#Nora swinburne

[gatutor]

Nora Swinburne-Laurence Olivier "De mutuo acuerdo" (Perfect understanding) 1933, de Cyril Gardner.

[famousdeaths]

Leonora Mary Johnson (24 July 1902 – 1 May 2000), known professionally as Nora Swinburne, was an English actress who appeared in many British films.

Link: Nora Swinburne

[buzzdixonwriter]

Zothique by Clark Ashton Smith

One of the most overlooked and under appreciated authors of the early days of Weird Tales and other pulp science fiction / fantasy / horror magazines. Here’s a sample of his poetry and links to his works.

Zothique by Clark Ashton Smith

He who has trod the shadows of Zothique  And looked upon the coal-red sun oblique,  Henceforth returns to no anterior land,  But haunts a latter coast  Where cities crumble in the black sea-sand 

And dead gods drink the brine. 

He who has known the gardens of Zothique  Where bleed the fruits torn by the simorgh’s beak,  Savors no fruit of greener hemispheres:  In arbors uttermost,  In sunset cycles of the sombering years,  He sips an aramanth wine.

He who has loved the wild girls of Zothique  Shall come not back a gentler love to seek,  Nor know the vampire’s from the lover’s kiss:  For him the scarlet ghost  Of Lilith from time’s last necropolis  Rears amorous and malign. 

He who has sailed in galleys of Zothique  And seen the looming of strange spire and peak,  Must face again the sorcerer-sent typhoon.  And take the steerer’s post  On far-poured oceans by the shifted moon  Or the re-shapen Sign.”

. . .

“Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an American writer and artist. He achieved early local recognition… for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne. As a poet, Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics alongside Joaquin Miller, Sterling, and Nora May French and remembered as ‘The Last of the Great Romantics’ and ‘The Bard of Auburn’. Smith's work was praised by his contemporaries. H. P. Lovecraft stated that ‘in sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Clark Ashton Smith is perhaps unexcelled’, and Ray Bradbury said that Smith ‘filled my mind with incredible worlds, impossibly beautiful cities, and still more fantastic creatures’…Smith was one of ‘the big three of Weird Tales, with Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft…’” -- Wikipedia

Clark Ashton Smith at the Faded Page.

Clark Ashton Smith at Project Gutenberg.

Hyperborea

Xiccarph

Zothique

Other Dimensions

Out Of Space And Time

Tales Of Science And Sorcery

The Star Treader And Other Poems

more stories and poems by Clark Ashton Smith

[byneddiedingo]

Patricia Walters and Adrienne Corri in The River (Jean Renoir, 1951)

Cast: Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields, Suprova Mukherjee, Thomas E. Breen, Patricia Walters, Radha, Adrienne Corri, June Tripp. Screenplay: Rumer Godden, Jean Renoir, based on a novel by Godden. Cinematography: Claude Renoir. Production design: Eugène Lourié. Film editing: George Gale. Music: M.A. Partha Sarathy.

The near-hallucinatory vividness of Technicolor was seemingly made for Jean Renoir, the son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, but this film was his first use of the process. It's the more remarkable because he was working with his nephew (and Pierre-Auguste's grandson) Claude Renoir as cinematographer, and neither director nor photographer was particularly experienced in shooting landscape, especially in the country of India, which is the real star of the film. The River has a distinctly Western attitude toward the country, viewing it through the eyes of its British residents. It's based on the experiences of Rumer Godden, the English writer who spent her childhood in India. Her screenplay, co-written with Jean Renoir, is about the tensions between cultures, using the Ganges, the titular river, as a symbol of both the eternal and the mutable. Ravishingly beautiful as the film is, it suffers from some major weaknesses in casting. Its central character, the teenager Harriet, is played by Patricia Walters, a nonprofessional who made no subsequent films and never quite seems at ease before the camera. As Capt. John, the American recovering from the loss of a leg during the war, Thomas E. Breen doesn't have the kind of charisma that would seem to have Harriet, her older friend Valerie (Adrienne Corri), and her Eurasian neighbor (Radha) falling over themselves to attract his attention. (Breen, incidentally, was both a real amputee from a war wound and the son of the enforcer of the Production Code, Joseph I. Breen.) But for those willing to overlook its flaws, which also include a lack of narrative urgency, The River rewards sympathetic attention and, as a film by a Frenchman about the English in India, stands as a landmark in postwar international filmmaking.

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[scenesandscreens]

The River (1951)

Director - Jean Renoir, Cinematography - Claude Renoir

"This... being together... in the garden. All of us happy, and you with us here, I didn't want it to change... and it's changed. I didn't want it to end... and it's gone. It was like something in a dream. Now you've made it real. I didn't want to be real."

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2021:

24. The End of the Affair (1955) - Dir. Edward Dmytryk

[mariocki]

Armchair Theatre: The Gong Game (ABC, 1965)

"We're never afraid to aquire the one thing that really counts, are we."

"Oh, money, you mean?"

"No, no, no. No, money isn't important. Some of the finest men I've ever met were, um... were quite poor."

"What is important then?"

"Character."

"You didn't come all this way to talk about that, did you?"

[ruleof3bobby]

THE RIVER (1951) Grade: B

Very thoughtful. Every generation could probably "get this" film. Would be long on time now though. 

[yesterdaysprint]

Nora Swinburne, 1931

[gatutor]

Nora Swinburne (Bath, Somerset, England, 24/07/1902-London, England, 1/05/2000).

[thisbluespirit]

The Hidden Truth: 1.13 One of the Hampshire Pargeters (8th October 1964).  Written by Ludovic Kennedy; dir. John Frankau.  Featuring regulars Alexander Knox, James Maxwell, Zia Mohyeddin, Elizabeth Weaver, George Moon & Ruth Meyers.  Guest starring Nora Swinburne, William Sylvester, James Bree, William Devlin & Kevin Stoney.

How was Barry Pargeter killed? That's the question facing Professor Lazard (Alexander Knox) when called to give evidence at the Old Bailey before Mr. Justice Caldwell (Anthony Marlowe). But he must sift some gruesome evidence before he can provide the answer. 

The police investigating the death are Chief Inspector Greaves (Anthony Sagar) and Sergeant Johnson (Desmond Jordan), who worked with Lazard’s team previously in “Cross Examination.”

[Desmond Jordan and Anthony Sagar as Chief Insp. Greaves & Sgt Johnson in 1.3 “Cross Examination.”]

William Sylvester appeared as Quayle, James Bree as Mr Tripp, William Devlin as Platt-Evans, Kevin Stoney as Nick and Frank Tregear as Usher.  Anthony Marlowe, Anthony Sagar and Desmond Johnson, all reprised their roles from 1.3 “Cross Examination.”  Nora Swinburne, known for her ‘drawing room’ roles played Mrs Pargeter, which suggests along with the title that this case involved an upper class family.  (Nora Swinburne must have been already known to regular James Maxwell - she was closely related to two core people in his theatre group through her marriage to actor Esmond Knight.)

The papers didn’t provide any info on this episode’s plot, so most of the above summary comes via IMBd - but the Mirror did print a brief interview with the writer:

LUDOVIC Kennedy is the author of “One of the Hampshire Pargeters,” tonight’s final episode in “The Hidden Truth” (ITV 8.0).

 But this does not mean Mr. Kennedy is turning telly-playwright.  “It was just something I did in a rush,” he told me.  “I am much too busy working on TV films and documentaries. My only other play was ‘Murder Story,’ which was written for the theatre a few years ago.” (Daily Mirror, Oct 8th)

 Again, some clips/sequences have reportedly survived. 

This and the previous episode were (along with the first two episodes of Blackmail), were nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Series, for producer Stella Richman in 1966.  (It’s very possible some previous episodes were nominated in 1965, but the nominees list isn’t available pre-1966.)

(IMBd has 13th Oct as date of broadcast, but their two week break between episodes 11 and 12 is not reflected in any of the contemporary TV schedules in the newspapers I’ve been able to look at: the final episode appears to have gone out on the 8th October 1964.)

[Anthony Marlowe as Justice Caldwell in 1.3 “Cross Examination.”]

[kwebtv]

The Forsythe Saga  -  BBC2  -  January 7, 1967 - July 1, 1967

Drama (26 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Terence Alexander as Montague 'Monty' Dartie

John Barcroft as George Forsyte

June Barry as June Forsyte

John Bennett as Philip Bosinney

Jonathan Burn as Val Dartie

Fay Compton as 'Aunt Ann' Forsyte

Karin Fernald as Anne Forsyte née Wilmot

Susan Hampshire as Fleur Mont née Forsyte

Ursula Howells as Frances Forsyte

Martin Jarvis as Jolyon 'Jon' Forsyte

Maggie Jones as Smither

Cyril Luckham as Sir Lawrence Mont

Kenneth More as 'Young Jolyon' Forsyte

Lana Morris as Helene Hillmer

Suzanne Neve as Holly Dartie née Forsyte

Nora Nicholson as Aunt Juley Small

Joseph O'Conor as 'Old Jolyon' Forsyte

Dalia Penn as Annette Forsyte née Lamotte

Nicholas Pennell as Michael Mont

Robin Phillips as Wilfrid Desert

Eric Porter as Soames Forsyte

Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene Forsyte née Heron

Kynaston Reeves as Nicholas Forsyte

Fanny Rowe as Emily Forsyte

Nora Swinburne as 'Aunt Hester' Forsyte

Margaret Tyzack as Winifred Dartie

John Welsh as James Forsyte

Julia White as Coaker

George Woodbridge as Swithin Forsyte

Michael York as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte

[hjfoley]

The unwanted 1924

The Unwanted is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Lillian Hall-Davis and Nora Swinburne. Wikipedia

A colonel’s bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero……

Director: Walter Summers Screenplay: Walter Summers Producer: G. B. Samuelson Production company: G. B. Samuelson Productions

Stars: C. Aubrey Smith, Lillian Hall-Davis, Nora…

[quousquetamdem]

Adrienne Corri fou Valerie a The River (1951),  dirigida per Jean Renoir i protagonitzada per Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight i Arthur Shields. 

Sinopsi:  Una família anglesa viu a la vora del riu Ganges, a Bengala. Una de les filles, Harriet (Patricia Walters), de 14 anys, pensa en l'amor i vol ésser escriptora. Té dues amigues, Valerie (Adrienne Corri) i la mestissa Melanie (Radha Burnier), la qual és filla d'un irlandès casat amb una dona hindú. Les tres noies comencen a sentir-se dones i s'enamoren d'un foraster: l'atractiu capità John (Thomas E. Breen), el qual cerca amb afany alguna raó per a viure. Mossegat per una cobra, mor el germà petit de Harriet. El riu, amb el seu fluent i incessable cabal, continuarà sent el centre de la vida de tots aquells que habiten a les seues ribes.

[crossroadstations]

JIM ROBBIE AND THE WANDERERS CASTING CALL

This casting call and others can be found at the Crossroad Stations Website.

We are casting for roles in the remastering of Season 1 and for new season. Rules for auditions are different, please keep that in mind.

Rules for Auditions

To audition please send recordings of sides to auditions@crossroadstations.com

Before the takes please state:

Name

Age

Due to the complexity of it, we cannot bring in actors who are younger than 18

Location

Either Local (Alachua County FL, or Thurston County WA) or just Not Local

Gender Identity

We ask that you fall under the gender identity of the character you want to play.

Season 1

Lily

Age: Adult

Gender: Feminine

Lines:

(surprised) There's some bandages in the bathroom down the hall over there. You take care of that before Matilda gets down here.

(disgusted noise) I wouldn't put it past him. So, you're gonna have to skip town. At least you can camp out by the river. There's a spot with an old mailbox, that's where Matilda and I first met.

Clerk

Age: Teen

Gender: Any

Personality: A long lived vampire in a teenage body, We're looking for a very youthful voice. Works at the book exchange. 

Lines:

You want fair? Try working here for eight years in a row and the only person who comes in with new books is a weird outsider with useless instruction guides!

Hey! No eating in here! Get outta here, for crying out loud!

Worker/Daniels

Age: Adult

Gender: Masculine

Lines:

Hey, boss, you alright?

Well, I mean, its dinnertime, so-

Nora

Age: Adult

Gender: Feminine

Lines:

It doesn't happen often, but before people die we see this creature. We saw him before the one of the houses burned down, for example. Every time there's some kind of unexpected death, near everyone in town sees him.

Can everyone calm down. I need at least two people to search to the west, and talk to Monty's group. Another two to check and see if Lila has seen anything. (PAUSE) Thank God, Weston, Marcus! Are you hurt? Have any of you seen Rachel?

Weston

Age: Adult

Gender: Masculine

Lines:

This isn't just my opinion, though. None of us believe that story's true. Sure the monster, we've all seen it, but the fact that the thing died and a bunch of people went missing? It doesn't eat people.

They think maybe that's what happened to the people who disappeared last time it died. They figure the thing has a family and when the main one can't bring them sheep or whatever, they get people. To feed it.

Rachel

Age: Adult

Gender: Feminine

Lines:

They just don't want anyone to get hurt. Can you blame them? And scared people don't always listen the best. Give them time.

We should really start moving if we're going to get to the cave. We are going to need to get back before everyone wakes up.

Mark

Age: Adult

Gender: Masculine

Lines:

Like I said, nothing hurts. I just don't understand how I got out here.

Later Seasons

These two characters are a 2 season commitment

Please provide a recording of 3 stanzas of The Garden of Proserpine by Algernon Charles Swinburne (Link on website)

#1

Age: Adult

Gender: Masculine

Vocal Personality: His brain moves faster than he can talk and he trips over words, and very nervous sounding, and VERY unused to being around people interacting with him.

#2 

Age: Adult

Gender: Masculine

Vocal Personality: He is the kind of person, that though soft spoken, comes off as commanding when necessary, no need to raise his voice. Picks words carefully, and sounds sympathetic, if not kind.