#girls will be boys 1934

[celluloidrainbow]

GIRLS WILL BE BOYS (1934) dir. Marcel Varnel The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he’s never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a woman-hater, so Patricia disguises herself as a boy. (link in title)

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Unknown family, 1934, Sweden.

[mdemn]

if tommy & sarah got married in june 1934, and had their daughter that same year, sarah was definitely pregnant at her wedding. which just means, tommy & sarah had a shotgun wedding and that’s why it wasn’t this big, grand, affair like you’d think the don’s goddaughter’s wedding would be. i’ve connected the dots

[noirnuclear]

Tatra Mountains in cinematography ♥

[vintagedreamsofsennett]

"Acting before the camera is all I know,"

-"Alice Lake Unable To Pay $10 Fine," The Sunday Sun, Feb 29, 1936.

original article

Alice Lake, former film star, convicted of intoxication, was released from jail today. A friend whose name was not disclosed paid her $10 fine. She had been unable to raise the money and was prepared to spend two days in a cell. The petite player once earned $1200 a week. "Acting before the camera is all I know," she said before the jail doors were opened.

-"Alice Lake Unable To Pay $10 Fine," The Sunday Sun, Feb 29, 1936.

*･☪︎·̩͙

[stagefoureddiediaz]

911 and the Wizard of Oz!

So I’ve written a couple of times about the wizard of Oz connections that 911 has had in the past. Well after 8x03 and the trailer for 8x04 - everything has become much clearer to me and boy oh boy is Tim pulling a blinder with this one!

I need to start by saying he is playing on lore from both the original books as well as the film, so much of this wouldn’t be evident if you had little to no knowledge of the book series. I however do - because I loved the books as a child and I have also long been interested in the link between the books, the original film and the queer narrative that runs through them. Especially because of my yellow and blue and then blue and green colour theory and its use in telling queer narratives in cinema and television in the aftermath of the 1939 film.

For those who don’t know the background of it, you can read my post here about the wizard of oz and its queer narrative and the yellow/blue colour theme, but for a brief run down the wizard of oz and its themes have been a key part of the queer narrative since they first appeared in print and then on film. Yellow blue colour theory stems from Dorothys dress and the yellow brick road and became a film short hand for queer narratives in film, during the hays code era (1934-1968), and has continued on to this day. the most recent and most obvious use of the blue/yellow blue/green coding has been in heartsotopper - where it is very heavily and very cleverly used to help tell the queer narrative, but it is its use in films during the hays code where it was doing a lot of work to ‘secretly’ provide queer narrative in film. (this is a specialist subject of mine and I could write about it all day - I really would love to do a phd in it, but I do not have the money or time to do that so I write about it at any opportunity on tumblr!)

Many of the nods to the story are subtle, but they are there and I am going to go through a good number of them with you - especially the ones we’ve had in season 8 so far, the main thing to note right off the bat though is that they all connect in to Eddie and that is very telling to me - especially when we take 5x01 - 5x04 into account. the rest is below the cut becasue it's long!

The very first reference to the Wizard of Oz we get is in 202 - 7.1. We have the entitled woman (that is the name they gave the character in the credits!) with her dog - Paisley.The entitled woman is wearing red shoes and we get shown her with just her feet sticking out from under the rubble in a clear nod to the wicked witch of the east being buried under Dorothys house in Oz.

Kat the little girl who gets separated from her family and ultimately reunited with them is a nod to the overall story of Dorothy in the wizard of Oz - and Paisley is a nod to Toto - Dorothy’s dog. I will also mention the fact that we get a heart metaphor during this disaster - Jeff - the heart of a champion. 

We get a further nod in season 2 in 207 - Haunted - where we have the girl at the halloween parade dressed as the film version of Dorothy. I don’t think there is a huge amount to read into from a Wizard of Oz perspective, beyond the fact that it is referenced - we don’t actually need to see anything further in regards to the Wizard of Oz - its all about making the connection.

This episode is a big episode of Eddie and his storyline and this is a way for 911 to link Eddie into the Wizard of Oz theme without being massively obvious about it and his absence from this scene is a key part of that.

There are other key elements in this scene that we’ve been seeing come into play over the seasons for Eddie and that is what makes the wizard of Oz reference especially interesting. First up it's important to note that this is the episode we see the return of Shannon in. We have the horse and his rider - being separated by the death of the horse and the officer describing the horse as his friend. There are two things this is playing on here - the first is the foreshadowing of Shannons death, the second is that the show has then reused this metaphor of partners being separated by death, this time making use of the police aspect as a part of Eddies breakdown in season 5 - Mills’s - Eddies partner while he was in the army and her death. These two elements are why Eddie absence is key - Eddie becomes the officer and Shannon or Mills becomes the Horse and having Eddie present in the scene waters down the metaphor.

The fact we get a lot of wizard of Oz references in season 5, makes this a really interesting and clever connection to draw. The other aspects of this scene in 207 is the pretty important reference about the horse needing a sedative to stop him thrashing around until his heart gave out. Bearing in mind this is the first really intentional heart metaphor we see on the show and it’s a pretty key episode for Eddie in relation to his heart, his absence from this scene becomes louder, especially as he is off with his heart (Christopher) enjoying halloween. It makes it clear that the Eddie and hearts metaphor has been there since very early on - and has been (at least loosely)connected to The Wizard of Oz.

Remembering what I said above and in my other post about the wizard of Oz being very heavily connected to queer theming and storytelling in media it makes it likely that this is the show putting in early building blocks for a queer Eddie arc gif they wanted to then go down that route later on. (this makes the season 5 theming I’ll talk about shortly even more interesting to me!)

The last thing to mention is the is the emphasis on the devil, a priest and a drag queen at the parade- all things we see appearing in Eddies arc through season n7 and into 8. The drag queens from the bachelor party - in which we really see Eddie letting go and have fun for the first time. The priest and the devil are a metaphor for Eddies struggles with his faith - the idea of temptation (in the catholic church - especially the devout catholic church, being queer in any way is seen as being tempted by the devil), and with us having knowledge of Eddie going to church and likely talking to a priest in some capacity in the next few episodes, we have yet another tie back to this storyline from 207.

Now I obviously have no proof with what the intentions were for ~Eddie in season 5, but I’ve long had my theories and now, knowing that they had originally intended to have Bucks bisexual arc take place in s5 but it got shut down by the higher ups, I can make some pretty educated guesses based off what we did get early on in the season.

Season 5 opened with the blackout and then we led straight in to 5x04 ‘Home and Away’ with all its yellow and blue colour theming. Can you see where I’m going with this? How does the opening of the film version of the Wizard of Oz start? Yup that’s right - in black and white and then when Dorothy finds herself over the rainbow everything is in colour and the use of yellow and blue is very strong with Dorothy’s blue gingham dress and the yellow brick road with the green colouring coming later on when they reach the emerald city.

So I think 911 was intending to play on that concept in season 5 - the idea that the black out is a nod to Kansas being in black and white (not to mention the use of green for the hackers!) and then 5x04 is a play on Dorothy following the yellow brick road - hence the heavy use of yellow and blue and the way it winds through the narrative of the episode (along with the use of the bluejay as the schools animal emblem - which is a symbol of communication, curiosity and confidence - seeing a bluejay is telling you to be bold and chase your goals!). What is the other thing we get a huge number of references to in season 5 - especially connected to Eddie - hearts and heart metaphors.

We do also get a nod to the wizard of Oz in season 6 and the zeppelin disaster - which is a nod to the hot air balloon the wizard crashed into Oz in. The zeppelin is yellow and blue and the conversation on board refers to one of the pilots mother in law - whilst she isn’t stated to be a witch, the implication is there. the 110 is also closed in roughly the same place as we get it closed in 8x03. along with the fact that Eddie is the one to go into the zeppelin - Chim and Buck only partially go in - and the parallel storyline in the episode is about a heart issue, we once again have The Wizard of Oz being tied into heart metaphors.

Let’s move on to season 8 now and look at the vast number of Wizard of Oz references we have seen so far and appear to have coming up in 8x04. I will say the sheer number of references in season 8 compared with the more subtle ones from seasons 5 and 6 is one of the reasons I’m so very sure we have a queer Eddie arc going on - that they’ve finally been able to pull that trigger and move things forward for him.

Just remember that things don’t have to exactly follow the story of the wizard of Oz to be relevant - its not about the narrative following the same path, but more about the use of recognised aspects and tropes from the book and film to convey information and aid the storytelling. It is often more about the concept and meaning behind something and a 911 character may share the traits of more than one wizard of oz character because it is their traits that are relevant not necessarily TWoO characters full journey through the book or film.

The bee-nado is a literal reference to the tornado that sent Dorothy to oz - its one of the reasons we don’t see more of the bees - they serve their purpose in the same way the tornado does so we don’t need to see them again.

Gerrard building ‘his 118’ with a security fence around the firehouse and cast iron plumbing is a reference to the wizard building the Emerald city - which has a wall around it for security. In Oz it is the place full o the most up to date technology etc. So Gerrard is building his Emerald City.

The mother in the car falling asleep due to anaphylaxis is likely a reference to the poppy field in the film version of TWoO, along with the flowers at the perfume launch and Bucks statement that ‘smoke worked last time’ - because the smoke did make the bees sleepy like the poppies made Dorothy and her friends sleepy.

Bucks plan to have Eddie run and attract the the swarm of bees is a reference to an event that happens in the book. The wicked witch sends a swarm of bees to sting them to death. The tin man and scarecrow had seen them coming and scarecrow comes up with a plan - he has Dorothy, toto and the lion covered in his straw to hide them from the bees who only find the tin man - they try to sting him but it breaks their stings and kills them instead without hurting the tin man as he is impervious to bees by nature of being made of tin. What we see happen in 801 is very clearly placing Buck into the role of Scarecrow and Eddie into the role of tin man - Buck comes up with the plan and Eddie undertakes it successfully - his turnouts protecting him from the bees just like the tin man being made of tin protected him.

Gerrard hitting his head is a reference to Dorothy hitting her head in the tornado and waking up in Oz - its a reference to Dororthy’s line  ‘Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore’ - its a play on the fact that the 118 is a very different place to when Gerrard was removed first time. Gerrard represents the black and white world - outdated and not up with the times (which he wasn’t back in the day either but that’s kind of the point), the world (the 118) is now in glorious technicolour since his departure and Gerrard will end up back in a black and white world in the end while the rest of the 118 will remain in colour and move forward. This places Gerrard in the role of the Wizard, but it is more akin to the book wizard than the film wizard - originally in the books (it was later glossed over as it didn’t go down well with readers) the Wizard arrives in a hot air balloon and becomes ruler of Oz by usurping he King and handing over the princess to a witch (more on this later!). As is shown in the film, he leaves Oz to return home in a hot air balloon.  If Gerrard is the wizard, this makes Bobby the king (usurped from his throne at the 118) and Hen becomes Ozma (this is something I will talk about a bit later as it deserves its own section!) which fits with how we are being shown Hen being given the 118 captains role on a more frequent basis - suggesting the show is transitioning her into becoming the captain down the line.

Tia, her dog and Jordan are an interesting trio - they are a very clear parallel serve as a multi layered allegory as they play on several aspects of the film and books, as well as linking to aspects of 911 and especially on Buck and Eddies storyline. 

Firstly we have the dog - who is the same type of dog as Paisley from season 2 - right down to the red bow in the hair (which is encouraging us to draw parallels with the earthquake disaster). Both dogs are a nod to Toto - Dorothy’s dog in the Wizard of Oz. The dog is also a representation of Buck, but I’ll go into that when I talk about Buck below!

Tia represents both Dorothy and the tin man, we see her initially as, not heartless, but guarded, but she softens especially when we see her following the instructions Hen gives, and bonding with various people on the plane including Jordan, in much the same way we see the tin man do for Dorothy and scarecrow. She is also a representation of Eddie (again I’ll go into this more later on) 

Jordan is a reference to both the flying monkeys (through his telephone conversation he is implied to be a business monkey which is in turn a play on monkey business - behaviour that causes discomfort our annoyance) and the cowardly lion. He is also a reference to Chopfyt who only appears in the books and is a man made from the parts of others and is a reference to Tommy, which I will explain later as well!

its worth pointing out that Jordans viagra fuelled boner is hidden under a rainbow towel and when they get off the plane Tia, Jordan and the dog are sat on a yellow tarpaulin - the implication being that they are still in Oz and over the rainbow, but that isn't real life - its fake - a dream - and reaity will set back in once they are able to go home.

Buck has 2 red flares to bring the plane home - symbolic of the red slippers - click three times and say there’s no place like home.

There is a lot of yellow and blue lighting used in combination - especially around Buck and Eddie.

The green lighting on the plane after it has landed - a reference to leaving the Emerald city and Oz and going home.

Im sure there are others that I may have missed, but these are the key ones, and most of them will likely remain in play in some capacity in the upcoming episodes.

As for the potential upcoming oz references, we have the following

the tiger in 804 is likely a reference to lions and tigers and bears. Oh my! from the film, but may also be a reference to the hungry tiger from the books - who is a tiger who is never full and desires to eat a fat baby but never would as his conscience would never allow him to. He is described in the books as the largest and most powerful of his kind and is one of Ozmas chariot drivers and is friends with the cowardly lion. The Tiger reference coming in no place like home and the books connection of the tiger with Princess Ozma and the cowardly lion makes me feel like Karen may be represented by and paralleled with the tiger, and the idea that Karens conscience won’t allow her to metaphorically eat Ortiz (the fat baby) but that is purely speculation on my part!

the pumpkin stuck on a head storyline that’s been hinted at coming up in 805 - in the books there is a character called Jack pumpkin head who is made by the Princess Ozma when she is Tip and then brought to life by magic (Ozma is the rightful ruler of Oz and was given to the Witch Mombi of the North by the wizard in order to prevent he rightful ruler of Oz ascending the throne. Ozma is transformed into a boy called Tip by Mombi, but is later turned back when Glinda discovers what has happened). Im expecting this arc on the show to play into Jack’s storyline in the books. Jack refers to having lost a father when Tip is returned to being Ozma. I think we’ll see it played as a reference to Mara, Chim and Hen, because Hen is Very Ozma coded which I’ll explain a bit more later on!

Masks. with 805 being titled masks it feels very loaded towards the Wizard of oz and the fact he wears different masks (in the book) depending on who he is meeting with. He appears to Dorothy as a giant head (as we see used in the film), to the Scarecrow as a lovely lady, to the Tin Woodman as a terrible beast, and to the cowardly Lion as a ball of fire. He does this with the intention of scaring them all, but in all cases has chosen the wrong image to make the desired impression. there is of course the fact that the mask slips (the curtain gets pulled away by Toto) and the truth of the Wizard is revealed - that he is a fraud -  merely a man who has been using magic tricks to make himself seem great and powerful.

these are just the ones we know about, there may very likely be more revered once we’ve seen the episodes, for example we might get a play on Eddie in church and going to confession - the idea of hiding ones identity behind a screen.

I want to talk a bit about the specifics of the firefam, and how they fit into the concept in a more detailed way. Obviously all members of the firefam fit into multiple aspects of each of the 4 main characters in Oz, but they each have one that has a stronger pull than the others. Each one of the characters in the books and film have specific traits that form their personality and a key part of their narrative - Dorothy wants to get home, The lion wants courage, the scarecrow a brain and the tin man a heart. These are all allegories for the bigger picture. 

Dorothy wants to go home, yes, but that is part of her bigger desire to belong - the books reveal much more about her past and upbringing in Kansas. She is also the first person in the wider story - it is her journey that sets in motion all of the other ones.

The cowardly lion is in fact not cowardly, but incredibly brave, and a loyal friend, he is just full of self doubt because he believes his fear makes him inadequate as lions are supposed to be the king of beasts. we see him overcome that self doubt and go onto succeed - becoming a well respected and important member of Ozma'z court.

The scarecrow wants a brain but is in fact shown to be the smartest of the group - coming up with clever plans and sharing a great depth of knowledge the also becomes the ruler of the Emerald city - appointed by the wizard when he leaves, and it is stated by the tin man in one of the later books the he is ‘probably the wisest man in all Oz’

The Tin man wants a heart, but in fact is one of the most tender, emotional, considerate and caring people in Oz as well as being extremely competent and practical.  He is also shown to seize up and rust due to either the rain or his tears. In the books he is given more backstory - his axe was enchanted by the wicked witch of the east and it causes him to chop off his body parts limb by limb. The witch does this because he is win love with her ward Nimmie Amee. when he chops out his heart he feels his could no longer love her and so left. he does later try to find his long lost love but is left disappointed when he finds her married to a man made up of his body parts and those of another tin man called Captain Fyter who had also been enchanted by the witch for the same reason. she refuses to leave her man of parts and tin man and scarecrow return to the emerald city together.

The Tin man and the scarecrow sit very much in parallel with one another in both the books and the 1939 film, they are very much a pair and shown to be each others foil and in the books especially spend a long time debating with one another about the relative importance of the brain and heart, but in combination with one another form a perfect whole. 

With the main characters of Oz covered we can explore the way 911 is using their traits to tell the stories of our firefam, but before we do that I want to look at a few other key 911 characters and how they relate to the wizard of oz!

Bobby in my opinion is Glinda the good witch - he shares a lot of traits with her. It is Ginda who helps restore Oz (the 118) to its fully unified state - something that had ceased to be under the Wizard and the wicked witches rule in separate counties. She also tends not to meddle or interfere in Ozian matters unless requested to do so. This fits with bobby’s traits very well - he doesn’t tend to get involved in things unless pushed to do so or asked directly. Much earlier in Oz’s history Glinda also helps redeem the tyrannical king of Oz through the creation of the forbidden fountain and the waters of oblivion - the king drank the water and then forgets his cruel and nefarious intentions. bobby replacing Gerrard at the 118 fits fairly well into this theme.

Ortiz is an interesting one - she fits into bot the role of The wizard, as well as the wicked witch of the west. I think that Ortiz is the wizard in part because the name Ortiz can loosely be read a s a play on ‘wiz’ as in wizard, but also because she is the most powerful person in the show right now - and it is all built on lies and corruption - much like the wizard is in Oz! However as the film unfolds we are shown that the witch is in fact more powerful than the wizard, but is also eventually easily brought down. This is why I think she is also a reference to the wicked witch, but also because the witch controls the flying Monkeys - who serve as her lackeys and undertake her bidding.

Gerrard is both  the Wizard of Oz and a flying monkey. I wrote above about the wizard hiding behind screens and masks and and Gerrard and I wrote about Gerrard building fences around the 118 being reference to the wizard building the emerald city. The flying monkey connection is obvious - he is working under Ortiz.

Tommy fits into a couple of different characters. He is in my opinion most closely connected to Chopfyt and Nimmie Amee, but he also fits into the meaning of the flying monkeys. Chopfyt is made up of the parts of the Tin woodman and Captain Fyter (the tin soldier) who are rivals for the attention of Nimmie Amee who is married to Chopfyt but was at one time courted by the tin man and the tin soldier.  Captain Fyter and the Tin Woodman  become friends during their journey to find Nimmie Amee. The flying monkey connection is perhaps a more obvious of the three, the monkeys are subservient to the wicked witch of the west and in the begins episodes we are shown Tommy being very much under Gerrard wing through his behaviour. It is also worth nothing that the flying Monkeys in the book drop the tin man over shape rocks leaving him so dented he could not move and they pull the scarecrow apart, scattering his straw and throwing his clothes up a tree - Dorothy is able to repair them both with the aid of the Winkies (the people under the control of the wicked witch of the west) and Dorothy then commands the flying monkeys to take them to the Emerald city. 

The meaning of these character connections is clear to me - Tommy as Nimmie Amee courts first the tin man (Eddie) and then the Tin Soldier (Buck) but chooses Chopfyt in the long run. Tommy is made up of parts of both Buck and Eddie in the same way that Chopfyt is made up of parts of Tin man and Captain Fyter. The fact neither Tin man or the Tin soldier succeed with Nimmie Amee and that she choses Chopfyt is telling and possibly gives us clues about the eventual demise of Buck and Tommys relationship and suggests that as tommy fits both characters parts (both characters who are fairly small roles in the books and are plot devices - much in the same way as Tommy is in 911), he will ultimately choose himself (as we’ve already seen him do in 705).

Onto the 4 remaining members of the firefam, and I believe Chimney is for the moist part, meant to be Dorothy - he is the first member of the firefam in the same way Dorothy is, he fits a lot more of the Dorothy tropes from the book than the film shows, he is described as the heart of the 118 - which is basically what Dorothy represents in the books and film - she is the one who keeps everyone together, or brings them back together when they have been separated. And if we follow the theming of Gerrard being the wicked witch of the west, it becomes more apparent - in the books Dorothy is enslaved by the wicked witch and forced to carry out menial cleaning tasks - in much the same way we see Chim being treated by Gerrard in Chim begins. It is Chim who we are shown supporting Hen, Buck, and Eddie as they begin their careers at the 118.

The other thing of note - which currently doesn’t fully work, but will if, as I suspect, the wizard of oz references around Eddie are a part of his Queer journey - is that Chimney is the only one of the four members of the team (we are not including Bobby as he is the captain) who has no queer coding in any way and is in a heterosexual marriage. The reason this is important and plays into the idea of Chim being Dorothy is that the term ‘Friend of Dorothy’ is coded speak for being queer - I explain it further in my meta which I linked at the top of this post - the play is that Dorothy herself is not queer, but that her companions on her journey down the yellow brick road are. Which fits Chimney perfectly - with Hen and Buck being Lesbian and bi respectively and with the Wizard of Oz connections to Eddies storylines across the previous seasons and again in the current season being very loud, it feels fair to assume that Eddie will also sit somewhere on the queer spectrum before too long (and really is the reason behind me writing this insanely long post!) 

Hen is the cowardly lion. We are shown Hen doubting her abilities at several points throughout the show, but she is arguably the bravest of the 118. The cowardly lion’s favoured companion is the hungry tiger (as I wrote about above - we may well see Karen paralleled with the tiger in 804)

But Hen is also Princess Ozma and this is a far more powerful connection. Ozma is the rightful heir to the throne of Oz and spent much of her childhood in the form of a boy called Tip as she had been enchanted by the witch Mombi until Glinda the good witch discovers the enchantment and forces Mombi to return her to her true form and take her rightful place as ruler of Oz. With Bobby filling the role of Glinda, helping Hen achieve her full potential and the allegory of Hen having to hide herself for much of her life until she becomes a firefighter - the wig we see Hen wearing in Hen begins plays into this idea perfectly - that Hen was disguised but has been freed from that disguise and become her true self.

Buck is the scarecrow. But he is also Toto and Captain Fyter. I explained the Captain Fyter connection above in the section on Tommy so I won’t repeat myself here. Buck is toto for a couple of reasons. Firstly we have the connection to the dog in the plane in season 8 who growls at Jordan and Tia tells him that the dog doesn’t like men, he then becomes friendly when Jordan is ill, but we see him returned to Tia when they leave the plane. this is all a allegory for Buck’s bi arc. Tia is Eddie in the scenario and Tommy is Jordan . The dog growling and being protective is akin to Buck growling and becoming jealous over Eddie and Tommys friendship, trying to keep Tommy away from Eddie, but then becoming friendly with Tommy in the same way the dog becomes friendly with Jordan in a therapy dog kind of way before returning to Tia at the end, implying that Buck will always go back to Eddie when it comes down to it. the therapy dog aspect is also interesting as it implies BUck is providing some kind of therapy for Tommy - this could be read as Buck helping Tommy learn and grown (likely in connection with his still undressed past behaviour) - makes him a better person, before they part ways and Buck ‘returns’ to Eddie. 

Then there is the wizard of oz references - it is Toto who sets much of the plot of the wizard of Oz in motion - by biting Almira Gulch in Kansas in the film version and by hiding under the bed in fright in the book version. It is Toto who reveals the truth of the Wizard of Oz being just a man, and it is Toto who leads The lion, scarecrow, and tin man to where Dorothy is after she has been captured by the wicked witch (in the film - he is less involved in the book!) and it is toto who stops Dorothy from leaving with the Wizard and ultimately leads to Dorothy learning the slippers she wears can carry her home if she clicks her heels together 3 times and wishes to go home. All of these events either play into Bucks arcs in 911 or will potentially going forward. Bucks impulsive ways could be said to mirror Toto’s impulsive actions in TWoO and it will be interesting to see if being taken under Gerrard wing leads to him gaining information that helps Hen take down Ortiz!

The biggest connection though is with the scarecrow. The scarecrow has long been associated with bisexuality - due to his line in the film ‘of course some people go both ways’. in the book the scarecrow also reveals that he lacks a brain but greatly desires one - he is in fact only 2 days old when Dorothy meets him so he is essentially just naive because as the book progresses it becomes increasingly clear he actually is very intelligent and knows many things. One of the other aspects of the scarecrow is his ability to know his own limitations and in the books he becomes ruler of Emerald city, but hands the crown over to Princess Ozma enabling her to take up her rightful position as ruler of all Oz, becoming one of her most trusted advisors. Most of these are traits that Buck shares with the scarecrow - we see season 1 buck reflected in the naijvtie of a 2 day old scarecrow, but once he hits his stride, we see that Buck is actually very intelligent, full of knowledge (random facts wiki Buck!) and comes up with great ideas - things that are being very clearly demonstrated in season 8 so far. He is also becoming much much better at knowing his limitations and that is something I think we will continue to see develop in the way it does in the scarecrow across the books.

And finally we have Eddie. Eddie is the Tin man through and through. The heart metaphors that surround Eddie - especially in season 5 are a very obvious and direct link to the tin man. and Like I said above the Tin man is the most compassionate, sensitive and tender and caring people in Oz. He is incredibly practical and competent as well and undertakes the scarecrows plans readily. He and the scarecrow pair up a lot across the book series and go on adventures together, their heart and brains combining to lead them to success in nearly all cases. The tin man also becomes a trusted advisor to Ozma and is considered to be a fair and wise person in Oz. These are all things we see portrayed in Eddie. He has this tough exterior, but inside he is very soft and tender and he only reveals that side of himself to those he can trust. Eddies heart is a key part of Buck and Eddies dynamic especially in combination with Bucks brains - we are so often shown Buck having an idea and Eddie carrying it out because he trusts Buck - the perfume bee run is just the latest in a long line of them and it is a key aspect of the Tin man and Scarecrow in the Oz books. I’ve spoken above about the other aspects of the tin man and his connection with various characters, but it really is the tin man and scarecrow dynamic that is at the heart of things in the wonderful wizard of Oz book especially (pun intended!!).

All of it plays into the Oz theming we’re being shown in 911 having an important meaning and it is very much connected to Eddie far more than any other character. One can argue that the books - at their core - are about following your heart and letting it lead you to your truth and to home and that is the very heart of Eddies story. Carla’s line about making sure he’s following his heart and not Christophers rings very true, and we’ve reached a point now where Eddie has to follow his own heart, because Christopher is not in the picture and they’ve chosen to go very very hard with the wizard of Oz metaphors - building on the foundations they already created in previous seasons and now being able to bring them to fruition.

I could literally write about this all day, but this is already ridiculously long and I'm not sure it even makes sense at this point! It was only supposed to be a short post! So I’m stopping here and letting you all go back to your lives - thank you for reading especially if you've made it this far! and let me know your thoughts!💜💜💜🐝🌪🌈

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[coltishcaterpillar]

Unmasked / Platonic!Father Alastor x Teen!Daughter Reader

Chapter I: Introduction

Summary:

Two days after the Extermination, a bored Emily reads through private records of Heavenly residents and sinners alike.

During her mindless scrolling, she comes across a vintage diary smelling of old paper, from the late 20s-early 30s. It details the life of the teenage adopted daughter of the Radio Demon; up until her death at aged 16 on January 11th, 1934.

WARNINGS: Mentions of Racism

April 4th, 1932

Have you ever seen a top hat, what one really looks like on a person?

Neither have I, until today. At the end of Merritt Street, there’s a small accessories store that sells jewellery and clothing alike.

I used to frequent there, but I’ve never been a fashionable girl. I’m a larger fan of browsing; just admiring the beauty of art from afar, rather than acquiring it.

I never realized how much I missed the little establishment until I saw my favourite businessperson; Anne Brewster. A short, tout woman she was. Her skin had a grey tinge to it, a pointy nose that popped out her features; bright brown eyes and hair as white as pearls, short and thin as straw.

I greeted her with my usual demeanour. Quiet and curt, a straight wave and a superficial smile. The woman has a tendency to chatter; most of the time I don’t have time to interject, so I just listen.

I went in the shop with Elbert Graves; a fellow classmate of mine in mathematics. He’s not my ideal source of company, I’ll admit. I get along much better with other girls, but this helpless boy is always on my tail, and I can’t bare to tell him to get lost.

We came across a jet-black top hat with a golden ribbon wrapped around its rim. It was on display, but there was no glass so we assumed we could sample it. Elbert looked utterly ridiculous in it; far too flashy, and way too gigantic for his pea-sized head.

I managed a small laugh, as that’s the reaction he would’ve wanted from me. Ever the jokester…

I took a seat on the cushioned chair in front of the store’s entrance. Whilst Elbert was fooling around with other gadgets, Anne took to speaking with me.

She spoke a great deal about her grandchildren, and then inquired me about Papa.

Pa doesn’t usually wander about these places, but he knows Anne from university; they attended the same one in Shreveport, in September of 1908. Pa wanted to become a broadcaster post-secondary (to which he achieved) and Anne wanted to edit the local newspaper part-time; she was getting old, but didn’t want to stop working. She didn’t end up pursuing it, however, she dropped out her third year to take care of Rachel (her eldest grandchild who was 5 at the time.) Then, she inherited this business when Mr. Brewster, her father, died. He owned the shop.

She asked about his job was working out for him. Pa never speaks about work when he arrives home; usually he’s more interested in my daily activities. I don’t listen to Pa’s radio channel anyways, because the subjects he covers doesn’t appeal to me.

I just told her he was thriving; because in a way, he was. Pa was rarely in a sour mood. Of course, he gets moody when I do something out of line from time to time, but his attitude is always uplifting.

Elbert excused himself to the restroom at the back of the desk; that’s when she started talking about adolescent things. Boys…..

“Elbert is a such a handsome boy, don’t you agree?”

“Not particularly.”

“Oh? Why do you say that?”

“His chin is too long, and his head is too small for his broad shoulders. Not to mention his personality isn’t to my tastes. He’s far too extroverted and cheeky.”

“Oh, come now, my lovely. Surely, we can’t all be picky! What ever will you do when you grow into a young woman? Who will be around to take care of you?”

“Pa will, no doubt.”

“Oh, don’t be silly. Your father will be far too senile to care for you when you’re in your prime! You need a strong man!”

“Too senile?! Surely, you jest. Pa may be lanky, but he’s very capable. He was only twenty-five when he adopted me, he’ll only be middle-aged by the time I’m an adult.”

“You say Elbert is cheeky, but I see a lot more cockiness coming from you than I ever have with him.”

“Only an outside observer can properly assess my personality. Perhaps you just see my persona differently than I.”

“Is that so?”

The bell hanging from the door rang; in came a man, dressed in a business suit, a large briefcase held in his right hand. He had been more wrinkly than I had last seen him: Anne’s partner, Mr. Devereaux.

He has a very thick Yorkshire accent; Anne and him met while she was on vacation in London; Mr. Devereaux was studying photography. When they first met in late 1864, they weren’t sure whether or not they could ever be together. Anne is a very brown woman, you see. Very. Mr. Devereaux is about as white as a sheet. People often look down on….colourful couples…? More harshly. They aren’t allowed to be married, so they had to improvise.

Forgive me for not mentioning this sooner, but Anne is actually good friends with my Grandma. Pa is half-Creole, you see, and my Grandma’s roots come from there. So, the Brewsters are actually well-acquainted with my family.

Mr. Devereaux sat his briefcase beside the door, across from where I was seated. He flashed me a toothless smile; quite literally, since they all rotted out of his mouth due to age.

I gave him a curious look back.

“Back from business, old man?” I tease.

He chuckled; giving me an affectionate pat on the head.

“Oh, well, look at you! Already at it with the nosy interrogation, I see! I’ve missed you, sweet girl.” He smiled.

I narrowed my eyes. He didn’t answer the question….

He turned his attention to Anne quite quickly. Leaning over the desk, he planted a kiss on her forehead.

“The trip went smoothly,” He told Anne, “Janice sent you a letter. It should be in the mail soon, my darling.”

Janice was their daughter.

“Lovely.”

He turned his entire body so it faced me, with an inquisitive look on his face. He then turned and whispered to Anne,

“Al is out late again?”

“I don’t know, my sweet. I’ve seen her out and about all day with Elbert, he must be. It’s nearly nine.”

“I thought his radio shows were done by four?”

“Perhaps the schedule’s changed, dearest. Let’s not be nosy, it’s not our business.”

I let out a deep breath through my nose, standing up. Pa likes to hang around a few stores after work, so I tried my best not to let their observations get to me. Perhaps he was already home!

Anne leaned over from behind Mr. Devereaux.

“Could you go check on Elbert, hun? He’s been in the restroom for quite a while.”

I sigh. Without a response, I head toward the back desk, into the small hallway that had the restrooms.

I knocked on the door, firmly.

“El?” I addressed him by nickname.

“Mhm?” His hun echoed off the door.

I raised an eyebrow. “What have you been doing in there these past fifteen minutes? It was eight-forty when you went in, it’s five to nine already!”

Within seconds, he came out of the door, an awkward smile plastered on his face. A blush dusted his cheeks as well; I narrowed my eyes at him. Did he have the runs?

“Finished?” I asked him without judgment.

“Yes.” He said, curt.

I lead him back to the entrance of the store, passing Anne a smile. I turn my gaze back to Elbert.

“I’m going to be leaving now. I hadn’t realize how late it was. Will you be alright on your own?” I asked, a tint of concern in my voice.

“Of course. See you later?” His tone was hopeful.

Without a pause, I said, “Yes, I’ll see you later.”

I said my goodbyes to Anne and Mr. Devereaux, and sent my regards to Janice.

When I exited the store, it wasn’t as dark and drab as I thought it would be; I still heard birds chirping, and I could see my way almost perfectly. Just another perk of springtime, I suppose.

When I arrived home, Pa was indeed on the couch, his legs crossed, with a newspaper in hand; black coffee was situated on the side table.

“Home at long last, my dear!” He put his newspaper down; and I ran over, kissing him on the cheek.

“Sorry, Papa. How long did you have to wait?”

“Oh, not long at all!” He chuckled heartily.

I turn over to the rounded wooden table in the dining room; a large cloth bag sat on it; my eyes lit up in curiosity.

“Now, now,” Pa waved his finger, “I know that dangerous gaze. Don’t go peeking around my things, dear.”

I put on a thinned-lipped smile, leaning on the armrest.

“What, do you have something to hide, Papa~?” I leaned in, teasingly.

It was meant to be a joke. A rhetorical question. Yet, I couldn’t help but notice his fist clench up, if only for a moment. His body language was saying something different than what his mouth was.

“Is it really too much to ask to keep yourself out of my business?” He bit his lower lip.

When Pa took that tone with me, I knew it was time to pipe down. I decided to change the subject, sitting next to him on the couch.

“Elbert and I took a stroll around the avenue.” I said, tracing along the armrest.

I could FEEL Pa’s eye roll without even looking.

“Out with that wretched boy again, are we?” He took a casual tone as he sipped his coffee, but I knew the mere thought of Elbert irked him.

Pa has never interacted much with my friends, so I thought El would be another drop in the ocean. I think his hatred of him has something to do with that one time he came over here.

Everything was alright until dinner time.

The few hours earlier, Grandma treated us with a generous amount of Jambalaya. She always makes the best, after all.

Elbert made an….observation? While we were eating and it made Pa freeze.

“This is some slave food! Who made it, a peasant?”

All I remember was Pa’s grip tightening so much on the fork. I leaned over to where he was sitting and rubbed his arm a little.

I disliked the comment too. That was my Grandma he was speaking about….

After El left, I noticed Pa staring at the wooden spoon on the shelf. I know that blasted piece of cutlery all too well….

Pa is good at discipline. Even when my other friends came over, he’d always make an effort to chastise them if they didn’t say please or thank you.

Long story short, I think Pa wanted to beat El. That’s probably why he was showing such immaculate restraint at the table. I can’t imagine another person disciplining somebody else’s child would go…smoothly, anyway.

He had valid reason to hate him, I suppose. I’m not fond of Elbert either, but…how do you find it in your heart to say no? I suppose I’ve never really had a backbone, but…it seems that he’s really fond of me.

“How was work?” I asked with a smile.

“It held all of its classic theatrics! You should find it in your soul to listen to my shows, my dear.” He beamed.

I was deep in thought.

“Don’t I hear enough of your voice already?”

Pa chuckled his little chuckle that always made my chest warm.

“You can never have too much of your father!”

Time went on as usual; a few moments later I decided to pack up for bed; Pa went upstairs to get his radio ready to listen to. He always does before he sleeps.

I took that as an opportunity to ponder; I turned my gaze back to the bag on the table. Pa notoriously hunts, but it was far too late for food, so it made me wonder.

I slid toward it with my socks against the hardwood. I breathed in deeply; perhaps there was a certain scent? All I could smell was the dusty fabric; nothing more.

With a sigh, I decided to leave it for now. Maybe it’s….best that I don’t.

Y/N

——————

Emily blinked once. She recognized the background; that this child of one of the hotel staff in Hell.

Taking the historical piece of literature to St. Peter, she inquired,

“St. Peter, hi! I was just wondering if there is a girl here in Heaven named Y/N L/N?”

St. Peter smiled in delight, getting out his holy book, scanning through all the people with your name; going roughly by last name. His face fell as they came to an end.

“Unfortunately not, Em! It’s…strange, considering the circumstances. Sixteen is very young for a person to end up in Hell…but she isn’t in Heaven.”

Emily frowned, eyeing the diary in her hands. Perhaps she’d find the answer in there….

[inkvoices]

Circus Fics

A collection of circus and carnival fics featuring Clint Barton (and Natasha Romanoff, Kate Bishop, Tony Stark, Phil Coulson, Dick Grayson, and friends). Reblogs with additional fics very, very welcome!

some moments more spectacular than others by gsparkle

Mature; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 21,575 words

Summary: When Janet suggests a team bonding event, Natasha thinks she means… an art gallery, a movie, even bowling. Something like that. 

Not the circus. Not clowns. Not falling head over heels for a professional circus archer with an affinity for purple, slushies, and purple slushies.

Freedom by lar_laughs

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 1,757 words

Summary: He and Barney found the circus completely by accident. They’d run away from yet another foster home, intent on making it to the ocean (because Clint really wanted to see the ocean and now was as good a time as any), when they decided to stay the night under some trees surrounding a deserted field. When they woke up the next morning, the empty field wasn’t so empty any longer. (Night Circus AU)

First of May by inkvoices

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 6,766 words

Summary: Clint is eight years old the first time he decides to run away and join the circus. Like a lot of things in Clint's life, it doesn't work out, but then this is a circus that comes around every ten years and believes in second chances.

galaxies in our halos and hands by sweetwatersong

Teen; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 1,339 words

Summary: He has faith in miracles. The white horse and the woman who rides him can be nothing less.

airs above the ground by sweetwatersong

Gen; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 667 words

Summary: With hand and touch, smile and twist, they move as if the world around them has ceased to exist, and the laws of gravity have their own rules in the canvas tent they dance under.

Overture by AlphaFlyer

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; short fic

Summary: Carson's Carnival of Travelling Wonders makes a stop in Ohio.

Slide In by enigma731

Mature; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 3,962 words

Summary: Natasha’s expected a mockery of a man, a virtual caricature fitting of the costume and the codename. All it takes is that first, single shot, for her to realize that she has been utterly wrong. (Alternate first meeting.)

Dust to Dust by inkvoices

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, 1,361 words

Summary: The carnival stops for a stick of a lad, nothing but bones and bones are what he’s burying. Natasha doesn’t care what his story is. She’s not a goddamn fortune-teller.

Clint is a farm boy that the carnival picks up and Natasha is one of the carnival’s dancers. Avengers/Carnivàle fusion.

The Nature of Dust by inkvoices

Mature; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 10,196 words

Summary: For as long as he can remember Clint has always been getting into trouble for seeing things that he shouldn’t, or rather for getting caught at it. Oklahoma, 1934, and this time trouble comes in the form of a girl.

Cover Another Black Eye by geckoholic

Teen and Up; Violence; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton/Bobbi Morse; 6,969 words

Summary: History will dub it the summer of love. Natasha neither knows nor cares about love, never has, expects she never will, but history's got one thing right: it's the summer when everything changes.

Natasha and the Amazing Hawkeye(s) by Frea_o

Teen and Up; Gen Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff & Kate Bishop; 5,330 words

Summary: It starts because somebody orders a hit on the Amazing Hawkeye. No, not that Amazing Hawkeye. The other Amazing Hawkeye.

Where Home is Tonight by samalander

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Kate Bishop; 4,990 words

Summary: "Look, when I say I'm not from around here, I don't mean I'm from Jersey. I'm not supposed to be here. And I won't stay long. But-- but I wanted to meet you. See if you lived up to the hype."

"Girl," Clint says, his arrogance somehow more pronounced by his youth, "I am the hype."

Or, Kate falls off a building, and lands in a place where time moves differently.

scramble in the summer sky by paperclipbitch

Teen and Up; Kate Bishop/America Chavez and the young avengers with a little Clint and Natasha; 3,011 words

Summary: Kate’s first week, when she was still pretty sure this was a terrible idea and also not one that real people actually had – seriously, in the twenty-first century, who ran away with the circus – America came up to her three days in and said without preamble: “is anyone going to come looking for you, Princess?”

Try to Freeze Time by thepartyresponsible

Mature; Clint Barton/Tony Stark; 6,897 words

Summary: The circus has a way of evening people out. Everyone looks the same when the lights center on the stage. The whole audience, just blank shadows, staring in. Everyone looks like nothing. 

Someone like this, though. Someone like him. They’ll throw off that nothing before they get back to whatever pampered bed they crawled out of. Everyone else stays nothing, but, for people like that, it’s just a temporary state. 

Clint doesn’t mean to watch him. It’s just that he keeps catching Clint’s eye.

No Magic Would Save Me by arsenicarcher

Mature; choose not to warn; Pepper Potts/Tony Stark and kid!Clint, 20,738 words

Summary: Once upon a time, an angel with the unlikely name of Pepper came to the circus, and took Clint away.

home is under a canvas sky by Selenay

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff; 15,968 words

Summary: "Who's the new guy?" Clint asked, trying to sound casual.

"His name's Phil," Natasha said. "He's our new knife throwing act."

"You didn't have an old knife throwing act."

"We did a few years ago. Knives and archery. It was a good act."

circus peanuts by dustbear

Gen; Clint Barton/Phil Coulson; 9,451 words

Summary: There are always kids that run away to the circus. 

Sometimes, they're from good families, kids from the depths of suburbia, looking for a new, exciting life. The circus is just a grittier, dirtier, summer camp to them, a brief foray into the seedy underbelly of travelling entertainment. They always go home, eventually.

And, there are kids like Clint. Who have to learn to hit the bullseye every time, and split arrows on cue, who learn to balance on a tightrope blindfolded, who learn not to flinch when the knives hit the plywood only millimeters from their soft flesh. If they learn, they’ll thrive, and they’ll eat, and they’ll sleep, sometimes even with a sturdy roof over their heads.

Sometimes, much later, some of those kids - from both categories - grow up and become SHIELD agents.

and so it grows by hoosierbitch

Teen and up; grief; Clint Barton/Phil Coulson - Phil's mom's PoV

Summary: High School!AU in which Phil is trying so hard to step up and be the man of the house, but his mom is more than capable and just wants him to spend time with that nice Clint boy she knows Phil is crushing so hard on. (None of this fic takes place in a high school, but Clint and Phil are high school aged.)

Only learned bad things by grydo2life

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Phil Coulson and various avengers; 5,217 words

Summary: “What, really?” Tony asks.

Clint resists the urge to cross his arms defensively. “Yes.”

Or, 5 skills Clint learned in the circus, and 1 he picked up at SHIELD.

Winter Quarters by AcornsOnTheGround and Teeelsie

Mature; choose not to warn; Clint Barton/Dick Grayson; 52,000 words

Summary: The winter that Dick Grayson is eleven years old, the other boy shows up for the first time. He’s small - can’t be more than ten years old - but there’s a curious intensity to him that makes him seem older, and that has Dick’s eyes flicking back and forth between his own textbook and where the boy seems to be burning a hole in his with a laser focus.

They’re at winter quarters in Florida, a borderless area in the middle of the state where traveling circuses and carnivals lay low during the cold and rainy months of October through March.

Dick Grayson and Clint Barton: two boys, raised in the circus, destined to be superheroes. Of course they cross paths.

[la-femme-au-collier-vert]

IWTV Season 2 Sources & References

Season 1 here (these lists are updated regularly)

Season 3 here

Cited by the Writer’s Room/Cast:

The Ethnic Avante-Garde: Minority Cultures and World Revolution by Steven S. Lee

Paris Journal 1944-1955 by Janet Flanner (Genet)

The Vampire: A Casebook by Alan Dundes

Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles: An Alphabettery

The Fly cited by Jacob Anderson

King Lear by Shakespeare cited by Rolin Jones

The Third Man (1949) cited by Levan Akin

An American in Paris by George Gershwin (1928) cited by Daniel Hart

Giovanni’s Room cited by Jacob Anderson

Works directly referenced:

Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin

Sebastien Melmoth by Oscar Wilde

Ode to a Nightingale by Keats

Amadeus (1984)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Gaslight (1944)

Batman

Casablanca (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

Moulin Rouge (2001)

The Phantom of the Opera

Les Vampires (1915)

Dracula (1931) credit to @vampchronicles_ on twt

Le Triomphe de L’amour by Pierre de Marivaux

Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean Paul Sartre

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Vampire’s Kiss (1988) credit to @talesfromthecrypts

Les Morts ont tous le Meme Peau by Boris Vian credit to @greedandenby

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Barclay Beckett credit to @rorscachisgay on twt

An Enemy of the People by Ibsen

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Vie de Voltaire by Marquis Condorcet

Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction by Edward Fullbrook and Kate Fullbrook credit to @iwtvfanevents

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes credit to @iwtvfanevents

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Artists, Art, and Salons:

R-26

Palma Vecchio

Andre Fougeron

Elsa Triollet

Fred Stein

Lisette Model

Gordon Parks

Miguel Barcelo

Taxidermied Javelina by Chris Roberts-Antieau

Ai WeiWei (wallpaper)

David Hockney (Lemons)

Wols 

The Kiss of Judas by Jakob Smits

Salome by Louis Icart

Ophelia by John Everett Millais

Shelter by Peter Macon

The Kiss by Edvard Munch

The Vampire or Love and Pain by Edvard Munch credit @iwtvasart

Ruiter on Horse by Reiger Stolk credit @ iwtvasart

Portrait of Frank Burty Haviland by Modigliani credit @iwtvasart

Self-Seers II (Death and Man) by Egon Schiele credit to @90sgreggaraki

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Goya

Aicha by Felix Vallotton

Cariatide by Modigliani

Nature Morte Au Pain Et Au Cocteau by Louis Marcoussis

Untitled by Julio Gonzalez

Embrace by Mikulas Galanda

Trees on a Mountain Slope by Ernst Kirchner

Landscape Paris by Henry Lyman Sayen

Tabac 56 by Oscar Garcia

Spirituals by Lillian Richter Reynolds

Movie & Play Posters on set (in chronological order by year):

Tarzan and his Mate (1934)

Avec le Sourire (1936)

Les Deux Gosses (1936)

Le Jour Se Leve (1939) about a man who commits murder as a result of a love triangle and locks himself in his apartment recounting the details as the police attempt to arrest him. Credit to @laisofhyccara

Nuit de Décembre (1940)

Mademoiselle Swing (1942) about a girl who follows a troupe of swing musicians to Paris.

Les Enfents du Paradis (1945) about a woman with many suitors including an actor and an aristocrat.

Fantomas (1946) about a sadistic criminal mastermind. This version includes a hideout in the catacombs where he traps people.

Quai des Orfevres (1947) watch here

Monsieur Vincent (1947)

Le Cafe du Cadran (1947) about a wife’s affair with a violinist.

La Kermesse Rouge (1947) film about a jealous artist who locks up his younger wife and a fire breaks out while she’s trapped.

Morts Sans Sepulture by Jean-Paul Sartre (play) also published in English translations as “The Victors” or “Men Without Shadows” about resistance fighters captured by Vichy soldiers struggling not to give up information.

Mon Faust by Paul Valery (play)

Musical Influences: @greedandenby collected all music used in Season 2 here.

Henry Cowell

Meredith Monk

Howling’ Wolf

Shirley Temple

Jason Lindner Big Band

The Teeth

Carlos Salzedo

Alice Coltrane

Thelonius Monk

David Lang

Caroline Shaw

Gadfly by Shostakovich (for Raglan James)

musical career of Martha Argerich

[blueshistorysims]

March 1934

Montgomery couldn’t remember the last time he felt this free, sighing lazily.

The woman’s voice, the one stroking his hair, laughed. “Don’t fall asleep on me now.”

“How can I when I am yer arms?”

She giggled.

“Besides,” he whispered, “this is a dream. Canna sleep in a dream.”

Edeline smiled. “If it is a dream, then it is a good one.”

“I wish I could stay here forever.”

She laughed again as he heard the cries of a baby.

He sat up, confused. “I hear a bairn.”

Edeline scoffed, and when he turned to face her, she was holding a baby girl with his red hair and blue eyes. “Well, I would hope so, considering Maggie is sitting right with us.”

“Maggie?”

“Our daughter, darling. You’re acting quite strange, you know.” She looked around, unfazed by his shocked expression. “Bernie! Come here!”

“Bernie? But-but-” He cut himself off the moment a boy of around fourteen ran toward the blanket, his face a mix of his and Edeline’s.

“Yes, Mum?”

“I think your father has some sort of temporary amnesia.”

Bernie turned to Montgomery. “Ya alright, Da?” He had a faint Scottish accent. 

The Scotsman stood up, looking back and forth. “This-this isn’t real. Yer not real. It’s only a dream.”

“Of course it’s not real, Montgomery,” a voice he recognized well replied, and he turned to see Samira with Miranda in her lap. “It’s only a dream.”

He panted heavily, trying to force himself awake.

He closed his eyes tightly until everything was black, but when he opened them, he found himself surrounded by darkness, and in front of him, his two dead wives, dressed like a cabaret act in a giant v-shaped glass in their favorite colors, red and green.

“Do you remember?” Samira asked. “The cabaret shows we used to go to in London? The girls dressed like this, didn’t they?”

Edeline smiled like a shark as the pair posed seductively. “We never went to shows like this when we were together. You only told me you had loved men when you proposed. Were you ashamed of your proclivities? That I, a sheltered English girl, could not understand the decadence of it all?”

He swallowed, equally disturbed and transfixed. “No, I-It’s not that. It weren’t like that. I… were ashamed of meself, wanted to lock that part of meself away from ya, from… everythin’.”

The women were suddenly embracing one another, still making intense eye contact. 

“I wonder if you would have left me if I had lived and you still had met Samira. You loved her passionately… until she died in your arms.”

Samira finally turned her head, gazing at Edeline with an emotion Montgomery didn’t recognize. “I always stared at her photographs. She was beautiful. Pale, blonde, thin… I’d wonder what I’d do if I ever met her.” She caressed the blonde woman’s face. “Do you think she would love me the way you did? Would she let me kiss her lips?” She whispered before kissing her gently.

Montgomery watched, entranced as his wives ravished one another with a creeping feeling of dread falling upon him as if he was privy to something he was not meant to see. 

Samira looked up from her neck, her dark brown eyes twinkling with malice. “How do you would tell her? Tell Edeline that you fell in love with her brother, and he doesn’t love you. That the only reason you have yet to take your life is because of some foolish wish that he will return those feelings, and you won’t be alone anymore—someone to hold you in your sleep and whisper soothing words when you have nightmares of your dead. All you have is your daughter. Our daughter.”

He opened his mouth and found he could not speak. He felt faint, his vision blurring, bleeding into color, and Montgomery found himself in his bedroom, held by Edeline as Samira watched with the same enigmatic expression from before.

“Hush now, Edeline whispered, “it shall be over soon. I have you in my arms.”

“But it’s not real.”

“It could be,” Samira mused. “Do you wish it?”

He did not answer, letting his two wives touch and kiss him as he closed his eyes. Perhaps he could enjoy it, enjoy them, even if he knew he was in some sort of dream or nightmare or somewhere in between. He felt their touch on his body and wondered how he’d managed five years of no romantic love. But then perhaps he hadn’t, thinking his quitting of everything that mattered to him, staying shut up in a house owned by a duke and duchess, who were supposed to be everything he opposed about the class system, but instead, he was hopelessly in love with one and cared too deeply for the other. 

The touch suddenly stopped, and he opened his eyes, his vision perfect for once, to see Edeline and Samira staring at him from the foot of his bed, looking exactly as they did when they perished. Blood covered Edeline’s chest and mouth, staining her olive green nightgown she loved so dearly as the blood from Samira’s navy skirt and legs dripped onto the floor. Overwhelming guilt racked his body as they stared with lifeless eyes, boring into his soul.

“It is funny your face was the last one we ever saw,” Edeline muttered.

“Do you want it to be real?” Samira asked again. 

“No-I dinna ken—aye,” he finally confessed.

He gasped awake, finding himself in his bedroom once more, the morning rays pouring in from the window. He was awake. The dream was over. But it was not a consolation, he quickly realized as tears welled up in his eyes, and he fell back into his bed, beginning to sob.

By the time Miranda, still in her nightgown, wandered into his room, looking for her father, Montgomery was completely unaware of anything else other than his hammering heart and aching cries. Miranda watched him, too shocked to do anything else.

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[wanderingmind867]

i probably haven't read enough Golden Age Comics to make this (I've barely read any, really), but I just spent the whole weekend making this list of birthdates for Earth-Two DC heroes and villians. I could've been working on my Christmas List! But no! My brain just had to get fixated on this. So here it is. This thing I didn't need to make, but my brain wouldn't let me stop working on. So here's a long list of names and birthdays. Nobody asked for this, and it was hellish to make. But my brain still expects me to make three more of these! sigh...

Superman (Clark Kent/Kal-L): 1916

Lois Lane: 1917

Power Girl (Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr): 1916 (Birth Certificate says 1956)

George Taylor: 1887 Died: 1955 (Age at Death: 68)

Jimmy Olson: 1928

Perry White: 1914

Lana Lang: 1920

Steve Bard: 1916

John Kent: 1875 Died: 1938 (Age at Death: 65)

Mary Kent: 1876 Died: 1932 (Age at Death: 60)

Samuel Lane: 1887 Died: 1973 (Age at Death: 86)

Ella Lane: 1889 Died: 1979 (Age at Death: 90)

Lucille Lane: 1920

Susie Tompkins: 1939

Batman (Bruce Wayne): 1915 Died: 1979 (Age at Death: 64)

Catwoman (Selina Kyle): 1920 Died: 1977 (Age at Death: 57)

Robin (Dick Grayson): 1933

Huntress (Helena Wayne): 1957

Batwoman (Kathy Kane): 1922

Alfred Beagle: 1900 Died: 1989 (Age at Death: 89)

Karl Kyle (Catwoman's Brother): 1924

Harvey Kent: 1912

Gilda Kent: 1915

Thomas Wayne: 1883 Died: 1924 (Age at Death: 41)

Martha Wayne: 1884 Died: 1924 (Age at Death: 40)

Phillip Wayne: 1885 Died: 1939 (Age at Death: 56)

Commissioner James Gordon: 1900 Died: 1976 (Age at Death: 76)

Julie Madison: 1915

Linda Page: 1919

Barbara Gordon (James Gordon's Wife): 1900 Died: 1981 (Age at Death: 81)

Anthony Gordon: 1931

The Flash (Jay Garrick): 1918

Joan Garrick: 1920

Winky Moylan: 1916

Blinky Boylan: 1915

Noddy Toylan: 1914

Green Lantern (Alan Scott): 1913

Doiby Dickles: 1896

Irene Miller: 1914

Harlequin (Molly Mayne): 1923

Wonder Woman (Diana Prince/Diana of Themyscira): 1920

Steve Trevor: 1918

Etta Candy: 1927

Paula von Gunther: 1907

Gerta Von Gunther: 1935

Phillip Darnell: 1903

Hawkman (Carter Hall): 1917

Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders-Hall): 1917

The Atom (Al Pratt): 1921

Mary James Pratt: 1920

Joe Morgan: 1904

The Spectre (Jim Corrigan): 1900

Clarice Winston: 1908

Percival Popp: 1918

The Sandman (Wesley Dodds): 1913

Dian Belmont: 1916

Sandy the Golden Boy (Sanderson Hawkins): 1928

Lawrence Belmont: 1888 Died: 1974 (Age at Death: 86)

Hourman (Rex Tyler): 1913

Wendi Harris: 1936

Jimmy Martin: 1931

Thorndyke Thompkins: 1930

Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson): 1908

Inza Cramer: 1916

Johnny Thunder: 1917

Daisy Darling: 1918

Peachy Pet: 1935

Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel): 1901

Scribbly Jibbet: 1930

Mortimer "Dinky" Jibbet: 1933

Huey Hunkel: 1930

Amelia "Sisty" Hunkel: 1934

Starman (Ted Knight): 1915

Doris Lee: 1917

Woodley Allen: 1893

Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles Mcnider): 1915

Myra Mason: 1918

Wildcat (Ted Grant): 1919

Joan Fortune: 1913

Hiram Skinner: 1921

Mr. Terrific (Terry Sloane): 1920

Wanda Wilson: 1921

Black Canary (Dinah Drake): 1926

Larry Lance: 1925

Star Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton): 1927

Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks (Merry Pemberton): 1934

Stripesy (Pat Dugan): 1914

Giovanni Zatara: 1918

Sargon the Sorcerer: 1919

Rose Canton: 1924 Died: 1985 (Age at Death: 61)

Alexei Luthor: 1906

Ultra-Humanite: 1844

J. Wilbur Wolfingham: 1910

Colonel Future (Edmond Future): 1918

The Puzzler: 1901

The Prankster (Oswald Loomis): 1908

The Toyman (Winslow Schott): 1910

Metalo (George Grant): 1909

The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot): 1907

Clayface (Basil Karlo): 1887

The Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane): 1904

Hugo Strange: 1889 Died: 1982 (Age at Death: 93)

The Cavalier (Mortimer Drake): 1915

The Wizard (William Zard): 1913

Brainwave (Henry King): 1910 Died: 1984 (Age at Death: 74)

The Gambler (Steven Sharpe III): 1910 Died: 1987 (Age at Death: 77)

The Thinker (Clifford DeVoe): 1905

Rag Doll (Peter Merkel): 1916 Died: 1986 (Age at Death: 70)

The Fiddler (Issac Bowin): 1915

Anaya Bowin: 1930

The Icicle (Joar Mahkent): 1913 Died: 1986 (Age at Death: 73)

Sportsmaster (Crusher Crock): 1921

Tigress (Paula Brooks): 1923

Silver Scarab (Hector Hall): 1958

Fury (Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor): 1958

Nuklon (Albert Rothstein): 1960

Northwind (Norda Cantrell): 1958

The Lare (Olivia Corrigan): 1953

Brainwave Jr (Henry King, Jr): 1963

Harlequin II (Noel Loomis-Schott): 1965

Obsidian (Todd Rice): 1966

Jade (Jennifer Lynn-Haden): 1966

Wildcat II (Yolanda Montez): 1955

Hourman II (Rick Tyler): 1966

Starman II (Jack Knight): 1972

Doctor Mid-Nite II (Beth Chapel): 1959

Cyclone (Maxine Hunkel): 1964

The Warlock (Warren Zard): 1974

Hazard (Rebecca Sharpe): 1971

The Gambler II (Steven Sharpe V): 1975

The Fiddler II (Issac Bowin Jr): 1961

The Icicle II (Cameron Mahkent): 1959

Tigress II (Artemis Crock): 1958

Rag Doll II (Peter Merkel Jr): 1951

[thechurchofsplatterdaysaints]

Trying to get a handle on the movies. This is just the shit laying around for casual viewing. Doubles and triples of some due to upgrades, alternate cuts, extras, etc. Three more externals and not counting physical collection. I'm no hoarder, you are.

Need to get back on the cappin train so any requests are welcome.

3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983) 4 Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) 7 Bloodstained Orchids (1972) 976-EVIL (1988) 10 To Midnight (1983) 60's GoGo Chicks / 1000 Shapes of a Female (Burlesque, 1963) 42nd Street Memories (2015)

Action Jackson (1988) Apt Pupil (1998) Agnes of God (1985) / American Me (1992) Angel (1984, Pt. 1 + Extras) Avenging Angel (1985) Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) / Dr. Phobes Rises Again (1972) Anima, The (SWV, 1968) A Clockwork Orange (1971) / Anthropophagus (Uncut, 1980) Alice Sweet Alce (1976) / Evil Laugh (1986) Alley Cat (1984) AIP Trailer Pack #3 Alone in the Dark (1982) Antichrist (2009) Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) / A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) Axe (aka Lisa Lisa, 1974) Anthropophagus (Uncut, 1980) Alien Vs Predator (2004) Angel 3, The Final Chapter (1988) American Movie (1999) Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) / Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) Aileen: Life & Death of a Serial Killer (DOC, 2003) Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) / A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) Above the Law (1988) Aenigma (1987) Alien Nation (1988) Antichrist (1974) / Jack Ketchum's the Girl Next Door (2007) Antichrist (1974)

Angst (1983) Almost Human (1974) American Psycho (Uncut + Extras, 2000) Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985) / The Canyons (2013) Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) Aerobicide (aka Killer Workout, 1987) April Fool's Day (1986) The Adventures of Busty Brown (1964) / The Big Snatch (1971) April Fool's Day (1986) Almost Human (1974) / A Day of Violence (Uncut, 2010) Armed Response (1986) American Tiger aka American Rickshaw (1989)

Best in Show (2000) / Black Dog (1998) Brainscan (1994) / Band of the Hand (1986) Blood Sisters (1987) Black Christmas (1974) Backdraft (1991) Burning, The (1981) Brainscan (1994) / A Night to Dismember (1983) Beyond the Law (1993) *** Baise Moi (2000) *** Blood Games (1990) Beyond, The (1981) / Wayward Pines S1 E6 Black Sunday (1960) Black Mass (2015) Bloodsport (1988) Bad Dreams (Uncut + Extras, 1988) Beast Within, The (1982) Blue Ruin (2013) Bad Lieutenant (1992) Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Breeders (Uncut, 1986) Body Love (XXX, 1978) / The Story of O (1975) Bad Batch (2016) Back 2 School (1986) / Better Call Saul (S1, 3-4) Better off Dead (1985) / I know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Bloodrage (1979) Blue Velvet (1986) / One (Lynch Doc, 2007) Blue Velvet (1986) / Aenigma (1987) Barbarian Queen (1985) / Desparate Living (1977) Breakfast Club (1985) / The Boogens (1981) / Borgman (2013) Blood and Black Lace (1964) Birds of Prey (1987) Big Bird Cage, The (WIP, 1972) Batman Begins (2005) Burial Ground (aka The Nights of Terror, 1981) Beverly Hills Cop Trilogy (1984, 1987, 1994) Barfly (1987) / Factototum (2005) Bringing out the Dead (1999) / Battlefield Earth (RIFFTRAX, 2000) Behind the Candelabra (2013) Behind Convent Walls (1977) / Blue Velvet (1986) Big Racket, the (1976) Big Bad Wolf (2006) Black Roses (1988) Bay of Blood (1971) / Baron Blood (1972)

Barfly (+ Extras, 1987) / Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Buio Omega (aka Beyond the Darkness, 1979) The Brood (1979) Bride of Re-Animator (1990) *** Black Room, The (1984) / Behind the Green Door (XXX, 1972) Big Bird Cage, The (WIP, 1972) / The Beast Within (1982) Barton Fink (1991) *** Black Cat, the (1934) / The Raven (1935) The Bride's Initiation (1976) Boys Next Door, the (1985) *** Bukowski: Born Into This (DOC, 2003) *** Bukowski at Bellevue (DOC, 1995) *** Broken Bars (1995) Black Gestapo, the (1975) Behind the Green Door (XXX, 1972) Borrower, the (1991) Big (1988) / The Burning (1981) Beast With a Gun (aka Mad Dog Killer, 1977) Bone Tomahawk (2015) Burbs!, the (1989) Breaker! Breaker! (1977) Brain Damage (Uncut, 1988) Blue Rin (2013) / Bronson (2008) Barbarian Sound Studio (2012) / A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) Bang Bang (XXX, ???) / Blackmail for Daddy (XXX, ???) / Candi Girl (XXX, 1979) The Bizarre Ones (1968) / The Prince of Porn (Phil Prince DOC) Bad Boy Bubby (1993) / Crash (1996) Blood Simple (1984) Better Off Dead (1985) / Black Mass (2015) Black Tar Heroin (Doc) / Blue Ruin (2013)

The Bizarre Ones (1968) / Too Much Too Often Boxing Helena / Daughters of Lesbos

Case of the Scorpion's Tail, the (1971) Chrome and Hot Leather (1971) Candyman (1992) / 28 Days Later (2002) Curfew (1989) Color Purple, the (1985) Carpenter, the (1989) Con Air (1997) / Speed (1994) Curdled (1996) Class of 1999 I & II (1990, 1994) C.H.U.D. (Director's Cut, 1984) Companeros (+ Extras, Italian/Eng Audio, Eng Subs, 1970) City in Panic (1986) Chopper (2000) *** Casino (1995) Cobra (1986) *** Cold in July (2014) Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Caged Heat (1974) Castle Freak (1995) Conan the Barbarian (1982) Chopping Mall (1986) / Chrome and Hot Leather (1971) Cape Fear (1991) / Birdman (2014) Casualties: Can't Stop Us (MUSIC) Creed (2015) / Zipperface (1992) Class of 1999 (1990) Church, the (aka Demon Cathedral, 1989) Class of Nuke 'em High (1986) *** Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) *** Cars that Ate Paris, the (1974) Cheerleader Camp (1988) Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985) Cat O' Nine Tails (+ Extras, 1971) Color of Money, the (1986) Class of 1984 (1982) *** Cold Eyes of Fear (1971) City Heat (1984) / The Thin Blue Line (1988) Caged Women II (1996) Cosmopolis (2012) Charley Varrick (1973) / Clue (1985) Crimes of Passion (1983) / Star '80 (1984)

Creepshow (1982) *** Cruising (1980) Case of the Bloody Iris, the (1972) / Cat O' Nine Tails (1971) Confessions of a Serial Killer (Uncut, 1985) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) / Revenge of the Creature (1955) / Creature Walks Among Us (1956) Charles Bukowski Tapes 1/2 (1985) *** Charles Bukowski Tapes 2/2 (1985) *** Crazy Joe (1974) / Almost Human (1974) Cold Steel (1987) Chinatown (1974) Crash (1996) / Curse of the Devil (1973) Creep (SOV, 1995) / NY '77 (DOC, 2007)

Dolemite (1975) Dead Bang (1989) Drop Dead Fred (1991) / Doggie Woggie Poochie Woochie (2012) Disaster Artist, the (2017) Demonwarp (1988) Deliberate Stranger: Ted Bundy Story (1986) Dracula Exotica (XXX, 1980) Death Wish 3 (1985) / Death Wish 4 (1987) Die Hard (1988) Delores Claiborne (1995) Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Dangerously Close (1986) Dirt, the (2019) Devil's Rain, the (1975) / Dead, the (2011) Dolemite is My Name (2019) Death Wish (1974) / Death Wish 2 (1982) Dawn of the Dead (European Version, 1978) *** Dawn of the Dead (Extras, 1978) *** Drive in Delirium III (Trailers) Driller (XXX, 1984) / Ultra Flesh (XXX, 1980) Demons (1985) *** Devil's Wedding Night (aka Full Moon of the Virgins, 1973) Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971) Diary of a Cloistered Nun (1973) Drive in Delirium II (Trailers) Dead and Buried (1981) *** Deadbeat at Dawn (1988) Death Warrant (1990) Dressed to Kill (1980) Dawn of the Dead (1978) *** Death Wish (2018) Donnie Brasco (Extended Cut, 1997) Django (1966) Devil's Rain, the (1975) / Django Kill! (+ Extras, 1967) Diary of a Cloistered Nun (1973) / Donnie Brasco (Uncut, 1997) Don't Go in the House! (1979) Dead Man's Shoes (2004) Der Todesking (1990) The Donner Party (2009) Destroyer, the (1988) Death of a Cheerleader (1994)

Death Spa (1988) Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) Demon Cop (1990) Deadly Eyes (1982) Demons 2 (1986) *** Desperate Living (1977) Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) Django Kill! (+ Extras, 1967) Decline of Western Civilization, part II: The Metal Years (1988) The Drop (2014) Donnie Darko (Director's Cut, 2001) Deranged (Uncut, 30th Anniv. Edition, 1974) Les Demons (Franco, 1972) / SWV: Snatched Women (1974) Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) / I Stand Alone (1998) Driller (XXX, 1984) / A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)

Exit Wounds (2001) Edge of the Axe (1988) / Twice Dead (1988) The Evil Dead (1981) Edge of Sanity (1989) Escape From New York (1981) End of Watch (2012) Exorcist, the (Director's Cut, 1973/2000) Exterminator, the (Uncut, 1980) Ed Gein (2000) *** Event Horizon (1997) Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora (DOC + Trailers, Extras, Interviews, Home Movies, 1994) Empire of Ash (1988) Evilspeak (1981) Eaten Alive (1980) Executioner II (1984) Exorcist III (1990) Eyes of a Stranger (1981)

Four of the Apocalypse (1975) Fatal Attraction (1987) Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Friday the 13th (1980) Friday the 13th part IV: The Final Chapter (1984) *** Flesh Eaters, the (1964) Fire Down Below (1997) Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (1965) / The Filth Shop (1969) Fight for your Life (1977) Flasher (XXX, 1986) Final Score (1986) Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) *** Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) *** Final Sacrifice (NON MST3K VERSION, 1990) Friday the 13th part 9 Jason Goes to Hell (1993) Friday the 13th part 7 The New Blood (Extended Uncut, 1988) Fuego (+ Trailer, 1968) / Something Weird Video Trash-o-Rama Vol 8) First Blood (1982) Fort Apache: The Bronx (1981) Fall of the House of Usher (1961) / The Raven (1963) Fog, the (1980) Fistful of Dollars (1964) *** Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion (1972) / Female Prisoner Scorpion Jailhouse 701 (1972) Firepower (1993) / Filth Shop (1969) Full Eclipse (1993) Frenzy (1972) From Hell (2001) Fight Club (1999) Foot Fist Way, the (2006) Friday the 13th part 6, Jason Lives (1986) *** Friday the 13th part 2 (1981) *** Friday the 13th part 2 (1981) *** Fear City (1984) Factotum (2005) / Fiend (+ Extras, 1980) A Few Good Men (1992) Fifth Cord, the (1971) / Four of the Apocalypse (1975) Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) Fright Night (1985) Fallen (1998) Forced Entry (XXX, 1975) / Café Flesh (XXX, 1982) Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (1965) / Sick and Nasty Trailers

The French Connection (1971) Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers (1968) / Cherry Harry & Raquel (1970)

Gone With the Pope (1976/2010) Grifters, the (1990) / Crazy Joe (1974) Get Out (2017) Glimmer Man, the (1996) Galaxy of Terror (1981) Girls Nite Out (1982) Good Time (2017) / Groundhog Day (1993) Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) Grave Robbers (1988) / Mortuary (1983) Gone With the Pope (2010) / Girl in Room 2A (1974) Grotesque (1988) Glengary Glenn Ross (1992) Grindhouse Trailer Classics (TRAILERS) The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1966) *** Gang Boys! (1994) A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012) Giallo in Venice (1979) Giallo in Venice (1979) The Girl Next Door (2007) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather II (Coppola Restoration, 1974) The Godfather (Uncut, Coppola Restoration, 1972) The Gray Man (2022)

Harry Brown (2009) Hyena (2014) Halloween (2018) Halloween Kills (2021) / Halloween Kills (Extended Cut, 2021) The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) Hannibal (2001) / Red Dragon (2002) Halloween II (1981) Humanoids from the Deep (Uncut, 1980) Happy Gilmore (1996) / Vampires (1998) Hellraiser (1987) Hellraiser II (Uncut, 1988) The Howling I (1980) / The Howling II (1985) Howling 3: the Marsupials (1987) / Howling 4: The Original Nightmare (1988) Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) Hell of the Living Dead (1980) Hidden in the Woods (2012) Howling 3 (1987) House on Sorority Row (1982) Hollywood Cop (1987) Hardcase & Fist (1988) Highlander (Director's Cut, 1986) Hospital Massacre (1982) Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) / High on Crack Street (DOC, 1995) Halloween III (1982) House of the Devil (2009) Hallucinations (Pollonia Bros, 1986) Hidden in the Woods (2012) / House of Games (1987) The Hustler (1961) Hunter's Blood (1986) Hands of Steel (1986) Horror Hotel (1960) / Devil Girl from Mars (1954) Hard Target (1993) Hell on the Battleground (1988) Highway To Hell (1991) Heat (1995) Heartbreak Ridge (1986) / Hot Summer in the City (1976)

Inferno (1980) *** Inseminoid (1981) I, Tonya (2017) If You Meet Sartana, Pray for your Death (1968) Ilsa: The Wicked Warden (Uncut, 1977) / Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS (1975) Ilsa: Tigress of Siberia (1977) / Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1974) Inside A L'Interieur (2007) In the Folds of the Flesh (1970) Irreversible (2002) *** It: Chapter 2 (2019) / Midsommar (2019) The Irishman (2019) Island Claws (1980) / I Think We're Alone Now (DOC, 2008) It Conquered the World (1956) Illustrious Corpses (aka Cadaveri Eccellenti, 1976)

Just Before Dawn (1981) Jaws (1975) Jaws 2 (1978) / Jaws 3 (1983) / Jaws 4 (1987) Jack the Ripper (Franco, 1976) Just One of the Guys (1985) *** Joker (2019) Jason X (2001) Jaws 5: The Cruel Jaws (1995)

The Killer Inside Me (2010) The Killing of America (DOC, 1981) Keoma (1976) / Enzo Castellari Interview Killer Joe (2011) Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) The King of Staten Island (2020) Kalifornia (1993) / Keoma (1976) The Killer is on the Telephone (1972) Kickboxer (1989) Killing Them Softly (2012) Ken Park (2002) The Kindred (1987)

Lock Up (1989) Less Than Zero (1987) / Middle Men (2007) Light the Fuse, Sartana is Coming! (1970) Last House on the Left (1972) Lost Highway (1997) / Late Phases (2014) Lucio Fulci Remembered Vol 1 (DOC, 2008) *** Lost Highway (1997) *** Lost Highway (1997) / Blue Velvet (1986) L'Ossessa (aka Eerie Midnight Horror Show, 1974) The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) Last House on Dead End Street (1973) Let the Right One In (2008) *** Lady Terminator (1989) L'Alcova (1985) Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) Liz & Dick (2012) Light of Day (1987) The Last House on the Left (1972) *** Lethal Weapon (1987) Lock & Load (1990) Loaded Weapon (National Lampoon, 1993) The Loved Ones (2009) The Lost Boys (1987) The Life & Death of a Porno Gang (2009) / Lady Stay Dead (1981) The Lorelei's Grasp (1973) The Hollow & Little Lady Fauntleroy (DOC, 1975) Late Phases (2014) / NY Stories (1989) A Lizard in Woman's Skin (1971) *** The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Mark of the Devil 2 (1973) Maniac Killer (1987) Mule Skinner Blues (DOC, 2001) *** Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) / Motherless Brooklyn (2019) The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) The Mechanic (1972) Ms. 45 (1981) Mr. Majestyk (1974) Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977) Madman (1982) Monster of the Opera (1964) / Madhouse (1974) Motel Hell (1980) *** Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978) *** Monster Dog (HD, 1984) Misery (1990) Mad Foxes (1981) Maniac (2012) My Bloody Valentine (1981) *** M. (1931) Mother's Day (2012) Maidens of Fetish Street (1966) Mark of the Devil (1970) Murder Obsession (1981) / Murder by Death (1976) Manhunter (1986) Mother of Tears (2007) *** Mannaja (+ Extras, 1973) / Mean Streets (1977) Mother May I Sleep with Danger (1996) Malibu Express (1985) The Mutilator (1984) The Monk (1972) My Dear Killer (1972) My Son, My Son, What Have ye Done? (2009) / The Departed (2006) Mankillers! (1987) Mr. No Legs (1978) Mega Piranha (2010) Mother! (2017) Malone (1987) The Manson Family (Jim Van Bebber, 1997) *** The Magnificent Seven (1960) Murphy's Law (1986) / hard Times (1975) Mean Streets (1977) Mantis In Lace (1968) Maniac Cop (Synapse Special Edition)

Midnight (1982) / Mortuary (1983) Meantime (1983) Il Mostro del'Opera (1964) / The Killer Inside Me (2010) Maidens of Fetish Street (1966) / The Filth Shop (1968) Mudhoney (1965) / Good Morning & Goodbye (1967)

Night of the Juggler (1980) Night of the Demon (1980) / The Dead (2011) New Wave Hookers 2 (1991) / Penetrator (1991) / Prisoner of Pleasure (1984) Nightdreams (XXX, 1981) / Forever Night (XXX, 1998) Napoli Violenta (+ Interview, 1976) Night of the Demons 2 (1994) The Night Porter (1974) *** Nightcrawler (2014) Nightbreed (1990) *** Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987) Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Night of the Creeps (Alternate Ending, 1986) Night of the Creeps (1986) Naked Violence (1969) / The Big Racket (1976) The Naked Gun 2 (1992) Naked Gun 33 1/3 (1994) Night of the Demons (1988) *** Never Too Young to Die (1986) / The Hearing Aid Sessions (DOC) Nightmare Beach (1989) Nightmare in a Damaged Brain (1981) Ninja III The Domination (1984) The Nun of Monza (1969) Nightmares (1983) Night Train Murders (1975) *** Natural Enemies (1979) Night of the Comet (1984) Navajo Joe (1966) The Night Walker (1964) / Tales from the Crypt (1972) The Night Stalker (1986) Nightmare City (1980) *** Night Warning (1982) Natural Born Killers (1994) Night of the Bloody Apes (1969) The Naked Cage (WIP, 1986) Naked Gun (1988) Necrophilia (XXX ???? 80s or 90s) / Burroughs x2 (???) Night Caller (1975) Night of the Hunter (1955) The New York Ripper (1982) *** Next of Kin (1989) Night Train to Terror (1985) The Night of the Devils (aka La Notte dei Diavoli, 1972)

Necropolis (1986) The Nest (1988) Night of the Creeps (Alt TV Ending, 1986) / Murder Set Pieces (2004) New Years Evil (1980) Neon Nights (XXX, 1981) / Silence of the Lambs (XXX Parody, 2011) Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) Nail Gun Massacre (1985) Night Killer (1990)

Out for Justice (1991) Office Space (1999) *** Once Were Warriors (1994) Over the Top (1987) Opera (1987) *** On Deadly Ground (1994) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Orgy of the Dead (1965) Overkill (1987) Old Henry (2021) / Parenthood (1989) The Omen (1976) / My Amityville Horror (2012)

The Possession of Virginia (1971) / The Debauchers (1976) Point Break (1991) Prisoner of Pleasure (XXX 1981) / The Story of Prunella (XXX 1972) / The Toy Box (XXX 1971) Psycho 2 (1983) Popcorn! (1991) The Predator (2018) / Prey (2022) Pink Flamingos (1972) Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) Paradise Lost (DOC, 1996) *** Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (DOC, 2000) *** Patrick Still Lives (Uncut, 1980) Patrick Still Lives (1980) Prince of Darkness (1987) Plague of the Zombies (1966) Pet Sematary (1989) Profondo Rosso (1975) Project: Metal Beast (1995) Phallus in Wonderland (GWAR, 1992) Phenomena (1985) Pusher (1996) / Pusher 2 (2004) Profondo Rosso (Dual Audio, Commentary, 1976) Ponty Pool (2008) Phenomena (1985) Phantasm (1979) / Phantasm 2 (1988) (With extras) Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981) Platoon (1986) Poor White Trash 2 (1974) Primal Rage (1988) Piranhaconda (2012) Roger Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) / Tales of Terror (1962) Paths of Glory (1957) Pieces (1982) *** Pieces (1982) *** Profondo Rosso (Dual Commentary + Extras, 1975) Public Enemies (2009) The Pit (1981) The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) / Premature Burial (1962) Possession (Uncut, 1981) The Prowler (1981) *** Punisher: War Zone (2008) Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981) *** Penetrator (XXX, 1991) / Usual Suspects (1995)

Phantom of Death (1987) Purple Rain (1984) / Piranha (1978) The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Pieces (Uncut grindhouse, 1982) Pet Sematary 2 (1992) Prime Cut (1972) Postcards From the Edge (1990) / Stone Forever (1999)

Rabid (1977) Rambo 4 (2008) Race with the Devil (1975) Rocky 5 (1990) Rocky (1976) The Red Queen Kills 7 Times (1972) Reckless (1984) Rats: Night of Terror! (1984) Rocky Balboa (2006) Ran (1985) *** Rabid (+ Extras, 1977) Rocky 3 (1982) Revenge of the Nerds (1984) The Raven (2012) Rocky 2 (1979) / Rocky 3 (1982) Roller Blade (1986) The Roost (2005) Repo Man (Criterion, 1984) Rewind This! (DOC, 2013) Rabid Dogs (1974) Red Riding Trilogy (1973, 1980, 1983) Rambo First Blood Part 2 (1985) Reform School Girls (WIP, 1986) The Rules of Attraction (2002) / The Intruder: Rambu (1986) The Rainmaker (1997) Ricco: The Mean Machine (1973) Roadhouse (1989) Robocop (Extended Cut, 1987) *** Re-Animator (1985) *** Red Riding (1974) Red Riding (1980) Riot on 42nd Street (1987) Rider of the Skulls (aka El Charro de las Calvares, 1965) Raw Meat (1973) / Blood Simple (1984) Road to Revenge (1993) The Raid: Redemption (2011) The Re-Animator (1985) The Room (2003) Return of the Living Dead 2 (1988) / Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)

The Runaways (2010) Rock N' Roll Nightmare (1987) Roadhouse (Rifftrax, Mike Solo, 1989)

Sisters (1972) Sartana the Gravedigger (1969) / Have a Good Funeral Sartana (1970) Scream (2022) Shawshank Redemption (1994) Stand By Me (1986) Sleepwalkers (1992) Streetwalkin' (1985) Savage Streets (Uncut, 1984) Singapore Sling (1990) Stepbrothers (2008) *** Snake Eater Trilogy (1989, 1990, 1992) Sleepaway Camp (1983) / Switchblade Sisters (1975) Suspiria (1977) Starcrash (1978) / Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987) Skyscraper (1996) / Rocktober Blood (1984) Samurai Cop (1991) Spine (1986) The Straight Story (1999) Silent Night Deadly Night (1984) Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987) / Scary Movie 2 (2001) Shivers (+ Extras, 1975) / Schindler's List (1993) Silver Bullet (1985) Shutter Island (2010) Salem's Lot (1979) Saturday Night Special (1976) / The Sister of Ursula (1978) The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971) Stripped to Kill (1987) Slaughterhouse (1987) Salon Kitty (1976) *** Stone Cold (1991) *** Sleepaway Camp 2 (1988) / Sleepaway Camp 3 (1989) Silence of the Lambs (1991) Short Cuts (1993) Suspected Death of a Minor (+ extras, 1975) / Swamp Thing (Uncut, 1982) Street Trash (Uncut, 1987) / Student Bodies (1981) The Stabilizer (1986) Se7en (+ Extras, Disc 1/2, Disc 2/2, 1995) *** Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) / Oldboy (2003) She-Wolves of the Wasteland (1988) / Santo Attacks the Witches (1968)

Street Law (1974) Sweet Movie (1974) / Scary Movie (2000) She Mob (SWV, 1968) / Nymphs Anonymous (SWV, 1968) Scary Movie (2000) Scary Movie 3 (2003) Scream (1996) Stickfighter (1994) / Sharknado 2 (2014) The Street Fighter (1974) / Return of the Street Fighter (1974) Scream for Help (1984) Some Guy Who Kills People (2012) Suburbia (1984) Shotgun (1989) Scarecrows (1988) Supersonic Man (1979) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Santo en El Vampiro y el Sexo (Uncut, 1969) Suspected Death of a Minor (+ extras, 1975) / Swamp Thing (Uncut, 1982) Starry Eyes (2014) Samurai Cop (Jo Bob Briggs Commentary, 1991) The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) *** Street Law (+ Extras, 1974) / Suddenly Last Summer (1959) Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Trash-O-Rama Vol 8 (SWV, Trailers) Society (1989) Slumber Party Massacre 3 (1990) Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987) The Stuff (1985) Sleepaway Camp (1983) / Sorority House Massacre (1986) Spasms (1983) / Splatter University (1981) / Spookies (1986)

Slugs (1988) *** Sharknado! (2013) Shook em Dead (1991) / Student Bodies (1981) Sabata (1969) / Adios, Sabata (1971) The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971) / Sixteen Candles (1984) Satan's Baby Doll (1982) / Slaughter High (1986) Supervixens! (Russ Meyer, 1975) / Up! (Russ Meyer, 1976) Story of O (XXX, 1975) / Body Love (Dual Audio, XXX, 1978) Showgirls (Fully Exposed NC-17, 1995) / Scream 4 (2011) Sorceress (1995) / Killpoint (1984) Serpico (1973)

Them! (1955) / Battletruck (1982) To Catch a Killer (1992) Tropic Thunder (2008) *** Terminator 2 (1991) Trick or Treat (1986) They Have Changed Their Face (1971) / The House at the Edge of the Park (Uncut, 1980) True Romance (Unrated Director's Cut, 1993) True Romance (1993) *** Tombstone (1993) Turner & Hooch (1989) / Parenthood (1989) Ted Bundy (2002) Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) The Princess Bride (1987) / The Executioner part 2 (1984) Toxic Avenger (1984) / Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Tenement (aka Game of Survival, 1985) The Texas Vibrator Massacre (XXX, 2008) / The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) T-Force (1994) Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) The Thing (1982) Tango & Cash (1989) Trauma (1993) / Torso (1973) The Toxic Avenger (Uncut, 1984) Thrashin' (1986) *** Thief (1981) This is England 1-4 (1990) This is England (BBC TV Mini Series, 1986) This is England (1988) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) *** Texas Chainsaw Massacre Bonus Disc (1974) *** Titus (1999) True Believer (1987) Take it out in Trade (1970) / Texas Dildo Masquerade (XXX, 1998) The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer (Court Footage,1992) / Whore Church Vol. 1 (2012) This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) / Trick R Treat (2009)

To The Limit (1995) / Whore (1991) Terminator 2 (1991) *** Thriller (1973) *** The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) / Tales of Terror (1962) Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Tommy Boy (1995) / This is England (2006) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) / Eraserhead (1977) Tremors (1990)

Ultra Flesh (XXX, 1980) Undefeatable (1993) / Undefeatable (composite) The Usual Suspects (Disc 1, Disc 2. 1995) *** Unsolved Mysteries (Disc 2) Unsolved Mysteries (Disc 4) Uncut Gems (Screener, 2019)

Vampire's Night Orgy (1973) Visting Hours (1982) A Virgin Among the Living Dead (+ Extras, 1973) A Virgin Among the Living Dead (+ Extras, 1973) Vengeance (aka Scream for Vengeance, 1980) Videodrome (1983) *** Vamp (1986) / Vixen! (Russ Meyer, 1968) The Video Dead (1987) / The Beast of the Yellow Night (1971) Valley of the Dolls (1967) Venom: Alive in 85 (MUSIC) Violent City! (1970) VFW (2019) / VIY (1967) Visions of Ecstasy (Short, 1989) / Valerie & Her Week of Wonders (1970) Vigilante Force (1976) Victims (1985) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) Vice Squad (1982) Vixen! (Russ Meyer, 1968) / The Seven Minutes (Russ Meyer, 1971) El Vampiro y el Sexo (1969) / SWV Trailers / Virgin Hostage (XXX, 1972) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) / Behind Convent Walls (1977)

The Wild Bunch (1969) Witchfinder General (1968) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) Werewolves on Wheels (1971) The Warriors (Director's Cut, 1979) Waterpower (Uncut, XXX, 1976) Wild at Heart (1990) / Lost Highway (1997) When a Stranger Calls (1979) What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (1999) Witchery (Uncut, 1988) Wild Beasts (+ Extras, 1984) Women's Prison Massacre (WIP, 1983) / Human Experiments (WIP, 1979) Wrong Turn 2 (2007) / Winter's Bone (2010) Wrong Turn 2 (Unrated Director's Cut, 2007) Wet Wilderness (protoslasher/porno roughie, XXX, 1975) Whirlpool (aka She Died with her Boots on, 1970) Werewolf: Beast Among Us (2012) Werewolf Woman (1976) The Whip & The Body (1963) The Wasp Woman (1995) The Whip & The Body (1963) / What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974) Wet Wilderness (XXX, 1975) / Werewolf Woman (1976) Wake in Fright (1971) The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (DOC, 2009) / Wild Honey (1972) The Wrestler (2008) *** Winnebago Man (DOC, 2009) Werewolf (1996) What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) *** Witchcraft 1-3 (1988, 1989, 1991) White Fire (1984) Witchcraft 4-6 (1992, 1993, 1994)

X (2022)

Year of the Dragon (1985) YOR: The Hunter from the Future (1983) The Jail: Women's Hell (WIP, 2006) / Young Frankenstein (1974)

Zombie Holocaust (1980) *** The Zodiac Rapist (XXX, 1971) / Taboo (XXX, 1980) Zombie (1979) *** Zombie (Extras, 1979) *** Zombie (Triple Audio + Commentary, 1979) Zodiac (2007) Zombie High (1987) Young Warriors (1983) Zombie 3 (1988)

EL SANTO COLLECTION

El Santo Vs. Capulina (1969) / Santo & Dracula's Treasure (1969) Santo Vs. Black Magic Woman (1973) / Santo vs. Blue Demon in Atlantis (1970) Suicide Mission (1973) / Santo & the Vengeance of the Mummy (1971) Santo vs. The Murderer of TV (1981) / Santo vs. the Diabolical Brain (1963) Operation 67 (1967) / Santo & the Grave Robbers (1966) Hotel of Death! (1963) / The Mummies of Guanajuato (1972) Santo vs. the Kidnappers (1973) / Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl (1974) The Treasure of Montezuma (1968) / Mystery in the Bermuda Triangle (1979) Santo vs. the Evil Brain (1961) / Santo vs. the King of Crime (1963) Chanoc & Son of Santo vs. the Killer Vampires (1981) / Santo vs. Baron Brakola (1967) Anonimo Mortal (1975) / Blue Demon Contra el Oider Satanico (1966)

ROLLIN COLLECTION

The Iron Rose (1973) / Phantasmes (1975) Rape of the Vampire (1968) / Shiver of the Vampire (1971) The Nude Vampire (1970) / Sidewalks of Bangkok (1984) Jean Rollin: Shorts, Interviews, Trailers Killing Car (1993) / The Two Orphan Vampires (1997) Night of the Hunted (1980) / Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973) Lips of Blood (1975) / Lost in New York (1989)

UNIVERSAL COLLECTION

This Island Earth (1954) / Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) The Brute Man (1946) / Strange Door (1951) / It Came from Outer Space (1953) House of Dracula (1945) / Mummy's Curse (1945) / She Wolf of London (1946) The Climax (1944) / Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) / The Mummy's Ghost (1944) Ghost of Fran Kenstein (1942) / The Mummy's Tomb (1942) / Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) Phantom of the Opera (1943) / Son of Dracula (1943) / House of Frankenstein (1944) Black Friday (1940) / Invisible Man Returns (1940) / The Mummy's Hand (1940) Invisible Woman (1940) / The Wolf Man (1940) / Invisible Agent (1942) Werewolf of London (1935) / Dracula's Daughter (1936) / The Invisible Ray (1936) Night Key (1937) / Son of Frankenstein (1939) / Tower of London (1939) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) / The Old Dark House (1932) / The Invisible Man (1933) Black Cat (1934) / Bride of Frankenstein (1935) / The Raven (1935) Dracule (1931) / Frankenstein (1931) / The Mummy (1932) Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) / Phantom of the Opera (1925) / Cat & The Canary (1927)

SARLI

My Days With Gloria (2010) Y el Demonico Creo a los Hombres (1960) / Sabaleros (1959) Carne Sobre Carne (2008) / La Dama Regresa (1996) Le Mujer del Zapatero (1965) / La Tentacion Desnuda (1965) Sabaleros (1958) / La Senora de Intendente (1967) / Hitomi Surprise! India (1960) / Los Dias Calientes (1966) Desnuda en la Arena (1969) / Extasis Tropical (1970) La Tentacion Desnuda (Uncut, 1965)

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Films listed in Information for the Female-to-Male Crossdresser and Transsexual by Louis Sullivan, 1985

Sylvia Scarlett, starring Katherine Hepburn as a female-to-male crossdresser (see photo above), 1936.

Yentl, starring Barbra Streisand as a woman who crossdresses as a man to join a yeshiva (see photo below), 1983.

Victor/Victoria, starring Julie Andrews as a woman who impersonates a man who crossdresses as a woman, 1982.

Zouzou, a French film with Josephine Baker in drag, 1934.

...She Even Chewed Tobacco, a 45-minute tape-slide show of women who passed as men in early San Francisco, produced by Dr. Estelle Freedman and Liz Stevens, 1983.

Two Girls Wanted, with Janet Gaynor as a girl disguised as a boy to get a job in the big city, 1927.

Wild Boys of the Road, the story of a girl travelling as a boy to avoid arrest for a murder in self-defense, 1933.

I Want What I Want, with Anne Heywood as Roy (see photo below), who undergoes a male-to-female operation, 1972.

The Hoodlum, starring Mary Pickford as a Park Avenue snob who disguises herself as a boy to learn about slum life, 1919.

Girls Will Be Boys, starring Dolly Haas as a girl who posed as the grandson of a misogynist, 1934.

She Loves Me Not, features Miriam Hopkins disguised as a male student, aided by collegiate Bing Crosby, 1934.

The Amazons, starring three women who rebel against a male-dominated society when they crash an all-male club, 1917.

The Silent Accuser, with Eleanor Boardman in male attire, 1924.

Almost a Lady, a comedy-drama with mistaken identity and impersonations of the same and opposite sex, 1926.

The Crystal Cup, in which Dorothy Mackaill attends a social affair as a man, 1927.

Beggars of Life, with Louise Brooks who disguises herself as a boy and hides in a hobo camp, 1928.

Wings of the Morning, the story of a woman who is reincarnated and disguises herself as a boy, 1937.

A Song to Remember, with Merle Oberon as Mme. Dudevant (the 19th century French novelist George Sand), 1945.

The Magician, with Ingrin Thullin passing as her husband's male pupil, 1959.

Queen Christina, with Greta Garbo as the 17th century Swedish heroine with a penchant for male attire, 1933.

A Man Like Eva, a German film with Eva Mattes as a male film director in a loosely adapted biography of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1983.

[mjshortformcjesus]

INTRO POST PART TWO THE SECOND

this is long

ok my name is mj. obviously. its short for mcjesus like the mcdonalds version of jesus. and also mortimer jebidiah. i have no gender (lost it in a game of blackjack unfortunately) so they/it/ any neos. im good with whatever besides he and she :3

movies i like- the saw franchise (!!!), the thing, the fly, princess bride, spiderverse, nimona, i saw the tv glow, we’re all going to the worlds fair, everything everywhere all at once, the sixth sense, the substance, the blob, fight club. i like lots of movies :]

shows i like- dead boy detectives, the owl house, good omens, dont hug me im scared. uh i think thats it

books- six of crows (also all the leigh bardugo books ive read them all multiple times), all the andrew joseph white books, the raven cycle, all for the game, they both die at the end, the house in the cerulean sea, wilder girls, dune, the neverending story, etc etc i read a lot

music (i am autistic if you were wondering)- the crane wives, ewy, ajj, ghost mice, spoonboy, mal blum, bears in trees, mother mother, negative xp, cattle decapitation, ricky montgomery, cheap dirty horse, bird teeth, the butchies, team dresch, against me, the mechanisms, the scary jokes, mischief brew. i could go on (i also have second hand autism from my friend @b-movie-scream-king about murderdolls but i dont listen to them very much)

i draw sometimes (trad art because whenever i do online art i hate it very much) and write always. my ao3 is here and i post writing things sometimes

i loveeee the magnus archives its so frickin rad and i mod for a hc blog for it: @the-headcanon-archives

i have real bad anxiety so im sorry if i never talk to my mutuals and im bad at responding. i promise i love all my mutuals and i wanna talk to yall but idk how :/. i also hallucinate haha thats fun. im paranoid too.

i was born on September 11, 1934 at 4:20 am exactly. if you care about that shit.

oh yeah ima lesbian oriented aroace. my beloved wife is @w3bcu1t and she’s so cool go follow her NOW

i am normal about mkultra so dont even start

i think that’s all you need to know SEND ME ASKS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME IM A VERY OPEN PERSON I SWEAR

^those are my genders (they them fish and amanda young)

dni: (putting it here because it was in a reblog which meant i couldnt edit this post)

queerphobes, ableists, racists, antisemitists, zionists, xenophobes, pedos, terfs, etc etc (writing this made me sad why are there so many flavors of discrimination??)

idc about whatever else if i dont like you i wont iinteract with you 👍

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Fredi Washington

Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an American stage and film actress, civil rights activist, performer, and writer. Washington was of African American descent. She was one of the first Black Americans to gain recognition for film and stage work in the 1920s and 1930s. Washington was active in the Harlem Renaissance, her best known role being Peola in the 1934 film version of Imitation of Life, where she plays a young light-skinned Black woman who decides to pass as white. Her last film role was in One Mile from Heaven (1937), after which she left Hollywood and returned to New York to work in theatre and civil rights activism.

Fredi Washington was born in 1903 in Savannah, Georgia, to Robert T. Washington, a postal worker, and Harriet "Hattie" Walker Ward, a dancer. Both were of African American and European ancestry. Washington was the second of their five children. Her mother died when Fredi was 11 years old. As the oldest girl in her family, she helped raise her younger siblings, Isabel, Rosebud, and Robert, with the help of their grandmother. After their mother's death, Fredi and her sister Isabel were sent to the St. Elizabeth's Convent School for Colored Girls in Cornwells Heights, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

While still in school in Philadelphia, Washington's family moved north to Harlem, New York. Washington graduated from Julia Richman High School in New York City.

Washington's entertainment career began in 1921 as a chorus girl in the Broadway musical Shuffle Along. She was hired by dancer Josephine Baker as a member of the "Happy Honeysuckles," a cabaret group. Baker became a friend and mentor to her. Washington's collaboration with Baker led to her being discovered by producer Lee Shubert. In 1926, she was recommended for a co-starring role on the Broadway stage with Paul Robeson in the play Black Boy. She quickly became a popular, featured dancer, and toured internationally with her dancing partner, Al Moiret.

Washington turned to acting in the late 1920s. Her first movie role was in Black and Tan (1929), in which she played a Cotton Club dancer who was dying. She acted in a small role in The Emperor Jones (1933) starring Robeson. In 1933, Washington married Lawrence Brown, the trombonist in Duke Ellington's jazz orchestra. That marriage ended in divorce. Washington also played Cab Calloway's love interest in the musical short Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934).

Her best-known role was in the 1934 movie Imitation of Life. Washington played a young light-skinned Black woman who chose to pass as white to seek more opportunities in a society restricted by legal and social racial segregation. As Washington had visible European ancestry, the role was considered perfect for her, but it led to her being typecast by filmmakers. Moviegoers sometimes assumed from Washington's appearance—her blue-gray eyes, pale complexion, and light brown hair—that she might have passed in real life. In 1934, she said the role did not reflect her off-screen life, but "If I made Peola seem real enough to merit such statements, I consider such statements compliments and makes me feel I've done my job fairly well." She told reporters in 1949 that she identified as Black "...because I'm honest, firstly, and secondly, you don't have to be white to be good. I've spent most of my life trying to prove to those who think otherwise ... I am a Negro and I am proud of it."[7] Imitation of Life was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, but it did not win. Years later, in 2007, Time magazine ranked it as among "The 25 Most Important Films on Race."

Washington's experiences in the film industry and theater led her to become a civil rights activist. In an effort to help other Black actors and actresses find more opportunities, in 1937 Washington co-founded the Negro Actors Guild of America, with Noble Sissle, W. C. Handy, Paul Robeson, and Ethel Waters. The organization's mission included speaking out against stereotyping and advocating for a wider range of roles. Washington served as the organization's first executive secretary. She was also heavily involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, widely known as the NAACP. While working with the NAACP, Fredi fought for more representation and better treatment of Black actors in Hollywood because she was one of the few Black actors in Hollywood who had some influence with white studio executives. Aside from working with those organizations to fight for the rights of Black actors, Washington also advocated for the federal protection of Black Americans and was a lobbyist for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which the NAACP supported.

Despite receiving critical acclaim, she was unable to find much work in the Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s; Black actresses were expected to have dark skin, and were usually typecast as maids. Directors were concerned about casting a light-skinned Black actress in a romantic role with a white leading man; the film production code prohibited suggestions of miscegenation. Hollywood directors did not offer her any romantic roles. As one modern critic explained, Fredi Washington was "...too beautiful and not dark enough to play maids, but rather too light to act in all-Black movies..."

Washington was a theater writer, and the entertainment editor for The People's Voice (1942–1948), a newspaper for African Americans founded by Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a Baptist minister and politician in New York City who was married to her sister Isabel Washington Powell. She was outspoken about racism faced by African Americans and worked closely with Walter White, then president of the NAACP, to address pressing issues facing Black people in America.

In 1952, Washington married a Stamford dentist, Hugh Anthony Bell, and moved to Greenwich, Connecticut.

Fredi Washington Bell died, aged 90, on June 28, 1994. She died from pneumonia following a series of strokes at St. Joseph Medical Center in Stamford, Connecticut.

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ID: a black and white photo and caption from a newspaper showing a young white trans man with light hair wearing a tweed jacket and high collar smiling at a young white woman in a pale dress as he brushes her mid-length dark hair. She is smiling at him from the slightly complex angle as he brushes her hair. The photo is faded and not great quality but their faces are clear.

The headline over the photo is “Here’s How I Used To Do It!”

The caption below reads “An expert at women's coiffures although not a hairdresser, Zdenek Koubek proves himself as he combs the locks of Cinda Glenn, New York night club beauty. Koubek knows all about coiffures from experience, since they were of concern to him when he was the foremost girl athlete of Czechoslovakia, prior to a sex-change.”

Zdenek Koubek was born in Paskov, Czechoslovakia (at the time) in December 1913, one of eight siblings, and competed as an athlete. With minimal formal training, he began running at age 17, decided to pursue it formally aged 19, and broke two world records at the 1934 world olympics.

Because queer and gender-diverse history is complex, I’m genuinely unsure if Zdenek was intersex. He seems to have been pretty gender-nonconforming when read as a woman in his early life and seems to have retired from athletics because he was harassed by people wanting him to undergo invasive “gender checks” after his gold medals at the 1934 Olympics.

Apparently the current obsession with “defining gender in sport” has roots back to the 1930s. Athletes competing in female athletics have been forced to undergo a variety of examinations for the purpose of declaring them “female enough”. They seem to have never been pleasant, appropriate, or anything other than invasive and dehumanising, and they seem to have always focused on a) defining gender by physicality b) defined that physicality in fairly arbitrary ways that are actually incredibly difficult to relate to anything objective, despite a veneer of scientific objectivity.

I can entirely see why the threat of such harassment would have caused Zdenek to decide an athletic or adjacent career wasn’t worth undergoing it, whether he personally believed himself to be intersex or whether we would recognise him as such today. The term “intersex” has many definitions, and is often challenged by medical professionals if it could potentially cover too many people - e.g. medical professionals have repeatedly challenged the term when used by AFAB people with PCOS, which can cause fertility issues, hirstutism etc, purely on the grounds of “that would make around 10% of women intersex”. Zdenek simply publicly stated “I was wrongly assigned as female at birth” without giving any other details - as he had *every* right to. Some historians have characterised him as intersex based on this, and others simply as trans; he appears, very reasonably, to have preferred to preserve his privacy on the details.

Zdenek went on a lecture tour of the US talking about his life and transitioned in 1936. At the time of this photo, he was pursuing a career in cabaret in the US. He seems to have been reasonably successful but never settled there, returning home and marrying a cis woman with whom he lived happily for the rest of his life, dying in Prague aged 72 in 1986.

He joined a local rugby team along with his brother Jaroslov after WWII and seems to have been an enthusiastic amateur player. I hope he got a lot of joy out of it, which he does seem to have.

Like so many queer and trans histories, Zdenek’s is somewhat obscured because so much of what has been written about him is always skewed by the writer’s own perspectives about gender and transness. Including the drive to impose a false binary on trans experience - which I as a nonbinary person know is certainly not universally present.

There are, of course, *absolutely* trans people who always have a strong feeling of gender equating to “knowing they are a boy/girl from an early age”, and I in no way wish to erase them or their experiences, but it must also be noted and acknowledged there are plenty of us with different experiences. There are people like me who feel “wrong” in our assigned gender from pretty early in life, all the way down to having quite strong dysphoria in puberty and afterwards, but don’t strongly ID as the “opposite” binary gender either. There are people who rub along fine in their assigned gender, or who have many issues with it but don’t know what they equate to, until they have some experience presenting otherwise and suddenly experience strong gender euphoria for the first time in their lives. There are people who never feel anything much at all about gender and only ever do any identifying purely as a matter of convenience because a very binary society requires it.

Cis people seem to find the “always knew/born in the wrong body” narrative the easiest to relate to, and I can only assume that is because it is the narrative that allows them to challenge our society’s gender-essentialist, binarist worldview the *least*. It is considerably easier, and requires much less thought and critical attention, to say “I guess sometimes the occasional person is just mistakenly assigned to the wrong category” than to question those categories, why they exist, what they actually are, how they are imposed, and whether they actually mean anything at all in an objective sense.

I have no idea where Zdenek fell on any of this, or if his experience was very different in another way.

I posted this to, as ever, note that we are not a new phenomenon. Trans people are part of human history. We have always existed. We have always contributed. The way the society we lived in perceived us *and* how the societies our stories have passed through perceived us affect how our stories are told today, and those things can make it complex to uncover the lived experience of the trans person behind all of that. Queer and trans history must always be about acknowledging those facts and uncertainties while doing our best to find out as much as possible about the actual lived experiences of our siblings in the past.