#Sondra Lee

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Harley Quinn #47 by Elliott Kalan and Mindy Lee. Variant covers by (1) David Nakayama, (2) Simone Di Meo, (3) Jorge Fornés and (4) Knight Zhang. Main cover (5) by Elizabeth Torque. Out in January 2025.

"Clayface is having a (dinner) party, and everybody’s invited… as long as their name is Clayface! We’ve got all the Clayfaces in here—Basil, Matt, Sondra, Preston, Cassius, Spanky, Alfalfa, Stymie, even Clownface (remember Clownface?)!

My latest Destruction Agency case brings me face-to-face with Clayface as I crash and burn the ultimate muck-filled family reunion harder than Aunt Ethel’s overcooked brisket at last year’s Passover seder! Oh yeah, and somebody’s gonna die in this one."

[dillydedalus]

women in translation month wrap-up

here's what i read this witmonth, faves marked with *

das verbotene notizbuch, alba de céspedes (translated from the italian by verena from koskull, english translation: forbidden notebook, by ann goldstein)

salomés zorn, simone atangana bekono (translated from the dutch by ira wilhelm, no english translation yet)

witches, brenda lozano (translated from the spanish by heather cleary)

*three summers, margarita liberaki (translated from the greek by karen van dyck)

breasts and eggs, mieko kawakami (translated from the japanese by sam bett & david boyd)

im park der prächtigen schwestern, camila sosa villada (translated from the spanish by svenja becker, english translation: bad girls, by kit maude)

*boulder, eva baltasar (translated from the catalan by julia sanches): READ BOULDER BY EVA BALTASAR

sweet days of discipline, fleur jaeggy (translated from the italian by tim parks)

the wandering, intan paramaditha (translated from the indonesian by stephen j. epstein)

my pen is the wing of a bird, anthology of short stories by afghan women, translated from dari & pashto

all your children, scattered, beata umbyeyi mairesse (translated from the french by alison anderson)

*waking lions, ayelet gundar-goshen (translated from the hebrew by sondra silverston)

*the lover, marguerite duras (translated from the french by barbara bray)

*trieste, daša drndić (translated from the croatian by ellen elias-bursać)

evil flowers, gunnhild øyehaug (translated from the norwegian by kari dickson)

*empty wardrobes, maria judite de carvalho (translated from the portuguese by margaret jull costa)

die tochter, kim hye-jin (translated from the korean by lee ki-hyang, english translation: concerning my daughter, by jamie chang)

still reading:

the books of jacob, olga tokarczuk (translated from the polish by jennifer croft

mister n, najwa barakat (translated from the arabic by luke leafgren)

[ulkaralakbarova]

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Tess McGill: Melanie Griffith Jack Trainer: Harrison Ford Katharine Parker: Sigourney Weaver Mick Dugan: Alec Baldwin Cyn: Joan Cusack Oren Trask: Philip Bosco Ginny: Nora Dunn Lutz: Oliver Platt Turkel: James Lally Bob Speck: Kevin Spacey Armbriester: Robert Easton Personnel Director: Olympia Dukakis Alice Baxter: Amy Aquino Tim Rourke: Jeffrey Nordling Doreen DiMucci: Elizabeth Whitcraft Tess’s Birthday Party Friend: Maggie Wagner Tess’s Birthday Party Friend: Lou DiMaggio Tess’s Birthday Party Friend: David Duchovny Tess’s Birthday Party Friend: Georgienne Millen Petty Marsh Secretary: Caroline Aaron Petty Marsh Secretary: Nancy Giles Petty Marsh Secretary: Judy Milstein Petty Marsh Secretary: Nicole Chevance Petty Marsh Secretary: Kathleen Gray Petty Marsh Secretary: Jane B. Harris Petty Marsh Secretary: Sondra Hollander Petty Marsh Secretary: Samantha Shane Petty Marsh Secretary: Julia Silverman Jr. Executive: Jim Babchak Jim: Zach Grenier Dewey Stone Reception Guest: Ralph Byers Dewey Stone Reception Guest: Leslie Ayvazian Cab Driver: Steve Cody Dewey Stone Receptionist: Paige Matthews John Romano: Lee Dalton Phyllis Trask: Barbara Garrick Barbara Trask: Madolin B. Archer Hostess at Wedding: Etain O’Malley Bridesmaid: Ricki Lake Bitsy: Marceline Hugot Bridegroom: Tom Rooney Trask Wedding Orchestra: Peter Duchin Trask Secretary: Maeve McGuire Tim Draper: Timothy Carhart TV Weatherman: Lloyd Lindsay Young Bartender: F.X. Vitolo Clerk at Dry Cleaner’s: Lily Froehlich Heliport Attendant: Michael Haley Helicopter Pilot: Mario T. DeFelice Jr. Helicopter Pilot: Anthony Mancini Jr. Trask Receptionist: Suzanne Shepherd Rhumba Guy (uncredited): Matthew Bennett Staten Island Secretary (uncredited): Trish Cook Pretty Brunette Office Girl (uncredited): Priscilla Cory Cyn’s Aunt (uncredited): Marilyn Dobrin Trask Executive (uncredited): Kevin Fennessy Receptionist (uncredited): Anita Finlay Office Worker (uncredited): Tom Sean Foley Staten Island Ferry Commutor (uncredited): George Gerard Secretary (uncredited): Dhonna Harris Goodale Young Businessman (uncredited): Daniel Henning Office Party-Goer (uncredited): Eric Kramer Secretary (uncredited): Elisa London Secretary (uncredited): Karen Starr Petty Marshall Secretary (uncredited): Alison Wachtler Film Crew: Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus Editor: Sam O’Steen Screenplay: Kevin Wade Costume Design: Ann Roth Makeup Artist: Joseph A. Campayno Makeup Artist: J. Roy Helland Art Direction: Doug Kraner Director: Mike Nichols Unit Production Manager: Robert Greenhut Set Decoration: George DeTitta Jr. Casting: Juliet Taylor Executive Producer: Laurence Mark Producer: Douglas Wick Hairstylist: Alan D’Angerio Gaffer: John W. DeBlau Production Design: Patrizia von Brandenstein Location Manager: Richard Baratta Supervising Sound Editor: Stan Bochner Transportation Captain: Tom O’Donnell Jr. First Assistant Camera: Florian Ballhaus Production Supervisor: Todd Arnow Boom Operator: Linda Murphy Still Photographer: Andrew D. Schwartz Assistant Costume Designer: Gary Jones Camera Operator: David M. Dunlap Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lee Dichter Art Department Coordinator: Samara Schaffer Transportation Co-Captain: Louis Volpe Script Supervisor: Mary Bailey Assistant Art Director: Tim Galvin Production Coordinator: Ingrid Johanson Production Sound Mixer: Les Lazarowitz Music Editor: Patrick Mullins Sound Editor: Marshall Grupp ADR Editor: Michael Jacobi Property Master: James Mazzola Cableman: Mike Bedard First Assistant Director: Michael Haley Stunt Double: Vic Armstrong Original Music Composer: Carly Simon Stunt Coordinator: Jim Dunn Stunt Coordinator: Frank Ferrara Stunts: Phil Neilson Stunts: ...

[gingerleighlannyduncan]

"Sondra Lee" Oil and Charcoal on Paper A Bob Baker Marionette 2018

My first time with oils and charcoal! I loved the mess. Can you spot my muse in the background? She's a 1960's theater performance marionette and she has my heart.

[kingcrane8]

Mei Lee (Turning Red) as Sondra McCallister (Home Alone)

[the-active-news]

Kellie Pickler Kids? Does Kelly Have Any Children?

Kellie Pickler is a country music singer, songwriter, and TV personality from the United States. Amazing American singer Kellie Pickler has had a huge amount of commercial success. Since her appearance on America Idol in season five, Pickler has been met with nothing but praise for her talents.

Kellie Pickler Kids

In the middle of the 2000s, Pickler and Jacobs became close due to their shared love of music. Pickler, though, disclosed that the couple was never in a hurry to take the big step. She did not want to prioritize her husband or their little family when they initially started dating. Then, Pickler told everyone about how Jacobs proposed to her in a romantic beach setting. She went on to say that she and Jacobs are both passionate about each other. In 2011, they said, I do. The couple has stayed together ever since, however they have no children. Pickler addressed the subject of whether or not she and her husband want to start a family in a 2019 interview with a reputable website. We have two little teeny puppies, we do parents for now, the Christmas at Graceland star reportedly stated. You Can Read About This Sondra Theodore Children.

Kellie Pickler's Husband Kyle Jacobs Dead After Apparent Suicide At Age 49

Police are treating the death of Kellie Pickler's husband as a suicide. He was 49. In a statement provided to the Nashville Police Department confirms that around 1:21 p.m. local time on Friday, the Department of Emergency Communications received a call from a residence. When police and the Nashville Fire Department arrived, they found the songwriter "dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound," as stated in the statement. According to the available evidence, his death is being treated as a suicide. https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1626760360471691265 The 36-year-old former Dancing with the Stars contestant said to police that she woke up before that and looked for Jacobs but couldn't find him. According to the statement, she and her assistant called the police when they discovered they couldn't enter a specific room. Jacobs's final Instagram post, published the day before his death, was a celebratory one in which he shared a snapshot of the platinum certification of Lee Brice's Hey World. Platinum? Sweet This was put together by an incredible group of exceptionally gifted individuals. Truly humbled to have had a hand in its creation. A caption reading, Thank you Jesus accompanied the touching photo. The Nashville music publication Music City Hitmakers claims that Jacobs moved there from Minneapolis in the year 2000. You Can See About This Peter Krause Net Worth He is most known for penning the number-one singles More Than a Memory (by Garth Brooks) and Still. Kelly Clarkson, Randy Travis, Scott McCreery, Josh Kelley, and Clay Walker are just some of the famous artists he has collaborated with. https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1626768044210139136 Jacobs was nominated for a Grammy Award and won two country music awards. On January 1, 2011, Pickler and Jacobs secretly exchanged vows. They have no joint offspring. Before Jacobs proposed on a Florida beach on June 15, 2010, the couple had been dating since 2008.

Kellie Pickler's Net Worth

Kellie Pickler is an extremely famous and affluent American singer and songwriter. She now has a respectable amount of money in the bank. It is estimated that Kellie Pickler is currently worth $7 million. Famous for her talents as a country singer, songwriter, and TV host, Kellie Pickler has risen to prominence in recent years. She has found considerable success in both the television and music industries. The quality of her writing has also received high praise. U.S.-based singer-songwriter Kellie Pickler is a major property owner in addition to being a musical prodigy. She uproots her life frequently for her job, and each time she does, she does so in the lap of luxury. For More Updates You Can Visit On The Active News.Com. Read the full article

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

Peter Pan  -  NBC  -  March 7, 1955  / January 9, 1956

Musical Play

A presentation of Producers Showcase

Running Time;  90 minutes

Stars:

Mary Martin as Peter Pan

Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling

Kathy Nolan as Wendy Darling / Jane

Margalo Gillmore as Mrs. Darling

Sondra Lee as Tiger Lily

Heller Holiday as Liza

Joe E Marks as Smee

Norman Shelly as Nana / Crocodile

Michael Allen as John Darling

Joseph Stafford as Michael Darling (1955)

Tom Halloran as Michael Darling (1956)

David Bean as Slightly Soiled

Stanley Stenner as Curly

Paris Theodore as Nibs

Alan Sutherland as First Twin

Harold Day as Second Twin

Ian Tucker as Tootles

Richard Wyatt as Lion

Joan Tewskbury as Ostrich

Carl Eberle as Kangaroo

This 1955 musical production of the classic children's tale made history as the first Broadway musical adapted to TV with the entire cast and crew intact.

The title screens are from the 1956 production. 

[diabolikdiabolik]

Policewomen (1974)

[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

But I've heard people say 'why aren't there more female directors, why aren't there more female-driven movies, why aren't these being made?' I wanted to show 'Look, we are trying, just so you know. 

Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood’s directed by women filmography 

Death in Small Doses dir. Sondra Locke - 1995 (TV) Thirteen dir. Catherine Hardwicke - 2003 Across the Universe dir. Julie Taymor - 2007 A Case of You dir. Kat Coiro - 2013 Into the Forest dir. Patricia Rozema - 2015 Untitled Miranda July Project dir. Miranda July - 2019 Frozen 2 dir. Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee  - 2019

[mydailyvintagephotos]

Rip to the celebrities we lost in 2018 🌹🕊

[downthetubes]

Creating Comics: How Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson and Lee Marrs revived 1930s comic heroine “Sandra of the Secret Service” for Aces Weekly

Volume 56 of the digital anthology Aces Weekly, available as back issue purchase, included the re-emergence of a character from the earliest days of American comic books – before they were even known as comic books! “Sandra of the Secret Service” first featured in New Fun No 1, back in 1935, a mix of assorted tales, and the first to feature original strips, not collections of…

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[jack-the-lantern]

@rainbowrayndrops

[dear-indies]

Weird request, but do you have any faceclaims that are gingers? It's so hard to find ginger faceclaims of different ethnicities, body types, etc.

Hey anon! I’m not sure if you only wanted diverse faceclaims only but below are 200+ ginger faceclaims and I have noted the diverse suggestions. Please let me know if you’d like more specific suggestions for example from a certain age range.

Big thanks to @katherine-mcnamara! 

Non-binary:

Nicky Endres (1982) Korean - non-binary, transfeminine, genderqueer and queer - they/she.

Olly Alexander (1990) - non-binary and gay - he/him.

Kaitlyn Alexander (1992) - non-binary - they/them.

Maggie McGill (?) - is non-binary, queer and fat/plus size- she/they,

Women:

Joy Behar (1942)

Sondra Currie (1947) 

Becky Ann Baker (1953)

Kay Adshead (1954)

Julianne Moore (1960)

Carol Alt (1960)

Andrea Arnold (1961)

Marcia Cross (1962)

Cheryl Hawker (1962) - is fat/plus size.

Amy Yasbeck (1962) Lebanese / Irish.

Kate Walsh (1967) 

Molly Ringwald (1968)

Debra Messing (1968)

Catherine Tate (1969)

Stephanie Belding (1971)

Brigid Brannagh (1972)

Nathalie Boltt (1973)

Alyson Hannigan (1974) Ashkenazi Jewish / Irish.

Amy Adams (1974)

Tina Campbell (1974) African-American.

Alicia Witt (1975)

Jen Richards (1976) - is trans and bisexual.

Isla Fisher (1976)

Lauren Ambrose (1978)

Natasha Lyonne (1978) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Itziar Castro (1977) - is a lesbian.

Jaime Ray Newman (1978) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Rachelle Lefevre (1979)

Ruth Connell (1979)

Nur Fettahoğlu (1980) Turkish.

Sarah Drew (1980) 

Bridget Regan (1982)

Bronagh Waugh (1982)

Lotte Verbeek (1982)

Alexandra Breckenridge (1982)

Kate Mara (1983)

Tuğçe Kumral (1983) Turkish.

Lynsey Bartilson (1983) Ashkenazi Jewish / Norwegian, Dutch, mix of English, Irish, and French.

Magda Apanowicz (1985)

Emily Beecham (1985)

Deborah Ann Woll (1985)

Natalya Rudakova (1985)

Sarah Power (1985)

Our Lady J (1985) - is trans. 

Mary Wiseman (1985) - is queer.

Sepideh Moafi (1985) Iranian.

Elçin Sangu (1985) Turkish.

Issa Rae (1985) Senegalese / African-American, Creole [African, French, distant Spanish], distant French-Haitian.

Katie Leclerc (1986) - has Ménière’s Disease.

Florence Welch (1986)

Laura Spencer (1986)

Gillian Alexy (1986)

Crystal Kay (1986) Korean / African-American,

Valorie Curry (1986)

Jessica Keenan Wynn (1986)

Sarah Snook (1987) 

Evan Rachel Wood (1987) - is bisexual. 

Genevieve Angelson (1987)

Nicola Coughlan (1987) - is fat/plus size.

Elena Satine (1987)

Sarah Hay (1987)

Stacey Farber (1987)

Christiane Seidel (1988)

Maggie Geha (1988) 

Amber Skye Noyes (1988)

Sabina Karlsson (1988) Gambian / Swedish.

Renee Olstead (1989)

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (1989) - has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with Marfanoid phenotype causing blindness in one eye and deafness - is a lesbian.

Clémentine Desseaux (1988) - is fat/plus size.

Jane Levy (1989) Ashkenazi Jewish / English, some Irish and Scottish.

Jessie Buckley (1989)

Renee Olstead (1989)

Jenna Thiam (1990) Armenian, Belgian / Senegalese, English, French.

Lee Sung Kyung (1990) Korean.

Galadriel Stineman (1990)

Başak Gümülcinelioğlu (1991) Turkish.

Coral Kwayie (1991) Ghanaian / British.

Carmen Solomons (1991) Mixed South African.

Su Kutlu (1991) Turkish.

Charlotte Spencer (1991) 

Colby Minifie (1992)

Alina Kovalenko (1992)

Eleanor Tomlinson (1992) 

Haley Ramm (1992)

Alexis Jordan (1992) African-American / Puerto Rican.

Anna Shaffer (1992) Black and White South African / South African Jewish.

Louisa Connolly-Burnham (1992)

Jennifer Stone (1993)

Mayra Tercero (1993) Honduran.

Olivia Cooke (1993)

Molly Quinn (1993)

Freya Mavor (1993)

Sharon Belle (1993)

Molly C. Quinn (1993)

Thiều Bảo Trâm (1994) Vietnamese. 

Janet Devlin (1994) - is bisexual. 

Ahsen Eroğlu (1994) Turkish. 

Madelaine Petsch (1994)

Jacqueline Emerson (1994)

Bronwyn James (1994) - is gay and fat/plus size. 

Khadijha Red Thunder (1994) Chippewa Cree, African-American, Spanish - is pansexual. 

Marina Ruy Barbosa (1995) Brazilian.

Aleece Wilson (1995) Metis, Afro-Canadian, Irish and Italian.

Ciara Baxendale (1995)

Phoebe Dynevor (1995)

Bree Kish (1996) 1/4 African-American 3/4 Spanish, Irish, Dutch - is fat/plus size.

Thanaerng Kanyawee Songmuang (1996) Thai.

Luca Hollestelle (1996)

Sue Ramirez / Sue Dodd (1996) Filipino / White. 

Katherine McNamara (1996)

Thanaerng Kanyawee Songmuan (1996) Thai-Chinese. 

Sierra McCormick (1997)

Toto Bruin (1997)

Ellie Bamber (1997)

Sydney Sierota (1997)

Bo Barah (1997)

Maddison Brown (1997)

Melis Sezen (1997) Turkish.

Kiera Allen (1997) - is paraplegic.

Jordana Beatty (1998)

Annalise Basso (1998)

Erica Gluck (1998) African-American, possibly other.

Sonny Turner (1998) Black British.

Mathilda Mai (1998)

Duda Brandão (1998) Brazilian.

Cheng Xiao (1998) Chinese.

Fujita Nicole (1998) Japanese / Polish, Russian.

Erin Kellyman (1998) Afro-Jamaican / Irish - is a lesbian. 

Emma Kenney (1999)

Juliette Angelo (1999)

Ellie Darcey-Alden (1999)

Julia Lester (2000) Jewish.

Kennedy Walsh (2000) 

Mina Sundwall (2001)

Talia Jackson (2001) African-American / White.

Alana Pancyr (?) 

Lynley Eilers (?) - is fat/plus size. 

Men:

William Atherton (1947)

David Caruso (1956)

Boris Becker (1967)

Tom Goodman-Hill (1968)

Morgan Alling (1968)

Toby Stephens (1969)

Tony Curran (1969)

Eric Johnson (1970)

Brendan Beiser (1970)

Zack Ward (1970) 

Michael Rapaport (1970) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Alan Tudyk (1971)

Anthony Rapp (1971)

Damian Lewis (1971) Welsh, English, Scottish, and 1/16th Jewish [Sephardi and Ashkenazi].

Scott Grimes (1971)

Michael C. Hall (1971) - has stated he’s “not all the way heterosexual.”

Brett Tucker (1972)

Ewen Bremner (1972)

Kevin McKidd (1973)

Mackenzie Astin (1973)

Kris Holden-Ried (1973)

Dash Mihok (1974) - has Tourette Syndrome. 

Michael Shannon (1974)

Seth Green (1974) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975) - is gay.

Marc Menchaca (1975) 

David Lewis (1976)

Krondon (1976) African-American - has albinism.

Kristofer Hivju (1978)

Diego Klattenhoff (1979)

Ethan Cohn (1979) 

Ben Foster (1980) Ashkenazi Jewish / English, French, Irish, distant Welsh and Scottish (mother; who may have converted to Judaism).

Sam Heughan (1980)

Rolf Kristian Larsen (1983)

Jidenna (1985) Igbo Nigerian / English, German, Dutch.

Alex Saxon (1987)

Kerem Bürsin (1987) Turkish.

Rupert Grint (1988)

Chris Bylsma (1988)

Luke Newberry (1990)

Alan Ashby (1991)

Calum Worthy (1991)

Elijah Baker (1991) Black British and White.

Stephen Joffe (1991) 

Sean Berdy (1993) - is deaf and has bipolar disorder.

Cameron Monaghan (1993)

Niall Cunningham (1994)

Jack Kilmer (1995)

Elliott Jay Brown (1996) Black British.

Ralph Souffrant (1996) Afro-Haitian.

Iwahashi Genki (1996) Japanese.

Leon Seidel (1996)

Yoshino Hokuto (1997) Japanese.

Garet Allen (1997)

Kai Alexander (1997)

Jake Austin Walker (1997)

Louis Hofmann (1997)

Tashi-Jay Kwayie (1998) Black British.

Justin Tinucci (1999)

Gytis Gedvilas (1999)

Tucker Albrizzi (2000) - is fat/plus size.

Pierre Sekongo (2000) Ivorian / French.

Thomas Barbusca (2003)

Stacey Edward (?) African-American.

[eastwood2022]

1976 - Clint Eastwood (Josey Wales) et Sondra Locke (Laura Lee) dans JOSEY WALES HORS-LA-LOI de Clint Eastwood / 1976 - Clint Eastwood (Josey Wales) and Sondra Locke (Laura Lee) in OUTLAW JOSEY WALES de Clint Eastwood.

Pour voir la vid��o : L'essentiel sur JOSEY WALES HORS-LA-LOI de Clint Eastwood présenté par Fabrice Calzettoni. / To see the video : The Essentiel on OUTLAW JOSEY WALES by Fabrice Calzettoni

Page YouTube de Fabrice Calzettoni - L’essentiel sur le cinéma

L’essentiel sur Clint Eastwood

Texte : Fabrice Calzettoni © sgdl 2022

Fabrice Calzettoni est responsable de la médiation culturelle à l'Institut Lumière et au Festival Lumière, Lyon. Il est animateur des ciné-conférences.

[watching-pictures-move]

Movie Review | The World, the Flesh and the Devil (MacDougall, 1959)

This review contains spoilers.

When we first meet him, the miner played by Harry Belafonte seems to be having a bad day at work. You see, the mine's just caved in, and he can hardly get in touch with anybody topside. Realizing that nobody's going to come down and save him, he manages to dig himself out. At this point, he finds himself bewildered by the total absence of people anywhere he goes, although as he goes looking, the picture becomes clearer, with newspaper headlines and old radio broadcasts confirming that he missed the apocalypse as he was trapped underground. Eventually he makes his way to New York City, and these initial scenes provide the movie's most haunting passage, juxtaposing him with a sea of unattended cars on a bridge and other landmarks. The most poignant of these images has him framed against skyscrapers, suggesting that as a working class black man, he could only attain such heights once society has totally collapsed.

At this point it starts to come into focus that this is not merely a cautionary tale about nuclear weapons (the same year saw the release of the talkier but no less involving On The Beach, and the following decade produced one of my favourites in the genre, The War Game, the sometimes bitterly funny and mostly terrifying pseudocumentary that hits like a sledgehammer). Belafonte eventually starts accepting his new reality, finding ways to amuse himself like befriending two mannequins, one male, one female (he does not however give the female a fake mustache and the male lipstick, nor does he make them kiss; his intentions are more dignified). He even regales them with a song, perhaps as a commercial concession and acknowledgement of Belafonte's other talents. Boy, this nuclear apocalypse sure is grim, here's a tune from the "Banana Boat Song" guy to cheer us up.

He eventually tires of the male and tosses him out the window, which leads to the reveal that he's not alone. In fact, a young woman played by Inger Stevens has been stalking him the whole time. They become friends, but up to a point, as Belafonte is unable to accept her affection, and the movie slowly reveals how their internalized racism colours their relationship, no matter how much they desire to bridge the gap. Further complications are posed by the arrival of a sailor played by Mel Ferrer, who announces that he's not a racist but is beholden to patriarchal notions, feeling the need to compete for Stevens' heart, neither man paying much heed to what she actually wants. Eventually he forces an ultimatum, triggering a showdown between both men that has them hunting each other across the city.

There is arguably something quaint about a movie that chooses to tackle racism and misogyny without explicitly addressing structural issues, but I found the movie quite moving in how it depicts the depth to which the characters have had such ideas ingrained in them by society that they're unable to shed them even said society has collapsed. It helps that it provides three very engaging lead performances. It helps even more that the delivery is so cinematic, with striking B&W scope compositions lending the proceedings an austere beauty and heightening the tension of the climax. And if the movie's resolution, which has the characters walking off like I assume Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke and Lee Marvin do in Paint Your Wagon (which I haven't seen but am happy to make wild assumptions about), is a little hokey, I guess that's okay too. If Inger Stevens held our hands and looked deep into our eyes, I suspect many of us would be powerless to resist too.