#Jonathan Hale

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Her First Beau (1941, Theodore Reed) is a coming-of-age story about two teenagers whose dreams are not understood by their parents, which is as big a part of the movie as the love story of the leading girl. Penny (Jane Withers) is a fifteen-year-old girl who falls for her 5 years older uncle's college friend, but it takes her a long time to realize that he's a terrible man. The ending of the film builds up the expectation that Penny will become romantically involved with her old friend Chuck (Jackie Cooper).

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From the Golden Age of Television

Riders of the Pony Express - ABC - December 15, 1953

A presentation of "Cavalcade of America" Season 2 Episode 11

Drama

Running Time: 30 minutes

Narrated by William Johnstone

Written and Directed by Robert Stevenson

Stars:

Trevor Bardette as Senator William Gwin

Jonathan Hale as Postmaster General Aaron Brown

Howard Negley as John Butterfield

Lewis Martin as William H. Russell

Robert Warwick as Alexander Majors

John Qualen as William B. Waddell

Robert Cornthwaite as Mark Twain

Jim Hayward as Tomlin

Richard Bauman as Reporter

Ralph Reed as Applicant

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Dead Man's Eyes (1944)

"I wouldn't be surprised if this man were insane. He wouldn't be the first one who'd gone mad studying the processes of the mind."

"Precisely, Captain. I compliment you on your sagacity."

"You know, it's people like you that have caused me to steer clear of all this book psychology."

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Jonathan Hale was born on March 21, 1891 #botd

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I will never be okay with KBR handwaving Jonathan Hale sexually assaulting a sixteen-year-old girl. Lo asks if Jonathan raped her and Ryke said "she was almost seventeen" (which i think is to try to soften what he did, instead of just saying she was sixteen) and that it was a "one time thing."

and like. I shouldn't have to say this, but a sixteen-year-old cannot consent to having sex with a full grown, married man. especially not one that has wealth, status, and privilege over her. And like, even if this girl threw herself at Jonathan, he should've walked away. He was the adult. This is singlehandedly one of the worst things he's ever done.

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Dead Man's Eyes (1944) Reginald Le Borg

August 5th 2024

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“In 1828… the Faust legend obsessed artists and writers; in dozens of works they told the story of the modern predicament: in gaining the power of industry, the world was sacrificing its soul. It was not the new machines themselves they feared - there were not yet many - it was machine thinking.”

Jonathan Hale, The old way of seeing

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Her First Beau (1941, Theodore Reed) is a coming-of-age story about two teenagers whose dreams are not understood by their parents, which is as big a part of the movie as the love story of the leading girl. Penny (Jane Withers) is a fifteen-year-old girl who falls for her 5 years older uncle's college friend, but it takes her a long time to realize that he's a terrible man. The ending of the film builds up the expectation that Penny will become romantically involved with her old friend Chuck (Jackie Cooper).

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Blu-ray review: “The Phantom Speaks” (1945)

“The Phantom Speaks” (1945) Horror Running Time: 69 minutes Written by: John K. Butler Directed by: John English Featuring: Richard Arlen, Stanley Ridges, Lynne Roberts, Tom Powers, Charlotte Wynters and Jonathan Hale Critical Commentary “The Phantom Speaks” is a cinematic masterpiece that continues to captivate audiences with its enigmatic storytelling and timeless allure. Released in…

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Here's my take on scarecrow, where his origins are a kinda fucked up legacy farmer from West Virginia who figured out how to synthesize LSD from farm herbicide when he was in his Ph.D program.

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Mutant Library, (group exhibition), Tension, London, September 14 – October 19, 2024

Participating Artists: David Bellingham, David Blackmore, Jonathan Callan, Nick Cash (BOOKEND), Robert Ellis, Matt Hale (BOOKEND), Michael Hampton, Andrew Macbeth, n[trOP]y, Mark Sowden, Finlay Taylor

(image: n[trOP]y (Michael Hampton and David Blackmore), Index 2.0, Tension, London, 2024, Laminated laserjet A3 poster version for sale in gallery, Edition of 40 signed copies)

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BONUS stuff from the AOTC screenplay...

1. Yoda probing the Dark Side.

In an earlier draft of the Attack of the Clones screenplay, Scene 51 (which I've already talked about here) ends with this comment by Mace, where he explains what Yoda is doing up in his quarters, followed up by Scene 52, showing Yoda meditating:

And it turns out, this is actually a mini plot point in this draft!

Since Qui-Gon's death, the Jedi are actually on the lookout for the remaining Sith Lord, waiting to sense even a trace of him... but then this happens.

And, like, nobody saw it coming! What the hell!

So that leads to this other cut scene (originally set right after Obi-Wan tells Anakin that Padmé "was happy to see us"), Scene 12, which features an evening conversation between Mace Windu and Yoda.

When Yoda says "the dark side of the Force clouds everything", that's not just an expression to say 'he doesn't know'.

The Dark Side has tainted everything around the Jedi, and THAT'S why the Sith have an advantage. Because they're used to it. They were 'born in the dark, molded by it'.

As a result... in this situation, they're the only ones who can foresee the possibilities of the future, while the Jedi are pretty much walking blind, in a fog.

It's not just that the Sith Lord is a master politician and the Jedi are politically inept. It's that, right now, he's the only one who can truly see the future and roll with it, while the only thing the Jedi can do is go forward, have their guard up and hope for the best.

Which a concept explored in the non-canon comic Sithisis from Star Wars: Visionaries (which, if I recall, was created by Derek Thompson after his regular interactions with George Lucas and a 45-minute interview with Ian McDiarmid)!

2. "Sifo-Dyas", aka Sidious

Okay, so some of y'all probably already knew this tidbit. I did, but didn't know it was in this draft of the script so it was a fun surprise:

Sifo-Dyas was originally a pseudonym used by Darth Sidious.

Throughout the script, his name is spelled "Sido-Dyas" (which sounds a lot more like "Sidious").

And when it comes to the mysterious Sido-Dyas, the Jedi talk about him like they've never heard of him before and full-on say he's an imposter.

At some point, there ended up being a typo in the scene where Obi-Wan talks to Lama Su, and the word was mispelled "Sifo-Dyas" and eventually Lucas decided to make him a different character.

Also the Tyranus who hired Jango Fett is referred to as "Darth Tyranus", in this draft, which I guess was changed because it was gonna be to obvious.

But it does indicate that after TPM, they concluded that Darth Maul was the Master, not the Apprentice.

3. Are Yoda and Padmé friends...?

Okay so there's this moment here:

Yoda taps Padmé with his cane!

Thus CONFIRMING that poking/tapping/hitting people with his cane is Yoda's love language!

Seconds later, there's also this line where Yoda tells Padmé to reign the selflessness and politics back and accept their help:

First off, I'm just picturing Padmé just casually kneeling so she can be at Yoda-height and I'm dying!

But also, like... he calls her "Padmé". They're on a first-name basis!

To me, that's gotta be an implication that in the 10 years between TPM and AOTC... I dunno, Padmé visited the Temple while Anakin was off-planet or just met Yoda at a meeting, and now they've formed a bond and they're pals.

If that's the case, then their Ilum mission in Clone Wars (2003) takes a whole new aspect.

And if we're rolling with this idea... how much of Padmé did Yoda see in Luke?? None? Some?

I think it's a case of when Luke is screwing up royally "he's just like Anakin ffs" and then the few times he's actually listening "nice to see you inherited some of your mother's sense!"

Bear in mind, these bits of dialog never made it on the screen but they did make it to the "final" version of the screenplay published in The Art of Attack of the Clones. So if I had to guess the reason for deletion, it was probably for pacing purposes.

Bonus:

Yoda introducing the younglings in his care is such an adorable thing.

Just in general, this scene is great. George Lucas had this to say in the AOTC commentary track:

"This is a chance for me to play with that more mischievous side of his character and get away from the 'official, serious Yoda' that ends up [...] on the Jedi Council, where he really isn't allowed to be as fun and tease people. In this environment with the kids, he's able to lighten up a little bit, which I really wanted to do for his character. It's much more what his character is in the other movies, especially in Empire Strikes Back."

But also... like Yoda is hyping up the younglings! Is that a thing?

Did Dooku & Yoda have competitions and introduce their respective clans like hype men? I'm picturing a scene where Yoda's like:

Yoda: "To a competition, the mighty Bear Clan challenges the Thranta Clan!" Bear Clan younglings: "GROOAAAAH!"

And Dooku is like:

Dooku: "The gallant Thranta Clan is ready to clean the floors with the Bear Clan whenever you want!" Thranta Clan younglings: *POSE MAJESTICALLY*

Glorious...

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Harvey hung out with his Blue Beetle co-star Susan Sarandon and Magicians co-star Hale Appleman while supporting his friends in Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway.

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via ig - jonpdaviss

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002, George Lucas)

07/07/2024

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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

My rating: 6/10

Excellent cast, delivering excellent performances that are unfortunately somewhat wasted on a rather uneven script that sags quite a bit in the middle.