#the golden age of period dramas

[frmulcahy]

Idk what kind of crack they were putting in 90s period dramas but it’s just Not The Same Anymore

[starslake]

Elizabeth is darkness, I am light.

ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (2007)

[matchtheminrenown]

historical costumes + yellow

[wardrobeoftime]

Elizabeth Duology + Costumes

Queen Elizabeth I's blue, golden & pink dress in Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

// requested by anonymous

[lamorchemoveilsoleelaltrestelle]

Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

[the-golden-vanity]

Disclaimer: this is all just based on the boat media I've enjoyed over the last couple of years—a lot, but certainly not everything!

I'm currently watching the 1990s Horatio Hornblower series, mainly to see who the pretty boys my mutuals keep putting on my dash are, and it's made me realize something about the difference between Age of Sail TV series/movies and Age of Sail books.

An Age of Sail book protagonist can be anyone. Sure, they can be a captain or other officer, but they can also be a deckhand, a doctor, a gunner, a stowaway... if they're a kid, they can even be a cabin boy or a midshipman.

An Age of Sail screen protagonist is almost invariably an officer. And I wonder why that is? Is it classism? Is it the aesthetic appeal of a blue coat with brass buttons? Is it the (possibly not unwarranted) assumption that a modern viewer would find scenes of life before the mast kinda grim and grimy?

I don't have any answers, I just think it's an interesting pattern.

[perioddramapolls]

Period dramas dresses tournament: Blue dresses Round 1- Group A: Elizabeth I, Elizabeth: the golden age (gifset) vs Viola de Lesseps, Shakespeare in love (pics set)

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This lovely dress is worn on Vinessa Shaw as Allison in Hocus Pocus (1993) and later worn on Kiki Korol as Lady Akailya in Empire Queen: The Golden Age of Magic (2024)

[period-dramallama]

Whatever your opinion of the Shekhar Kapur movies I hope we can all agree that this music is incredible

[dyingroses]

Elizabeth I when assholes tell her she's a whore like her mother and nothing like her king father:

so be scared bitches!

[autumncottageattic]

Madame Bovary is a 1949 American romantic drama film adaptation of the classic 1857 novel of the same name by Gustave Flaubert.  

[tudorscostumesreused]

This Black Coat Jacket with golden on it is worn on Uknown Actor from The Merchant of Venice (2004) and worn again on Unknown Actor from Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and worn again later on Unknown Actor from Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

[starslake]

CATE BLANCHETT as ELIZABETH I

ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (2007)

[wardrobeoftime]

Elizabeth Duology + Costumes

Queen Elizabeth I's orange-red & golden dress in Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

// requested by anonymous

[lamorchemoveilsoleelaltrestelle]

Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Hermione Baddeley (Brighton Rock, Passport to Pimlico, Mary Poppins)— An absolute mainstay of British films from this period. She’s an icon who never takes shit from anyone in any of her movies, dresses for the occasion, and has the best line delivery! Also she started out in silent movies, and was a close friend of Noel Coward. In a desperate attempt to appeal to a large tumblr fandom, I will also point out that her first husband and one of her children were both called David Tennant. You like that name, don’t you tumblr??

Glynis Johns (Mary Poppins, The Court Jester)—LISTEN, I'd let that woman's voice with all its gravely hoarseness (positive) wash over me all goddamn day, but if that's not enough she managed to play the straight woman to Danny Kaye's jester, all with her cleavage so plunging it might as well have been catapulted into the ocean right after Basil Rathbone

This is round 1 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Glynis Johns propaganda:

She walks the line between sexy and cute. Her best role for me is in "The Court Jester as Maid Jean. She's fantastic as the soft but tough captain of the outlaw band and she looks stunning in every gown she wears throughout the film. And of course we can't forget her iconic turn as the suffragette mother, Mrs. Banks, in Mary Poppins! Also shoutout to her distinctive and beautiful voice, kind of smoky and husky. Extremely hot and set her apart from many of her peers."

"Listen, listen. I was raised on Mary Poppins and "Votes for women! (step in time)" single-handedly taught me how to be a feminist. Also The Court Jester is one of my favourite movies of all time and she is UNBELIEVABLY gorgeous, charismatic, funny, and clever in it. She knocks several men out. Absolute icon."

"Like Bette Davis she has eyes to die for. Unlike Bette Davis you felt comforted by them, even when she was batting her eyelashes at you. Would glady go to Downing Street with her and throw things at the Prime minister"

"She had this wonderful wit and charm to her no matter the role and the most distinctive, striking voice!"

"She was amazing in Mary Poppins (the Suffragette song is severely underrated) and apparently she was Welsh? National pride! And she advocated for arts funding in Wales, which is very cool. Also, she died recently (RIP) making her one of the last survivors of the Golden Age of Hollywood, according to Wikipedia. Also also, she just has a cheeky energy I like? And her eyes are beautiful!"

"I mean, incredibly beautiful and talented, can do drama can do comedy. And she was a mermaid."

"I love Glynis Johns. Most of the reason is The Court Jester where she's a sensible and capable foil to whatever what going on with Danny Kaye at the time. She was also the first star I based an OC on. An OC that I still have to this day! Anyway here have some YouTube links love u bye"

Mermaid clip: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1jUEA03mYTk

Court Jester (sharing a bed trope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d_qG9i054U

Court Jester (seducing the king): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GuqFYElKg

"VOTES FOR WOMEN! Well, votes for this woman. Please."

Hermione Baddeley propaganda:

Propaganda for both Hermione and Glynis: