#Marjorie wiseman

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Kelly Bishop, aka Shelia Bryant, aka, Baby’s mom Marjorie Wiseman, aka Emily Gilmore, aka Fanny Flowers, aka Mrs Ivey…

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Reading Rumble Round 6

The grandmaster of ghost stories, the wiseman of the weird, Algernon Blackwood straightens his bowtie and enters the ring. Bibliography 

Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood John Silence, Physician Extraordinary, 1908

An Englishman is drawn to a sleepy French village, where he becomes obsessed with a young maid and witnesses a Satanic cult of werecats. Which is possibly debunked by Dr. Silence with the much more plausible explanation of past life regression.

The Crown Derby Plate by Marjorie Bowen The Last Bouquet: Some Twilight Tales, 1933

Turns out that ghost in the haunted house was a ghost.

Available in The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories from Amazon 

Black Thirst by C.L. Moore Weird Tales April 1934

Interplanetary outlaw Northwest Smith is recruited by a Venusian harem-mate seeking help against her inhuman captive. Like Shambleau it involves his will being sapped by an alien creature, and like Black God's Kiss the story was mostly walking through corridors and repetitive descriptions.

At the Mouth of Time by Joe R. Lansdale Originally in Fantasy Tales v6 n11, Winter 1982

Sword and Sorcery this time, from being hired in a tavern to fighting a sorcerer, with some horny schtick from the hero.

Collected in in this 45th Anniversary Tribute, from Amazon 

The Sixth Sense of Frau Bernhauer by John Kobler Detective Fiction Weekly v104 n03, 8/15/36

"True" story about a blind landlady who finds the clue that jails a bluebeard tenant. More artistic license than usual to create a narrative, and not the most interesting case to begin with.

Lansdale cleans house, knocking Kobler, Moore, and Brown over the ropes, Blackwood barely holding on.

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The results are in for the favorite minor characters in Fallout!

(Your mileage may vary about whether this counts as a minor character)

Characters in 3, New Vegas, and 4 that only got one vote were:

Fallout 3 -- Weston Lesko, Wernher, Wadsworth, Victoria Watts, Vance, Toshiro Kago, Thomas Jefferson, Stockholm, Squirrel, Sally, Rosie, Rory McLaren, Reilly, Quinn, Princess, Pappy, Nadine, Mr. Brotch, Mister Burke, Miss Jeanette, Lucy West, Karl, Jenny Stahl, Irving Gallows, Ian West, Harold, Gallo, Flak, Emmaline, Cherry, Bryan Wilks, Bronson, Bessie Lynn, Benji Montgomery, Barrett, Arthur Maxson,

Fallout New Vegas -- Boxcar, Book Chute, Driver Nephi, Lucius, Sergio, Cachino, Festus, Vera Keyes, Bitter-root, Lt. Boyd, Keene, Deputy Beagle, Jane, Old Lady Gibson, Siri, Alice McLafferty, Father Elijah, Daisy Whitman, Antony, Diane, Lieutenant Gorobets, Grecks, Stealth Suit, Pretty Sarah, Marjorie, Philippe, Silus, Ezekiel, Daniel, Francine Garrett, Captain Curtis, Lanius, No-Bark Noonan, Rhonda, Poindexter, Ignacio Rivas, Tom Anderson, Carlyle St. Clair III, Jimmy, Malefic Maud, Private Kyle Edwards, Thomas Hildern, Jessup, McMurphy, Violet, Cliff Briscoe

Fallout 4 -- Rory Rigwell, Proctor Teagan, Aster, Isabel Cruz, Nat, Dr. Duff, Miss Edna, Moe Cronin, Mags Black, Sheriff Hawk, Captain Avery, Zeke, Marcy Long, Horatio, Duke, Grand Zealot Richter, Proctor Ingram, Edward Deegan, Jezebel, Keith McKinney, Bedlam, Evan, Barney Rook, The Scribe, Mikey, Moss, Cog, Magnolia, Phyllis Daily, Travis, Hawthorne, Chase, Sonya, Mama Murphy, Wiseman

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Golden Era Actors. Part One

·       Richard Travers

Born 15th April 1885.Hudson Bay Trading Post, Northwest Territory, Canada.Richard Travers (15 April 1885 – 20 April 1935) was a Canadian film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 143 films between 1912 and 1930.

·       Marie Prevost

Marie Prevost (November 8, 1896[1] – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her twenty-year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures. Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the late 1910s. Prevost appeared in dozens of Sennett's short comedy films before moving on to feature length films for Universal. In 1922, she signed with Warner Bros. where her career flourished as a leading lady. She was a favorite of director Ernst Lubitsch who cast her in three of his comedy films; The Marriage Circle (1924), Three Women (1924) and Kiss Me Again (1925).

·       Lottie Pickford·      

Lottie Pickford (June 9, 1893 – December 9, 1936) was a Canadian-born silent film actress and socialite. She was the sister of fellow actress Mary Pickford and actor Jack Pickford. One of her best known roles was in The Diamond from the Sky directed by William Desmond Taylor in 1915. Pickford's career is often overshadowed by that of her siblings and though she was a notable figure in the 1920s, her films and role in the Pickford acting family is now largely forgotten.

·       Vina Fay Wray.

  Vina Fay Wray,  September 15, 1907, Cardston, Alberta, Canada. August 8, 2004 (aged 96) New York City, U.S. Vina Fay Wray was a Canadian/American actress most noted for playing the female lead in the 1933 film King Kong as Ann Darrow. Through an acting career that spanned 57 years, Wray attained

international renown as an actress in horror movie roles. She was one of the first "scream queens".

 ·       Jack Pickford

 Jack Pickford (born John Charles Smith; August 18, 1896 – January 3, 1933) was a Canadian-born American actor, film director and producer. He was the younger brother of actresses Mary and Lottie Pickford.

After their father deserted the family, all three Pickford children began working as child actors on the stage. Mary Pickford later became a highly popular silent film actress, producer and early Hollywood pioneer. While Jack also appeared in numerous films as the "All American boy next door" and was a fairly popular performer, his popularity never matched that of his sister's. By the late 1920s, his career had begun to decline due to his penchant for partying and frequent use of drugs and alcohol. In 1933, Pickford died in Paris of progressive multiple neuritis, aged thirty-six.

 ·       Joseph Wiseman.

Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian theatre and film actor, best known for starring as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, his role as Manny Weisbord on the TV series Crime Story, and his career on Broadway. He was once called "the spookiest actor in the American theatre".Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Orthodox Jewish parents, Louis and Pearl Rubin (née Ruchwarger), Wiseman grew up in New York. At age 16, he began performing in summer stock and became professional, which displeased his parents.

 ·       Marjorie Ann Guthrie.

Born Marjorie Ann Guthrie in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. she was the first-born child of a grain merchant born in Simcoe, Ontario. She entered show business at age 8 or age 10, as one of the Winnipeg Kiddies, a troupe of child performers who toured Canada and the United States. She danced and sang with the troupe until too old to continue; then at age 17, in December 1921, she went to San Francisco and joined Thelma Wolpa in amateur vaudeville comedy. Thelma White later gained immortality as the blowsy Mae in Reefer Madness. According to the New York Times (August 11, 1924), Marjorie White married Eddie Tierney on August 10, 1924 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Spouse(s)Edwin J. Tierney (1924-1935; her death)in car crash.

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WFantasieherz, schöner Verstand. Pt II Youth On Arda.

Jugend von Briefen.

While in his early teens, Tolkien had his first encounter with a constructed language, Animalic, an invention of his cousins, Mary and Marjorie Incledon. At that time, he was studying Latin and Anglo-Saxon. Their interest in Animalic soon died away, but Mary and others, including Tolkien himself, invented a new and more complex language called Nevbosh. The next constructed language he came to work with, Naffarin, would be his own creation.

Tolkien learned Esperanto some time before 1909. Around 10 June 1909 he composed “The Book of the Foxrook”, a sixteen-page notebook, where the “earliest example of one of his invented alphabets” appears.Short texts in this notebook are written in Esperanto.

In 1911, while they were at King Edward’s School, Tolkien and three friends, Rob Gilson, Geoffrey Bache Smith and Christopher Wiseman, formed a semi-secret society they called the T.C.B.S. The initials stood for Tea Club and Barrovian Society, alluding to their fondness for drinking tea in Barrow’s Stores near the school and, secretly, in the school library.After leaving school, the members stayed in touch and, in December 1914, they held a “council” in London at Wiseman’s home. For Tolkien, the result of this meeting was a strong dedication to writing poetry.

In 1911, Tolkien went on a summer holiday in Switzerland, a trip that he recollects vividly in a 1968 letter, noting that Bilbo’s journey across the Misty Mountains (“including the glissade down the slithering stones into the pine woods”) is directly based on his adventures as their party of 12 hiked from Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen and on to camp in the moraines beyond Mürren. Fifty-seven years later, Tolkien remembered his regret at leaving the view of the eternal snows of Jungfrau and Silberhorn, “the Silvertine (Celebdil) of my dreams”. They went across the Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald and on across the Grosse Scheidegg to Meiringen. They continued across the Grimsel Pass, through the upper Valais to Brig and on to the Aletsch glacier and Zermatt.

In October of the same year, Tolkien began studying at Exeter College, Oxford. He initially studied classics but changed his course in 1913 to English language and literature, graduating in 1915 with first-class honours.

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TOP 30 BEST FILMS OF 2017, #30-21, 7th Annual Cristal Connors Film Awards

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Strong Island, dir. Yance Ford, Lady Macbeth, dir. William Oldroyd, A Quiet Passion, dir. Terrence Davies, By the Time it Gets Dark, dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong, In This Corner of the World, dir. Sunao Katabuchi, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, dir. Frederick Wiseman, Coco, dir. Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina, The Square, dir. Ruben Östlund, Good Time, dir. Joshua and Bennie Sadie and The Shape of Water, dir. Guillermo Del Toro

30. The Death of Louis XIV, dir. Albert Serra

A fascinating elegy, gorgeously composed and led by a brilliant Jean-Pierre Léaud, crafting a mesmerizing portrait of excess and the twilight of life, and how we make sense of it, both as observers and as physical beings with an expiration date.

29. Life and Nothing More, dir. Antonio Méndez Esparza

A stirring, intimate portrait of a family strained by circumstance and prejudice, stronger for its lived-in authenticity and disregard for traditional structure, imbued with warmth by a startlingly strong crew of non-actors, most notably Regina Williams. 

28. Baby Driver, dir. Edgar Wright

An unimpeachably great time at the movies with exquisite design and a refreshingly vital soundtrack, somehow making Ansel Elgort seem vaguely charming and delivering consistent laughs and impeccably choreographed action sequences throughout. Simultaneously retrograde and forward thinking.

27. The Wound, dir. John Trengove

A visually captivating dissection of masculinity and self hatred that is steeped in ritual, exploring queer desire in traditional spaces in unexpectedly prickly and violent ways.

26. Free in Deed, dir. Jake Mahaffy

A captivating study of the intersection of faith and hopelessness with a keen eye for issues of race and class, remarkably thoughtful in its richly textured characterizations and steady plotting that set up a knock out finale that will take your breath away.

25. Marjorie Prime, dir. Michael Almereyda

A soulful adaptation that’s smart enough to keep things intimate, deftly balancing the touching with the almost clinical, tackling the complex monster of memory with thrilling zeal. 

24. Princess Cyd, dir. Stephen Cone

A luminous meeting of the minds, thoughtfully exploring perspective and age in ways that feel fresh and almost casual, touching on themes of queer identity and faith to craft a singularly affecting treatise on the powers of listening to and understanding one another. 

23. Machines, dir. Rahul Jain

A gorgeous and ethereal visual object, but also a disturbing documentation of a crisis, unflinchingly documenting the dangerous working conditions of its subjects and giving them a platform to detail the devestating repercussions of attempting to unionize, creating a compelling juxtaposition between its beautiful imagery and its dire subject matter.

22. Rat Film, dir. Theo Anthony

A formally ambitious critique of the institutionalized segregation of Baltimore, from its beginnings in city planning to its continued legacy on the cultural landscape, superbly exemplified through the city’s rat problem and mirrored in a comprehensive history of rat behavioral studies that stands as a testament to the boundless possibilities of documentary filmmaking as a medium.

21. mother!, dir. Darren Aronofsky

A meticulously messy roller coaster ride that has its cake and eats it too, relishing in its bonkers, heavy handed metaphor and mining it for everything it’s worth. simultaneously poignant and delightfully ridiculous.

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#whyilovewomenartists: guest post by Andrea Riley

Andrea Riley is an artist and activist based in Nebraska. She runs the LFF Instagram page, and she was interviewed here back in 2013. Today Andrea shares with LFF an impassioned and poignant guest post on violence with regard to recent events and artists’ response...

Another mass shooting. Seventeen senseless deaths. Lawmakers unwilling to fix the massive problems that are glaringly obvious to the rest of us. There is plenty of despair to go around, but there's reason for hope, too. Today I want to highlight women artists who are using their talents and their unique view of the world to publicly process their pain, protest the status quo, and make change. 

After the Las Vegas shooting, poet Dani Fine wrote this note of encouragement to artists:

And Lauren Rinaldi posted this, stating that "the crippling weight of gun violence in America and our refusal to do anything about it literally makes me feel like this". 

and in response to last week's mass shooting, drew this picture of a child being crucified on an AR-15.

Artist Lisa Congdon says it all:

As does Christine Sauerteig-Pillar:

Because what else can you say when something that horrific happens, again and again, and no changes are made?  It makes one wonder what the causes are to such Congressional incompetence. Cait Irwin has some ideas on that. 

We need change. Wendy Macnaughton sees that.

But who will lead us? Who is brave enough to stand up to the politicians, the NRA, the special interest groups, the superPACs, the press, the pundits, the second amendment nutjobs? Enter Emma Gonzales, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high student and overnight activist, wise beyond her years. She has inspired some wonderful fan art from Sheriden VonHoy and Monica M. Martino.

And I can't end this post without pointing out the work of one artist who has tackled gun violence for years, Vanessa German. Below is just one example of her art, made after the Charleston church shooting. Vanessa works out of her home studio in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, dubbed the most dangerous neighborhood in America, where gun violence is a constant problem. She has a program called Love Front Porch where she invites the children of this neighborhood to come create art as she sees art as a way to counteract the violence all around her. 

This weekend I was thinking about her as so much of her work is about processing the pain of gun violence. I found her on Patreon. Donations to her go to getting her art supplies and getting the kids of Love Front Porch snacks and art supplies. I was at a loss for what to do with the tragedy of last week's shooting so I signed up to be a supporter. It seemed like a necessary thing to do something. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2628909  I hope in some small way it helps prevent violence. Art can do great things.

I also called up my Senators and Member of Congress and gave them an earful as well. We all have to do what we can, today and every day, to stop senseless violence. Thanks to all of the artists using their voices to make change.

(A REVIEW: VANESSA GERMAN AT AIR & AUGUST WILSON CENTER, 2016)

~Andrea Riley, 2018

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Les Femmes Folles is a volunteer organization founded in 2011 with the mission to support and promote women in all forms, styles and levels of art from around the world with the online journal, print annuals, exhibitions and events; originally inspired by artist Wanda Ewing and her curated exhibit by the name Les Femmes Folles (Wild Women). LFF was created and is curated by Sally Deskins.  LFF Booksis a micro-feminist press that publishes 1-2 books per year by the creators of Les Femmes Folles including the award-winning Intimates & Fools (Laura Madeline Wiseman, 2014) , The Hunger of the Cheeky Sisters: Ten Tales (Laura Madeline Wiseman/Lauren Rinaldi, 2015 and Mes Predices (catalog of art/writing by Marie Peter Toltz, 2017).Other titles include Les Femmes Folles: The Women 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 available on blurb.com, including art, poetry and interview excerpts from women artists. A portion of the proceeds from LFF books and products benefit the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Wanda Ewing Scholarship Fund.https://www.facebook.com/femmesfolles/ instagram: @lesfemmesfollesart femmesfollesnebraska.tumblr.com lesfemmesfollesbooks.tumblr.com

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