#william binnie

[citizenscreen]

Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Binnie Barnes, and Warren William in Richard Thorpe’s THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS (1938) #DailyMontgomery

[sporadiceagleheart]

Childhood Cancer Edit for honor and rememberance Ana at age 5, Destiny Arianna Kay Riekeberg, Lily Rose Diaz, Colby Curtin, Stacy Leigh Black, Riley Faith Steep, Kenzlee Marie Cook, Jane Eilish Preston, Grace Elizabeth “Amazing Gracie” Ekis, Ellie Walton, Sophie Walker, Elowyn Ivy "Winnie" Pollard, Zoey Catherine Daggett, Stevie Lynn Stock, Gentry "Gents" Morgan Terrell, Eliana Rose Lara, Haylie Marie Chmela, Aria Hodgkiss, Adalynn 'Addie' Mae Jessen, Madelyn Marie Anderson, Rylie Nicholls, Olivia Mariam "Oli" Pineda Arevalo, Sarah Atif, Finley Nicole Miller, Kailey Lawson, Connor "The Crusher" Michalek, Daniya Abdulhamid Ketchman, Jaida Nancy Claire Chartier, Trinity Riley, Hailey Elizabeth Acevedo, Liam M.C. Huggler, Nova May Baker, Lila May Smith, Addison Bell, Elle Adriana Caruso, Sophia Margaret Nielsen, Evylah Gao Chia Xiong, Paula Golik, Hailey Janya Olson, Victoria "Tori" Kay Maree Binnie, Delilah Love Loya, AnnaBella "Bella" Rose Kirby, Elayna Grace Sandeen, Grace "Gracie" Anna-Lynn Williams, Eliza Adalynn Moore, Kinsley Adelynn Wilkerson, Summer Kathryn Allen, Molly Richards, Raelynn Shay Velarde Fronczak, Adaline Rose Cowley, Lily LaRue Anderson, Dillan Ramsey-Aksehir, Miss. Addison Carolyn Bryan, Kinsley Marie Winn, Nicole “Coco” Sweis, Avery Linn Handrow, Cheyanne Rae “Chey” Brant, Emma Grace Smith, Zamora Moon Martinez-Lusinchi, Amelia LaRee “Millie” Flamm, Miesha Amaya (Amaya) Alguno, Charlotte Grace York, Anastasia Konstanze Ermakov, Everly Mae Settlemyer, Evelyn Grace Jackson, Lily Kate Williams-Brola, Brayleigh Louise “Bray” King, Annabelle Potts, Taliyah Baptiste, Colton Armstrong White, Kinley Nicole Sexton, Luna Zoe Cristobal, Amyah Joye Brown, Emily Grace Navarra,

[loveisbraveandwild]

2023 books (check out my storygraph for reviews)

january

unbought and unbossed, shirley chisholm

true biz, sara nović

yerba buena, nina lacour

the racism of people who love you, samira mehta

night, elie wiesel

seven says in june, tia williams

the reading list, sara nisha adams

finna, nino cipri

ace, angela chen

nightcrawling, leila mottley

the light we carry, michelle obama

how to resist amazon and why, danny caine

the daughter of auschwitz, tova friedman

kaikeyi, vaishnsvi patel

just as you are, camille kellogg

hijab butch blues, lamya h

february

a guide to just being friends, sophie sullivan

mean baby, selma blair

lavender house, lev ac rosen

loveless, alice oseman

the department of rare books and special collections, eva jurczyk

small game, blair braverman

wash day diaries, jamila rowser

the heartstopper yearbook, alice oseman

yellowface, r.f. kuang

stay true, hua hsu

the school for good mothers, jassamine chan

elatsoe, darcie little badger

under the udala tree, chinelo okparanta

there there, tommy orange

making a scene, constance wu

happy place, emily henry

i have a question for you, rebecca makkai

finding me, viola davis

wow, no thank you, samantha irby

march

lark and kasim start a revolution, kacen callender

mooncakes, suzanne walker

lies we sing to the sea, sarah underwood

the family outing, jessi hempel

dead collections, isaac fellman

ace voices, eris young

the anthropocene review, john green

mad honey, jennifer finney boylan & jody picoult

all my rage, sabaa tahir

hello, molly, molly shannon

fine, rhea ewing

nevada, imogen binnie

super late bloomer, julia kaye

love & other disasters, anita kelly

the boy with a bird in his chest, emme lund

the honeys, ryan lansala

the 57 bus, dashka slater

making love with the land, joshua whitehead

a history of my brief body, billy-ray belcourt

there are trans people here, h. melt

patricia wants to cuddle, samantha allen

babel, r.f. kuang

april

lessons in chemistry, bonnie garmus

ace of spaces, faridah abike-,ymide

the things we do to our friends, heather darwent

deaf utopia, nyle dimarco

black cake, charmaine wilkerson

simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda, becky albertalli

the things we couldn't say, jay cole

long black veil, jennifer finney boylan

good talk, mira jacobs

remarkably bright creatures, shelby van pelt

[brynerasmussen]

Honored to have edited some texts for this brilliant book:

Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art

Edited by C. Ondine Chavoya and David Evans Frantz

8.25 x 11 inches, 256 pages, softcover ISBN 978-1-941753-59-0 Design by Content Object Co-published by Inventory Press, Williams College Museum of Art, Vincent Price Art Museum, and Independent Curators International Published to accompany the artist’s first retrospective exhibition, Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art examines the work of the inventive yet overlooked Teddy Sandoval, a central figure in Los Angeles’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles. Sandoval was known for producing subversive and playful artworks in a range of media that explored the codes of gender and sexuality, particularly conceptions of masculinity.

This publication surveys Sandoval’s work alongside other queer, Latinx, and Latin American artists whose practices profoundly resonate. This expansive catalogue features essays by C. Ondine Chavoya, David Evans Frantz, Raquel Gutiérrez, and Mari Rodríguez Binnie, as well as biographical entries on other artists featured in the exhibition, including Félix Ángel, Myrna Báez, Álvaro Barrios, Ester Hernández, Hudinilson Jr., Antonio Lopez, María Martínez-Cañas, Marisol, and Joey Terrill.

[sportsbuzz11n]

How Many Players Are Participating In Zim Afro T10 2023

Afro T10 is an upcoming T10 cricket league that will be played in Harare, Zimbabwe, starting on 20th July 2023. The league is owned by T10 Sports Management and is organised in association with ZC or Zimbabwe Cricket (previously known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union).

It follows the T10 cricket format; each team plays ten overs and the match lasts approximately 90 minutes. The inaugural edition of the Zim Afro T10 2023, will feature five teams; Bulawayo Braves, Harare Hurricanes, Durban Qalandars, Joburg Buffaloes, and Cape Town Samp Army. Be prepared to see their names across all Cricket News channels!

Without further ado, let’s meet all the players that will play in this year's Zim Afro T10 League, that's capturing Sports News Headlines everywhere. We expect this cricketing event to dominate major Sports Headlines in the cricketing world, everywhere!

Meet The Zim Afro T10 League 2023 Squad

Ever since its announcement, Zim Afro T20 has been capturing Sports Headlines everywhere and is expected to tune in millions of cricket fans across the globe.

Starting on 20th July, we all will have just one question on our minds- Who Will Win Today’s Match? To know your answers, make sure to tune in to the Zim Afro matches that will telecast on the Sports18 TV channel in India or steam it live on the JioCinema app. Don't worry if you miss the match, as you can always get your Latest Sports News from the fastest cricket live score update platform, SportsBuzz.

Be prepared to see all these faces splashed across all Sports News channels, starting tomorrow!

Bulawayo Braves

Sikander Raza,Taskin Ahmed, Ashton Turner,Tymal Mills, Thisara Perera, Ben McDermott Beau Webster, Patrick Dooley, Kobe Herft, Ryan Burl, Timycen Maruma, Joylord Gumbie, Innocent Kai, Faraz Akram, Mujeeb Ur Rehman

Cape Town Samp Army

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shaun Williams, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mahesh Theekshana Sheldon Cottrel, Karim Janat, Chamika Karunaratne, Peter Hazlogou, Matthew Breetzke Richard Ngarava, Zhuwao Cephas, Hamilton Masakadza, Tadshwani Marumani Tinashe Kamunakewe, Parthiv Patel, Mohamed Irfan, Stuart Binny

Durban Qalandars

Asif Ali, Mohammed Amir, George Linde, Hazratullah Zazai, Tim Sifert, Sisanda Magala, Hilton Cartwright, Mirza Thahir Baig, Tayab Abbas, Craig Ervin, Tendai Chatara Brad Evans, Clive Madande, Nick Welch, Andre Fletcher

Johannesburg Buffaloes

Mushfiqur Rahim, Odean Smith, Tom Banton, Yusuf Pathan, Will Smeed, Noor Ahmad Ravi Bopara, Usman Shinwari, Junior Dala, Blessing Muzarabani, Wellington Masakadza Wesley Madhevere, Victor Nyauchi, Milton Shumba, Mohamed Hafeez, Rahul Chopra

Harare Hurricanes

Eoin Morgan, Mohamed Nabi, Evin Lewis, Robin Uthappa, Donovon Ferraira Shahzawaz Dahani, Duan Jansen, Samit Patel, Kevin Kothegoda,  Christopher Mpofu, Regis Chakabva, Luke Jongwe, Brandon Mavuta Tashinga Mushiwa, Irfan Pathan, Khalid Shah, S Sreesanth

Did any of your favourite players make it to the team? 

Keep on coming back for the latest Cricket Updates only on SportsBuzz; the only platform you need for your daily dose of the latest sports updates, fantasy game tips, and even predictions for upcoming matches!

[stuartbramhall]

The Spy in Your Phone

The Spy in Your Phone

The Spy in Your Phone Al Jazeera (2021) Film Review This film concerns Al Jazeera reporter Tamer Almisshal, who learned in mid-2020 that advanced phone spyware was collecting all his passwords, texts, emails and social media posts. He sought help from Citizen’s Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. They discovered his phone had…

[duardius]

perdita

mary robinson (1757?-1800) was a celebrated london actress. at 21 [1779] she gained great acclaim for her performances as perdita, heroine of shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale: the sobriquet «perdita» permanently attached. the twenty-seven year old prince of wales, future george iv, fell in love with her from the audience & four days later made her an offer; they had an affair which brought perdita into highest society. perdita had given up acting for the prince & the prince, a short while later, broke off their liaison not holding good on his pecuniary pledge: perdita threatened publication of his love letters. in settlement perdita received £5k compensation & tacit pledge of an annuity from the royal family. the annuity was settled, but in 1783 a bad turn of health left perdita short of money. forced to supplement income, perdita took to the pen becoming poet & novelist: her poetry so well received that the public acclaimed her the english sappho; no less than coleridge admired her gifts—«She is a woman of undoubted genius.»  (cf. ‹Robinson [née Darby], Mary [Perdita]›.)

the specimen title-page illustrated is homage to an american edition of perdita’s memoirs published in 1802 by the printing house of t. & william bradford, no.8 south front street, philadelphia (last vestige of a colonial american printing dynasty*) — the first edition had been posthumously published by perdita’s daughter, maria elizabeth, the previous year [r. phillips, london, 1801]. set in linotype monticello—vide ‹b&r no.1›.   the frontispiece is digital simulation of an intaglio print after the portrait of perdita by sir john hoppner, royal academician, 1797 (none appears in the exemplar; & i do not know if the bradfords had a rolling press, but an engraved frontispiece is consistent with the period). (perdita was also painted by gainsborough, & reynolds.) plate signature & title set in adobe bickham script.

* the patriarch, william bradford, was philadelphia’s first printer; his first known dated work is An Alamanack for the year of the Christian account 1687. but he was also first printer in new york having removed himself there in 1693 due to legal proceedings over perdition; he printed the first newspaper in new york in 1725, The New-York Gazette; he died in 1752 aged ninety-two. william’s son andrew apprenticed to his father before setting up for himself in philadelphia, about 1712—he was the only printer in the colony until 1723; in 1719 he published the first newspaper printed in pennsylvania, The American Mercury. in 1738 andrew bradford purchased the premises shown on the exemplar’s imprint: no. 8 south front street. the william bradford of the imprint is william bradford, iii, a grandson of the first william, & second printer of that name: he was adopted by his uncle andrew, & became a partner at twenty years of age. william iii’s son thomas was made a partner in 1766 & he continued the establishment in the same location until 1814—the t. bradford of the imprint. [cf. isaiah thomas, The History of Printing in America, imprint society, barre, mass., 1970.]

[gatutor]

John Wayne-Helen Parrish-Binnie Barnes “En la vieja California” (In old California) 1942, de William C. McGann.

[albertserra]

my trans/faggot reading list

The Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halbertsam

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Going Stealth: Transgender Politics and U.S. Surveillance Practices by Toby Beauchamp

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

gay masculinities by peter nardi

Homosexuality in Cold War America : Resistance and the Crisis of Masculinity by Robert J Corber

Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives by Walt Odets

nevada by imogen binnie

gender nihilism by alyson escalante + addendum

Trans-in-Asia, Asia-in-Trans: An Introduction 

Trans Exploits: Trans of Color Cultures and Technologies in Movement by  Jian Neo Chen

The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment by Cameron Awkward-Rich

Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity (various)

Acceptable femininity? Gay male misogyny and the policing of queer femininities Sadie E Hale and Tomás Ojeda

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis by grace e lavery

delusions of gender by cordelia fine

a failed man by michael v smith (part of persistence: all ways butch and femme)

time is the thing a body moves through by T. Fleischmann

kai cheng thom’s writing

we want it all: an anthology of trans radical poetics

second skins: the body narratives of transsexuality by jay prossner

transgender warriors by leslie feinberg

the faggots and their friends between revolutions by larry mitchell

translating the queer: body politics and transnational conversations by hector dominguez ruvalcaba

captive genders: trans embodiment and the prison industrial complex

we both laughed in pleasure: the selected diaries of lou sullivan

how we get free: black feminism and the combahee river collective

trans girl suicide museum by hannah baer

dagger: on butch women by lily burana

black queer studies: a critical anthology by e patrick johnson and mae g Henderson

queer sex by juno roche

black on both sides: a racial history of trans identities by C. Riley Snorton

transgender liberation by leslie feinberg

female masculinity by jack halberstam

transecology by douglas a vakoch

street transvestite action revolutionaries : survival, revolt, and queer antagonistic struggle (Sylvia Rivera , Marsha P. Johnson)

a body that is ultra body: in conversation with fred moten and elysia crampton

building an abolitionist trans and queer movement with everything we’ve got (morgan bassichis, alexander lee and dean spade, 2011)

feminism and the (trans)gender entrapment of gender nonconforming prisoners (julia oparah, 2012)

normal life: administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law (dean spade, 2015)

Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera by Việt Lê

detransition, baby by torrey peters

paul takes the form of a mortal girl by andrea lawlor

a failed man by michael v. smith (part of persistence: all ways butch and femme)

my new vagina wont make me happy by andrea long chu

sexing the body by Anne Fausto-Sterling

something that may shock and discredit you by danny lavery

the argonauts by maggie nelson

gender outlaws by kate bornstein

special mentions for articles ive read that were already very formative for me

Masquerading As the American Male in the Fifties: Picnic, William Holden and the Spectacle of Masculinity in Hollywood Film by Steven Cohan

The Production and Display of the Closet: Making Minnelli's "Tea and Sympathy” by David Gerstner

huge thanks to @mypocketsnug who sent #20-40

this is not at all intended to be some kind of definitive resource as ive literally read none of these yet save for the two i mention at the bottom and im compiling this for my personal use, im only publishing this bc an anon asked me to! feel free to reblog and also recommend me more but keep this disclaimer in mind

[mayolfederico]

quattro maggio

Keith Haring

Gli invasori

Noi eravamo la razza soggetta.

Gli invasori raggiunsero l’interno giungendo da dune lontane da quella loro antica patria sulla riva delle acque turbate.

Evitarono il cerchio delle nostre foreste, ci invasero i pascoli, ci sopraffecero.

Introdussero l’abaco, le piante di tabacco, Il-Bue-Frangiato, il sonno al pomeriggio, le arti mediche, e il divorzio.

Non ci…

[flowernaut]

Thank you thank you to @librarycards for sharing their book recs and tagging me! Here are my top books of the summer:

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Junky by William Burroughs

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Crossroads by Jonathon Franzen

Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

Love and Other Poems by Alex Dimitrov

Notes: Summer 2022 was the season of orangey-brown books and poetry collections for me apparently. Nightcrawling and Calling for a Blanket Dance are recently published debuts--and they are incredible! Time is a Mother was one of my most highly anticipated 2022 releases and it did not let me down. I am now Obsessed with Imogen Binnie and her goodreads reviews. Ada Limon was named the poet laureate in July of this year, she is incredible and I can't wait to read The Hurting Kind Also, if anyone has any recs for what to read next by Jonathon Franzen, send 'em my way.

Tagging @chloe-belle-graph and anyone who wants to share their picks <3

[saintfennel]

What is one media (book movie show poem whatever) that you will NEVER be able to move on from? Like this thing is the pinnacle of things for you.

UGH this is so hard because there are so many things I have loved for many years and so many things I thought I would love forever but have fallen away from me and so many things that fell away and came back to me in a new light 😩

The easiest, and therefore least exciting, answer is The Birdcage (1996), a movie wherein Robin Williams and Nathan Lane play a gay couple who respectively own and perform drag in a gay Miami night club downstairs from their apartment. Thanks to Robin Williams' shitheel straight son from an earlier relationship, they have to "play straight" for a dinner with the son's fiancee's ultra conservative GOP senator father (played by Gene Hackman) and just-as-conservative mother. Hijinks ensure.

My parents (who somewhat ironically are having a very difficult time coming to terms with me being trans, which lmao) showed me this movie as a kid and since then we've seen it so many times that quotes from the film have become memes in our family. I probably watch this movie like three times a year and I know most of the script cold, something I can say for no other movie. Also, now that I’m out and in a ✨gay✨ relationship (and civil union!), it hits entirely different, especially the short sweet scene between Robin Williams and Nathan Lane where they sign, essentially, the precursor to a civil union that makes me cry every fucking time.

This is the easiest answer simply because it's the piece of media that's stuck with me the longest at this point in my life. It's a fun, if messy, movie that's very clearly of its time, but I love it with every ounce of my greasy queer heart.

Other contenders include:

the novel Nevada by Imogen Binnie (I have read many books in my life, but this is the only book that has ever read me);

the short story Obsolution by Casey Plett (not sure I've ever vibed with a main character like I did with this one);

the poem Archaic Torso of Apollo by Rainer Maria Rilke (coincidentally, my very first reblog on this tumblr account); and

the album Blonde by Frank Ocean (the road to accepting myself in my twenties was paved almost exclusively by queer black men).

[scotianostra]

For my friends in the U.S.A.

If you are asked about you connection to Scotland, you don’t have to say, “Oh I am quarter Scottish” etc, believe me when I tell you it sonds cringeworthy hearing something like that, instead all you need to say is you have Scottish blood going back through generations.

Here are a few facts and quotes from�� over the centuries.....

"If all else fails, I will retreat up the valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region and make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to British tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger." George Washington, Valley Forge.

"Every line of strength in American history is a line colored with Scottish blood."  President Woodrow Wilson 

More than 100 governors of pre- and post- Revolutionary America were of Scottish birth or descent.

5 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 25 of them are in the Great Americans Hall of Fame.

Almost 1/2 of the Secretaries of U.S. Treasury and 1/3 of the Secretaries of State were Scots.

9 of the signatures on the Declaration of Independence were from Scots descent.

9 of the 13 colony governors made in the new USA were Scots.

61% of American Presidents are of Scots or Scots-Irish descent.

“History credits the Rev. Elijah Craig, a Baptist minister, with being the first in 1789 to make bourbon.” He was a Scotsman.

James Pollock, of Scots descent, put the slogan "In God We Trust" on American coins!

And as for the first printed dollar sign, that was made on a Philadelphia printing press in the 1790s and was the work of a staunch American patriot – or at least a vehemently anti-English Scotsman – named Archibald Binny, who’s today remembered as the creator of the Monticello typeface.

Scots  emigres to the US are five times more likely to become dollar millionaires than those from any other country, according to a study of wealth. Thomas Stanley and William Danko, in their book The Millionaire Next Door, analysed the ethnic backgrounds of the wealthiest members of US society and discovered that while people of Scottish origin make up 1.7% of the population, they comprise 9.3% of its millionaires.

Famous Americans with Scots heritage include, Elvis Presley  a fan discovered when he traced his idol’s ancestors back to Lonmay in Aberdeenshire in the 1700s.

Dr. John Harvey Kellogg descended from Scottish Immigrants. He began working with his brother Will Keith Kellogg to develop breakfast cereals in 1897, launching the brand that would later give the world many breakfast cereals.

Ben and Casey Affleck have small amount of Scottish ancestry

Lucille Ball was another with Scottish blood.

Other Hollywood stars with ties to the homeland include Jim Carrey, Shannon Doherty, Matt Damon, Laura Dern, Ted Danson, Jane Fonda, Clint Earwood, The Jenner's and Judy Garland. 

The list is endless, I would be here all night going through them all 

In other fields, Neil Armstrong,  Buzz Aldrin and Apollo 12 Astronaut all made sure that Scots blood were among the first people to walk on the moon. 

Kurt Cobain, Johnny Cash, Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish,  Don McLean, Meat Loaf, Axl Rose, Taylor Swift and Jack White are only a few of the musical family that are ofScottish descent.

I have to bring name checkst to an end and will just say that we aren’t so proud in Scotland of my last name, whose mother came from Scotland, Donald J Trump

Many of my followers have commented through the years that they are proud of their own heritage, or that they have an affinity with Scots or Scotland, I just have to say back that we are proud to have a connection with you all too. 

[plattenaufleger-perigo]

New Dez Williams finally out on Riot Radio Records incl. Binny & Shredder Remixes

https://www.deejay.de/Dez_Williams_Retribution_RRR012_Vinyl__349095

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

[papermoonloveslucy]

TIGHT SHOES

April 12, 1942

The Gulf Screen Guild Theater present Damon Runyon’s comedy Tight Shoes, which was a 1941 Universal Pictures success. 

Directed and Hosted by: Roger Pryor

Music by: Oscar Bradley

Written by: Damon Runyon

The Screen Guild Theater (aka The Screen Guild Players), was one of the most popular drama anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio. At this point it is being sponsored by Gulf Oil. From its first broadcast in 1939, up to its farewell in 1952, it showcased radio adaptations of popular Hollywood films. Many Hollywood names became part of the show, including Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and many more. The actors’ fees were all donated to the Motion Picture Relief Fund, an organization that provides aid to retired actors. Screen Guild Theater was heard on different radio networks, beginning with CBS from 1939 to 1948, NBC from 1948 to 1950, ABC from 1950 to 1951, and back to CBS until its last episode on June 29, 1952. Throughout its run, a total of 527 episodes were produced.

Tight Shoes was a 1941 comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell based on the 1936 story of the same name by Damon Runyon. The film was produced by Universal Pictures. It was re-released in November 1947. 

The Daily Variety review called the film "...the closest interpretation of the Damon Runyon humor that has yet been brought to the screen." 

The story was again broadcast on radio as part of “The Damon Runyon Theater” on October 30, 1949. The cast included Alan Reed, Gerald Mohr, Frank Lovejoy, Herb Vigran, Sheldon Leonard, William Conrad, Jeff Chandler, Lionel Stander, Sidney Miller, Olive Deering, and Joe De Santis.

RADIO CAST

Lucille Ball (Sybil Anderson) plays the role originated in the film by Binnie Barnes. She had just released her film Valley of the Sun, which was her 54th film since coming to Hollywood in 1933. 

Sylvia Ash is the self-described “Biggest Star on Broadway”. In the film version, Sybil’s last name is Ash. 

Red Skelton (Swifty Miller) plays the role originated in the film by Broderick Crawford. He also starred with Lucille Ball in the films Having Wonderful Time (1938), Thousands Cheer (1943),  Du Barry Was A Lady (1943), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), and The Fuller Brush Girl (1950).  On TV he appeared on “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in “Lucy Goes To Alaska” (1958). Ball and Skelton appeared in numerous TV specials together.

In the film version, the character is known as Speedy. 

George Tobias (Blooch) plays the role originated in the film by Edward Gargan. He later appeared with Lucille Ball in the film The Magic Carpet (1951). 

SYNOPSIS

Shoe store owner Amalfi is forced by crook Swifty Miller to allow the business to be a front for illegal gambling. Jimmy Rupert is a clerk in the store and sells a pair of shoes to Miller that are too small and hurt his feet. Distracted by his pinched feet in the tight shoes, Swifty places a losing bet on the horse named Feet First. A fight ensues with his girlfriend Sybil and she leaves him. He blames his loss on Rupert and gets him fired from the shoe store. In response, Rupert complains about crooked politicians who allow crime to flourish, and successfully runs for office. He is opposed by the newspaper, but supported by Miller's ex-girlfriend Sybil. On the day he wins the election, Rupert and Sybil are engaged to be married. 

“TIGHT” TRIVIA

This is not Lucille Ball’s only time appearing in a script by Damon Runyon. She often said her favorite performance of hers was in The Big Street (1946), based on the Runyon story “Little Pinks”.  Lucille Ball did another Damon Runyon story, Sorrowful Jones in 1949, based on his 1932 story “Little Miss Marker,” which had previously been filmed in 1934. Damon Runyon also created the source material for the hit Broadway musical Guys and Dolls (1950), which starred Robert Alda, who went on to make several appearances on “The Lucy Show.” When the film version was made by MGM in 1955, Lucy and Desi were also under contract to the studio. A brief clip of the film was inserted into the middle of an episode of “I Love Lucy” called “Lucy and the Dummy” (S5;E3), although the clip was removed after its initial airing.

Because it was wartime, the Gulf commercials stressed using high-grade gas and motor oil to reduce waste and conserve. 

The story is told in flashback, starting with Swifty Miller in the Army, giving advice to a soldier who wants to burn his shoes because they are hurting his feet. 

“He bet fifty thousand dollars on a nag called Feet First to come in head first, but it was dead first, and carried out feet first.” ~ Sybil  

Like most characters in Runyon stories, Swifty and Sybil are gamblers, and like going to the racetrack.  Lucy and Desi also were fond of horse racing, and frequently attended racing at Del Mar in California. Several episodes of Lucy sitcoms were modeled around racing and racehorses. 

Mr. Amalfi wonders if the government still prints $10,000 bills. He is correct! The bill was last printed in 1934. Even in 1942 there were not many in circulation. Today they are very rare, and the highest value US bill to be accepted for a transaction. 

Swifty says he has bought a new victory suit. Sybil wonders if the victory was at Bull Run? The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861. Sylvia is intimating that his suit is woefully out of style. 

Swifty says he’d do anything for Sylvia, even tear up his autographed picture of Roger Pryor. Pryor was a leading man of Broadway and Hollywood, doing 50 films between 1930 and 1945. He was married to Lucille Ball’s friend and co-star Ann Sothern, but the couple divorced the same year this radio show aired. 

“I’m off my onion for ya, sweet pea. Or maybe it’s just gas pushin’ up under my heart.” ~ Swifty

When Sybil entertains at the political rally, the orchestra plays “My Heart Belongs To Daddy” written by Cole Porter for  the 1938 Broadway musical Leave It to Me. Marilyn Monroe would sing it in the 1960 film Let’s Make Love. Lucille Ball sings it on “The Lucy Show” in “Lucy the Gun Moll” (TLS S4;E25) on March 14, 1966. In this radio show, Lucille Ball does not sing, we merely hear the orchestra playing. 

A radio reporter talks about the local election using fictional names, but when mentioning the national election, he says “Roosevelt is leading Wilkie.”  This places the date of the action on November 5, 1940, when incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt handily defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Wilkie for President of the United States. Swifty talks back to the radio and says “Yeah, we know that.”  Due to the war, Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term, and very few expected him to be defeated in light of his popularity. 

When Jimmy objects to Swifty’s tone around Sybil, Swifty calls him “Emily.”  This is a reference to well known authority on etiquette, Emily Post (1872-1960).  She was an author, whose newspaper columns and radio broadcasts were very popular in the 1940s. 

The show ends with a promotion for next week’s show “A Woman’s Face” starring Bette Davis, Osa Massen, and Conrad Veidt. The 1941 film originally starred Joan Crawford in the role taken by Davis. Massen and Veidt reprise their roles from the MGM film directed by George Cukor. 

The announcer says that Lucille Ball will soon be seen on screen in Little Pinks, which was the working title for The Big Street, also by Damon Runyon.