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littlewritingrabbit · 6 years ago

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Were you for real about the tree ficlet? Because every time is appreciate William North time, and I need that in my life :')

Indeed I was! I’m afraid it turned out a bit angsty, but it’s still Appreciate William North time, so here you go :”)

September 17th, 1787

Doubtless the Baron von Steuben had seen himwalk up the front path, and doubtless he was waiting inside for him to knock,but William North still hesitated a moment at the front door.

Hehad been surprised that he was invited at all, seeing as he was getting marriedin a month. He hadn’t been glad to put the words on paper and send them off tohis one-time-Inspector-General, but he had been so swamped at the time with armypaperwork and the busyness he hadn’t been aware a wedding would bring into hislife that there was hardly another option. So here he was, holding a book of Germanpoetry wrapped in brown paper in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other,suspecting that the Baron likely did not want to see him.

Heknocked, and to his surprise, von Steuben opened the door and embraced himstraightaway. North, squished as he was against the star medallion that theBaron obstinately wore everywhere (even on his banyan), wondered if he ought tosay something. He settled for “Happy birthday, my dear Baron.”

“Whythank you!” said the Baron, letting him free at last and placing a kiss on eachcheek. His overenthusiastic Italian greyhound Azor took a turn at greetingNorth, jumping up to try licking his face. North laughed and pushed him back. “I’mglad you could come,” said the Baron.

“Iseveryone here already?” North asked as they walked towards the parlor, Azorsniffing happily at his pockets just in case he had brought treats. He wouldhave thought Benjamin Walker would accompany von Steuben to the door.

“Youare everyone,” said the Baron, shooingAzor out of the room lest he attempt to sniff their wineglasses off the table,then sitting heavily on the divan. “Le petit Walker is visiting some relativesof sa grande femme - he will visit me here next week-end. Our dear du Ponceauis practicing law and courting a girl - no time for me, and Fairlie is marriedand getting into public service away in Albany,” he smiled solemnly. “All toogrown up for the old Baron now.”

“OhI doubt that,” said North, taking advantage of the lack of company to curl upbeside von Steuben, resting his head on the embroidered shoulder of his banyan.“Next thing you know they’ll be back introducing their children to you.”

“Ihope not,” von Steuben chuckled, “I’m a terrible influence.”

“Never,”said North with a grin, uncorking the wine.

Thesun shone in the windows as they drank the wine and recalled some pleasant anecdotesfrom their time in the war. North found himself doing so a lot lately, thoughhe realized that perhaps he ought not to glorify a time full of such bloodshed.He simply couldn’t help himself. He’d never felt so surrounded by family. Ofcourse, he had siblings, but they were both quite a bit older than he was, andhis mother had been there to take care of him after his father died, but theirhouse in Boston had been rather quiet. None of his relatives had properly knownhim in any case. How could they, when the secret he kept from them was sogreat? If they could see him sharing a chair with Benjamin Walker, leaning overto kiss him, and then being startled by du Ponceau eavesdropping, or drunkenlycuddling up to the Baron after a most improper party… well, he was fairlycertain they wouldn’t be understanding about such things.

Andso North worked to reconcile the memories of the closest family he’d ever hadwith the occasional nightmares of gunfire and running in terror, because one didnot come without the other.

“Rememberthe red petticoats?” the Baron chuckled.

“Ido! Remember the fireworks when we celebrated the alliance?”

“SoI do!”

Theyfinished off their glasses and von Steuben extricated himself from where he hadbeen wedged between North on one side and some decorative pillows on the otherto retrieve a plate of biscuits. Once several of these were polished off, Northpresented him with the package wrapped in brown paper.

“Ohyou spoil me Will,” he smiled, untying the string around it.

“It’sthe least I could do,” said North, “After all, it’s not every day one turnsfifty-seven!”

Theyspent a good while after that occupied with the poems - the Baron translatingand North commenting on which parts he liked in particular before they fell quietagain.

Northknew he was going to have to broach the subject at some point.

“Isuppose you got my letter…” he said, reaching for another biscuit to avoidcontemplating von Steuben’s expression.

“Idid,” the Baron closed the book of poems softly. “It seemed important news tosend by mail.”

“Iwould rather have said it in person, but… well, you know how life intercedes,” Northstudied the biscuit sadly, well aware of how von Steuben was gazing at him,probably waiting for him to lift his eyes.

VonSteuben took North’s hand, brushing this thumb over the scar that ran along theback where he’d been cut by a redcoat’s sabre. “Do you wish to be married?” heasked.

Theentire time he’d been seeing Mary, courting her, engaged to her, no one hadever asked North that question. First it had been a jesting “You’ve been hangingaround the old Baron a lot lately - you’d best be careful you don’t become anold bachelor like him!” which had mercifully been replaced by “You’re seeingrather a lot of this Duane girl,” with a knowing look, and then “Are youcourting her yet?” and when they thought he couldn’t hear, “Has he got up theguts to court her yet?” and he had figured, why not? She was a dear friend,what could go amiss in courting her when everyone so clearly wanted him to? “So,are you two betrooothed?” and “I’ve heard he’s afraid to propose,” followed inquick succession, and suddenly North had found himself on Mary Duane’s doorstepwith a bouquet of flowers and a ring. No one had ever asked him if that was hisintention. His throat prickled.

“No,”he said, his voice cracking slightly. “No I do not think I do, but what else canI do?”

TheBaron said nothing, but pulled his hand so that North moved closer, curling upbeside him once more with the Baron’s arms around him.

“Ithappened faster than I intended,” North said, “Polly is so kind, and I think Ilove her, in a friendly sort of way, if that makes sense. But to marry her…” hesighed. “I’m terrified. I know I’ll have to be married eventually, but I don’tbelieve I can give my heart away when you and Ben hold it so steadily. You twoknow me better than she ever can, because you know I’m not the hero who comeshome from war to marry a girl and settle down. That’s simply not a part I canplay… yet here I am.”

Heate the biscuit sorrowfully. The Baron was quiet and sturdy beside him. “Areyou upset with me?” North asked.

“Upset?My dear Will, however could you upset me?” von Steuben sounded incredulous.

“Byrunning off to be married, of course,” exclaimed North, “By pretending to bethe returning hero, by pretending I love Mary Duane and not you and Ben… byleaving you like everyone else did.”

“Icould never be upset with you - you’re too kind for it,” said the Baron. “Neithercould I be upset with Walker, or Fairlie, or du Ponceau. They had to make theirown way in the world, and yes, perhaps I miss them, but more than that I wantthem to be happy. If this marriage secures for you a pleasant future, with awife who is a good friend and even children to love and teach, if you wantthem, then I will be happy that you are happy. I will miss you, and I willwrite you altogether too much, but it would be ungrateful of me to keep you allto myself; I learned that long ago. The world around us hasn’t room for thelikes of us together.”

“Wouldthat it did,” said North, his voice trembling with emotion held too long in hislungs, “I would visit Ben Walker with a bouquet and a ring, and we would bemarried, and come live here with you!” He realized, as he said this, that hewasn’t simply melancholy, he was also angry. For a brief moment, William Northwas profoundly and helplessly angry at the gossips and the court-martialers andthe whole world for trying to tell him the way his heart ought to feel. “And wewould say it aloud - the three of us are a team! We know each other’s heartsand love each other for it! That is simply how it works and I cannot explainit!” he said.

TheBaron squeezed North’s shoulders and moved to stand. “I haven’t any rings,” hesaid, “But I agree, a memorial of some sort is in order, I think.”

Northsaid nothing, but followed him to the yard where a cool breeze was rustling theoak leaves above. Von Steuben approached the trunk of the tree, and then pulleda knife from his boot.

“Wasthat… always there?” North asked, but he received no answer. The Baron was busyscraping the knife across the ridged bark of the tree, carving an “f” into thewood.

“Weshall put our names right here,” said von Steuben, “And then this little yardwill always hold our memory.”

“Doyou plan to carve in your full name?” North asked warily.

“Ofcourse not!” smiled the Baron, “I should dull the knife before I even got to “Augustin”!”

Whena spiky F.S. + W.N. had been carved into the tree, the owners of the initialssat to rest in its shade. It was the end of summer and an era all at once. Fornow, however, they were both content to sit in the dappled sunlight and talk oftheir adventures in the Continental Army, both the exciting and the terrifyingtogether, as one did not come without the other.

#History and Writing #Time for a ficlet #Baron von Steuben #William North #Polly Duane #Benjamin Walker #Let North Get Mad 2K19

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amphibious-thing · 6 years ago

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Having peaches, & believing that you have none My wife sends you some_ whether they will go safely, or be good for any thing, time will show.

William North to Benjamin Walker, 18 September 1800

#i love that it was pollys idea to send the peaches #its nice that they were on good terms with each others wife #william north #benjamin walker #mary duane north #also one thing i love about reading historical letters is sometimes its super dramatic and other times its just about peaches

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andrevasims · 2 years ago

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1980s Horror Film Character Names

I totally forgot I’d started making this last year! I think I never posted it because I wanted to find more names, but there’s already a decent amount and I don’t feel like being that tedious about names right now lol.

It’s first & last names (separated for mix & match potential) of characters from iconic late 1970s & 1980s horror movies. I think I started looking for cheesier B-movies to pull from, but yeah it’s been a whole year so I forget.

First Names

Alice Allen Allison Ally Amy Angela Annie Arnie Artie Axel Barry Bill Billy Bobby Brady Brenda Brent Brett Brooke Buddy Burt Buzz Carol Anne Carter Casey Charley Charlie Chili Christine Chuck Cindy Courtney Craig Cynthia Dana Darcy Debbie Demi Dennis Diane Donna Doug Doyle Duane Elaine Ellie Emma Ernie Ferdy Foster Gary Gene George Gerald Ginny Glen Hal Hank Helen Jack Jackie Jake Jason Jeff Jennifer Jerry Jesse Jimmy Joanne Jodi Joe Joey John Johnny Judd Judy Kate Katherine Kathy Katie Kelly Ken Kenny Kim Kimberly Kristen Larry Laurie Lea Leigh Lenny Leroy Linda Lisa Liz Lynn Marci Marcia Marcie Mark Mary Lou Masen Max Meg Megan Mel Melissa Mike Molly Monica Nancy Ned Neil Nick Nicki Nikki Patti Patty Paul Paula Peter Phoebe Polly Rachel Ralph Reilly Rennie Richie Rick Ricky Rob Rod Roland Ronnie Roy Ruby Rudolf Rudy Russ Sally Sandy Sara Sarah Shane Sharon Sheila Shelly Sissy Steve Steven Susie Suzie Tad Taryn Teddy Terri Tina Toby Tom Jesse Tommy Tracy Trish Valerie Vic Vickie Vicky Warren Wendy Wes Will

Last Names

Andrews Angelo Badger Baker Barnes Barrington Bates Baxter Beringer Brand Brewster Bringsley Brown Burke Burns Cabot Camber Carrington Cassidy Caulfield Challis Clarke Cole Cologne Corben Corvino Costic Crusel Cunningham Daigler Dandrige Daniels Darnell Darrinco Deagle Dier Doyle Duke Dumpkin Duncan Essmont Evans Field Franklin Freeling Frye Futterman Garris Garth Geiger Graham Gray Grimbridge Guilder Halavex Hammond Hanniger Hardy Harper Hawes Holland Hopkins Jachson Jarvis Jessup Junkins Kemp Kessler Kincaid Kopecky Kupfer Lane Lantz LeBay Lynch Lynn Macauley Maloney McBride McFadden McGregor McNichol Meeker Meisel Mercer Morgan Mott Nagle Nessler Newby Palmer Parker Parks Parsley Pataki Peltzer Penmark Perry Pervier Powers Priswell Repperton Richards Shote Spool Stanton Stark Statler Stavinski Steele Stevens Strauber Strode Sykes Taylor Thomas Thompson Thorn Toomey Trenton Vanders Venable Walsh Warner Weatherall Webber White

#names #name ideas #naming ideas #naming #sims names #making sims #my name lists

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byneddiedingo · 2 years ago

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Sam Bottoms, Eileen Brennan, and Timothy Bottoms in The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms, Sharon Ullrick, Randy Quaid, Joe Heathcock, Bill Thurman, Barc Doyle. Screenplay: Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, based on a novel by McMurtry. Cinematography: Robert Surtees. Production design: Polly Platt. Film editing: Donn Cambern Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman won Oscars for The Last Picture Show, Jeff Bridges and Ellen Burstyn were nominees, and Cybill Shepherd and even Randy Quaid went on to more prominent careers, but the protagonist of the film is Sonny Crawford, played by Timothy Bottoms. His quiet, shyly withdrawn character is the one that carries the movie from beginning to end. The role could have been played by Bridges, but I think director Peter Bogdanovich made the right decision: Bridges is too up-front an actor for the role of Sonny. Bottoms's ability to fade handsomely into the background makes him a perfect actor for a character who needs to be quietly passive. He shouldn't outshine the rest of the ensemble, but instead bring home the film's message about the damage that can be done in a dying community like Anarene, Texas -- an antithesis to the sentimentalized small towns that for so long dominated American movies. What emerges from the starved lives of the citizens of Anarene is not a sense of community, a willingness to love and help one's neighbor, but a kind of deep meanness, a self-righteous self-centeredness. For me, the scene that best captures this emotional and moral stuntedness is the one in which the town goes out in hysterical pursuit of Joe Bob Blanton (Barc Doyle), the preacher's son whom we see being bullied and mocked throughout the movie. In our times, I suspect, Joe Bob's revenge would have involved shooting up the local high school, but instead he picks up a little girl and drives off into the country with her, setting off a frenzy. But when he's found and carted off to jail, everyone seems to forget about the little girl: We see her tagging along, virtually unnoticed, after the mob that's rejoicing in its victory. We remember how surprised and disgusted people were when Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson) left Joe Bob a thousand dollars in his will -- probably to tell the boy to get the hell out of Anarene before it's too late. Unfortunately, it seems to be too late for everyone else. Duane goes off to Korea, but he promises to return if he doesn't get shot. Jacy, we hear, is in Dallas, but she'll maintain the carapace of vanity and manipulativeness she evolved in Anarene wherever she goes. At the end, we're left with Sonny and Ruth (Leachman), reunited in lonely hopelessness.

#The Last Picture Show #Peter Bogdanovich #Timothy Bottoms #Sam Bottoms #Eileen Brennan

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route22ny · 3 years ago

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BY MICHAEL J. MOONEY | PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVE SHAFER

Staring at the front of the Royal Theater, I feel as though I’m looking backward through time. Taking in the cerulean marquee, the painted red fringe around the box office, the vertical ROYAL sign jutting into the afternoon sky—it’s easy to imagine why the denizens of Archer County flocked here for decades. The theater was a dark, cool respite from the blazing sun, a still escape from the whipping winds of the North Central Plains, a glimpse of entertainment from the outside world.

The theater—or what’s left of it anyway—peers out from the northeast corner of the town square. Without the storied theater, this could be any small town in Texas. Weathered barns and rusted oil pumps dot the landscape. Anchoring the town is the imposing three-story Romanesque Revival county courthouse, with stone archways and provincial peaks. There’s also a small café (Murn’s), a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it police station, a few antiques stores, and a single four-way stoplight swaying in the breeze like an apparition.

The Royal Theater as it is now and as it was then.

This isn’t just any small town in Texas, though. Archer City is the Texas small town. It’s the setting of both the novel and film versions of The Last Picture Show, a coming-of-age story rendered in black and white that earned eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Best Directing, and Best Picture. In Larry McMurtry’s book, published in 1966, the town is called Thalia. In the movie, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released in 1971, it’s called Anarene—a name taken from an abandoned town 8 miles away. But rest assured, both places are Archer City: the looming courthouse, the blinking stoplight, and the Royal Theater, where so many of the most dramatic moments of The Last Picture Show take place.

The novel, which McMurtry called a “spiteful” book intended to “lance some of the poisons of small-town life,” received critical acclaim when it was published. But it was Bogdanovich’s film that truly introduced the entire world, in utterly unromanticized fashion, to the intense, sweeping sagas of everyday life in Archer City. The Last Picture Show turned this particular and peculiar town into art.

Both the novel and movie contain language that was considered lewd at the time. McMurtry’s own mother, Hazel, once said that after reading the first 100 pages she hid the book in the closet and called her son that night. “Larry, honey,” she said to him, he revealed in his 2002 travel memoir Paradise, “is this what we’re sending you to Rice for? Those awful words!”

The film, with its nudity and frank depiction of teenage sexuality—including Cybill Shepherd’s first and only topless scene—absolutely scandalized upright, moral Americans all over the country. Nowhere more so than in Archer City, where it was regarded at the time as a “dirty” movie.

Now, 50 years after the film’s release, the town’s past dalliances with Hollywood are somehow simultaneously scuttled and omnipresent. There’s no billboard at the city limit announcing the place’s cultural significance, no notation on the water tower. But there are echoes of the art formed here, about this place, along every street, around every corner. Some might even feel the spirit of McMurtry, who passed away in Archer City earlier this year.

Over the last five decades, Peter Bogdanovich, a New Yorker who operated in Los Angeles, has told the story of the movie’s origin many times. He’d seen the novel in a store, liked the title, saw what it was about, and immediately put the book back down. Then actor Sal Mineo, who’d starred alongside James Dean and Natalie Wood in Rebel Without a Cause, gave Bogdanovich a copy of the novel, saying he thought it would make a good film. Bogdanovich still didn’t read it, but gave it to his wife, production designer Polly Platt, and asked her to read it. When she inspired him to finally read it himself, he was intrigued by the challenge of conveying small-town life in Texas and eventually co-wrote the screenplay with McMurtry. Bogdanovich, Platt, and McMurtry took a long road trip scouting locations in Texas, but ultimately the director realized he wanted to shoot the movie in McMurtry’s hometown.

Set in the early 1950s, the story follows three teenagers—the co-captains of the football team and the so-called prettiest girl in school—through their senior year of high school, as they each struggle to make sense of adult concepts like love and sex and the fragility of human life. Sonny Crawford is the sensitive, thoughtful boy from a broken home. Duane Jackson is Sonny’s lovelorn best friend who escapes first into the oil fields and then the Korean War. Jacy Farrow is the coquettish rich girl who yearns wholeheartedly for something beyond the confines of her surroundings. The Last Picture Show also famously includes an ensemble of carefully rendered adults trying to cope with their own expired dreams and broken lives.

McMurtry repeated over the years that the characters he created weren’t based on any real-life individuals, but the people of Archer City always suspected otherwise. A man named Bobby Stubbs, who was photographed with McMurtry in their high school yearbook, believed he was the inspiration for Sonny. Stubbs had a troubled home life and worked nights like Sonny, and he drove the same kind of pickup truck. He was also once hit in the eye by the boyfriend of a girl he liked. “It kinda pretty closely followed me,” Stubbs used to say.

A woman named Ceil Cleveland Footlick was often asked if she was the inspiration for Jacy. She was “very good friends” (her words) with Stubbs and had been voted “Most Beautiful Girl” in her class. For years she brushed off the question, but in 1997 she published a memoir with the title Whatever Happened to Jacy Farrow?

Because of the book’s reputation, getting actors to audition was a challenge. Randy Quaid was cast as Lester, an awkward, sleazy suitor of Jacy’s. He’d only read the parts of the script that involved his character, which mostly centered on Lester taking Jacy to a naked swimming party. “I just thought it was going to be like this B-movie, teenage, soft-porn movie,” Quaid would later say. “Something you’d see at the drive-in.”

None of the young stars had much experience in film. Timothy Bottoms, who’d only been in one movie before, was cast to play Sonny. Jeff Bridges, cast as Duane, had been a professional actor nearly all his life, but at 21 years old, this would be his first major film role. And Bogdanovich cast Shepherd as Jacy after seeing her face on the cover of Glamour magazine.

Most of the adults in the movie were played by established Hollywood actors, including Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, and Eileen Brennan. For the role of Sam the Lion, the wisdom-dispensing owner of the town’s pool hall, Bogdanovich cast Ben Johnson, the champion-rodeo-cowboy-turned-stuntman-turned-Western-movie-icon. At first Johnson turned down the part on account of the foul language, but Bogdanovich called in a favor from his director friend John Ford, who convinced Johnson to do it.

Almost as soon as filming started, real life began imitating the art being created. While making a movie about illicit sex and barely veiled scandal, the set was awash in illicit sex and barely veiled scandal. The actors spent a lot of time drinking and smoking together in their hotel rooms 30 minutes north in Wichita Falls, and that led to drama. Bottoms fell in love with Shepherd. Bogdanovich started an affair with Shepherd, dissolving his own marriage while his wife, Platt, continued to work on the movie. (Most mornings Platt styled Shepherd’s hair.) “It was quite a soap opera,” Burstyn said in the documentary Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas.

This was everything the locals had feared: all the immoral luridness of Hollywood, right here in a part of Texas not so comfortable with unwholesomeness that didn’t stay behind closed doors.

Outside of Archer City, it was a different story. The movie received great reviews from coast to coast. Johnson won the Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role and Leachman won for Actress in a Supporting Role. The film is still beloved today and maintains a spot in the coveted National Film Registry.

But at the time of its release, most of the locals disapproved. Strongly. The Los Angeles Times ran a story about it with the headline “Movie Riles Town It Depicts.” McMurtry, who was involved in Bogdanovich’s vision, eventually got so annoyed by the vicious gossip in town that he sent a letter to the editor of the Archer City newspaper, challenging anyone in town to a public debate.

His offer went unrequited.

Archer City’s population is 1,848, only a couple hundred larger than it was when McMurtry grew up there in the ’30s and ’40s. The town is the seat of Archer County, created in 1858 by the Texas State Legislature and named after Branch Tanner Archer, former secretary of war of the Republic of Texas. Ranching and oil have long been the predominant industries—by late 1926, there were more than 400 oil wells within 13 miles of Archer City—but many people are increasingly attracted to the town for its proximity to prime hunting.

Many of the locations where The Last Picture Show was filmed are gone now. Where Sam’s dusty pool hall once stood, with its door flapping in the wind, there’s nothing but an empty dirt lot. The Rig-Wam Drive Inn, the burger joint where Jacy dangled french fries over Duane’s head as if he was a trained seal, is just a plot of asphalt and patchy grass. The West-Tex Theater in the neighboring town of Olney, used for the interior movie theater scenes, was torn down in the mid-’80s. Today it’s a small, quiet park with a gazebo.

Some places are still here, but different. The restaurant where Brennan’s character worked turned into Booked Up No. 4, one of four bookstores McMurtry set up around the town square before shuttering all but one in 2012. The high school has some of the same old features, though it’s been updated and decorated with a handful of granite statues marking state titles the school has won through the years.

Much of the town looks and acts remarkably like it did when The Last Picture Show was made. Boys about the age of Duane and Sonny still speed through town in pickup trucks. Men the age of Sam the Lion still stop them to talk about football. The dance hall at the American Legion, where Jacy and Duane twirled around the room and Sonny ran into his estranged father, looks like it could host the same event today. On a recent evening, four or five locals were perched on barstools, sipping cold beers, listening to songs on the jukebox. They got rid of the old Wurlitzer years ago, but the updated digital version there now still plays all the Hank Williams Sr. songs from the movie.

In time, feelings in Archer City softened a bit. Mostly, the people here don’t talk much about the movie, or about McMurtry, the town’s most famous son. You can spend all morning at Murn’s Café and all night at the American Legion, the only bar in town, and never hear The Last Picture Show mentioned once. It’s not the source of tension it once was.

The public change of heart was most apparent in 1989, nearly 20 years after The Last Picture Show was filmed, when Bogdanovich returned to Archer City to shoot the sequel, Texasville, based on a book of the same name by McMurtry. This time the townspeople lined up to participate as extras. People came from miles away to sell concessions or to take photos or just get a glimpse of the nearly $20 million production.

“The bad taste that the movie left for some folks, that’s gone now,” then-high school principal Nat Lunn told the Austin American-Statesman at the time. “Especially with money being short in town, they’re ready for another dose of Hollywood.”

By the late 1980s, the three leads in the first film—Bottoms, Bridges, and Shepherd—had all become stars. While the entire budget for the first movie was around $1.3 million, Shepherd alone was paid $1.5 million to reprise her role. Bridges was reportedly paid $1.75 million. Bottoms, who’d complained publicly about Bogdanovich and said he didn’t like any of his co-stars, would only agree to return if he was given an additional $100,000 to fund the Picture This documentary.

In the two decades since the first movie, Bogdanovich’s career had soared and crashed. He and Shepherd had broken up; he went on to have multiple relationships, and she had two divorces. Bottoms was also divorced and remarried, but on the set he confessed the crush he’d had on Shepherd. Platt returned, too, and brought the 21-year-old daughter she and Bogdanovich shared. It became a grand, twisted Hollywood reunion, right there on the streets of Archer City.

Drawn by the potential spectacle of what was by then some sort of love-octagon, media outlets from across the country sent reporters to town. There were long feature stories in both Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times. By all accounts, though, the entire production served as a therapeutic experience, healing the wounds of the past. At one press conference, the often-sullen Bottoms hugged Bogdanovich. Behind-the-scenes footage caught Shepherd hugging Bottoms. Residents of Archer County took photos of themselves on the set.

But when the movie was released, it tanked. It received middling reviews, earned back only a fraction of its budget, and even today it’s not easy to find on any of the major streaming services.

A lot of people associated with The Last Picture Show are dead now. Stubbs, who claimed to be the basis for Sonny, died in 1992. Johnson in 1996. Sam Bottoms, the real-life younger brother of Timothy Bottoms who played the mute boy Billy, died in 2008. Platt, the producer and production designer who somehow never pulled Shepherd’s hair, died in 2011. Then Brennan in 2013.

In January of this year, Footlick, the woman who wrote about being the real Jacy Farrow, died in North Carolina. Leachman died almost two weeks later. And on March 25, McMurtry, the writer who created all this beautiful trouble, died at the age of 84.

A few days after his death, nobody answered the doorbell at his house in Archer City, a majestic, three-story mansion just down the road from the high school. Looking through the front window, everything seemed to me to be just the way he left it, from the table made from a giant dinosaur fossil to the towering shelves of books in every room. McMurtry bought this place, the biggest home in town, after he won the Pulitzer Prize for Lonesome Dove. He’d wake up early in the morning, type for an hour and a half or so at his long oak table, then go to the bookstore to price antiquarian volumes. Most of the locals would leave him alone.

On the house’s front porch, a single rocking chair was situated to look out over the front yard into the surrounding neighborhood. Someone sitting there could see the comings and goings of a lot of people. As the early-evening wind moved through, the chair began to rock ever so gently.

These days, I sense the people of Archer City think differently of The Last Picture Show. It’s a part of the town’s story, just like the cattle industry and state titles. The movie is even mentioned on the town’s website, though it’s certainly not prominent.

There’s also a tiny park just off the square with a fiberglass horse covered in brands from local ranches and a display that chronicles a bit of the town’s history. The welded metal wall has separate panels for the town’s founding, the first successful oil well drilled here, and the giant fire that swept through in 1925. There’s also a panel explaining how the town was the filming location for The Last Picture Show and Texasville. Bogdanovich’s last name is misspelled.

A couple hundred feet away is the Royal Theater. Most of the building is a burned-out hull, popular for weddings, photo shoots, and occasional performances. The front of the building has been restored, though. It looks just like it did in the movie, the image that begins and ends the film. It’s haunting and beautiful, weathered and damaged—but still here, still standing, still looking at that single blinking light swaying in the wind.

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The Last Picture Show wasn’t the first movie based on a novel by Larry McMurtry, and it certainly wasn’t the last. You might besurprised by just how many films and TV shows have been made from his novels. Here are a few:

Hud, 1963 (based on Horseman, Pass By) The Last Picture Show, 1971 Lovin’ Molly, 1974 (based on Leaving Cheyenne) Terms of Endearment, 1983 Lonesome Dove, 1989 Texasville, 1990 The Evening Star, 1996

https://texashighways.com/culture/how-the-last-picture-show-changed-the-worlds-view-of-small-town-texas/

#archer city texas #larry mcmurtry #peter bogdanovich #the last picture show

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randomontheinternet · 4 years ago

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Our Life Voiced Names A-Z

I heard some people wanted a list of the voiced names so far, so I took the time to copy down all of the names from A to Z. The names are under the cut to not clutter.

Aaron

Aayria

Abby

Ace

Adrienne

Aeon

Aeriie

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Lena Horne being painted by Geoffrey Holder

Lena Horne, 42, getting her portrait painted by Geoffrey Holder.

"She is a national treasure, but it was never easy, growing up at a time when intelligence, talent bordering on genius, beauty bordering on the supernatural just wasn't enough."- Joel Siegel

"One of the most beautiful women in the world."- Elizabeth Taylor

“She became a favorite pin up of black GIs as much for her attitude as for her beauty."- Duane Byrge"

She opened so many doors as the first beautiful Black woman in movies. Black women were only allowed to play maids in the movies, and all of a sudden, the Black community had this goddess."- Leslie Uggams

"She had more good days than bad days, but when she had her bad days she was a motherf*cker, man."-Chico Hamilton

"I wanted to love her and hug her and tell her how much I worshiped her...and she treated me as a naughty little child."- Johnny Mathis

"If her beauty had lured people in, Horne would taunt them with it."-James Gavin

"I could not touch the hem of her dress, honey. I have a couple of tapes of me singing in which I do all of her facial expressions. It's truly embarrassing when you see them. You say, 'Why is this white woman trying to be Lena Horne?' Lena walked on a stage and grabbed every man by the balls."- Polly Bergen

"I just wanted to be Lena Horne."-Ronnie Spector (The Ronettes)

"If she couldn't conquer Hollywood, she did conquer the nightclub stage and television. She was a frequent guest on nearly every variety show in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Her 1980s solo Broadway show won her a Tony and a Grammy. And Wall Street Journal jazz critic Will Friedwald says she ended her career in the '90s at the top of her game."-Sonari Glinton

"If I'm guilty of copying anyone, it would have to be Lena Horne and Josephine Baker."-Tamron Hall

"She's 100 percent retired and that's why she doesn't do any interviews or make any public appearances. She's fine. She's in good health for 90."-Gail Buckley(2007)

"I was always going to see her and she was always putting it off. My interpretation of that is, she didn't want me to see her looking as she looked. Beauties are like that."-Arthur Laurents

"Our nation and the world has lost one of the great artistic icons of the 20th century."-Quincy Jones(2010)

"My Jenny, when she was 4 or 5 years old, said to me, 'Are you Lena Horne?' I said, 'No, who said so? I'm your grandmother, don't you forget it'. They heard that I was Lena Horne from Michael Jackson."- Lena Horne May she continue resting in peace. Never forget her.

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Evelyn Carnate, burlesque artist, producer and director

Known as ‘The Shapeshifting Showgirl’, Evelyn Carnate is the current Miss Burlesque UK. With acts ranging from the playful to the powerful and unpredictable, the neo-burlesque performer has been on the scene for five years. She has a naughty sense of humour and can play everything from sweet and subversive to sensual and downright twisted.

Evelyn is also a director, producer and teacher and one of the founding members – along with Lilly Snatchdragon and ShayShay – of the all-Asian cabaret collective The Bitten Peach. All the proceeds of its show at the Underbelly Festival in 2019 went to Rose Thorne’s Cabaret vs Cancer charity. Evelyn now appears in CvC’s fundraising event Ashes to Ashes – a cabaret tribute to David Bowie – at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club in London on 26 February 2020. She chats to Liz Arratoon.

The Widow Stanton: Where are you from? Evelyn Carnate: I’m now from London but I’m actually half Thai, half English. I grew up in Thailand in Chiang Mai. I went to an international school so that’s why I have this kind of American accent. [Laughs]

Are you from a showbusiness background? I was always obsessed with dancing; I did a lot of ballet and all kinds of dance. I did so much that my parents ended up sending me to a full-time ballet boarding school in England for a few years. It was Arts Educational School in Tring.

Had your family moved here by then? No, my dad is from Bristol but he moved to Asia over 30 years ago and never came back. My family have always been in Asia so I came back on my own.

Did you get straight into burlesque? Oh no, not at all. After dance school I went back to Thailand, then came back to London for art college. I trained as a theatre designer at Central Saint Martins in London. And then I did acting classes on the side and I went, ‘Oh, shit! I’m an actor!’. [Laughs]

So how did you move into burlesque? After graduating from art school, I then did drama school in New York – the William Esper Studio – right in Manhattan. So in my second year of studying I ended up living in a circus studio in Brooklyn – The Muse – and that’s where I fell in to cabaret. It was a training space; a big warehouse for training and they also did shows. Because I was at drama school six or seven days a week I couldn’t really do circus. I really wanted to do aerial but I had no time. I would help out at the shows and directed my little projects there when I had time. Then I saw burlesque and thought, ‘Yeah, I could do that, I could strip’.

Who did you see that inspired you? Oh, some of my flatmates did it. They would do these little showcases so I saw burlesque there and then I started going to the dive bar shows and cabaret clubs, such as The Slipper Room, Nurse Bettie, House of Yes, Duane Park and the Bowery Poetry Club. And all the underground, like alternative New York performance-art shows. And then someone recommended me to go see Jo Boobs at the New York School of Burlesque. She’s a really famous teacher. She runs the school and is a very incredible lady. So I did her beginner course and that was it. We did a showcase and it was just so exhilarating.

You must have real body confidence, which not everyone has… Yeah, I guess also from the dance training my body wasn’t… I didn’t really think about it. I was used to getting changed with other girls and guys and being backstage, you know, in skimpy leotards. I mean if I had to speak onstage without a script I would be very scared… doing stand-up comedy terrifies me more than being naked. [Laughs]

I love your name Thank you. I really love Lulu, the play, and I was reading it and there’s one part where he calls her ‘You little devil incarnate’. And I thought, ‘Ah, Evelyn Carnate! OK!’.

How does it feel that you’ve won the UK title? I feel very surprised but in a good way. [Laughs] I haven’t really done competitions. They’re very popular in burlesque; it’s a good way for newcomers to get in. I once did another one when I was first starting out, which I won. It was the Alternative Cabaret Battle. I went with an existing act, but for the UK competition I had to prepare a lot; a lot of work went into it. Many people helped me with costumes and polishing the act. I’m happy that an alternative performer won. I’m quite proud of that because I did think they would go for a more classic traditional performer.

So tell us about your style; you call it neo-burlesque… I’ve never worn a corset in any acts yet! So my style… I really love characters, I love stories, so all my acts have quite different characters and even when I’m doing classic I need a clear image and story behind it. I am, in quotes, The Shape Shifting Showgirl, so I do go from really classic slow striptease to quite strange performance-art burlesque. And sometimes people don’t actually recognise that I’m the same performer. I’ve had that a lot: “Oh, you’re the one that did that act? You look so different.” I really enjoy that.

Do you design your own costumes? Yes, because I did theatre design I really love sketching costumes. I sketch all of them but I’m not super-skilled at making so I go to professional people. For this one (pictured with green fans), a lot of people helped me… there’s this amazing lingerie designer called Rosie Von Boschan. It’s the second time I’ve worked with her; her work really inspires me, I guess because it’s not the classic burlesque look. It feels more true to my style and taste. She made the lingerie for my traditional act for the competition and Bourgeoisie made my dress. We had to submit two categories of acts, one traditional and one, they call it ‘unique’. I did my subversive pink fan dance that goes a little bit wild for that. [Laughs]

Why did you set up The Bitten Peach? I co-founded it with two amazing performers, Lilly Snatchdragon, who is a trustee of Cabaret vs Cancer (pictured right below), and ShayShay (centre below). Lilly is a drag queen and burlesque performer and ShayShay is a drag performer. We all had our ideas before of doing an Asian show. I wanted to do an all-Asian burlesque show. I read some things about The Forbidden City in San Francisco, where they would do all these revue shows with Asian performers. That was very inspiring and I just thought, ‘Where are all the Asian burlesque performers? Like, let’s gather them up’.

I planned a little show with Lilly, which never actually happened! Before that, Lilly was working on Polly Rae’s show at the Hippodrome in London, and she had these ideas of doing a big Asian extravaganza with like, lion dancers and traditional things, and was going to get me involved as a producer. ShayShay had already done an Asian show, Lunar New Queer. Lilly and ShayShay met up and decided to do The Bitten Peach together and then they brought me on board.

So, we’re the three founders but we’ve also launched a mentoring programme for new Asian cabaret performers; we call them Peach Fuzzes. We help develop their acts and they debut at a Bitten Peach show. We’re making the programme a bit more official this year. I teach burlesque as well at The Cheek of It! School of Burlesque and Cabaret. And I recently opened my own studio in Hackney Wick, where we will be launching The Bitten Peach workshops for Asian newcomers. The info will be on our website.

Does The Bitten Peach have a regular venue? We’ve been everywhere; at all the kind of iconic LGBTQ venues like The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, The Glory… we move all around and we’ve done a variety of styles, like club nights and theatre shows, more classic cabaret; we do everything. What can you tell us about Ashes to Ashes? All the acts are set to David Bowie’s music; original Bowie tracks, no covers, featuring Bowie from every era. It’s hosted by Benjamin Louche, another Cabaret vs Cancer trustee…

Rose Thorne adds: What a night we have in store! This is the fifth annual Ashes to Ashes show at BGWMC and is very much our cabaret family showing love for Bowie and recognising the influence he’s had on so many of us. Among many others, we have amazing burlesque from Demi Noire, circus from the internationally renowned Andromeda, and, of course, the sound of Bowie from Keith Ramsay, seen recently at Southwark Playhouse. We have a Bowie raffle, badges and our exclusive officially licensed Bowie merchandise. We encourage our audience to dress up and sing loudly! Best of all, every penny raised will support Cabaret vs Cancer.

How is the burlesque scene doing in general? Evelyn: There’s a lot of crossover with burlesque and drag now, which really excites people. I mean drag is so popular now because of RuPaul’s Drag Race and also it’s a lot more diverse than it used to be, especially after The Cocoa Butter Club was founded by Sadie Sinner. She started a regular showcase for performers of colour and Lilly and I and ShayShay have done that. That existed a few years before Bitten Peach and that was definitely an inspiration and has completely changed the way cabaret is cast. It has become much more exciting and diverse.

Can you pick out a highlight from your career? Definitely the Underbelly show for Cabaret vs Cancer. It’s the biggest thing we ever did; there were 22 performers… there were group numbers… and we raised almost £4,000. Also because Lilly’s father passed away a few years ago from cancer and it was really important for her, it was so nice to do it for her as well.

Do you have any particular ambitions? Definitely more Bitten Peach. We’re really on a high right now. We didn’t even expect it to grow so fast, we just thought: “Oh, let’s just get together…” Sometimes I think people think we’re some big organisation but it’s just a few of us like, with our laptops in a coffee shop. But we’re making another full theatre show for March that ShayShay’s writing and directing, and we’d like to do more theatre and theatrical things that we could also possibly tour and get more audiences, especially Asian audiences in the UK and Europe.

Evelyn appears in Cabaret vs Cancer’s fundraising cabaret Ashes to Ashes at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club in London on 26th February 2020.

Pictures: Corinne Cumming; Claire Seville; Juliet Shalam

For tickets to Ashes to Ashes click here

To donate to Cabaret vs Cancer click here

Evelyn on Facebook

The Bitten Peach’s website

Twitter: @Evelyn_Carnate @cabaretVScancer @bittenpeachuk

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#evelyn carnate #bitten peach #cabaret vs cancer #ashes to ashes #david bowie #lilly snatchdragon #shayshay #burlesque #burlesque interview

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SDL for week 1- Gather 24 images:

6 of my own work- I chose 6 photographs that I took and edited for my minor last semester. I chose to use these images because I was really proud of the work I produced for that class.

6 of other peoples work- I chose 3 different artists that I looked up to. Duane Michals, Jim Goldberg and Polly Nor were the 3 different artists I chose because I love their work.

6 of places- I chose places that I really want to visit. As someone that grew up pretty poor, travel is something that I really want to do. I love unique places with very interesting land marks. As someone that is really into photography I hope to one day photograph these places.

6 of random curiosities- I picked 6 different things I’m very curious about. Space, the Ocean, the war, life during the dinosaur age, death and ufos are things that no-one has a full answer on which I find kind of irritating not knowing.

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Public Enemies (2009)

Biography, Crime, Drama |

Public Enemies is a American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman. It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough’s non-fiction book Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34.

Set during the Great Depression, the film chronicles the final years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis, Dillinger’s relationship with Billie Frechette, as well as Purvis’ pursuit of Dillinger’s associates and fellow criminals Homer Van Meter and Baby Face Nelson.

In 1933, John Dillinger infiltrates Indiana State Penitentiary and assists in the jailbreak of his crew. During the firefight, his mentor Walter is shot and killed by the prison guards. Dillinger and company head for a nearby farm, where they change clothes and eat before driving to a safe house on the east-side of Chicago.

After killing Charles Floyd, FBI agent Melvin Purvis is promoted by J. Edgar Hoover to lead the hunt for Dillinger. Purvis shares Hoover’s belief in using modern methods to battle crime, ranging from cataloging fingerprints to tapping telephone lines.

In between a series of bank robberies, Dillinger meets Billie Frechette at a restaurant and impresses her by buying her a fur coat. Frechette falls for Dillinger even after he reveals his identity, and the two become inseparable.

Director: Michael Mann

Writers: Ronan Bennett (screenplay), Michael Mann (screenplay), Ann Biderman (screenplay), Bryan Burrough (book)

Stars: Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, John Judd

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►Cast:

Christian Bale…Melvin PurvisChristian Stolte…Charles MakleyJason Clarke…‘Red’ HamiltonJohnny Depp…John DillingerStephen Graham…Baby Face NelsonDavid Wenham…Harry ‘Pete’ PierpontJohn Judd…TurnkeyStephen Dorff…Homer Van MeterMichael Vieau…Ed ShouseJohn Kishline…Guard DainardCarey Mulligan…Carol SlaymanJames Russo…Walter DietrichGiovanni Ribisi…Alvin KarpisWesley Walker…Jim LeslieJohn Scherp…Earl AdamsElena Kenney…Viola NorrisWilliam Nero Jr.…Toddler on FarmChanning Tatum…Pretty Boy FloydRory Cochrane…Agent Carter BaumMadison Dirks…Agent Warren BartonLen Bajenski…Police Chief FultzAdam Clark…SportAndrzej Krukowski…Oscar Lieboldt (as Andrew Krukowski)Casey Siemaszko…Harry BermanJohn Michael Bolger…Martin ZarkovichBranka Katic…Anna SagePeter DeFaria…Grover Weyland (as Peter Defaria)Jonathan Macchi…TellersJeff Shannon…Angry CopMichael Sassone…FarmerEmilie de Ravin…Barbara Patzke (as Emilie De Ravin)Brian Connelly…Officer Chester BoyardEd Bruce…Senator McKellarBilly Crudup…J. Edgar HooverGeoffrey Cantor…Harry SuydamChandler Williams…Clyde TolsonRobert Brooks Hollingsworth…Hoover Reporter #1David Paul Innes…Hoover Reporter #2Joe Carlson…Hoover Reporter #3Ben Mac Brown…Hoover Reporter #4 (as Ben Brown)Marion Cotillard…Billie FrechetteDiana Krall…Torch SingerDuane Sharp…Doorman at Gold Coast (as Duane A. Sharp)Domenick Lombardozzi…Gilbert CatenaBill Camp…Frank NittiJohn Ortiz…Phil D’AndreaRichard Short…Agent Sam CowleyRandy Ryan…Agent Julius RiceShawn Hatosy…Agent John MadalaKurt Naebig…Agent William RorerJohn Hoogenakker…Agent Hugh CleggAdam Mucci…Agent Harold ReineckeRebecca Spence…Doris RogersDanni Simon…May MinczelesDon Harvey…Customer at Steuben ClubShanyn Leigh…Helen Gillis (as Shanyn Belle Leigh)Spencer Garrett…Tommy CarrollStephen Lang…Charles WinsteadDon Frye…Clarence HurtMatt Craven…Gerry CampbellLaurence Mason…Porter at Union StationRandy Steinmeyer…Cop EymanKris Wolff…DeputyLili Taylor…Sheriff Lillian HolleyDonald G. Asher…Reporter #1Andrew Steele…Reporter #2 (as Andrew C. Steele)Philip M. Potempa…Reporter #3 (as Philip Matthew Potempa)Brian McConkey…PhotographerAlan Wilder…Robert EstillDavid Warshofsky…Warden BakerPeter Gerety…Louis PiquettMichael Bentt…Herbert YoungbloodJohn Lister…Judge MurrayJim Carrane…Sam Cahoon (as Jimmy Carrane)Joseph Mazurk…Guard BryantJohn Fenner Mays…Deputy BlunkRick Uecker…Edward SaagerCraig Spidle…Reporter (as Craig A. Spidle)Jason T. Arnold…Other Jr. G-ManAndrew Blair…Other Jr. G-ManMark Vallarta…Harry BergDaniel Maldonado…Jacob Solomon (as Dan Maldanado)Sean A. Rosales…Joe Pawlowski (as Sean Rosales)Stephen Spencer…Emil WanatkaPatrick Zielinski…DoctorGareth Saxe…Agent Ray SuranGuy Van Swearingen…Agent Ralph BrownJeff Still…Jimmy ProbascoLance Baker…Freddie BarkerSteve Key…Doc BarkerLeelee Sobieski…Polly HamiltonJerry Goff…Captain O’Neill (as Gerald Goff)David Carde…Special AgentAaron Roman Weiner…Special Agent (as Aaron Weiner)Keith Kupferer…Agent SopsicTurk Muller…Other East Chicago CopTim Grimm…Other East Chicago CopMartie Sanders…Irene the Ticket TakerRobyn LeAnn Scott…Ella Natasky (as Robyn Scott)David John Adamson…Bank President #3

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I have known some persons as absent, and perhaps, more so than myself. The late General Hamilton had the reputation of being so, but not to the same degree as I was; but Mr. Duane, who, after the revolution, was the first mayor of the city of New York was so to a most dangerous excess as you will see by the following anecdote. He was once to cross the north river, on his way to Albany, which he did frequently at that time. He rode on horseback and was accustomed to cross the river on a bridge. But the bridge not being thought very safe, it had been resolved to build a new one. The old bridge had been re moved the day before unknown to Mr. Duane, and planks had been laid across the river to enable the workmen to pass from one side to the other, which our traveller rapt in thought did not perceive. His horse, however, was sure footed; he picked his way as well as he could upon the planks and landed his master in safety, who was entirely unconscious of what was passing. Arrived at Albany, his friends were much astonished, and asked him how he had done to cross the river. "Why surely," said he, "I crossed it upon the bridge." He was then told that there was no bridge, as it had been removed the day before, but he would not believe it, until he was convinced by occular evidence. This anecdote is worthy of La Bruyere. It was related to me by your second, I don't like to say your step grand-mother who was in Albany at the time, and assured me that it was true.

The Autobiography of Pierre du Ponceau

For reference, “Mr. Duane” is James Duane, the mayor of New York and also the father of Polly Duane, who later went on to marry William North. Anne’s “step grand-mother” is du Ponceau’s second wife, Anne Latouche, who Anne was named after.

#History #Pierre du Ponceau #Anne Garesche #Anne Latouche #James Duane #Polly Duane #William North #Alexander Hamilton #I can't believe you Mr Duane... this is hilarious #Who's the Parson Adams now??

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Can little Middleburg stay its ground against America’s retail apocalypse?

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Can little Middleburg stay its ground against America’s retail apocalypse?

Shoppers are reflected in the windows of Highcliffe Clothiers in Middleburg, Va. “None of us, and I say us retailers, are able to escape the Amazons of the world,” shop owner Mark Metzger said. “But there are plenty of people who still like to try on clothing, see things in the mirror.” (Pete Marovich/For The Washington Post)

Mark Metzger grew tired of the retail business in downtown Washington, so he took his high-end Highcliffe Clothiers an hour west to Middleburg, the heart of Virginia horse country.

A decade later, Metzger is wrapping up his best year ever. His success is bucking retail’s slow strangulation by Amazon.com (Amazon founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos owns The Washington Post). His story is also one of the bright spots in quaint Middleburg (population 780), whose main-street businesses are grappling with encroaching technology, ever-increasing overhead and limited shopping hours.

Bricks-and-mortar retail is under assault. Thousands of mall stores have shut down in one of the largest waves of retail closures in American history. Abercrombie & Fitch, Sears, Macy’s. Who is next? Lord & Taylor’s flagship Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan was just bought by tech unicorn WeWork for $850 million.

And now, the contagion has seeped into little Middleburg, a seeming bastion of wealth and aristocracy. When several shops closed, a Fauquier Times headline hinted at a business community in dire straits: “ ‘Perfect storm’ leaves Middleburg grappling with empty storefronts.”

Let’s be clear. This isn’t Flint, Mich. Or Janesville, Wis. Or my hometown of Syracuse, N.Y., all of whose economies have been decimated by factory closures that vaporized thousands of jobs.

I am not making light of the plight of Middleburg businesses, but this is fixable. It’s a cycle, not a downward spiral. And remember, Loudoun County is one of the wealthiest areas on the planet.

“The town, over all those years, has had waves of peaks and valleys,” said Middleburg Mayor Betsy Davis, whose family has owned the Fun Shop since 1956. “Sometimes several businesses close at the same time. People retire. It’s healthy.”

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Rick Allison, left, co-owner of the King Street Oyster Bar, talks with Jamie Gaucher, Middleburg’s director of economic development. “This is an economy built on visitors, whether those visitors are coming from the District of Columbia, from Chantilly, from Shanghai or London, ” Gaucher said. (Pete Marovich/For The Washington Post)

The town hired Jamie Gaucher as its new director of economic development to help push a Middleburg renaissance.

“This is an economy built on visitors, whether those visitors are coming from the District of Columbia, from Chantilly, from Shanghai or London, ” Gaucher said. “It’s about building reliance on the local economy. There’s a lot of energy around performing arts, concerts at Salamander Resort, horses, fox hunting, history, lots of Civil War. Why do they come here? Because they want to experience it.”

Middleburg has classed up the downtown with new streetlights and brick crosswalks. But the town needs diversification so it can drive more traffic to its businesses. That means connecting resources in the town, whether it’s Salamander Resort events or gatherings at Foxcroft, an elite boarding school for girls.

My wife, Polly, and I drove the 60 miles west on a gloomy day last week to see the Middleburg disruption, crisis or whatever you want to call it. We eventually found ourselves ensconced in comfortable velvet chairs in Metzger’s store, listening to a primer from the retailer.

“What you have to remember about Middleburg is it’s a walking-around town,” said Metzger, whose clubby confines includes a couple of fifths of whiskey resting on a shelf, reserved for favorite customers who like a nip between fittings. “None of us, and I say us retailers, are able to escape the Amazons of the world. But there are plenty of people who still like to try on clothing, see things in the mirror.”

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A couple takes a stroll on Washington Street. Middleburg “over all those years has had waves of peaks and valleys,” said Mayor Betsy Davis, whose family has owned the Fun Shop since 1956. (Pete Marovich/For The Washington Post)

With more than 30 years in retailing, this is no pastime. Metzger is an unsentimental businessman. During the better part of an hour, he provided a detailed assessment on some of the businesses around town and their chances of success.

Metzger, 57, has five employees, including himself, and I would not be shocked if he sells $1 million worth of clothing and accessories to men and women this year. He won’t say exactly, but he did not dispute my estimate.

He grew up outside New York, graduated from Antioch College with a business degree and has been in retail just about ever since. He left Washington when he saw a decline in demand for his custom suits. So he relocated to Middleburg, expanded into women’s clothing and started selling casual wear.

Retail is no place for amateurs, even in comfy Middleburg. People still talk about a dollar store that lasted a nanosecond. An olive oil tasting room bailed. The Home Farm Store in a former bank at the traffic-light intersection has been replaced by an oyster bar, run by a seasoned restaurateur.

One local investor I talked to who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person didn’t want to alienate the residents in this small town, said real estate prices have increased because of supply. Middleburg is surrounded by estates with protected green space. There is limited space for development. Landlords have paid high prices for what’s left — which is passed on to the retail renters.

“The rents in general are high,” said Duane Ellis, who owns Common Grounds coffee shop, which is kind of a town living room where the cognoscenti gather. “But when you think about it, where aren’t rents high? Middleburg has always had high rents. It comes with the Zip code.”

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The Historic Red Fox Inn is reflected in the window of the Shaggy Ram antique store. (Pete Marovich/For The Washington Post)

To stay in business and pay those rents, Metzger says, you have to know your customer. This is not the dollar-store crowd.

“In a small market, a small town, if you are selling less-expensive items, you have to sell more of them to make a living,” he said. “The business plan of a dollar store is to have a thousand people walk by every day. Some come in and buy an item. That just doesn’t happen on a side street of an 800-person town.”

The people walking the quarter-mile along Middleburg’s Main Street, perhaps having started the day patronizing one of the many wineries before driving into “downtown” to gawk at the multimillion-dollar home prices on the real estate storefronts, pop into one of the offbeat shops such as Popcorn Monkey, aptly named Upper Crust bakery or the Christmas Sleigh.

Some stop in, look over the goods, perhaps make an impulse buy. “The reality is that it’s probably all that way in Middleburg,” Metzger said. “It should be a good experience.”

It may seem hard to summon a tear for this historic town, the heart of a region known for its fox hunting, private airstrips and smattering of aristocracy with names such as Mellon (banks, and everything else), Birdseye (frozen foods), DuPont (chemicals), Mars (chocolate) and Firestone (tires).

Then there are the boldfaced names such as actor Robert Duvall, television personality Willard Scott, Bill Clinton foil Linda Tripp and former congressman Tom McMillen.

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A few shops have closed on Washington Street; the losses have made an impact on the town and its tax base. (Pete Marovich/For The Washington Post)

Sheila Johnson, who made her fortune as the co-founder of BET, built the Salamander Resort just a short walk from the town’s center. Metzger said he gets significant business from the resort. Even old foes including Bundles Murdock, a former town council member who opposed the project, have been won over by Salamander and its Middleburg Film Festival.

“We went through some tricky years,” Murdock said in a phone interview between calls about the upcoming fox hunt. “We redid the streets. Dug up the middle of town and buried the electric wires. We are moving forward.”

Metzger said the most interesting thing about Middleburg, from a business perspective, isn’t the high-profile millionaires and billionaires.

Some street roamers are weekend warriors from leafy McLean or historical Georgetown. They are the under-the-radar rich folks who own homes in the countryside. They think nothing of dropping $1,000 at Metzger’s shop. For that crowd, he stocks his inventory with high-end goods from the United States and from England and Spain.

But they don’t pay the bills.

“There are an equal number of off-the-radar well-to-do people,” he said. “There are hundreds or thousands of support people who have to look well. One of my better customers happens to be a shelf-stocker at Safeway.”

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Oct. 25, 2017: Obituaries

Sarah Hatcher, 93

Mrs. Sarah Deal Hatcher, 93, of Wilkesboro, passed away Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Avante Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wilkesboro.

Mrs. Hatcher was born Tuesday, February 5, 1924 in Alexander County to the late Gaston Eugene Deal and Flossie Monona Price Deal.

She was preceded in death by her parents; six sisters, Plessie Bebber, Ransome Burgess, Hessie Cheek Kerley, Paula Bumgarner, Mildred Daniels, Maxine Broyhill and a brother, Brack Deal.

Those left to cherish her memory include many nieces and nephews.

Funeral service was October 24, at 2 p.m. at Adams Funeral Home of Taylorsville Chapel.

Family will mingle with family and friends 30 minutes prior to the service.

Burial will be at the Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Pastor Ray Olendorf will be officiating.

Memorials may be given to Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery Fund 4005 North NC Hwy 16 Taylorville, NC 28681.

Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes and cremation services is honored to be serving the Hatcher Family.

Evelyn Johnson, 93

Mrs. Evelyn Inez Call Johnson, age 93 of Wilkesboro, widow of Coma Cling Johnson, died Friday, October 20, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Health Wilkes Medical Center.

Funeral services were Monday at Mount Sinai Baptist Church with the Rev. Joey Campbell officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Johnson was born October 7, 1924 in Wilkes County to Leonard Gordon and Jemima Sale Call. She retired from Holly Farms and was a member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and four brothers.

She is survived by her two sons, Harold Cling Johnson and wife, Melba, of Wilkesboro, and Archie Johnson and wife, Mary Jo, of Morganton; her three grandchildren, Rebecca Johnson, Joanna Welborn, and Bryan Johnson; and her one great-grandchild, Ike Welborn.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials made to Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 2794 Mount Sinai Road, Wilkesboro NC 28697.

Jerry Howell, 67

Mr. Jerry Lee Howell, age 67 of Wilkesboro, husband of Linda Bumgarner Howell, died Friday, October 20, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center.

Funeral services were Monday at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel with the Rev. John A. Speaks officiating. Burial was in Scenic Memorial Gardens. Mr. Howell was born February 23, 1950 in Wilkes County to Eugene Smith and Louise Lovette Howell. He retired after 40 years from Holly Farms/Tyson.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Linda Bumgarner Howell, of the home; one daughter, Jerri Elizabeth Howell, and husband Roger (Kim) Hamby of Boomer; one son, Derek Lee Bumgarner and wife, Carol, of Purlear; and one sister, Peggy Howell Wallace and husband, Jerry, of Creston.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials made to American Cancer Society, c/o Linda McCann, 254 Country Club Hills, Wilkesboro NC 28697.

Billie Griffin, 59

Billie Ann Wood Griffin, age 59, of North Wilkesboro, died Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. She was born May 6, 1958 in Washington County to Everette "Buck" Washington Wood, Jr. and Belva Emogene Wyatt Wood. She was a member of Old Fashion Baptist Church. Mrs. Griffin was preceded in death by her parents;

Surviving are her husband, Michael Wayne Griffin; son, James Everette Griffin and wife Samantha of North Wilkesboro; and a granddaughter.

Funeral service was October 22, at the Miller Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jacob Winters officiating. Burial followed in Old Fashion Baptist Church Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted o memorials may be to The American Liver Foundation, 39 Broadway, Room 2700, New York, NY 10006.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements

Cody Church, 79

Mr. Cody Yukon Church, age 79 of Purlear, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2017 at his home.

Memorial services were held Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 at New Hope Baptist Church. Inurnment was in the church cemetery.

Mr. Church was born August 5, 1938 in Wilkes County to Rufus Vaughn and Laura Sophia Neuiisis Church. He retired in 1995 as a Poultry Inspector for the USDA after 37 years of service, and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Mr. Church was a true horseman from an early age. After years of showing and breeding AQHA and APHA horses, Cody spent his retirement enjoying training/ riding and caring for his horses. He was very proud of his grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister; Dawn Jackson.

Mr. Church is survived by his wife; Sharon Miller Church of the home, a son; Justin Church and wife; LeAnn of Millers Creek, four grandchildren; Lucas, Ryan, Campbell and Davis Church and a brother; Day Church of Millers Creek.

William Scroggs Jr., 95

William Clegg Scroggs Jr., 95, of Moravian Falls, N. C., passed away October 19, 2017 at Wilkes Senior Village.

William "Bill" was born the 31st of January 1922 to the late William Clegg Scroggs, Senior and Judia Mae Sloop Scroggs. He was married to June Wessinger Scroggs for 64 years. He leaves his two sons, William Clegg Scroggs, III, John Wessinger Scroggs, and a grandson, William Clegg Scroggs, IV. In addition to his parents, William was preceded in death by two sisters, Breta Poe Scroggs, Lucille Scroggs Phillips and a brother, James Roland Scroggs.

William attended Moravian Falls Elementary School, graduating from Wilkesboro High School; with honors. He excelled in community tennis. He worked at the U. S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. during World War II, returning to Wilkes County to graduate from Clevenger Business College. While there he was president of Gamma Xl -Phi Theta Pi Fraternity. "Bill" Retired as an accountant from Insurance Service and Credit Company and Tomlinson Oil Company, North Wilkesboro.

William was a member of Beulah Methodist Church, Moravian Falls, and attended the Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Wilkesboro.

The family held a private memorial service at Moravian Falls Cemetery on Saturday, October 21st. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to The Lutheran Church of the Atonement.

The family is being served by the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Sylvia Cooke

Mrs. Sylvia Wood Cooke, widow of the late Leonard Dale Cooke, Sr. passed away October 18th, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Health Wilkes Medical Center.

Funeral services were held October 25th, at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Jeff McCann officiating.

Entombment will be in Mountlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.

Mrs. Cooke was born September 21, 1935 in Wilkes County to the late Zebulon Grant and Vergie Byrd Wood. She was a 1954 graduate of Mtn. View High School. She was employed by D.M.L. Lineberry Division, subdivision of Vermont-American Corporation, (former Lineberry Foundry & Machine Company, Inc., Wilkesboro, N.C.) where she served as a secretary and a director of the Corporation. At the time of her retirement in 1994, she was the office manager and head accountant, having completed 40 years with the firm.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her only child, Leonard Dale Cooke, Jr., three loving sisters; Hazel Wood Bryant, Betty Wood, Mary Wood Welborn, brother; James Kyle Wood and nephew; Duane Bryant all of Wilkes County.

She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Sharon Reavis Cooke; two grandchildren, Hannah S. Cooke and Logan Dale Cooke (Kylie) and two great grandchildren, Layne Dawson and Finley Grace Cooke, one sister in law; Mrs. Ruth Bryant Wood, two nephews; Foyle and Brad Bryant, three nieces, Lynn Welborn Day, Diana Bryant McCann, Sandra Wood Alexander and several nieces and nephews; special longtime friends, Sue Owings and Ann Sebastian.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Health Foundation PO Box 667 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 or Wake Forest Care at Home Hospice 126 Executive Drive, Suite 110 Wilkesboro, NC 28697.

Annie Robinson, 95

Mrs. Annie Pauline "Polly" Robinson, 95, of North Wilkesboro, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2017.

Pauline was born on Thursday, June 22, 1922 in Ashe County to the late Edward N. Norris and Mary Neil Younce Norris VonCannon.

Pauline is preceded in death by her parents, husband, John K Robinson; son, Gary Robinson; brothers, James, Johnny and Junior Norris; sisters, Penny Angel, Virginia Cherry; granddaughter, Nannie Whittaker and great grandchild Katherine Wagoner.

Pauline is survived by her daughters, Lynn Pearson (Dave Kelleway) of North Wilkesboro, Patricia "Pat" Wagoner (Gene) of Roaring River and son, Roger Whittaker (Garbie) of Minnesota; seven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

The memorial service will be held at Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 2 p.m. at the Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes Chapel in Moravian Falls.

Rev. Bud Shepherd will be officiating.

In addition to flowers memorial donations may be given to Women's Service League of Wilkes: P.O. Box 1242 N. Wilkesboro, NC 28659

Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes has the honor of serving the Robinson Family.

Betty Edmiston, 80

Mrs. Betty Ann Atwood Edmiston, age 80 of Ferguson passed away Sunday, October 15, 2017 at her home.

Funeral services were Wednesday at Beaver Creek Baptist Church with Rev. James Hall and Rev. Dan Keistler officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Edmiston was born September 15, 1937 in Wilkes County to Edgar J. and Zenna Rae Atwood Blackburn. She was a member of Beaver Creek Baptist. She was Wilkes County's first female EMT with the Ambulance Service and worked for Wilkes Regional Medical Center Hospice and Home Health.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sisters; Brenda Rae Atwood Motsinger and Martha Elaine Atwood Price and two brothers; Billy Edgar Atwood and Balmer Grayson Atwood.

She is survived by her husband; Richard Ray Edmiston of the home, two daughters; Anita Holloway and husband Brent of Ferguson, Valerie Reason and husband Kevin of Boiling Springs, SC, one son; Jody Edmiston and wife Brandy of Wilkesboro, and a special nephew; Michael Motsinger, eight grandchildren; Genesa Byrd, Amanda Holloway, Douglas Holloway, John Holloway, Dylan Edmiston, Courtney Edmiston, Justin Reason, Jessica Reason, five great grandchildren; Kael Byrd, Kacey Byrd, Eislee Holloway, Zoey Holloway, Lincoln Holloway, special great nephew; Tristen Motsinger, and one brother; Bobby Atwood and wife Shirley of Winston-Salem.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Beaver Creek Baptist Church, PO Box 26, Ferguson, NC 28624.

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