#Heaven Knows Mr Allison

[lifes-commotion]

Deborah Kerr

[womansfilm]

Deborah Kerr on the set of Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)

[deborahkerr]

Barbara [Stanwyck] and I shared a table with Deborah Kerr and her husband. Deborah had an ultra-ladylike air about her that was misleading. In fact, she was quick, sharp, and very funny. She and Barbara got along like old school chums. — Farley Granger

[ladyvyola]

Look, if you want smouldering and yearning, catch Robert Mitchum as a US Marine stranded with a Catholic nun (Deborah Kerr) on a Japanese-held island during WWII in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison.

Propaganda

Boris Karloff (Frankenstein)—when he was out of the monster makeup he was touching, elegant, dignified

Robert Mitchum (Night of the Hunter, Angel Face)—no propaganda submitted

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[propaganda photos submitted under the cut.]

[nowvoyagerit]

Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (John Huston, 1957)

[nwscrapbook]

Natalie with husband Robert Wagner at the premier of Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957).

[stricklandvintagewatches]

Robert Mitchum – sans shirt; avec wristwatch – in a 1957 studio still from “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison,” starring Deborah Kerr; directed by John Huston.

[70s80sandbeyond]

Deborah Kerr & Robert Mitchum in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)

[norashelley]

1932, 1957, 1963

1932 Grand Hotel Three Wise Girls Smilin’ Through Three on a Match Love Me Tonight

1957 Desk Set Funny Face Until They Sail Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1967 Charade It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World The Thrill of It All Move Over, Darling

[cinemajunkie70]

The happiest of birthdays to the eternally beautiful Deborah Kerr! Heaven Knows Mr. Allison is perfect to me!

[tcmparty]

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Tuesday, August 8 — Joan Blondell Double Feature 8:00 p.m. — GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933) Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands 10:00 p.m. — FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933) A producer fights labor problems, financiers, and an injured leading lady to put on a show.

Saturday, August 12 — 8:00 p.m. HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON (1957) A marine and a nun are shipwrecked on a Pacific Island during World War II

[attempted--eloquence]

Well now that I've seen the movie I guess the only thing I can do is re-read Handle With Care and pretend it never existed in the first place ! Do I dare ask what you thought of it ?

Oh boy. I TRULY am not even sure where to start. I’ll preface this by saying I didn’t have particularly high hopes, and was kinda just expecting to enjoy the nostalgia piece of it all.

However, it felt like the movie substituted substance (character development, coherent storytelling and plot continuation, etc.) for nostalgia? Like a washed up rock band coming back together for a one-night-only reunion show and trying to cram all of their biggest hits into a 2 hour, 20 minute runtime with a bit clumsy execution.

I think the first point that bothers me is the way that the logic/rules of the world that were established in S1 and onward just…don’t exist anymore. The wolfsbane being burnt out without needing the strain of wolfsbane that poisoned Scott. Peter Hale sniffing the ground like a dog (although ngl that was funny as fuck and I’m hoping? intentional) when werewolves can literally smell chemosignals from a good distance away, let alone blood. The nogitsune being Gerard who is already a werewolf, right? But also the nogitsune is not supposed to be able to be a fox and wolf? Also, Mr. Harris acquiring the jar for the Nogitsune from Liam and Hikari in Japan (how did it get there in the first place?), neither of whom he had ever met because he was presumed dead after s3?

I’m also really…confused about the repeated decision to introduce storylines without giving integral background information (or at least, a reason to give a fuck?) Parrish and Malia. Derek Hale having a son. Hikari and Liam in Japan. Gerard becoming a nogitsune.

Especially with Hikari…she’s like the first figure we see in the movie and yet by the end of it, I have no clue at all who she is as a person. Her and Liam (and MASON. What the hell.) are like cardboard cutouts with a button that you push to spit out occasional one-liners.* And I don’t understand the introduction of a new character when they’re essentially a nothing factor and have such limited, flat interactions with the existing cast. They let Eli Hale shine and become someone we root for. I want to care about Hikari! But I feel like I wasn’t given a reason to. I don’t know if the role was written for Kira and unchanged when Arden declined and was replaced, but it seemed like it was written as if we were automatically supposed to know, understand, and root for Hikari while essentially only knowing she’s a kitsune who is Liam’s love interest? and works at a ramen house with him. All her defining traits seemed to be about what she can offer to the plot rather than who she actually is.

Maybe I placed too many expectations on the ability to develop some of these things within the runtime of the movie…but I think if there’s an inability to make all of these plot points logical, some of them could’ve gotten cut. But, I’d really like to know other thoughts/feelings on the movie, though! Also I totally could’ve missed some things in the movie that would’ve alleviated some of my frustrations with it, but I dunno.

Positives! Oh babey I am so glad Theo fucking Raeken was not in that movie. Also the copious use of the word fuck was awesome lmfao. And I thought Eli was funny! (he’s, uh, very much like a Stiles Jr. but I have no comment on that). Also Finstock is Finstock which is cool. And thank the heavens for Alan Deaton. And the scene where Allison had to burn the wolfsbane out and having her mother over her shoulder as a callback to that one scene when she has to stitch up Scott was well done, I thought.

*on the note of characterization, I think I have this same gripe with a lot of characters in the movie. Jackson is essentially there just to keep Lydia company. Malia and Parrish are a thing because…reasons? Allison is undead after 15 years and working through amnesia and she’s somehow not that affected by it? (Yeah, she’s like, murderous and disoriented at first…but after realizing she’s been dead 15 years and remembering Scott she’s kinda fine?) Mason is just another familiar face on the police force. Derek seemed so UnDerek to me. And even after trying to rationalize that fatherhood changes a person, his timid ~just a father trying to do my best to raise my delinquent child of mysterious origins that I love very much~ just didn’t…work for me. Also HIM CHOOSING TO BURN TO DEATH IN FRONT OF HIS KID OMFG.

[tedhead]

im always watching heaven knows mr allison

[parkerbombshell]

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[amadmanwithapen]

Deborah Kerr playing some kind of repressed religious freak who's forced to interact with a horny scoundrel is one of the most special classic film genres we have (stills from The Innocents, Black Narcissus, Heaven Knows Mr Allison, The King and I and The Night of the Iguana).

Propaganda

Deborah Kerr (Bonjour Tristesse, An Affair to Remember, The King and I)— For several decades she held the record for most Oscar nominations without a win (6 in total), and she was a prolific leading lady throughout the 40s and 50s. She's best known today for the romance An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant, and as the governess in The King and I. Many people have this erroneous perception of her as extremely prim, proper, and virginal, but this could not be further from the truth. When she first came to Hollywood under MGM she was typecast into boring decorative roles, but broke sexual boundaries for herself and Hollywood generally in From Here to Eternity, when she made out (horizontally!) with Burt Lancaster (on top of him!) in the famous Beach Scene. She went on to play many sexually conflicted women, a character type that would define most of her post- Eternity work. She continued to break Hays Code boundaries with Tea and Sympathy, which addresses homosexuality/homophobia head-on, and even did a topless scene in The Gypsy Moths 1969!! One of the only classic stars to do so. She deserves a more nuanced and frankly a hotter legacy than she currently has!!!

Ethel Merman (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam)— Possessed of a bold, brash voice, and an even bolder and brasher presence, Ethel Merman might be more well known for her stage roles, but she made several movies, and was bold and brash in them as well. Also I think if I don't submit her, she's going to come back and haunt me.

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[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Ethel Merman:

You've gotta love any woman who got typecast as lead-MILF

Deborah Kerr:

I think she was one of my first crushes before I realised I was bi in The King and I when I watched it as a kid honestly. The kissing scene in From Here to Eternity is iconic for a reason. Actually tried to learn the accents for the characters she was playing if they weren't English which is more than pretty much anyone else was doing then. Played very restrained characters who frequently seemed to be desperate not to be so restrained. Did horror movies without venturing into hagsploitation tropes. Gave Marni Nixon the credit she deserved for her share of the singing in The King and I.

Anne Larsen is a peak late 1950s bisexual with big MILF energy. Have you seen the behind the scenes pics of her wearing a suit?? Have you????? Vote Deb as Anne Larsen.

Nominated for an Oscar six (6) times and never won, but besides her having actual talent (hot), and besides her looking Like That (very hot, also beautiful), she was always playing women who are, like, crazy repressed. Which makes it fun and easy for me to read these characters as queer. Icon!!!! You know what's hot? Playing ambiguously gay in vintage Hollywood.

Her face and talent and body, yes, ofc, duh. But also!!! Her HANDS!!!! I may be but a simple lesbian, but she is the best hactor (hand actor) that ever lived and that's HOT! For propriety's sake I feel I must redact a large portion of my commentary on this subject. Anyway. She's hot in her most famous roles (mentioned above), and also some of her sexiest hacting is on display in An Affair to Remember (her hand on the bannister when Cary Grant kisses her off-screen??? HELLO???), Tea and Sympathy (when she's trying to persuade Tom not to go out and she keeps flexing her hands like she wants to reach out to him but can't??? ALLY BEHAVIOR! WE STAN!), and The Innocents (which opens and closes with extended shots of her hands bc director Jack Clayton was also an ally and he did that for ME). Much of her appeal also lies in the fact that she often played deeply repressed characters and you know what's hot? When those uptight characters finally unravel. It's sexy. It's cathartic. It's erotic. Plus, she's beautiful to look at in both black & white and technicolor, and the more of her films you see, the more you can't help but fall in love!

Literally is in thee most famously sexy scene of all time (or maybe just during the hays code era which is what we're talking about HELLO), which is the beach scene with Burt Lancaster in from here to eternity. To quote a tumblr post of a screen capture of a tweet of a video of joy behar on the view: "y'know, there used to be movies where they were kissing on the beach... From Here to Eternity. They're kissing-- Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr are Kissing on the Beach and then the WAVES crash!! You know exactly what they did!"

She might have a reputation of being chaste and virginal or whatever, but we all know it's the quiet ones who are certifiable FREAKS

[alexlacquemanne]

Juin MMXXIII

Films

Indiana Jones et le Royaume du crâne de cristal (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) (2008) de Steven Spielberg avec Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, Ray Winstone et Jim Broadbent

La vie est belge (Brabançonne) (2014) de Vincent Bal avec Arthur Dupont, Amaryllis Uitterlinden, Jos Verbist, David Cantens, Koen Van Impe, Tom Audenaert, Ivan Pecnik et Veerle Eyckermans

La Nuit américaine (1973) de François Truffaut avec Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud et François Truffaut

Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) (1948) de John Huston avec Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston, Alfonso Bedoya, Barton MacLane et Bruce Bennett

Adieu Gary (2008) de Nassim Amaouche avec Jean-Pierre Bacri, Dominique Reymond, Yasmine Belmadi, Mhamed Arezki, Sabrina Ouazani, Hab-Eddine Sebiane et Abdelhafid Metalsi

La ciociara (1960) de Vittorio De Sica avec Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi, Pupella Maggio, Renato Salvatori et Raf Vallone

La mort n'était pas au rendez-vous (Conflict) (1945) de Curtis Bernhardt avec Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart, Charles Drake et Grant Mitchell

The Flash (2023) d'Andrés Muschietti avec Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Maribel Verdu, Ben Affleck, Ron Livingston, Jeremy Irons et Gal Gadot

En cas de malheur (1958) de Claude Autant-Lara avec Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère, Franco Interlenghi, Nicole Berger, Madeleine Barbulée, Annick Allières et Jacques Clancy

Fahrenheit 451 (1966) de François Truffaut avec Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser, Bee Duffell et Noel Davis

Dieu seul le sait (Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison) (1957) de John Huston avec Deborah Kerr et Robert Mitchum

Séries

James May : Notre Homme en Italie

Dieu se fait pardonner - Funeste asile - Matière noire - Du très très bon fromage - Du pesto ! - Adieu, Bim

Friends Saison 8, 9

Celui qui se faisait interviewer - Celui qui animait un jeu stupide - Celui qui passait un entretien d'embauche - Celui qui assistait à la première - Celui qui avait un bébé : 1re partie - Celui qui avait un bébé : 2e partie - Celui qui n'avait demandé personne en mariage - Celui qui acceptait sa mutation - Celui qui allait chez le pédiatre - Celui qui regardait des requins - Celui qui avait fumé - Celui qui était le plus drôle - Celui qui faisait rire sa fille - Celui qui était vexé - Celui qui n'osait pas dire la vérité - Celui qui passait Noël à Tulsa - Celui qui ne voulait plus de bébé - Celui qui défendait sa nounou - Celui qui se faisait épiler - Celui qui se faisait poser un lapin - Celui qui se faisait agresser - Celui qui prêtait de l'argent - Celui qui envoyait des e-mails - Celui qui voulait gagner à la loterie - Celui qui piquait dans les hôtels - Celui qui allait à une soirée privée - Celui qui faisait un test de fécondité - Celui qui avait besoin d'un donneur - Celui qui allait à la Barbade

Inspecteur Barnaby Saison 9

La Maison hantée - Lettres mortelles - La Course à l'héritage - L'Assassin de l'ombre - Quatre enterrements et un mariage - Ces dames de la campagne - Complément d'enquête

Coffre à Catch

#118 : Cody Rhodes : le futur American Nightmare à la ECW ! - #119 : En route vers Cyber Sunday 2008 ! - #120 : Evan Bourne brille presque autant que SilentStorm ! - #121 : D-Generation X invitée au Dirt Sheet !

Castle Saison 2

Tuez le messager - Les Dessous de la loi - Doubles vies - La cinquième balle

Affaires sensibles

Silvio Berlusconi et le scandale du Rubygate - Kadhafi à Paris, la folle visite d'un dictateur - Suzy et mon gros loup : le mystère AZF - Le cimentier Lafarge en Syrie - Waco : une secte dans l'enfer des flammes - Incendie du tunnel du Mont-Blanc : autopsie d’une catastrophe annoncée - Dropped : tournage mortel sur une téléréalité

Maîtres et valets Saison 1, 2

Nouveau départ - Ils ne passeront pas - Bouleversements - Un pays lointain dont on ne sait rien - Le Prix de l'amour - L'Idéal féminin - Indépendance et soumission - Dernière valse - Jours sombres

The Grand Tour Saison 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Eurocrash - The Grand Tour présente… Lochdown - The Grand Tour présente… Carnage à Trois - Scotch Single Malt - Les garçons du Niagara - La Loi du plus fort - Opéra, art et donuts

Visitors Saison 1

Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 - Episode 5 - Episode 6 - Episode 7 - Episode 8

Spectacles

Lalo Schifrin, Mission : Impossible (2023) par l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Ce que femme veut (1981) de Etienne Ray et Alfred Savoir avec Catherine Allary, Georges Beller, Yolande Folliot, Patrick Burget, Raoul Delfosse et Sonia Sariel

Un couple magique (2023) de Laurent Ruquier avec Stéphane Plaza, Valérie Mairesse et Jeanfi Janssens

Dire Straits Live at Wembley Arena, London (1985)

Deep Purple au Hellfest (2017)

Drôle De Genre (2022) de Jade-Rose Parker avec Victoria Abril, Lionnel Astier, Axel Huet et Jade-Rose Parker

Livres

Le Géant Ferré : La huitième merveille du monde de Bertrand Hébert et Pat Laprade

Détective Conan : Tome 10 de Gôshô Aoyama

Détective Conan : Tome 11 de Gôshô Aoyama

Spirou et Fantasio, Tome 33 : Virus de Tome et Janry

Il était une fois.. l'Homme, Tome 4 : Rome de Jean-Charles Gaudin, Jean Barbaud, Minte et Afroula Hadjiyannakis

Hero Corp, Tome 1 : Les origines de Simon Astier et Marco Failla