#dorothy tuttle

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One Dress a Day Challenge- Part Two!

Anything Goes December

Dorothy Tuttle in Meet Me in St. Louis, The Harvey Girls, The Pirate and Summer Stock

OK, so I decided to mix it up for my final entry in this challenge.  Today, I want to highlight the career of MGM contract player Dorothy Tuttle.  

The reason for this is, she is a background actor that I would notice while watching these movies...I’d watch The Harvey Girls and go: “Wait a minute, wasn’t she in Summer Stock?”  And then I’d see her in Meet Me in St. Louis or The Pirate....so I’ve decided to highlight her looks in some of my favorite movies!

The orange dress she wears in Meet Me in St. Louis for the party scene is one of my favorites...I mean, just look at the detail...the embroidery, the ruffles, the puff sleeves...it’s gorgeous!  And the pink and cream outfit she wears for the Trolley Song is really cute, too...I love her hat!

For The Harvey Girls, she wears the uniform for the majority of the movie...but like all the other actresses in the opening, she gets a beautiful travel suit, with a white eyelet shirt waist and orange and black coat.  She also has a gorgeous dress for the dance sequence, but there are no decent photos of her in it.

She gets her most iconic moment in The Pirate, wearing a really cool Spanish-inspired dress with a black and white polka dot top that’s way off the shoulder with those huge puff sleeves.

And then in Summer Stock, she gets to wear more contemporary looks with 1950′s styles.

I also want to highlight some other iconic movies she appeared in during her career: Marie Antoinette, The Women, Ziegfeld Girl, Show Boat, An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain (which was her last film).  She was also in a movie called Ladies of the Chorus, which was the film that gave Marilyn Monroe her start in movies.  All uncredited...which is why it took me forever to find out what her name was.

It is so incredible the things she got to do and witness in her career.  She sat next to Judy Garland while she sang The Trolley Song, she got to watch Gene Kelly tap dance, she saw the beginning of Marilyn Monroe’s career.  She was in movies with William Powell, Norma Shearer, Lucille Ball and Fred Astaire.   I have to say, if I had worked in Old Hollywood, and I couldn’t have been a “star”, I would have wanted a career like Dorothy Tuttle’s.  What a legacy.

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Dorothy, Doris Day and Lurene Tuttle.

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Teri Garr as Inga in:

Young Frankenstein (1974) by Mel Brooks

Costumes by Dorothy Jeakins

Make-up by Edwin Butterworth, John Truwe & William Tuttle

Hair stylist: Mary Keats

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Playlist: HopeStreet Radio, Omniversal Hum w/ Mabe Fratti, July 19, 2023

Joanna Brouk - Maggi’s Flute - Lifting Off Lucy Gooch - Rain’s Break Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Joy Jenny Hval - Year Of Love Julia Holter - City Appearing Ariel Kalma - Love and Dream Deutsche Harmonie Mundi, Hildegard von Bingen - O Ecclesia Sun Ra, Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra - Springtime Again Akira Ito - 精美 Essence Of Beauty Craig Leon - Four Floods of the Point Estrella del Sol - Figura de Cristal Laraaji - Om Namah Shivaya Forest Swords, Neneh Cherry - Butterfly Effect Dorothy Ashby - Come Live With Me LEYA - Mary Alice Coltrane - Los Caballos The Durutti Column - Hilary Midori Takada - Mr. Henri Rousseau’s Dream Dee Dee Bridgewater - Afro Blue Waak Waak Djungi - Rainbow Serpent Joe Meek - Valley Of No Return Kitaro - Mysterious Encounter Organ Tapes - Heaven Can Wait New Age Transmission - Attunement Harmonia, Eno ’76 - Les Demoiselles Surya Kumari - Nidhi Chala Sukhama Lankum - Go Dig My Grave Andrew Tuttle - Overnight’s a Weekend Karen Dalton - Little Bit of Rain Judee Sill - Ridge Rider Cocteau Twins - Lazy Calm Connie Converse - How Sad, How Lonely Yo La Tengo - Little Eyes Animal Collective - Defeat

Harmonia W/ Brian Eno

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Two wonderful commissions of my Halfling Innkeeper Dorothy "Dot" Tuttle and her love interest Nephimos done by @izzymatic-art

I've been talking about Dot a bit on here and thought now was as good a time as any to show some art of her. Dot is the MC of The Dot Duology which encapsulates Tales from the Drunken Duke and The Guild of Lesser Glories. Dot's story starts with a letter from her Great Aunt leaving her the deed to a Manor in the Capital of the Human realm. Leaving home for the first time, Dot meets new people and transforms the manor into a tavern called The Drunken Duke.

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ZIEGFELD FOLLIES

April 8, 1946

Directors: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth. Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney,  Norman Taurog, Charles Walters. Robert Lewis Producer: Arthur Freed for Metro Goldwyn Mayer

The shooting schedule ran between April 10 and August 18, 1944, with retakes plus additional segments filmed on December 22, 1944 and then between January 25 and February 6, 1945. The film was first proposed in 1939. 

Synopsis ~ We meet a grayed, immaculately garbed Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. in Paradise (his diary entry reads "Another heavenly day"), where he looks down upon the world and muses over the sort of show he'd be putting on were he still alive.

PRINCIPAL CAST

Lucille Ball ('Here's to the Ladies') is appearing in her 64th film since coming to Hollywood in 1933. 

Fred Astaire ('Here's to the Ladies' / Raffles in 'This Heart of Mine' / Tai Long in 'Limehouse Blues’ / Gentleman in 'The Babbit and the Bromide') also appeared with Lucille Ball in Roberta (1935), Top Hat (1935), and Follow the Fleet (1936). His name was mentioned twice on “I Love Lucy.”

Lucille Bremer (Princess in 'This Heart of Mine' / Moy Ling in 'Limehouse Blues') 

Fanny Brice (Norma Edelman in 'A Sweepstakes Ticket') appeared in the original stage version of many editions of The Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway.

Judy Garland (The Star in 'A Great Lady Has An Interview') also starred with Lucille Ball in Thousands Cheer (1943). 

Kathryn Grayson (Kathryn Grayson in 'Beauty') also starred with Lucille Ball in Thousands Cheer (1943).

Lena Horne (Lena Horne in 'Love') also starred with Lucille Ball in Thousands Cheer (1943).

Gene Kelly (Gentleman in 'The Babbit and the Bromide') also starred with Lucille Ball in Thousands Cheer (1943),  Du Barry Was A Lady (1943), and A Guide for the Married Man (1967). He made an appearance on the Lucille Ball special “Lucy Moves to NBC” (1980).  

James Melton (Alfredo in 'La Traviata')

Victor Moore (Lawyer's Client in 'Pay the Two Dollars')

Red Skelton (J. Newton Numbskull in 'When Television Comes') also starred with Lucille Ball in Having Wonderful Time (1938), Thousands Cheer (1943),  Du Barry Was A Lady (1943), and The Fuller Brush Girl (1950).  On TV he appeared on “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in “Lucy Goes To Alaska” (1958). Ball and Skelton appeared in numerous TV specials together. 

Esther Williams (Esther Williams in 'A Water Ballet') also appeared with Lucille Ball in Easy To Wed (1946). 

William Powell (Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.) also played the same character in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). 

Edward Arnold (Lawyer in 'Pay the Two Dollars') appeared with Lucille Ball in Roman Scandals (1933) and Ellis in Freedomland (1952).

Marion Bell (Violetta in 'La Traviata')

Cyd Charisse (Ballerina in 'Beauty') also starred with Lucille Ball in Thousands Cheer (1943).

Hume Cronyn (Monty in 'A Sweepstakes Ticket') was honored by The Kennedy Center in 1986, at the same ceremony as Lucille Ball. 

William Frawley (Martin in 'A Sweepstakes Ticket') played the role of Fred Mertz on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”. He also appeared on “The Lucy Show,” his final screen appearance. 

Robert Lewis (Chinese Gentleman in 'Limehouse Blues' / Telephone Voice in 'Number Please')

Virginia O'Brien (Virginia O'Brien in 'Here's to the Ladies') also starred with Lucille Ball in Thousands Cheer (1943),  Du Barry Was A Lady (1943), and Meet The People (1944). 

Keenan Wynn (Caller in 'Number Please') appeared with Lucille Ball in Easy To Wed (1946), Without Love (1945), and The Long, Long Trailer (1954). 

SUPPORTING CAST

Ziegfeld Girls

Karin Booth  

Lucille Casey  

Aina Constant  

Elizabeth Dailey  

Frances Donelan  

Natalie Draper  

Karen X. Gaylord  

Aileen Haley  

Carol Haney  

Shirlee Howard  

Margaret Laurence  

Helen O'Hara  

Noreen Roth  

Elaine Shepard  

Kay Thompson  

Dorothy Tuttle  

Dorothy Van Nuys  

Eve Whitney - appeared on “I Love Lucy” episode “The Charm School” (ILL S3;E15).

Dancers

Gloria Joy Arden

Jean Ashton  

Irene Austin  

Judi Blacque  

Bonnie Barlowe  

Norman Borine  

Hazel Brooks  

Ed Brown  

Kathleen Cartmill  

Jack Cavan  

Marilyn Christine  

Laura Corbay  

Rita Dunn  

Meredyth Durrell  

Shawn Ferguson  

Jeanne Francis  

Jean French  

Mary Jane French  

David Gray  

Bill Hawley  

Doreen Hayward  

Charlotte Hunter  

Virginia Hunter  

Patricia Jackson

Margaret Kays  

Laura Knight  

Laura Lane  

Dale Lefler  

Melvin Martin  

Diane Meredith  

Lorraine Miller  

Joyce Murray  

Janet Nevis  

Ray Nyles  

Billy O'Shay  

Jane Ray  

Dorothy Raye  

Beth Renner

Melba Snowden  

Walter Stane  

Ivon Starr  

Robert Trout  

Chorus Boys

Rod Alexander

Milton Chisholm  

Dick D'Arcy  

Dante DiPaolo  

Don Hulbert  

Herb Lurie  

Matt Mattox  

Bert May - appeared on “The Lucy Show” in “Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford”

Jack Purcell  

Tommy Rall  

Ricky Ricardi (!)

Alex Romero

“LIMEHOUSE BLUES” starring Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, and Robert Lewis

Robert Ames (Masked Man)  

James Barron (Couple with Banners)  

Eleanor Bayley (Couple with Branches)  

Mary Jo Ellis (Couple with Banners)  

Sean Francis (Ensemble)  

James King (Rooster)  

Harriet Lee (Bar Singer) 

Eugene Loring (Costermonger)  

Charles Lunard (Masked Man)  

Patricia Lynn (Ensemble)  

Ruth Merman (Ensemble)  

Garry Owen (1st Subway Policeman)  

Ellen Ray (Couple with Parasols)  

Jack Regas (Masked Man)  

Billy Shead (Couple with Parasols)  

Ronald Stanton (Couple with Branches)  

Wanda Stevenson (Ensemble)  

Ray Teal (2nd Subway Policeman)  

“LOVE” starring Lena Horne

Juliette Ball (Club Patron)   

Lennie Bluett (Dancer)   

Suzette Harbin (Flirt)   

Avanelle Harris (Club Patron)  

Maggie Hathaway (Dancer)  

Charles Hawkins (Club Patron)  

Marie Bryant (Woman Getting Her Man Taken)   

Cleo Herndon (Dancer)   

“THIS HEART OF MINE” starring Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer

Helen Boyce (Countess)   

Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (Lieutenant)

Naomi Childers (Duchess)

Charles Coleman (Majordomo)   

Sam Flint (Majordomo's Assistant)

Sidney Gordon (Masked Man)   

Count Stefenelli (Count)   

Robert Wayne (Dyseptic)   

“PAY THE TWO DOLLARS”  starring Edward Arnold and Victor Moore

William Bailey (Subway Passenger)

Joseph Crehan (1st Judge) - played a Detective on “I Love Lucy” “The Great Train Robbery”

William B. Davidson (2nd Judge)

Eddie Dunn (3rd Subway Policeman)   

Harry Hayden (Warden)   

George Hill (2nd Subway Policeman)   

Wilbur Mack (Subway Passenger)   

Larry Steers (Magistrate)

“NUMBER PLEASE” starring Keenan Wynn

Peter Lawford (Voice of Porky)

Grady Sutton (Texan)

Audrey Totter (Phone Operator Voice)

Kay Williams (Girl)

OTHERS

Bunin's Puppets

Elise Cavanna (Tall Woman)

Jack Deery (Man)

Rex Evans (Butler in "A Great Lady Has An Interview”)

Sam Garrett (Roping / Twirling Act)

Silver (Horse in "Here's to the Ladies') 

Arthur Walsh (Telegraph Boy in "A Sweepstakes Ticket") - appeared on “I Love Lucy” in “Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined” (ILL S3;E11). 

‘FOLLIES’ TRIVIA

Sidney Guilaroff, Lucille Ball’s hair dresser, who takes responsibility for her famous ‘golden red’ for this movie, becoming her trademark color.

Although they appear in different segments, this is the only feature film collaboration between “I Love Lucy co-stars" Lucille Ball and William Frawley. Coincidently, Frawley's character in this film shares a striking similarity with his iconic character of Fred Mertz on “I Love Lucy.” In this film he plays a money-hungry curmudgeon of a landlord, much like the show. In the above photo, he appears with director Minnelli and co-star Brice. 

The horse ridden by Lucille Ball is the Lone Ranger's Silver!

Lucille Ball was actually fired by Ziegfeld from his road company production of Rio Rita in the 1930s.

In February 1956, Lucy and Desi appeared on “MGM Parade” to promote their MGM film Forever Darling. The show also included footage of Lena Horne singing from Ziegfeld Follies. 

Lucy also played a showgirl in pink in “Lucy Gets Into Pictures” (ILL S4;E19) aired on February 21, 1955. The scene was inspired by Ziegfeld’s legendary stage shows featuring beautiful women wearing elaborate costumes navigating long staircases. To solidify the comparison, Ricky says he is going to a meeting with Mr. Minnelli. Vincente Minnelli was one of the directors of Ziegfeld Follies. 

Lucy Ricardo had previously cavorted around in a lampshade in the manner of a Ziegfeld girl in both the unaired pilot and “The Audition” (S1;E6).

Ziegfeld Follies includes a sketch for Red Skelton called “When Television Comes” aka “Guzzler’s Gin” in which a (future) television spokesman gets increasingly sloshed on his product. This sketch was an obvious influence on Lucy’s Vitameatavegamin routine in “Lucy Does a TV Commercial” (ILL S1;E30) aired on May 5, 1952. 

Ziegfeld Girl Eve Whitney appeared on “I Love Lucy” episode “The Charm School” (ILL S3;E15). She used her own name for the character.  

The Telegraph Boy in "A Sweepstakes Ticket" Arthur Walsh - appeared on “I Love Lucy” in “Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined” (ILL S3;E11) as Arthur ‘King Cat’ Walsh. He teaches Lucy how to jitterbug. 

The first Judge in the “Pay the Two Dollars” James Crehan also played the Police Detective on “I Love Lucy in “The Great Train Robbery” (ILL S5;E5) first aired on October 31, 1955.

Porky, a voice on the telephone in “Number Please” Peter Lawford, played “Password” against Lucille Ball on September 24, 1964.  At the time, Lawford was married to President Kennedy’s sister, Patricia. On November 26, 1968, Ball was a guest on “The Tonight Show” when Peter Lawford was sitting in for Johnny Carson.

Chorus Boy Bert May appeared as a solo dancer on “The Lucy Show” in “Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford” (TLS S5;E21) in February 1967. 

In the dressing room, Lucy jokes with Fanny Brice, one of the funniest women in showbusiness.  This was the only time Ball and Brice collaborated and was Brice’s last film. 

Ziegfeld’s follies began on Broadway, so it was appropriate that the show featured past and future Broadway musical stars:

Lucille Ball ~ Wildcat (1960)

Carol Haney ~ The Pajama Game (1954)

Tommy Rall ~ Call Me Madame (1950)

Fanny Brice ~ The Ziegfeld Follies 

Marion Bell ~ Brigadoon (1947)

Victor Moore ~ Anything Goes (1934)

There was a lot of material that was not filmed, but written and cast. Some of the original skits would have added “Lucy” performers Mickey Rooney, Ann Sothern, and Van Johnson to the cast.

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Loose Leaf Notebook Drawing, Richard Tuttle, 1980-1982, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

holes at left edge Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous s... Size: 26.7 x 20.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.) Medium: Watercolor on ruled off-white wove paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/328463

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Free to a good home - all I ask is cost of shipping (media mail would be slow but least expensive).  CALLIE SAYS TAKE BOOKS.

Titles link to descriptions.

Yellow dot / italics = interest shown 

New / in near-perfect condition - fiction (photo #2)

Binti (Binti #1) – Nnedi Okorafor

The Unquiet Dead (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak #1) – Ausma Zehanat Khan

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith

Ice Song (Ice Song #1) – Kirsten Imani Kasai

Jade City (The Green Bone Saga #1) – Fonda Lee

Virtuous Vampires – anthology

The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa #1) – Tony DiTerlizzi

Beasts – Joyce Carol Oates

Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) – Gail Carriger

Scream (screenplay) – Kevin Willamson

Clerks & Chasing Amy (screenplays) – Kevin Smith

New / in near-perfect condition – non-fiction (photo #3)

A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere – Alison Walsh

Where’s Mom Now That I Need Her: Surviving Away from Home – Kent Frandsen

Kanjj & Kana: A Guide to the Japanese Writing System – Tuttle Language Libary

The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family – Gail Lumet Buckley

Geek Lust: Pop Culture, Gadgets, and Other Desires of the Likeable Modern Geek – Alex Langley

Manga (photo #3)

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei vol 1 – Koji Kumeta

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei vol 5 – Koji Kumeta

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei vol 7 – Koji Kumeta

Shoulder-A-Coffin Kuro vol 1 – Satoko Kiyuduki

Well-used but still in decent condition (photo #4)

An Excess of Enchantments (The Ballad of Wuntvor #2) – Craig Shaw Gardner

A Multitude of Monsters (The Ebenezum Trilogy #2) – Craig Shaw Gardner

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Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction, by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson, Quirk Books, 2019. Cover art and internal illustrations by Natalya Balnova, info: penguinrandomhouse.com.

Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn’t exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are as intriguing as their fiction. Everyone knows about Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, who was rumored to keep her late husband’s heart in her desk drawer. But have you heard of Margaret “Mad Madge” Cavendish, who wrote a science-fiction epic 150 years earlier (and liked to wear topless gowns to the theater)? If you know the astounding work of Shirley Jackson, whose novel The Haunting of Hill House was reinvented as a Netflix series, then try the psychological hauntings of Violet Paget, who was openly involved in long-term romantic relationships with women in the Victorian era. You’ll meet celebrated icons (Ann Radcliffe, V.C. Andrews), forgotten wordsmiths (Eli Colter, Ruby Jean Jensen), and today’s vanguard (Helen Oyeyemi). Curated reading lists point you to their most spine-chilling tales. Part biography, part reader’s guide, the engaging write-ups and detailed reading lists will introduce you to more than a hundred authors and over two hundred of their mysterious and spooky novels, novellas, and stories.

Contents: Introduction     PART ONE: THE FOUNDING MOTHERS Margaret Cavendish: Mad Madge Ann Radcliffe: Terror over Horror Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: The Original Goth Girl Regina Maria Roche: Scandalizing Jane Austen Mary Anne Radcliffe: Purveyor of Guts and Gore Charlotte Dacre: Exhibitor of Murder and Harlotry     PART TWO: HAUNTING TALES Elizabeth Gaskell: Ghosts Are Real Charlotte Riddell: Born Storyteller Amelia Edwards: The Most Learned Woman Paula E. Hopkins: The Most Productive Writer Vernon Lee: Ghostwriter �� la Garçonne Margaret Oliphant: Voice for the Dead Edith Wharton: The Spine-Tingler     PART THREE: CULT OF THE OCCULT Marjorie Bowen: Scribe of the Supernatural L. T. Meade: Maker of Female Masterminds Alice Askew: Casualty of War Margery Lawrence: Speaker to the Spirits Dion Fortune: Britian’s Psychic Defender     PART FOUR: THE WOMEN WHO WROTE THE PULPS Margaret St. Clair: Exploring Our Depths Catherine Lucille Moore: Space Vamp Queen Mary Elizabeth Counselman: Deep South Storyteller Gertrude Barrows Bennett: Seer of the Unseen Everil Worrell: Night Writer Eli Colter: Keeping the Wild West Weird     PART FIVE: HAUNTING THE HOME Dorothy Macardle: Chronicler of Pain and Loss Shirley Jackson: The Queen of Horror Daphne du Maurier: The Dame of Dread Toni Morrison: Haunted by History Elizabeth Engstrom: Monstrosity in the Mundane     PART SIX: PAPERBACK HORROR Joanne Fischmann: Recipes for Fear Ruby Jean Jensen: Where Evil Meets Innocence V.C. Andrews: Nightmares in the Attic Kathe Koja: Kafka of the Weird Lisa Tuttle: Adversary for the Devil Tanith Lee: Rewriting Snow White     PART SEVEN: THE NEW GOTHS Anne Rice: Queen of the Damned Helen Oyeyemi: Teller of Feminist Fairy Tales Susan Hill: Modern Gothic Ghost Maker Sarah Waters: Welcome to the Dark SОance Angela Carter: Teller of Bloody Fables Jewelle Gomez: Afrofuturist Horrorist      PART EIGHT: THE FUTURE OF HORROR AND SPECULATIVE FICTION The New Weird: Lovecraft Revisited and Revised The New Vampire: Polishing the Fangs The New Haunted House: Home, Deadly Home The New Apocalypse: This Is the End (Again) The New Serial Killer: Sharper Weapons, Sharper Victims Glossary Notes Suggested Reading Index Acknowledgments

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Sharon Carter: Can’t Keep Me Down

A motivational fanmix for Sharon Carter (and anyone else who's been knocked down and has had to fight to get back up) with a mix of 616 and MCU inspired songs.

CHAMPION || bishop briggs THE BULLPEN || dessa FREE || broods SOMETHIN’ BAD || miranda lambert, carrie underwood RAISE HELL || dorothy TROUBLE FINDS YOU || julie simms BOOM || anjulie BANG BANG (MY BABY SHOT ME DOWN) || nico vega AMERICAN WOMAN || muddy magnolias CAN’T CHEAT DEATH || the ballroom thieves NIGHTMARE || halsey GOT YOUR NUMBER || serena ryder SALUTE || little mix I LOVE IT || icona pop, charli xcx THE GREATEST || sia, kendrick lamar GOOD GIRLS || elle king BOYS WANNA BE HER || peaches AFTERLIFE || cilver DIE YOUNG || sylvan esso DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) || the wind and the wave EGO || bibi bourelly RAISING HELL || kesha, big freedia I CAN DO BETTER || lova THAT’S MY GIRL || fifth harmony HELP ME MAMA || zz ward PRETTY || ingrid michaelson DEMONS || hayley kiyoko YOU DON’T OWN ME || deep sea diver, natalie schepman CONFIDENT || demi lovato THE MAN || taylor swift SINNERMAN || nina simone FLOAT UP || galactic BECOMES THE COLOR || emily wells LIKE A GIRL || lizzo TAKE THE JOURNEY || molly tuttle SOUL ON FIRE || the last internationale FREEDOM || beyonce, kendrick lamar

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Wizard of Oz will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) on October 29 via Warner Bros. The 1939 masterpiece celebrated the 80th anniversary of its theatrical release yesterday.

Based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the influential film is directed by Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind). Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, and Charley Grapewin star.

The Wizard of Oz has received a new 8K, 16-bit scan of the original Technicolor camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR. The Blu-ray disc houses the previously-released special features listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by John Fricke with Barbara Freed-Saltzman, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, John Lahr, Jane Lahr, Hamilton Meserve, Dona Massin, William Tuttle, Buddy Ebsen, Mervyn LeRoy, and Jerry Maren

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic - 1990 CBS Special

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Storybook narrated by Angela Lansbury

We Haven’t Really Met Properly featurettes:

Frank Morgan

Ray Bolger

Bert Lahr

Jack Haley

Billie Burke

Margaret Hamilton

Charley Grapewin

Clara Blandick

Terry

Music and effects audio track

Original mono audio track

Sing Along tracks

Audio jukebox

Leo is on the Air radio promo

Good News of 1939 radio show

December 25, 1950 Lux radio broadcast

Still galleries:

Oz on Broadway

Pre-MGM

Sketches and storyboards      

Richard Thorpe’s Oz

Buddy Ebsen

Oz comes to life

Behind the scenes

Portraits

Special effects

Post production

Deleted scenes

Original publicity photos

Hollywood premiere

New York premiere

Academy Awards ceremony

Oz abroad

Oz revivals

Trailers

The Wizard of Oz follows Dorothy and her dog Toto when they are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz.

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I’ve decided to try and make a comprehensive list of all my gal faves who fall in the “I would die for you” category, because honestly I was curious. ^^” So, here are all the ones I can think of off the top of my head (sorted alphabetically):

Akito Sohma (Fruits Basket)

Bette Kane (DC Comics)

Claudia (The Dragon Prince)

Dorothy Catalonia (Gundam Wing)

Fiona Widdershins (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

Gwen Stacy (Marvel Comics)

Huang Hua (Eldarya)

Jane Crocker (Homestuck)

Kiyomi Takada (Death Note)

Laegjarn (Fire Emblem Heroes)

Liz Tuttle (Hogwarts Mystery)

Luna Platz (Mega Man Star Force)

Maud Pie (My Little Pony)

Princess Daisy (Mario)

Say’ri (Fire Emblem Awakening)

Severa (Fire Emblem Awakening/Fates)

Sunset Shimmer (My Little Pony) 

Valerie Gray (Danny Phantom)

So, that was interesting!

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Listen to Reza Harris’ Playlist here: ø

▶ Ain’t Gonna Drown • Elle King  ▶ Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked • Cage The Elephant  ▶ Arsonist’s Lullabye • Hozier  ▶ Bartholomew • The Silent Comedy  ▶ Beat the Devil’s Tattoo • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  ▶ Blood on Your Knees • Suzanne Santo  ▶ Boy Got It Bad • KaiL Baxley  ▶ Broken Bones • KALEO  ▶ Devil’s Whisper • Raury  ▶ Dreamcatchers • Odetta Hartman  ▶ Hot Blood • KALEO  ▶ I’m A Wanted Man • Royal Deluxe  ▶ Keep It Close • Bones Owens  ▶ Life To Fix • The Record Company  ▶ Lucky Penny • JD McPherson  ▶ Mercy • Dotan  ▶ Need to Know • Doja Cat  ▶ No Sugar in My Coffee • Caught A Ghost  ▶ Raise Hell • Dorothy  ▶ Short Change Hero • The Heavy  ▶ Take The Journey • Molly Tuttle  ▶ Troublemaker • Devon Gilfillian

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Donald O'Connor 'on air', 1940s

Listen to some of his radio broadcasts (click the bold titles):

"The Sealtest Variety Theater" ~ with Dorothy Lamour and John Lund, aired on November 25, 1948

Suspense ~ "Smiley" with Sidney Miller and Lurene Tuttle, aired on August 14, 1947 on CBS Radio

"The Chesterfield Show" ~ hosted by Bing Crosby, aired on April 30, 1952

You’ll find more Donald O'Connor and many other “Hollywood on air” treasures here: www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com … have fun!

[hollyvorpahl]

For the WIP game 🔮🌠🗣♟️

So I'm just gonna answer for the WIPs I have the most for. The Dot Duology is a slice of life fantasy about a Halfling named Dorothy Tuttle or Dot who inherits her Great Aunt’s Manor. She turns into a tavern then expands into an Inn. A Vow from the Winter Lord is about a blacksmith's daughter who makes a deal with the Faerie Lord of Winter to reforge the Staff of Winter and bring balance to the seasons. She marries him for safety and spends the year in his Court. 

🔮 A deep theme in your WIP

I think with The Dot Duology it's about the use of compassion over violence to make change. A smaller theme is the found family trope. 

In A Vow from the Winter Lord, the theme is that goals and dreams can change based on new experiences and that's okay.

🌠 MC's biggest desire

Dot starts out her pair of books wanting to transform her Great Aunt’s Manor into a tavern then an Inn. She wants to get married, run her business and have babies. Spoilers for the end of the book and its sequel. At the end of book one, she loses The Drunken Duke to a crime boss within the city. Towards the beginning she takes in a little boy and pretty much adopts him. The boy was a pickpocket for the crime boss and has allowed his wages from doing work for Dot to be enough for his payments towards his debt to him. However, Dot raises the boys wages and he doesn't tell the crime boss. Instead he's using it to gamble at one of the crime boss's businesses. The crime boss doesn't like that this little boy lied to him and has been spending money when he still has debts to pay. He threatens the boy's life. Dot negotiates it down to losing a hand and she's still not okay with that. Her love interest, a former indentured servant (an assassin turned ranger) of the crime boss, offers to go back to work for him to pay off the boy's debt. Dot refuses that too. Instead of letting her adopted son be maimed and her lover return to the life that caused him pain, she gives over her tavern. She, the boy and her lover go back to her family home in her hometown. The problem with the crime boss is that he's got the town guard in his pocket and he's too big of an issue for the guard that's not crooked and too small of a problem for the big Hero's Guild to care. The sequel follows Dot as she gets the idea to open another, smaller, guild that's meant to tackle the issues like this. The Guild of Lesser Glories. 

At the beginning of A Vow from the Winter Lord, Marian wants to move to a bigger city and open a new forge with her father. They've been saving for a while and she wants to start a new life with her father, his fiance and an older woman that has become a sorta grandmother for her. By the end of the year that follows, Marian wants to remain in the Winter Court and stay the Lady of Winter. She's fallen in love with the Court and it's people.

🗣 MC's biggest flaw

Dot's naive and she's actually a damsel in distress. Honestly, that's on purpose. She's a civilian. Dot isn't a hero in the sense of other fantasy novels. She doesn't have magic or combat skills. I wanted to write a protagonist in a fantasy novel that's a normal young woman. There are other ways that a female protagonists in fantasy can be strong.

Marian can be arrogant. She actually hurts someone's feelings pretty badly with a comment she makes. Her arrogance actually results in her getting turned into a duck for a few weeks. She's also really uncomfortable with romance, she's inexperienced with it. 

♟️WIP aesthetic 

Um... idk how to answer this one actually. Idk how to make those aesthetic mood boards sooooooo...

I'd say Tales from the Drunken Duke is a warm and cheerful tavern with a stew bubbling in the kitchen, fresh baked bread, ale being served by a Half Orc barmaid, jovial music being played by bard and poorly sung by the patrons. 

A Vow from the Winter Lord would be a peaceful forest in Winter, mountains, the northern lights and little log cabins. A blue skinned Faerie man with white hair and a freckled redhead with silver eyes. Blacksmith's tools, a forge and a stone Arch in a gray hued town in bleakest winter.