#the bandit 1953

[victims-of]

Vanja Orico as Maria Clódia in The Bandit / O Cangaceiro (1953)

("Cangaceiro" was a pejorative expression used to refer to bands of poor peasants who inhabited the northeastern deserts of Brazil. They wore leather clothing and hats covered in symbols and metal ornaments. They carried carbines, revolvers, shotguns, and the long narrow knife known as the peixeira.

The 1920s and 1930s saw the height of cangaceiro activity, with the most prominent bands numbering up to as many as 100 bandits. The bandits often behaved well to the poorer sections of society. They performed acts of charity, bought goods for higher than usual prices from small shopkeepers and gave free parties / bailes. In contrast, the wealthy were robbed, targeted for extortion, and were often kidnapped and held for ransom.)

In 1968, an episode marked Vanja's life forever. At the key moment of the burial of student Edson Luís, killed by a military dictatorship, she stood in front of the army, raised a white handkerchief and shouted "Don't shoot, we are all Brazilians." Vanja was imprisoned for 3 days. She wasn't tortured, but she took "a few blows to the head."

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Bandits of the West (1953)

[vampirecorleone]

Appreciation for YELLOW fashion in TV & Film: The Kissing Bandit (1948) | Coming to America (1988) | View from the Top (2003) | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) | The Gang's All Here (1943) | Clueless (1995) | Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) | To Catch a Thief (1955) | The Aftermath (2019) | The Stepford Wives (2004) | Rupaul's Drag Race (2024) | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) | The Love Witch (2016) | Django Unchained (2012) | The Cher Show (1975) | Hello, Dolly! (1969) | What a Way to Go! (1964) | Marie Antoinette (2003) | War & Peace (1956) | The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) | The Nanny (1993) | The Band Wagon (1953) | Sailor Moon S (1994) | Pal Joey (1957) | Gossip Girl (2007) | Reign (2013) | Legally Blonde (2001) | The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) | La Femme et le Pantin (1959) | The Legend of Zorro (2005)

[darkmaga-returns]

American justice has become politicized — a weapon against enemies with hall passes for favored groups. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and dozens of big city, George Soros-funded leftist district attorneys routinely prosecute innocent citizens while letting criminals walk free.

The actions of these powerful officers of the law fit a pattern that the great Soviet-era Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn not only would have recognized, but he also detailed. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s prosecutions of both Donald Trump and Daniel Penny — closing arguments for Penny’s trial are scheduled for after Thanksgiving — combined with his leniency for deadly criminals are a case in point.

In “The Gulag Archipelago,” Solzhenitsyn wrote of the “Voroshilov Amnesty,” granted three weeks after Stalin’s death in 1953, which “flooded the whole country with a wave of murderers, bandits, and thieves, who had with great difficulty been rounded up after the war.” Communist authorities thought a general amnesty would endear them to the people — of course, many non-violent political prisoners weren’t eligible.

This amnesty was compounded by Article 139 of the Criminal Code of 1926 which defined the “limits of necessary self-defense.” As Solzhenitsyn described the law, “you had the right to unsheathe your knife only after the criminal’s knife was hovering over you. And you could stab him only after he had stabbed you. And otherwise, you would be the one put on trial.” Solzhenitsyn then observed that “This fear of exceeding the measure of necessary self-defense led to total spinelessness as a national characteristic.”

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JACKIE GLEASON: FEBRUARY 26, 1916 - JUNE 24, 1987

PERSONAL FAVORITE MOVIES:

Navy Blues (1941)

Steel Against the Sky (1941)

All Through the Night (1942)

Lady Gangster (1942)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)

Larceny, Inc. (1942)

Escape from Crime (1942)

Orchestra Wives (1942)

Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

The Desert Hawk (1950)

The Hustler (1961) as Minnesota Fats

Gigot (1962)

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)

Soldier in the Rain (1963)

Skidoo (1968)

How to Commit Marriage (1969)

Don't Drink the Water (1969)

How Do I Love Thee? (1970)

Mr. Billion (1977)

Smokey and the Bandit (1977) as Sheriff Buford T. Justice

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) as Sheriff Buford T. Justice / Gaylord Justice / Reginald Van Justice

The Toy (1982)

The Sting II (1983)

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) as Buford T. Justice

Izzy and Moe (1985)

Nothing in Common (1986)

TV APPEARANCES:

1949–1959

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Your Sports Special (1949) as Himself

The Lamb's Gambol (March 27, 1949) as Himself

On The Two A Day (1949, NBC TV) as Himself

The Life of Riley (October 4, 1949 – March 28, 1950, TV Series) 26 episodes as Chester A. Riley

The Arrow Show (1949) as Himself

Tex and Jinx (1949) as Himself

This Is Show Business (1950) as Himself

Showtime USA (1950) as Himself

Cavalcade of Stars (1950–1952, TV Series) as Himself - Host / Ralph Kramden / Reginald Van Gleason III

The Frank Sinatra Show (1950) as Himself

Ford Star Revue (1951) as Himself

The Frank Sinatra Show (1951) as Himself

Cavalcade of Bands (1951) as Himself

Stage Entrance (1951, DuMont TV) as Himself

Musical Comedy Time: No! No! Nanette! (1951) as Himself

Texaco Star Theatre (1951) as Himself

Ford Festival (1951) as Himself

The James Melton Show (May 3, 1951) as Himself

This Is Show Business (1951) as Himself

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951) as Himself

Ford Star Revue (1951) as Himself

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951) as Himself

The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951) as Himself

The Jackie Gleason Show (September 20, 1952 – June 18, 1955, TV Series) as Host / Ralph Kramden / Reginald Van Gleason III

Arthur Murray Party (1952) as Himself

The Sam Levinson Show (1952) as Himself

The Ken Murray Show (1952) as Himself

Toast of the Town (1952) as Himself

Celebrity Time (1952) as Himself

Scout O' Rama (1952) as Himself

Jane Froman's USA Canteen (1952) as Himself

Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1953) as Himself

Studio One: The Laugh Maker (May 18, 1953, TV Movie) as Himself

What's My Line? (1953) as Himself

This Is Show Business (1953) as Himself - Guest / Himself

Arthur Murray Party (1953) as Himself

Toast of the Town (1954) as Himself

The Red Skelton Show (January 5, 1954) as Himself

Name That Tune (1954) as Himself

Studio One: Short Cut (December 6, 1954, TV Movie) as Himself

The Best of Broadway: The Show Off (February 2, 1955, TV Movie) as Himself

What's My Line? (1955) as Himself

I've Got a Secret (1955) as Himself

The Jack Benny Program (May 1, 1955) as Himself

Stage Show (1955) as Himself

The Honeymooners (October 1, 1955 – September 22, 1956, TV Series) as Ralph Kramden

The Red Skelton Show (October 4, 1955)

Studio One: Uncle Ed and Circumstances (October 10, 1955, TV Movie)

The $64,000 Question (1956) as Himself

Person to Person (February 3, 1956) as Himself

The Herb Shriner Show (October 2, 1956) as Himself

The Jackie Gleason Show (September 29, 1956 – June 22, 1957, TV Series) as Himself

Playhouse 90: The Time of Your Life (October 9, 1958, TV Movie) as Joe

This Is Your Life (1958) as Himself

Arthur Godfrey Show (1958) as Himself

The Jackie Gleason Show (October 1958 – January 1959, TV Series) as Himself

All Star Jazz IV: The Golden Age of Jazz (January 4, 1959) as Himself

The Fabulous Fifties (1960) as Narrator

Arthur Godfrey Special (1960) as Himself

The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (June 23, 1960) (TV Movie, [narration only]) as Narrator / Himself

The Jackie Gleason Special: The Big Sell Review (October 9, 1960) as Salesman / Reginald Van Gleason III / Joe the Bartender / Ralph Kramden

Step On the Gas (CBS-10/19/60) TV special

The Red Skelton Show (January 24, 1961) as Himself

Sunday Sports Spectacular: Jackie Gleason with the putter and cue (1961) as Himself

You're In the Picture/The Jackie Gleason Show (January 27 – March 24, 1961) as Himself

The Jackie Gleason Special: The Million Dollar Incident (April 21, 1961) as Himself

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine (September 29, 1962 – June 4, 1966, TV Series) as Himself

The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963) as Himself

Freedom Spectacular (May 14, 1964, NAACP Special) as Himself

Inquiry (June 13, 1965, June 20, 1965, NBC) as Himself

The Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: The Big Stomach (November 16, 1966) as the Vast Waistline

The Jackie Gleason Show (September 17, 1966 – September 12, 1970, TV Series) as Himself - Host

Here's Lucy: Lucy Visits Jack Benny (September 30, 1968) as Ralph Kramden

The Mike Douglas Show (October 15, 1968) as Himself

The David Frost Show (February 17, 1970) as Himself

The David Frost Show (April 6, 1970) as Himself

The David Frost Show (May 7, 1970) as Himself

The Jackie Gleason Special (December 20, 1970) as Ralph Kramden / Reginald Van Gleason III / the Poor Soul

The Mike Douglas Show (November 13–17, 20-24 and 29, 1972) as Himself

The Jackie Gleason Special (November 11, 1973) as Ralph Kramden / Reginald Van Gleason III / the Poor Soul

Show Business Tribute to Milton Berle (1973)

Julie & Jackie: How Sweet It Is! (1974)

Bob Hope Special (1974) as Himself

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (1975) as Himself

The Dick Cavett Show (August 30, 1975) as Himself

Dinah! (January 13, 1975) as Himself

Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason: Two for Three (December 3, 1975) as Himself

Super Night at the Super Bowl (1976) as Himself

The Mike Douglas Show (January 12–16, 1976) as Himself

The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon (February 2, 1976) as Ralph Kramden

Donahue (1976) as Himself

The Captain and Tennille (September 20, 1976) as Himself

Bing Crosby's White Christmas (1976) as Himself

Dinah! (February 11, 1977) as Himself

The Honeymooners Christmas Special (November 28, 1977) as Ralph Kramden

The Honeymooners Valentine Special (February 13, 1978) as Ralph Kramden

The Second Honeymooners Christmas Special (December 10, 1978) as Ralph Kramden

The Mike Douglas Show (May 7, 1980) as Himself

Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (June 3, 1983, TV Movie) as Ernest Johnson

All Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1984) as Himself

60 Minutes (1984) as Himself

Izzy and Moe (September 23, 1985, TV Movie) as Himself

The Honeymooners Reunion (May 13, 1985) as Ralph Kramden

The 39th Annual Tony Awards (June 2, 1985) as Himself

The Honeymooners Anniversary Celebration (October 18, 1985) as Ralph Kramden

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (October 18, 1985) as Himself

Gleason: In His Own Words (February 14, 1986) as Himself

[scotianostra]

My favourite Scottish singer, Jim Diamond was born on September 28th 1953 in Bridgeton, Glasgow.

Born to Sarah (nee Harper), a seamstress, and Lawrence, a firefighter, who would habitually get up to sing at parties, we all had a relative like this didn't we? Apart from his father, his earliest musical inspirations were soul music greats such as Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and Otis Redding. By the age of 14 he had joined his first band, The Method, and later he became lead singer of the Glasgow group Jade, touring the country playing club and college gigs. Then he embarked on a European tour with the band Gully Foyle (he had seen their advertisement for a lead singer in Glasgow’s Evening Times), which included some dates supporting Procol Harum.

His next stop was a quintet called Bandit, who were signed by Arista Records but they swept away by the emergence of punk rock. Bandit's one album was enough to prompt the NME’s reviewer, Tony Stewart, to comment that he was “an inspired and remarkable vocalist who projects himself well, displaying not only a passion for the music but a staggering range, which he uses fully”.

Bandit split up soon afterwards, but Diamond and Bandit’s guitarist, Danny McIntosh (now Kate Bush’s husband) went on to work with Alexis Korner. Word was spreading about Diamond and his powerfully expressive singing, and he was invited to fly to Los Angeles to form a band with the guitarist and David Bowie collaborator Earl Slick and the drummer Carmine Appice, who had been playing with Rod Stewart, but before the project could come to fruition, Diamond was in demand again, returning to England to form PhD and embarking on the series of hits that sealed his reputation.

Then Diamond contracted hepatitis, which prevented him from touring and prompted PhD to split. In 1984 he was back in action as a solo artist, triumphing with the No 1 heartbreaker I Should Have Known Better, often remembered for its soaring “I-I-I-I-I” chorus, which believe it or not, I pride myself on singing welle, The single, which was from his album Double Crossed , earned him a nomination for an Ivor Novello award.

Diamond’s career cooled after his intense burst of success in the early and mid-80s, although in 1985 Diamond went to No 1 again with the celebrity ensemble The Crowd on You’ll Never Walk Alone, a charity record for families of the victims of the Bradford City stadium fire. In 1986 his second solo album, Desire For Freedom, delivered the No 5 hit Hi Ho Silver, a song commissioned for Boon, starring Michael Elphick, and featuring yet another of Diamond’s catchy choruses, this time set to a briskly pumping reggae beat.

In 1993 he released the album Jim Diamond, which reached No 16 on the UK charts, and went on tour performing acoustic versions of his catalogue of songs. In the late 90s he teamed up with the saxophonist Chris “Snake” Davis, renowned for his studio work with M People, George Michael, Paul McCartney and many more, and they performed as The Blue Shoes. With the Hammond organist Paul Birchall, they also worked on Diamond’s 2005 album Souled and Healed. In 2009 PhD reunited to record a new album, Three.

In 2011 Diamond joined up with a group of Scottish musicians, including veterans from Wet Wet Wet and the Proclaimers, to record City of Soul, a collection of soul music cover versions to raise money for Cash for Kids.

Sadly on n 8 October 2015 Jim Diamond passed away as a result of a pulmonary edema – a build-up of fluid in his lungs. The family later said they were unaware he was unwell, his daughter Sara said “Dad was quite a private man, he didn’t court celebrity, and the only reason he did what he did was because he loved making music." adding “Dad’s song (I should have known better) went to Number one at the same time as Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas was released.

“He was over the moon, but told everyone to go and buy the charity single.” Sara added that the one thing her dad enjoyed using his fame for was to help others. She said: “Dad was always very aware of how lucky we had been as a family, in terms of health and wealth.

“He was very passionate about helping charities. He saw it as his duty to do what he could to give something back.”

RIP Jim Diamond, dubbed "Scotland's Ray Charles.

[meanstreetspodcasts]

BONUS - Suspense Goes West

For this bonus episode, we're saddling up with the best Suspense stories of the old west. Alan Ladd hunts for his brother's murderer in "A Killing in Abilene" (originally aired on CBS on December 14, 1950). Then, Richard Widmark fights a bloody feud in "The Hunting of Bob Lee" (originally aired on CBS on October 29, 1951) and he tracks a deadly panther through the snow in "The Track of the Cat" (originally aired on CBS on February 18, 1952). Frank Lovejoy stars as one of the west's most infamous gunslingers in "The Shooting of Billy the Kid" (originally aired on CBS on April 28, 1952) and Richard Widmark returns - this time as another notorious outlaw - in "The Spencer Brothers" (originally aired on CBS on January 26, 1953). Finally, Victor Mature stars as a legendary bandit in "The Love and Death of Joaquin Murietta" (originally aired on CBS on February 16, 1953).

Check out this episode!

[ghelgheli]

The Stuff I Read in August 2023

Stuff I Extra Liked Is Bold

Books

Raven Stratagem, Yoon Ha Lee (2017)

Reconsidering Reparations, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (2022)

The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women, trans. Dick Davis (2019)

The Origins of Unfairness, Cailin O'Connor (2019)

Short Fiction

the prisoner, ignatz

The Unwanted Guest, Tamsyn Muir

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Sakaomi Yuzaki

Still Sick, Akashi

Born Again Bunny, ignatz

A Museum of Dubious Splendors, Studio Oleomingus

In the Pause Between the Ringing, Studio Oleomingus

The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place, Studio Oleomingus

Game Theory

The Bargaining Problem, John Nash (1950)

Two Person Cooperative Games, John Nash (1953)

Perfect Equilibrium in a Bargaining Model, Ariel Rubinstein (1982)

Marriage and household decision making: A bargaining analysis, Marilyn Manser and Murray Brown (1980)

Evolutionary Game Theory

The theory of games and the evolution of animal conflicts, John Maynard Smith (1974)

The Logic of Animal Conflict, John Maynard Smith and George R. Price (1973)

Why imitate, and if so, how? A boundedly rational approach to multi-armed bandits, Karl Schlag (1996)

On the Stability of Racial Capitalism, Liam Kofi Bright, Nathan Gabriel, Cailin O'Connor, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Fairness and Signaling in Bargaining Games, Mihaela Popa-Wyatt, Roland Mühlenbernd Jeremy L. Wyatt

Inequality and Inequity in the Emergence of Conventions, Calvin Cochran and Cailin O'Connor (2019)

Power by Association, Travis LaCrois and Cailin O'Connor (2020)

Why Natural Social Contracts are not Fair, Cailin O'Connor (2022)

How to Put the Cart Behind the Horse in the Cultural Evolution of Gender, Daniel Saunders (2022)

Division of Labor, Economic Specialization, and the Evolution of Social Stratification, Joseph Heinrich and Robert Boyd (2008)

On the emergence of minority disadvantage: testing the cultural Red King hypothesis, Aydin Mohseni, Cailin O'Connor, and Hannah Rubin (2021)

Philosophy (broadly construed)

"But What Are You, Really?" The Metaphysics of Race, Charles W. Mills (1998)

Heterosexualism and the Colonial/Modern Gender System, Maria Lugones

Extracted Speech, Rachel Ann McKinney (2016)

Nozick's Entitlement Theory of Justice, Kenneth J. Arrow (1978)

Nietzsche, the Chinese Worker's Friend, Ishay Landa (1999)

Measuring Conventionality, Cailin O'Connor (2020)

Other

Who Was Barbie? various @ nplusonemag

Lockhart's Lament, Paul Lockhart

Female Hunters of the Early Americas, Randall Haas et al.

We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI, anonymous

The Bitter Lesson, Rich Sutton

The Evolution of Individual and Cultural Variation in Social Learning, Alex Mesoudi et al.

Medieval Arab Lesbians and Lesbian-Like Women, Sahar Amer (2009)

"My son was castrated as a result of a medical error. Is it OK to raise him as a eunuch?" Thomas W. Johnson and Richard J. Wassersug (2021)

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Cathy Downs-Eddy Waller "Bandits of the west" 1953, de Harry Keller.

[wheelscomedyandmore]

Nancy Jane Kulp (August 28, 1921 – February 3, 1991) died 32 years ago today at the age of 69. Best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the popular CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies.

Kulp moved to Hollywood, California, not long after she married Charles Malcolm Dacus (in April 1951), to work in a studio publicity department, where director George Cukor convinced her that she should work in front of a camera.

She made her film debut as a character actress in 1951 in The Model and the Marriage Broker. She then appeared in other films, including Shane, Sabrina, and A Star is Born. Kulp has an uncredited bit part in a crowd scene as a fan of Donald O'Connor in one of the opening scenes in Anything Goes. After working in television on The Bob Cummings Show, she returned to movies in Forever, Darling, The Three Faces of Eve, The Parent Trap, Who's Minding the Store?, and The Aristocats.

Kulp was once described as television's most homely girl or, as one reviewer put it, possessing the "face of a shriveled balloon, the figure of a string of spaghetti, and the voice of a bullfrog in mating season." Others described her as tall and prim and praised her comedic skills.

In 1953 Nancy had an uncredited part in the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie, "The Caddy". She played Emma, the wife of an inebriated man who had stayed out too late. Her only line was "Well, I don't know where you've been, but at least you came home with first prize". In 1955 Kulp joined the cast of The Bob Cummings Show (a.k.a. Love That Bob) with Bob Cummings, portraying pith-helmeted neighborhood bird-watcher Pamela Livingstone.

In 1956 she appeared in the episode "Johnny Bravo" of the ABC/Warner Brothers series Cheyenne, with Clint Walker. Kulp appeared in 1955-1956 as Anastasia in three episodes of the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life. In 1958 she appeared in Orson Welles' little known TV series The Fountain of Youth. In 1960, she appeared as Emma St. John in the episode "Kill with Kindness" of the ABC/WB detective series, Bourbon Street Beat, starring Andrew Duggan.

Kulp appeared in one episode of I Love Lucy. In the 1956 episode "Lucy meets the Queen," Kulp portrayed an English maid, showing Lucy and Ethel how to curtsy properly before the Queen. She also appeared in episodes of The Real McCoys, Perry Mason (The Case of the Prodigal Parent, 1958), The Jack Benny Program, 87th Precinct, Pete and Gladys, The Twilight Zone, and The Outlaws, and she briefly played a drunken waitress with slightly slurred speech in a 1959 episode of Maverick, featuring James Garner, entitled "Full House." Kulp played a housekeeper in a pilot for The William Bendix Show, which aired as the 1960-61 season finale of CBS's Mister Ed under the episode title "Pine Lake Lodge."

In 1962 she landed her breakout role of Jane Hathaway, the love-starved bird-watching perennial spinster, on CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies television series. She remained with the show until its cancellation in 1971. In 1967, she received an Emmy Award nomination for her role.

In 1966, she appeared as Wilhemina Peterson in the film The Night of the Grizzly, starring Clint Walker and Martha Hyer. In 1978, she appeared on The Love Boat in a segment titled "The Kissing Bandit" and she played Aunt Gertrude in a segment titled "America's Sweetheart".

After The Beverly Hillbillies Kulp appeared on The Brian Keith Show and Sanford and Son. She also appeared in Broadway productions, including Morning's at Seven in 1981.

In 1984, after working with the Democratic state committee in her home state of Pennsylvania "on a variety of projects" over a period of years, Kulp ran unopposed as the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. As an opponent of Republican incumbent, Bud Shuster, in a Republican district, Kulp was the underdog.

Sixty-two years old at the time, Kulp said some people might feel her background as an actress was "frivolous." But she noted that Ronald Reagan had taken the route from screen to politics and she said anyone who "listens and cares" can do well.

To her dismay, Hillbillies co-star Buddy Ebsen called the Shuster campaign and volunteered to make a radio campaign ad in which he called Kulp "too liberal." Kulp said of Ebsen, "'He's not the kindly old Jed Clampett that you saw on the show... It's none of his business and he should have stayed out of it.' She said she and Ebsen 'didn't get along because I found him difficult to work with. But I never would have done something like this to him.'" Garnering 59,449 votes, or just 33.6% to Shuster's 117,203 votes and 66.4%, she lost.

Kulp was diagnosed with cancer in 1990, then she received chemotherapy. By 1991 the cancer had spread, and Kulp died on February 3, 1991 at a friend's home in Palm Desert, California. She was 69.

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The Old Salem Post

Our  Local Tamassee-Salem SC Area News each Monday except holidays                                         

Contact: theoldsalempost@gmail.com                              Distributed to local businesses, town hall, library.                           

Volume 7 Issue2                                                                                                  Week of November 27, 2023                https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/oldsalempost-blog                                                         Lynne Martin Publishing

EDITOR: “Christmas Time is Coming” is a favorite song of mine that reminds me of another favorite, Advent season, the anticipation of the birth of Christ.  Many churches use an Advent wreath to light an Advent candle each of the 4 Sundays before Christmas to reflect and prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ.  The first candle is purple and represents  Hope of the Savior through the prophesies.  The second candle is purple and represents Peace that comes from trust in God’s promises.  The third candle is pink and represents Joy as we rejoice in the promised birth.  The fourth candle is purple and represents Love of our Father God in Heaven.  Finally, the 5th candle is white, located in the center of the wreath, and represents Christ, God with us, which is what Christmas is all about! Christmas is coming! Let our hearts be glad in the anticipation of the season.   LRMartin

TOWN of SALEM:  Town of Salem Christmas Parade will be Sunday, Dec 3, at 4pm. Theme:  The Spirit of Christmas.  Line up at 3pm Eagles Nest Art Center, 4 Eagle Lane.  Judging will be held 3:15pm.  Overall Winner, Best Theme, Best Church, Best Organization Float, Best Dance, Best Band, with 1st and 2nd place awarded in each category.  Collecting Toys for Tots through end of November. Taking applications for anyone who needs Toys for Tots up to age 15.  Must come by the Town Hall by November 30th.        *Downtown Market every Sat 8am-12pm. *  

SALEM LIBRARY:  Located 5B Park Ave, Salem.  Regular hours: Monday 10am-6pm, Tues-Friday 9am-5pm.  Don’t miss this opportunity: CHAIR YOGA on December 8th —-11am at the Salem Community Center. All ages and abilities. Wear comfy clothes and show up! Bring friends!

JOCASSEE VALLEY BREWING COMPANY,(JVBC) & COFFEE SHOP* 13412 N Hwy 11 Open  Wed–Sat 9am-9pm and Sunday 2pm-7pm.  Events this week: Wed:  Blue Grass Jam 6:30pm   Fri: Food: PaChuy Street Tacos  5pm  Music: CAHN Brothers, Americana  6:30pm  Sat– Food: Blue Ridge Grill  Music:  Finkenstein Brothers, Bluegrass  at 6:30pm 864-873-0048.  *  Featuring Pisgah Coffee Roasters

ASHTON RECALLS:  by Ashton Hester

ESCAPED PRISONERS THOUGHT SIGHTED NEAR SALEM - (The following story was in the July 8, 1953 issue of the Keowee Courier). . .Residents of the Salem area experienced quite a flurry of tense excitement Thursday afternoon when two men answering the descriptions of two bandits who recently escaped from the Greenville county jail were spotted in the Boone's Creek section. . .They were spotted on the property of Garvin Littleton near the creek, first by Mr. Littleton's daughter. She returned home and told her family about the men, and Mr. Littleton recalled that he had read a story about two escaped prisoners in the newspaper. . .He walked down the path toward the creek, and he too saw the men standing on the bank. They also saw him, and when they did they fled into the woods. . .Mr. Littleton went to Salem and reported the sighting, and Rug Burgess accompanied him back to his home and they went to the creek, but no one was to be seen. . .Meanwhile, word of the sighting spread around Salem like wildfire, and Oconee lawmen were summoned. However, other than footprints along the bank, no other traces of the two men could be found, and it will probably never be determined if they were the escaped bandits or simply a pair of trespassing fishermen.

Jottings from Miz Jeannie  by Jeannie Barnwell                   Wreaths Across America- Patsy Earnhardt,  Debbie Kimbrell and I promote patriotism by decorating  23 veterans' graves at our Salem Methodist Church at Christmas.   The cemetery had been pretty much ignored. But when we had a purpose to study it, it became a fascinating history lesson!  One soldier died in combat in World War II. The remaining  22 veterans returned to Salem after serving in the military.  As well as peacetime service, these men participated in World Wars I and II, Korea,  and Vietnam.   And Oh! Yes! In our cemetery one lone Confederate soldier rests. Since he didn't have a plantation or slaves, we ordered a wreath for him, too.                                                                                                                          *Favorites:  Sony 107.9 radio. Nice music!  Thanks to Jazzy Jeff for supporting local.  WGOG 101.7  Thanks to Dick Mangrum and Gary Butts who bring us local news like no other! LRM  

UPCOMING EVENTS!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Christmas Talent Showcase: Dec 2  6pm-8:00pm. Tickets $5 at the door.   Don your Christmas attire and enjoy the Christmas Spirit in our community.   Doors open at 5pm for pictures with Santa, concessions, and shopping.                                                   Drive Through Living Nativity: Dec 8,9,10 from 6pm-8pm.Drive through 4 Eagle Lane and revisit the birth of Christ.

Christmas  with the Johnson Edition:  Dec 16 at 7pm    Tickets $10  Reserve your seats and  Bring your family to enjoy delightful time together for the holidays with this talented local family, rising in the ranks of the music world. They stay booked with events, churches, Dollywood, and beyond.                                       Visit our website at Eaglesnestartcenter.org for more 2024 events and ticket information.                                                               

GIFT IDEA:   Name a seat at ENAC!  $200 Single Name.  $250 for couples or families.  Please call Darlene at  864 710-8758.

GIFT IDEA:  Purchase $20 tickets for the Trial By Fire, A Journey Tribute Band,  for February 10th 2024 at 7pm.  $25 day of  show.

                                           CHURCH NEWS             Bethel Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 580 Bethel Church Rd Walhalla, 29691, worships at 10:30 a.m. Advent Schedule Sat. December 2, Hanging of the Greens. Sundays:10:30 am, Experience Hope, Joy, and Love as we light the Advent candles. 12/3 Message by Mel Davis, 12/10 Message by George Harper, 12/17 Message by Mel Davis, 12/24 Communion with Message by George Harper, 12/24 7:00 pm, Candlelight Service and Carols. Bethel Presbyterian Church,  580 Bethel Church Rd, Walhalla,29691. text for more info: 864-723-4936 or 757-288-3893. Like us on Facebook:  Bethelpresbyterianchurchwalhalla  Love to sing?  Join us! Love to be in charge? Come lead! All worshipers are welcome.  

INVITATION TO ALL CHURCHES:  Enjoy the Spirit of Christmas, Sat night, Dec 2 at 6pm at ENAC. Tickets $5.                      

School District of Oconee County: The next public meeting is Monday, December 11 at 6pm at the District Office, 414 SOUTH PINE STREET, Walhalla. We need support to protest the closing of our Tamassee-Salem Elementary School.  Send each board member an email, found on the Oconee County School District website, with valid reasons to protect our school, and our tax-payer dollars invested on Highway 11.  The 20 acres of land and building will return to the Tamassee DAR if they close T-S El.  How will that save taxpayers money when the school board will need to purchase more land in the future at who knows the cost of future land?  T-S El is an asset now as well an investment for the future already  in our possession.  The School Administration wants to give away this valuable asset. In Mark 9:23  Jesus said,  “All things are possible to him that believes.”    Please join me and pray for hearts to open, ears to hear, and eyes to see.  LRM

Health Corner: Dr. Mike Roizan, a physician from the Cleveland Clinic suggests the benefits of taking 1000u-2000u of Vitamin D3 daily as a supplement to boost the immune system. Proven studies show it helps the body with skin repair, absorb calcium, which helps protect from the bone thinning disease osteoporosis, aids muscle and nerve function, and helps protect from autoimmune diseases, such as psoriasis.  Discuss this with your physician.  Check out Longevity.com for other supplements to discuss with your physician.                                                    

Printing by the Town of Salem                                                              Happy Birthday in Heaven Mama!  Editor LynneRogersMartin 

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Part 5 of watching 1001 films between the years 1920 through 1979.

41. Marnie (1964)

42. Four Daughters (1938)

43. The Wrong Man (1956)

44. I Confess (1953)

45. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

46. Batman (1966)

47. Young Frankenstein (1974)

48. Pat and Mike (1952)

49. Come September (1961)

50. Reckless (1935)

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The 150 Best British Films of All Time

Ranked and rated high-to-low:

1. The Third Man (1949) ★★★★★★★★★★ 2. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) ★★★★★★★★★★ 3. The Ladykillers (1955) ★★★★★★★★★★ 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) ★★★★★★★★★★ 5. Withnail & I (1987) ★★★★★★★★★★ 6. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) ★★★★★★★★★★ 7. Black Narcissus (1947) ★★★★★★★★★★ 8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ★★★★★★★★★★ 9. Get Carter (1971) ★★★★★★★★★★ 10. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) ★★★★★★★★★★ 11. Alien (1979) ★★★★★★★★★★ 12. The 39 Steps (1935) ★★★★★★★★★★ 13. Hobson's Choice (1954) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 14. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 15. Passport to Pimlico (1949) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 16. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 17. Blow-Up (1966) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 18. The Lady Vanishes (1938) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 19. Whisky Galore! (1949) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 20. Trainspotting (1996) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 21. Hot Fuzz (2007) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 22. Pygmalion (1938) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 23. The Man Who Would Be King (1975) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 24. Don't Look Now (1973) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 25. The Wicker Man (1973) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 26. Shaun of the Dead (2004) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 27. The Long Good Friday (1980) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 28. A Clockwork Orange (1971) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 29. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 30. The Remains of the Day (1993) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 31. Great Expectations (1946) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 32. Shallow Grave (1994) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 33. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 34. Peeping Tom (1960) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 35. Atonement (2007) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 36. The Survivalist (2015) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 37. The Thief of Bagdad (1940) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 38. The Ghost (2010) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 39. Robin and Marian (1976) ★★★★★★★★½ 40. Paddington (2014) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 41. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 42. Snatch (2000) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 43. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 44. Gandhi (1982) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 45. The Man in the White Suit (1951) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 46. The Crying Game (1992) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 47. Shakespeare in Love (1998) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 48. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 49. Goldfinger (1964) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 50. The Killing Fields (1984) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 51. Watership Down (1978) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 52. Moon (2009) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 53. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 54. The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 55. Alfie (1966) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 56. The Italian Job (1969) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 57. The English Patient (1996) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 58. A Taste of Honey (1961) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 59. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 60. Brief Encounter (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 61. Hamlet (1969) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 62. Naked (1993) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 63. Young and Innocent (1937) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 64. The Fallen Idol (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 65. Mademoiselle (1966) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 66. Skyfall (2012) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 67. Brighton Rock (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 68. The Ipcress File (1965) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 69. The Duellists (1977) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 70. Sleuth (1972) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 71. A Man for All Seasons (1966) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 72. Sense and Sensibility (1995) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 73. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 74. Oliver Twist (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 75. Blithe Spirit (1945) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 76. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 77. Brazil (1985) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 78. The Captain's Paradise (1953) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 79. Time Bandits (1981) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 80. The Full Monty (1997) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 81. Without a Clue (1988) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 82. Ask a Policeman (1939) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 83. The Queen of Spades (1949) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 84. The Day of the Jackal (1973) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 85. Green for Danger (1946) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 86. Gosford Park (2001) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 87. Night of the Demon (1957) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88. Odd Man Out (1947) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 89. Two Way Stretch (1960) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 90. Murder She Said (1961) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 91. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 92. Dead of Night (1945) 93. Whistle Down the Wind (1961) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 94. Hamlet (1948) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 95. Notes on a Scandal (2006) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 96. This Is England (2006) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 97. Four Lions (2010) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 98. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 99. Our Man in Havana (1959) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 100. The Lady in the Van (2015) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 101. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 102. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 103. Dredd (2012) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 104. Truly Madly Deeply (1990) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 105. Good Morning, Boys (1937) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 106. Where's That Fire? (1939) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 107. The Cement Garden (1993) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 108. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 109. Live and Let Die (1973) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 110. The 'Maggie' (1954) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 111. The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 112. Cul-de-sac (1966) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 113. From Russia with Love (1963) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 114. 28 Days Later (2002) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 115. A Hard Day's Night (1964) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 116. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 117. The Go-Between (1971) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 118. Sabotage (1936) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 119. Orlando (1992) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 120. The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 121. The Hidden Room (Obsession) (1949) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 122. Bugsy Malone (1976) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 123. The Three Musketeers (1973) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 124. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 125. How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 126. The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978 TV Movie) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 127. The Servant (1963) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 128. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 129. Kes (1969) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 130. Repulsion (1965) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 131. It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 132. Oliver! (1968) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 133. Quatermass and the Pit (1967) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 134. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 135. Barnacle Bill (1957) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 136. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 137. Night Train to Munich (1940) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 138. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) ★★★���★★★☆☆☆ 139. The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 140. Gone to Earth (1950) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 141. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 142. Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 143. Cashback (2006) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 144. 1984 (1956) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 145. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 146. The Medusa Touch (1978) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 147. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 148. '71 (2014) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 149. Kill List (2011) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 150. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

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George Quaintance (American,1902-1957)  

The Bandit, 1953

Oil on canvas

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Aldemir Martins. Cangaceiros. Cangaceioros (Bandits), 1953.

Алдемир Мартинс. Кангасейрос, 1953.