#dorothy macardle

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1937 – Irish Feminism Movement suffered greatly, as Éamon de Valera’s new constitution approved that ‘women’s place’ was in the home.

“Dishonesty magnificent in its proportions, and climbing into high places, became at the same time so rampant and so splendid that there seemed to be reason for fearing that men and women would be taught to feel that dishonesty, if it can become splendid, will cease to become abominable.” –Anthony Trollope De Valera’s 1937 constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann) evoked a passionate rebuke of the…

[thewarmestplacetohide]

Dread by the Decade: The Uninvited

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★★★★

Plot: After buying an abandoned manor, a brother and sister find themselves embroiled in another family's tragedy.

Review: A strong entry into the genre, this haunted house horror boasts genuine chills, charming characters, and an intriguing mystery.

Source Material: Uneasy Freehold by Dorothy Macardle Year: 1944 Genre: Ghosts Country: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes

Director: Lewis Allen Writers: Dodie Smith, Frank Partos Cinematographer: Charles Lang, Jr. Editor: Doane Harrison Composer: Victor Young Cast: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell, Alan Napier, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Barbara Everest

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Story: 4/5 - With fleshed-out characters and an evocative twist, it opts for subtle horror to great success. Only its end struggles slightly with pacing.

Performances: 4.5/5 - Excellent. Milland and Hussey are notably funny and chemistry abounds.

Cinematography: 4.5/5 - Beautiful framing, lighting, and camera movement.

Editing: 4/5 - Fluid and purposeful.

Music: 4/5

Effects & Props: 4/5 - The ghosts and time lapse footage look very good.

Sets: 4.5/5 - Lovely. Windward House and its spiral staircase are especially gorgeous.

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 4/5

Trigger Warnings:

Anti-Roma racism (criticized by film)

Forced institutionalization and medical abuse

Stereotypical discussion of mentally ill people

Use of a anti-indigenous slur

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Dorothy McArdle with Eamon De Valera. Macardle was a friend of Éamon de Valera, and he wrote the foreword to her book The Irish Republic

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White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

Darcy Coates also writes a lot of haunted house novels.

The Elementals by Michael McDowell is supposed to be good, but I haven’t read it yet.

And I second The Haunting of Hill House and House of Leaves

what are the best books about haunted houses?

[everythingsecondhand]

Dark Enchantment, by Dorothy Macardle (Corgi, 1967).

From eBay

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Best reads of 2021

Best reads of 2021

According to my running list, I’ve read more than 60 books this year. Of course, that number doesn’t include the books I started and didn’t finish for various reasons (I’ve finally gotten old enough to realize I don’t have to finish a book ‘just because’). Some were books to be reviewed, some were stumbled upon at the library, some were glaring at my from the stacks in my library and I finally…

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The Uninvited (1944, Lewis Allen) We discuss this classic tale of haunting on the Cornish coast in Episode 113: “Horror Lesbians” https://screamscenepodcast.tumblr.com/post/185399784574/dear-listener-you-are-cordially-invited-to-scream

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The Uninvited. Dorothy Macardle. New York: Doubleday, Doran, & Co., 1942. First American edition. Original dust jacket.

“In the city so much of your life is lived for you by others; you are required to fill so small a space. But here, as it were, the spirit has play in a more spacious body, and that is better, if the spirit is rich and strong.”

[verecunda]

Revising ought to be enjoyable. Your work is no longer a mountain toppling over you: it is under your hard. Your theme has proved feasible, has shaped up; crisis and climax are in their places; your characters have life in them, you know what your reactions would and would not be. You work in confidence, no longer apprehensive that your plot will prove unmanageable or that your characters will refuse to function or that your theme will turn out to have no play in it after all.

The Uninvited, Dorothy Macardle

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The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle (1942)

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1937 – Irish Feminism Movement suffered greatly, as Éamon de Valera’s new constitution approved that ‘women’s place’ was in the home.

#OTD in 1937 – Irish Feminism Movement suffered greatly, as Éamon de Valera’s new constitution approved that ‘women’s place’ was in the home.

“Dishonesty magnificent in its proportions, and climbing into high places, became at the same time so rampant and so splendid that there seemed to be reason for fearing that men and women would be taught to feel that dishonesty, if it can become splendid, will cease to become abominable.” –Anthony Trollope De Valera’s 1937 constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann) evoked a passionate rebuke of the…

[porquevi]

"Solar das almas perdidas" (the uninvited) - torrent.

Um tempão atrás achei uma lista de fimes assustadores feita por ninguém menos que Martin Scorsese. Esse estava na lista e logo procurei pra baixar. Ficou guardado até chegar seu momento. Filme de 1944, sobre uma mansão misteriosa. Bora ver!

depois de ver: o clima do filme é muito bom! e fiquei imaginando o um jovem Scorsese assustado assistindo. tem momentos de suspense, mas sem perder a graça. clássico.

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2017:193 — The Uninvited

(1944 - Lewis Allen) ***

Love that French poster.

[detectivefrankenstein]

Me, 24 years old: its a good idea to turn the light off now, as its bedtime and I'm a little headachy :)

My stupid little brain two minutes later: hey remember how real that ghost sounded in that old novel we read earlier? Completely unrelated can we turn the light back on and get your foot back under the blanky

[everythingsecondhand]

The Unforeseen, by Dorothy Macardle (Corgi, 1966).

From eBay.

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irish authors?????? irish authors: elizabeth bowen, dorothy macardle, edna o'brien, maeve binchy, sally rooney, seamus heaney, colm tóibín, nuala ní dhomhnaill, paul murray, sara baume, belinda mckeon, paul muldoon, mike mccormack AHHH sorry this is just a list of people i got too excited 😭

yesss i was hoping you would take the bait sdfghj i love this thank you sweet mel <33 i've read sally rooney, and i'm reading death of a naturalist by seamus heaney right now and it's so good so i trust your judgment!! gotta check the rest of this list out, thank you so much 🥰