#The Secret Garden 1987 musical

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

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2024 Best Musical World Cup Alphabetized List

Listed below is the 128 musicals that have qualified for the 2024 Best Musical World Cup Bracket.

& Juliet 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 35MM: A Musical Exhibition A Chorus Line A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder A Little Night Music A Strange Loop American Idiot Amélie Anastasia Annie Annie Get Your Gun Assassins Avenue Q Bare: A Pop Opera Beauty and the Beast Beetlejuice Billy Elliot the Musical Bonnie and Clyde Bring it On Cabaret Camelot Carrie Cats Chess Chicago Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Come From Away Company Death Note: The Musical Dreamgirls Elisabeth Evita Falsettos Fiddler on the Roof Firebringer Frankenstein: A New Musical Fun Home Funny Girl Ghost Quartet Godspell Grease Guys and Dolls Hadestown Hair Hairspray Hamilton Heathers Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hello, Dolly! Holy Musical B@man! How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying In The Heights Into the Woods Jekyll and Hyde Jesus Christ Superstar Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Kinky Boots La Cage aux Folles Legally Blonde Les Misérables Little Shop of Horrors Little Women Man of La Mancha Mary Poppins Matilda Mean Girls Merrily We Roll Along Monty Python's Spamalot Moulin Rouge My Fair Lady Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Nerdy Prudes Must Die Newsies Next to Normal Oliver Once Once on this Island Parade Pippin Ragtime Rebecca Rent Ride the Cyclone School of Rock Seussical Shrek the Musical Singin' in the Rain Six Something Rotten Spies Are Forever SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical Spring Awakening Starlight Express Starry Starship Sunday in the Park with George Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweet Charity Tanz der Vampire / Dance of the Vampires The Addams Family The Book of Mormon The Color Purple The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals The Hunchback of Notre Dame The King and I The Last Five Years The Lightning Thief The Lion King The Music Man The Phantom of the Opera The Prince of Egypt The Producers The Rocky Horror Show The Secret Garden The Sound of Music The Trail to Oregon! The Wiz The Wizard of Oz (1987) Tick Tick Boom Tuck Everlasting Twisted: The Untold Story of A Royal Vizier Urinetown Waitress West Side Story Wicked You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

[nothingenoughao3]

Hello, I read your fic Dreams in the Necromancer House and just wanted to say I'm really enjoying it. The images are so vivid, I don't know how you do it. And so I was wondering if I could ask where did you get your inspiration from. As in, if you add references about certain books or history or traditions where do you find them? Wikipedia? I'm just curious about how to do research. Specifically the tag that says Lovecraftian cults, tbh I have no clue about the H.P.Lovecraft universe. I just think it's really interesting.

Also, I am probably going to read it again because I'm sure I've missed out on some details. Anyways, have a nice day.

Hey, thank you for the thoughtful ask! This is the sort of question writers dream about receiving.

Here is the not-so-secret and not-so-glamorous process for how I compile references for my works (not just this one--this L4D2 series took a LOT of research, and so did that one SuperBat fic).

For me, the earliest creative process is kaleidoscopic: I'll have multiple scenes that don't seem like they all fit together spinning around in my head, and "the plot" is what happens when I try to make them all line up and become one coherent thing. Usually, there are the Scenes Of Pure Inspiration which arrive out of nowhere, followed by the Scenes Of Pure Necessity that have to happen to support the Pure Inspiration, and then one or two Scenes Of Damn Wouldn't That Be Cool that come up as I play different scenarios out in my head. Once it's over, I'll probably discuss the Scenes Of Pure Inspiration from "Dreams" more in detail.

Then I start doing outlines. Yes, I construct outlines for my fanfics, just as I do for my original works. There are far too many tiny moving parts in a story for them not to be contained in an outline--even if you move them to a different spot later, the damn things'll get lost in the sofa cushions if you don't keep them in a container of some kind. (I hope this metaphor hasn't gotten away from me.)

Dreams has three outlines--the one I wrote while still generating ideas, the one I wrote to establish timelines more firmly, and then an annotated one that has all the references I've sprinkled throughout the story. So I do consider this to be a vital part of the process. There will be a fourth notation file I generate when I do my final editing pass after it's all published, too! That one will cover me stating stuff about character histories and little story details, so that (for an example that really happened) I don't have Armitage giving a flask of whiskey to Herbert which later turns into a flask of Everclear.

Now where does the research bit come in? For me, when I do my extremely-detailed outline or when I start writing.

For details regarding history, science, politics, and the like, I generally rely on Googling, same as anyone else (excluding results after the year 2021 if I'm not finding what I need). Better than this, though, is books. I used to collect books that were writers' references--one of my favorites was a guide to poisons, both "the most likely poisons used in a murder mystery" AND "how to design your own poison/toxin/venom". Also guidebooks for TTRPGs, sacred texts, gardening guides, etc. I currently have a book series called "The Home Doctor" that teaches you how to do baseline veterinary and human medicine (according to the early 1900s). I don't have that because I plan on using it for its intended purpose, but I did use it to research a L4D2 fic where someone's leg gets amputated--and I even had the characters in the fic owning those same books!

What really matters for a story like Dreams, though, is thematic feel. I think folks will forgive me if I were to mention a musical band that didn't exist in 1987/8, but far less so if I didn't nail the feel of 1987/8, or of cosmic horror. So while I am writing a story, I immerse not only in the source material (if it's a fanfic), but also in music, movies, books, comics, and etc. that "feel right". I'll draw off those media for further inspiration, because let's face it, creativity is knowing what to steal and how to steal it. (I didn't say that--Tarantino did.)

The key here is that I don't stop interacting with research and creative works when I'm not writing. I'll flip through my books or go down a rabbit hole of "what the hell is THAT scientific concept about" or learn about magical rituals every day that I can. If the compilation of research material looks easy or fast when I do it, it's because I'm always doing it and I know how to narrow it down!

For Dreams, I could go "Oh, here's a list of all the stories and movies and etc. I want to build off of" because I already had all of those things in my mental wheelhouses. If you wanted it, here is a specific list of the actual non-Lovecraftian works that thematically support and inspire Dreams in the Necromancer House:

Prince of Darkness (1987)+

Hereditary (2018)*

The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (2019)

Stir of Echoes (1999)

Mandy (2018)

Skeleton Crew, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and Everything's Eventual by Stephen King: specifically, "Nona", "1408", "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut", "Gramma"+, "Autopsy Room Four", and "That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French"

Black Butterflies and Heatseeker by John Shirley: specifically "Cram", "Tahiti In Terms of Squares", "The Almost Empty Rooms", "Woodgrains"

The King in Yellow by Robert Chalmers

Twin Peaks

Music: "We Will Commit Wolf Murder" by of Montreal, "Leather Jacket" by Ben Folds Five, "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette, "Over & Over" by Rio Romeo, "No One's Around To Help" by JerryTerry

The Arkham Horror board game

"The Mysterious Stranger/An Angel Named Satan" from The Adventures of Mark Twain

And since you were asking about Lovecraft's universe, here are the stories that went into this particular tale. All of his stuff is treated as being in the public domain, so you can easily find it on sites like Project Gutenberg or wikis:

"The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"+

"The Thing on the Doorstep"+

"The Dunwich Horror"+

"The Colour Out of Space", as well as the film adaptation Color Out of Space (2019)

"Pickman's Model"

"The Call of Cthulhu"*

"The Shadow Over Innsmouth"*

And of course, "Dreams in the Witch-House"+

The ones marked with an * are the most detailed stories regarding what I mean by "Lovecraftian cults", and the ones with a + are good demonstrations of wizardry/magic systems that supported this work.

[isfjmel-phleg]

I'm trying to wrangle all the TSG research into some kind of outline that makes sense, and a few thoughts have come up.

There were a lot of adaptations of The Secret Garden in the late 1980s and 1990s, coinciding with the book's coming into public domain in 1987. This died down for a while, but there's been a resurgence of adaptations and retellings within the past decade or so. These responses to the story would thus have come from people who were likely to have been influenced by such well-known adaptations as the 1993 film or the 1991 musical.

The adaptations of the 80s/90s tended to emphasize gothic elements, like the eerieness of the manor, the tragedy of lost parents, and an interpretation of Colin as the agency-less damsel in distress victim of villainous/misguided adults. They also tended to downplay the more down-to-earth elements, such as the influence of the Sowerbys and Ben Weatherstaff and the practical side of the children's recovery. Mrs. Sowerby, who is the book's personification of ideal parenthood, is notably absent from most of these adaptations. Since these adaptations were so well-known, they have had an impact on many people's understanding of the story, to the point that inventions of these adaptations are often treated as if they come from the book. (For the last time, everyone, Mary's uncle is not a lord, and Burnett never wrote the "whole world is a garden" line or anything like it.)

Therefore, we can look at the more recent adaptations and retellings as responses to not just the book but to earlier adaptations as well. And the influence of these adaptations has probably been a factor in these versions' reframing the story as about traditional grief rather than emotional neglect. It fits in better with the gothic perception of the story, which is more about the Tragedy and Loss and Drama. The elements that were downplayed in 80s/90s adaptations are also either downplayed or entirely omitted in recent versions. For instance, despite Mrs. Sowerby's prominence in the text, she or an equivalent does not appear/plays no meaningful role in such works as The Humming Room, The Misselthwaite Archives, The Secret Garden (2020 film), The Secret Garden on 81st Street, The Edge of In Between (maybe--I need to reread this one to confirm), The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn, and A Bit of Earth, all of which date from 2012-2023. Without a positive maternal figure as a point of comparison and a force for good, the narrative is not interested in examining the effects of failed parenting versus successful parenting, and the themes have to go elsewhere. These are not necessarily "bad" adaptations or poorly done works in their own right! But their themes and priorities often significantly differ from those of the original text. Recent adaptations/retellings have tended to turn into a translation of a translation, and in the process some of the original's essence has been lost.

[phoenixwatchesmovies]

Phoenix's Favorite Films

No special occasion, or anything. I just realized it had been awhile since I thought about this. Calculated based on my metric of "happy it's starting vs bummed that it's over" (which translates loosely to Biggest Feels), I give you the top twelve!

The Shining (1980)

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. - dir. Stanley Kubrick

Perfect Blue (1997)

A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past. - dir. Satoshi Kon

The Secret Garden (1993)

A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets. - dir. Agnieszka Holland

Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. - dir. Peter Jackson

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle. - dir. Emile Ardolino

Hard Candy (2005)

Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise. - dir. David Slade

The Princess Bride (1987)

A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love. - dir. Rob Reiner

Labyrinth (1986)

Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King. - dir. Jim Henson

The Lost Boys (1987)

After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires. - dir. Joel Schumacher

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life. - dir. Wes Craven

The Lion King (1994)

Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself. - dir. Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. - dir. Joel Schumacher

Synopses yoinked from IMDB, and no yelling from me this time. I'm saving that for later! :D

[atbussysparks]

MORE SCOUT HEADCANONS???? THIS MUTHAFUCKER OUT OF CONTROL!!!!

YALL THOUGHT I WAS DONE⁉️⁉️⁉️BACK WITH IT AGAIN YALL KNOW THE DRILL 🗣️🗣️

He tries to swim in the air if he's held by the waist

He died on December 4th 1987 because he finally listened to something other than Tom Jones for the first time in seven years and melted into a hot radioactive waste full of uranium, radium, graphite, zirconium, titanium magnesium and silicone dioxide. The song was "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles.

The only facial hair he ever had has a fu manchu

He has ridiculously big earlobes that he gauges when he's 30

He and spy once tricked a bunch of oysters on a beach to come back home with them but spy are them all before scout could even get the seasonings.

SIKE BITCH!!! THESE ARE TOKI HEADCANONS 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Toki Wartooth 🔛🔝❗❗❗

He also has giant earlobes, but every cat he's ever has sucks on them so he can't gauge them

He'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden, in the shade.

He hates everything to do with whipping. Or caning. If he hears a belt snap he starts chewing on his hand until it bleeds.

He was hyperdontia, and his canines are spiked because they're chipped!

He can sew very well, and has a pimp hat with Garfield embroidered on it.

The first American song he ever heard in America was "nasty bxtch" by bustdown.

He claims that the Norse god Loki appears in his room on occasion and leaves him peppers and sweets. This actually DOES happen. but every single time, Toki has been microdosing datura so even he has no idea if it's true.

He Stole a lobster and named it Björk. He's also stolen both hands from a mannequin in a jc Penny's when he was 17 in America.

He came to America when he was 16 years old, very close to 17, and had his 17th birthday in a thrift shop with an old couple.

Got high and called Dr rockso up and said "yous a bitch. Your mom ams a bitch. Your hair ams wack. Yo gear ams wack. Uuuuhhhh, Kafkaesque. Fuckins' pogo the clown bitch.... Okay, loves you rockzo, bye! *+꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡"

Rockzo was sitting right next to him egging him on.

A fan drove his car over a bridge with his wife inside over him but Charles made sure he never found out.

He listens to music while coloring and Murderface heard him listening to power metal, glam rock, 1980s pop, and death metal. In the midst of it all, pain loomed over them when ave maria began playing. Murderface brought him some garlic pickles after that.

His favorite pony is rainbow dash.

Anthrax doesn't affect him for whatever reason

He has a very faint scar that wraps from one end of his face, over the nose, and across to the other side (I'm not just projecting bro trust 🙏🏼)

His second favorite drink is pineapple fanta he WILL tear that shit up. Put a grocery store clerk outta house and home. Give the landfills somethin to cry about. Nathan walked into his room vaguely frightened and witnessed him surrounded by pineapple sody pop. It dripped from his his hands and walls n shit like a crime scene involving a mace.

Nathan quells his rage with pineapple slices. Pickles carbonated pineapple juice for him in secret and says "hehe quick get in there lil fucker." Skwisgarr lost an eyebrow to this event.

Goes to the Everglades and straight up harasses nature

[strangersunghoon]

Favorite actors and actresses part 3

Watched ✅

Haven’t watched yet ❌

FAVES ❤️‍🔥

Jennifer Lawrence

•15 august 1990 (Indian Hills)

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Movies

Company town (2006) : Caitlin ❌

Not another high School show (2007) : panic girl ❌

Garden party (2008) : Tiff ❌

The poker house (2008) : Agnes❌

The burning plain (2008) : Mariana ❌

Winters bone (2010) : Ree❌

Like crazy (2011) : Sam❌

The beaver (2011) : Norah❌

X-men first class (2011) : raven Darkhölme/mystique ❌

The hunger games (2012) : Katniss ✅❤️‍🔥

Silver linings playbook (2012) : Tiffany❌

House at the end of the street (2012) : Elissa❌

The devil you know (2013) : Young Zoe

The hunger games : Catching fire (2013) : Katniss ✅❤️‍🔥

American hustle (2013) : Rosalyn❌

X-men days of future past (2014) : Raven Darkhölme/Mystique❌

Serena (2014) : Serena ❌

The hunger games mockingjay part 1 (2014) : Katniss ✅❤️‍🔥

The hunger games mockingjay part 2 (2015) : Katniss ✅❤️‍🔥

Joy (2015) : Joy ❌

X-men : Apocalypse (2016) : Raven Darkhölme/mystique ❌

Passengers (2016) : Aurora ✅

Mother! (2016) : Mother❌

Red sparrow (2018) : Dominika❌

X-men : Dark Phoenix (2019) : Raven Darkhölme/mystique ❌

Don’t look up (2021) : Kate✅

Shows

Monk (2006) : Mascot ❌

Cold case (2007) : Abby ❌

The bill engvall show (2007-2009) : Lauren❌

Medium (2007) : Claire ❌

Medium (2008) : Young Allison ❌

Maggie Smith

•28 december 1934 (Ilford)

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Movies

Child in the house (1956) : Party woman ❌

Nowhere to go (1958) : Bridget ❌

Hay fever (1960) ❌

Go to blazes (1962) : Chantal❌

The vips (1963) : Miss Mead ❌

The pumkin eater (1964) : Philpott❌

Young Cassidy (1965) : Nora❌

Othello (1965) : desdemona❌

Much Ado about nothing (1967) : Beatrice❌

The honey pot (1967) : Sarah❌

Man & Superman (1968) ❌

Hot millions (1968) : Patty❌

The seagull (1968) : Irina❌

The prime of miss Jean Brodie (1969) : Jean❌

Oh! What a lovely war (1969) : Music hall star❌

The merchant of Venice (1972) : Portia❌

The millionaires (1972)❌

Travels with my aunt (1972) : aunt Augusta❌

Love and pain and the whole damn thing (1973) : Lila❌

Murder by death (1976) : Miss Dora❌

Death on the Nile (1978) : Miss bowers❌

California suite (1978) : Diana❌

Quartet (1981) : Lois❌

Clash of The titans (1981) : Thetis❌

Better late than never (1982) : Miss Anderson❌

Evil under the sun (1982) : Daphne❌

The missionary (1982) : Lady Isabel❌

Lily in love (1984) : Lily❌

A private function (1984) : Joyce❌

A room with a view (1985) : Charlotte❌

The lonely passion of Judith hearne (1987) : Judith❌

Romeo-Juliet (1990) : Rozaline (voice)❌

Hook (1991) : grown up Wendy ❌

Memento mori (1992) : mrs Mabel❌

Sister act (1992) ❌

Suddenly, last summer (1993) : Violet❌

The secret garden (1993) : mrs medlock❌

Sister act 2 (1993) ❌

Richard III (1995) ❌

The first wives club (1996) : Gunilla ❌

Washington square (1997) : Aunt Lavinia❌

Tea with Mussolini (1999) : Lady Hester❌

The last September (1999) : Lady Myra❌

Curtain call (1999) : Lily❌

All the kings men (1999) : Queen Alexandra❌

David copperfield (1999) : Betsey❌

Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone (2001) : Professor Mcgonagall✅

Gosford park (2001) : Constance❌

Divine secrets of the Ya Ya sisterhood (2002) : Caro❌

Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets (2002) : Professor Mcgonagall✅

My house in Umbria (2003) : mrs Emily❌

Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban (2004) : Professor Mcgonagall ✅

Ladies in lavender (2004) : Janet❌

Harry Potter and the goblet of Fire (2005) : Professor Mcgonagall ✅❤️‍🔥

Keeping mum (2005) : Grace❌

Becoming Jane (2007) : Lady Gresham❌

Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix (2007) : Professor Mcgonagall ✅❤️‍🔥

Capturing Mary (2007) : Mary❌

Harry Potter and the half blood prince (2009) : Professor Mcgonagall ✅❤️‍🔥

From time to time (2009) : Linett❌

Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 1 (2010) : Professor Mcgonagall ✅

Nanny McPhee 2 (2010) : Mrs Docherty✅

Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2 (2011) : Professor Mcgonagall ✅❤️‍🔥

The best exotic marigold hotel (2012) : Muriel❌

Quartet (2012) : Jean❌

My old lady (2014) : Mathilde ❌

The second best marigold hotel (2015) : Muriel❌

The lady In the van (2015) : Miss Mary❌

Downtown Abbey (2019) : Dowager countess ❌

Downtown abbey a new era (2022) : Dowager countess ❌

Shows

All for love (1983) : mrs Silly❌

Talking heads (1987) : Susan❌

Downtown Abbey (2010-2015) : Dowager Countess❌

Colin Firth

•10 september 1960 (Grayshott)

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Movies

Another country (1984) : Tommy❌

Camille (1984) : Armand❌

Dutch girls (1985) : Neil❌

1919 (1985) : young Alexander ❌

Tales from the Hollywood hills (1987) : Rene❌

A month in the country (1987) : Tom❌

The secret garden (1987) : Adult Colin❌

Apartment zero (1988) : Adrian❌

Tumbledown (1989) : Robert❌

Valmont (1989) : valmont❌

Wings of Fame (1990) : Brian❌

Femme fatale (1991) : Joseph ❌

Out of the blue (1991) : Alan❌

Mad at the moon (1992) : Barber❌

Hostages (1993) : John❌

The hour of the pig (1993) : Richard ❌

The deep blue sea (1994) : Freddie❌

Playmaker (1994) : Ross/Michael❌

master of the moor (1994) : Stephen❌

The windowing of mrs holroyd (1995) : Charles❌

Circle of friends (1995) : Simon ❌

Pride and prejudice (1995) : Mr Fitzwilliam❌

The English patient (1996) : Geoffrey❌

Nostromo (1997) : Charles❌

Fever pitch (1997) : Paul❌

A thousand acres (1997) : Jess❌

Shakespeare in love (1998) : Lord Wessex❌

Donovan Quick (1999) : Donovan❌

My life so far (1999) : Edward ❌

The secret laughter of women (1999) : Matthew❌

Blackadder back & Forth (1999) : William Shakespeare ❌

The turn of the screw (1999) : the master ❌

Relative values (2000) : Peter❌

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) : Mark✅❤️‍🔥

Conspiracy (2001) : Dr Wilhelm ❌

Londinium (2001) : Allen ❌

The importance of being earnest (2002) : Jack❌

Hope springs (2003) : Colin❌

What a girl wants (2003) : Henry❌

Girl with a pearl earring (2003) : Johannes Vermeer ❌

Love actually (2003) : Jamie✅

Trauma (2004) : Ben❌

Bridget jones: The edge of reasons (2004) : Mark✅❤️‍🔥

Where the truth lies (2005) : Vince❌

Nanny McPhee (2005) : Mr Brown✅❤️‍🔥

London (2006) : Mark❌

Celebration (2006) : Russell ❌

The meat trade (2006) ❌

Then she found me (2006) ❌

The colossus (2007) : Francis❌

And when did you last see your father? (2007) : Blake❌

Toyer (2007) : Toyer❌

The last legion (2007) : Aurelius❌

Mamma Mia! (2008) : Harry✅❤️‍🔥

The accidental husband (2008) : Richard❌

Genova (2008) : Joe❌

Easy virtue (2008) : Mr Whittaker❌

A single man (2009) : George❌

Dorian Gray (2009) : Lord Henry❌

A Christmas carol (2009) : Fred❌

The kings speech (2010) : King George VI✅

Main Street (2010) : Gus❌

Steve (2010) : Steve❌

Tinker tailor soldier spy (2011) : Bill❌

Gambit (2012) : Harry❌

The railway man (2013) : Eric❌

Magic in the moonlight (2014) : Stanley❌

Kingsman: the secret service (2014) : Galahad/Harry✅

Bridget Jones’s baby (2016) : Mark✅❤️‍🔥

Genius (2016) : Max ❌

Red Nose Day actually (2017) : Jamie✅

Kingsman : the golden circle (2017) : Galahad/Harry✅

The happy prince (2018) : Reggie❌

Mamma Mia! Here we go again (2018) : Harry✅❤️‍🔥

The mercy (2018) : Donald❌

Mary poppins returns (2018) : William ❌

Kursk (2018) : David❌

1917 (2019) : General Erinmore✅

Supernova (2019) : Sam❌

Operation mincemeat (2021) : Ewen❌

The staircase (2022) : Michael ❌

Shows

Lost empires (1986) : Richard ❌

Helena Bonham Carter

•26 May 1966 (London)

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Movies

A room with a view (1985) : Lucy❌

Lady Jane (1986) : Lady Jane❌

Maurice (1987) : lady at cricket match❌

La Maschera (1988) : Iris❌

Francesco (1989) : Chiara❌

Getting it right (1989) : Lady Minerva❌

Hamlet (1990) : Ophelia❌

Where angels fear to tread (1991) : Caroline❌

Howard’s end (1992) : Helen ❌

Frankenstein (1994) : Elizabeth ❌

Mighty Aphrodite (1995) : Amanda❌

Margaret’s museum (1995) : Margaret❌

Twelfth night or what you will (1996) : Olivia❌

Portraits Chinois (1996) : Ada❌

The wings of the dove (1997) : Kat❌

Keep the aspidistra flying (1997) : Rosemary❌

The petticoat expeditions (1997) : Narrator❌

The revengers comedies (1998) : Karen❌

Merlin (1998) : Morgana❌

The theory of flight (1998) : Jane❌

Fight club (1999) : Marla❌

Women talking dirty (1999) : Cora❌

Planet of the apes (2001) : Ari✅

Novocaine (2001) : Susan❌

The heart of me (2002) : Dinah❌

Till human voices wake us (2002) : Ruby❌

Big fish (2003) : Jenny❌

Lemony Snicket’s a series of unfortunate events (2004) : Beatrice❌

Charlie and the chocolate factory (2005) : mrs Bucket✅❤️‍🔥

Conversations with other women (2005) : Woman❌

The curse of the were-rabbit (2005) : Lady Campanula (voice) ❌

Corpse bride (2005) : corpse bride (voice)❌

Sixty six (2006) : Esther❌

Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix (2007) : Bellatrix✅❤️‍🔥

Sweeney todd : The demon barber of Fleet Street (2007) : Mrs Lovett❌

Terminator salvation (2009) : dr Selena❌

Harry Potter and the half blood prince (2009) : Bellatrix✅❤️‍🔥

Alice in wonderland (2010) : red queen❌

The king’s speech (2010) : Elizabeth✅

Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 1 (2010) : Bellatrix ✅

Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2 (2011) : Bellatrix✅

Dark shadows (2012) : Dr Julia❌

Great expectations (2012) : Miss Havisham❌

Les misérables (2012) : Madame Thénardier❌

The Lone Ranger (2013) : Red Harrington❌

The young & prodigious TS Spivet (2013) : dr Clair ❌

Cinderella (2015) : Fairy godmother✅

Suffragette (2015) : Edith❌

Alice through the looking glass (2016) : Iracebeth/Red queen❌

55 steps (2017) : Eleanor ❌

Ocean’s 8 (2018) : Rose❌

Enola Holmes (2020) : Eudoria✅

Enola Holmes 2 (2022) : Eudoria✅

Shows

Carnival (2000) : Milly (voice) ❌

The crowns (2019-2020) : Margaret ✅

Rebel Wilson

•2 March 1980 (Sydney)

•🇦🇺

Movies

Fat pizza (2003) : Toula ❌

Ghost rider (2007) : Girl in alley❌

Bargain! (2009) : Linda❌

Bridesmaids (2011) : Brynn✅

A few best man (2011) : Daphne ❌

Bachelorette (2012) : Becky ❌

Small apartments (2012) : Rocky❌

This means war (2012) : Guest appearance❌

Struck by lightning (2012) : Malerie❌

What to expect when you’re expecting (2012) : Janice❌

Ice age continental drift (2012) : Rae (voice)✅

Pitch perfect (2012) : Fat Amy✅

Pain & gain (2013) : Robin❌

Night at the museum : secret of the tomb (2014) : Tilly✅

Pitch perfect 2 (2015) : Fat Amy ✅

How to be single (2016) : Robin❌

Grimsby (2016) : Dawn ❌

Absolutely fabulous: the movie (2016)❌

Pitch perfect 3 (2017) : Fat Amy✅

The hustle (2019) : Penny❌

Cats (2019) : Jennyanydots❌

Isn’t it romantic (2019) : Natalie❌

Jojo rabbit (2019) : Fraulein Rahm✅

Senior Year (2022) : Stephanie✅

Shows

Pizza (2003-2007) : Toula ❌

Bogan pride (2008) : Jennie❌

Monster house (2008) : Penelope ❌

City homicide (2009) : Sarah❌

Rules of engagement (2010) : Sara❌

Super fun night (2013-2014) : Kimie❌

Olivia Colman

•30 January 1974 (Norwich)

•🇬🇧

Movies

The strategic humor initiative (2003) ❌

Terkel I knibe (2004) : Mother of Terkel ❌

Angell’s hell (2005) : Belinda❌

Zemanovaload (2005) : tv producer❌

Confetti (2006) : Joanna❌

Hot fuzz (2007) : Doris❌

The grey man (2007) : Linda❌

I could never be your woman (2007) : hairdresser❌

Grow your own (2007) : Alice❌

Hancock & Joan (2008) : Marion❌

Consuming passion (2008) : Janet/Violeta❌

Le Donk & scor-zay-zee (2009) : Olivia❌

Kari Gurashi no arietti (2010) : Homily❌

Tyrannosaurus (2011) : Hannah❌

Comic relief: uptown downstairs abbey (2011) : O’Brien❌

The Iron Lady (2011) : Carol❌

Hyde park on Hudson (2012) : Elizabeth ❌

Bad sugar (2012) : Joan❌

I give it a year (2013) : Linda✅

The suspicions of Mr Whicher : the murder in angel lane (2013) : Susan ❌

Locke (2013) : Bethan❌

The five(ish) doctors reboot (2013) : Herself❌

The thirteen tale (2013) : Margaret❌

The 7.39 (2014) : Maggie❌

Cuban Fury (2014) : Sam❌

Pudsey the dog (2014) : Nelly❌

Thomas & friends (2014) : Marion❌

The lobster (2015) : hotel manager ❌

London road (2015) : Julie❌

Thomas & friends (2015) : Marion❌

Thomas & friends (2016) : Marion❌

Murder on the orient express (2017) : Hildegarde❌

The favorite (2018) : Queen Anne❌

Them that follow (2019) : Hope❌

The father (2020) : Anne❌

The Mitchell’s vs the machines (2021) : Pal❌

Ron’s gone wrong (2021) : Donka❌

Mothering Sunday (2021) : Clarrie ❌

The lost daughter (2021) : Leda❌

The electrical life of Louis wain (2021) : Narrator ❌

Super worm (2021) : Narrator ❌

Joyride (2022) : Joy❌

Empire of light (2022) : Hillary❌

Shows

Bruiser (2000) ❌

The Mitchell & web situation (2001)❌

Gash (2003) ❌

Look around You (2005) : Pam❌

Green wing (2004-2006) : Harriet❌

The time of your life (2007) : Amanda❌

That Mitchell and web look (2006-2008) ❌

Mister eleven (2009) : Beth ❌

Beautiful people (2008-2009) : Debbie❌

Exile (2011) : Nancy❌

Twenty twelve (2011-2012) : Sally❌

Rev (2010-2014) : Alex❌

Mr sloane (2014) : Janet❌

The Great War : the people’s story (2014) : Narrator ❌

Peep show (2003-2015) : Sophie❌

The night manager (2016) : Angela❌

Flowers (2016) : Deborah❌

Thomas the tank engine & friends (2014-2016) : Marion✅

Broadchurch (2013-2017) : Ellie❌

Watership down (2018) : Strawberry❌

Les misérables (2018) : Madame Thenardier❌

Fleabag (2016-2019) : Stepmother ❌

The best of Thomas and friends (2020) : Marion❌

The crown (2019-2020) : Queen Elizabeth II✅❤️‍🔥

Landscapers (2021) : Susan❌

Heartstopper (2022) : Sarah✅❤️‍🔥

Roh Yoon Seo

•25 january 2000

•🇰🇷

Movies

20th century girl (2022) : Yeon Du✅

Shows

Our blues (2022) : Yeong Ju✅❤️‍🔥

Millie Bobby Brown

•19 February 2004 (Marbella)

•🇬🇧

Movies

Godzilla : king of the monsters (2019) : Madison❌

Enola Holmes (2020) : Enola✅❤️‍🔥

Godzilla vs Kong (2021) : Madison ❌

Enola Holmes 2 (2022) : Enola✅❤️‍🔥

Shows

Once upon a time in wonderland (2013) : young Alice ❌

Intruders (2014) : Madison❌

NCIS (2014) : Rachel❌

Modern Family (2015) : Lizzy✅❤️‍🔥

Grey’s Anatomy (2015) : Ruby✅

Stranger things (2016-current) : Eleven✅❤️‍🔥

Bae Hyun Sung

•3 May 1999

•🇰🇷

Movies

The divine fury (2019) : Hyun Sung❌

The most ordinary romance (2019) : Employee❌

Shows

What’s wrong with secretary Kim (2018) : intern staff❌

Love playlist (2018-2019) : Ha Neul✅❤️‍🔥

Extraordinary you (2019) : Joon Hyun❌

Hospital playlist (2020-2021) : Hong Do❌

Our blues (2022) : Jung Hyun✅❤️‍🔥

Dear m (2022) : Ha Neul❌

Gaus Electronics (2022) : Ma Tan❌

Madeleine Petsch

•18 august 1994 (Washington)

•🇺🇸/🇿🇦

Movies

The hive (2014) ❌

Instant mom (2015) : Mermaid ❌

The curse of sleeping beauty (2016) : Eliza❌

F the prom (2017) : Marissa❌

Polaroid (2019) : Sarah ❌

Sightless (2020) : Ellen✅

Shows

Riverdale (2017-current) : Cheryl✅❤️‍🔥

[empiriical]

some of maiza's favorite musicals over the years:

pirates of penzance (it counts) (1879), the cradle will rock (1938), annie get your gun (1946), brigadoon (1947), guys and dolls (1950), west side story (1957), oliver (1963), she loves me (1963), hello dolly (1964), funny girl (1964), fiddler on the roof (1964), pippin (1972), chicago (1975), cats (i love cats and therefore maiza has to also) (1982), sunday in the park with george (1984), into the woods (1987), chess (1988), the secret garden (1991), jekyll and hyde (1997), ragtime (1998), wicked (2003), the addams family (2010), a gentleman's guide to love and murder (2013), fun home (2015, but he saw it at the public in 2013), natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 (2016, but he saw it in the tent in 2013), the band's visit (2017)

i don't really know the jazz age shows that well, but he went to the follies quite frequently the whole time they ran from 1907-1931.

[llpodcast]

(Literary License Podcast)

Book:  Flowers in the Attic

             By V C Andrews

 Film:    Flowers in the Attic (1987)

 Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series, and was followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, Garden of Shadows, Christopher's Diary: Secrets of Foxworth, Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger and Christopher's Diary: Secret Brother. The novel is written in the first-person, from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger. It was twice adapted into films in 1987 and 2014. The book was extremely popular, selling over forty million copies world-wide.

 Flowers in the Attic is a 1987 American psychological horror film directed by Jeffrey Bloom and starring Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, and Jeb Stuart Adams. Its plot follows four children who, after the death of their father, are held captive in the attic of their abusive grandmother's sprawling estate by their cruel and manipulative mother. It is based on V. C. Andrews' 1979 novel of the same name. At one point Wes Craven was scheduled to direct the film, and had completed a screenplay draft. Producers were disturbed by his approach to the incest-laden story, however, and Jeffrey Bloom ended up with writing and directing duties.

 Opening Credits; Introduction (2.30); Background History (13.20); Flowers in the Attic Plot Synopsis (14.25); Book Thoughts(20.23); Let's Rate (41.09); Introducing a Film (54.33); Flowers in the Attic (1987) Film Trailer (55.54); Lights, Camera, Action (57.53); How Many Stars (1:19.18); End Credits (1:24.36); Closing Credits (1:26.13)

 Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved

 Closing Credits:  Flowers on the Wall by the Statler Brothers.  Taken from the album Flowers On The Wall.  Copyright 1965 Columbia Records.

​

Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 

 All rights reserved.  Used with Kind Permission.

 All songs available through Amazon Music.

[purimgifts]

Purimgifts: Offers without Requests, Fanfic

The following list is of fandoms for which fanfic is offered on Purimgifts, which presently have no matching requests. Is this your lucky day? Click the cut and find out!

"Agatha Christies Poirot (TV)"

"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

"Milo Murphys Law"

"That 70s Show"

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

A Charm of Magpies Series - K. J. Charles

Anastasia (1997)

Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)

Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin

Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper (2004)

Big Time Rush

Boy Meets World

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics)

Camp Rock (Movies)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

Cuckoo Song - Frances Hardinge

Descendants (2015)

Despicable Me (Movies)

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Disney - All Media Types

Doctor Who (1963)

Doctor Who (2005)

Encanto (2021)

Enola Holmes (2020)

Escape from Witch Mountain - Alexander Key

Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms

Fallout: New Vegas

Final Fantasy VIII

Frozen (2013)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga

Genghis Khan - Miike Snow (Music Video)

Gilmore Girls

Gunnerkrigg Court

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (Song)

Hamster Princess Series - Ursula Vernon

Hannibal (TV)

How to Train Your Dragon (Movies)

Jolene - Dolly Parton (Song)

Knives Out (2019)

Labyrinth (1986)

Law & Order: SVU

Les Misérables - All Media Types

Limetown (Podcast)

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Mean Girls (2004)

Merlin (TV)

Metal Gear

Newsflesh Series - Mira Grant

Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant

Pacific Rim (2013)

Phantom of the Opera - Lloyd Webber

Phineas and Ferb

Pirates of the Caribbean

Portal (Video Game)

Seinfeld

Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena

Simon Snow series - Gemma T. Leslie

Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Stardew Valley (Video Game)

Supernatural

The Giver Series - Lois Lowry

The Incredibles (2004)

The Laundry Files - Charles Stross

The LEGO Movie (2014)

The Magnus Archives (Podcast)

The Secret Garden (1993)

The Sims (Video Games)

The Sound of Music - Rodgers/Hammerstein/Lindsay & Crouse

The Strange Case of Starship Iris (Podcast)

The Witcher (TV)

TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works

Tomb Raider (Video Games)

Twelfth Night - Shakespeare

Uprooted - Naomi Novik

Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

Wayward Children Series - Seanan McGuire

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski

Winx Club

World War Z - Max Brooks

X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)

逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney

魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon)

[bestmusicalworldcup]

The Best Snubbed Musical World Cup

The Best Snubbed Musical World Cup is a tournament to determine the best musical excluding those that won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Submissions are now closed! The final list of musicals in the Best Snubbed Musical World Cup is below.

& Juliet 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille 21 Chump Street 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 35MM: A Musical Exhibition A New Brain Ablaze The Act Adamandi Aida Alice By Heart Allegiance An American in Paris American Idiot American Psycho Amélie Anastasia Anne & Gilbert Annie Get Your Gun Anything Goes Anyone Can Whistle The Art Of Pleasing Princes Assassins Back to the Future the Musical Bandstand Bare: A Pop Opera Be More Chill Beauty and the Beast Beetlejuice The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Big Fish Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Bonnie and Clyde Bran Nue Dae Bright Star Calvin Berger Carousel Carrie Chess Chicago Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cinderella (Rodgers & Hammerstein) Clown Bible The Color Purple Come from Away The Count of Monte Cristo Death Note: The Musical Dogfight The Dolls of New Albion Dracula Dreamgirls The Drowsy Chaperone Elisabeth Émilie Jolie Evil Dead: The Musical Falsettos The Fantasticks Finding Neverland Firebringer Fly by Night Frankenstein The Frogs Funny Girl Ghost Quartet Godspell Grease Groundhog Day The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals Gypsy Hair Hans Christian Andersen Heathers Hedwig and the Angry Inch Holy Musical B@man! Hoy no me puedo levantar The Hunchback of Notre Dame In Transit Into the Woods Jagged Little Pill Jane Eyre Jekyll & Hyde Jesus Christ Superstar Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat La Légende du roi Arthur The Last Five Years Le Roi Soleil Legally Blonde The Light in the Piazza The Lightning Thief Little Shop of Horrors Lizzie The Lord of the Rings Love in Hate Nation Love Never Dies The Mad Ones Made in Dagenham The Magic Show Magic Tree House: The Musical Mary Poppins Matilda Mean Girls Mentiras el musical Merrily We Roll Along Miss Saigon Mozart! Mozart, l'opéra rock Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Newsies Next to Normal Notre-Dame de Paris Octet Oklahoma Oliver On the Town On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan Once on this Island Once Upon A Mattress Ordinary Days Parade Phantom (Yeston & Kopit) Pippin The Pirate Queen Preludes Pretty Woman The Prince of Egypt Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Prom Ragtime Rebecca Ride the Cyclone The Rocky Horror Show Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour Sarafina! The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1964) The Secret Garden The Scarlet Pimpernel Seussical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers She Loves Me Show Boat Shrek the Musical Sidd Singin' In the Rain Six Soldaat van Oranje Something Rotten Spies are Forever The Spitfire Grill SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical Starry Starship Sunday in the Park With George Tanz der Vampire / Dance of the Vampires Tarrytown The Threepenny Opera / Die Dreigroschenoper Tick Tick Boom Timéo The Trail to Oregon! Tuck Everlasting Twisted Urinetown Waitress West Side Story Wicked Wiedzmin The Wild Party (Lippa) The Wizard of Oz (1987) The Woman in White Wonderland You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

[byfightingwiththewind]

the secret garden: dickon sowerby throughout different adaptations

given how many different adaptations of the secret garden there are, it is inevitable that some of them would use the same ideas. @isfjmel-phleg did a great post on the integration of mary’s mother and colin’s mother being twin sisters that has been used throughout different versions of the story, starting with the 1991 broadway musical. however, there is one popular change that particularly irks me, and that is what i like to call the “left-out dickon trope.”

so just what, exactly, is this trope? it’s simple: dickon sowerby is used as a plot device to “fix” colin and mary, restoring them to their childlike glory, and is cast away at the end of the story. in most adaptations that use this trope, dickon is painted in an almost otherworldly way, as an omniscient character who can sense when it is time for him to leave. he is not a cheerful, childlike boy full of life as he is in the original text; rather, he is dark, mysterious and ethereal. 

the trope, as far as i can tell, started in the 1987 hallmark film. it is also present in the 1993 warner brothers film, and after that, the 1994 animated film. however, it is most prevalent in the 1987 film, where dickon is played by barret oliver (“the neverending story”).

oliver plays dickon in a cocky, overly confident way. he is much older in appearance than mary and colin (although colin, played by the two-years-younger jadrien steele, is significantly taller) and acts like he knows more than they do about…everything. near the end of the film, mary and colin are fretting about how they will eventually be sent to boarding schools, and dickon makes an off-handed remark about how they will “be parted” (“we’ll be parted, you and me. but remembrance will keep us friends.”). after this, he leaves the garden—right before archibald walks in to witness colin walking for the first time, the emotional climax of the film. in the final scene of the movie, an older mary returns to the garden and talks with ben weatherstaff. they discuss a letter sent that details dickon’s death in a field during the war, and mary says that dickon always knew he would die surrounded by growing things. 

throughout the 1987 movie, there is a black cat, specifically in the scenes featuring future mary. this cat seems to represent dickon, as he is not there in the final scene; perhaps it is supposed to represent his spirit or something otherwise. it paints him as something different than the cousins—someone magical and immortal, which he is not and should not be. this, combined with his arrogant superiority complex, is extremely frustrating and not accurate to the book at all.

in the 1993 movie, dickon carries a bit of this arrogance. he’s a bit of a showoff in my opinion (that scene where he eats the grub, for example). the trait is handled better than in the ’87 version, though, because it can really be passed off as him being older than the cousins and them being slightly in awe of him. however, also like the ’87 film, dickon is completely excluded at the end. he’s set up to be mary’s best friend (or maybe more), but in the end, he is not included in the family’s reunion scene, looking on as a bystander. dickon is constantly seen with a white horse (oh, hello, 1991 musical fans—he actually does have a fine white horse. or pony? you know i think it’s actually a pony. i’m not one to trust on my equine knowledge), and with this steed, he rides away after bringing mary and colin to archibald—it’s almost like he was strictly there for plot convenience the whole time. i really like andrew knott’s dickon, more than many other versions, so it’s very disappointing when he doesn’t make the found family at the end. the 1994 animated adaptation follows this example—there’s a scene at the end where colin asks his father something along the lines of are they a “real family” now, and archibald responds “yes. you, me and mary,” while dickon and martha are never spoken of again).

obviously the 1993 film is the most popular and universally beloved adaptation, and it’s beautifully made. i think that it deserves the spotlight it gets, although i personally am a sucker for the 1949 film (hm. perhaps it’s because dickon isn’t left out or changed to be an ethereal character unlike his book counterpart?!). but the 1993 film tends to focus more on aesthetics and visuals rather than actual character development. for example, colin has his puppet theater, which is adorable, and a beautiful prop, but it doesn’t add much to his character. its existence means he’s more imaginative, right? couldn’t there have been a scene in which he plays with it by himself, showing his neglect and ability to fend for himself mentally as he has no one to do that for him? but there isn’t (although the clip of heydon and kate goofing around with the theater is sweet too). another example is dickon’s exclusion: the overhead shot of him riding away on that white pony going “my work here is done” is much more “cinematically beautiful” than him being a part of the group hug at the end.

in the original book, dickon is so lovable and helpful to mary and colin only BECAUSE he’s so down-to-earth and realistic. mary and colin are almost like caricatures of children in the beginning of the story: old-fashioned, idealistic, and not relatable. they don’t know what a real, “normal” childhood is like until dickon, a real boy with rosy cheeks and life inside comes to meet them. but dickon does not bring mary and colin back to life; he’s just one example to them of the life that they could be living when they begin to heal and grow. he’s not this magical, all-knowing, omniscient being with a superiority complex, and his character doesn’t need to rely on “fixing” mary and colin for plot convenience. they need to grow and learn by themselves, and dickon’s whole character should not be thrown away for the cousins’ sake. 

[perawuat]

Wendy Emerson || The Lost Boys 1987 OC

★BASIC INFO★

Full name: Wendy Emerson

Nicknames: Bruh (by Sam) Weirdo (from Paul)

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Pronouns: she/her

Sexuality: pansexual

Birthday: //

Species: witch (doesn't have a coven)

Power: telekinesis, clairvoyance

Language spoken: english/american

★PHYSICAL APPEARANCE★

Height: 165 cm

Weight: 50 kg

Hair colour: Ash blond

Eye color: hazel

Skin color: white

Battle marks: none

Facial shape: Oval and with soft cheeks

Hair length: above the bust

★PERSON0ALITY★

Brief description: Wendy is the classic good girl, who rarely stays on top unlike Michael. She loves nature, good music and taking care of his plants. She is very precise in what she does and tidy, she does not like dangers and in fact she is very protective of her family.

First impression: At first glance, Wendy is a normal girl like any other, for those of high standards or love of danger she may appear boring and sloppy.

Once you get to know them: Wendy has a secret that she kept from everyone for a long time before arriving in Santa Carla. This girl after her parents' divorce found her comfort zone in studying witchcraft on her own. She is a beginner, but don't underestimate her! Under those shy glasses and eyes hides a capable and strong girl if necessary.

MBTI Type: ISFJ

Extrovert or Introvert?: 30% extroverted 70% introverted.

Alignment: Neutral Good

Fears: Be rejected or not accepted

★BELIEFS★

Thoughts on people in general:She is not completely disheartened by them, but she is very selective. She tends since her parents' divorce to stay away from people who are toxic or incompatible with her.

Moral: What is unfair is unfair, but one must always hear all sides of the situation.Wendy is convinced that you must always find the right solution and never see only what is black or white.

Do they believe in:

Aliens? Yep

Ghosts? Absolutely

Conspiracy theories? Yes and no

Anything else I didn't mention? Supernatural creatures and karma

Superstitions: She never opens the umbrella indoors, she never breaks the mirrors.

★LIFE★

Occupation: Student (very good)

Dream Job: History teacher

Past Relationships: She had a short history but only shared a kiss when she was 13.

Current Relationships: None

Family: Lucy Emerson (Mother), Sam (little brother) Michael (big brother) Grandpa

Hometown: Phoenix

Current Residence: Santa Carla

★INTERESTS★

Likes: Being outdoors, gardening, and learning new things about everything.

Dislikes: Stressful atmospheres, bullies, spiders.

Favorite Food: Corn-dog

Favorite Movie Genre: Comedies

Favorite Book Genre: Thrillers

Favorite Style of Music: Rock and jazz

Hobbies: Training in magic, cleaning and gardening

★BACKSTORY★

Wendy is the second of three children in the Emerson family. She has always been, unlike Michael and Sam, a model daughter, intelligent at school and polite to people. Unfortunately this quality began to fail when her mother and father separated;

She not only felt abandoned by her father but also uprooted from her home in Phoenix and all her future projects. For this reasons Wendy really has a great resentment towards her father (who, according to her, has not had to give up anything and does not seem to regret having forced his family to leave their city).

In Santa Carla, however, Wendy tried to take her life back in hand and readjust it as best she could, she restarted school after the summer with the intention of being able to then access some good university.

Despite this, life never seems to be quite normal for her...Recently Wendy has approached witchcraft, as a sort of escape valve from heavy family situations. And this made her discover not only a different world in her eyes, but also the attention of dangerous creatures, like The Lost Boys, a group of four vampires looking for trouble in Santa Carla.

Whether acquaintance with vampires can become explosive and menacing or convivial and diplomatic will depend only on the young witch.

FOR MORE INFOS ASK IN MY IN-BOX!

[isfjmel-phleg]

The Secret Garden (1987 musical)

At the request of @everafterwhy, and possibly of interest to @marysfoxmask.

This musical (music by Steven Markwick and book and lyrics by Diana Morgan) never made it to Broadway, but it prompted the existence of the better-known Secret Garden musical that did. The producer and set designer of the 1991 musical, Heidi Landesman, after hearing a recording of the Markwick/Morgan production, was unimpressed and teamed up with writer Marsha Norman to do the story better justice.

The recording I listened to dated from 1993 and included a booklet with the synopsis and lyrics, which I’ve transcribed below for reference (reproducing the original’s odd spelling and punctuation as much as possible). The CD isn’t easy to find; I was able to borrow it through interlibrary loan, which your own library might provide if you’re curious.

According to the synopsis, this musical more or less follows the plot of the book, albeit simplified. Some things seem to be omitted or changed. Martha for some reason is in on the secret; it’s not specified when, how, or why. Instead of indignantly rising from his wheelchair to prove Ben’s assumptions wrong, this Colin has no such initiative and is basically peer-pressured by the others into standing (...which is comparable to how the 1991 musical handles it). Susan Sowerby is completely absent, and Mr. Craven is persuaded to come home by a visit from Mrs. Medlock, of all things.

I was not especially impressed with the soundtrack. None of the music was memorable, and having the children played by teenagers or young adults (the garden is said to have been locked for fourteen years, implying the kids have been aged up) was not an effective choice. The cast’s performances were fine, from my inexpert perspective, but the songs were lackluster. Many of the lyrics seemed trite to me, and there’s a lot of needless repetition (”Get Up Miss Mary” and “The Little Rajah” are particularly guilty for this) with little depth or character development. The songs tend to dump obvious information, or heavy-handedly moralize (”Give It a Try” especially), or just plain have nothing to do with anything. Was it necessary to give Ben Weatherstaff a rather sexist solo about why he prefers roses to women? Or do we need to give Martha a whole song about her unseen, plot-irrelevant boyfriend and their plans to be buried together (...which is really off-theme for this story)? Meanwhile, Colin doesn’t even get a solo and seems to be there to repeat what others sing (Dickon, when urging him to stand, even tells him, “Don’t try to talk”?)--again, not unlike how the 1991 musical handled the character.

Dickon’s solo “Nightfolk” is probably the best song of the lot in terms of lyrical quality, I think. On the whole, the 1991 production--whatever my issues with its interpretation of story and characters--is musically more effective, creative, and better written.

But bear in mind that I have no background in music and you can take my opinion with a grain of salt. Take a look below at the summary and lyrics and draw your own conclusions.

Cast (in order of appearance)

Archibald Craven: Peter Gale

Mrs. Medlock: Angela Rook

Martha: Ruth Reaney

Truscott: Toby Morton

Mary: Elizabeth Bolognini

Ben: Tony Watkins

Dickon: Ian Kelsey

Colin: Raoul Bolognini

One day Archibald Craven, master of Misselthwaite Hall on the Yorkshire moors, receives a letter from India telling him that his niece Mary has been orphaned and therefore become his ward. Craven, who is slightly hunchbacked, has never recovered from his wife’s tragic death and has been a wanderer ever since. He leaves on his travels and instructs Mrs. Medlock, the housekeeper, to look after Mary.

Mary arrives at Misselthwaite Hall a miserable, disagreeable and spoilt little girls and Martha, her down-to-earth Yorkshire maid, and Mrs. Medlock have trouble with her on the very first morning - GET UP MISS MARY.

Martha tells Mary to play in the grounds and Mary says she doesn’t know how to play by herself - OTHER LITTLE GIRLS.

Mrs. Medlock, Truscott, the man servant, and Martha remember Misselthwaite Hall as it used to be when Mrs. Craven was alive - MISSELTHWAITE HALL.

Mary finds out from Martha that one of the walled gardens used to belong to Mrs. Craven but has been locked up since she dies. A robin leads Mary to the key which had been thrown away and Mary lets herself into THE SECRET GARDEN.

Martha feels sorry for Mary’s loneliness and sends her young brother Dickon to keep her company. Dickon is a country lad who loves animals. He teaches Mary to whistle like the robin - GIVE IT A TRY.

On an unexpected visit, Craven asks Mary if she wants anything and she says she wants a garden. Mary’s request reminds Craven of his wife, Lillian, and when she goes he pulls aside the curtain over Lillian’s portrait and sings - LILLIAN.

Mary shows Dickon into the secret garden which is badly overgrown and they make plans to get to work on it. When she leave that evening Dickon sings about his friends - NIGHTFOLK.

Mary has been hearing screams in the nights and one night she goes to investigate and finds a boy of her own age crying in his bed. He is Colin, Craven’s son, a delicate boy who thinks he will become a hunchback like his father. He is very spoilt but neglected by his father because he reminds him of his wife. Mary says he behaves like a little rajah she saw in India - THE LITTLE RAJAH - and she sings him to sleep.

Ben, the old gardener, sings to Martha and Mary about his true love - ROSES and in reply Martha sings about hers - DAI AND I.

Dickon and Mary have been taking Colin into the secret garden in his wheelchair and he, like Mary, has begun to change into a happier child. The garden has also been transformed under the children’s love and care and now it is spring - THAT’S SPRING.

Colin improves daily with visits to the secret garden and one one Mary, Dickon, Martha and Ben persuade Colin to try and stand - GIVE IT A TRY.

Mrs. Medlock goes to London to see Craven and says she thinks Lillian would have liked him to come back to Misselthwaite and see his son who has wonderfully improved - LILLIAN (reprise).

Ben meets Craven on his arrival back in Yorkshire and takes him into the secret garden. Craven looks on as Colin, Mary, Dickon and Martha play blind-man’s-bluff with Colin as the blind man. They are singing THAT’S SPRING and stop abruptly when Craven appears. Colin tears off his handkerchief and sees his father. He holds out his hand and Craven, bewildered, holds out his - FINALE.

GET UP MISS MARY

Martha: Get up Miss Mary / Your breakfast is hot;

Mary: I will not, Martha Davis / I will not, I will not.

Martha: Then I’ll have to make you / You can’t stay in bed; / Don’t pull the bedclothes / Over your head.

Mary: Don’t you dare touch me

Martha: Sorry I must.

Mary: If you come any nearer / I’ll scream till I just / Explode, I will

Martha: You won’t

Mary: I will

Martha: You won’t.

Mary: I hate it in Yorkshire it’s windy and cold / There’s no one to play with and everyone’s old; / I hate Mrs. Medlock and Misselthwaite Hall / But you Martha Davies [sic] I hate most of all.

Martha: Don’t make me angry, don’t be so bold / When I give an order you do as you’re told

Mary: I won’t

Martha: You will

Mary: I won’t

Martha: You will

Mary: I won’t

Mrs. Medlock: Be quiet Miss Mary / Be quiet I say;

Mary: I’ll only be quiet / If you go away.

Mrs. Medlock: Now listen Miss Mary get out of bed / Your Breakfast is ready and the sun’s overhead / Take off your nightgown under your wrap / If you don’t behave girl I’ll give you a slap

Mary: I’ll scream

Martha: No you won’t

Mary: I’ll scream

Martha: No you won’t

Mary: I’ll scream

Martha: No you won’t

Mary: I’ll scream

Martha: No you won’t

Mary: I’ll scream and scream until I’m blue / Before I do what you tell me to.

Mrs. Medlock: You may have screamed in India / We’ve heard some funny tales / About them foreign countries / But we never scream in the dales.

Mary: I will

Martha: You won’t

Mary: I will

Martha: You won’t

Mary: I will

Martha: You won’t, you won’t

OTHER LITTLE GIRLS

Mary: I’m so lonely / If only there was / Another little girl.

Other girls have other little girls / To play with / Spend the day with;

Other little girls have other little girls / To talk with / And to walk with;

They race and chase each other / Perhaps they have a brother / And a kind and caring mother / Other little girls;

Other little girls have other little girls / To spend the day with / Skip and play with / Other little girls are lucky / I wish I were a lucky girl.

MISSELTHWAITE HALL

Mrs. Medlock: When she was alive the house was gay / Sunny smiles and laughter every day; / It seemed she made the sun to shine / Or is that just a dream of mine?

Truscott: When she was alive we all had fun / Not just them upstairs but everyone; / Handsome horses filled the stables

Mrs. Medlock: Silver dishes graced the tables.

Truscott: Picnics, parties, dances, a ball; / Oh the world and his wife came to Misselthwaite Hall

Mrs. Medlock: But now that she’s gone / And the dark has grown stronger; / The heart of the house / Is beating no longer. / Now it is quite friendless / No one comes to call;

Truscott: The only faces that you see / Are dead ones on the wall.

Martha: The dining room is shrouded / The silver put away; / Each evening quiet as the last

Martha; Truscott; Mrs. Medlock: Each evening as each day.

Truscott: But when she was alive the house was gay

Martha: Sunny smiles and laughter every day

Martha; Truscott; Mrs. Medlock: It seemed she made the sun to shine / Or is that just a dream of mind.

Martha: Picnics, parties, dances, a ball! / Oh the world and his wife came to Misselthwaite Hall / But now that she’s gone / And the dark has grown stronger;

Martha; Truscott; Mrs. Medlock: The heart of the house / Is beating no longer. / Poor old Misselthwaite Hall.

THE SECRET GARDEN

Mary: I’ve always dreamt of somewhere / Where I would feel at home / A place that I could play in / And call my very own. 

Perhaps this secret garden / Behind its wall of stone; / Is what I have been searching for / Where I’ll not feel alone.

If only I could find a key / And open up the door; / I’d find a secret wonderland / That I’ve been searching for.

A very special kind of land / A land of let’s pretend; / Pretend that someone cares for me / And I have got a friend.

[Walking through the gardens, Mary hears the robin, she chases it and stumbles across a key! It is the key to the door into the secret garden. Mary opens the door and enters]

Mary: (spoken) It’s like no other garden I’ve seen before. Everything is grey and misty…I must be the first person to see it in fourteen years. (sung) The robin he must be a friend / For he showed me the key; / And now there are the three of us / The garden, him and me; / Yes, the garden, him and me.

GIVE IT A TRY

Dickon: I thought that I would like to play / A tune upon the flute; / I tried and tried but still no sound / The flute remained quite mute.

I persevered and all at once / The flute began to play; / A merry little country tune / And I was well away.

Now, Miss Mary, You try hard / And really have a go; / Take a breath and purse your lips / And blow and blow and blow!

Give it a try and see and see what happens / You never know until you do / Give it a try and see / Whatever you want could be / After 1, 2, 3 / Give it a try.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes / That’s the only way you learn / If you fail first time / It’s not a crime / Just take another turn. [repeat stanza]

Give it a try and see what happens

Mary: You never know till you do;

Dickon: Give it a try and see

Mary: Whatever you want could be

Dickon: After 1, 2, 3 / Give it a try!

Dickon; Mary: Maybe you will / Maybe you won’t / But how do you know if you don’t / Give it a try / Give it a try!

LILLIAN

Craven: How can I live a life without love? / How can I live without you? / Poets have said without love man’s dead / Nothing could be more true.

Lillian, Lillian / Lovely laughing Lillian / Lillian of the dark brown eyes.

Lillian, Lillian / Lively living Lillian / Lillian how my poor heart cries.

Come back to me for just an hour / Before the flowers fall; / All I have of you now is just / A picture on the wall.

Lillian, Lillian / Lost and loving Lillian / Lillian gone beyond recall.

NIGHTFOLK

Dickon: When the sun sinks and twilight descends / I say goodbye to my daytime friends; / When the moon rises and the stars come out / My friends are nightfolk around and about.

My friend the fox when the evening grows nigh / Puts on his socks and looks up to the sky; / My friend the mole when he gets out of bed / Slips through the hole as the sun becomes red.

Me and my friends will give you a hand / Together we’ll make this garden so grand / Mary your secret’s safe with us / Animals that you can trust.

My friend the stoat when he puts on his hat / Buttons his coat and then visits the rat; / My friend the trout when he opens one eye / Looks round about for the fisherman’s fly. [repeat refrain]

My friend the badger goes roundabout / He’s getting on I’m afraid rather stout;  / But the otter my chum when the stars above gleam / Glides from his home and slides down the stream. [repeat refrain]

When the sun sinks and twilight descends / I say hello to my night-time friends. / Night Folk.

THE LITTLE RAJAH

Mary: He sat upon his elephant / As a knight sits on his charger.

Colin: The little Rajah?

Mary: The little Rajah

Colin: He sat upon his elephant / Just like a charger?

Mary: He was hung about with gold things, / Precious stones and other old things / As he came along the great trunk road

Colin: As he came along the great trunk road

Mary: A million people cheered with joy / As they knelt before this boy

Colin: The little Rajah?

Mary: The little Rajah.

Colin: How very odd, was he a god this little Rajah?

Mary: He was a child just like you

Colin: He was a child just like you

Mary: He was a child just like me

Colin: He was a child just like me

Mary: As he came along the great trunk road

Colin: As he came along the great trunk road

Mary: When he couldn’t go to sleep / Then his servants used to weep

Colin: The little Rajah?

Mary: The little Rajah

Colin: He couldn’t sleep, the servants weep / The little Rajah

Mary: But his Ayah always said / They should sing to him instead / He was just a child like you and me

Colin (sleepily): He was just a child like you and me

Mary: He was just a child like you and me. / He sat upon his elephant / As a knight sits on a charger / The little Rajah / The little Rajah

ROSES

Ben: When I was a lad I was after the girls / And the girls they were all after me; / Alice and Daisy, Clarice and Maisie / Would ask me back to tea. / Then we would walk then we would talk / Don’t knows what we talked about; / We just talked we didn’t do nowt.

When I was a man, things moved very fast / And nothing was faster than me; / Dilys and Phylis, Doris and Jane / And it wasn’t just talking and tea! / But of that stuff I’d at last had enough / God knows I’d no wish to be wed; / So I counted my roses instead.

Roses can’t answer you back / Roses don’t fret if you’re late / Roses don’t say / Where you been all day? / Roses don’t mind if they wait. 

A rose don’t go pale / If a man has his ale / Or throw a plate at his nose; / Roses don’t riot / Roses stay quiet / That’s why my love is a rose.

Roses don’t borrow your shirt / Roses don’t thwack you with broom / Roses don’t fuss / And here is the plus / You don’t have to buy them perfume. 

‘Cos all that they need / Is a prune and a weed / To help them when it snows; / And when it starts raining / They’re never complaining / That’s why my love is a rose

Girls approaching their forties / Look on the future with gloom / But roses get even more lovely / When they’re in full bloom. 

Roses don’t know how to nag / Roses is never a bore / Roses in bed / Just lays down their head / And when they’re asleep they don’t snore.

A rose don’t get cross / ‘Cos she knows you’re the boss / And when her petals close; / Roses don’t cry / They just say “goodbye” / That’s why my love is a rose. / That’s why my love is a rose.

DAI AND I

Martha: I have a boy who lives in the dales / His ma’s from Swansea so I call him Dai, / They live in a mean, red house called “The Chalet” / We don’t want one like that do Dai and I. / We want a little house, high upon the moor. / That is where we’ll live when we are wed, / A lovely modern kitchen, shining spick and span / And upstairs in our room we’ll have a big, brass bed.

Dai and I we will live together / In the wintry weather, we’ll be warm and glad; / Dai and I both of us together / We’ll raise a pretty daughter and a strong, brave lad.

We will go to Chapel with little Beth and Mark / She is in the choir, singing like a lark.

Dai and I won’t want any other person as a lover / All our married life; / We will be happy with each other / For he will be my hubby and I his wife.

Years will come and years will go, hair becoming grey, / Movements getting slower, slower every day. / Dai and I have worked it out between us / There behind the Chapel, where the laurels screen us; / That is where we’ll lie together / Dai and I.

THAT’S SPRING

Dickon: Buds breaking on the barren trees / A soft something in the morning breeze

Mary: That’s Spring?

Dickon: That’s Spring / It makes you want to sing.

Spring is when the farmer sows his summer oats / And when sheep in pastures lose their winter coats; / Spring is when the grocer orders Easter cakes / When the birds start building and the badger wakes.

Spring is when the gardener sees to his delight / That lots of lovely snowdrops have sprung up overnight; / Spring is when the squirrels fluff their bushy tails / Spring is splendid everywhere / But extra good in the dales

That’s Spring!

Mary: That’s Spring?

Dickon: That’s Spring! / That’s Spring, That’s Spring / It makes you want to sing / That’s Spring, That’s Spring / It changes everything; / It makes you want to Laugh Ha! Ha! / It makes you want to fling / Your hat into the air and shout / That’s Spring That’s Spring That’s Spring!

Spring’s the start of cricket. Howzat! The players cry / And each lad at the wicket thinks he’s C. B. Fry / Spring’s when days are brighter and the wind less keen

Mary: When your feet seem lighter and the grass is green

Dickon: Spring’s when things start growing in every garden bed

Mary: And Martha’s cheeks start glowing warm and rosy red

Dickon: Spring’s when Ben’s rheumatics take a bit of a rest

Dickon; Mary: Out of all the seasons it’s the one we love the best!

[Both repeat “That’s Spring, It makes you want to sing” refrain]

GIVE IT A TRY

Ben: I thought that I would like to grow / A real prize-winning marrow; / I made a frame from bits of wood / Took from old wheel barrow.

I tended it both night and day / I watched it grow and grow; / Then took it in a horse and cart / T’ Agricultural show.

The Lord Lieutenant laughed and said / “By gum thou’s got some nouse; / Thou’s grown a winning marrow Ben / As big as Harewood House.”

Ben; Dickon; Mary; Martha: Give it a try and see what happens / You never know till you do; / Give it a try and see / Whatever you want could be / So tell us what happened to you?

Dickon: I thought that I would like to try / To heal a wounded sparrow / Its wing had been quite broke in two / By some lad’s bow and arrow;

Our Martha took one look and said / “To help was all in vain” / But I kept on and suddenly / The poor thing moved again.

Now I kept trying best I could / Until one April day, / When sun were up and wind blew soft / My sparrow flew away.

[All four repeat refrain]

Mary: I thought that I would like to try / And find myself a friend; / I thought that if I found one / My unhappiness would end.

Martha: And so you did Miss Mary dear / And left off being sad; / And now to everyone’s surprise / You’re really not half bad.

Mary: Now Colin you must try to stand / Before the set of sun; / And after standing you must try / To walk and then to run

Dickon: Yes Colin you must try to stand / Yes, really really stand; / Just put your feet upon the ground

Ben: Eh lad, that’s proper grand.

Dickon: Pull yourself right up / No Colin you won’t fall / Stand up straight, shoulders back

Ben: Eh lad, you aren’t half tall.

Dickon: Now take a step, don’t try to talk / And now another…

Dickon; Ben; Mary; Martha: He can walk.

Colin (spoken): I can walk, I can walk, I shall live forever and ever!

[Other four repeat refrain] 

Maybe you will, maybe you won’t / But how do you know if you don’t? / Give it a try. / Give it a try!!

LILLIAN (REPRISE)

[Literally just the last half of the original song again]

THAT’S SPRING (REPRISE)

[The “That’s Spring, it makes you want to sing” refrain again, but sung by Mary, Dickon, Ben, Martha, and Colin, the latter partially as a solo]

THE FINALE

Craven: Is this the boy I locked away / Standing straight and true? / I can’t believe how much he’s changed, / I can’t believe he’s you!

I know I haven’t given you / The love a father should / Forgive me son, for what has passed / I ask you if you would.

My heart’s been like this garden / Locked up and alone / Now I must beg your pardon / For the love I’ve never shown.

From now this house will sing again / We’ll open every door/ Together we’ll begin again / It’s Spring again once more / Yes! It’s Spring again once more.

Company: From now this house will sing again / We’ll open every door / Together we’ll begin again / It’s Spring again once more

Craven: Yes!

Company: It’s Spring again once more.

[dweemeister]

The complete list of films featured in 2021′s “31 Days of Oscar” marathon

What follows is the exhaustive list of all 403 short- and feature-length films featured on this blog over the last thirty-one days for the 31 Days of Oscar marathon. This number is up from last year’s count of 327 and is the second-highest number of films I have ever featured in this marathon (behind the 410 films from 2016). Despite the number, this remains only a fraction of the nearly 5,000 films that have been nominated for Academy Awards. This year’s marathon was harder to plan than usual due to the fact it was presented in alphabetical order - with the exception of any write-ups I did.

BREAKDOWN BY DECADE 1927-1929: 7 1930s: 44 1940s: 63 1950s: 63 1960s: 46 1970s: 25 1980s: 29 1990s: 28 2000s: 25 2010s: 43 2020s: 30

Year with most representation (2020 excluded): 1940 (ten films) Median year: 1964

And now, the list. Best Picture winners and the one (and only) winner for Unique and Artistic Production are in bold. Asterisked (*) films are films I haven’t seen in their entirety as of the publishing of this post.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Adam’s Rib (1949)*

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

After the Thin Man (1936)*

Airport (1970)*

Aladdin (1992)

Albert Nobbs (2011)

Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Almost Famous (2000)

An American in Paris (1951)

Anastasia (1956)

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Annie (1982)

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Arrival (2016)

Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987, France)

The Awful Truth (1937)

Babe (1995)

Baby Doll (1956)*

Ballad of a Soldier (1959, Soviet Union)*

The Band Wagon (1953)

Bao (2018 short)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Berkeley Square (1933)

The Best Man (1964)

Better Days (2019, Hong Kong)*

The Big Chill (1983)*

The Birds (1963)

Birds Anonymous (1957 short)

Black Orpheus (1959, Brazil)

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)*

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)*

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Brief Encounter (1945)

Brotherhood (2018 short, Tunisia/Canada/Qatar/Sweden)

Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Calamity Jane (1953)

Carol (2015)*

Casablanca (1942)

Casino (1995)*

Charade (1963)

The Circus (1928)

Citizen Kane (1941)

City of God (2002, Brazil)*

Claudine (1974)*

Closely Watched Trains (1966, Czechoslovakia)

Coraline (2009)*

Da 5 Bloods (2020)*

Dances with Wolves (1990)

Death in Venice (1971)*

Destination Moon (1950)*

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

Down Argentine Way (1940)

Dunkirk (2017)

Easter Parade (1948)

The Edge of Democracy (2019, Brazil)*

Educated Fish (1937 short)*

El Cid (1961)*

Elmer Gantry (1960)

The End of the Affair (1999)*

Ernest & Celestine (2012, France/Belgium)

Face to Face (1976, Sweden)*

The Fallen Idol (1948)

Fantasia (1940)

A Fantastic Woman (2017, Chile)*

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)*

A Farewell to Arms (1932)*

A Few Good Men (1992)*

Five Easy Pieces (1970)*

The Five Pennies (1959)

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)

Flower Drum Song (1961)

Flowers and Trees (1932 short)

Flying Down to Rio (1933)*

For All Mankind (1989)

For Sama (2019)*

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Forrest Gump (1994)

42nd Street (1933)

Four Days in November (1964)*

The Four Feathers (1939)

The 400 Blows (1959, France)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)*

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Funny Face (1957)

Funny Girl (1968)

Fury (1936)*

Gandhi (1982)

The Garden of Allah (1936)

Garden Party (2017 short, France)

Gaslight (1944)

Giant (1956)

Gigi (1958)

Gladiator (2000)

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather, Part II (1974)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

Gorillas in the Mist (1988)*

Gosford Park (2001)

Grand Hotel (1932)

Grand Prix (1966)*

The Great Beauty (2013, Italy)

The Great Race (1965)

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Green Book (2018)

Green Dolphin Street (1947)*

The Green Mile (1999)*

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Gunga Din (1939)

Hair Love (2019 short)

Hallelujah (1929)*

Hamlet (1948)

Hamlet (1990)

Hamlet (1996)

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)*

The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)

The Harvey Girls (1946)

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)*

The Heiress (1949)

Hell’s Angels (1930)*

Henry V (1989)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Hero (2002, China)*

Hidden Figures (2016)

The High and the Mighty (1954)*

High Noon (1952)

High Society (1956)

Himalaya (1999, France/Switzerland/United Kingdom/Nepal)*

Home Alone (1990)

Honeysuckle Rose (1980)*

Hoosiers (1986)

The House on 92nd Street (1945)*

How the West Was Won (1962)

How to Survive a Plague (2012)*

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

I Married a Witch (1942)*

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

I Vitelloni (1953, Italy)*

I Wanted Wings (1941)*

I, Tonya (2017)*

Ida (2013, Poland)

Imitation of Life (1959)

In Cold Blood (1967)

In the Absence (2018 short, South Korea)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

Inside Daisy Clover (1965)*

Inside Moves (1980)*

It Happened One Night (1934)

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)*

It Should Happen to You (1954)*

It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)

Jackie Brown (1997)*

Jammin’ the Blues (1944 short)*

Jaws (1975)

The Jazz Singer (1927)

Jerry’s Cousin (1951 short)

Jesus Camp (2006)*

Jezebel (1938)

Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)*

Joe’s Violin (2016 short)

The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)

Joyeux Noel (2005, France)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Julia (1977)*

Juliet of the Spirits (1965, Italy)

Kagemusha (1980, Japan)

The Karate Kid (1984)

The Killers (1946)*

The King and I (1956)

The King’s Speech (2010)

The Kite Runner (2007)

Knights of the Round Table (1953)*

Knives Out (2019)

Kundun (1997)*

La Ronde (1950, France)*

La Strada (1954, Italy)

La Traviata (1982, Italy)*

Lady Be Good (1941)*

The Lady Eve (1941)

The Ladykillers (1955)*

The Last Emperor (1987)

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

The Life Ahead (2020, Italy)*

Life is Beautiful (1997, Italy)

Life with Feathers (1945 short)

Lili (1953)

Lilies of the Field (1963)

The Lion in Winter (1968)*

Little Caesar (1931)

A Little Romance (1979)

Little Women (2019)

Logan (2017)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Lost Horizon (1937)

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Loving Vincent (2017)

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A Man for All Seasons (1966)

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My Favorite Wife (1940)

My Favorite Year (1982)

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Nebraska (2013)

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Nowhere in Africa (2001, Germany)*

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Pinocchio (1940)

Places in the Heart (1984)*

Poltergeist (1982)

Portrait of Jennie (1948)

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The 15 nominated short films for the 93rd Academy Awards

The 8 nominees for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards, including the winner, Nomadland

Until next year’s ceremony, folks - February will be here before we know it!

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It’s been a long, long time since Broadway last held a Tony Awards ceremony.

Tonight, after a 27-month hiatus, the event honoring Broadway’s best plays and musicals is back.

There will be plenty of awards — there are 25 competitive categories this year — and lots of speeches.

But the thrust of the evening is a little different: reminding viewers that Broadway has reopened after a disastrously long pandemic shutdown, and hoping that a showcase of show tunes and sentiment will persuade audiences to return. There are now 15 productions running on Broadway, and that number is growing every week, but the pandemic is not over, and tourism remains down, so the industry is looking for a boost.

The event is part streaming, and part network.

This year’s Tony Awards are taking place, live and in-person, at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theater, starting at 7 p.m. Eastern, and scheduled to end at 11.

Most of the awards will be announced during the first two hours, at a ceremony hosted by the six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald. That segment of the evening will be viewable only on the streaming service Paramount+.

The second half of the evening will consist of a concert at which stars of the theater world will perform classic and contemporary show tunes. That portion of the event, called “The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!,” will be hosted by Leslie Odom Jr. (a Tony winner for “Hamilton”) and broadcast on CBS, and it will include three big awards, for best musical, best play and best play revival.

Because the coronavirus pandemic is ongoing, the ceremony is restricted in many ways.

The red carpet is shorter than usual. There is no official after-party. (A request for a permit to hold one on the street was rejected by the city.)

And the audience watching in person will be limited — the Winter Garden holds 1,500 people, compared to 6,000 at Radio City Music Hall, where the event was often held in previous years. All of the attendees must show proof of vaccination, and they are being asked to wear masks throughout the event.

The awards ceremony will honor plays and musicals that opened during a pandemic-shortened eligibility period — from April 26, 2019, to Feb. 19, 2020. Only 18 shows were eligible for awards — about half as many as usual — and only 15 scored nominations.

The most-nominated shows are the musicals “Jagged Little Pill,” with 15, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” with 14, and “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical,” with 12, as well as “Slave Play,” which with 12 is the most-nominated play in Tonys history.

The ceremony, originally scheduled to take place in June 2020, has been repeatedly delayed and rethought; the nominations, chosen by 41 theater experts who saw every eligible show, were announced last October, and electronic voting, by 778 producers, performers and other industry insiders, took place in March. The ballots were stored by the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP, which somehow has managed to keep them secret ever since.

There are several unusual aspects to this season’s Tonys race.

All of the nominees for best score are plays — an odd situation caused by the fact that three of the four musicals that opened before the pandemic were jukebox musicals, meaning they did not have original scores, and the fourth was shut out by nominators.

In one category, best leading actor in a musical, there is only one nominee, Aaron Tveit of “Moulin Rouge!” He will win if he gets a positive vote from 60 percent of those who cast ballots in that race.

A starry concert will dominate the televised portion of the evening.

The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing, the two organizations that present the Tony Awards, decided, in discussions with CBS, that the portion of the evening with the broadest reach — that is, on network television — would be primarily a concert.

The goal is to highlight Broadway’s talent, and to remind viewers of the pleasures of live theater, with the hope that some of those viewers will then buy tickets to a show as theaters in New York (and around the world) seek to rebuild audiences.

What kinds of performances can you expect?

There will be, as per tradition, a razzly-dazzly opening number, led by Odom, at the start of the concert, celebrating Broadway and its shows.The evening will appeal to theater lovers’ nostalgia: Jennifer Holliday will recreate her performance of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from “Dreamgirls” (which opened in 1981); Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell are expected to perform from “Ragtime” (1998); Marissa Jaret Winokur and Matthew Morrison from “Hairspray” (2002); and Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel from “Wicked” (2003).

Each of the productions nominated for the best musical Tony Award — “Jagged Little Pill,” “Moulin Rouge!” and “Tina” — will perform, as always, but this year those performances were recorded in advance inside the theaters where those musicals are running. (Why? To reduce the cost to the pandemic-damaged productions. In ordinary years, producers spend several hundred thousand dollars per musical to staff and stage live numbers at the Tony Awards.)

Two shows that are receiving special Tony Awards will also present live performances. David Byrne will lead the cast of “American Utopia,” his concert show that is now running, for a second time, on Broadway, while Lin-Manuel Miranda will be featured in a closing sketch from “Freestyle Love Supreme,” the improv group he co-founded, which is scheduled to begin its second Broadway run on Oct. 7, followed by a national tour starting in San Francisco.

What else? John Legend will perform with the cast of “Ain’t Too Proud,” a jukebox musical about the Temptations that is slated to resume performances on Broadway on Oct. 16. Daniel J. Watts, a Tony nominee for “Tina,” is expected to perform a spoken-word tribute to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, which is receiving a special Tony Award for its work on racial justice. And, at some point, Ben Platt and Anika Noni Rose are expected to pay tribute to high school theater students with a song from “Sunday in the Park With George.

”Plenty of other boldface names will be taking part in the broadcast, either as presenters or performers, including Darren Criss, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jordan Fisher, Andrew Garfield, Josh Groban, Jake Gyllenhaal, Cyndi Lauper, John Lithgow, Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Black Thought and many others.

The awards show is being executive produced by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, who have put the ceremony together for years. Weiss is also directing the event, and it is being choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, a Tony winner for his work on “Ain’t Too Proud.”

The nominees for best musical are all jukebox shows.

The three nominees for best musical are “Jagged Little Pill,” “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” and “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical.”All of them are jukebox musicals — meaning that their scores consist of previously recorded pop songs — and all of them opened in 2019.

The three nominated musicals are reopening this fall. “Moulin Rouge!,” which is an adaptation of the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film, began performances on Friday; “Tina,” which is a biomusical about the life and career of Tina Turner, returns Oct. 8; and “Jagged Little Pill,” a contemporary family drama inspired by the Alanis Morissette album, returns Oct. 21.

Only one show with an original score opened before the pandemic — “The Lightning Thief” — but it was shut out by nominators. Several other musicals with original scores were slated to open in 2020, but didn’t make it to opening night before theaters shut down.A fourth jukebox musical, “Girl From the North Country,” opened right before the shutdown but was deemed ineligible for awards because not enough Tony voters managed to see it. That show, a drama inspired by the songs of Bob Dylan, is scheduled to resume performances Oct. 13.

There are no nominees for best musical revival, because the only one that opened before the pandemic, “West Side Story,” also was not seen by enough voters. And now that production is over — its producers have decided not to reopen it.

Keep an eye on the play categories for some drama.

As hard as it may be to believe, the last time a play by a Black writer won the Tony Award for best play was in 1987, when August Wilson won for “Fences.”

That could change this year, when the leading contender is “Slave Play,” a daring drama by Jeremy O. Harris that uses an imaginary form of couples therapy to explore the lingering impact of slavery. The play scored more Tony nominations — 12 — than any in history; it won strong review from critics and managed to achieve a level of buzz that is rare for any play, although, like most plays, it ended its run without recouping its capitalization costs.

But “Slave Play” was also polarizing, leaving an opening for another drama to claim the prize. The most likely upset would be by “The Inheritance,” a two-part drama by Matthew López about two generations of gay male New Yorkers. That play was heralded in London, but was greeted with far more skepticism in New York; its run was also unprofitable, and was cut a few days short by the pandemic.

The most likely winner in the category of best play revival will be “A Soldier’s Play” or “Betrayal.”

“A Soldier’s Play” is a 1981 drama by Charles Fuller, about the murder of a Black sergeant in the U.S. Army, that won the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published. It was then adapted into a Hollywood film, but didn’t make it to Broadway until 2020. The production, directed by Kenny Leon, starred Blair Underwood and David Alan Grier, and was presented by the nonprofit Roundabout Theater Company.

“Betrayal” is a 1978 play by Harold Pinter about an extramarital affair. The revival was a commercial production, transferred from London, directed by Jamie Lloyd and starring Tom Hiddleston.

And what about the actors?

Eight acting prizes will be given out tonight — four for work in musicals, and four for work in plays.

The musical prizes all have heavy favorites, and the favorites would all be first-time Tony winners.

Look for Adrienne Warren to win the leading actress in a musical prize for her superhuman performance as Tina Turner in “Tina,” and for Lauren Patten to win as featured actress for her showstopping vocals in “Jagged Little Pill.”

Aaron Tveit, the only nominee for leading actor, should easily pick up that prize for playing the bohemian Christian in “Moulin Rouge!” (he needs to win support from 60 percent of those who cast ballots in the category to do so), while his co-star, Danny Burstein, is the favorite in the featured actor category, for playing the impresario Harold Zidler.

The play categories are thought to be much tighter, in part because there are fewer voters — to participate in any Tony race, a voter had to have seen each nominated performance, and that narrowed the pool of qualified voters.

But watch for one possible record to be set: Lois Smith, 90, is a leading contender for best featured actress in a play, for her work in “The Inheritance.” If she wins, she will become the oldest person ever to win a Tony Award for acting, a record previously held by Cicely Tyson, who won at 88.