#knox fontaine

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more lil guys! MY lil guys!

also the beginning of the color holding era I’m in

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HALLO MODS it is 8/25 and with a heavy heart i am sending lyney snezhevich (genshin impact) back to fontaine! he was housed in e-04!

Hello there, Knox! We will miss our funny little magical guy, but muses do sometimes fade out and need to head back home. We'll go ahead and handle that drop for you.

Lyney Snezhevich has been dropped.

Mod Dingo

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Holidays 7.8

Holidays

Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (Ukraine)

Arafat Day (Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Kuwait, Libya, UAE)

ASB & Health Day (UK)

Be a Kid Again Day

Carver Day (Missouri)

Child Honoring Day (Raffi Foundation)

Colorism Awareness Day

Constitution Day (Palau)

Corban Bairam Day (Sudan)

Disabled and Elderly Persons Day (Tajikistan)

Family Day (Ukraine)

Family, Love and Fidelity Day (Russia)

Gundam Day (Japan)

Hajj Day (Maldives)

Hamburg Massacre Anniversary Day

Historic Places Day (Canada)

International Body Painting Day

International Paramedics Day

Killer Joke Day

Kurban Bayramı Eve (Turkey)

Liberty Bell Crack Day

Math 2.0 Day

Mediterranean International Day

National Day of Righteous Outrage

National Denise Day

National Kathryn Day

National Love Your Skin Day

National Science Day (Brazil)

National Videogame Day

Old Crafts Day

Olive Branch Petition Day

Oneofusismissing Day

Park Day (French Republic)

Picking Up Women Day (Japan)

SCUD Day (Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama)

Soapy Smith Wake (Alaska)

There Has Always Been Something Day (a.k.a. THABS Day)

Video Games Day

World Day of Allergies

World Skin Health Day

Youth Day (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Ziegfeld Follies Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coca-Cola Day

Ice Cream Sundae Day

National Blueberry Day

National Freezer Pop Day

National Ice Cream Sundae Day

National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day

National Raspberry Day

World Tea Party Day (SPANA or Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad)

Independence & Related Days

Empire of Pavlov (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Kingdom of Beaver Island (Declared; 1850) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Islamic New Year Holiday [Hijri New Year] (Brunei, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia)

Sasi Sura (Javanese New Year; Suriname)

2nd Monday in July

Carnival Monday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Monday]

International Town Criers Day [2nd Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

Peace Day (Antarctica)

Sempach Commemoration Day (Switzerland) [Monday after 4th]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 8 (2nd Week of July)

Nude Recreation Week (thru 7.14)

Festivals Beginning July 8, 2024

Cattle Industry Summer Conference (San Diego, California) [thru 7/10]

Istanbul Jazz Festival (Istanbul, Turkey) [thru 7.18]

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustinen, Finland) [thru 7.14]

Knox County Fair (Knoxville, Illinois) [thru 8.10]

Malta Jazz Festival (Valletta, Malta) [thru 7.13]

Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) [thru 7.14]

Southern Cotton Ginners Association Summer Meeting (Branson, Missouri) [thru 8.10]

Feast Days

Abda and Sabas (Christian; Saint)

Adrian II, pope (Christian; Saint)

Aquilla and Prisca (Christian; Saints)

Artemisia Gentileschi (Artology)

Auspicius of Trier (Christian; Saint)

Charlotte the Penguin (Muppetism)

Eid al Adha (Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Humanism)

Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal (Christian; Saint & Widow)

Feast of Sunniva (Norse Goddess of the Sun)

Flower-Covered Pillars of Bread on Girls’ Heads Parade (Tomar, Portugal; Everyday Wicca)

Giorgio Pullicino (Artology)

Grimbald (Christian; Confessor)

Innocent III (Positivist; Saint)

Itchy (Muppetism)

Jean de La Fontaine (Writerism)

Justica II: Day of Dike (Pagan)

Käthe Kollwitz (Artology)

Kilian, Totnan, and Colman (Christian; Martyrs) [Kilian: Bavaria, Austria]

Make a Salve Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Meatball Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Millennial Fairy Olympics, Day 3 (Shamanism)

None Caprotinae (Nones of the Wild Figs Festival in Honor of Juno; Ancient Rome)

Nummius (Christian; Confessor)

Pavel Korin (Artology)

Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox)

Procopius of Scythopolis (Christian; Martyr)

Raymond of Toulouse (Christian; Saint)

Stanton Macdonald-Wright (Artology)

Sunniva and companions (Norse Solar Maidens)

Theobald of Marly (Christian; Saint)

Vitulatio (Ancient Roman Fruits of the Earth celebration)

Withburge of Norfolk (Christian; Saint)

Zorak Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Batman: Gotham Knight (WB Animated Film; 2008)

Beauty and the Beat, by The Go-Go’s (Album; 1981)

Being and Nothingness, by Jean-Paul Sartre (Philosophy Book; 1943)

Down and Dirty Duck (Animated Film; 1974)

8 Ball Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Fantastic Four (Film; 2005)

The Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2000) [Harry Potter #4]

Having a Wild Weekend (Film; 1965)

Horrible Bosses (Film; 2011)

How to Have an Accident in the Home (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Ice Man’s Luck (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Inception (Film; 2010)

I, the Jury Mickey, by Spillane (Novel; 1947) [Mike Hammer #1]

Melrose Place (TV Series; 1992)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (Film; 2016)

Milk For Baby (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

Murderball (Film; 2005)

Nowhere Man, by The Beatles (4-Track EP; 1966)

On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Science Book; 1969)

Poop Goes the Weasel (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1955)

The Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 1999) [Harry Potter #3]

Radio Free Europe, by R.E.M. (Song; 1981)

The Sea Beast (Animated Film; 2022)

The Secret Life of Pets (Animated Film; 2016)

Shuffle Off to Buffalo (WB MM Cartoon; 1933)

Solaris, by Stanisław Lem (Novel; 1961)

Sword Art Online (Anime Series; 2012)

Thor: Love and Thunder (Film; 2022)

Wannabe, by the Spice Girls (Song; 1996)

You Better Run, by Pat Benatar (Song; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Amalia, Edgar, Kilian (Austria)

Akvila, Eugen, Hadrijan, Priscila (Croatia)

Nora (Czech Republic)

Kjeld (Denmark)

Eleonoora, Ellinor, Leonoora, Loora, Loore, Noora, Nora (Estonia)

Turkka, Turo (Finland)

Edgar, Killian, Priscillia, Thibault (France)

Kilian, Amalia, Edgar (Germany)

Prokopios, Theofilos (Greece)

Ellák (Hungary)

Domenica (Italy)

Ada, Adele, Adeline, Antra (Latvia)

Arnoldas, Elžbieta, Elzė, Vaitautas, Valmantė, Virga, Virginija (Lithuania)

Sunniva, Synne, Synnøve (Norway)

Adrian, Adrianna, Chwalimir, Edgar, Elżbieta, Eugeniusz, Kilian, Prokop, Wirginia (Poland)

Astion, Epictet (România)

Ivan (Slovakia)

Adrián, Adriano, Priscila (Spain)

Kjell (Sweden)

Prokip, Prokop (Ukraine)

Aquila, Aquiline, Easton, Kilian (USA)

Thibaut (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 190 of 2024; 176 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 3 (Gui-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 2 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 1 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 10 Red; Twosday [9 of 30]

Julian: 25 June 2024

Moon: 8%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 21 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Innocent III]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 19 of 94)

Week: 2nd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 18 of 31)

Calendar Changes

al-Muḥarram [ٱلْمُحَرَّم] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 1 of 12] (Forbidden Month)

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Holidays 7.8

Holidays

Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (Ukraine)

Arafat Day (Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Kuwait, Libya, UAE)

ASB & Health Day (UK)

Be a Kid Again Day

Carver Day (Missouri)

Child Honoring Day (Raffi Foundation)

Colorism Awareness Day

Constitution Day (Palau)

Corban Bairam Day (Sudan)

Disabled and Elderly Persons Day (Tajikistan)

Family Day (Ukraine)

Family, Love and Fidelity Day (Russia)

Gundam Day (Japan)

Hajj Day (Maldives)

Hamburg Massacre Anniversary Day

Historic Places Day (Canada)

International Body Painting Day

International Paramedics Day

Killer Joke Day

Kurban Bayramı Eve (Turkey)

Liberty Bell Crack Day

Math 2.0 Day

Mediterranean International Day

National Day of Righteous Outrage

National Denise Day

National Kathryn Day

National Love Your Skin Day

National Science Day (Brazil)

National Videogame Day

Old Crafts Day

Olive Branch Petition Day

Oneofusismissing Day

Park Day (French Republic)

Picking Up Women Day (Japan)

SCUD Day (Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama)

Soapy Smith Wake (Alaska)

There Has Always Been Something Day (a.k.a. THABS Day)

Video Games Day

World Day of Allergies

World Skin Health Day

Youth Day (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Ziegfeld Follies Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coca-Cola Day

Ice Cream Sundae Day

National Blueberry Day

National Freezer Pop Day

National Ice Cream Sundae Day

National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day

National Raspberry Day

World Tea Party Day (SPANA or Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad)

Independence & Related Days

Empire of Pavlov (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Kingdom of Beaver Island (Declared; 1850) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Islamic New Year Holiday [Hijri New Year] (Brunei, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia)

Sasi Sura (Javanese New Year; Suriname)

2nd Monday in July

Carnival Monday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Monday]

International Town Criers Day [2nd Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

Peace Day (Antarctica)

Sempach Commemoration Day (Switzerland) [Monday after 4th]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 8 (2nd Week of July)

Nude Recreation Week (thru 7.14)

Festivals Beginning July 8, 2024

Cattle Industry Summer Conference (San Diego, California) [thru 7/10]

Istanbul Jazz Festival (Istanbul, Turkey) [thru 7.18]

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustinen, Finland) [thru 7.14]

Knox County Fair (Knoxville, Illinois) [thru 8.10]

Malta Jazz Festival (Valletta, Malta) [thru 7.13]

Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) [thru 7.14]

Southern Cotton Ginners Association Summer Meeting (Branson, Missouri) [thru 8.10]

Feast Days

Abda and Sabas (Christian; Saint)

Adrian II, pope (Christian; Saint)

Aquilla and Prisca (Christian; Saints)

Artemisia Gentileschi (Artology)

Auspicius of Trier (Christian; Saint)

Charlotte the Penguin (Muppetism)

Eid al Adha (Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Humanism)

Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal (Christian; Saint & Widow)

Feast of Sunniva (Norse Goddess of the Sun)

Flower-Covered Pillars of Bread on Girls’ Heads Parade (Tomar, Portugal; Everyday Wicca)

Giorgio Pullicino (Artology)

Grimbald (Christian; Confessor)

Innocent III (Positivist; Saint)

Itchy (Muppetism)

Jean de La Fontaine (Writerism)

Justica II: Day of Dike (Pagan)

Käthe Kollwitz (Artology)

Kilian, Totnan, and Colman (Christian; Martyrs) [Kilian: Bavaria, Austria]

Make a Salve Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Meatball Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Millennial Fairy Olympics, Day 3 (Shamanism)

None Caprotinae (Nones of the Wild Figs Festival in Honor of Juno; Ancient Rome)

Nummius (Christian; Confessor)

Pavel Korin (Artology)

Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox)

Procopius of Scythopolis (Christian; Martyr)

Raymond of Toulouse (Christian; Saint)

Stanton Macdonald-Wright (Artology)

Sunniva and companions (Norse Solar Maidens)

Theobald of Marly (Christian; Saint)

Vitulatio (Ancient Roman Fruits of the Earth celebration)

Withburge of Norfolk (Christian; Saint)

Zorak Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Batman: Gotham Knight (WB Animated Film; 2008)

Beauty and the Beat, by The Go-Go’s (Album; 1981)

Being and Nothingness, by Jean-Paul Sartre (Philosophy Book; 1943)

Down and Dirty Duck (Animated Film; 1974)

8 Ball Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Fantastic Four (Film; 2005)

The Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2000) [Harry Potter #4]

Having a Wild Weekend (Film; 1965)

Horrible Bosses (Film; 2011)

How to Have an Accident in the Home (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Ice Man’s Luck (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Inception (Film; 2010)

I, the Jury Mickey, by Spillane (Novel; 1947) [Mike Hammer #1]

Melrose Place (TV Series; 1992)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (Film; 2016)

Milk For Baby (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

Murderball (Film; 2005)

Nowhere Man, by The Beatles (4-Track EP; 1966)

On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Science Book; 1969)

Poop Goes the Weasel (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1955)

The Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 1999) [Harry Potter #3]

Radio Free Europe, by R.E.M. (Song; 1981)

The Sea Beast (Animated Film; 2022)

The Secret Life of Pets (Animated Film; 2016)

Shuffle Off to Buffalo (WB MM Cartoon; 1933)

Solaris, by Stanisław Lem (Novel; 1961)

Sword Art Online (Anime Series; 2012)

Thor: Love and Thunder (Film; 2022)

Wannabe, by the Spice Girls (Song; 1996)

You Better Run, by Pat Benatar (Song; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Amalia, Edgar, Kilian (Austria)

Akvila, Eugen, Hadrijan, Priscila (Croatia)

Nora (Czech Republic)

Kjeld (Denmark)

Eleonoora, Ellinor, Leonoora, Loora, Loore, Noora, Nora (Estonia)

Turkka, Turo (Finland)

Edgar, Killian, Priscillia, Thibault (France)

Kilian, Amalia, Edgar (Germany)

Prokopios, Theofilos (Greece)

Ellák (Hungary)

Domenica (Italy)

Ada, Adele, Adeline, Antra (Latvia)

Arnoldas, Elžbieta, Elzė, Vaitautas, Valmantė, Virga, Virginija (Lithuania)

Sunniva, Synne, Synnøve (Norway)

Adrian, Adrianna, Chwalimir, Edgar, Elżbieta, Eugeniusz, Kilian, Prokop, Wirginia (Poland)

Astion, Epictet (România)

Ivan (Slovakia)

Adrián, Adriano, Priscila (Spain)

Kjell (Sweden)

Prokip, Prokop (Ukraine)

Aquila, Aquiline, Easton, Kilian (USA)

Thibaut (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 190 of 2024; 176 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 3 (Gui-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 2 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 1 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 10 Red; Twosday [9 of 30]

Julian: 25 June 2024

Moon: 8%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 21 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Innocent III]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 19 of 94)

Week: 2nd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 18 of 31)

Calendar Changes

al-Muḥarram [ٱلْمُحَرَّم] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 1 of 12] (Forbidden Month)

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hallo this is knox dropping lyney from genshin impact! he was in cottage 6 :] gotta go back to fontaine...

goodbye sweet clown...

LYNEY has been dropped for you.

☠ your friendly local mod mosso

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Movies I watched this week (#171):

First watch: De Sica's depressing classic Umberto D, about poverty and the loss of dignity. A sad, retired civil servant at the end of his life struggles to survive while caring for his pet dog. A neo-realist drama, but not of the working class. The film that Ingmar Bergman saw more than a hundred times.

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2 with Joanna Kulig, my Polish Crush:

🍿 Michael Keaton's terrific Knox Goes Away opens with a dreamy saxophone cooing, straight out of 'Chinatown'. It's nearly on that level too. A contract killer discovers that he's suffering from a fast-moving form of dementia, and decides to 'cash out' before his memory fades away.

There had been many recent movies about Alzheimer's and other degenerative brain sicknesses, 'Away from her', 'The father', 'Iris', 'Poetry'... Strangely still, there had been a cluster of movies just in the last few years about "Professional Killers With Dementia", like the Liam Neeson's 'Memory' and Russell Crow's 'Sleeping dogs'.

Anyway, this is a well-done, slow-paced and melancholic thriller with riveting performances. Joanna Kulig plays an Eastern European hooker who loves to read, but can't read him. 9/10.

🍿 The Innocents, my third film by Anne Fontaine was a dark and difficult story. After the war, a group of devout Polish nuns were raped en mass by Russian soldiers, and had to deal with the traumas of giving births to unwanted babies. Not a pleasant or easy film, dealing with the question of faith. Mercifully it ended with a relative 'happy end' underscored by Max Richter's 'On the nature of daylight'. But it was not as perfect as 'Ida'. Joanna Kulig was one of the nuns. [*Female Director*].

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The present is a heartbreaking Palestinian short, nominated for the 2020 Oscars. It's a simple story of a father from the West Bank who goes shopping for a gift for his wife. Because he is Arab, he must endure abuse and humiliations in the hands of the Israeli soldiers, in front of the eyes of his young daughter. The dehumanization is real. The cruelty is the purpose. 9/10.

I have to stop watching movies about the occupation, it's just too painful. [*Female Director*].

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3 by new Egyptian film-maker Omar El Zohairy:

🍿 Feathers, his award winning debut feature, is a bizarre and miraculous story like no other I've ever seen, not even by Michael Haneke or Yorgos Lanthimos.

It opens with a disturbing and unexplainable scene of a person who sets himself on fire in a dystopian junkyard. Then it moves to tell of a poor and silent woman, whose husband is turned into a chicken, and who is left to fend for herself and her 3 babies without any surviving skills or redeeming qualities. The depressing and Kafkaesque nightmare takes place in the dirtiest, shabbiest rooms I've even seen, and is very hard to watch, if it wasn't for the deliberate, restrained skills of this unique storyteller. The trailer.

If you ever wondered what it's like to be an extremely poor, illiterate and unremarkable woman at the very bottom of Egyptian society, this is the film for you. An incredible find. 8/10.

🍿 Based on a Chekhov’s story, The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375 is an absurdist tale about a lowly employee who feels the need to continue apologizing to a superior, because he sneezed during a small ceremony in the middle of nowhere. Feels very much like a Roy Andersson sketch. Dusty, neglected desert roads, dirty surfaces, and shame.

🍿 Zafir ("Breathe Out"), a wordless, sparse story of a thin man taking care of his sick wife, whose heavy snoring keeps him awake at night. Minimalist decay and suffocation in a poor man's apartment.

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First watch: Mädchen in Uniform, an early (but definitely not the first) and explicit lesbian romance, between a 14-year-old girl and her kind teacher at an all-girl boarding school. With an all-woman cast, it's natural, modern, absorbing and sensual. 💯 score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was an international success in 1931, and was later banned by the Nazis. Sadly, many of the actresses who played these vivacious teen actresses perished in concentration camps just a few years later. 9/10. [*Female Director*].

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Rockshow (1980), a joyous concert film of Paul McCartney and Wings during their 1976 'Over The World Tour'. Affable vegetarian and his lovely wife, a shot of Beatles nostalgia, great soft rock of the '70's. (Photo Above).

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2 by spectacular Singaporean Sandi Tan:

🍿 "Mmm... Gorgonzola!..." Gourmet Baby, her first film from 2001 is super weird, and would be so much creepier if it was done by a man. It tells of a lonely middle aged uncle, who returns to Singapore from abroad, and who starts grooming his teenage niece to appreciate fine dining. An original voice which leaves so much unsaid in these compact 15 minutes. Found on her old YouTube Channel. [*Female Director*].

🍿 Shirkers, WOW! Her 2018 documentary is the best - and most emotional - film I've seen this week!

Sandi Tan was an avant-garde teenage punker when she set out to make Singapore's first New Wave road movie 'Shirkers' in 1992, together with 2 female friends and an old an middle aged mentor. But when the shooting was over, the 'mentor', Georges Cardona, took the 72 canisters of completed film as well as all supportive materials, and disappeared. For 20 years, Sandi and friends could not find out what had happened, and gave up on their groundbreaking work. This 2018 documentary pieces together the mystery, telling about the process of making the original movie, and the consequences of losing - and finding it again - after all this time. It's absolutely tremendous.

I'm going to write an appreciation of her work on r/truefilm and link to it here when I do. 10/10.

I'm so happy that she is now finding the incredible response that she deserves. It looks like she is working on a new film now, 'The Idiot'.[*Female Director*].

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Louis Lumière: In 1968 Éric Rohmer interviewed director Jean Renoir and archivist Henri Langlois about the art of the Lumière Bothers. Langlois of course was the co-founder of the Cinémathèque française (together with Lotte Eisner and George Franju!), and an early pioneer of film preservation. So many horses!

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2 Animated movies about animals + Peter Pan:

🍿 Animal Behaviour, a fantastic Canadian short about a wild and crazy bunch of animals who meet for a weekly session of group psychotherapy at a dog's office. Lost the 2018 Oscars to Pixar's 'Bao'. Very funny. 9/10.

🍿 "Four legs good... Two legs bad..."

Animal Farm, a British adaptation of Orwell's anti-authoritarian satire, initiated and secretly funded by the CIA, no less, as part of their Cold War propaganda covert operations. Orwell nuanced description of the Russian revolution, with parallels to Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, the Soviet purges, and the 5-year-plans, etc. are all washed out in this broad anti-communist screed. Fascinating to watch in hindsight. The barnyard animals get all fucked up in the end, no matter who benefits from the means of production.

🍿 "What Made the Red Man Red?" Another first watch: Disney's original Peter Pan, the last film in which all of his "Nine Old Men" worked together on. A beautiful animation with some serious racist problem at its core. Stereotypical 1950's 'family values' posed as saccharine Edwardian fairy tale. Also, the kids all struggled with Freudian urges of growing up, so the story is filled with strong sexual jealousy vibes where Wendy, Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily and all the mermaids vie for the love of Peter Pan.

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Kismet: How Turkish Soap Operas Changed the World is an Al-Jazeera documentary from Cyprus about the appeal of popular Turkish tele-novelas (like 'Gümüş' and others) for women in the Middle East and the Balkans. It's not very deep, and obviously not too progressive. 3/10. [*Female Director*].

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A single re-watch this week♻️: Good Luck to you, Leo Grande, a good-natured sex comedy, which takes place primarily in one hotel room between two people. An anxious widow hires a young male escort, in order to experience carnal joy for the first time in her life. Brave of 63 year old Emma Thompson to play the passion-starved ex-teacher who learns to accept herself so realistically - and to pose naked in front of the mirror. [*Female Director*].

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The Scribe, Buster Keaton's very last film before his death in 1966. Like 'The Railrodder', it was an educational promo, this time a 'Work Safety Guide', for the 'Construction Safety Association of Ontario, Canada'. Silent for the most part, and full of silent-era gags. 4/10.

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Stolen, a new Swedish drama about the indigenous Sámi culture of reindeer herding at the arctic north. Told in beautiful exotic language, like a Carlos Castaneda fairy tale. Nice girl-centric and engaging.

I had 'Sami Blood', another, possibly similar, story on my watch list, but I never got to it, so now I've seen this instead. [*Female Director*].

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Alex Gibney is an extremely prolific, middlebrow documentary director (57 since 1980! and some of which were quiet good: 'Dirty money', 'The inventor', 'Going clear'...). Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room was typically entertaining. It told of the alluring, corrupt complicity of all the powers at the center of American capitalism, Wall Street greed, the business criminals, the bought media culture, Ronald Reagan's push for "deregulation", George W Bush's scammy venality, etc. I was much attuned to all that at the time, so it beings back so many memories, not always positive. Fuck all those crooked bastards.

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Dan Dream is a "folke" comedy from the Danish team known for their 'Klovn' series (which I haven't seen). It's broad, and loud and crass, full of 1980's cliches, an apparent real story of the failed invention of the first Danish electric car. Lots of nostalgic touches, and toilet humor. 3/10.

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A day at the beach (1970), a long-lost and forgotten Polanski oddity, the first film he wrote after the Tate murder, and which he possibly co-directed. A British film with horrible performances from everybody involved, including a Peter Sellers cameo as a very gay shopkeeper. For some reason it was shot in English but in Copenhagen and without any acknowledgements of that fact. It tells of another uncle, this one an alcoholic jerk who takes his young niece for a rainy day out. But his grating assholery was so off-putting and depressing, I had to quit mid-story.

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The black book, my third Nigerian film (and none of them were any good). A primitive crime / action / thriller type about political corruption, kidnapping, revenge, and other violent acts of cruelty, but in the overcrowded slums of Lagos. So far, from what I've seen, Nollywood is like an Hollywood rip-off but stupider and with an accent. 2/10 (and one of these 2 points is simply for being exotic).

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Wicked Little Letters, a stale new British 'comedy' with miscast Timothy Spall. Devout Christian spinster Olivia Coleman in a 1920's village sends anonymous poison-pen letters full of profanities to herself and blames her vivacious neighbor for it. 1/10. [*Female Director*].

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The only reason I watched Miracle mile, is because I read somewhere that this obscure 1988 apocalyptic 'thriller' is a great description of the last hour before nuclear war destroys Los Angeles. But even though I’m dying to see more stories about the end of the world, I have to stop believing the crap I read on the internet. This boring, amateurish, ludicrous piece of garbage, with terrible acting, flat story telling, pointless histrionics, and stupid everything was bad! 1/10.

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(My complete movie list is here)

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Hello friends! It is once again time for quality control. I'm posting the list of potential competitors, and because I can't have read all of these books I'm asking you guys to look through the list and make sure there's no mistakes (ex: repeated ships, ships that don't follow the rules, spelling errors, ect.)

Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard - All For The Game by Nora Sakavic

Nicky Hemmick/Erik Klose - All For The Game by Nora Sakavic

Jean Moreau/Jeremy Knox - The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic 

Catalina Alvarez/Laila Dermott - The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic 

Daniel Molloy/Armand - The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

Silas Bell/Daphne Luckenbill - The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Jacqueline "Jack" Wolcott/Alexis Chopper - Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire

Simon Torquill/Patrick Lorden/Dianda Lorden - October Daye series by Seanan McGuire

Linus Baker/Arthur Parnassus - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Kelly Bennett/Robbie Fontaine - Green Creek series by T J Klune

Yadriel Vélez Flores/Julian Diaz - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 

Lark/Rosethorn - Circle of Magic by Tamora Pierce

Shallan Davar/Adolin Kholin - The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

Jude/Pixie - Stake Sauce Arc 1: The Secret Ingredient is Love (No, Really) by RoAnna Sylver 

Jude/Jasper/Felix - Stake Sauce Acr 2: Everybody's Missing (Somebody) by RoAnna Sylver

Cliopher Mdang/Fitzroy Angursell - Hands of the Emperor/At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard

Terec of Lund/Conju an Vilius - The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard

Baru Cormorant/Tain Hu - The Traitor Baru Cormorant/The Masquerade by Seth Dickinson

Humaira Khan/Ishita Dey - Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish - The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Carmen Farooq-Lane/Liliana - The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater

Alistair Lowe/Gavin Grieves - All of Us Villains/All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman

Tatianna/Clarissa - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Wylan van Eyck/Jesper Fahey - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Nina Zenik/Matthias Hevlar - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Nina Zenik/Hanne Brum - King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Bellsona Steelcrest/Eris Shindanai - Gearbreaker series by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Jace Boucher/Aaron Slaughter - House of Slaughter by James Tynion IV

Ballister Blackheart/Ambrosius Goldenloin - Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 

Norma/Badyah - Deadendia by Hamish Steele

Barney/Logan/Asmodeus - Deadendia by Hamish Steele

Red/Blue - This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Addam Saint Nicholas/Rune Saint John - The Tarot Sequence by K. D. Edwards

Eadaz uq-Nāra/Sabran Berethnet - The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Oberyn Martel/Ellaria Sand - Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Leo Merritt/Tristan Drake - The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan

Stevie/Nora - Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick 

Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

Laura/Carmilla - Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu

Susan Arkshaw/Merlin St. Jacques - The Left Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

Beth Cassidy/Addy Hanlon - Dare Me by Megan Abbott

Alec Campion/Richard St Vier - Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Salim/The Jinn - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Audrey Wells/Harper Harper/Merritt Eamons - Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth

Blythe Melbourne/Delaney Keating - Black Iris by Leah Raeder & Elliot Wake

Güzel/Marthe Gaultier - The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett

Tyrannus Basilton (“Baz”) Grimm-Pitch/Simon Snow - Carry On Series by Rainbow Rowell

Agatha Wellbelove/Niamh Brody - Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

Will Kempen/James St Clair - Dark Rise series by C.S. Pacat

Damianos (“Damen”) of Akielos/Laurent of Vere - Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

Tara Boone/Penny - All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters

Rosemary Harper/Sissix Seshkethet - The Wayfarers: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Ariadne O'Neill/Elena Quesada-Cruz/Chikondi Daka/Jack Vo - To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers 

Robin of Berecrofts/Katelijne Sersanders - House of Niccolò by Dorothy Dunnett

Oliver Marks/James Farrow - If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Dorian/Zachary Ezra Rawlins - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 

Rhy Maresh/Alucard Emery - Shades of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Addie LaRue/Luc - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Magnus Chase/Alex Fierro - Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan

Walt Stone/Anubis/Sadie Kane - The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan

Nico di Angelo/Will Solace - The Camp Halfblood Chronicles by Rick Riordan

Cassandra Igarashi/Laura Wilson - The Wicked+the Divine by Kieron Gillen

Jade/Moon/Chime - Books of the Raksura by Martha Wells

Celia St James/Evelyn Hugo - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac - The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice 

Sue Trinder/Maude Lilly - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Delilah Green/Claire Sutherland - Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Shara Wheeler/Chloe Green - I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

August Landry/Jane Su - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Alex Claremont Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor - Red White and Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston

Alex Price/Eli Rodriguez - Like Real People Do by E.L. Massey

Whisper/Prince Julien Sandry - Prince and Assassin by Tavia Lark

Patrick Roman/Damien Bordeaux - All Hail The Underdogs by E.L. Massey

Lewis/Jason Lu - Proficiency Bonus by Charlie Novak

Andrew Blur/Sam Halse - Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo 

Seregil í Korit Solun Meringil Bôkthersa/Alec í Amasa of Kerry - Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling

Jude St Francis/Willem Ragnarsson - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Lula Talisola/Zeen Mrala - Midnight Horizon by Daniel José Older

Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood - The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Luke Sunborn/Elliot Schafer - In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Magnus Marston/Avicenna - Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Celie/Shug Avery - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Dev Deshpande/Charlie Winshaw - The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Nathan Byrn/Gabriel Boutin - Half Bad by Sally Green

Sidney Ellwood/Henry Gaunt - In Memoriam by Alice Winn

Maurice Hall/Alec Scudder - Maurice by E.M. Forster 

Tommy Flowers/David Pearson - Flower of Iowa by Lance Ringel

Will Darling/Kim Secretan - The Will Darling Adventures by K.J. Charles 

Henry de Lyon/Ian mac Maíl Coluim - The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

Ambrose Cusk/Kodiac Celius - The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Thomas McNulty/John Cole - Days Without End (and A Thousand Moons) by Sebastian Barry

Sideways Pike/Jing Gao - The Scapegracers by HA Clarke

Zhu Yuanzhang/Ma Xiuying - The Radiant Emperor by Shelley Parker-Chan

Esen Temur/General Ouyang - The Radiant Emperor by Shelley Parker-Chan

Val Palafox/Cade McKenna - Venom and Vow by Anna-Marie & Elliott McLemore

Viv/Tandri - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Sigyn/Loki - The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat Rector

Viola Carroll/Justin de Vere - A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Sam Becker/Jonathan Forest - 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

Luc O'Donnell/Oliver Blackwood - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Valentine Layton/Bonaventure "Bonny" Tarleton - Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

Bastián Silvano/Lore Garcia - Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Syenite/Alabaster/Innon - The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

Tennalhin Halkana/Surit Yeni - Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Kiem Tegnar/Jainan nav Adessari - Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Nick Nelson/Charlie Spring - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 

Darcy Olsson/Tara Jones - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 

Elle Argent/Tao Xu - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 

Wei Wuxian/Lan Wanji - Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation/ Mo Dao Zu Shi by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Xie Lian/Hua Cheng - Tian Guan Ci Fu / Heaven Official's Blessing by by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Dorian/Milo - Three Meant To Be by M.N. Bennet

August Mulvaney/Lucas Blackwell - Psycho by Onley James

Mackenzie (“Mac”) Shepard/Archer Mulvaney - Lunatic by Onley James

Hawk Sunday/Jack Wyatt - Cherry Picked by May Archer

Mitch Greyson/Alex Dean - On the Ice by Amy Aislin

Lucifer/Michael - Angels before Man by Rafael Nicolas

Robin Blyth/Edwin Courcey - A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Maud Blyth/Violet Debenham - A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

Jack Alston/Alan Ross - A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

Everen/Arcady - Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

Sally-Anne/Sez - Beanstalk by E Jade Lomax

Gene Forrester/Phineas - A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Ayla/Crier - Crier's War by Nina Varela 

Vivienne (“Vivi”) Duarte/Heather - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Nathaniel Bainbridge/Sea Hawk - Kidnapped by the Pirate by Keira Andrews

Arden Canamorra/Mil/Mattin - A Suitable Consort (For the King and His Husband) by R. Cooper

Daisy Wells/Amina El Maghrabi - Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan - Guardian (Zhen Hun) by Priest

Aristotle (“Ari”) Mendoza/Dante Quintana - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Max Owen/Sean Moore - Magical Boy by The Kao

Henry Montague (Monty)/Percy Newton - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Milo/Xander - How Not To Date A Dragon by Lana Kole

Blair/Richard - Bite Me! -You Know I Like It by Fae Quin

Nick Russo/Andy Fleming - We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian 

Paige Mahoney/Arcturus Mesarthim - The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon 

Kadou of House Mahisti/Evemer Hoşkadem- A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Mark Blackthorn/Cristina Mendoza-Rosales/Kieran - The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare

Rae Taylor/Claire Francois - I'm in Love with the Villainess by Inori

Paul Fleischer/Julian Fromme - These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

Patroclus/Achilles - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Zach Glasser/Eugenio Morales - Unwritten Rules by KD Casey

Charlie Braxton/Reid Giordano - Fire Season by KD Casey

Christine Braxton/Stephanie - Fire Season by KD Casey

Jake Fischer/Alex Angelides - Diamond Ring by KD Casey

Relius/Teleus - The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner

Arek/Matt - So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

Eric (“Bitty”) Bittle/Jack Zimmermann - Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu

Thom Morgan/Clay Parker - Love, Hate, & Clickbait by Liz Bowery

Harry Fields/Harry Lee - When Harry Met Harry by Sydney Smyth

Jamshid e-Pramukh/Muntadhir al Qahtani - The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty

Ben De Backer/Nathan Allan - I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

hello hello it's that time again feel free to start submitting your favorite canon queer book ships!

have fun everyone!

[primythose]

works i'll write for

if we were villains

the green creek saga

all for the game

the raven cycle

six of crows/crooked kingdom

the darkest minds

more to be added soon!!

guidelines

i'll only write character x character if it's a pairing

non-canon couples are fine!

no concerning age gaps

i'll only write some degrees of dark content

i have the right to delete any potential ask that should make me uncomfortable

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[yahoo-travel-editor]

法國最有氣質的小鎮・走進畫家筆下的真實世界！

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除了美術館和博物館之外，你還可以在哪裡欣賞到藝術呢？如果留心週遭的世界，你會驚訝的發現，其實就存在我們身邊～～美麗的風景，往往激發出畫家的無數創意，無論是深陷光影轉折魅力的印象派，或是深受大自然和森林啟發的巴比松派，還是大膽使用純淨色彩的阿凡橋派等，靈感都來自於美麗的鄉間，現在就趕快來看看法國究竟有哪些迷人的「繆思」小鎮吧！

1. 吉維尼Giverny

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1883年的春天，莫內（Claude Monet）搭火車經過吉維尼（Giverny）時，對眼前這座小鎮美麗的風光念念不忘，於是毅然決然在此租了間別墅，就此定居。

幾年時光過去，莫內對吉維尼的熱愛依舊不減，他不但買下別墅，還增添了果園和花園，將它打造成夢想中的模樣，也因此誕生了日後包括《睡蓮》在內等多幅名畫！

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距離維儂（Vernon）5公里，這座面積不到7平方公里的小鎮，至今人口也就幾百人，然而每年卻湧入的成千上萬名遊客，而它之所以如此「炙手可熱」，當然和莫內故居與花園（Maison et Jardin Claude-Monet）有關。

莫內直到1926年過世前都住在這裡，臥室內的家具和擺設也幾乎保存原貌，讓遊客可以睹物思人，一窺畫家昔日的生活面貌。

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(《Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge》by Claude Monet, Wikimedia Commons提供）

(《Water Lilies》by Claude Monet, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris )

不過其中最迷人的，當然還是花園，打破了對稱的法式庭園格局，莫內讓植物自然生長，讓人有種置身自然鄉間的從容。特別是當你穿過地下通道來到畫家最心愛的蓮花池，水道四周錯落洋溢東方風情的竹林、垂掛著紫藤和楊柳，以及隨季節綻放的繽紛花朵，走上日本橋的當下，更彷彿有種置身於畫中的錯覺哪～～

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來到這裡，也別忘了順道拜訪布迪旅館（Hôtel Baudy），無論是莫內、塞尚（Cézanne）、羅丹（Rodin）或雷諾瓦（Renoir）等畫家，都曾在此停留，為了紀念這段歷史，如今改設成餐廳的它，還特別保留了原本的畫室，你可以沿著迂迴的花徑，來到這處擁有玻璃屋頂的小屋，看看畫家如何從理想的自然光線中得到啟發！ 

2. 瓦茲河畔奧維 Auver-sur-Oise

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距離巴黎市區不到28公里，位於大巴黎地區（Île-de-France）的瓦茲河畔奧維和多位藝術家有關，令人遺憾的是，這裡也是梵谷（Vincent van Gogh）結束生命的地方⋯深受精神疾病所苦的梵谷，1890年時來到這裡接受嘉舍醫生（Paul Gachet）的治療，在哈霧旅館（Auberge Raoux）2樓不到兩坪大的房間住了下來。

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(《L'église d'Auvers-sur-Oise》by Vincent van Gogh, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France )

雖然只在奧維住了短短兩個月，因為可以和巴黎的弟弟相互探視而心情愉悅，又或許是發現自己的人生即將來到盡頭，梵谷每天瘋狂作畫，超過80幅作品中，除了透過房間那扇小窗戶看到的市鎮廳外，藍天下的奧維聖母院（Église Notre-Dame d’Auvers）、嘉舍醫生和家人等，都成為他的題材⋯

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(《Le Champ de Blé aux Corbeaux》by Vincent van Gogh, Wikimedia Commons提供)

《麥田群鴉》（Le Champ de Blé aux Corbeaux）也是梵谷這時期的創作，這座麥田就位在奧維聖母院旁，從教堂後方的小路可以直接走進麥田裡，直接擁抱畫作中的真實場景。

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至於教堂前方的小路，則引領你通往梵谷和弟弟的長眠處，兩塊石頭墓碑前方爬滿的常春藤，由嘉舍醫生兒子親手移植，據說這是兄弟倆都很喜歡的植物。

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在通往嘉舍醫生家的半途，有一座小山丘，上方聳立著一座小古堡——奧維城堡（Château d'Auvers）。1994年時，當地市政府讓它搖身一變成了印象派博物館之姿，在這裡，你可以搭上「列車」，跟隨居住奧維的印象派先驅杜比尼（Daubigny），以及梵谷和塞尚等畫家的腳步，一同前往戶外寫生，其他像是仿巴黎19世紀的街景與模型也非常有趣。

3. 巴比松Barbizon

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同樣位於大巴黎地區的巴比松，緊鄰楓丹白露森林，面積大約只有5平方公里的它，因為米勒（Jean-François Millet）和盧梭（Théodore Rousseau）兩位畫家長住，而成為巴比松派（École de Barbizon）的大本營。

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1830～1840年間興起於法國的巴比松派，強調��科學的方式描繪風景，高大的樹木、透過枝枒撒落的光線、雲朵的變化⋯遼闊的楓丹白露森林正好成為他們的觀察對象，在巴比松靠近森林的入口處附近，可以看見這兩位鄉村風景畫派領袖的青銅雕塑。

(《Des Glaneuses》by Jean-François Millet, Musée d’Orsay, Paris)

三位婦女在金黃陽光中彎下身撿拾麥穗，米勒最著名的《拾穗》（Des Glaneuses），就是在巴比松火車站附近的麥田完成的大作。

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為了躲避瘟疫而從諾曼第搬到巴比松的他，在這裡住了將近26年的歲月，昔日的故居兼畫室（Maison-Atelier Jean-François Millet）以博物館之姿對外開放，擁有大片玻璃窗戶的寬敞畫室，白天滿載著光線。至於同樣在這裡住了20年的盧梭，其故居和畫室則成為省立美術館的特展空間。

就和上面提到的小鎮一樣，19世紀中，巴比松也吸引了許多慕名而來的畫家，當地的嘉尼旅社（L’Auberge Ganne）成為他們「取經」時的落腳處，以及巴比松派的聚會場所，至今在牆壁和櫥櫃上，還可以看到當時借宿的畫家留下的手筆。旅社在1995年時進行整修，並且成為巴比松派博物館（Musée de l’ École de Barbizon），透過客廳、客房、廚房和臥室等空間重現，當時熱鬧的情形彷彿歷歷在目⋯

4. 阿凡橋 Pont-Aven

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以地名命名的畫派，還有阿凡橋派（École de Pont-Aven）。

這座同名小鎮位於布列塔尼的阿凡河（Rivière Aven）出海口，因為河流從中穿流而過，形成迷你水鄉的可愛面貌。阿凡橋派崛起於19世紀末��特色在於使用純淨的色彩和具有象徵意義的主題。

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阿凡橋派深受高更（Paul Gauguin）的影響，多次長期久居此地的他，1888年時在高更廣場（Place Gauguin）的格羅安涅小旅館（Pension Gloanec），創立了阿凡橋派。而他每次來，幾乎總是住在一旁市政廳廣場（Place de l’ Hôtel de Ville）上的金色馬車（Les Ajoncs d’Or）旅館。

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(《Le Christ June》by Paul Gauguin, Albright–Knox Art Gallery, NY, USA )

高更在這座小鎮留下最有名的作品是《黃色耶穌》（Le Christ Jaune），場景就在特馬羅教堂（Chapelle de Trémalo），隱身於阿凡橋派畫家經常寫生的愛情森林（Bois d’Amour）裡。這座16世紀的哥德式建築，散發著純樸的鄉村教堂氣息，高更經常到此沈思，久而久之望著高掛於拱廊間的木頭耶穌雕像，就這麼把他收進畫中⋯

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因為河道不夠寬敞，阿凡橋無法行船，反而藉由小橋連接。其中札維耶－葛哈勒散步道（Promenade Xavier-Grall）的景色特別優美，沿途可以看見許多水車磨坊以及古老的洗衣房，既懷舊又有趣。值得一提的還有，阿凡橋過去以製造麵粉維生，當地知名的奶油餅乾，可是今日少數能夠追憶這段歷史的「紀念品」呢！

 5. 亞爾勒 Arles

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梵谷在前往巴比松前，輾轉待過南法幾座城鎮，其中他最戲劇性的轉折事件，發生在亞爾勒：他和高更因對畫作意見爭執不休，最後索性割下耳朵作為「分手禮物」⋯

坐落於昔日連接義大利和西班牙的重要貿易大道上，亞爾勒早在古羅馬時期就已蓬勃發展，境內包括羅馬競技場（Les Arènes）、古劇場（Théâtre Antique）、康斯坦丁浴場（Thermes de Constantin）等古羅馬遺跡，都已列入世界遺產。

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(《Garden of the Hospital in Arles》by Van Gogh, Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur, Switzerland)

1888年時，梵谷來到當地的亞爾勒醫院、今日的梵谷空間（Espace Van Ghoh）養病，當地豐沛的陽光和美麗的風景，讓他產生了源源不絕的動力。割耳事件後、被送往聖雷米（St-Rémy）的聖保羅療養院（Saint-Paul de Mausole）前，他在亞爾勒住了一年，完成了200多幅油畫，幾乎可說是他人生中的創作巔峰，亞爾勒醫院裡的藝術花園（Jardin des Arts），自然成為他的紙上風光⋯

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(《Terrasse du Café le Soir》by Van Gogh, Kröller-Müller Museum)

不過他在這段時期最知名的作品，應該是《星空下的咖啡館》（Terrasse du Café le Soir）和《隆河星空》（Nuit Étoilée sur le Rhône）。那間在夜晚藍紫色天空下散發著溫暖黃色光線的黃色咖啡館，位於洋溢文藝氣息的論壇廣場（Place du Forum）上，慕名而來的人潮，讓��經常一位難求。相較於此，梵谷筆下的隆河出現在Marius Jouveau路旁的小碼頭一帶，挑個天氣晴朗的夜晚，展開屬於你的星空之旅吧！

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亞爾勒有許多條橋，其中一座直接以梵谷命名（Pont du Van Gogh），位於城市近郊，從市區搭乘巴士大約需要30分鐘。梵谷曾經以朗盧橋（Pont Langlois）為背景，創作多幅油畫，不過如果對照原作，你可能會發現兩者「長」得不太一樣！沒錯，這是當地政府為了紀念梵谷的足跡，特別挑選了一處類似的地方重建的「新」橋，雖然如此，還是吸引很多人前來朝聖喔～～

6. 普羅旺斯艾克斯 Aix-en-Provence

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(《Montagne Sainte-Victoire》by Paul Cézanne, Wikimedia Commons提供）

 印象中，普羅旺斯艾克斯似乎沒有在什麼知名畫作中留下身影，不過它之所以能成為「繆思」小鎮，全拜塞尚所賜。

這位以《聖維克多山》（Mont Sainte-Victoire）和《玩紙牌的人》（Les Joueurs de Cartes）為代表作、對馬蒂斯和畢卡索產生重大影響的畫家，不但在此出生、度過童年，晚年更重回故鄉，在可以眺望聖維克多山的地方，設立了最後的畫室。畫室至今仍維持原貌，擱置的畫筆、掛著的大衣、拉開的窗簾⋯彷彿主人只是暫時外出寫生⋯

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塞尚居住過艾克斯的許多角落，其中當然包括最能顯現這座普羅旺斯首府氣勢的米哈伯大道（Cours Mirabeau）。

這條兩旁種植法國梧桐的寬敞街道旁，林立著咖啡館、餐廳和多棟16～18世紀豪宅，塞尚曾經落腳55號。雖然這座私人建築雖不對外開放，不過一旁的雙服務生咖啡館（Les Deux Garçon）絕對會對你敞開歡迎的手臂，找找看塞尚和左拉（Émile Zola）等藝文人士曾經坐過的位子，或是在露天咖啡座曬曬太陽，看看能不能激發你任何創意靈感吧！

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艾克斯還有另一個暱稱，叫做「千泉之城」，各式各樣的噴泉散落在街頭巷尾，然而究竟有多少座？其實沒有人能真的說得出來。其中最知名的圓亭噴泉（Fontaine de la Rotonde），幾乎是所有抵達當地的遊客對這座城市的第一印象，不但正對遊客中心，龐大的體積讓人想不注意也難。另外，位於米哈伯大道以南馬扎然區（Quartier Mazarin）的四海豚噴泉（La Fontaine des Quatre-Dauphins），出自17世紀雕刻師Jean-Claude Rambot之手，在當地也享有極高人氣噢～～

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“Almost every year begins on January 1 – except 1942. That year began on December 7, 1941.” – Hedda Hopper, December 27, 1942, courtesy The Chicago Tribune

Indeed. The moment Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor that December 7 all thoughts turned toward war. Like most American industries the movie business stepped up. Stars joined the force to fight for our freedom and went on Victory tours to sell war bonds. Movie studios made training films and dedicated impressive amounts of resources to the war effort. And Hollywood entertained with an impressive list of movie productions. I was reminded of what a memorable year it was when I gathered the list of 1942 releases. I think you’ll agree that as far as entertainment goes 1942 was a year of extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows as one of the community’s most beloved members died tragically as the year commenced.

The calendar I’ve put together below is an homage to 1942, its entertainment happenings and its movies, which are now 75 years old and celebrating their diamond anniversary. I do not include the many atrocities that were occurring on those days as those or were being planned. This is not because I don’t recognize them and the many lives lost, but simply because this is a classic movie blog. With that in mind allow me to honor 1942 in entertainment…

Notable movies released in 1942:

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  Top movie stars of 1942 according to Quigley’s:

Abbott & Costello

Clark Gable

Gary Cooper

Mickey Rooney

Bob Hope

James Cagney

Gene Autry

Betty Grable

Greer Garson

Spencer Tracy

  Notables born in 1942:

Barbra Streisand, Muhammad Ali, Aretha Franklin, Harrison Ford, Martin Scorsese, Joe Biden, Jimi Hendrix, Annette Funicello, Sandra Dee, Carole King, Lou Reed, Brian Wilson, Jerry Garcia, Paul McCartney, Madeline Kahn, Genevieve Bujold, Barry Levinson, Michael York, Yvette Mimieux

  1942 Hollywood news, happenings and trends

How much did things cost in 1942? Take a look at this list from the Morris County Library. I find many items noted on the list astonishing by today’s standards especially considering that due to WWII the prices of most products increased. By the way, going to the movies cost about 30 cents in 1942 and – in many places – it was a big production.

  Glenn Miller and his Orchestra start off 1942 with their version of “Chattanooga Choo Choo” topping the charts at number 1. Written and composed by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren respectively, the song is featured in H. Bruce Humberstone’s 1941 musical, Sun Valley Serenade and is nominated for the Best Music, Original Song Academy Award. “Chattanooga Choo Choo” is also listed on AFI’s 100 Movies…100 Songs list in 2004. The single was also the first single since 1927’s My Blue Heaven to sell 1 million copies, and RCA Victor gave Glenn Miller the first gold record ever as a reward.

  Wonder Woman made her debut in All-Star Comics at the end of 1941, but was featured on the cover of a new comic book, Sensation Comics, at the beginning of 1942. Drawn by Harry G. Peter Wonder Woman caused quite the stir with religious conservatives who had a problem with her attire. Or lack thereof. Despite that this superhero has remained one of the most popular and admired for over eighty years. Aside from her comics appearances, Wonder Woman has enjoyed stints in literature, all types of periodicals, cartoons, art, motion pictures and television. She has also stood behind important causes, sold products, volunteered for health awareness campaigns and most recently, she was named a UN Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls.

  January 1942 saw the premiere of Hollywood Detective Magazine. Dan Turner, also known as the Hollywood Detective, was a fictional hard-boiled private detective working the backlots and movie sets of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. Written by Robert Leslie Bellem, Turner’s exploits were first featured in the pulp fiction magazine Spicy Detective and with his increasing popularity jumped to his own magazine featuring a monthly novel and a collection of short stories covering his cases. Dan Turner – Hollywood Detective ran from January 1942 until October 1950. (The Vintage Library)

  George Brent and Ann Sheridan tie the knot on January 5. They divorced exactly one year later, on January 5, 1943.

  Several versions of “Deep In the Heart of Texas,” lyrics by June Hershey and music by Don Swande, made the Billboard charts in 1942. Such popular names as Bing Crosby and Gene Autry recorded the song that year. Most interesting about this work as it pertains to 1942 and WWII, however, is the fact that it was banned by the BBC, which decided that playing “Deep In the Heart of Texas” during working hours might cause “factory hands” due to its infectious melody. If that happened workers would neglect their tools while clapping hands in time with the song. (popculture.us)

“Deep In the Heart of Texas” made several appearances in the movies: Tex Ritter and the Jimmy Wakely Trio sing it Elmer Clifton‘s 1942 musical Western of the same name. The song is also featured in William Morgan‘s Heart of the Rio Grande (1942) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette doing the honors. June Haver and Gloria DeHaven perform the song with the Harry James Orchestra in Richard Sale‘s I’ll Get By (1950). In 1951 Wendell Corey and Jane Powell give it a go in Rich, Young and Pretty and Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) sings it in Walter Lang‘s With a Song in My Heart (1952).

  On Jan 10, 1942  Ava Gardner marries Mickey Rooney. The union lasted until May 1943. Years later Ava would refer to Mickey as, “The smallest husband I ever had, and the biggest mistake, but I do owe Mickey one thing: he taught me how much I enjoyed sex.” 

Gardner and Rooney on their wedding day

  A tragic happening rocked Hollywood and the world on January 16 when Carole Lombard was killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas returning from a War bond tour. Lombard had just completed a major fundraising effort, raising over $2 million, when the plane she took en route to Los Angeles from Las Vegas crashed into Mount Potosi in Nevada killing everyone on board.

“She was without guile, honest, a friend of the underling. There’ll never be another Carole.” (Hedda Hopper)

  Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy team for the first time in George Stevens‘ Woman of the Year (1942), which enjoys its New York premiere at Radio City Music Hall on February 5. This was the first of nine films in which Tracy and Hepburn co-starred over a period of 25 years. Their final film together was Stanley Kramer‘s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967).

  Archie Comics debuts on February 10 as a Winter 1942 edition. The character of Archie first appeared in Pep Comics #22 in 1941 and in no time “America’s Typical Teenager” became popular enough to have his own comic book series. I don’t believe Archie ever made it onto the big screen, but there may have been a direct-to-DVD movie release. Where Archie thrived, however, was on radio since 1943 and TV starring in several animated series beginning in 1968.

  “Moonlight Cocktail” by Glenn Miller and Hiss Orchestra hits number 1 in February and stays there until May. Several big names recorded the song through the years, but a standout for movie lovers might be Chico Marx’s piano rendition in Archie Mayo‘s A Night in Casablanca (1946).

  The 14th Academy Awards honoring 1941 film releases is held at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel on February 26, 1942. The winners include Best Picture from 20th Century Fox, John Ford’s How Green Was My Valley, the Best Director honor goes to John Ford, Gary Cooper is chosen Best Actor, Joan Fontaine Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor is Donald Crisp and Best Supporting Actress, Mary Astor.

14th Academy Awards Acting Honorees: Gary Cooper, Joan Fontaine, Mary Astor and Donald Crisp

The Award for Best Documentary – Short Subject is inaugurated at the 1942 Academy Awards. The first trophy is given to the Canadian production of Churchill’s Island (1941).

  On April 30, 1942, more than twenty Hollywood stars are invited to the White House by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt before opening their musical revue extravaganza that played in fourteen cities and netted $800,000 for Army and Navy relief funds. The “Hollywood Victory Caravan,” traveled across the country in a special train, performing songs, dances, skits, playlets, operatic pieces, and spectacular ensemble numbers. The production, hosted by Bob Hope and Cary Grant, was considered by the New York Times to be “the most ambitious money-raising project ever staged by the theatrical world.” (Library of Congress)

(Seated L-R) Oliver Hardy, Joan Blondell, Charlotte Greenwood, Charles Boyer, Rise Stevens, Desi Arnaz, Frank McHugh, Matt Brooks, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Juanita Stark, Alma Carroll; (Standing L-R) Merle Oberon, Elanor Powell, Arleen Whelan, Marie MacDonald, Fay McKenzie, Katharine Booth, Mrs. Roosevelt, Frances Gifford, Frances Langford, Elyse Knox, Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert, Bob Hope, Ray Middleton, Joan Bennett, Bert Lahr, Mark Sandrich, Jack Rose, Stan Laurel, Jerry Colonna, and Groucho Marx

  “Tangerine” by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra hits number 1 the week of May 9 and stays there for 6 weeks. With music and lyrics by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer respectively, “Tangerine” was introduced to the masses in Schertzinger’s The Fleet’s In, which was released in January 1942. The Fleet’s In stars Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken and, making her feature film debut, Betty Hutton.

  Bing Crosby records “White Christmas” on May 29. The song hit number 1 on October 31st and remained there through the middle of January 1943, becoming the greatest selling record to date. “White Christmas” has been recorded more times than any other Christmas song in history, but it’s Crosby’s version that remains significant holding the number 2 slot on the “Songs of the Century” list behind Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow” as determined by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America. Written by Irving Berlin, “White Christmas” is featured in Mark Sandrich’s Holiday Inn and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song is also featured in another Crosby film, Michael Curtiz‘s White Christmas, which became the highest-grossing film of 1954.

  Curtiz’s Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney and Joan Lesley enjoys its New York premiere on May 29th, Memorial Day. The movie received eight Academy Award nominations winning for Best Actor, Best Sound, Recording and Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Warner Bros. took full advantage of the movie’s patriotic theme to help the war effort as did the film’s stars. For the first time in his entire career, James Cagney attended the premiere for one of his films. Rather than tickets for its opening night premiere, the studio sold war bonds and (reportedly) raised over $5 million.

  Also on May 29th – beloved rogue and admired actor, John Barrymore dies from cirrhosis of the liver and kidney failure at age 60.

  William Wyler‘s Mrs. Miniver starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon enjoys its New York premier on June 4th. Mrs. Miniver played for ten weeks at Radio City Music Hall, one week less than Garson’s other 1942 release, Mervyn LeRoy‘s Random Harvest released in later that year. Mrs. Miniver went on to receive 12 Academy Award nominations including five for acting making it the first movie to receive that many in acting categories. The movie won four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for Greer Garson and Best Supporting Actress for Teresa Wright. Considered a magnificent achievement in film, Winston Churchill once said that Mrs. Miniver had done more for the war effort than a flotilla of destroyers and Wyler admitted that he made the film for propaganda reasons.

  Myrna Loy marries John Hertz Jr. in New York City on June 6, about a week after her divorce from Arthur Hornblow became final. Mr. Hertz was the second of Ms. Loy’s four husbands.

  The Office of War Information (OWI) was Created on June 13, 1942. Radio programs, newsreels and films were an essential part of the U.S. propaganda machine spearheaded by the OWI. Elmer Davis, the OWI Director in 1942, said of this process, “The easiest way to inject a propaganda idea into most people’s minds is to let it go through the medium of an entertainment picture when they do not realize that they are being propagandized.”

  Norma Jeane Mortenson, later known the world over as Marilyn Monroe marries husband James Dougherty on June 19. The union lasted four years. This was the first of Monroe’s three marriages.

  On June 29…

  Audie Murphy enlists in the military on June 30 after lying about his age. By the War’s end Murphy earned an unparalleled 28 medals, he’d been wounded three times and had yet to reach his 21st birthday. Audie Murphy returned to a hero’s welcome in the United States. His photograph appeared on the cover of Life magazine and he was persuaded by James Cagney to embark on an acting career. (Arlington)

It’s not easy to find exact dates of when people actually enlisted for military service, but – as you know – many other Hollywood stars signed up for active duty in 1942 including Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, William Holden, Gene Autry, Carl Reiner, Carroll O’Connor and Clark Gable. Many others followed in 1943 and subsequent years during the War.

  Irving Berlin‘s “This is the Army” premieres on Broadway on July 4 and runs for 113 performances. This Is the Army was released as a movie in 1943 directed by Michael Curtiz and it became the top money-maker of the year.

1942 Original Cast Album

  Cary Grant marries heiress Barbara Hutton on July 8. The couple stayed together for three years. This was Grant’s second of five marriages.

  Lana Turner marries actor Stephen Crane on July 17. The marriage is annulled the following February, but the two tied the knot again a month later. The second try ended in divorce in August 1944. If you count the annulment, these represent Turner’s second and third nuptials in a total of eight.

  Mae West divorces vaudeville performer Frank Wallace after 31 years of marriage on July 21. That same day Joan Crawford marries Phillip Terry. Wallace was West’s only spouse and Crawford would give marriage another try ten years after her union with Terry ends in 1946.

  Here is a collection of 1942 Radio News featuring many stars of the day as well as important events and episodes of “Our Secret Weapon,” a wartime show created to counter Axis propaganda: 

Actor and activist Paul Robeson appears in his last feature film,  Julien Duvivier‘s Tales of Manhattan, which opens on August 5th. The career halt was due in part because Robeson was unhappy about the roles available for African-Americans in movies and in part due to his being blacklisted. 

Tales of Manhattan featuring Ethel Waters, Eddie Anderson and Paul Robeson

  Walt Disney‘s sixth animated feature Bambi, based on the book by Felix Salten, enjoys its New York premiere on August 13. This would be the last full-length animated feature made by Disney until Cinderella (1950). The gap was due to the lack of film workers (who were in military service) and materials necessary to make films during the War.

  On August 23rd Fay Wray marries screenwriter and playwright Robert Riskin. The two remain together until Riskin’s death in 1955. In case you missed it, here’s a Classic Movies and More interview with their daughter Victoria Riskin from this year’s Capitolfest. Also on August 23rd – Norma Shearer marries Martin Arrouge. Their marriage lasted until her death in 1983.

  In September The Hollywood Victory Committee sent out many more movie stars on the “Stars Over America” bond drive in another significant effort to raise money for the armed forces. Word had spread quickly across America and bond drives proved an effective money-making machine. Part of the fundraising included free movie days in theaters across the country with a bond purchase as the admission. Greer Garson, Bette Davis and Rita Hayworth were among the stars who completed seven tours in more than 300 cities. The “Stars Over America” bond blitz, in which a total of 337 stars took part, surpassed its quota and netted $838,540,000 worth of bonds.

  Glenn Miller and His Orchestra have the third number 1 hit of the year when “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” hit number 1 the week of September 12. The song is featured in Archie Mayo’s Orchestra Wives (1942) and was nominated for Best Music, Original Song for Harry Warren’s music and Mack Gordon’s lyrics. 

  A former livery stable and nightclub located at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California opened its doors as The Hollywood Canteen on October 3, 1942. Reportedly the brainchild of actor, John Garfield, who felt there was a need to establish a place where servicemen who visited Hollywood on their way overseas could enjoy leisure and entertainment, The Canteen offered food, dancing and entertainment all free of charge.

Garfield took his idea to Bette Davis who was on-board to make it happen so she took it to her friend, Jules Stein, President of the Music Corporation of America and the three spearheaded the project, which would come to represent Hollywood’s crowning achievement in the war effort.

“There are few accomplishments in my life that I am sincerely proud of. The Hollywood Canteen is one of them.” —Bette Davis

  Jazz legend Louis Armstrong marries dancer Lucille Wilson on October 12, ten days after he had divorced Alpha Smith after 4 years of marriage. Wilson was Armstrong’s fourth and final wife.

  Acting veteran, May Robson dies on October 20 leaving behind many memories on stage and screen from her 6 decades long career.

  Irving Rapper’s Now, Voyager starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains has its New York premiere on October 22nd. The biggest box office hit of Davis’ career, Now, Voyager earned her the seventh Best Actress nomination of her career. She would receive 11 in total. The movie also earned nods from the Academy for Gladys Cooper for killing it in a sinister supporting role and Max Steiner for his score. Now, Voyager is one of those movies everyone should seek and find thanks in large part to the chemistry between Bette Davis and Paul Henreid and one of the most romantic moments on screen when he lights two cigarrettes.

  George M Cohan, the father of musical comedy and the subject of the hugely popular, Yankee Doodle Dandy, dies of cancer on November 5th. He was 64.

  Another great of stage and screen, Edna May Oliver, dies on her 59th birthday on November 9th.

  Tweety Bird makes his debut in Robert Clampett‘s A Tale of Two Kitties on November 21st. Tweety was originally pink in this spoof of Abbott and Costello, which features cats, Babbit and Catstello. His color was changed to yellow after the censors complained that he looked naked because he had no feathers. (IMDB)

  November 26 saw the premiere of Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca at the Hollywood Theater in New York. The film would go on to receive eight Academy Award nominations winning three: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay for Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein and Howard Koch.

Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca

  On November 30 popular Western star Buck Jones dies at the age of 50. Jones was one of 492 victims of the fire in Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub on November 28, 1942. The tragedy shocked everyone in the country and briefly replaced the events of the War in the news. That fire also led to reforms of safety standards and codes across the US, and to major changes in the treatment and rehabilitation of burn victims internationally.

  Jacques Tourneur‘s influential Cat People enjoys its New York premiere on December 5th. This was producer Val Lewton‘s first film at RKO, a movie that illustrates his genius for suggestive horror that is not for the faint of heart.

  On December 15 Mary Astor divorces the third of her four husbands, editor Manuel del Campo, after more than 4 years of marriage.

  On her way to becoming the number 1 box office attraction of 1943, Betty Grable becomes the favorite pinup of the boys in uniform in 1942. That was due in part to 20th Century Fox distributing three million copies of Grable’s famous white swimsuit photo, which spotlights her famous gams.

  The 15th Academy Awards honoring achievement in movies released in 1942 were held at the Cocoanut Grove of the Amabassador Hotel on Thursday, March 4, 1943. The winners of major categories were:

Best Picture: Mrs. Miniver – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Best Director: William Wyler – Mrs. Miniver

Best Actor: James Cagney – Yankee Doodle Dandy

Best Actress: Greer Garson – Mrs. Miniver

Best Supporting Actor: Van Heflin – Johnny Eager

Best Supporting Actress: Teresa Wright – Mrs. Miniver

Special Academy Award was presented to Noël Coward for his outstanding production achievement, In Which We Serve.

  And that was 1942 at the movies – in a nutshell.

1942: 75 Years Ago At the Movies "Almost every year begins on January 1 - except 1942. That year began on December 7, 1941." - …

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Jay and Matt will be at the FBDM/MCAF come out and visit us if you get the chance. It’s in Parc la Fontaine in Montreal and although we won’t have our table assignment until the day of we are looking forward to see everyone who can make it out.

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So as of now our appearance schedule is:

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