#catherine mcleod

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I've Always Loved You (1946) - Frank Borzage

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Catherine McLeod

Ob-la-di ob-la-da

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THE TOURNAMENT IS OVER! Eartha Kitt lounges in her deck chair in the sun, dipping her toes in the pool with Toshiro Mifune and sipping a brightly colored fruity something with an umbrella in it.

Far below in the shadow realm, however, the fallen hotties dance in the dark—let's take a minute to look back at them under the cut.

PRELIM PRETTIES:

Claude Gensac, Silvia Pinal, Ewa Aulin, Rita Tushingham, Annette Funicello, Norma Bengell, Catherine Spaak, Brigitte Auber, Micheline Presle, Nanette Fabray, Libertad Lamarque, Vera Miles, Martha Raye, Catherine McLeod, Virginia Mayo, Elizabeth Allan, Belle Bennet, Virginia Cherill, Mary Brian, Ruth Chatterton, Agnes Ayres, Merna Kennedy, Marie Prevost, Corinne Griffith, May Allison, Virginia Brown Faire, Alice Brady, and Jetta Goudal

ROUND ONE WONDERS:

Angie Dickinson, Thelma Ritter, Geraldine Chaplin, Evelyn Preer, Vanessa Brown, Betty Blythe, Susan Hayward, Mae Clarke, Sally Ann Howes, Ossi Oswalda, Adrienne La Russa, Hermione Gingold, Barbara Bouchet, Melina Mercouri, Anna Karina, Edwige Fenech, Charmian Carr, Pina Pellicer, Marlène Jobert, Tsuru Aoki, Alice Roberts, Leila Hyams, Lady Tsen Mei, Geneviève Bujold, Dolores Hart, Anita Berber, Bonita Granville, Vonetta McGee, Claire Windsor, Zizi Jeanmaire, Tuesday Weld, Grace Darmond, Carol Channing, Deanna Durbin, Laraine Day, Mariette Hartey, Wendy Hiller, Candy Darling, Hermione Baddely, Valeria Creti, Ella Raines, Ann Miller, Dana Wynter, Dalida, Martine Beswick, Gale Storm, Simone Signoret, Cristina Gaioni, Mabel Normand, Stéphane Audran, Ruth Weyher, Anna Wiazemsky, Ann Sheridan, Sandhya Shantaram, Alice White, Anne Francis, Gena Rowlands, Lyda Borelli, May Whitty, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jessica Walter, Virna Lisi, Barbara Shelley, Iris Hall, Heather Angel, Anne Shirley, Joanna Pettet, Virginia O'Brien, Joan Collins, Greer Garson, Gracie Allen, Peggy Ryan, Frances Dee, Shirley Maclaine, Geraldine Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Margaret Hamilton, Eva Gabor, Francesca Bertini, Julie Adams, Olga Baclanova, Misa Uehara, Yvette Vickers, Milena Dravić, Jenny Jugo, Madeleine Carroll, Benita Hume, Olive Borden, Shirley Jones, Miyoshi Umeki, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Anderson, Charlotte Greenwood, Sybil Seely, Mona Barrie, Kathryn Grayson, Katharine Ross, Madge Bellamy, Rhonda Fleming, Sally Gray, Jana Brejchová, Debra Paget, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Evelyn Brent, Zelma O'Neal, Marie Laforêt, Türkan Şoray, Beatriz Costa, Irene Zazians, Eleanor Powell, Susan Luckey, Patsy Kelly, Lil Dagover, Norma Talmadge, Dorothy Mackaill, Madge Evans, Virginia McKenna, Amália Rodrigues, Mamie Van Doren, Valerie Hobson, Isabel Jeans, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Claire Luce, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Nieves Navarro Garcia, Janet Leigh, Carmen Miranda, Jean Harlow, Aud Egedge-Nissen, Nina Foch, Jean Simmons, Piper Laurie, Katy Jurado, Jayne Mansfield, Anita Garvin, Frances Farmer, Lizabeth Scott, Joan Greenwood, Una Merkel, Arlene Francis, Ethel Merman, Doris Day, Suzanne Pleshette, Ruta Lee, Carolyn Jones, June Richmond, Eva Nil, Diana Dors, Anna Chang, Colleen Moore, Alexis Smith, Yvette Mimieux, Ruby Keeler, Viola Dana, Dolores Grey, Marie Windsor, Danielle Darieux, Jean Parker, Julie Christie, Acquanetta, Leatrice Joy, Ghita Nørby, Julie Newmar, Joanne Woodward, Sandra Dee, Eva Marie Saint, Simone Simon, Katherine Dunham, Birgitte Price, Lee Grant, Anita Page, Flora Robson, Martha Sleeper, Elsie Ames, Isabel "Coca" Sarli, Glenda Farrell, Kathleen Burke, Linden Travers, Diane Baker, Joan Davis, Joan Leslie, Sylvia Sidney, Marie Dressler, June Lockhart, Emmanuelle Riva, Libertad Leblanc, Susannah Foster, Susan Fleming, Dolores Costello, Ann Smyrner, Luise Rainer, Anna Massey, Evelyn Ankers, Ruth Gordon, Eva Dahlbeck, Ansa Ikonen, Diana Wynyard, Patricia Neal, Etta Lee, Gloria Stuart, Arletty, Dorothy McGuire, Mitzi Gaynor, Gwen Verdon, Maria Schell, Lili Damita, Ethel Moses, Gloria Holden, Kay Thompson, Jeanne Crain, Edna May Oliver, Lili Liliana, Ruth Chatterton, Giulietta Masina, Claire Bloom, Dinah Sheridan, Carroll Baker, Brenda de Banzie, Milú, Hertha Thiele, Hanka Ordonówna, Lillian Roth, Jane Powell, Carol Ohmart, Betty Garrett, Kalina Jędrusik, Edana Romney, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kay Kendall, Ruth Hussey, Véra Clouzot, Jadwiga Smosarska, Marge Champion, Mary Astor, Ann Harding, María Casares, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mildred Natwick, Michèle Morgan, Romy Schneider, Elisabeth Bergner, Celeste Holm, Betty Hutton, Susan Peters, Mehtab, Leslie Caron, Anna Sten, Janet Munro, Nataša Gollová, Eve Arden, Ida Lupino, Regina Linnanheimo, Sonja Henie, and Terry (what a good girl)

ROUND TWO BEAUTIES:

Evelyn Nesbit, Thelma Todd, Tura Satana, Helen Gibson, Maureen O'Hara, Rocío Dúrcal, Mary Nolan, Lois Maxwell, Maggie Smith, Zulma Faiad, Ursula Andress, Musidora, Delphine Seyrig, Marian Marsh, Leatrice Joy, Sharon Tate, Pina Menichelli, Teresa Wright, Shelley Winters, Lee Remick, Jane Wyman, Martita Hunt, Barbara Bates, Susan Strasberg, Marie Bryant, Diana Rigg, Jane Birkin, Rosalind Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Brigitte Helm, Gloria Grahame, Rosemary Clooney, Bebe Daniels, Constance Bennett, Lilian Bond, Ann Dvorak, Jeanette Macdonald, Pouri Banayi, Raquel Welch, Vilma Bánky, Dorothy Malone, Olive Thomas, Celia Johnson, Moira Shearer, Priscilla Lane, Dolores del Río, Ann Sothern, Françoise Rosay, June Allyson, Carole Lombard, Jeni Le Gon, Takako Irie, Barbara Steele, Claudette Colbert, Lalita Pawar, Asta Nielsen, Sandra Milo, Maria Montez, Mae West, Alma Rose Aguirre, Bibi Andersson, Joan Blondell, Anne Bancroft, Elsa Lanchester, Nita Naldi, Suchitra Sen, Dorothy Van Engle, Elisabeth Welch, Esther Williams, Loretta Young, Margueritte De La Motte, Ita Rina, Constance Talmadge, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Bedford, Josette Day, Stefania Sandrelli, Jane Russell, Doris Dowling, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Donna Reed, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Billie Burke, Kyōko Kagawa, Françoise Dorléac, Hend Rostom, Monica Vitti, Lilian Harvey, Marjorie Main, Jeanne Moreau, Lola Flores, Ann Blyth, Janet Gaynor, Jennifer Jones, Margaret Sullavan, Sadhana, Ruby Myers, Lotus Long, Honor Blackman, Marsha Hunt, Debbie Reynolds, Michèle Mercier, Irene Dunne, Jean Arthur, Judy Holliday, Tippi Hedren, Susse Wold, Vera-Ellen, Carmelita González, Nargis Dutt, Purnima, Harriet Andersson, Yvonne De Carlo, Miroslava Stern, Sheila Guyse, Helen, Margaret Dumont, Betty Grable, Joan Bennett, Jane Greer, Judith Anderson, Liv Ullman, Vera Zorina, Joan Fontaine, Silvana Mangano, and Lee Ya-Ching

ROUND THREE ELECTRIFIERS:

Jean Hagen, Sumiko Mizukubo, Mary Philbin, Ann-Margret, Margaret Rutherford, Claudia Cardinale, Eleanor Parker, Jessie Matthews, Theresa Harris, Brigitte Bardot, Alla Nazimova, Faye Dunaway, Marion Davies, Anna Magnani, Theda Bara, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis, Fay Wray, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Hideko Takamine, France Nuyen, Claudine Auger, Miriam Hopkins, Maylia Fong, Samia Gamal, Maude Fealy, Machiko Kyō, Sharmila Tagore, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Juanita Moore, Anna Fougez, Waheeda Rehman, Ruan Lingyu, Nina Mae McKinney, Ethel Waters, Nadira, Olivia de Havilland, Abbey Lincoln, Louise Beavers, Agnes Moorehead, Lana Turner, Norma Shearer, Maria Falconetti, Reiko Sato, Marie Doro, Clara Bow, Margaret Lindsay, Catherine Denueve, Madhabi Mukherjee, Rosaura Revueltas, Hu Die, Mary Pickford, Fredi Washington, Louise Brooks, Leonor Maia, Merle Oberon, Paulette Goddard, Vivien Leigh, Francine Everett, Savitri, Tita Merello, and Meena Kumari

ROUND FOUR STUNNERS:

Judy Garland, Dorothy Dandridge, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Marilyn Monroe, Irene Papas, Lupe Vélez, Pola Negri, Gene Tierney, Barbara Stanwyck, Gina Lollobrigida, Lena Horne, Nutan, Jean Seberg, Kim Novak, Gladys Cooper, Tallulah Bankhead, Linda Darnell, Julie Andrews, Carmen Sevilla, Gloria Swanson, Glynis Johns, Anne Baxter, Angela Lansbury, Anita Ekberg, Toshia Mori, Deborah Kerr, Hazel Scott, Chelo Alonso, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Kwan, Devika Rani, Shima Iwashita, and Anouk Aimée

ROUND FIVE SMOKESHOWS:

Setsuko Hara, Pearl Bailey, Joan Crawford, Madhubala, Marpessa Dawn, Keiko Awaji, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly, Xia Meng, Suraiya, Natalie Wood, María Félix, and Mbissine Thérèse Diop

ROUND SIX SEXY LADIES:

Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Vyjyanthimala, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Taylor, and Ingrid Bergman

QUARTER FINALIST GLAMAZONS:

Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Lauren Bacall

SEMIFINALIST ICONS:

Rita Moreno, Diahann Carroll

FINALIST FABULOSITY:

Hedy Lamarr

ULTIMATE CHAMPION OF THE HOT & VINTAGE MOVIE WOMAN TOURNAMENT:

Eartha Kitt

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today's Historical WTF of the Morning:

in 1840, a group of Comanche rode into San Antonio for a peace meeting with white colonists. they had brought back 14-year-old Matilda Lockhart, previously kidnapped in a raid, to be ransomed back to her family. the girl's ransom was paid, Colonel Hugh McLeod interviewed her and remarked on her intelligence, her aunt Catherine attested to her release in a letter to a relative, having earlier written that she heard the captives were being "kindly treated" and writing nothing in her later account to contradict this, and that was the end of her part in the story

(which ended in a "fight" with 35 of the 65 Comanche in the party being killed including 2 children, and 29 being taken prisoner. seven Texians died as well, and while later claims held that the attack on the Comanche was justified because they seemed insufficiently trustworthy in their promise to return more prisoners, the actual situation in the Council House that day remains unclear)

in 1895, Mary Maverick- who, by the account of her own diary on that day, had been at home when fighting broke out at the meeting -claimed she had been the one to tend Lockhart, and that the girl had been gang-raped showed extensive signs of torture including her nose being burned off

something that. um.

I think would have come up in contemporary reports? maybe? that's pretty conspicuous and people would have noticed? especially her aunt, since that is decidedly not being Kindly Treated?

there was a news article from 1840 in Houston claiming that Lockhart had been burned and beaten, and that her hair had been torn out, but no mention of facial disfigurement is made. and again, contemporary sources from people who definitely 100% saw her when she was released don't mention ANY outward signs of abuse AT ALL. I found a description of her release from 1884 that doesn't mention the nose-burning, either- it seems like that was only introduced to the narrative in the 1890s "memoir"

like, look. I'm not saying no white person taken captive by Native Americans was ever mistreated. they're human beings, and human beings can do terrible things to other people regardless of demographic group, or macro-level oppression. some Native people did terrible things to other Native people long before Europeans got here, and it's dehumanizing to treat them like magical perfect fantasy elves or whatever. and it's possible Matilda Lockhart had injuries covered by her clothing, or later revealed abuse she suffered that didn't show marks, and that got dramatized into her missing nose or hair

but. I don't know. it's just galling that not only was this girl who went through, at minimum, the trauma of being taken prisoner as a child was reduced to a symbol in a much larger conflict, but also we once again have the employment of Someone Abused A White Woman/Girl So Whatever We Do To This Entire Demographic Group Is Justified narrative

(which is, as always, employed by people who don't give an actual shit about the lives of the women they use to justify racism. unless Lockhart had lived to be like 80, she'd still never have had franchise or- and even then, STILL not full human rights in her own country. and the people who wanted to use her as a symbol to justify racism probably would have fought tooth and nail to keep her from getting them)

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✨ 2025 ANTICIPATED RELEASES ✨

QOTD: What 2025 releases are you excited for?

Here’s all the ones on my radar, though I’m sure I’ve forgot some too. Some I’m lucky to have ARCs for, others I am desperate to get my hands on.

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January

- The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

- Motheater by Linda H Codega

- French Pressed Love by MC Hutson

- I am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

- I Think They Love You by Julian Winters

- The Two Hungers of Prince Fierre by Darcy Ash

- Enemies to Booksellers by Laura Catherine

- Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young

February

- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

- Fate of the Five by Niamh Rose

- Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

- Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

- Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

- The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

- The Prince’s Heart by Ben Chalfin

- Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

March

- House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

- A Song for You and I by K O’Neil

- Emberclaw by LR Lam

- Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos

- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

- A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander

- Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch

- Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

- Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

- Pole Position by Rebecca J Caffery

- The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid

April

- I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre

- The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennett by @Lindz McLeod

- My Best Friend’s Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

- When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelly

- Once Upon You and Me by Timothy Janovsky

May

- The Vengeance by Emma Newman

- All’s Fair in Love and Field Hockey by Kit Rosewater

- All-Nighter by Cecilia Vinesse

- Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake

- The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

- Ascension by ST Gibson

June

- Vesuvius by Cass Biehn

- Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales

- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab

- Amelia, if Only by Becky Albertalli

- Roll for Love by MK England

- Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race

- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

July - December

- Tenderly I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone

- Hazelthorn by CG Drews

- Once a Villain by Vanessa Lem

- Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher

- The Forsaken and the Fated by Camilla Raines

- Empire of the Vampire 3 (as yet untitled) by Jay Kristoff

- Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot by Alexis Hall

- Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne

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Bridgerton Verse — Lady Aislin McLeod

CW: Adultery resulting in offspring; pregnancy mention; prostitution mention; illegitimacy/bastardy; duels; death; parent death; arranged marriages;

Born: 1794

Aislin was born to Lord Tyr McLeod and his lover, a woman of the night known as La Dame Blanche (The White Lady) — or rather, secretly, Lady Anne Davies, a politician’s wife. She kept the pregnancy secret from the community, only her husband and Lord McLeod knowing about her pregnancy.

The two men dueled over who would get to raise the child, Lord Tyr McLeod killing the politician in the duel as it grew passionately violent. He cast aside his wife and had Lady Anne Davies live with him and his elder daughter — aged 5 at Aislin’s birth —, forcing her mother and his true wife to live in a cottage near the main estate.

Aislin was born a cold February morning to the woman and her lover, having bright red hair like her father and half-sister. However, she had her mother’s nearly lavender colored eyes and lack of freckles. She was granted Lord McLeod’s last name and legitimacy upon requesting it from the monarchy.

Aislin was an outgoing, yet gentle and kind, child, similar to Snow White and Cinderella. Animals and people alike were drawn to her as she grew up, having many prospective suitors even at a young age. She got along well with her elder sister even with the age gap, Relta treating infant Aislin like her precious baby doll.

Upon her mother’s death in childbirth when Aislin was 2, Lord Tyr McLeod took his old wife and daughters from the Scottish countryside to London, having wanted to escape scrutiny and claiming that Aislin was the full blooded child of himself and his first wife, Lady Catherine McLeod, who resented having to join London’s upper crust families.

Fortunately, Aislin was adored even by Lady Catherine McLeod, who raised Aislin as her own daughter and could pass her off as hers due to the fair skin and red hair they shared. Lady Catherine taught both her daughters how to behave in upper class society, planning to help them both have marriages of love rather than class, unlike what had been done to her in being forced to marry Lord Tyr McLeod.

When Aislin entered polite society and was presented to the court at age 18, she was approved of by Queen Charlotte initially due to Aislin’s kind demeanor yet wittiness, causing the Queen to even laugh at a joke. She followed in her sister’s footsteps, being a jewel of the court.

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Series Premiere

Angel - The French Touch - CBS - October 6, 1960

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Jess Oppenheimer

Produced by Jess Oppenheimer

Directed by Lamont Johnson

Stars:

Annie Fargé as Angelique "Angel" Smith

Marshall Thompson as John Smith

Doris Singleton as Susie

Don Keefer as George

Catherine McLeod as Marion

Maurice Marsac as Mr. Marland

Herb Vigran as Stan

Marc Cavell as Grocery Clerk

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It's time! for! the best books! of 2023! according to me! Ingrid! the only person whose opinion you should listen to!

Best character name: Sir Bonamy Ripple, "False Colours" by Georgette Heyer

Best book you could use as a weapon: "The Counte of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas

Best 'how dare you write a first novel this good?': "I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself" by Marisa Crane

Best book picked up because of a social media post: "If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English" by Noor Naga

Best tragic only novel because the author died of a brain tumour soon after publication: "The Auctioneer" by Joan Samson

Best book I read then gifted to a niece: "Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor" by Xiran Jay Zhao

Best book I could never read aloud: "Everything Abridged" by Dennard Dayle

Best book I lent to a friend with a warning not to read one story because of the main character using a sword to pleasure himself: "The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation" by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Best book by an author I discovered because of John Finnemore: "Headlong" by Michael Frayn

Best mystery novel with a detective who's a little weirdo: "The Village of Eight Graves" by Seishi Yokomizo

Best book in which someone is crushed to death by giant gears: "The Mill House Murders" by Yukito Ayatsuji

Best book with an autistic protagonist in spite of when it was written: "Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls" by Jane Lindskold

Best book with a main character who shares the name of a friend: "The Jasmine Throne" by Tasha Suri

Best book set in a parallel dimension: "Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle" by Vladimir Nabokov

Best book I've owned for 20 years and finally read: "Dragon Sword and Wind Child" by Noriko Ogiwara

Best sequel: "The Dragon Republic" by R.F. Kuang

Best book in translation from a translation: "The Howling Miller" by Arto Paasilinna

Best book where a tiger mauls a clown: "Stars of Chaos" by priest

Best tiny collection of short stories: "Instead of Three Wishes" by Megan Whalen Turner

Best book where talking about it gave me an excuse to mention Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: "Guardian" by priest

Best memoir by a man who tried to kill Peter Sellers: "Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall" by Spike Milligan

Best work in translation about how much Agamemnon sucks: Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's "The Iliad"

Best book by someone I first knew of through old school webcomics: "The Twisted Ones" by T. Kingfisher

Best road trip novel: "The Road to Roswell" by Connie Willis

Best book I subscribed to a service for the purpose of reading: "Healthy Choices" by Lydia Bugg

Best dinosaurs: "Cosmonaut Keep" by Ken McLeod

Best 'huh I forgot I preordered that' book: "Beast in the Shadows" by Edogawa Rampo

Best book by an author living her best life: "Ascendant Sun" by Catherine Asaro

Best book with a protagonist who definitely isn't gay: "The Talented Mr Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith

Best book I was explicitly told to read by a friend: "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers

Best manga: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service

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what do you think of the theory Henry VIII had McLeod syndrome? It fits Catherine and Anne’s pattern of stillbirth/miscarriage/child loss and his behavior changes startlingly well.

I generally don’t agree with any kind of retroactive diagnosing of historical people.

For one thing, there’s absolutely no way of proving a condition like that for a person that lived five centuries ago. Also, I feel like when people try to diagnose Henry in particular, they often only look at him and ignore the wider context of things—especially when it comes to fertility. Yes, his first two wives struggled to carry children to term…but so did his sister, Margaret, so did lots of other women. And as for his other behavior, again, people don’t really acknowledge all of the events that led up to the last years of his reign that could’ve affected his behavior and mindset.

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Events 12.5 (before 1940)

63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple cities across the Levant, triggers a tsunami and kills many. 1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated, most likely by his brother, Berenguer Ramon II. 1408 – Seeking to resubjugate Muscovy, Emir Edigu of the Golden Horde reaches Moscow, burning areas around the city but failing to take the city itself. 1456 – The first of two earthquakes measuring Mw  7.2 strikes Italy, causing extreme destruction and killing upwards of 70,000 people. 1484 – Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany. 1496 – King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of Jews from the country. 1560 – Thirteen-year-old Charles IX becomes king of France, with Queen Mother Catherine de' Medici as regent. 1578 – Sir Francis Drake, after sailing through Strait of Magellan, raids Valparaiso. 1649 – The town of Raahe (Swedish: Brahestad) is founded by Count Per Brahe the Younger. 1757 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. 1766 – In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale. 1770 – 29th Regiment of Foot privates Hugh Montgomery and Matthew Kilroy are found guilty for the manslaughter of Crispus Attucks and Samuel Gray respectively in the Boston Massacre. 1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1776 – Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary. 1831 – Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives. 1847 – Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate. 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California. 1865 – Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain. 1895 – New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs its first concert. 1914 – The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. 1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Polonsky conspiracy is suppressed and its participants are executed by the Kontrrazvedka. 1921 – The Football Association bans women's football in England from league grounds, a ban that stays in place for 50 years. 1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. 1934 – Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city. 1935 – Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City. 1936 – The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Youths Captured After Exciting Motor Car Chase," Ottawa Journal. October 3, 1932. Page 15. --- Police "Prowler" Car and Pursued Machine Make Some Thrilling Turns on Lindenlea Streets. --- Chased through the winding streets of Lindenlea and New Edinburgh by a police prowler car, four youths accused of stealing the automobile in which they tried to elude their pursuers were captured at 2.30 o'clock. Sunday morning and arrested on a charge of theft.

The prisoners were: Arthur Seguin, 17, of 45 Springfield road; Fernand Villeneuve, 17, of 90 Catherine street, Eastview: Gerard Cardinal, 16, of 30 Douglas avenue, and Royal Legault, 17, of 25 Durocher street.

Arraigned in Police Court this morning the quartet was remanded until tomorrow without pleading.

While patrolling the eastern sector of the city and rambling around New Edinburgh, Constables Leopold Goyette and John Cavan noticed an automobile cross Beechwood avenue. the boundary between Ottawa and Eastview, at Putman avenue, at high speed.

Put On Speed. Deciding to get close enough to take the license number, the police headed their car towards the direction the others had taken and turned into Putman avenue in pursuit. When they realized they were being followed and overtaken, the occupants of the car ahead increased the speed and darted into the labyrinth of streets in Lindenlea.

Hot in pursuit, the police saw the lights of their quarry's machine go out and realized they could not slacken their pace an instant if they were to catch up.

Around sharp bends, hair-pin twists and right angle corners, the two automobiles roared. the police car steadily gaining. After 10 minutes of dodging, swerving and mad racing. Constable Goyette guided the prowler car past and ahead of the other automobile and forced its passengers to stop at Rideau Terrace and Noel street.

Inspector of Detectives Mortimer Culver said the four boys had a number of articles in the car which they will be asked to explain. They include a loaded black-jack, nine flashlights, a wrench, two pairs of pliers. a tennis racket, a gallon jar and a length of rubber tubing smelling strongly of gasoline, and several bottles of soft drink.

Car Was Stolen. The automobile they were driving, the police said, belonged to Peter Bance, 37 Daly avenue, and was stolen from Nelson street between 9 and 10 p.m., Saturday. It was not damaged in the chase and subsequent capture.

Both Inspector Culver and Chief Inspector George McLeod were warm in their praise of the work which resulted in the arrest of the quin- tet and the recovery of the stolen car. They reiterated their belief that the prowler car system put into operation in recent months had more than justified its existence and was one of the best and most efficient means of crime prevention and detection in use. Lucien Barnabe, 642 St. Patrick street, was among the youths held last night but he was not charged, as he entered the car after it had been stolen.

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When Manny Singer’s wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina’s friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Corrina Washington: Whoopi Goldberg Manny Singer: Ray Liotta Molly Singer: Tina Majorino Jonesy: Joan Cusack Sid: Larry Miller Jevina: Jenifer Lewis Jenny Davis: Wendy Crewson Grandma Eva: Erica Yohn Grandpa Harry: Don Ameche Brent Witherspoon: Brent Spiner Bratty Boy: Tommy Bertelsen Repeat Nanny: Lin Shaye High Heels: Noreen Hennessey Shirl: Lucy Webb Miss O’Herlihy: Juney Ellis Rita Lang: Mimi Lieber Liala Sheffield: Karen Leigh Hopkins Mrs. Wang: Pearl Huang Tommy: Marcus Toji Joe Allechinetti: Louis Mustillo Wilma: Patrika Darbo Delivery Man 1: Don Pugsley Annie: Lynette Walden Business Associate: Bryan Gordon Club Singer: Jevetta Steele Woman in Audience: Yonda Davis Percy: Curtis Williams Lizzie: Briahnna Odom Mavis: Ashley Taylor Walls Frank: Harold Sylvester Anthony T. Williams: Steven Williams Lewis: Asher Metchik Howard: Courtland Mead Mrs. Werner: Sue Carlton Gregory: Kyle Orsi Mrs. Rodgers: Maud Winchester Mrs. Morgan: K.T. Stevens John Brennan: Christopher Chisholm Chubby Boy: Bryan A. Robinson Mrs. Murphy: Roz Witt 2nd Delivery Man: Sean Moran Film Crew: Screenplay: Jessie Nelson Editor: Lee Percy Producer: Steve Tisch Executive Producer: Ruth Vitale Original Music Composer: Rick Cox Producer: Paula Mazur Executive Producer: Bernie Goldmann Director of Photography: Bruce Surtees Music: Thomas Newman Stunts: Ben Scott Stunts: Kym Washington Longino Associate Producer: Joe Fineman Line Producer: Eric McLeod Casting: Mary Gail Artz Casting: Barbara Cohen Music Supervisor: Bonnie Greenberg Costume Design: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck Production Design: Jeannine Oppewall First Assistant Director: Phillip Christon Second Assistant Director: David Minkowski Second Second Assistant Director: Peggy Hughes Production Accountant: Gwen Everman Script Supervisor: Benita Brazier Camera Operator: Geary McLeod First Assistant Camera: Heather Page Steadicam Operator: Kirk R. Gardner Still Photographer: Suzanne Hanover Gaffer: Alan Brownstein Best Boy Electric: Steve Reinhardt Key Grip: Charles Saldaña Production Sound Mixer: David Kelson Boom Operator: Randall L. Johnson Key Makeup Artist: Michael Germain Makeup Artist: Deborah La Mia Denaver Key Hair Stylist: Candy L. Walken Hairstylist: Julia L. Walker Hairstylist: Michael Pachal Property Master: Barbara Benz Assistant Property Master: Michael D’Imperio Art Direction: Dina Lipton Set Designer: Louisa Bonnie Set Decoration: Lauren Gabor Leadman: John Maskovich Construction Coordinator: Lars Petersen Construction Foreman: Steven C. Voll Transportation Coordinator: Billy G. Arter Additional Editor: Lynzee Klingman Supervising Sound Editor: Steve Richardson ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Matthew Iadarola Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Gegan Color Timer: Mato Dialogue Editor: Lewis Goldstein Dialogue Editor: James Matheny Dialogue Editor: Kimberly Lambert Dialogue Editor: Jim Brookshire Dialogue Editor: Alison Fisher Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Joel Valentine ADR Editor: Darrell Hanzalik ADR Editor: Mary Ruth Smith ADR Editor: Jeff Watts Assistant Sound Editor: Paul Silver Assistant Sound Editor: Catherine Calleson Assistant Sound Editor: Tony Cappelli Foley Artist: Alicia Stevenson Foley Artist: Zane D. Bruce Foley Mixer: David Jobe Foley Recordist: Don Givens ADR Mixer: Charleen Richards-Steeves ADR Recordist: Greg Steele Music Editor: Will Kaplan Set Dresser: Mike Malone Movie Reviews:

[hotvintagepoll]

This is a preliminary poll for the Hot & Vintage Movie Women Tournament. There will be 7 prelim polls of 12 hot ladies, all of which can be found under the tag #hotladyprelims. The 4 lowest-scoring hotties of each poll will be eliminated, while the remaining 8 will continue on to Round 1 of the tournament.

The ladies included here were chosen for this round because they were submitted without text propaganda. If they continue to Round 1, I will include additional photos they were submitted with.

This preliminary poll will last 24 hours.

[angelariasdominguez]

§ 3.443. La gran pasión (Frank Borzage, 1946)

 

Qué maestría la de Borzage, que director, qué capacidad de narrar y mostrar en un lenguaje fílmico emociones inimaginables desde otro vehículo creativo. Y el tema en esta cinta es duro, difícil, comercialmente complicado de vender, tanto por el tema como por la ausencia de grandes estrellas que sean capaces de llenar la pantalla. 

Tiene toda la pinta de ser un proyecto personal del director, que pudo montar gracias a su prestigio previo. Pero intuyo que fue un fracaso comercial. Aunque era la época gloriosa del melodrama  no es el tipo de trama que sea fácil de ver. Además es un poco larga para los estándares de este tipo de películas. Seguramente se va a los 117 minutos porque hay muchos minutos de música. En los primeros veinte no menos de cinco. 

La producción tiene algo europeo, la granja idílica, el fondo musical permanente, los personajes secundarios como verdaderos soportes de los personajes protagonistas.

Es delicada, sencilla, algo empalagosa, colorida y sencilla. 

Los sueños y su proyección hacia la vida real. Gran dificultad, propósito irrealizable y, sin embargo, motor de la propia vida.

Reparto algo 'menor' para los estándares de la época: Philip Dorn, que es el arrogante pianista, algo misógino y despreciativo de las mujeres, chapado a la antigua; Catherine McLeod como la pianista enamorada del maestro, aprendiz de la vida y del piano, que me recuerda a Loretta Young, con esa cara fina y el cuerpo delgado; Bill Carter como el granjero enamorado secretamente de la chica; María Ouspenskaya siempre muy reconocible; Felix Bressart que es un clásico en las películas de Borzage.

La lucha de egos justo en mitad de la película por quién lleva la voz cantante, si la pianista o el director, con la música de fondo es, sencillamente, memorable, arrebatadora, apasionada y elegante.

No muestra su cara más melodramática hasta la segunda parte, y aunque se va intuyendo el resultado no es del todo claro. Tanta sutileza no casa bien con un género -el melodrama- que vive de torceduras, rompimientos, quiebras, rasgaduras y emociones primarias y sentimiento básicos. Se queda un poco a medio camino entre un melodrama clásico -Sirk, como el más meritado- y una cinta convencional de amor romántico con música de trasfondo. Me ha gustado mucho, pero Borzage tiene obras mucho más brillantes.

Seguramente era un apasionado de la música clásica e hizo la cinta que quería hacer, la que a él le apetecía. Genio y figura, potencia creativa. Grandísimo director a reivindicar.  

[celtfather]

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[fantasiesandfolklore]

Bridgerton Verse — Lady Relta McLeod

CW: Infidelity/Adultery; Half-Siblings/Bastardy; Parent Death; Born: 1789 Related to [Lady Aislin McLeod]

Daughter of Scottish Lord Tyr McLeod and Lady Catherine, Relta is the elder and only truly legitimate child of the couple. Lord Tyr was unfaithful to his wife with Lady Anne Davies, with whom he had a second daughter and brought into the household while exiling his first wife to a cottage on the edge of the estate.

Lady Anne Davies died when her first child with Lord McLeod was two years old, and Relta aged 7. She mourned her “step-mother”, having appreciated having any form of mother figure, and resented having to move to London after Anne’s death to avoid scandals.

Relta was her mother’s daughter, being stubborn and yet clear-minded in her actions and thoughts. Lady Catherine often called Relta her “miniature me”, with how she took after her mother in many ways, including appearance. Rusty red hair and emerald eyes, along with a fair complexion.

Relta was elated over her upbringing, getting the best education possible for a woman of her era. She wished to become a nurse, despite her upper class status. Her father squashed her dreams when she was 17 and he introduced her to the court, including Queen Charlotte.

The two women simply smiled at each other, recognizing a wise woman in each other despite Relta’s youth. She admires Queen Charlotte greatly, finding her marriage to be one she could only hope for. Relta knew she wouldn’t get to marry for love, but she might find love in marriage.