Mr. Bruno (Morgan Wallace), also takes an interest in her. It's a middling movie, mostly of historical interest, particularly in the appearance of two important Black actors, Clarence Muse and Nina Mae McKinney, in roles that don't call for them to kowtow too much to the whites or speak the standard dialect concocted for Black people in the movies. McKinney, best known today for her performance as Chick in King Vidor's Hallelujah (1929). gets to introduce the song "When It's Sleepy Time Down South," which became a jazz standard when Louis Armstrong popularized it. Muse, who plays a hotel porter, was one of its composers, along with Leon René and Otis René. 

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🥷 Meet the Mun & Blog 🧣

Gooood timezone, ladies, gents, and everyone in between!

I wanted to briefly introduce myself and what to expect from the blog itself! Sooo, without much further ado, let's get right to it!

Mun Introduction

🌲 Name: Cecil/Ghost (I'm a hoarder of names like a dragon, but please- just use these two for now! Moots from the main blog can call me by my other name!)

🌲 Age: 24, baby!

🌲 Pronouns: They/Them

🌲 Hobbies/Interests: writing, film/media, roleplaying, making playlists and Pinterest boards, my never-ending fandoms! I am a novice artist!

🌲 Current Fandoms: Randy Cunningham, Danny Phantom, Xiaolin Showdown, American Dragon, Miraculous Ladybug! (Honorable Mentions: Kids Next Door, Swat Kats, Totally Spies)

🌲 What kind of asks and/or requests do I do? AU discussion, x Reader requests, character asks (what this blog is for!), headcanon dumps, etc

Favorites and the Icky

☑️ Likes: my followers/mutuals (I appreciate all of you!), animals, my hyperfixations, books, movies, fanfiction writing, talking about my universes, etc

🚫 Dislikes: ableism, hating on fandoms, heated discourse, TERF’s/any type of bigot, kin and therian hate, fakeclaiming

🧣 About the Blog 🧣

Muse Name: Randy Cunningham / the Ninja, duh. Who else would it be?

Age: 16-17

Fandom: Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja

Type of Blog: Interactive/Roleplay!

Accepted Asks/Requests: inquiries for Randy- I mean the Ninja (all answers will be in-character), roleplays between moots (again, this is in character!), out of character appreciation, fanart, OOC questions (please tag these as OOC! I don’t want people getting confused. This is a character ask blog after all!)

Current Timeline: Post-Canon

Can we ship? Honestly, no- unless it’s pre-discussed, do not flirt with my muse in the asks/requests! Both parties must be agreeing to this!

Tag List:

🧣 ninja replies (in-character responses for Randy, I mean the Ninja)

🌟 mun answers (out of character replies!)

/ ooc (another tag for out of character)

Additional Blogs: @/your-average-norrisville-student