#Cockatoos for two from 1946

[spongebob-connoisseur]

The month long Patrick Show episodes marathon has finally come to a close. Ending on a lovely note with Slappy robbing the Star family blind <3

[angelamontoo]

Grading Looneytunes Peter Lorre caricatures Part 1

•Peter Lorre-Hollywood steps out(1941)

The classic! Idk if he's the oldest peter lorre caricature, but he's gotta be the template cause he has pretty much everything people associate with Peter parodies. Big eyes, weird Mr Moto hair, a bow tie, big lips, shitty buck teeth, long eyelashes and a tendency to say weird shit(though not particularly creepy or menacing. Ive heard some people say his dialogue is meant to be a reference to M, but I think they just thought it'd be funny if he said some weird shit). I enjoy his big, weird overly detailed hands and how impressed he is by bubbles. Also ik he's gross, but I think he looks adorable in stills where his mouth is open. 8/10

•Dr. Lorre-Hair raising hare(1946)

This guy is yellow af. He may be the tallest looneytunes peter parody. I wish they kept him as Gossamers creator instead of replacing him with that other bald Boris Karloff guy. I like his weird, striking colour scheme. 7/10

•Hugo-Racketeer Rabbit(1946)

Hands down my favourite classic short Looneytunes Peter. He looks like a ventriloquist dummy that was possessed by the ghost of a victorian orphan. I really like the animation of him firing the big gun and how he looks sitting in that chair with his creepy lil mouth open. 9/10 he makes me laugh. uAuh

Mr Sidney-Cockatoos for two(1947)

Probably the most gross Peter parody so far on this list. I think it looks especially gross when the bird kisses his big orange lips. Although im not inlove with him playing with his weird, melted looking food either. He looks hilarious from a front view though. Also his voice is pretty funny. 6/10

Welp! That'll do for now

[justforbooks]

Clara Margery Melita Sharp was born on 25 January 1905. She was an English author of 25 novels for adults, 14 children's novels, four plays, two mysteries, and numerous short stories. Her best known work is The Rescuers series about two mice named Bernard and Miss Bianca, which was later adapted in two animated feature films – The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under – by Disney.

Sharp was born in the district of Salisbury in the county of Wiltshire, England, although her family originated from northern Yorkshire. She spent part of her childhood in Malta, a period she later drew on for her novel The Sun in Scorpio. In 1914 she returned to Britain and studied at Streatham High School. She read French at Bedford College, University of London. She then spent a year studying art at Westminster Art School. While studying she joined the British University Women's Debating Team and was a member of the first team to compete in the United States.

Punch magazine began publishing her stories when she was 21. She went on to write for a number of American and British magazines, including Harper's Bazaar, Ladies' Home Journal and Good Housekeeping. Sharp's first novel, Rhododendron Pie, took her a month to write and was published in 1930.

In 1938 she married aeronautical engineer Major Geoffrey Castle. During World War II she worked for three years as an Army Education Lecturer; during this time she wrote the novel Cluny Brown and worked on Britannia Mews, which described the bombing of London.

In 1940 her seventh novel, The Nutmeg Tree, was adapted into a Broadway play, The Lady in Waiting. In 1948 the book was adapted into the Hollywood film Julia Misbehaves, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. One of her most popular novels, Cluny Brown, the story of a plumber's niece turned parlourmaid, was also made into a Hollywood film by Ernst Lubitsch in 1946, with Academy Award winner Jennifer Jones in the title role. The rights for the novel Britannia Mews were bought in 1946 by 20th Century Fox, and it was released as The Forbidden Street in 1949. The 1963 film The Notorious Landlady was based on her 1956 short story "The Notorious Tenant".

In 1959 she published The Rescuers, and though written for an adult audience it became hugely popular with children. Sharp continued the series with a further eight books, illustrated by Garth Williams – who had previously illustrated other children's classics such as Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little – and Erik Blegvad. In 1977 Walt Disney Productions released the animated feature film The Rescuers, which had critical acclaim and financial success, followed by a sequel, The Rescuers Down Under, in 1990.

Selected works

Adult novels

Rhododendron Pie (1930)

Fanfare for Tin Trumpets (1932)

The Nymph and The Nobleman (1932)

The Flowering Thorn (1934)

Sophy Cassmajor (1934)

Four Gardens (1935)

The Nutmeg Tree (1937), which was made into the film Julia Misbehaves

Harlequin House (1939)

The Stone of Chastity (1940)

Three Companion Pieces (1941) – contains Sophy Cassmajor, The Tigress on the Hearth and The Nymph and the Nobleman

Cluny Brown (1944), which was made into a movie of the same title

Britannia Mews (1946), which was made into the film The Forbidden Street

The Foolish Gentlewoman (1948)

Lise Lillywhite (1951)

The Gipsy in the Parlour (1954)

The Tigress on the Hearth (1955)

The Eye of Love (1957) – Martha Trilogy I

Something Light (1960)

Martha in Paris (1962) – Martha Trilogy II

Martha, Eric and George (1964) – Martha Trilogy III

The Sun in Scorpio (1965)

In Pious Memory (1967)

Rosa (1969)

The Innocents (1972)

The Lost Chapel Picnic and Other Stories (1973)

The Faithful Servants (1975)

Summer Visits (1977)

Children's novels

Melisande (1960)

Lost at the Fair (1965)

The Magical Cockatoo (1974)

The Children Next Door (1974)

The Rescuers series

The Rescuers (1959)

Miss Bianca (1962)

The Turret (1963)

Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines (1966)

Miss Bianca in the Orient (1970)

Miss Bianca in the Antarctic (1971)

Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid (1972)

Bernard the Brave (1977)

Bernard into Battle (1978)

Other

"The Notorious Tenant" (1956), short story on which the movie The Notorious Landlady was based

Sharp died in Aldeburgh, Suffolk on 14 March 1991. In 2008 all of her adult books except for The Eye of Love were out of print, but in 2016 Kindle editions of ten of her novels were issued.

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