#beryl wallace

[hellooldsmelly]

[moss-the-irishman]

Riordanverse race/nationality headcanons (Main characters and background characters alike)

This may be a very long post, and I’m throwing in little tidbits about appearances, so with no regard to any particular order, strap in:

(Seriously, this is a huge post)

Edit: Changed Luke from just Korean American to mixed Argentinian/Korean American, inspired by @tagthescullion

The Seven (Including Nico and Reyna):

Percy Jackson: Biracial White/Latino, Cuban American (Sally was born in Havana, she had Percy shortly after moving to the US)

Annabeth Chase: Biracial Black/White, Irish/African American (with Swedish, Ghanaian and Polish descent)

Jason (And Thalia, by extension) Grace: White German American (Beryl moved from Germany to the US)

Piper McLean: Native American, Cherokee

Leo Valdez: Latino, Mexican, Born in Texas

Hazel Levesque: Black, African American, New Orleans (1940's French Creole)

Frank Zhang: Chinese Canadian, Vancouver

Nico Di Angelo: White, Italian with Russian descent, 1920’s Venice

Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano: Latina, Puerto Rican

Camp Half Blood:

Will Solace: Biracial White/Bangladeshi American, Texas

Luke Castellan: Mixed Argentinian/Korean American (Born in the US, May (or Mi-Hee) grew up in a Argentine Korean community in Buenos Aires before she moved to the US and met Hermes)

Malcolm Pace: White with albinism, Scottish, Glasgow

Travis and Connor Stoll: Mixed Scottish and Laotian, Edinburgh (Source: @freddie-77-ao3)(I think in the TV show, they cast two Asian boys as the Stolls, so I've made them Asian)

Alice Miyazawa: Japanese American, Los Angeles

Julia Feingold: White Luxembourger, Luxembourg City

Cecil Markowitz: White Austrian/Northern Irish (Born in Graz, grew up in Belfast since he was two, has dual citizenship)

Katie Gardener: White Scottish, Aberfoyle

Castor and Pollux Vintner: Black, Irish (Pollux is Albino, Castor wasn’t), Donegal

Michael Yew: Mixed Irish and Chinese, Limerick (Granny moved from China)

Lee Fletcher: White Irish, Donegal

Clarisse La Rue: Mixed French/Pakistani American, Arizona (Mother moved from France)

Chris Rodriguez: Afro-Latino, Nicaraguan (Moved to the states when he was seven, lived in the same neighbourhood as Clarisse)

Silena Beauregard: Blasian, African American and Filipino, Mississippi (French descent)

Charles Beckendorf: Black, African American

Jake Mason: White American, Wyoming

Harley Smythe-Davidson: Biracial White/Aboriginal Australian (Source: @freddie-77-ao3)

Nyssa Barrera: Latina, Panamanian, Panama City

Shane O’Doherty: White Irish, Laois

Christopher Chalkevas: White Greek/English (Born in Larissa, moved with his mother to Hackney, London at age five, has dual citizenship)

Clovis Karlsen: Wasian, Welsh (Welsh/Norwegian grandad, Indonesian granny, Source: @ashthenerdtheythem)

Chiara Benvenuti: White Italian, Florence

Alabaster C. Torrington: British Indian, English, Westminster

Lou Ellen Blackstone: Black with vitiligo, British Ghanaian, Birmingham

Drew Tanaka: Japanese American, New York City

Valentina Diaz: Latina, Colombia

Mitchell Singh-Donovan: Mixed Indian and Irish, Cork

Lacy Alfsen: White Danish, Copenhagen

Ethan Nakamura: Japanese, Tokyo

Damien White: White Irish, Northside Dublin

Miranda Gardiner: Vietnamese American, Massachusetts (Distant Irish ancestry)

Billie Ng: Wasian, Irish/Thai Canadian, Toronto (She grew up in Longford till she was seven, then she and her mortal dad moved to Canada)

Sherman Yang: Chinese American, Alaska

Marcus (Mark) Dooley-Wallace: White Irish American, Georgia

Ellis Wakefield: Black, Algerian

Holly and Laurel Victor: Sri Lankan American, Seattle

Meg McCaffery: Wasian, Irish/Vietnamese American

Camp Jupiter:

Dakota Cheshire: Black, Bermudian

Gwendolyn Nunez: Hispanic, Spanish American

Bobby Herrera: Latin American, New Mexico

Lavinia Asimov: White Russian, born in San Francisco

Larry Schumacher: White American, North Carolina

Leila Grunfeld: White American, Colorado

This has been a very exhausting post to make lmao. I gave some of the characters who don’t have canonical surnames my own Hcs for their surnames. Also, I am yet to read through trials of Apollo, so maybe I’ll come later back to add more Roman names to the list.

Tagging my moots that I like to see their opinions for this (as well as the ones I tagged within the list as well):

@aki-bara @ravingcoffeeaddict @ebony-reine-vibes @squiggle3worm @sleep-needer

[thatbiologist]

G’eth Character Name Bank

First Names

Masculine Names

Alfred, Andrew, Arlo, Arthur, Balthazar, Barry, Ben, Benedick, Bernard, Burchard, Cedric, Charibert, Crispin, Cyrill, Daegal, Derek, Digory, Drustan, Duncan, Edmund, Edwin, Elric, Evaine, Frederick, Geffery, George, Godfreed, Gregory, Guy, Harris, Harry, Horsa, Hugh, Humphrey, Iago, Jack, Jeremy, John, Kazamir, Kenric, Lawrence, Leoric, Lorik, Luke, Lynton, Lysander, Madoc, Magnus, Maukolum, Micheal, Miles, Milhouse, Mordred, Mosseus, Ori, Orvyn, Neville, Norbert, Nycolas, Paul, Percival, Randulf, Richard, Robert, Roderick, Stephen, Tennys, Theodoric, Thomas, Tristan, Tybalt, Victor, Vincent, Vortimer, Willcock, Willian, Wymond

Feminine Names

Adelin, Alice, Amelia, Beatrix, Beryl, Bogdana, Branwyne, Brigida, Catalina, Catherine, Claudia, Crystina, Deanna, Desdemona, Elaine, Elinora, Eliza, Enide, Eva, Ferelith, Fiora, Freya, Gertrude, Gregoria, Gueanor, Gwen, Gwendolyn, Hannah, Hegelina, Helen, Helga, Heloise, Henrietta, Igraine, Imogen, Jacquelyn, Jane, Jean, Jenny, Jill, Juliana, Juliet, Katie, Leela, Lettice, Lilibet, Lilith, Lucy, Luthera, Luz, Lyra, Malyna, Margherita, Marion, Meryl, Millie, Miranda, Molle, Morgana, Morgause, Nezetta, Nina, Novella, Olwen, Oriana, Oriolda, Osanna, Pamela, Petra, Philippa, Revna, Rohez, Rosalind, Rose, Sallie, Sarra, Serphina, Sif, Simona, Sophie, Thomasine, Tiffany, Ursula, Viola, Winifred, Yrsa, Ysabella, Yvaine, Zelda, Zillah

Gender-Neutral/Unisex Names

Adrian, Alex, Aiden, Arden, Ariel, Auden, Avery, Bailey, Blaire, Blake, Brett, Breslin, Caelan, Cadain, Cameron, Charlie, Dagon, Dana, Darby, Darra, Devon, Drew, Dylan, Evan, Felize, Fenix, Fernley, Finley, Glenn, Gavyn, Haskell, Hayden, Hunter, Jace, Jaime, Jesse, Jo, Kai, Kane, Karter, Kieran, Kylin, Landon, Leslie, Mallory, Marin, Meritt, Morgan, Nell, Noel, Oakley, Otzar, Paris, Peregrine, Quant, Quyn, Reagan, Remy, Robin, Rowan, Ryan, Sam, Samar, Sasha, Sloan, Stace, Tatum, Teegan, Terrin, Urbain, Vahn, Valo, Vick, Wallace, Waverly, Whitney, Yardley, Yarden, Zasha

Surnames

Surnames, Patrilineal - First Name (Patrilineal Surname)

Ace, Allaire, Appel, Arrow, Baker, Bamford, Barnard, Beckett, Berryann, Blakewood, Blanning, Bigge, Binns, Bisby, Brewer, Brickenden, Brooker, Browne, Buller, Carey, Carpenter, Carter, Cheeseman, Clarke, Cooper, Ead, Elwood, Emory, Farmer, Fish, Fisher, Fitzroy, Fletcher, Foreman, Foster, Fuller, Galahad, Gerard, Graves, Grover, Harlow, Hawkins, Hayward, Hill, Holley, Holt, Hunter, Jester, Kerr, Kirk, Leigh, MacGuffin, Maddock, Mason, Maynard, Mercer, Miller, Nash, Paige, Payne, Pernelle, Raleigh, Ryder, Scroggs, Seller, Shepard, Shore, Slater, Smith, Tanner, Taylor, Thatcher, Thorn, Tilly, Turner, Underwood, Vaughan, Walter, Webb, Wilde, Wood, Wren, Wyatt, Wynne

Surnames, Townships in G’eth - First Name of (Location)

Abelforth, Argent Keep, Barrow Springs, Barrowmere, Bedford, Brunhelm, Bumble, Casterfalls, Dunbridge, Falmore Forest, Folk’s Bounty, Frostmaid, Fulstad, Heller’s Crossing, Hertfordshire, Humberdale, Inkwater, Little Avery, Marrowton, Mistfall, Mistmire, Morcow, Necropolis-on-Sea, Otherway, Parsendale, Piddlehinton, Port Fairwind, Redcastle, Ransom, Rutherglen, Saint Crois, Tanner’s Folly, Tavern’s Point, Wilmington

Surnames, Geographical Locations in G’eth - First Name of the (Location)

Cove of Calamity, Deep Woods of Falmore, Eastern Isles, Eastern Mountains, Foothills, Frozen Peak, Lakes, Maegor Cobblestones, Northern Mountains, Southern Isle, Tangle, West Coast, Wild Wild Woods, Woods of Angarad

Surnames, Nickname - First Name the (Something) 

Bald, Bastard, Bear, Bearded, Big, Bird, Bold, Brave, Broken, Butcher, Bruiser, Careless, Caring, Charitable, Clever, Clumsy, Cold, Confessor, Coward, Crow, Cyclops, Devious, Devoted, Dog, Dragonheart, Dreamer, Elder, Faithful, Fearless, Fey, Fool, Friend, Generous, Giant, Goldheart, Goldfang, Gouty, Gracious, Great, Hag, Handsome, Hawk, Honest, Huge, Humble, Hungry, Hunter, Innocent, Ironfist, Ironside, Keeper, Kind, Lesser, Liar, Lionheart, Little, Loyal, Magical, Mercenary, Merchant, Messenger, Old, Orphan, Pale, Polite, Poet, Poor, Prodigy, Prophet, Proud, Reliable, Romantic, Rude, Selfish, Sellsword, Scab, Scholar, Shield, Shy, Singer, Sirrah, Slayer, Slug, Small, Stoneheart, Swift, Tadde, Talented, Tart, Tenacious, Timid, Tiny, Tough, Traveller, Trusted, Truthful, Viper, Wizard, Wolf, Wyrm

[elementalgod-aj]

Anthro Allies Remastered (Part 10)

Now the Third and Final Part of the Arthropods

Endoterygota

Emorrossa (Insect Queen)

Lord Hexagath (Insect King)

Sawfly

Buzza (Sawfly)

Team 

Stem sawfly

Horntail

Cedar wood wasp

Webbed Leaf

Xyelid

Megalodontes

Parasitic Wasps

Crimson the Abominable (Thistledown velvet ant)

The Hoard

P. Wood wasp 

Sirex Woodwasp

Ichneumon Wasp 

Gall wasp

Chalcid Wasp

Fairy wasp

Ensign Wasp

Crowned Wasp

Cuckoo wasp (Emerald wasp)

Velvet Ant (Cow killer)

Spider Wasp (Tarantula Hawk)

Tiphiid wasp

Scoliid wasp 

Mammoth Wasp

Cockroach wasp (Jewel Wasp)

Sand digger wasp

Cicada Killers

Ant hunter wasp

Bee wolf 

Aphid wasp

Eusocial Wasp

Queen Assaut

King Vespa

Prince Axe

Princess Strike

Warriors

Hornets

Yellow jackets

European wasps

Paper Wasps

Executioner wasps

Warrior wasps

Potter wasps

Hover wasps

Pollen wasps

Honey Wasp

Ants

Queen Amber

King Ore 

Prince Beryl

Princess Siafu

Special Forces

Acrobat Ant, Dracula Ant, Exploding Ant, Mafia Ant, Shining Guest Ant, Sugar Ant

Colony

Black Ants (Garden worker), Red Ants (forager worker)

Argentine Ants (Warrior), Erratic Ants (sun workers), Needle Ant (Warrior), Ghost Ant (Scout), Stink Ants (aphid and caterpillar farmer), cone ant (pest control)

Eciton Ants (Generals/Tanks), Driver Ants (Army)

Trap Jaw Ants (Trappers), Dinosaur Ants (Moon Worshippers)

Diving Ant (Swimmer), Honey Pot Ants (Food dealers), Crazy Ants (Wild cards), Amazon Ants (Raider), Carpenter Ants (Builders), Tree Ants (Warriors), Hodor Ant (Bouncer),  Giant forest ants (gladiators)

Leaf Cutter Ants (Builders), Weaver Ants (handmaidens and caretakers), Lemon Ants (mushroom growers), Pharaoh Ants (communication), Harvester Ants (harvesters), Pirate Ants (rogues), Raider Ants (raider), Electric ants (warriors), Fire Ants (Warriors), Big headed ants (Guard)

Bees

Queen Apidae

King Apo

Prince Kyle

Princess Pollen

Bee Hive

Dwarf/Asian Honey bee, Giant/European Honey Bee, Dog Bee, Sugar Bag bee (Honey makers), Carpenter bee (Builders), Bumblebee (Nectar collector),  orchid bee (Flower manager), Sweat Bee (workers), Long horned Bees (Workers), Digger Bees (nest builders), Mining Bees (Mining and Excavation)

Plasterer bee (builder), Polyester bee (cloth maker)

Carder bee (Collectors), Leafcutter bee( (Weaver), Mason bee (molder), Wallace giant Bee (blacksmith)

Pantaloon Bee (Guards)

Australian Bee (soldiers)

Daniel and Lyon (lacewing & antlion)

Xan (Snakefly)

Zip(Alderfly)

Grounder (Ground beetles)

Live wire (Telephone pole beetle)

Knock Knock (Deathwatch beetle)

Lucky (Ladybug)

Lumi-Nate (Firefly)

Adorn (Jewel beetle)

IronShell/Ira (Horned Scarab beetle)

Horns (Stag Beetle)

George Schmutz (Dung beetle)

Red Rover (Rove beetle)

Ballin (Boll weevil)

Waxer (Giraffe Weevil)

Twist (Stylops)

Twiddle (Stylops)

Harleigh (Butterfly/Moth)

Eugene (Monarch Butterfly)

Genevieve (Silk Moth)

Cassidy (Caddisfly)

Bethany (House/Horse Fly)

Pesky (Gnat/Midge) 

Zika (Mosquito)

Rome (Hover/Robber/Crane fly)

Sting (Scorpionflies)

Ichor (Fleas)

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(For More Information About The Earthdemons, Neo demons, The Anthro allies , the O'Kong family and more of theses characters as well as updates please visit the @the-earthdemon-hub for more)

[cleoburygolfclub]

Anniversary Open 2023.

CMGC turns 30 years old next week and to celebrate we had a fantastic anniversary open competition.

124 players from around the midlands enjoyed the glorious conditions with the golf course set up to perfection. In 2022 the winning score overall was 99 points. That was the target and many teams were falling just short with mid 90’s scores.

Mike and Ryan Fazakerley, Abbie Johnson and Tim Wright took the mixed prize with 96 points

Winning overall was the CMGC team of Ben Houghton, Dylan Edwards, Max Horton and senior member Dale Horton. The team produced some fantastic golf finishing with 102 points.

Captain of the team Dale had this to say

‘It was a brilliant day and we all played our part, thank you to everyone for supporting the day and we look forward to defending it in 2024’.

Full list of winners below, prizes can be collected from the pro shop.

Non-mixed

1st - Dale Horton, Dylan Edwards, Ben Houghton & Max Horton (102 points)

2nd - Mark Hyland, Adrian Bloomer, Mark Bradford & Sam Tyers (98 points CB)

3rd - Tom Harrington, Dane Pearce, Alex Wallace & Harry Harrington (98 points CB)

Mixed

1st - Mike Fazakarley, Tim Wright, Ryan Fazakarley & Abbie Johnson (96 points)

2nd - Dave Jinks, Lyn Jinks, Derek Eastwood, Beryl Eastwood (95 points)

NP's

2nd Badgers Sett - Lyn Jinks

6th Badgers Sett - Rob Minchin

5th Deer Park - Max Horton

[thedabara]

ACTRESSES WHO DIED 1948

Carole Landis at 29 from suicide

Elissa Landi at 43 from cancer

Mary Nolan at 45 from suicide

Beryl Wallace at 35 from plane crash

Edna May at 69 from cancer

Mary Eaton at 47 from heart attack

Helen Lee Worthing at 43 from barbiturate overdose

Nora Lane at 43 from suicide

Elaine Hammerstein at 51 from car crash

Patricia Farr at 35 from illness

[travsd]

Beryl Wallace: From the Chorus Line to the Crash Site

Beryl Wallace: From the Chorus Line to the Crash Site

Sometimes your good luck is also a Trojan horse for your bad luck. Brooklyn born Beryl Wallace (Beatrice Heischuber, 1912-1948) was plucked from the chorus by impresario Earl Carroll to be his paramour, the Lillian Loraine to his Ziegfeld, as it were. The situation came with many perks, but it also meant that she was with Carroll when he came to rather a violent and sudden end.

Wallace was only…

[ilovedamsels1962]

Gotta love a sweater girl....Beryl Wallace, 1940′s

[gatutor]

Gary Cooper-Beryl Mercer "Seven days leave" 1930, de Richard Wallace.

[kwebtv]

Sons and Daughters  -  Seven Network -  January 18, 1982 - December 27, 1987

Melodrama (972 episodes)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

The Hamilton Family

Rowena Wallace as “Pat the Rat" Patricia Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer  First appeared episode 2 ~ 1982–1985, 1987

Brian Blain as Gordon Hamilton  First appeared episode 3 ~ 1982–1987

Ally Fowler as Angela Hamilton/Keegan  First appeared episode 2 ~ 1982–1983, 1984

Ian Rawlings as Wayne Hamilton/Morrell  First appeared episode 3 ~ 1982–1987

Lyndel Rowe as Karen Fox/Hamilton  First appeared episode 461 ~ 1984–1985

Nick Tate as James Hamilton  1985–86

The Palmer Family

Leila Hayes as Beryl Palmer/Hamilton  First appeared episode 1 ~ 1982–1987

Tom Richards as David Palmer  First appeared episode 1 ~ 1982–1986, 1987

Ann Henderson Stires/Oriana Panozzo as Susan Palmer/Todd/Hamilton  First appeared episode 1 ~ 1982–1983, 1986–1987

Stephen Comey as Kevin Palmer  First appeared episode 1 ~ 1982–1984

Peter Phelps as John Palmer  First appeared episode 1 ~ 1982–1984

Antonia Murphy as Lynn Hardy/Palmer  First appeared episode 5 ~ 1982–1984

Syd Conabere as Doug Palmer  First appeared episode 10 ~ 1982 1983–1984

Others

Pat McDonald as Fiona Thompson

Kim Lewis as Jill Taylor

Noel Hodda as Rob Keegan

Mark Ferguson as Paul Sheppard

[thetimelordbatgirl]

While me and my friend, @disneyfan50 , are still messing around with our Owl House inspired AUs and changing some stuff with season 2 still coming out, decided to maybe at least explain the character roles in the AUs, this one being The Leopard House, an AU on disneyfan’s Maddie Bayor series, my Cassie Morris series, Nicole Morgan series, Helen Hyde series and Next Heroes series: 

*Andromeda ‘Maddie’ Baylor- also known as the Leopard Woman due to her cursed form, Maddie is among the residents of the Isles that hasn’t joined a coven and refuses to, preferring her freedom over the covens but this comes with the cost off the emperor’s coven constantly chasing her and she ends up having to survive on selling human junk from the human realm, but one of these days, she ends up with a human running through her portal door after her book, changing Maddie’s life from that point onwards. 

*Cassandra ‘Cassie’ Morris- a human from the human realm, Cassie despite her best attempts to be a good kid, soon found it hard and as a result, got into antics that resulted in her book report including real snakes and fireworks and as a result, ends up being sent to a camp to help with her social cues and such, but she never shows up as instead, she runs after a Gryphon for her book back and in the process, finding herself in a world right out of that book.

*Perseus ‘Percy’- once a normal witch in the Sea coven, Percy ended up crossing the wrong enemy and ended up cursed and as a result, ended up on the run until he ran into Maddie while she was on the run from the emperors coven and they have been friends ever since, as Percy tries to act intimidating to no avail in present. 

*Spot- the demon that resides within the house, Spot is the Leopard house in some sense and therefore, roams the house and sometimes goes beyond it, but mainly resides within the door and despite coming off as creepy and annoying a lot, he does mean well.

*Tess- Maddie’s Palisman that she made out of palisman wood while younger, Tess is a gryphon palisman that when not being used by Maddie and Cassie, is roaming the house or stealing human junk when Maddie sends Tess to do so. 

*Georgia Kendler- Maddie’s half-sister, Georgia works for the Emperor’s coven and has done so since she was a Hexside student, but prefers to not talk about how she got into it as instead, she has recently risen to Coven Leader status, but after losing a fight to her sister, she finds herself with the task of capturing her sister with a promise Georgia can’t refuse: her sister’s curse being cured finally.

*Helen Hyde- a Hexside student, Helen has dealt with torment from former childhood friend Nicole ever since their falling out, ranging from being about her being a latebloomer to her failing the Combat track, but things change when she decides to sneak a human into school one day as she is finally moved to the Plant track and also gets a new friend in the form of the human, Cassie.

*Alfred Russey- a Hexside student, Alfred is known to excel at everything in his chosen track off Automations, but is also know for his love for the human realm and its treasures and therfeore, is happy to befriend the human, Cassie, when Helen sneaks her in one day. 

*Nicole Morgan- the youngest of the Morgan children, Nicole can often come off as cold and reserved to people at first, and due to her upbringing, viewed former friend, Helen, as weak, especially when she failed in the track Nicole excelled at, aka Combat. But after some run ins with the human, she finds herself changing for the better slowly and finds herself not only fixing her friendship with Helen, but also slowly falling for the human.

*Phobos and Deimos Morgan- the eldest of the Morgan children, they can often come off as mischief only and only ever seem to take their Necromancy Track seriously, and when it comes to Nicole, they vary between getting along or turning nasty if Nicole tells on them.

*Gale Driver- a student in Hexside, Gale due to his family connections and such, never really gets to suffer consquiences when he decides to pick on people, especially when he targets Helen, but he still is the schools sports star and excels at the Storm Coven.

*Jonah Hyde- despite sharing similar surnames, he and his bullying victim, Helen, are not related and he always is by Gale’s side but he still excels at the Oracle Track inbetween.

*Ares Morgan- the father of Nicole, Phobos and Deimos, he is known to be extremely harsh with his children and only expecs the best from them, especially Nicole, and is in the Combat Coven while owning and running Morgan Industries. 

*Emperor Luke- the ruler of the Isles, Luke came into powers by unknown means and in the process of his rule, installed the coven system, with it being clear any wayward witches would be punished and serving Kronos, he intends to fulfill the plans of Kronos that includes the Human Realm.

*Beryl- the right hand woman off the emperor, Beryl is loyal to the coven and is willing to do anything to help fulfil their plans, but does dislike the Golden Guard when she takes jobs from Beryl slowly. 

*The Golden Guard/Cara Wallace- the emperor’s loyal guard who is always by his side, her origins are unknown outside of the fact that she is a child prodigy and always does a job well for the emperor, but only starts to doubt their plans as she has run ins with the human. 

[hellooldsmelly]

[greensparty]

Green’s Party Guide to the 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films

After last year’s Academy Awards telecast being a very low-rated year, they are panicking about how to draw in new viewers and they have apparently decided the best way to have a good telecast is to cut multiple categories from the live broadcast (presenting the award earlier in the evening and showing a clip of the acceptance speech that is). LAME! Especially because among those categories are the Short Films categories for Animated, Live Action and Documentary. I have been a longtime champion of these categories and it is very disheartening to hear the Academy is going to cut them from the live telecast in favor of comedy and music segments. 

This is also the very reason why I am excited to continue my annual tradition of showcasing the Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film and Best Documentary Short Film (read my 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 guides). This year’s nominated short films are available from ShortsTV both in theaters and online. I’ve watched all of them and had time to think about them. Here are my thoughts and predictions:

2022 Shorts TV poster

Best Animated Short:

The New Yorker’s Affairs of the Art (Canada / U.K.) was directed by Joanna Quinn (a previous Best Animated Short nominee for Famous Fred). The character of Beryl (voiced by Mena Trussler) and her family continue their obsessions with drawing, taxidermy and more. Beast (Chile) is stop-motion animation with porcelain dolls. It is a NSFW tale of a secret police agent who trains dogs to torture prisoners of war. Anyone who thinks animation is only for kids should (or should not?) watch this! Boxballet (Russia) is an offbeat romance between a ballerina and a boxer. This is practically a silent film! Netflix’s Robin Robin (U.K.) was produced by Aardman Animations (of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep fame). This stop-motion musical is about a bird raised by mice and the personal journey of self-discovery. With no Pixar this year, this is considered the frontrunner. At 30 minutes, its also the longest. In The Windshield Wiper (U.S. / Spain), a man sits in a cafe while smoking and ponders the answer to the question “what is love?”. What follows are various scenarios of love in numerous world locations.

Will Win: Robin Robin is the frontrunner thanks to the name recognition of Aardman and the star power of voice actors Gillian Anderson and Richard E. Grant.

Should Win: I really got into The Windshield Wiper. The meandering and abstract approach to its storytelling is not going to be for everyone, but it had something to say about love and the search for love in the modern era and how similar it is all over the world. Director Alberto Mielgo was also a visual consultant on Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Best Live Action Short:

At 38 minutes Ala Kachuu - Take and Run (Switzerland / Kyrgyzstan) is the longest of the “short” live action nominees. It is about a young woman in Kyrgyzstan who is kidnapped and forced into marriage. It shows the woman’s desire for freedom and free will in contrast with the culture and societal expectations. The New Yorker’s On My Mind (Denmark) is actually directed by Martin Strange-Hansen, who previously won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short for 2002′s This Charming Man. In this one, a man is at a bar in the morning and he insists on using the karaoke machine to sing “Always on My Mind”. He needs to sing it right now, today...even though no one is in the bar. There is a reveal as to why it is so urgent, but I won’t be spoiling it. In the sci-fi short Please Hold (U.S.), a young man is imprisoned and it shows a not-too-distant-future where everything is automated and you can’t speak to a human, even when it comes to the justice system. In The Dress (Poland), a young woman with dwarfism works in a rural motel as a maid, smokes like a chimney and play slots. But things change when a man passing through shows an interest in her. It shows the sexual awakening she has as a result of this would-be romance and the harsh realities she has to deal with on a daily basis. WePresent’s The Long Goodbye (U.K.) has the star power of lead actor/co-writer Riz Ahmed, an Oscar nominee for lead actor last year for Sound of Metal. This short film accompanied Ahmed’s 2020 album of the same name. It begins with a British-Pakistani family at home and then things take a turn when armed guards show up in the neighborhood. Not going to get into spoilers, but Ahmed gets to show off his rap skills.

Will Win: This is hard to call. As with most years, there are some really dark and super serious films. This year there is a common theme about human suffering. I predict that the Academy is going to go with the name recognition of The Long Goodbye, mainly because Riz Ahmed was robbed of an Oscar last year. IMHO, it feels like an extended music video as opposed to a short film that develops the story and characters in a short amount of time.

Should Win: Again this is hard. Please Hold gets credit for being highly ambitious. But I think there should be a tie between On My Mind and The Dress. On My Mind presents a situation very quickly and the reveal is a big emotional payoff. The Dress is the kind of story you don’t normally see getting the film treatment, especially in such a raw emotional way. 

Best Documentary Short:

Such a wide diversity in this year’s doc short category. In Netflix’s Audible (U.S.), a high school football player from the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick, MD tries to defend the team’s winning streak while dealing with the loss of a friend. Netflix’s Lead Me Home (U.S.) looks at people living on the street in several West Coast cities and the homeless crisis in those cities. The New York Times’ The Queen of Basketball (U.S.) was directed by Ben Proudfoot, who directed A Concerto Is a Conversation, which was nominated for Best Documentary Short last year. This year, Proudfoot is profiling Lucy Harris, who was the first woman to officially be drafted into the NBA and scored the first basket in women’s Olympics history. This little-known piece of basketball history was executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal. Netflix’s Three Songs for Benazir (Afghanistan) follows a young Afghan refugee living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul. HBO Documentary’s When We Were Bullies (U.S.) shows the documentary’s director Jay Rosenblatt looking back at a bullying incident that he was involved with fifty years earlier. It is deeply personal and he confronts his complicity in the incident as he tracks down and re-connects with his old classmates and teachers.

Will Win: This is a hard one to call, but I think its going to be The Queen of Basketball. It presents an engaging subject, archival footage of classic NBA and Olympics footage, a piece of history that most people don’t know about, and the name recognition of Shaq as a producer.

Should Win: Its hard when comparing five subject that are very different in scope and subject, especially with so much serious issues being examined. But of all of these docs, I thought When We Were Bullies was the most innovative in that it connects a number of coincidences, it is a filmmaker examining himself and his own story, and combining animation with the modern-day interviews, along with something to say about learning from things you did that you’re not proud of.

This year’s Oscar Nominated Short Films can be seen online from ShortsTV and in movie theaters, including West Newton Cinema, Landmark Kendall Square Cinema and Coolidge Corner Theatre in the Boston area. For tickets and info: https://tickets.oscar-shorts.com/tickets/

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MURDER AT THE VANITIES

May 18, 1934

Director: Mitchell Leisen 

Producer: E. Lloyd Sheldon for Paramount Pictures

Writers: Carey Wilson and Joseph Gollomb, based on the play by Earl Carroll and Rufus King

Synopsis ~ Shortly before the curtain goes up at Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. They find the corpse of a murdered women. Bill suspects Eric of the crime, especially, after the second female lead Rita Ross told him she saw the women leaving from Eric's room. Rita is shot onstage with Eric's gun. 

PRINCIPAL CAST 

Carl Brissson (Eric Lander) was a Danish-born actor and singer making his only appearance with Lucille Ball. He would only make two more films before leaving film acting. 

Victor McLaglen (Bill Murdock) would win an Oscar in 1936 for The Informer. He would be nominated again in 1953 for The Quiet Man. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Jack Oakie (Jack Ellery) would be seen with Lucille Ball in That Girl From Paris (1936) as well as both Annabel films (1938). 

Kitty Carlisle (Ann Ware) made her film debut in this movie. She later married playwright Moss Hart and became an arts advocate.  She was also frequently seen on talk, quiz, and panel shows. This is her only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Dorothy Stickney (Norma Watson) was a stage and screen actress making her only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Gertrude Michael (Rita Ross) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Hold That Girl, released two months earlier. 

Jessie Ralph (Mrs. Helene Smith) was also seen with Lucille Ball in the 1934 films The Affairs of Cellini and Nana. In 1936 they appeared together in Bunker Bean. 

Charles Middleton (Homer Boothby) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Bowery (1933), followed by Nana and Broadway Bill, both in 1934. 

Gail Patrick (Sadie Evans) would also be seen with Lucille Ball in 1937′s Stage Door. 

Donald Meek (Dr. Saunders) appeared with Lucille Ball in The Whole Town’s Talking and Old Man Rhythm (both in 1935), as well as Having Wonderful Time (1938), and Du Barry Was A Lady (1943). 

Toby Wing (Nancy) makes her only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Duke Ellington (Himself) was a composer, orchestra leader, and one of music’s most legendary personalities. This is his only time performing with Lucille Ball. 

UNCREDITED CAST 

Lucille Ball (Earl Carroll Girl) makes her ninth film since coming to Hollywood in 1933. Although she started out as a Goldwyn Girl at RKO, here she is a Earl Carroll girl at Paramount. 

Ann Sheridan (Lou, Earl Carroll Girl) went on to a successful acting career known for her roles in the films San Quentin, Angels with Dirty Faces, They Drive by Night, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Kings Row, Nora Prentiss, and I Was a Male War Bride.

Virginia Davis (Earl Carroll Girl), as a child actress, was Walt Disney’s original Alice in Wonderland in a series of silent shorts from 1923 to 1925. 

Other Earl Carroll Girls: Ernestine Anderson, Lona Andre, Marion Callahan, Nancy Caswell, Marguerite Caverley, Juanita Clay, Helen Curtis, Virginia Davis, Dorothy Dawes, Winnie Flint, Barbara Fritchie, Nora Gale, Zumetta Garnett, Gwenllian Gill, Ruth Hilliard (film debut), Inez Howard, Billie Huber, Diane Hunter, Constance Jordan, Evelyn Kelly, Patsy King, Iris Lancaster, Blanche McDonald, Leda Nicova, Wanda Perry, Rita Rober, Laurie Shevlin, Gwynne Shipman (film debut), Anya Taranda, Beryl Wallace (film debut), Dorothy White, Vivian Wilson, Gladys Young

Alan Ladd (Chorus Boy) found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns, such as Shane and in films noir. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in films such as This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key, and The Blue Dahlia.

Shep Houghton (Chorus Boy) also appeared with Lucille Ball in such films as Too Many Girls (1940), Lured (1947), Easy Living (1949), and Critic’s Choice (1963). On TV he appeared on two episodes of “The Lucy Show” and one “Here’s Lucy.”  He was one of the Winkie Guards in The Wizard of Oz  and a Southern Dandy in Gone With The Wind, both in 1939.

Other Chorus Boys: Dave O'Brien, Dennis O'Keefe, Frank Sully

Dancers in Ebony Rhapsody: Lucille Battle, Mildred Boyd, Gladys Henderson, Cleo Herndon, Ruth Scott, Carolynne Snowden

The King's Men (Lovely One Quartet)

OTHERS

Colin Tapley (Stage Manager)

Roy Crane (Assistant Stage Manager)

William Arnold (Treasurer)

Arthur Rankin (Assistant Treasurer)

Betty Bethune (Charwoman)

Howard M. Mitchell (Detective)  

Mike Donovan (Police Sergeant)

Stanley Blystone (Policeman)

Mary Gordon (Assistant Wardrobe Woman)

Mildred Gover (Pearl)

Hal Greene (Call Boy)

Otto Hoffman (Walsh)

Mitchell Leisen (Orchestra Leader)

Charles McAvoy (Ben)

Ted Oliver (Murdock's Chauffeur)

Teru Shimada (Koto)

Cecil Weston (Miss Bernstein)

Many of the Earl Carroll Girls featured in the film were authentic cast members from Carroll's stage show, which ran on Broadway from November 1933 to March 1934. These cast members were brought out to Hollywood from New York especially for this film, and many stayed to pursue film careers.  Earl Carrol Girls who appeared in the stage version of Murder at the Vanities, but not this film version, included Dudone Blumier, Eunice Coleman, Muriel Evans, Evalyn Knapp, Helene Madison, Lorna Rode and Marion Semle. Also in the cast was a Ruth Mann, who was probably Helen Mann.

The film was based on a Broadway production of the same name, but completely rewritten for the screen and with all new musical numbers.

In “The Audition” (ILL S1;E6) aired on November 19, 1951 Lucy says to Ricky:  “I’ll bet if Ziegfeld or Earl Carroll had seen me, they’d sign me up like that!” She then puts a lampshade on her head and struts about the room in a moment recycled from the (then) unaired pilot. 

This film contains a song and dance number called “Sweet Marijuana”. It got past the censors because at the time the film was made, the drug was not illegal. Today, many prints omit this production number all together.

The film also introduced the standard “Cocktails for Two” by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow. 

Gimbels in New York did a promotion in connection with the film, selling Mojud Clari-phane stockings using images of some of the Earl Carroll Girls. Sadly, Lucille Ball is not among them!

The film was a box office disappointment for Paramount.

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Aurora Miranda and Beryl Wallace, Earl Carroll’s Vanities souvenir program, 1940s.