#r.c. sherriff

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Playwright and screenwriter R.C. Sherriff and director James Whale discussing the script for THE ROAD BACK (1937), which Sherriff wrote and Whale is to produce and direct, as a sequel to Lewis Milestone’s ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930).

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The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff, 1931.

This is the story of the Stevens family and their annual holiday to Bognor Regis, a seaside resort town on the south coast of England. It has an unusually unpretentious, straightforward style. Its strength is in the minute details of the family’s domesticity and sensual observations of their golden days by the sea. There are occasional innocently funny parts that made me laugh. The parents are most closely observed, and they aren’t idealized. We see both their strengths and flaws, their public personas and what they bear privately. Despite the flaws and limited means of the family, one can’t help but admire their love, loyalty, and innocence. It’s enjoyable for both its lovely nostalgia for family life and a melancholic sense of the passage of time. 4/5

Views of early 20th c Bognor:

Charabancs used to bring in day trippers

Donkey rides 1920s

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Aces High (1976)

My rating: 7/10

Damn, but this one's a stone cold bummer. Really rather good, though, mostly due to a solid cast led by a (despite his 33 years) still heartbreakingly baby-faced McDowell.

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Writing WW1 Johnlock au with my friend and it’s a dream. I hope it has “Maurice/Journeys End” vibes

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Bride of Frankenstein

🇺🇸 | Apr 20, 1935

directed by James Whale

adaptation by John L. Balderston, Philip MacDonald, William Hurlbut, R.C. Sherriff, Lawrence G. Blochman, Josef Berne, Morton Covan

original story by Mary Shelley

story by Robert Florey

screeplay by Edmund Pearson

script consulting by Flo Brummel

produced by Universal Pictures, James Whale Productions

starring Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Colin Clive, O.P. Heggie, Una O'Connor

1h15 | Horror, Science Fiction

out of plan

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Home at Seven (Murder on Monday) (1952) Ralph Richardson

May 18th 2024

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"rn I feel like reading about someone's quiet daily life, maybe a diary or letters, set in a place or context I don't know much about, without turmoil or tragedy" oh! do you have any recommendations for books like this?

This is one of my favourite types of books! Here are 30(ish) recs...

May Sarton's The House by the Sea or Plant Dreaming Deep

Gyrðir Elíasson's Suðurglugginn / La fenêtre au sud (not translated into English unfortunately!), also Bergsveinn Birgisson's Landslag er aldrei asnalegt / Du temps qu'il fait (exists in German too)

Gretel Ehrlich's The Solace of Open Spaces, which iirc was originally written as journal entries and letters before being adapted into a book

Kenneth White's House of Tides: Letters from Brittany and Other Lands of the West

Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book

The Diary of a Provincial Lady, E. M. Delafield

Growing Up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (do not read if you don't like flowers)

The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip (I've mentioned it before, it feels like this gif)

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, I keep recommending this one but it's so nice and I love snails

Epicurean Simplicity, Stephanie Mills

The Light in the Dark: A winter journal by Horatio Clare

The Letters of Rachel Henning

The letters of Tove Jansson, also The Summer Book and Fair Play

The diary of Sylvia Townsend Warner—here's an entry where she describes some big cats at the zoo. "Frank and forthcoming, flirtatious carnivores, [...] guttersnipishly loveable"

The Letters of Rachel Carson & Dorothy Freeman were very sweet and a little bit gay. I mostly remember from this long book I read years ago that Rachel Carson once described herself as "retiring into her shell like a periwinkle at low tide" and once apologised to Dorothy because she had run out of apple-themed stationery.

Jane Austen's letters (quoting the synopsis, "Wiser than her critics, who were disappointed that her correspondence dwelt on gossip and the minutiae of everyday living, Austen understood the importance of "Little Matters," of the emotional and material details of individual lives shared with friends and family")

Madame de Sévigné's letters because obviously, and from the same time period, the letters of the Princess Palatine, Louis XIV's sister-in-law. I read them a long time ago and mostly I remember that I enjoyed her priorities. There's a letter where she complains that she hasn't received the sausages she was promised, and then in the next paragraph, mentions the plot to assassinate the King of England and also, the Tartars are walking on Vienna currently.

Wait I found it:

R.C. Sherriff's The Fortnight in September (quoting the author, "I wanted to write about simple, uncomplicated people doing normal things")

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

Pond, Claire-Louise Bennett

Rules for Visiting, Jessica Francis Kane

The following aren't or aren't yet available in English, though some have already been translated in 5-6 languages:

ツバキ文具店 / La papeterie Tsubaki by ito Ogawa

半島へ / La péninsule aux 24 saisons by Mayumi Inaba

Giù la piazza non c'è nessuno, Dolores Prato (for a slightly more conceptual take on the "someone's everyday life" theme—I remember it as quite Proustian in its meticulousness, a bit like Nous les filles by Marie Rouanet which is much shorter and more lighthearted but shows the same extreme attention to childhood details)

Journal d'un homme heureux, Philippe Delerm, my favourite thing about this book is that the goodreads commenter who gave it the lowest rating complained that Delerm misidentified a wine as a grenache when actually it's a cabernet sauvignon. Important review!

Un automne à Kyôto, Corinne Atlan (I find her writing style so lovely)

oh and 西の魔女が死んだ / L’été de la sorcière by Kaho Nashiki —such a little Ghibli film of a book. There's a goodreads review that points out that Japanese slice-of-life films and books have "a certain way of describing small, everyday actions in a soothing, flawless manner that can either wear you out, or make you look at the world with a temporary glaze of calm contentment and introspective understanding [...]"

I'd be happy to get recommendations in this 'genre' as well :)

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The Universal Classic Monsters Collection will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Digital) in digibook packaging on October 3 via Universal. Designed by Tristan Eaton, the eight-disc set is limited to 5,500.

It includes 1931's Dracula, 1931’s Frankenstein, 1932’s The Mummy, 1933’s The Invisible Man, 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein, 1941’s The Wolf Man, 1943’s Phantom of the Opera, and 1954’s Creature from the Black Lagoon.

All eight films are presented in 4K with HDR10. The Spanish version of Dracula is also included. Special features are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging.

Dracula is directed by Tod Browning (Freaks) and written by Garrett Fort (Frankenstein), based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan star.

Dracula special features:

Alternate score version by Philip Glass

Dracula (1931) Spanish version directed by George Melford

The Road to Dracula

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

Dracula: The Restoration

Dracula Archives

Monster Tracks

Trailer gallery

Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.

Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (The Indivisible Man) and written by Garrett Fort (Dracula) and Francis Edward Faragoh (Little Caesar), based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, and Boris Karloff star.

Frankenstein special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer

Audio commentary by historian Sir Christopher Frayling

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made A Monster

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

Universal Horror

Frankenstein Archives

Boo!: A Short Film

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

Monster Tracks

Trailer gallery

Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts.

The Mummy is directed by Karl Freund (Dracula) and written by John L. Balderston (Dracula). Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, and Arthur Byron star.

The Mummy special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Paul M. Jensen

Audio commentary by Rick Baker, Scott Essman, Steve Haberman, Bob Burns, and Brent Armstrong

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

Unraveling the Legacy of The Mummy

The Mummy Archives

100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era

Trailer gallery

An Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes is his long-lost princess.

The Invisible Man is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by R.C. Sherriff (Goodbye, Mr. Chips), based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novel. Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, William Harrigan, Dudley Digges, and Una O'Connor star.

The Invisible Man special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters

Trailer gallery

A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.

The Bride of Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by William Hurlbut. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, and Elsa Lanchester star.

The Bride of Frankenstein special features: 

Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen

She’s Alive! Creating The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride Of Frankenstein Archive

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

Trailer gallery

Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

The Wolf Man is directed by George Waggner (Operation Pacific) and written by Curt Siodmak (I Walked with a Zombie). Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney Jr. star.

The Wolf Man special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver

Monster by Moonlight

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr.

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

The Wolf Man Archives

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Trailer gallery

Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

Phantom of the Opera is directed by Arthur Lubin and written by Eric Taylor (The Ghost of Frankenstein) and Samuel Hoffenstein (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, and Edgar Barrier star.

Phantom of the Opera special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Theatrical trailer

An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy’s career.

Creature from the Black Lagoon is directed by Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man) and written by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross. Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell star.

Creature from the Black Lagoon special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver

Back to the Black Lagoon

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Trailer gallery

A group of scientists try to capture a prehistoric creature luring in the depths of the Amazonian jungle and bring it back to civilization for study.

Pre-order Universal Classic Monsters Collection.

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disclaimer:

• this is my main account, but i’m most active from my sideblog @rcsherriff! if you want to see posts, go there, but my main account is what’s featured in all my communities et cetera x

introduction:

• my name’s luiza, i’m fifteen and i’m from the UK. i speak two languages and i’m learning another two, if you count dead ones. i love linguistics, literature and academics.

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• r.c. sherriff is the author of my favourite play, Journey’s End.

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• i love the beatles, the velvet underground, jeff buckley, david bowie, lana del rey, george harrison and paul mccartney!

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• i just finished the secret history. as a classics student, obsessed.

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Here’s a film rec for your already 200+ watchlist. Aces High (1976) starring Malcom McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. It’s on Tubi, I highly recommend it if you’re in the mood for something with amazing aerial stunts, WWI drama, and generally a film that’ll make you seriously appreciate McDowell’s acting, oh my god.

(Also based on Journey’s End by R.C Sherriff and instead of the trenches, it’s an airfield)

Added to the watchlist!

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"YOU'RE CRAZY TO KNOW WHO I AM, AREN'T YOU? ALL RIGHT, I'LL SHOW YOU!"

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man" (1941), directed by James Whale, giclée/fine art print/artwork by Alex Ross, c. 2016.

Resolution at 1818x2048 & 768x1024.

"All right, you fools. You've brought it on yourselves. Everything would have come right if you'd only left me alone. You've left me near madness with your peering through the keyholes... and keeping through the curtains. Now you'll suffer for it! You're crazy to know who I am, aren't you? All right, I'll show you!"

-- JACK GRIFFIN (played by Claude Rains), screenplay by R.C. Sherriff

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/universal-monsters-in-2023--394627986114344239 & X (formerly known as Twitter).

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Tagged by both @gohoubi and @aranov , thank you both!

Last Song: I Was Once a Young Ploughboy by Jack Rutter https://open.spotify.com/track/7lj72XqpdyA3Jqqio05Oou?si=4ZnZ21ywQJOaC08nQ_drCA

Currently Watching: Sharpe's Revenge

Currently Reading: We Will Remember Them: AIF Epitaphs of World War 1 by John Laffin

Current Obsession: the film Aces High, dir. Jack Gold and starring Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, and Peter Firth, based on the play Journey's End by R.C Sherriff, with the setting switched from the trenches to the Royal Flying Corps.

Tagging @phoenixflames12 @mooseofthesea @pathfinderswiftpen

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I wanted to write for the sake of writing and got started one evening in my hotel bedroom.

R.C. Sherriff in the afterword in The Fortnight in September

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A história de como os britânicos atacaram barragens alemãs na Segunda Guerra Mundial usando uma técnica engenhosa para lançar bombas onde elas seriam mais eficazes. Adaptação feita por R.C. Sherriff do livro de Guy Gibson, Costa do Inimigo à Frente, Labaredas do Inferno (The Dam Busters) é um docudrama mostrando a concepção de uma nova arma britânica para destruir as barragens alemãs no complexo industrial do Ruhr e a execução do ataque feito pelo pelo Esquadrão 617, os Destruidores de Barragens (The Dam Busters). (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

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Movies I’ve Watched - 2024

95/?: The Invisible Man (1933) - watched 4/2/24

This is perhaps the best-written Universal horror movie. R.C. Sherriff creates a specific sense of place right from the opening moments. Claude Rains gives a performance that is both genuinely funny and genuinely scary — just as a concept, the Invisible Man is probably the scariest monster.

The Invisible Man (1933)