the fast lady is a 1962 british comedy film , directed by ken annakin .

the screenplay was written by henry blyth and jack davies , based on a story by keble howard .

it was julie christie 's second film .

the film opened at the odeon marble arch on december 1962

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the four - wheeled star of sixties ealing comedy the fast lady has changed hands in london , with a private buyer paying £550 , 000 for the vintage bentley .
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encouraged by her love of fast cars - not to mention the men who drive them - and his second - hand car salesman fellow lodger freddy fox , murdoch purchases a vintage bentley named the fast lady , and begins to learn to drive .
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my fair lady
50th anniversary edition restores a classic musical to its original glory .
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the bentley is an original vanden plas fabric - bodied short chassis
red label
speed model and was bought in 1959 by independent artists to star in the fast lady , directed by ken annakin of those magnificent men in their flying machines fame .
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and the reason for the dinner’s later - than - usual start was mellimelli’s observance of ramadan , a holy month for muslims in which observers fast between dawn and dusk . only after sunset do muslims break their fast with a meal , referred to as an iftar .
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a cyclist gets bumped off the road and falls for the bumper ' s daughter . the
fast lady
is the car that a fellow border tries to sell the cyclist . very british , and not very funny . ok for a slightly amusing diversion while one plays cards or something . even that might be too generous .
the first white house iftar , the breaking of the fast , was held in december 1805 under thomas jefferson . here how white house administrations have celebrated ramadan . ( victoria walker / the washington post )
“all iftar is is people breaking their fast . if they broke their fast in the white house , then that was iftar , ” said zaki barzinji , a former senior associate director at the obama white house who helped plan the administration’s last ramadan celebration . “if i’m with a group of friends who are not muslim , and we go and eat super late , and i break my fast while i’m with them , technically there was an iftar at that dinner . ”
karen pence is indiana ' s first lady as the wife of governor mike pence , who is donald trump ' s pick for vice president .
white house officials did not respond to repeated requests for comment . late saturday afternoon , the white house released a short statement from president trump and the first lady recognizing the holiday .
i ? m on my way back from our nation’s capital to the left coast today . i attended the white house luncheon for the 2010 national design awards hosted by first lady michelle obama .
ramadan , which falls on the ninth month of the islamic lunar calendar , started on may 27 this year and ends at sundown saturday . muslims around the world will mark the end of the holy month by celebrating the holiday eid al - fitr , the “feast of breaking of the fast . ”
murdoch troon , hon . sec . of a cycling club , buys a vintage bentley , ' the fast lady ' . troon has no aptitude for driving as his many adventures whilst learning soon show . he determines to succeed to impress claire . the film finishes in a bandit chase at the end of troon ' s test . he fails his test but the bandits are caught and troon wins claire .
starring stanley baxter as murdock troon ; the fast lady is the tale of a member of cycling club who , following an accident , is persuaded by the beautiful claire to get rid of his bike and buy a car . although he does not really want to learn to drive , murdock ' s attraction to claire means he has to overcome his reservations if he wants to win the claire ' s heart .
when mike pence went back to washington in february 2014 for a governor’s meeting , pence went as well and got to sit next to first lady michelle obama .
instead , president donald trump and first lady melania released a statement on saturday wishing
warm greetings
to those celebrating eid al - fitr , an important holiday marking the end of ramadan .
in august 2013 , pence created the indiana first lady’s charitable foundation , which aims to promote the well - being of children in the hoosier state . the first grant went to riley children’s hospital art therapy initiative . pence is also honorary chair of that initiative .
three cars - the large american car that freddie ' s first girlfriend drives , freddie ' s green bentley (
the fast lady
) , and the red sports car that freddie ' s second girlfriend drives - all have their real white - on - black number plates covered up by the same white - on - red trade plates with the registration
616 h
. trade plates are used by the motor trade when driving vehicles which are untaxed , and the implication is that freddie has been
borrowing
the cars and the trade plates from the garage where he works .
since 1999 , tillerson ' s five republican and democratic predecessors have hosted either an iftar dinner to break the fast during ramadan or an eid al - fitr reception at the end of the monthlong holiday . many diplomatic posts overseas also host events during the ramadan month of fasting and prayer .
( r - l ) us first lady melania trump , us president donald trump , opposition leader isaac herzog and his wife michal herzog at the israel museum , jerusalem . ( haim zach / gpo )
kushner , who along with international negotiations envoy greenblatt has been tasked by trump with relaunching the peace process , reportedly told herzog : “we are planning to move fast in starting a diplomatic process in order to reach a deal . ”
classic british comedy , starring stanley baxter and julie christie . murdoch troon ( baxter ) is a shy civil servant attracted to the vivacious claire ( julie christie ) , the daughter of a prominent businessman . in an attempt to impress claire , troon acquires a vintage bentley racer , ' the fast lady ' , and undertakes a series of driving lessons to learn how to handle the car . needless to say , troon ' s attempts to impress claire don ' t go entirely according to plan .
the fast lady [ 1962 ] [ dvd ] : urltoken leslie phillips , julie christie , james robertson justice , stanley baxter , kathleen harrison , eric barker , fred emney , eddie gray , frankie howerd , raymond baxter , john bolster , graham hill , reginald h . wyer , ken annakin , ralph sheldon , julian wintle , leslie parkyn , henry blyth , jack davies , keble howard : dvd & blu - ray
but inside , he can be quite aggressive , very defensive of his den . he ' ll pull a face , pretend he ' s going to bite you and sometimes does . though i can ' t remember him actually biting me .
presumably he wouldn ' t dare . after all , wasn ' t it venetia who was supposed to bite ? be careful with her , we had been warned . she is the ice maiden , a bit frosty and aloof . oh , and don ' t call her the first lady of racing or the fast lady of racing , what with her love of sports cars , or you have had it .
“here is an ambassador , an honored guest . the dinner is specifically scheduled after sundown to accommodate him , ” ragosta said . “yeah , it sounds to me like an iftar dinner . you’re breaking the fast during ramadan with someone who is a muslim . ”
classic british comedy , starring stanley baxter and julie christie . murdoch troon ( baxter ) is a shy civil servant attracted to the vivacious claire ( julie christie ) , the daughter of a prominent businessman . in an attempt to impress claire , troon acquires a vintage bentley racer , ' the fast lady ' , and undertakes a series of driving lessons to learn how to handle the car . needless to say , troon ' s attempts to impress claire don ' t go entirely according to plan . ( less )
it wasn’t until 1996 that the modern - day white house tradition of celebrating ramadan with a reception or meal started . that february , first lady hillary clinton hosted about 150 people for a reception for eid al - fitr , which marks the end of the holy month .
indiana’s former first lady was often busy as an artist and small business owner before the election . she believes that art therapy can help children . she has also been instrumental in preparing for indiana’s bicentennial celebration this year . the couple have been married for over 25 years .
aloof ? i don ' t get that one at all ,
she protests . for glacial , it is soon obvious we should read
a bit shy
. and dare we mention the first lady of racing thing ?
well , it ' s got to be better than being the last lady of racing anyway .
as for her bite , she insists softly :
i never shout , ever . oh , yes , except when someone ' s dawdling in the car in front !
“i dined at the president’s , in company with the tunisian ambassador and his two secretaries , ” adams , at the time a senator from massachusetts , wrote in his diary on dec . 9 , 1805 . “by the invitation , dinner was to have been on the table precisely at sunset — it being in the midst of ramadan , during which the turks fast while the sun is above the horizon . did not arrive until half an hour after sunset , and , immediately after greeting the president and the company , proposed to retire and smoke his pipe . ”
a wonderful restoration of my fair lady . i love the play ; i love the movie . this restoration makes the movie much more attractive and inviting than the previous blu - ray edition . it draws the viewer into the presentation . the faces , and everything else in the picture , are clear and inviting . the colors are great . the sound , both dialog and music is of much higher quality - its now hard to believe that the movie was released over 50 - years ago . it seems fresh and new . at the very beginning of the movie , when the music starts and the flowers are on the screen , it is now clear that one is about to watch something special .
herzog told trump that netanyahu would receive the support of the opposition in advancing the peace process .
in december 2016 , indiana will celebrate the 200th anniversary of its statehood . june 29 was also an important date , since it marked the anniversary of indiana’s first state constitution being signed . ever since pence became indiana first lady , it was clear that she would lead the effort to celebrate . pence and the governor held a special ceremony at charlestown cemetery , where jonathan jennings , the state’s first governor , is buried .
you may never have heard of the fast lady , but i grew up with it . as a child , this old - fashioned , sweet tale of stanley baxter ' s proud , slightly curmudgeonly scotsman learning to drive his titular car to impress julie christie ' s beautiful princess delighted me . i loved cars back then and i may have grown up in an era of batmobiles and james bond vehicles but something about this classic old bentley , and the zero - to - hero story at its heart charmed me . and while this may not be a great film per se , that charm remains present .
the occasion was the presence of a tunisian envoy to the united states , sidi soliman mellimelli , who had arrived in the country just the week before , in the midst of america’s ongoing conflict with what were then known as the barbary states .
us president donald trump’s son - in - law jared kushner told opposition leader isaac herzog tuesday that washington intended to move fast to advance a renewal of peace talks between israel and the palestinians , a spokesman for herzog said , with trump’s envoy jason greenblatt reportedly set to return next week so as not to leave a “diplomatic vacuum . ”
“you know , [ former indiana first lady ] judy o’bannon told me , ‘just get over it . just get over it , ’ so i am taking her advice . i am just going to get over it and realize the never four years we are going to be in the public eye and we want to make the most of it , ” pence told wthr in 2013 .
many of the top - ranked
my fair lady
reviews on amazon refer to a defective and out - of - date 2011 blu - ray release . the 2015 50th anniversary re - restoration fixes the issues from the earlier , inferior restoration . the visual quality is simply stunning . i don ' t have a home - theater system , so i can ' t offer expert opinion about the audio , however , i did experience an initial fluttering or card - shuffling sound with the english 7 . 1 dolby truehd track . the noise disappeared when i switched to one of the alternate audio tracks ( six languages ) and then switched back to english . the packaging is appropriately chic and feels sturdy initially , but the container is made mostly out of card stock , and i suspect it will suffer above - average wear and tear over time . unlike earlier releases , i think this edition of
my fair lady
truly measures up to blu - ray standards .
beyond the thrill of being quoted by the first lady , now i can feel like “design is about people , not things” is not just a mantra , it’s believable , it’s official ? and it’s the truth ! it’s the way we need to think today if design is going to rise above the crafting of beautiful objects , apparel , and environments to a level of understanding that all the designs we create are in service to the people that use and experience them . it doesn’t mean that we need to stifle creativity ; to the contrary , it will take more creativity to find the solutions that make a positive impact in peoples ? lives . that’s the challenge , and that’s the exciting thing about design and being a designer .
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finally this classic movie gets the digital treatment it deserves ! fans of ' my fair lady ' have always wondered why the studio never bothered to have an enhanced restoration of this movie to the dvd format . the previous versions ( see multiple reviews ) were poor transfers and overall jaded and faded prints . the 50th anniversary edition is ' restored in 4k from 8k scans of original 65 mm elements with 96 k resolution and 7 . 1 dolby truehd audio ' . this version was truly a joy to watch , listen and appreciate what a great musical this is . the print is pristine , the audio is crystal clear and booming and there is a whole separate disc of extras .
“ dinner will be on the table precisely at sun - set — ” the invitations read . “the favour of an answer is asked . ”
a little bit of outrage to get out of the way , for the sake of housekeeping . haven’t we , as a culture , moved beyond white dreadlocs ? shouldn’t we know by now ? white locs are the ultimate self - own : your hair will break off . then there’s the underlying subtext of white dreads , that they usurp rasta culture , and expose a double standard : black women are penalized for our dreadlocks ; white women get to use them to add an extra bad - girl dimension to the characters they play in blockbuster movies . so , yeah . no more white - lady dreadlocks .
restored in 4k from 8k scans of original 65mm elements with 96k resolution 7 . 1 dolby truehd audio , this 50th anniversary edition celebrates the breathtaking musical extravaganza that won 8 academy awards® , including best picture * . this beloved adaptation of the broadway stage hit stars audrey hepburn as eliza doolittle , a sassy , working - class london street vendor , and rex harrison as the elitist professor higgins , who attempts to turn eliza into a sophisticated lady through proper tutoring . but , when the humble flower girl blossoms into the toast of london society , her teacher may have a lesson or two to learn himself .
the truth is that the peacock strutting around outside the kitchen door and the portraits of the 18th century grandees gazing down forbiddingly from the walls of her grandmother ' s old house –
i really do hope they ' re not my ancestors
– seem far more intimidating than their owner .
pence and mike pence also visited the old state capitol in cordyn , indiana on june 29 , reports the courier journal . the two posed for pictures with original copies of the indiana state constitutions .
the murder of a young woman in london exposes deep racial tensions and prejudices inherent in the area .
it is only because she is so busy , she insists , that she ends up driving so fast . she got pulled up once by a policeman who noted exasperatedly :
i couldn ' t keep up with you .
she works so hard , does one of sport ' s most eligible bachelorettes have time for boyfriends ?
oh , i could make time if i found the right person ,
she smiles , noting that the close - knit world of racing sometimes doesn ' t lend itself to meeting new people .
leslie phillips poses in the bentley 4 . 5 - litre . the car changed hands for £550 , 000
julie christie looks cute , but lacks the experience to build up a frail role as the love interest .
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at the weekend , in the slower surroundings of the masterpiece fair at chelsea barracks , an un - named british collector paid the asking price for the 1927 car . . . after leslie phillips himself turned up to pose for pictures with his former acting
partner
.
trump , in his speech at the museum earlier , pushed for elusive peace between israel and the palestinians , calling on both sides to put aside the “pain and disagreements of the past . ” he also said he believed the palestinians “are ready to reach for peace . ”
when enthusiastic cyclist murdoch troon refuses to allow a car to pass him on the road , little does he know that the driver is the stern father of the girl with whom he is about to fall in love .
clinton described the reception as a “historic and overdue occasion , ” a precedent for muslim religious celebrations at the white house , the associated press reported then . ( it’s unclear if she knew about the jefferson dinner . )
the bill for establishing religious freedom , the principles of which had , to a certain degree , been enacted before , i had drawn in all the latitude of reason & right . it still met with opposition ; but , with some mutilations in the preamble , it was finally past ; and a singular proposition proved that it’s protection of opinion was meant to be universal . where the preamble declares that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion , an amendment was proposed , by inserting the word “jesus christ , ” so that it should read “departure from the plan of jesus christ , the holy author of our religion” the insertion was rejected by a great majority , in proof that they meant to comprehend , within the mantle of it’s protection , the jew and the gentile , the christian and mahometan , the hindoo , and infidel of every denomination .
the collector was delighted to have walked away with such a major piece of movie history and was heard to say that three generations of his family were united in their enthusiasm both for the film and the excitement of owning the star of the show ,
said a spokesman for masterpiece , a fair showcasing a
unique fusion of the antique and the contemporary
and spanning objects from around the world ranging from wine , to jewellery and cars .
indeed , racing for change , the programme to widen the sport ' s appeal , should die for the prospect of a repeat of last year ' s aintree sensation .
( cnn ) for the first time in nearly two decades , the white house did not host an iftar dinner to commemorate ramadan , the islamic holy month of fasting .
this colour film is a typical british humorous item of its time telling the tale of a man who cannot drive but thinks that owning a sports car will make him attractive to his lady love . he is sold just such a car by unscrupulous salesman leslie phillips , but the car in question is a vintage bentley rather than something easier to handle . the film is the usual involved story , confusing story lines about learning to drive , wooing the girl , getting round her father ' s objections to the match , etc with the usual outcomes . there is crime , car chases , misunderstandings and what reviewers are inclined to call
hilarious results .
it ' s good fun , although you have to suspend your disbelief somewhat at some of the situations , and as with so many of these films , much of the real interest today is seeing the towns , countryside , vehicles and fashions of the time in glorious colour . this dvd was cheap to buy , fun to watch and for those of us who remember those days , very nostalgic .
such entreaties were not uncommon : jefferson frequently hosted lawmakers for political working dinners at the white house , almost always commencing them about 3 : 30 in the afternoon , shortly after the house or senate had adjourned for the day .
the president has had a fraught relationship with the muslim community in the united states . many criticized his campaign trail calls for the surveillance of mosques as islamophobic . in the white house , trump has attempted to ban travel to the us from several muslim - majority countries . however , during his first trip abroad , trump attempted to bridge that divide , delivering a speech to the leaders of 55 muslim - majority countries calling for unity in the fight against terrorism .
men walk on the baseball field past muslim women as they gather for the celebration of the eid al - fitr holiday , the end of the holy month of ramadan at angel stadium of anaheim in anaheim , calif . , june 25 , 2017 . ( patrick t . fallon / reuters )
adams , the son of president john adams , captured few details about what was served for dinner itself , only that mellimelli “freely partook of the dishes on the table without inquiring into the cookery” and that , soon after eating , he left for the drawing room to smoke his pipe again .
“a greater understanding of the tenets of islam in our national consciousness will help us build strength and resilience as a nation , ” clinton told guests , according to the associated press . “the values that lie at the heart of ramadan — faith , family , community and responsibility to the less fortunate — resonate with all the peoples of this earth . ”
in june 2016 , the foundation awarded $ 52 , 500 to 57 groups across the state that also help families and children during the seventh reception for grant recipients . the individual checks ranged from $ 500 to $ 1 , 000 .
to help the numbers , the state launched a campaign called labor of love in january 2015 that ran until december . however , the campaign’s website still provides resources for parents .
compared with other , more thoroughly documented events that have taken place at the white house over the centuries , the details from the dinner are scarce . but what jefferson couldn’t have known is that changing the time of the meal to accommodate mellimelli’s observance of ramadan would turn that dinner into a point of contention in america’s culture wars more than 200 years later .
“she is delightful . she’s so gracious , ” pence told am 1310 the light in 2014 of michelle obama . she also said that the couple were at the first small luncheon president barack obama had after he is sworn in . at the time , mike pence was chairman of the house republican conference . it was the first time she was in obama’s pretense .
herzog met with trump , kushner and prime minister benjamin netanyahu for several minutes , after the us president’s speech at the israel museum in jerusalem and just before trump departed the country .
terence szuplat , a speechwriter for obama , told the post he couldn’t pinpoint who had brought up the jefferson dinner first .
jefferson’s decision to change the time of the meal to accommodate mellimelli’s observance of ramadan has been seized on by both sides in the 21st - century debate over islam more than 200 years later . historians have cited the meal as the first time an iftar took place in the white house — and it has been referenced in recent white house celebrations of ramadan as an embodiment of the founding father’s respect for religious freedom . meanwhile , critics on the far right have taken issue with the characterization of jefferson’s dec . 9 , 1805 , dinner as an iftar .
film concerns the efforts of an obstinate , over patriotic and gauche young scottish civil servant to learn to drive the bentley sports car and thus ingratiate himself with the tycoon father of a girl for whom he has fallen . much of the humor is of the prattfall variety but it provides predictable , easy yocks .
as a child of about 8 i had a mania for cars . this was back in the late 70s , when there were still a lot of cars from the 50s and 60s on the roads . i remember this film came on the telly one afternoon and i was absolutely hooked , loads of great cars . . . and it was really funny too ! the film is a bit patchy ( the daydream near the start is a bit overdone ) but overall it ' s a real cracker of a film , you definitely come away from it with a big smile on your face . it ' s also a real ' spot the actor ' film . personally i love seeing all the bygone street scenery ( the black and white striped signposts , the north thames gas board shop with all the old fridges in the window , etc ) and the great old british cars . i now live in the states and seeing this film makes me pine for the old country a bit ! the film ' s now out on dvd , well worth another look .
but it was under president barack obama that the annual white house iftar dinner began to cause a bigger stir — in part because the president resurrected the story of jefferson’s 1805 dinner with mellimelli .
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rumana ahmed , who helped plan several white house iftar dinners and one eid celebration during the obama administration , said it was unfortunate the tradition could end with trump . for all of the events she helped coordinate , the focus changed slightly each year : from honoring muslim american youth to recognizing the economic contributions of the community , for example . but the overarching message of each white house ramadan event was always one of inclusion and respect , ahmed said .
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“muslims in the united states joined those around the world during the holy month of ramadan to focus on acts of faith and charity , ” read the statement , which was not posted to the president’s social - media accounts . “now , as they commemorate eid with family and friends , they carry on the tradition of helping neighbors and breaking bread with people from all walks of life . during this holiday , we are reminded of the importance of mercy , compassion , and goodwill . with muslims around the world , the united states renews our commitment to honor these values . eid mubarak . ”
according to the indiana state department of health , the infant mortality rate in the state was 7 . 7 deaths per 1 , 000 live births in 2011 . the goal is to lower that to 6 . 0 deaths per 1 , 000 live births by 2020 .
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he reiterated the palestinians’ demands , including establishing a capital in east jerusalem , territory over which israel claims sovereignty , insisting that “our problem is not with the jewish religion , it’s with the occupation and settlements , and with israel not recognizing the state of palestine . ”
nearly 30 years before the 1805 dinner , jefferson had drafted the virginia statute for religious freedom , which he considered among his life’s finest works . jefferson described initial resistance to the proposed bill , as well as the significance of its passage in 1786 , in his autobiography :
definitely worth the money if you ' re a fan of this movie and don ' t like the sub - par previous dvd release .
has some good footage of bullfights , but as a story it is nothing special . the film is remembered mainly for the bullfight scenes .
mainly the comedy situations are short and often fairly unrelated . most hilarious , thanks to a gem of a performance by eric barker , is the first driving test taken by the wouldbe driver ( stanley baxter ) .
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for the first time in nearly two decades , ramadan has come and gone without the white house recognizing it with an iftar or eid celebration , as had taken place each year under the clinton , bush and obama administrations . in recent weeks , several former white house staff members told the post they would usually begin planning an iftar “months in advance” and didn’t anticipate the trump white house could pull something off before the end of ramadan .
another cracker from the team that did
father came too
buy this you won ' t regret it , one of the best british comedies of the period , just mix the style of leslie phillips and the talent of stanley baxter and your onto a winner . they certainly don ' t make them like this anymore , top film , top laughs : - )
“all the world continues to benefit from this faith and its achievements , ” bush said . “ramadan and the upcoming holiday season are a good time for people of different faiths to learn more about each other . and the more we learn , the more we find that many commitments are broadly shared . ”
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in the past few years , i also attended the white house event as a “finalist” for the product design award but today was different–today i attended as the winner . with me were three colleagues : long time friend and smart design founder davin stowell ; dan formosa , who has collaborated with us since the beginning ; and erica eden , who co - founded our femme den initiative .
he said a peace deal would trigger a cascade effect throughout the region : “i am truly hopeful that america can help israel and the palestinians forge peace and bring new hope to the region and its people . i also firmly believe that if israel and the palestinians can make peace , it can begin a process of peace all throughout the middle east and that will be an amazing accomplishment . ”
in his diary , the future president described mellimelli with an air of fascination , noting everything from how the envoy smelled ( of rose - scented snuff ) to how his appearance differed from that of the other “turks” ( mellimelli wore his beard long , while the two secretaries who had accompanied him only had whiskers ) .
ayse birsel ( birsel + seck ) and me walking to the white house .
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this blu - ray is spectacular . i held off on buying the first blu ray release as i heard there were some issues with the transfer . but then they re - released it and fixed the prior issues . and boy is it ever pristine and gorgeous in blu ray . the colors are vibrant but not too bold , and the skin tones are even and normal . the sound is crystal clear with great separation . glad i held out and this one is a keeper !
“ramadan is a reminder that islam has always been a part of america , ” obama said in his remarks at the 2010 white house iftar . “the first muslim ambassador to the united states , from tunisia , was hosted by president jefferson , who arranged a sunset dinner for his guest because it was ramadan — making it the first known iftar at the white house , more than 200 years ago . ”
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muslims in the united states joined those around the world during the holy month of ramadan to focus on acts of faith and charity ,
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now , as they commemorate eid with family and friends , they carry on the tradition of helping neighbors and breaking bread with people from all walks of life .
the day started at 8am with a teen design event planned and organized by the cooper - hewitt national design museum . there , several hundred teens interested in design got to meet the designers , and we got to meet them . i was surprised by the strong attendance and enthusiasm , considering most of these kids were on summer break .
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trump met with both netanyahu and palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas during his quick stop in the region . speaking at the israel museum , he declared both sides ready to move forward , though he gave few tangible details of how the dormant peace process would be revived .
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murdoch troon , an enthusiastic member of the local cycling club , gets involved with charles chingford , a local businessman , when the two of them are involved in an accident . then murdoch meets chingford ' s daughter , claire , who persuades him to give up the bicycle , buy a sports car , and learn to drive . at first he is horrified , but the thought of dating the attractive claire , he relents , and takes his first driving lesson .
the person clinton credited for teaching her about islam ? teenage daughter chelsea , who had the year before studied islamic history in school , according to reports that year cited by muslim voices .
trump , meanwhile , issued implicit criticism of palestinian funding for imprisoned terrorists , while praising the counterterrorism efforts of the pa and urging condemnation of terror attacks “in a single unified voice . ”
in the movie , the 4 . 5 - litre bentley plays a pivotal , not to say racy role in the romance between claire ( played by julie christie and marking her film debut ) and troon ( stanley baxter ) , alongside james robertson justice and serial cad leslie phillips .
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whatever jefferson could have foreseen for the young country’s future , it appears the modern - day white house tradition of marking ramadan with an iftar dinner or eid celebration has come to an end .
the tradition continued under president george w . bush , who hosted an iftar dinner every year of his two terms in office — including shortly after the 9 / 11 terrorist attacks , when anger toward muslim americans was spiking . at the 2001 dinner , in mid - november , bush emphasized that america was fighting against terrorism , not islam , according to the washington post’s coverage then :
jefferson fled monticello to avoid being captured by the british . and he was mocked for it .
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a 1930 ' s adventure of two notorious rum runners who share an attraction for a sultry nightclub singer . the trio team together to realise their get - rich - quick dreams by smuggling illegal liquor across the border in their boat . the fun and thrills of danger they encounter bind them together .
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“there’s nothing more canadian than helping out your neighbors , ” trudeau said in the video . “i want to wish everyone a joyous eid al - fitr , eid mubarak , and all the best . ”
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obama mentioned this historical dinner again in his 2012 white house iftar remarks ; that year , organizers also had set up a special display of jefferson’s copy of the koran , on loan from the library of congress .
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“we all agreed that we had to reach out to moderate muslims and acknowledge that they had as much concern as we did about the circumstances , ” beers told the post in a recent interview . “that dinner was extremely important and heard around the world . … my personal opinion was , this speaks to that whole underpinning of what makes the united states tick — freedom of religion . it was extremely timely , we felt . ”


the scarlet lady is a 1928 american silent drama film , written by bess meredyth and directed by alan crosland .

it was produced and distributed by columbia pictures .

the scarlet lady ( 1928 film )

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my lady ' s lips ( dir . james p . hogan , 1925 )
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the scarlet lady . dir . : alan crosland , st . : bess meredyth ( columbia pictures corp . us 1928 ) cas . : lya de putti , si / sd , b & w , 35mm , 7 reels , 6 , 443 ft . archive : itn .
lantern slide sailors’ wives ( 1928 ) , bess meredyth ( w ) . cpldg
ladies ' night in a turkish bath ( dir . edward cline , 1928 )
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lantern slide the little shepherd of kingdom come ( 1928 ) , bess meredyth ( w ) . cpldg
this was victor seastrom’s last american film . seastrom , hanson and gish had worked together on the very successful 1926 film the scarlet letter . in the wind , seastrom stretches the potential of silent film to its limit and beyond . his agile camera and imaginative eye make this a timeless film . while not as dramatic as the german directors of the period , his use of light and shadow adds just the right touch of stylization required for this nightmare version of texas .
at the age of 18 , ms . scarlet came to study acting at the boston university college of fine arts . in 1950 , vivienne scarlet earned her bachelor of fine arts degree . after graduating from the boston university college of fine arts , scarlet came to work at the west end theater , performing , as an understudy , in she stoops to commiserate . scarlet was later fired from the west end theater and went on to work on broadway starring in the importance of being frank . later into her acting career , she went on to star in the major film , ben hur , in hollywood , and received critically negative reviews [ 4 ] .
vivienne sakura scarlet was born on july 16 , 1928 in cambridge , england to mrs . elizabeth peacock and the late dr . james scarlet during her parents ' visit to england . unfortunately , her father was mysteriously murdered when he was pushed down the grand staircase at arlington grange . she was doted on by her mother and went to a boarding school in arlington until she was 17 years old [ 4 ] .
curated by jere guldin , film preservationist , ucla film and television archive and randy haberkamp , founder , the silent society , a committee of hollywood heritage inc .
dr . james scarlet ( father ) mrs . elizabeth peacock ( mother ) patrick peacock ( maternal grandfather ) henrietta peacock - gobelin ( maternal grandmother )
a selection of feature films preserved by ucla film & television archive since 1977 .
( ucla film and television archive ) directed by rex ingram , this was a remake of a 1914 film about a shipwrecked family . ingram is best known as the director of
listed by the american film institute as one of the ten most wanted lost films , this is the only surviving reel of greta garbo’s only lost film . it was directed by the great victor sjöström , who also directed lon chaney in
, opened in new york on january 6 , 1928 . some reviewers thought it was chaplin’s funniest film to date . chaplin received a special academy award in the first year of their presentation for “versatility and genius in writing , acting , directing , and producing
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, gish suggested to mgm studio head louis b . mayer that they film an adaptation of
deposited into
the clara bow film preservation fund
at the tompkins county trust company , ithaca , ny . at an appointed
( 1925 ) . film historian jack spears summed up a talmadge film of the hollywood era : “a brave , tragic and sacrificing heroine , lavish settings and beautiful clothes , and buckets of tears before the eventual redemption at the fadeout . ”
killed the cop . ms . vivienne sakura scarlet [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ( born july 16 , 1928 ) is a vivacious and aspiring actress whose passion for fame , fortune , and especially men will let no one stand in her way . the glamorous daughter of mrs . elizabeth peacock and beautiful girlfriend of col . michael mustard , she resides at arlington grange with her mother and mrs . blanche white . ms . scarlet is very famous and the press in hollywood often question her about her disastrous love life . she was the former fiancée of mr . john boddy , who was mysteriously murdered .
( 1928 ) to the screen , everyone at the studio , including production chief irving thalberg , agreed the film was a masterpiece . but thalberg told gish the exhibitors wanted a happy ending , replacing the final scene of the heroine disappearing into a storm with a reunion of hero and heroine . when gish’s two - year mgm contract ended , she left to make a few films for united artists , including her first talkie
as a result of her unsuccessful acting in ben hur , vivienne went on to other ways of finding profit . scarlet traveled to macao and began a relationship with col . michael mustard who recognized her from her role in ben hur [ 4 ] . here , the two collaborated as foreign spies for macao in the society of fortune hunters quarterly against the united states government . as a spy , she was known under the aliases of the “crimson lady” , the “mercenary of macao” , and “sakura ming” [ 5 ] [ 3 ] [ 6 ] . she also began a relationship with sir humphrey ponsonby - smythe who directed ben hur ; the man later died and scarlet inherited his wealth [ 4 ] . she also began relationships with wealthy older men to inherit their money . the tabloids began covering her disastrous love life , specifically with col . michael mustard [ 4 ] .
when her six - year famous players contract expired , she formed her own production company under first national pictures . the company’s first film ,
victor sjöström and lars hanson both returned to sweden in 1928 . hanson continued making films into the 1950s and died in 1965 . sjöström directed a few more films before concentrating on acting , giving his best - known performance in ingmar bergman’s
another reason for the amount of wind is the very concept of the film : letty is driven mad by it . that in itself requires more than a few dust storms for the audience to accept . ( and , by the way , as a born and raised desert rat , i can assure you that there really isn’t all that much exaggeration in the film’s weather . )
letty mason ( lillian gish ) is a sweet virginia lass bound for her cousin’s ranch in texas . on the train , she meets cattleman wirt roddy ( montagu love ) . roddy knows how to treat a lady . he tells her about the countryside and helps her get the dust off her clothes . there is a lot of dust in the air , the wind seems to blow constantly .
costs to preserve an early
talkie
. it costs about $ 7 , 000 to convert nitrate film to a printed
john boddy invited vivienne scarlet to his thirtieth birthday party at the boddy estate on june 5 , 1954 . the guests were all blackmailed by mr . boddy who threatened to exploit their secrets because they had all hurt him in a way . boddy threatened to reveal ms . scarlet’s numerous affairs with col . mustard and her charges for espionage as she was working for macao . at 8 : 30 p . m . , john boddy was murdered and his corpse was found on the cellar stairs . all of the guests had the perfect motive , but whodunit [ 4 ] [ 8 ] ?
donald , goofy , pluto , and… oswald the lucky rabbit . that’s how the list of major disney animated characters might read had certain events in the late 1920s unfolded differently , forever altering the history of animated film .
in the case of the wind , the original ending ( letty wandering in the desert , alone and insane ) would mean that the theme of the film is as follows : woman vs . nature . woman loses . boy , did she have a rotten life .
to play reverend dimmesdale , mayer suggested lars hanson , a newly arrived swedish actor . gish agreed after she saw his swedish film
film is approximately $ 15 , 000 . add on $ 10 , 000 to this amount , and that ' s how much it
after a year in baltimore , she and her sister cora made their way to new york city . beginning in 1900 , she performed in 16 plays , six of which were starring roles , before embarking on a film career . her first film for famous players was
the man who laughs ( 1928 ) was an attempt to duplicate the success of universal’s the hunchback of notre dame . however , the film lacked popular appeal even though a grand music score and synchronized sound effects were added to boost its competitive edge against the fast growing popularity of the
talkies
. universal also added a happy ending and a chase scene to victor hugo’s most macabre novel—one that had seen the silver screen before as l’homme qui rit ( 1909 ) and as das grinsende gesicht ( the smirking face ) ( 1921 ) directed by julius herzka in austria for olympic films .
lucas , john meredyth . eighty odd years in hollywood : memoir of a career in film and television . jefferson : mcfarland , 2004 .
the yellow lily . dir . : alexander korda , cont . : bess meredyth ( first national pictures , inc . us 1928 ) cas . : billie dove , jane winton , si , b & w , 8 reels , 7 , 187 ft . archive : gbb .
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for her director , gish chose victor sjöström ( the acclaimed swedish actor and filmmaker whose name was americanized to “seastrom” for u . s . audiences ) after seeing his film
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( oh , and since there are a ton of rumors attached to this film , from the mythical “original ending” to the weather conditions the cast had to contend with , i wrote an entire article of the wind myth - busting . enjoy ! )
although she made many films in both new york and california , talmadge’s career didn’t take off until 1916 when she met and married loew’s theater chain executive joseph schenck . he wanted to break into film production and soon launched the norma talmadge film corporation . according to researcher greta de groat , most of talmadge’s early films were melodramas that “deal with a wider variety of contemporary social issues than her later films . ” her final film made at the new york studio was her biggest hit and one of her best , the supernatural romance
. for the rest of her career she alternated between stage , film , and television . her only oscar nomination , for best supporting actress , was for david o . selznick’s
( 1926 ) , based on the opera by puccini and directed by king vidor . the film was a big hit and helped justify her huge salary , which gish herself feared could overwhelm her production’s budgets .
in 1970 , gish received an honorary oscar “for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures . ” seventy - five years after her screen debut , she made her final film , the
i think that the criticism fails to take into account that the wind is a subjective , rather than objective , film . this is from letty’s point of view . the wind is dramatically portrayed because that is how she perceives it . whatever part of virginia she is from , the climate is lovely . in comparison , the plains of texas are nothing but a vast landscape of stinging wind . too much wind ? for realism , perhaps , but it fits the stylized nature of the film quite well .
the only film released by james b . leong productions , formed to produce all - chinese films in answer to racist representations of chinese in hollywood films . james leong entered the movies as d . w . griffith’s interpreter on
( please note that when i refer to the original ending , i mean the ending of the novel . despite what lillian gish claimed later , original scripts show that a happy ending was always intended for the film adaptation and no tragic ending was ever planned , let alone shot . )
) was scheduled for completion six months after production began in january 1926 . it took two years . the first month’s work had to be reshot after scratches , made in the laboratory , were discovered on the negative . chaplin’s performance on the tightrope ( which he taught himself for the film , practicing for weeks before stepping in front of the camera ) took a month to film and consisted of more than 700 takes . seven months into production , a fire destroyed the main set , which then had to be rebuilt . then chaplin’s personal life interfered .
claimed “that this story … should have been put into film version in eight gorgeous and dazzling parts is one of the wonders of moviedom . ” in 1914 , famous players had signed the four - foot - ten , 31 - year - old clark , a popular broadway actress , soon after she had completed two seasons as snow white on the stage . in the teens , film studios often looked to the theater for seasoned talent and paid handsomely to lure serious players to the screen . douglas fairbanks , marie dressler , nazimova , and the barrymores were among the broadway players that signed on to the “flickers . ”
a selection of extremely rare fragments from shorts produced by the vitagraph studio in new york , preserved on film from paper prints originally submitted to the library of congress to ensure copyright protection . the library of congress did not initially accept film as a suitable medium for filing to obtain copyright , so studios would transfer a few feet of each movie onto paper as proof of authenticity . in many instances , these paper prints are the only surviving record of thousands of lost films .
while the modern prodigal , a 1910 d . w . griffith film is extant , bess meredyth is not credited on fiaf and afi . victoria sturtevant claims the film is “based on the novel the southerner by bess meredyth . ” paul spehr also lists bess meredyth as the source author , and braff lists her as screenwriter . both spher and braff list henderson as cast only , not as story writer as he is credited by afi . a sailor’s heat ( 1912 ) is another extant title , but bess meredyth is not credited on fiaf , nor is the film listed in afi . spehr lists bess meredyth as an extra in this title . the not extant section of “4 . bess meredyth as actress” is based on spehr’s list . many of these titles do not appear in afi and the ones that do make no mention of meredyth .
the first and most obvious advantage that the film has is the presence of lillian gish . one of the greatest screen actress of her era , she excelled at portraying innocents thrust into a harsh world . the wind gave her a chance to put a more sophisticated spin on the character . letty is innocent and basically good but she has her share of flaws . at the beginning of the film , she is taken in easily by the superficial . she is a pragmatic character , even egocentric , who goes on her way through life with little regard for the feelings of others , particularly lige and cora . these flaws balance the character and make her much more interesting than the usual virginal heroine . it makes her eventual journey to the brink of madness much more tragic and engrossing . this is a real person being driven insane .
the subjective nature of the film leads me to wonder just how reliable of a narrator letty is . it is clear from the film that she has an overactive imagination . ( seeing the wind as a mustang , imagining other characters staring at her . ) in the famous climax , where she shoots roddy and then imagines him rising from his grave , i wonder how much of it is real . no one but letty sees roddy double back to the house . when she confesses her crime to lige , he seems less than disturbed . is it possible that roddy never came back at all ? that the whole sequence was a symbolic manifestation of her delusional terror of the wind ?
word is out : stories of some of our lives ( dir . mariposa film group : peter adair , nancy adair , veronica selver , andrew brown , robert epstein , lucy massie phenix , 1977 )
this was rex ingram’s last american - made film . his artistic vision was not well suited to mgm , and after a quarrel with louis b . mayer , ingram’s films displayed the truncated credit “metro goldwyn presents , ” excluding all mention of mayer .
another criticism leveled against the film is that the original , tragic ending of the novel was replaced with a happier one . this was done against the wishes of both lillian gish and victor seastrom . but was it really such a desecration ? there is a belief among many critics that sad endings are always better and happy ones are always inferior . i love a tragedy as much as the next girl but it has to fit . the best ending is the one that feels right for the story being told . period .
a woman of affairs . dir . : clarence brown , sc . : bess meredyth , michael arlen , marian ainslee , ruth cummings ( metro - goldwyn - mayer corp . us 1928 ) cas . : greta garbo , si / sd , b & w , 35mm , 8 , 319 ft . archive : usr , ses , dkk , beb , rob , def .
( 1978 ) that norma began posing for illustrated song slides as a teenager around 1910 . mother peg then decided that her daughter belonged in motion pictures , and norma went to work at vitagraph studios . constance soon followed her sister into the movies , and the formidable peg even got natalie a clerical job in the film industry .
after completion of the film , conrad veidt decided to refrain from portraying any more grotesque characters . a remake was reportedly to star kirk douglas . however , after tracking down a print of the original and viewing it , douglas decided it was not as suitable a star vehicle as he had imagined .
in the year of the pig ( dir . emile de antonio , 1968 )
the power and the glory ( dir . william k . howard , 1933 )
the sign of the cross ( dir . cecil b . demille , 1932 )
with the greeks in the firing line ( dir . robert schwobthaler , 1913 )
the man who laughs is without doubt one of leni’s best films . the director unfortunately died the year after it was made at the age of 44 from blood poisoning , leaving us to wonder what he might have accomplished with the medium of sound and the other advances of the 1930s .
when bess got in wrong . sc . : a . e . christie ( nestor film co . us 1914 ) cas . : bess meredyth , stella adams , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw .
for eight months while another circus — the divorce suit — raged on . the negative of the film was hidden to avoid its attachment by her attorneys . lita was finally awarded $ 600 , 000 plus a trust fund for each of their two children , charles jr . and sydney earle ( born on march 30 , 1926 , three months into production of
a year after the murder , mr . boddy’s “sister” , mme . rhoda rose , and his “lawyer” , m . alphonse brunette , called the original guests together to continue investigation for john boddy’s murder . the two forged a false will in order to try to kill the suspects and inherit mr . boddy’s wealth and sir hugh black’s wealth . after these events , the suspects , including those at the hearing of the will , all of the suspects tried to escape the united states after being placed on the federal bureau of investigation’s most wanted list ; the investigation for finding these criminals was directed by inspector peter pry . eventually these suspects came together and traveled to paris , tangiers , and then to rangoon ; they all collaborated to find and kill inspector pry , who was tracking them . ms . vivienne scarlet and her boyfriend col . michael mustard were arrested by inspector pry for espionage and murder [ 5 ] .
during this time , her mother , mrs . peacock , invited her to stay in boston where she met sir hugh black and his nephew , mr . john boddy , who was studying for a doctorate in anthropology at the time . john boddy and vivienne scarlet eventually fell in love , even though she was already dating mike mustard . in 1954 , john boddy proposed to her , angering her boyfriend . however , boddy called off the engagement when he heard his best friend , mike mustard , was already in a relationship with her [ 7 ] .
in the land of the head hunters ( dir . edward s . curtis , 1914 )
disney and iwerks developed an assembly - line system that met disney’s desire for top - quality animation , story , and character development as well as allowing them to churn out one film every two weeks , as mandated by their contract with mintz and universal . through oswald , disney also realized the potential for character merchandising . from the outset , universal had promoted oswald “tie - in” products , the first being an oswald the lucky rabbit chocolate bar that hit the shelves in 1927 .
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the wind is one of those rare movies where everything comes together . the perfect director for the material , perfect cast , all working together .
wherever the proposed preservation project will be done ) . time is of the essence . as they
bred in the bone , 1913 ; gold is not all , 1913 ; bess the detectress in tick , tick , tick , 1914 ; bess the detectress or the dog watch , 1914 ; bess the detectress or the old mill at midnight , 1914 ; dangers of the veldt , 1914 ; the desert’s sting , 1914 ; father’s bride , 1914 ; her twin brother , 1914 ; the little autogomobile , 1914 ; stolen glory , 1914 ; willie walrus and the awful confession , 1914 ; the wooing of bessie bumpkin , 1914 .
lillian gish tended to be drawn to darker material and her acting thrives in this film . the climactic scene where she is trapped alone in her house with a norther blowing outside is a brilliant bit of virtuoso acting . gish excelled in controlled hysteria . her terror is heart - rending because it is completely believable .
at the town dance , letty is the belle of the ball . she is enduring the attentions of lige and sourdough when she spots a welcome face . roddy is at the dance . meanwhile , sourdough and lige announce to a delighted cora that the plan to propose letty that very night .
( american , 1928 , 110 minutes , b & w , 16mm , silent ) directed by paul leni cast : conrad veidt . . . . . . . . . . gwynplaine mary philban . . . . . . . . . . dea olga baclanova . . . . . . . . . . duchess josiana josephine crowell . . . . . . . . . . queen anne george siegmann . . . . . . . . . . dr . hardqucinnone
seastrom employed extreme close - ups to suggest important events , leaving the overall scene to the viewer’s imagination .
veidt’s acting brings gwynplaine to life , much more than the make - up designed by jack pierce . the overall image provided batman - cartoonist bob kane with the model for his best - known villain , the joker .
most of the first reel of a two - reel comedy starring the king of the cowboys , tom mix , who also directed . the highest - paid western star of the 1920s , tom mix was a genuine rodeo champion who got his start in movies as a cattle wrangler .
hanson’s performance as lige is equal in every way to lillian gish’s as letty . lige is an unrefined western guy with a heart as big as a house . a real diamond in the rough . his acting is excellent throughout the start of the film but his character really comes into his own with the wedding night scene . when the scene opens , he is a slaphappy bridegroom just dying to please his new wife . her scornful rejection is like a splash of ice water . he matures before our eyes , realizing that he has been used , that his lovely bride can’t stand him . hanson plays this part of the scene almost entirely with his eyes . his subtlety is very effective .
the following is taken from a review by stephen d . smith that appeared in the first issue of monsterzine ( fall 2000 ) , an online magazine of the horror movie genre :
the rest of the supporting cast is uniformally good . montagu love is , as usual , an excellent bad guy . william orlamond is folksy and charming as the lovable lout sourdough .
the man who laughs is a melodrama focusing on one young man , the tragic gwynplaine , a boy forced to watch the execution of his father , a 17th century scottish nobleman ( also portrayed by veidt ) who has rebelled against the tyrannical king james ii . to avoid more unrest , the king spares the life of the tortured boy , but not before ordering that his face be carved into a permanent smile . in this wounded state , young gwynplaine is placed in the charge of a band of gypsies who are to take him to exile in france . the motley group abandon him during a severe snowstorm in the french countryside… .
roddy tells letty that she has to leave with him . he loves her . the cyclone passes and the unflappable lige announces that the party is back on . roddy asks letty to think it over . he will be in town until the next day .
so , while the happier ending is not ideal , to me it is much more satisfying than the original , tragic ending .
, the story is based on the legend of a girl who sacrifices her life to save her father’s reputation as an artisan .
, talmadge’s popularity was on the wane and her marriage was in trouble . she had begun an affair with mexican heartthrob gilbert roland on the set of camille ( 1927 ) . schenck knew about the romance—talmadge had asked for a divorce—but realized that the two were a great box office team and paired them as costars three more times . in spite of excellent production values and the heat between the stars , the variety critic wrote that camille “lacks punch . ”
often imitated yet never equaled , charles spencer chaplin remains the most recognized of all the silent movie stars , thanks to the iconic character he created — “the tramp . ” a key factor in his films is their poignant blend of laughter and sorrow ; reflections , perhaps , of the joys and hardships of this unique filmmaker’s own life .
( 1930 ) . although mayer and thalberg respected gish , they were not sorry to see her go . their experience with her was one of the catalysts that propelled them to cultivate their own stars from the studio’s ranks , ensuring total control over their careers . it was the beginning of the star system , which lasted into the 1950s .
( 1921 ) , turned out to be her last . she had planned to make a film or two each year , but after marrying louisiana plantation owner and aviation entrepreneur harry palmerston williams , she never performed again . “there comes a point when you can go no further and even if you have gone a long way life is empty without love . but there are no limits to happiness when you are married to the man you love . ”
disney was an expert storyteller and instinctively knew the shorts would be more successful if oswald was more than a bystander . instead , the humor arose from situations created for oswald’s world and his reactions to them . the quality of the animation was also superior to the work of other studios , mostly because of iwerks’s technical expertise and his skill at drawing perspective .
lige sits outside and broods . letty cries but soon her fear of the wind overwhelms her despair . it continues to blow through the night .
he leaves her alone in the bedroom . letty’s nerves begin to crumble . she tries to block the keyhole . she panics , pacing the room . her pacing is mirrored by lige , who is confused and frustrated .
illian gish plays an innocent girl thrust into the harsh elements of the american west . the unceasing wind batters the landscape and begins to unravel her sanity . beautiful direction from victor seastrom and intense acting from both gish and lars hanson . silent cinema at its finest . for goodness sake , see it !
at the time , new york city was still the capital of animation , home to the studios that produced popular animation like the felix the cat and krazy kat series . undeterred , disney opted for california , as his brother roy was already there convalescing from a bout of tuberculosis . in mid - 1923 , with a reported $ 40 in his pocket , disney left for hollywood .
merchandise tie - ins , of course , were lucrative only to copyright holders . by early 1928 , with oswald on a roll , disney felt confident enough to travel to new york to request an increase from $ 2 , 250 to $ 2 , 500 per short . before he left , iwerks alerted him that mintz was signing disney’s animators to new contracts , replacing disney as their boss . disney didn’t believe it until he arrived in new york , where mintz offered $ 500 less per short , plus 50 percent of any profits . mintz offered disney , who thought of himself as oswald’s owner , a contract to join mintz’s firm as an employee . disney learned that universal controlled the copyright to oswald and all profits from the character , regardless of who made the films . feeling betrayed , disney turned down mintz’s offer and vowed never again to relinquish control of any of his studio’s creations . before leaving new york , disney wired his brother roy to sign iwerks , his best animator—and one of the few who refused to sign with mintz—to an exclusive contract .
if the style be overcharged and overshining with bright sharp strokes and points , these are no fireworks of any mechanic ' s fashion : these are the phosphoric flashes of the sea - fire running on the depth of the limitless and living sea . enough , that the book is great and heroic , tender and strong ; full from end to end of divine and passionate love , of holy and ardent pity for men that suffer wrong at the hands of men ; full , not less , of lyric loveliness and lyric force ; and i for one am content to be simply glad and grateful : content in that simplicity of spirit to accept it as one more benefit at the hands of the supreme singer now living among us the beautiful and lofty life of one loving the race of men he serves , and of them in all time to be beloved .
letty is growing steadily more unnerved by the wind . lige doesn’t help matters by telling her that the wind storm they are experiencing is nothing compared to a “norther” , which panics the mustangs and can tear a man limb from limb .
if disney hadn’t lost oswald to mintz and universal , there might not have been a mickey mouse . from then on , disney fiercely protected his copyrights , affecting copyright laws of the u . s . and the world to this day . mickey and other disney characters would have long since passed into the public domain if not for the intense lobbying for copyright extensions by the walt disney company .
twenty years later , gwynplaine is known as
the man who laughs ,
a popular clown . though the jeers of the crowd pierce his heart , his popularity brings prosperity . he is in love with dea , the blind sideshow performer , and she with him . while touring in england , gwynplaine is discovered by the nobility and restored to his proper position , but this is no typical cinderella story . as in most of hugo’s work , the hero seldom wins .
charlie’s first impromptu bits of business in a sketch called “the football match” earned him a year’s contract . two years later , still with karno , he came to america , starring in “a night in an english music hall . ” the tour went west , opening in san francisco on june 4 , 1911 , at the empress theater on market street . the company returned to the bay area four times over the next two years , and each time chaplin’s billing in newspaper ads became more prominent , until it was on a par with the company name .
aressted for killing a police officer beating him over the head with a leadpipe .
barriers of the law ( dir . j . p . mcgowan , 1925 )
the crime of doctor crespi ( dir . john h . auer , 1935 )
the line - up at police headquarters ( dir . frank beal , 1914 )
the lone star ranger ( dir . a . f . erikson , 1930 )
sherlock holmes and the secret weapon ( dir . roy william neill , 1942 )
sherlock holmes and the voice of terror ( dir . john rawlins , 1942 )
song of the open road ( dir . s . sylvan simon , 1944 )
tess of the storm country ( dir . edwin s . porter , 1914 )
done with this title in the near future , it will disintegrate into nothing .
, clark spoke of being a practical woman , glad for the high paying work in the movies , but preferring the theater . “i am working simply and solely to earn my bread and butter , and my ambition is to find a good play… i shall remain in the pictures until i find one . you see how matter of fact i am . i confess that i really much prefer the stage to the pictures … after all , one loves to be able to talk . ”
but there were many ups and downs to follow . douglas fairbanks , whom chaplin called “my only real friend” in hollywood , died in 1939 . a third marriage , to actress paulette goddard , failed in 1942 . in 1943 , chaplin married oona o’neill , daughter of playwright eugene o’neill , and geraldine , the first of their eight children , was born in 1944 . while he was on a vacation to europe in 1952 , chaplin’s re - entry permit was revoked by the united states attorney general , who believed chaplin’s liberal politics made him “an unsavory character . ” after his last american - made film ,
after boddy’s murder , the suspects returned to their homes in arlington , massachusetts . eventually , her mother ran for election as the massachusetts senate and won . during this time , many guests have come to arlington to visit the senator and other citizens of the town , but have met their fates as a result [ 2 ] .
but perhaps no death in these years was as a great a loss for the aesthetics of the cinema as that of german - born director paul leni . leni died in 1929 . his vision was one of the most terrifying and influential in the cinema in his day , and yet now , it is almost a forgotten one .
“the thing that makes talmadge a star is the look in her eyes , ” mgm studio head and star - maker louis b . mayer once said of actress norma talmadge . one of the most popular stars of the silents , her career ended after two poorly received talkies , and she is nearly forgotten today . if talmadge is remembered at all , it is because of two iconic films of the 1950s . both feature characters based on erroneous impressions of talmadge : lina lamont , the silent screen star in
the bells of st . mary ' s ( dir . leo mccarey , 1945 )
the bridge of san luis rey ( dir . rowland v . lee , 1944 )
the enforcer ( dir . bretaigne windust , raoul walsh ( uncredited ) , 1951 )
legong : dance of the virgins ( dir . henri de la falaise , 1935 )
the man i killed [ broken lullaby ] ( dir . ernst lubitsch , 1932 )
the moon ' s our home ( dir . william a . seiter . 1936 )
the mysterious dr . fu manchu ( dir . rowland v . lee , 1929 )
the royal family of broadway ( dir . cyril gardner and george cukor , 1930 )
smash up - the story of a woman ( dir . stuart heisler , 1948 )
los tallos amargos [ the bitter stems ] ( dir . fernando ayala , 1956 )
why we fight : the battle of russia ( dir . frank capra , 1943 )
the mighty manner of victor hugo has given to this ghastly matter something even of a horrible charm—a shocking splendor of effect . the rhythmic horror of the thing penetrates us not with loathing , but with a tragic awe and terror as at… an actual caprice of the night’s , a portion of the tempest of things . so it is always ; handle what he may , the touch of a great poet will leave upon it a spell to consume and transmute whatever a weaker touch would leave in it of repulsion .
letty accepts an apple from the oily roddy . no symbolism here , no sir !
once , recalling the death of his mother during its making , although she actually died eight months after its release . her death , in fact , brought closure to the previous two years’ traumatic events , perhaps the worst time of his life since childhood .
in contrast to the urbane roddy , lige and sourdough are positively primitive . they tussel like kids over who gets to sit by letty in the wagon and finally decide it with a shooting contest . a smirking roddy watches letty begin the last leg of her journey .
but chaplin’s stage success paled in comparison to his movie career . he began in films at the keystone company in january 1914 for $ 150 a week , ten times his karno salary . a year later he signed with the essanay film company for $ 1 , 250 a week , plus a $ 10 , 000 signing bonus . in 1916 , he went to mutual for $ 10 , 000 per week and a $ 150 , 000 bonus . and in 1917 , he agreed to produce eight two - reelers at first national for $ 1 , 000 , 000 with a $ 75 , 000 bonus , the next logical step came in 1919 when he formed united artists with mary pickford , douglas fairbanks , and d . w . griffith , a move that gave them complete control over the production , releasing , and distribution of their films .
uncertainty , poverty , and madness were the perils of chaplin’s childhood . born in london on april 16 , 1889 , chaplin was the second of three sons by three different fathers born to music hall singer hannah hill chaplin . his father , charles chaplin sr . , also a music hall performer , left the family for a tour of america the following year . the separation ended the marriage . hannah’s youngest son , wheeler dryden ( whose father leo was also a singer ) , was born in 1892 . six months later the infant was whisked away by his father , a separation that would last until charlie was an adult .
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morgan ' s raiders , 1918 ; the girl from nowhere , 1919 ( uncredited ) .
poisoned paradise : the forbidden story of monte carlo ( dir . louis gasnier , 1924 )
the return of dr . fu manchu ( dir . rowland v . lee , 1930 )
, which he made four years later and which stars olga baclanova as the female lead… .
roddy recovers and is soon trying to convince letty to leave with him . he tells her the wind is driving her mad , he can take her home to virginia . lige comes in and letty throws her arms around him . he is cold , as usual . he tells roddy that the men are rounding up the horses driven from the mountains by the nother , every man is needed . roddy agrees to help and goes to saddle his horse .
preservation is very expensive . mr . stenn reports that the average cost to preserve a silent
on that subject , the wind has been criticized for overdoing the weather . too much sand , too much wind , too much everything . how are people supposed to live in that ?
as for oswald , he had a life after disney . eclipsed by mickey’s fame , he faded from films in 1938 , appearing one last time in 1943 . he lasted longer in print , gracing the comic pages through the 1960s in the u . s . , and later in mexico and italy . in 2004 and 2005 , the original oswald became a pop culture hit in japan , spawning a craze . finally , in 2006 , the walt disney company reacquired oswald as part of an assets exchange with universal . after almost 70 years , oswald was finally home at disney , taking his place alongside mickey and the rest of the iconic disney characters .
magazine : “i suppose every girl who plays in amateur theatricals dreams of the night when the all - omnipotent manager from the great city will be a guest at the important function … one evening the dream came true , and when i was acting in a little charity affair , i heard it whispered that milton aborn had seen and had approved of my performance . and with mr . aborn i made my first real stage appearance one night in baltimore , maryland . ”
cora is a tough frontierwoman and she sees a threat to her family life . let’s face it , what woman would be comfortable in her position ? so , while her methods in dealing with letty are harsh , cora is not an evil person . she is , in her mind at least , defending hearth and home from a sly interloper . dorothy cumming portrays this assertive character as a human being with feelings . it was ( and still is , actually ) all too common for anyone who opposed the protagonist in a film to be portrayed as a soulless villain . cora never falls into this category .
lantern slide rose of the golden west ( 1927 ) , bess meredyth ( w ) . cpldg
waller , tom . “bess meredyth . ” the moving picture world 2 july 1927 : 15 .
anders als die andern [ different from the others ] ( dir . richard oswald , 1919 )
the sid saga : parts i - iii ( dir . sid laverents , 1985 - 1989 )
born october 14 , 1896 ( some sources say 1893 ) , gish began her stage career at age five . lillian , her sister dorothy and their actress mother mary toured the country with various theatrical productions . in 1912 , their friend mary pickford introduced the family to director d . w . griffith . griffith took an immediate liking to the gish sisters and put them in his films , giving them increasingly larger parts . in 1915 , lillian played the lead in the groundbreaking and controversial
the following is taken from a contemporary review of victor hugo’s novel , l’homme qui rit , by critic and poet algernon charles swinburne . the review appeared in appletons’ journal , july 31 , 1869 .
the alice series was popular with critics and audiences alike , but by 1927 the novelty of a live - action girl in a cartoon world had worn off . smartly , disney shifted focus from alice to the cartoon characters , notably her sidekick julius the cat . concurrently , winkler’s new husband charles mintz had taken over her business , and universal pictures tapped him to get them back in the animation business . universal , feeling there were already enough cartoon cats , suggested a series starring a rabbit .
the third performer who deserves special recognition is dorothy cumming as cora . the character could have been just a villainess but that never happens . cora’s motivations are always understandable and believable . letty irons the ruffles of her skirt and plays with the kids while cora has to butcher a steer for supper . letty dances and flirts at the party while cora wears and apron helps take care of the town’s children . beverly hugs and kisses his pretty cousin . they may be related but not closely enough to suit cora . cora’s own children flock to letty . cora feels frozen out of her own home .
robert frost : a lover ' s quarrel with the world ( dir . shirley clarke , 1964 )
the very fact that the wind can inspire criticism and comment after so many years is a testament to its power . it is a breathtaking piece of art and truly one of this country’s cinematic treasures .
( 1915 ) , which starred gish , and it had been a huge hit , making him a wealthy man and setting him on the path to becoming one of the most powerful men in hollywood .
it is fascinating to see just how much more sympathy director paul leni holds for the circus world / characters than the world of the royal court , whose members are made up and costumed to look either utterly ludicrous or insane . this theme of insanity within royal blood ( incest , inbreeding , rape ) is quite common in the historical genre . as examples , look no further than sam jaffe’s dumbfounded expressions in