#tiaras on film

[tiaramania]

RTVE is making a new show about Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain called 'Ena' and I'm pretty impressed with the jewelry so far. This is meant to be Ena on her wedding day in 1906 presumably before the bomb went off. The show is being made by Javier Olivares who also made 'Isabel' about Queen Isabella I of Castile and is currently filming so it won't be out for a while. The jewelry used in shows and movies is never going to look exactly like the real thing unless they spend a ton of their budget on it which isn't going to happen but I appreciate it when they at least try to replicate jewels correctly.

Queen Ena's Fleur de Lys Tiara or as it's commonly called La Buena was made by Ansorena in 1906 as a wedding gift from her husband, King Alfonso XIII of Spain. It has become the most important tiara in the Spanish collection and is now worn by Queen Letizia.

[gatabella]

Elizabeth Taylor with her mother at the Cannes Film Festival, 1957

[spookberry]

So lost in the sauce of making a short film and bringing my ocs to life that for a second I forgot internet weirdos with no media literacy actually hate teen girls and will not like Tiara 😔

[echoes-of-mia]

here's a bit of ona with jan, kris and bojan all wearing their silly things ^^

(video by me)

[nickdewolfarchive]

boston, massachusetts 1974

street portrait corner of tremont and park streets

photograph by nick dewolf https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/40495240122

[blacknarcissus]

Le Pays d’où je viens (1956)

[gofixxx2]

[sarkysphotoblog]

[germinz]

Blushing (CARDIA mini TIARA / FUJI400)

[lifewithaview]

Peter Sellers in The Party (1968)

Dir.Blake Edwards

Blocked from Hollywood after unwittingly levelling the set of General Fred Clutterbuck's latest war epic, bumbling Indian actor Hrundi V. Bakshi can now kiss his brief career in the movie industry goodbye. Having burned his bridges, Bakshi instead mistakenly receives an invitation to Clutterbuck's exclusive dinner soiree at his magnificent, hi-tech mansion. As the welcome intruder merrily rubs shoulders with the unaware host's hand-picked guests, Bakshi has his first-ever sip of alcohol and soon picks up where he left off. Now, only God knows how this well-thought-out gathering will end. But one thing is for certain: this will be a night to remember...

*During the scene in which Peter Sellers wrecks the upstairs bathroom, the band downstairs can be heard playing 'Meglio Stasera' ("It Had Better Be Tonight"), which was originally written for and used as both a vocal and instrumental score in The Pink Panther (1963). Both movies were scored by Henry Mancini, directed by Blake Edwards and starred Peter Sellers.

[cerpric3]

You must think I was born yesterday…

Gentlemen prefer blondes 1953

[barbie-girlll]

[gatabella]

Elizabeth Taylor on opening night of the Cannes Film Festival, May 1957

[borborigm]

black smoke

[pearls666]

[hsm-sideblog]

So...is Sharpay meant to be good at theatre or not? Because the films were really unclear about that. The first film implied that she was really good, and that was why she is able to intimidate everyone in the drama club to do her bidding.

The second film showed us that when given free creative reign, she is extravagant and over the top...which doesn’t really tell us much about her theatre skills because personal performances are another thing all together.

The third film is the most inconsistent. We mostly see Sharpay bossing people around and trying to replace Gabriella, but also casually following Ryan’s instructions without problems. Yet Troy finds her difficult to dance with (but is that because of her mediocre skills or because she would try to turn the flirt on?)

She breaks character when she first goes on stage in HSM3 which suggests she’s not good at theatre, but then she’s good enough to improv when her partner misses his cue, but then can’t adjust to whatever the heck the understudy guy ended up doing, but she stays on stage long enough for the song to end, but then runs off as soon as she can, and then it’s implied that she can’t do what Gabriella does. And it’s just very confusing...

Like, is she good at theatre or not? I can’t tell!!!