female vampire is a 1975 french-belgian film directed , written and co-edited by jesús franco .

it was made in 1973 , but was only distributed two years later .

the film is set in europe and stars actress lina romay as irina von karlstein , a vampire who has sex with both male and female victims .

in an unusual variation of the vampire myth , karlstein performs oral sex on her victims until they die , draining them of their sexual fluids .

three versions of the film were shot --- straight horror , horror mixed with sex and the hardcore pornography version .

franco 's original title for the film was the bare breasted countess , but it was released under many different titles over the years .

the film was shown as the bare breasted countess at the 2009 fantastic fest in the united states .

the title was later changed to female vampire for its dvd release .

female vampire

lesbian vampire : clara crofton predates even carmilla as a female vampire who prefers female victims .
listen to ‘female vampire’ below and look for blood bitch september 30 via sacred bones .
if dawnguard is installed , vampires wear either vampire armor or vampire robes along with a pair of vampire boots .
kill the vampire : do menial work for sybille stentor by assaulting a vampire lair .
after coming across this title while scouring the web for vampire pictures i was intrigued by the atmospheric shots of the young female vampire in the forest ( being more into . . .
this unidentified female vampire was present at north hollywood billiards when angelus showed up the beast ' end . she offers a blood drink to angelus for congratulations .
promotional poster for the 1931 film version of dracula depicting dracula’s numerous female victims ensnared in a web .
an erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood .
along with the record announcement , hval also shared a new single called “female vampire . ” you can listen to that below , plus check out album art and upcoming tour dates .
one other possible contender could be his female vampire ( 1973 ) , but with a title like this , how could i not include vampyros lesbos ? and whereas the female vampire stars lina romay , this entry features franco’s stunningly beautiful , but ultimately tragic muse soledad miranda , who passed away far too young in a car accident not too long after the film was finished .
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victorian literature tends to present the vampire myth as a sexual allegory in which english female virtue is menaced by foreign predators . for example sheridan le fanu’s short story ‘carmilla’ ( 1872 ) places the virtuous english girl laura at the mercy of the predatory east european vampire of the title .
preemptive strike : destroy the vampire before it turns its allies . ( radiant )
hide and seek : kill a vampire masquerading as a citizen . ( radiant )
a lot of care was taken in finding suitably attractive female leads in other lesbian vampire productions , but they often fell flat when it came to casting their male counterparts . not so here , where fine actors like peter cushing , ferdy mayne , douglas wilmer , jon finch and john forbes - robertson complement the glamour on hand from the female stars .
remember that poll that would decide the next brand new character in the tekken franchise ? well it looks like we have a winner - - the female vampire . right behind her were the
female tekken force
character , and shin kamiya , followed by the zombie bride ( the latter of which could have had a really cool fighting style ) . the female vampire will being production shortly , and eventually , she ' ll end up in the free - to - play tekken revolution . i ' m eager to see how she plays , so expect some sort of impressions near her release .
protecting the bloodline : destroy a vampire before it turns its allies . ( radiant )
was one of the original vampire penny dreadfuls ( c . 1845 - 47 ) .
the good news is that almost all vampire romances follow the same template . enter a few keywords and we ' ll automatically generate a synopsis for your vampire film or novel .
varney is also the first example of the
sympathetic vampire ,
a vampire who hates his night job but is a slave to it nevertheless — a theme which has become popular in modern vampire fiction . varney ' s conflict eventually leads him to drastic action .
and lest we forget : without the vampire lovers we also would never have had steve coogan’s lesbian vampire lovers of lust from his dr . terrible ' s house of horrible series .
blood bitch track list : 1 . “ritual awakening” 2 . “female vampire” 3 . “in the red” 4 . “conceptual romance” 5 . “untamed region” 6 . “the great undressing” 7 . “period piece” 8 . “the plague” 9 . “secret touch” 10 . “lorna”
while most vampires encountered will have the tell - tale signs of vampirism , such as black and red eyes , some have no outward displays of vampirism and can only be discovered with use of detect dead - or through lack of aura from detect life ( like sybille stentor and alva , for example ) . all generic vampires are female ; only boss - level vampires are male . the only exception to this is the vampire that appears in the
vampire trick
world interaction : this vampire uses the same data as the generic vampires below , but is always male instead of female .
female vampire is essentially a product of its time , 1970’s smut disguised with a horror backdrop , if you’re looking for blood and gore then this is not that film . overall , it’s pretty much an unexciting watch and aimed at an acquired taste .
having announced that a new record , blood bitch , will be released in september - - the follow up to 2015 ' s excellent apocalypse , girl - - norwegian artist and musician jenny hval has now revealed the video for first single female vampire .
a jarl ' s justice : kill a vampire masquerading as a visiting advisor . ( radiant )
the male vampire that appears during the
vampire trick
world interaction carries a leveled dagger ( steel , orcish , dwarven . or elven ) and may also carry some gold and a random scroll .
popular penny - dreadful varney the vampyre develops the vampire figure as sexually predatory and perverted , estimated 1854 .
this version seemed more sex focused , incorporating long , drawn out repetitive scenes with un - erotic , sleazy music played over the top of them that it felt tedious to watch . franco focuses the camera frequently on the female body and graphically female genitalia , this could either be argued as being exploitative or appreciative but it does have a grimy essence about it .
vampire lesbians , is there any creature more seductive , hypnotic or seductively sinful ? jesus christ himself had to come back in the 2001 film jesus christ vampire hunter to protect canadian lesbians from the most provocative of predators .
vampires usually make their lairs in caves and other dark places , and may also be found gathered around ritual sites in the wilderness . they are often accompanied by mortals called vampire ' s thralls . vampires usually attack on sight , even if you are also a vampire . if struck by a vampire ' s vampiric drain spell , you can be infected with sanguinare vampiris , which , if not cured within three days , will transform you into a vampire .
skepticism failure : chillingworth plays this role , both with regard to the vampire and the literal interpretation of the bible .
what does eternity feel like ? how do you ' live ' when there is no death ?
jenny asks in a statement accompanying the video release .
usually , the vampire is depicted as a lonesome , all - knowing and ancient creature combining violence , aggressive sexuality and deceitful youth . the pack behind the video for female vampire wanted to explore vampiric eternity in a different narrative : in a group of romancing friends .
french director jean rollin practically made an entire career out of the lesbian vampire sub - genre . with titles such as rape of the vampire ( 1969 ) , the naked vampire ( 1970 ) , the shiver of the vampires ( 1971 ) or lips of blood ( 1975 ) he managed to transform a one - track obsession into a lucrative cinematic career .
the story focuses on a vampire named orlando and is influenced by images of ’70s horror and exploitation films , as well as the goth pop and metal music . those qualities all burst on ‘female vampire’ – hval’s ghostly voice glides over a minimalist pulse of percussion , horns and glassy drones , both mesmerizing and fraught with tension . the album was co - produced with noise musician lasse marhaug who also collaborated with hval on the brilliant apocalypse , girl .
this little self - published gem is essentially vampire - nuanced adventure fantasy . darkly lyrical and deeply philosophical , it’s like r . a . salvatore’s drizzt do’urden saga—with teeth . i loved how bailey reimagined the vampire mythos in a classic adventure fantasy setting .
, while females become increasingly silent as they age . perhaps one should be grateful to anyone who allows a female character to have some glimmer of an inner life , let alone exist beyond the age of 30 .
while touring her previous album , the mesmerizing apocalypse , girl , hval discovered the obsessive , jazz - inspired world of iconic and prolific cult filmmaker jess franco and , taking its thematic cues and title from one of franco’s most famous films , “female vampire” was born , the perfect single for what is in essence a concept album about menstruation .
jenny hval has announced her new album blood bitch with the release of its haunting first single ‘female vampire’ . hval describes blood bitch as a concept album inspired by blood and menstruation or “the white and red toilet roll chain which ties together the virgins , the whores , the mothers , the witches , the dreamers , and the lovers . ”
arethusa ( 2002 ) ‘”existential scoobies” , all things philosophical about buffy the vampire slayer’ , urltoken accessed 17 / 11 / 02 .
i wrote something about it : what does eternity feel like ? how do you ‘live’ when there is no death ? usually , the vampire is depicted as a lonesome , all - knowing and ancient creature combining violence , aggressive sexuality and deceitful youth . the pack behind the video for ‘female vampire’ wanted to explore vampiric eternity in a different narrative : in a group of romancing friends . the vampire friends move through their hometown of oslo , partaking in public and private rituals of moving together . we also wanted to combine ideas from old vampire trash movies and modern trashy iphone videos , resulting in an enigmatic world of time - lapse like slow motion where everything is always moving , or moving on . not there , or not there yet .
though she is ultimately after psychiatrist dr jeffrey garth ( otto kruger ) , she also approaches two possible female victims . that lesbian angle , not unsurprising for the time this was filmed in , is only ever so subtle , but clear enough to warrant an inclusion in this list . dracula’s daughter may be the first lesbian vampire on film , but she is also more importantly the first neurotic vampire as she seeks a psychological cure for what she considers a compulsive obsession for human blood .
if dracula’s daughter was the first cinematic lesbian vampire , blood and roses deserves the accolade for being the first truly sexual vampire movie . this is also the first time that sheridan le fanu’s novel carmilla was transferred to the silver screen , though in a modernised adaptation . from then on the name carmilla karnstein ( or any of its variations such mircalla or marcilla ) should soon become synonymous with female vampires in the same way that dracula is still the prototype for all male blood suckers .
selecting a film alternatively titled ‘the bare breasted countess’ with very little prior knowledge of its overall content was a shot in the dark ! while being aware of the work of jess franco it’s not something wholly familiar to me . that said , it’s always good to expand on your horror tastes and go for something different to the usual , female vampire certainly was that !
i do not drink wine : the fact that varney doesn ' t drink wine provides a clue early on that he is a vampire .
in the madeira island , the mute countess irina karlstein is the last descendant of the evil karlstein vampire family . she lives with her also mute servant and seems to be nymphomaniac , seeking for sex most of the time without satisfaction . irina likes oral sex with men and women to suck off not only semen , but apparently also blood , killing her male and female lovers .
trope makers : it introduced most of the modern vampire concepts like hypnotic ability , super strength , puncture wounds from fang bites , and going crazy if a long time passes without feeding . also , the concept of a reluctant vampire . stoker was inspired quite a bit by it .
indeed , hval uses the oft - underdeveloped character of the female vampire to explore desire , specifically how we can forget ourselves—oftentimes willingly—amid its pull . she slips towards a darker side with a declaration : “i’m so tired of subjectivity , i must justify my presence by losing it . ” and so she goes , letting a throbbing beat lead her into an unlit electronic expanse that seems endless , but not pitch black .
hammer’s the vampire lovers is an absolutely outstanding production on every level , featuring a pleasantly straightforward storyline that never descends to the forced plot - twists plaguing other entries in the sub - genre . aside from expert direction and cinematography , vampire lovers boasts the best assortment of actors ever to be found in these movies .
in the madeira island , the mute countess irina karlstein is the last descendant of the evil karlstein vampire family . she lives with her also mute servant and seems to be nymphomaniac , seeking for sex most of the time without satisfaction . irina likes oral sex with men and women to suck off not only semen , but apparently also blood , killing her male and female lovers . written by claudio carvalho , rio de janeiro , brazil
this brilliantly understated novel—self - published by nicolai in 2010—is a blend of vampire fiction , noir mystery , and deep existential speculation . revolving around a centuries - old vampire living in central california who becomes entangled in a mystery involving one of his victims , this novel will resonate with readers long after the reading experience is finished .
released in 1975 , the film was a belgian - french production that starred franco’s wife lina romay in the title role . romay plays the countess irina von karlstein who instead of encompassing a thirst for blood , craves sex from both male and female victims in order to remain immortal .
the first novel in pelegrimas’s skinners saga , this novel was marketed as paranormal fantasy and while it certainly is that , it is also an epic reimagining of vampires and various other monstrosities . vampire fiction fans may never have even heard of this series before but at its heart , skinners is nothing short of revolutionary vampire - powered horror .
saphic sanguinarians started staking their claim in joseph sheridan le fanu ' s novella carmilla ( 1872 ) . from gloria holden’s magnetic eyes in dracula ' s daughter ( 1936 ) through ingrid pitt’s sultry invitation in the vampire lovers ( 1970 ) to the revivalist lesbian vampire killers , the irresistible sirens have held an almost fetishistic fascination over moviegoers .
the vampire friends move through their hometown of oslo , partaking in public and private rituals of moving together . we also wanted to combine ideas from old vampire trash movies and modern trashy iphone videos , resulting in an enigmatic world of time - lapse like slow motion where everything is always moving , or moving on . not there , or not there yet .
phantasy spelling :
vampire
is sometimes spelled
vampyre .
justified , as the word was a neologism to english at the time , and had no established spelling or pronunciation .
masquerade the philosopher ( 2002 ) , ‘kinds of evil in the buffyverse . all things philosophical on buffy the vampire slayer and angel the series’ . urltoken accessed 10 / 11 / 02 .
, male characters have complex personalities as a matter of course ; female characters , meanwhile , are occasionally permitted to be strong , hence anomalous . the more nuance we see , the better . even so , i’m tired of the veneration of men who fetishise real womanhood just as much as others fetishise the plastic variety .
hello perverts . welcome back . well since you’re here , i suppose that means you’re here to read a review about some top notch french exploitation film from the 1970’s , right ? well i’ve ever been one to want to disappoint my readers , so let’s dive into the plot . “female vampire” ( sometimes called the bare - breasted countess in europe ) was a 1973 french erotic / horror film written and directed by jesus franco . it is the story of countess irna karlstein , a royal descendent of one of the oldest families in eastern europe . the countess is a mute and the last surviving heir of her bloodline . her family has a long history of terror and bloodlust , but the countess does not lust after blood , she lusts after people . the same way a vampire needs human blood in order to survive , countess karlstein needs sex in order to keep on living . this film is the cream of the cop in regards to sleazy 70’s exploitation . it has everything : eroticism , sexual tension and build - up , sexy vampires , and of course that classic 70’s bush . however , this film isn’t without its faults . in fact , here are 5 problems i had with the film “female vampire” .
this and its sequel , bride of the fat white vampire , are simply hilarious reads . featuring a 500 - pound , bloodsucking taxi driver named jules duchon , this story—set in new orleans—is as entertaining as it is audacious . the tagline for fat white vampire blues says it all : “he’s undead , overweight , and can’t get a date . ” you will never read anything quite like these novels…
all the same , i can’t help feeling this isn’t enough . we all know the joke about the male feminist who walks into a bar because it’s set so low . it’s all too easy to be “good at doing women” when all it takes is granting female characters the same desires and contradictions we’d grant to any other human being .
in the marvel universe , dracula ' s predecessor as lord of the vampires was an ancient atlantean vampire named varnae , in a tip of the hat to the story of varney predating that of dracula .
the transformative nature of vampirism , and the autonomy that comes with it , is crucial . dracula had his captive brides , but usually , the lady vampire is an active , independent figure in her narrative ; she holds the frame with that force of will . vampirism in film is largely its own occupation—cinematic vampires are consumed with the hunt for blood , the search for love , or the nature of immortality itself . a female vampire is , by default , a career woman . she might not always be elite ( as with the blue - collar vampires of near dark ) , but vampirism provides her both goals and resources—a powerfully feminist combination . it also suggests freedom from prescribed sexual and social mores , a narrative pulp culture has never hesitated to explore .
the lustful - vampire sisterhood quickly became one of horror’s most popular low - budget tropes . it got a particularly explicit narrative in 1974’s vampyres , which is more concerned with the sex life of its lesbian couple than any vampire lore . but even that movie claims as its most uncanny moment a post - coital male victim awakening to find seductress fran ( marianne morris ) watching him with unblinking eyes , an inversion of the usual sexual gaze—both his and the camera’s . and in tony scott’s the hunger , one of cinema’s most stylish takes on the female vampire , miriam ( catherine deneuve ) sets aside david bowie himself in favor of the more modern dr . sarah ( susan sarandon ) —who decides she wants nothing to do with the lifestyle to which miriam’s consigned her . though scott’s original ending left it ambiguous whether anyone survived , mgm insisted on an epilogue that showed sarah making the most of the luxe afterlife , with miriam a half - living specter of her past .
do not let jenny hval ’s high , sweet , otherworldly coo fool you—she is out for blood . the experimental norwegian artist and writer’s last two ( brilliant ) albums , 2015’s apocalypse , girl . and 2013 ' s innocence is kinky , were rife with bold subversions on gender , religion , and sexuality . now she’s turned her attention toward something that on the surface sounds almost comical : a time - traveling vampire , whose scenes are set among horror and exploitation films of the 1970s . but on “female vampire , ” the first single from the forthcoming blood bitch * * , hval proves what many of her growing cult of fans know to be true : she’s “complex and intellectual , ” so if she ' s fascinated with vampires , it ' s certainly no gimmick .
our vampires are different : the rules of vampirism are quite different both from legend and modern vampire fiction . in particular , the idea that vampires can be healed by moonlight is almost never used in later works .
charles busch lightly spoofed them in the downtown stage play vampire lesbians of sodom . jesús franco exploited them in the 1971 west german - spanish horror film vampyros lesbos , starring soledad miranda as the countess nadine carody .
the vampire has always been a contradictory figure : on the one hand a repellent blood - sucking creature crawling from the grave , and , on the other , a strangely alluring representation of nocturnal glamour and potent sexuality . the very concept of vampirism horrifies and fascinates in seemingly equal measure , and much of this perverse duality stems from the most famous vampire novel of them all – bram stoker’s dracula , first published in 1897 .
amirpour’s vampire is not tormented by the agony of living for ever . she knows what she wants and is not unduly troubled by the existential crisis of immortality ; neither is she the heroic underdog of let the right one in ( 2008 ) . this vampire victimises and bullies a small child for his skateboard , terrifyingly hissing in his ear : “to the end of your life , i’ll watch you …” it’s a film with bite .
female vampire is pure sleaziness and while there is an audience for it as with any film , it held very little appeal . despite garnering a cult status , other than hardcore franco fans or film - goers with an appreciation for this sub - genre , it’s unclear if this film has a place with modern audiences due to its slow pace , monotonous scenes of dialogue and overall tone of dullness . romay is quite mesmerizing in certain shots , oozing an ethereal presence but it’s so thinly plotted that even a somewhat interesting performance isn’t enough to save it from mainly being a boring porno .
i described the first book in melton’s nightfall syndicate thusly : “imagine bram stoker writing a crime fiction epic , or mario puzo penning a vampire - powered thriller . blood vice is a perfect graft of noir fiction and paranormal fantasy…”
feminism has become so powerfully entwined with the pop - culture image of the woman vampire that it’s possible to remove the signifiers of vampirism and maintain a perfectly recognizable vampire narrative . park chan - wook followed up thirst ( in which a female vampire is ruthless beyond death ) with the connecticut gothic masterpiece stoker . the pitch - black comedy centers on the uncanny , incestuous , uncomfortably - erotic exchange of power between young india ( played with exhausting alertness by mia wasikowska ) and her sociopathic uncle charlie ( matthew goode ) , who comes to town with a seductive fixation on india , just as the maternal figures in her life start mysteriously disappearing . india is initially seduced by his interest , but soon she discovers her real interest is in her own potential for destruction instead . ( even her primary sexual experience is masturbation—this is a young woman decisively realizing codependence doesn’t suit her . ) in her triumphant moment , she eclipses her male influencer , accepts her appetite for death , and learns at last to protect the women of the family—all without a fang in sight .
as ‘the very weirdest of weird tales’ – presents a series of contrasts and clashes between old traditions and new ideas . stoker uses the figure of the vampire as thinly - veiled shorthand for many of the fears that haunted the victorian
and we have our first uneasy moments as well , as our standard order of vampire lore and rule is disordered ; if a vampire , like spike , can be solicitous of his lover , then it means he still has some humanity within . while we may shrug and say “nah , he’s evil” in a slayeresque dismissal , the impression stays with us , that , though supposedly soulless , there’s something soulful in this character ( boyette , 2001 , 7 ) .
she plays the otherwordly figure who lures ewa strömberg’s character away from her mundane existence in a series of ever more surreal ( bit of a trend here ) sequences . looks like i am quite comfortably in touch with my inner female , but am i the only one who feels that franco is a better costume designer than film maker ? some of the fetishistic clothes on display alone warrant at least a cursory viewing .
with the anniversary of bram stoker’s death coming up in a few days ( he died april 20 , 1912 ) , i thought it would be fitting to shine the light on some of the most under - appreciated vampire novels of all time .
the vampire is a complicated creature : caught between life and death , at once alluring and horrifying . greg buzwell considers the way the novel reflects the fears that haunted late 19th - century society – fears of immigration , sexual promiscuity and moral degeneration .
harry kumel’s daughters of darkness has the honour of being belgium’s first – if not only – true horror film . the country not known for producing anything else , ahem , stella other than beer has come up with a truly outstanding entry . daughters is loosely based on the bathory saga , and features delphine seyrig as the immortal countess travelling with a beautiful female companion ( andrea rau ) to a deserted off - season hotel in ostend .
the image of the cinematic vampire femme fatale is so ubiquitous , it’s strange to think that dracula’s daughter , its earliest iteration , was the only one of its kind for a generation . it becomes markedly less strange , though , when these characters are seen as dots on a timeline , with a rise in cinematic vampire women paralleling changing social attitudes about feminism . what easier form is there for an ambitious woman than a monster , and what better way to subvert derogatory attitudes then by making them infinitely powerful and alluring ?
it’s noteworthy , then , that a girl walks home alone at night was also released in 2014 . its nameless vampire girl ( sheila vand ) is stranded in iran’s mythical bad city , a positively misandrist edge - of - the - wilderness town ringed by a ditch of men’s corpses . within its cultural context , the girl stalking the night and eliminating men who threaten women is such a feminist character that she doesn’t even need a name . her very presence is vengeance against violent men ( mistreating a woman—or suggesting the intent to—is a one - way ticket ) , and the vampire is just the form in which that social resentment has been most recognizably made flesh . women still can’t safely walking home alone at night . the vampire - girl signals her supernatural nature simply by her fearlessness .
one wonderful thing about hval ' s latter - day avant - pop music—her earliest work flirted with metal —is that she always brings a swirling openness to the sounds , even when they become heavy . her girl - mystic voice helps a bit with that , in that it automatically introduces a soft dynamic into something hard ; that ' s a big part of what makes “female vampire” so entrancing , but it ' s not all . the pulse of this thing—with its growing mob of drum beats , echoes , and various sound effects—will take you over , so perfectly mimicking the subconscious scene hval evocatively captures . at the very end , she whispers , “it hurts everywhere , ” but at least it hurts so good .
boyette , michele ( 2001 ) , ‘the comic anti - hero in buffy the vampire slayer , or silly villain : spike is for kicks’ . slayage , the online journal of buffy studies , 4 , december 2001 . urltoken ` accessed 10 / 11 / 02 .
coming in the midst of second - wave feminist discussions of sexual freedom as crucial to an independent life , women’s eagerness to keep carmilla’s company suggests a mirror to political lesbianism , the movement that emerged within the second movement in which activists were encouraged to disown men altogether , regardless of sexual orientation . all three of carmilla’s targets abandon men’s attentions in carmilla’s favor . in that light , the film hints at a campy undead female solidarity . ( the film beat the cult honeymoon - disaster tone - poem daughters of darkness to the post by a year : daughters also had the subtext of sisterhood at the expense of men , with vampire elizabeth bathory attempting to rescue a newlywed from the clutches of her abusive husband . )
utterly daft , a little sad , often erotic . i dare say you could complain about this film , but it is also one of the most influential and memorable vampire films of all time . ultimately this is an art film , with a beautiful setting , haunting music , classic moments like the little bat flapping its wings on the car , clever music cues highlighting the tragedy for the vampire of her victims dying . the casual nudity sometimes seems gratuitous , but oddly the sex scenes feel more like the director is making love to the actress . . .
when the dawnguard add - on is installed , in addition to several new vampires being added , changes to the physical appearance of vampires from the base game will be seen . most vampires will have glowing yellow eyes and distorted faces , with bat - like noses , a red line from nose to chin , and ridges above their eyes ( similar to dark elves ) . during the events of the dawnguard quests , vampires will attack some towns or cities . dawnguard also introduces the powerful vampire lords and the volkihar vampire clan as a fully fleshed out faction .
vampires may carry miscellaneous items , including lockpicks , potions , gems , jewelry , and books , and have a 50 % chance to carry a small amount of gold . on death , vampires drop vampire dust and have a 15 % chance to drop a leveled potion or poison .
on friday , a girl walks home alone at night , a semi - iranian film about a female vampire who predominantly attacks men who have exploited women , was released in the us . it’s quite clear that women’s rights are an extremely murky issue , still , in iran . it is not a country without protest or progress on the issue , and it is a place where women do vocally come forth and fight for agency . for that very reason , it’s hard , in watching a girl walks home alone at night , not to politicize its confluence of heavily loaded symbols . and it’s also hard not to see the film as a weak , if hypnotic , lynch - meets - jarmusch - meets - who - cares - meets - silverlake pastiche if you don’t .
last year , jenny hval released a new album called apocalypse , girl . she’s following it up this year with blood bitch . it’s out september 30 via sacred bones , and it features the below track , “female vampire . ” in a statement , hval called the album “an investigation of blood . ” she elaborated that the album is specifically about “the purest and most powerful , yet most trivial , and most terrifying blood : menstruation . the white and red toilet roll chain which ties together the virgins , the whores , the mothers , the witches , the dreamers , and the lovers . ” find the rest of her statement below along with the album ' s artwork . hval has also announced a series of tour dates ; she’s playing this year’s pitchfork music festival on july 16 .
although the new york times book review called it “among the genre’s few modern classics” and stephen king described it as “unputdownable , ” this landmark work seems to have flown under the radar for many vampire fiction fans . i hadn’t run across it until tor reissued it back in 2008—and i’m so thankful they did !
this remarkable debut novel from headley—which revisits cleopatra’s life ( and death ) as the roman empire was conquering egypt—is simultaneously a beautiful , glorious , and tragic love story ; a unique work of literary fiction that fuses historical events with egyptian and greek mythology ; and a dark fantasy that cleverly reimagines the vampire mythos .
i liked franco as a director and more importantly lina romay . this is probably one of francos better known efforts , however i find it drags in places as it has a dreamy and surreal quality to it . lina is great as always as the countess irina , but don ' t expect lots of blood and scares . there are two versions of this film on the bd , the
bloodsucking
version known as
erotikill
, and the more adult orientated most well known version of
female vampire
. both are ok but unfortunately the print used here is still pretty bad , i believe though its the best available at this time . for those who need to know , the version featuring the h / c inserts is not on this edition . advertised as region 1 , it will in fact play on uk players .
barcelona trio lewis and the strange magics will release their debut album , velvet skin , aug . 21 through soulseller records . the full - length follows last year’s impressive demo ( review here ) , which was among my favorite short releases of 2014 and tapped into that beatles ian sabbath ery while managing to at the same time remain distinct from uncle acid , who one could reasonably argue are the foremost practitioners of the form . all three tracks from the demo will appear on the upcoming record , but the new song “female vampire” is the first i’m hearing from velvet skin and it proves even more individualized than the prior offering , the three - piece dug in deep to a circa - 1967 vision of lysergics that , in the clip , meets with circa - 1975 horror , the song taking its name from the title of a film released that year .
resistance to the text is not simply about what has already occurred on the screen but about the likelihood of what might occur based on past experience of the text . fan emotional investment in the character , and in the story they had hoped they were getting about spike’s redemption and his hoped - for winning of buffy’s heart , is in conflict with aspects of the story that they are being told . ultimately , in the case of this fan’s comment , the conflict involves questioning of the overtly feminist , female empowerment stance of the text itself .
some would argue the case that a top 10 of best lesbian vampire movies could easily be filled entirely with jess franco films and others would say that the terms “best” and “franco” are mutually exclusive . still , at least one of the spanish director’s productions warrants a place in this list , and none more so than vampyros lesbos .
vampire ' s thralls are often encountered along with vampires , though they are not actually vampires themselves . all of the thralls are based off the data used for bandits ( one - handed melee fighters , two - handed melee fighters , archers , and mages ) , so they use many different combat styles and can vary greatly in terms of strength , level , equipment , and known spells . they have their own faction and are considered friends to vampires . note that with one exception , thralls can never be
freed
. killing all of the vampires in the area will not make their thralls become non - hostile . however , if you are a werewolf and you encounter a vampire and its thrall while you are in beast form , you can kill the vampire , change back to human form , then draw and sheathe your weapon as if you were surrendering . this will cause the surviving thrall to cease hostility . [ verification needed — is this true , or even notable ? ]
vampires also have an ability called
chill touch ,
which creates an ice hazard that deals 10 points of frost damage . all vampires of level 12 or higher have a leveled ability called
vampire touch
, which grants a constant fortify unarmed damage bonus . the
vampiric invisibility
spell allows vampires to become invisible for 20 seconds .
the bloodless vampire is more the exception than the rule , of course . the genre still eagerly returns to some common signifiers , even after the pulp taboo has lost its thrill : the enigmatic calmness , the subtle effects on the natural world , the gleaming blood , the supernaturally pale skin . ( there’s feminist subtext to be found in movies featuring vampires of color—hollywood has doled out n’bushe wright’s dr . karen jenson , whose vampiric limbo in blade rallies her to the cause , lucy liu’s vengeful sadie in the d - movie rise : blood hunter , and more recently the girl from a girl walks home alone at night —but largely , cinematic vampirism is still a white woman’s game . ) 2014’s only lovers left alive centers a quietly feminist vampire that embodies all these qualities : eve ( tilda swinton ) , a bohemian dilettante with the calm mien of long and unquestioned autonomy . even her thirst is easily satisfied with bagged blood , with hunting as a last - ditch option ; she’s a rare glimpse of the vampire with nothing left to rebel against .
perhaps , to analyse the story of buffy , the vampire slayer only in terms of the “onscreen text” may be , in terms of audience reception , a contraction of the buffyverse . spike fans are , more than “determined , active readers” of the buffyverse text , they ardently wrestle with it . joss whedon has talked of wanting interpretive passion from fans :
varney was an enormous influence on later vampire literature , such as dracula ( 1897 ) by bram stoker . many of today ' s standard vampire tropes originated with varney : varney has fangs , leaves two puncture wounds on the necks of his victims , has hypnotic powers , and has superhuman strength . unlike later fictional vampires , he is able to go about in daylight and has no particular fear or loathing of crosses or garlic . he can eat and drink in human fashion as a form of disguise , but he points out that human food and drink do not agree with him . his vampirism seems to be a fit that comes on him when his vital energy begins to run low ; he is a regular person between feedings .
the movie underperformed , and ended up being the last of universal’s initial run of classic - monster movies , but zaleska—longing to escape from patriarchal obligations—became the first onscreen vampire with a feminist agenda . appearing less than a generation after american suffrage , a mere eight years after full u . k . suffrage , and three years before countess zaleska could have voted in romania , that’s no small feat .
reportedly , neither scott nor sarandon approved of the ending , seeing it as too neat a finish for a story suffused with the visual entropy of addiction . but it was the beginning of a new era for the vampire femme fatale—one who sought to examine and understand her nature , and who often rejected her expected role , or asked the audience to reject their expectations . these were dracula’s granddaughters .
i’ve been reviewing science fiction , fantasy , and horror for almost 20 years now—and i’ve been reading the stuff obsessively since i was a kid—and during that time , i’ve discovered some jaw - droppingly good vampire novels . and the fascinating thing is that quite a few of my most memorable bloodsucking reads have been either self - published or released by a relatively small press—including more than half of the titles listed below .
co - produced with acumen noise producer lasse marhaug , blood bitch is in many respects a complete 180° from her last album , apocalypse , girl in subject matter , execution and production . it is hval’s most focused album , but the lens is filtered through a gaze which the viewer least expects . jenny hval has developed her distinct take on intimate sound since the release of her debut album in 2006 . for her last two solo albums , hval has received thoughtful and widespread international acclaim for her fascinating voice , singular delivery and markedly non - traditional arrangements which incorporate elements of poetry , prose writing , performance art , and film . she eloquently brings to light issues of both male and female gaze .
while the film ignores some of the classic vampire clichés ( no sign of fangs anywhere ) , it also playfully acknowledges the classic lore : as vampires are generally allergic to running water , a visit to a shower proves to have a tragic outcome . ( not a problem that the vampyres ladies seem to share . ) similar to the shining , the elegant , but empty hotel adds tremendous value to the painfully beautiful atmosphere .
i think doing good counts , even if all the motives aren’t clean . it still matters to the world . the powers that be may be dragging spike ( albeit kicking and screaming ) to his higher purpose through his love for buffy . what greater irony or punishment can there be for a vampire who’s killed two slayers , than to find himself in love with a third , striving to help her in her work for the rest of his existence . and , as for her . she who has problems with being high and mighty and full of pride and prejudice , what could bring her down to earth better than to tie her in love to a vampire who’s working to change himself even though that change is * supposed * to be impossible . the powers that be obviously have a sense of humor . ( mary anne , tabula rasa ) .
i described rowe’s debut novel as “a dark masterpiece that virtually burns the pages with a bloody incandescence . ” set in 1972 , the story begins in the guise of a relatively conventional fiction narrative following three broken—and broke—characters on a trek from toronto to parr’s landing , a little mining town in “the middle of nowhere” on the shores of lake superior in northern ontario . this will be one of the best vampire novels you ever read .
but fate reverses arash’s fortunes , both financial and romantic , and he finds himself in the woman’s bedroom with posters that appear to be classic shots of madonna and michael jackson – but , oddly , not quite . arash wants to make her a present of earrings and she allows him to pierce her ears with a safety pin sterilised with a flame from his zippo lighter – a romantic switching of the vampire - vampiree physical relations .
again , like fevre dream , how can an award - winning novel ( the golden won the 1994 locus award for best horror novel ) written by a genre fiction icon be under - appreciated ? for whatever reason , this vampiric masterpiece seems to be a novel that many vampire fiction lovers have overlooked . i described this one as “a dark , poetic phantasmagoria of nightmarish images , brutal violence , and unholy sensuality not to be missed . ”
there is a character in this story that is a vampire orlando , traveling through time and space . but there is also a story here of a 35 - year old artist stuck in a touring loop , and wearing a black wig . she is always up at night , jet lagged , playing late night shows – and by day she is quietly resting over an arp odyssey synthesizer while a black van drives her around europe and america .
there is a character in this story that is a vampire orlando , traveling through time and space . but there is also a story here of a 35 - year old artist stuck in a touring loop , and wearing a black wig . she is always up at night , jet lagged , playing late night shows - and by day she is quietly resting over an arp odyssey synthesizer while a black van drives her around europe and america .
i’ve always been a sucker for stories which explore the grey area between good and evil , and for characters who are pitted against themselves as much as against any external enemies . and boy , is spike pitted against himself , far more than any human character in a similar situation could be . drusilla made william a vampire ; william remade himself into spike . throughout season five , in the face of considerable contempt and discouragement on the part of the good guys , spike’s been remaking himself again into - what ? we’re not entirely sure yet ; the work is still in progress . from a storytelling standpoint , i think it would be a cardinal mistake for the writers to give him a soul . that story has already been told . we know what happens when a vampire gains a soul . the reason spike’s story is so fascinating is that we are exploring just how far a being can go in the direction of good without one . ( cummings , 2001 ) .
though some filmmakers ( like jean rollin ) explored this connection through original mythology , many drew on foolproof source material . sheridan le fanu’s 1872 novel carmilla is a playground of psychosexual gothic tropes , including a lesbian vampire whose desire for a milquetoast ingenue eventually blows her cover . carmilla is a mysterious firebrand perfectly suited to cinema about women’s taboo appetites . roger vadim adapted it as the surreal , slightly straightwashed baroque feature blood and roses , but perhaps the most familiar exploration is 1970’s the vampire lovers . a more - faithful - than - expected hammer adaptation of carmilla , it follows enigmatic carmilla ( frequent hammer star ingrid pitt ) as she ingratiates herself with virgins of the country gentry , drawing them away from fiancés and fathers , and putting them under her influence . with carmilla seducing victims in a very literal sense , that influence is largely erotic , to nobody’s surprise : the source material is sapphic , the studio is hammer , and the gaze of the lens is male .
always looking out for something new , interesting or weird , i came upon watching some movies by joe d ' amato ( 11 days 11 nights series ) . these were so very bad , boring and uninventive that at least i could cry out : i ' ve finally found the world ' s worst director . not many weeks passed by when i watched les avaleuses ( female vampire ) . wow ! first i tried my super - magic - button : play with sound but 1 . 4 times faster ( something i never ever do except for joe d ' amato ) . it didn ' t help . the dialogue was so very thin , i couldn ' t bear it . i cannot remember ever experiencing something like this , all together : extremely 1 . bad actors ; 2 . senseless , stupid script ; 3 . awful soundtrack ; 4 . bad direction and 5 . absolutely nothing to say . not more than 1 year ago i thought the worst movie was o . c . and stiggs , but after having watched d ' amato and franco i kind of like the altman - film a bit . at least there ' s a drop of fun with dennis hopper in it . so the good news is : jesus franco you did it : les avaleuses is the worst film ever . . .


honey is a 1930 american pre-code comedy film directed by wesley ruggles and written by alice duer miller , a.e. thomas and herman j. mankiewicz .

the film stars nancy carroll , harry green , lillian roth , richard " skeets " gallagher , stanley smith , mitzi green and zasu pitts .

the film was released on march 29 , 1930 , by paramount pictures .

honey ( 1930 film )

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amrit nahata ' s kissaa kursee kaa , the film which will never be released =
kissā kursī kā
.
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los angeles ( ap ) — anne francis , who was best known for her roles in the 1950s science - fiction film “forbidden planet” and the 1960s television series “honey west , ” died on sunday in santa barbara , calif . she was 80 .
honey is married to jack bailey and the two own a hardware store in the northern ontario town of north bridge . honey and jack live above the store with their three children , hubert ( hub ) , henry ( fat ) and violet .
anne francis was born ann marvak on sept . 16 , 1930 , in ossining , n . y . she was working as a model by the time she was 5 and appearing on daytime radio serials by age 11 . she also had some small roles on broadway .
part of the hype making nancy carroll everybody ' s screen honey ( 1930 ) . it ' s gonna take a lot better leading man then stanley smith to do that . no , the romance is wasted and the movie only lives on it ' s comic attributes , which was limited too , but at least with capable performers like zasu pitts , mitzi green & richard ' skeets ' gallagher doing their best on a lousy script .
laura bruneau plays honey bailey - sutton after cynthia belliveau who originally played honey left wind at my back to pursue other interests . before bruneau took the role of honey , she was in tv shows like the beachcombers , bare essence , knight rider , katts and dog , street legal , material world , and the outer limits . she was also in tv movies like packin’ it in and sealed with a kiss . she can be seen in the movie little ghost as well . bruneau enjoys acting in plays too , since she has been in stage productions of rocky horror picture show , and hot and cold .
“a lot of people speak to me about honey west , ” ms . francis once recalled . “the character made young women think there was more they could reach for . it encouraged a lot of people . ”
the film version i had on blu - ray contained both the regular 35mm print at 108 minutes and the
fox grandeur
version filmed at 70mm and running 122 minutes . the fox grandeur version is certainly the way to watch it in my opinion and really showcases the vast landscapes and wide - open space of the land . while the cinematography was impressive , the film ' s simple narrative , wooden acting on john wayne ' s part and the scope was a little ambious for what we are given in the final product . the film apparently was a financial failure as it was filmed two times and dubbed in french and german as well as the native english and the costs were substancial . the film is essential viewing i would think for john wayne films , and while he would work on b - westerns the next nearly decade it eventually got him to the fame he would gain one day and become the star of such greats as stagecoach and countless other a - films to come .
toppy is bob bailey’s wife and mother of doris bailey . in the beginning she appears snobbish and rude , especially towards honey . however , after toppy suffers through marital problems with bob and subsequents conflicts with doris , she softens considerably . toppy becomes very close friends with grace and honey who both help her through her eventual divorce from bob . grace eventually becomes toppy’s roommate after the two women both move out of may bailey’s house .
the matriarch of the bailey family and honey bailey’s domineering mother - in - law , may owns the silver dome mine which is the life blood of the entire town of new bedford . may’s keen business sense and tenacity continues to keep the mine operational and the bailey family wealthy despite the tough economic times of the great depression of the 1930’s . may has a great sense of pride , admirable business ethic , and a profound loyalty and love for her family and her town . although sometimes harsh and manipulative with her actions , she means well and strongly believes that her decisions are what’s best for her family and the town of new bedford .
ms . francis , with blond hair and a prominent beauty mark near one corner of her mouth , appeared in some of the most popular films of the 1950s . but “forbidden planet” and “honey west” made her reputation .
before filming began , the actors held a meeting and agreed “to be as serious about this film as we could be , ” ms . francis said in a 1999 interview . “we could have hammed it up , but we wanted to be as sincere as we could . ”
film . soundtrack . music : josef myrow . words : mack gordon . orch & cond : alfred newman . cast : dan dailey , betty grable , mona freeman , lee patrick , chick chandler , imogene lynch , connie marshall . ( classic international filmusicals 3008 , . . .
max sutton is a school teacher in the town of new bedford who quickly takes a liking to honey . however , max’s progressive ideas and his compassion for the hobos that find their way to new bedford make him very unpopular with may bailey . he is also a freelance writer , who frequently writes crime stories or pieces for the local radio station . max and honey eventually get married causing some uproar with may and the boys but eventually everyone come to terms with it , and max becomes an excellent father figure .
film . album ( c 1947 ) by charles kullman of orig cast . music : nicolai rimsky - korsakov , arranged by miklos rozsa . words : jack brooks . cond : julius burger .
song of india ,
hymn to the sun ,
gypsy song ,
. . .
“honey west” lasted only one season , 1965 - 66 , on abc . but the character she played , a private detective who was sexy , stylish and as good with martial arts as she was with a gun ( and who had a pet ocelot ) , made an impression .
film . 1946 records by dick haymes of orig cast .
another night like this
( 78 / dec 23731 , alb - 299 , alb - 397 )
mi vida
( 78 / dec 23731 , alb - 299 ) ( production and recordings information ) . from : show music on record by . . .
film . 1947 records by betty hutton of orig cast . music & words : frank loesser .
poppa , don ' t preach to me
( 78 / cap 380 , alb - 285 , alb - 1014 , alb - 1635 , alb - 2123 )
the sewing machine ,
i wish i didn ' t . . .
robin craig is toppy bailey , the snobbish then humbled wife of bob bailey , mother of doris bailey , sister - in - law to honey and grace , and the daughter - in - law to may . craig has been in many shaw stage productions , since she has been in over twelve productions . she was also in the academy award nominated short life times nine . as well she has been in tv shows like street legal , the campbells , and degrassi : the next generation . she won a gemini for her role as toppy bailey in wind at my back . she most recently had a role in the film the power of three in 2011 .
kathryn greenwood plays grace bailey , the naive but sweet sister - in - law of honey , the daughter of may , and the sister of bob . she has had many roles over the years in tv and film . greenwood has been in the tv shows street legal , goosebumps , history bites , and the drew carey show . she has been in many comedic roles in royal canadian air farce , this hour has 22 minutes , and who’s line is it anyway . she has been in movies like , kids in the hall : brain candy , and the man . she has also done voice work for the animated movie anne : journey to green gables and the tv show the dating guy .
the 1916 alice duer miller play come out of the kitchen , previously filmed in 1921 with marguerite clark , was expertly transformed into early musical honey . the story takes place in a poverty - stricken virginia household , where blue - blooded brother and sister olivia and charles dangerfield ( nancy carroll and skeets gallagher ) are reduced to renting out their mansion . pretentious yankee dowager mrs .
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documents aspects of the life of the honey bee . suggests that the chaos apparent in a bee hive is , in fact , ordered . some very nice shots of early bee keeping . bees on flowers . bee keeper inverting a bee hive to reveal the thousands of bees inside . female worker bees making the waxy cells of the honey comb , shot from above it looks as if there are hundreds of bees scurrying across the honeycomb . bees collecting pollen from flowers . an animated diagram ( including cross section ) of how a bee collects pollen , followed by a similar diagram that illustrates how the bee inserts the pollen into the honeycomb . it is by doing this that the grubs ( the baby bees ) are fed . a new queen emerges from the honeycomb . bee pupae and cocoons are placed in the honeycomb . twelve days later fully grown bees emerge . bees swarming around hives as old queen leaves ( due to overcrowding ) . the swarm collects on the branch of a tree and a bee keeper shakes the swarm into a new hive . male bees being reared in the old hive . more shots of bees on honeycomb . they get excited at the hive ' s entrance ( a man brushes his fingers through them ) . shot of a dead male bee ( drone ) who has just mated with a new queen . bees walking on and flying from hard surface . bee keeper using special comb in order to extract honey from the honeycomb . the job is completed in a tub which revolves forcing the honey out .
film . records by danny kaye of orig cast .
anatole of paris
( 1942 : alb - 70 , alb - 107 , alb - 518 , alb - 1370 , alb - 1567 , alb - 1613 , alb - 1825 , alb - 1831 , alb - 1974 , alb - 2186 ) ( 1952 : alb - 6 , alb - 515 )
the little fiddle
( 1949 : alb - 55 ) ( production and . . .
hubert ( hub ) bailey is honey and jack bailey’s eldest son . after his father’s tragic death and the subsequent separation of his family at the hand of his grandmother may , hub develops a stubborn and resentful demeanor . initially , hub often disagrees with his grandmother and resists her control over him and his family . however , once his family is reunited , his anger toward his grandmother subsides and he becomes passionate about helping others .
henry ( fat ) bailey is honey and jack’s second son . he is both mischievous and kindhearted . throughout the show fat continually has a soft spot for his grandmother , even at times when she is at her worst . fat also has a special connection with his aunt grace . as he gets older , fat finds himself getting into trouble ( usually with maisey mcginty ) more often and quickly develops a fascination with law enforcement .
tyrone savage plays honest and kind hearted ‘fat’ bailey , the second oldest bailey child , the most understanding of his grandmother may . the character ‘fat’ bailey was savage’s first acting role . both of his parents , janet - laine green and booth savage , are also involved in the canadian film and tv industry . savage has also been in the tv shows goosebumps , are you afraid of the dark , stoked , and instant star . while he most recently did the voice for the character lightning on the animated tv show total drama island from 2011 to 2012 .
cynthia belliveau began the series as honey bailey , the kind and resilient wife of jack bailey who returns to his home town to start fresh after they lose their family hardware store . belliveau was in episodes of tv shows like alfred hitchcock presents and goosebumps . she played sally rand in the tv movie million dollar babies . her role in eng as a reporter won her a gemini nomination in 1995 . belliveau left wind at my back in 1999 for the tv series caitlin’s way , where she had the role of dori lowe , which was her last tv credit .
james carroll has the role of max sutton , the good natured school teacher and eventually the second husband to honey . carroll has been in a few sullivan entertainment programs , including under the piano and anne of green gables : a new beginning . as well he has been in many plays , such as guys and dolls , midsummer night’s dream , gun metal blues , and company . carroll has also been in numerous great tv shows like street legal , the gathering , and top cops . he most recently did the voice for the red dead redemption video game in 2010 .
dan lett has the role of bob bailey , the hard working brother - in - law of honey , the son of may , and the brother of grace . lett , a music and theatre graduate from la salle university and villanova university , has had a few roles in sullivan entertainment films , such as butterbox babies , under the piano , and anne of green gables : the continuing story . he won three gemini awards for his work in the program made in canada . he has had extensive tv work in programs like murdoch mysteries , flashpoint , dan for mayor , and lost girl .
ron lea has the part of del sutton , the drifter older brother of max sutton , who comes to new bedford for honey and max’s wedding and begins an on and off again relationship with grace . lea has been in numerous tv shows with roles in canadian productions like eng , street legal , due south , goosebumps , this is wonderland , jeff ltd . , and flashpoint . he has been in american programs including susan thomas f . b . eye , supernatural and smallville . his movie roles have been in iron eagle iv , the recruit , saw iv , and bon cop bad cop .
shirley douglas is a cherished canadian icon both on and off screen . her role as may bailey , the domineering mother - in - law of honey , mother of grace and bob , and grandmother to hub , fat and doris . acting as may in wind at my back was douglas’ prime time series debut . douglas has appeared in many films such as stanley kubrick’s lolita as well as other films like dead ringers , shadow dancing , and mesmer . she has had many roles in plays too , as she played big mama in a stratford production of cat on a hot tin roof and hagar in the national arts centre production of the stone angel .
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olivia dangerfield , daughter of a proud but impoverished virginia family , is forced to lease the family mansion to a wealthy new york widow to pay off the mortgage . when the servants fail to arrive , with the exception of doris , a maid , she has her brother charles impersonate the butler while she herself assumes the position of cook . mrs . falkner arrives with her daughter , cora , and burton crane , a prospective match , but cora falls in love with charles , the
butler
; through little doris , mrs . falkner learns of the affair , which is confirmed when she sees charles and cora together at a negro jubilee . then doris informs mrs . falkner that olivia is the owner of the house , and the incensed widow prepares to leave ; but cora and charles announce their engagement , leaving clear the path to romance for olivia and burton .
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musical show . 1946 album by mary martin of orig cast . music : raymond scott . words : bernard hanighen . cond : raymond scott . ( 78 / dec album 445 ; dec 8030 , with on the town ; cd / mca mcad - 11354 , with one . . .
musical show . contemp records ( c 1946 ) by the mask & wig glee club of orig ( philadelphia ) prod . piano : clay boland ( composer ) .
it ' s spring ,
don ' t say we ' re through
( 78 / twentieth century 1000 ) ( production and . . .
musical show . 1985 records by kaye ballard of 1947 touring prod . music : morgan lewis . words : nancy hamilton .
he ' s a millionaire ,
the old soft shoe
( the latter with arthur siegel ) ( alb - 1025 ) ( production and . . .
musical show . orig prod . music : harold arlen . words : johnny mercer . cond : leon leonardi . cast : pearl bailey , harold nicholas , ruby hill , june hawkins , robert pope . ( 78 / cap album ce - 28 ; cap 10
l - 355 ; cd / angel zdm - 7 - 64662 - 2 ; . . .
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integrating the settlers ' passionate mortal conflicts into the landscape , walsh turns the theatrical limitations of early sound technique to an advantage , composing vast , static tableaux with the mighty breadth and noble pace of epic stanzas .
raoul walsh believed that john wayne would become a big star after his epic western but he did not . a combo of factors account for this failure , not just wayne ' s stiff acting but also the cool reception of the horseopera itself .
john ford recommended to his friend walsh bit - part actor marion morrison for the lead , and for his first starring role he took the name john wayne . . .
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the cause was complications of pancreatic cancer , her daughter jane uemura told the los angeles times . ms . francis had surgery and chemotherapy after she learned she had lung cancer in 2007 .
in “forbidden planet” ( 1956 ) , a science - fiction retelling of shakespeare’s “tempest , ” a group of space travelers including leslie nielsen visited a planet where an expatriate scientist played by walter pidgeon , his daughter ( ms . francis ) and a robot named robby had built a settlement .
she was nominated for an emmy and won a golden globe for the role .
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she began her movie career at mgm in 1947 and went on to act opposite some of the biggest male stars of the day .
in “blackboard jungle” ( 1955 ) , she played the pregnant wife of an idealistic teacher ( glenn ford ) . among her other films were “bad day at black rock” ( 1955 ) with spencer tracy and robert ryan , “a lion is in the streets” ( 1953 ) with james cagney , and “hook , line and sinker” ( 1969 ) with jerry lewis .
when her movie career declined , ms . francis became active in television . she appeared in dozens of series , including “mission : impossible , ” “gunsmoke , ” “the twilight zone , ” “charlie’s angels” and “the golden girls . ”
ms . francis’s marriages to the actor and director bamlet l . price jr . and dr . robert abeloff ended in divorce . in addition to ms . uemura , she is survived by another daughter , maggie , and a grandson .
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grace is may bailey’s only daughter and at times can seem naïve and a bit gullible , but she makes up for it with her gentle , loving and playful personality . grace often struggles with deciding between what she wishes for herself and what will keep her mother happy . grace is unlucky in love and remains unmarried throughout the majority of the show , despite her many willing suitors . when grace finally does get married , the man she thought was the love of her life turns out to be a con artist who breaks her heart . despite grace’s many disappointments , she maintains a positive outlook and is the source of many of wind at my back’s most comical , heartwarming and entertaining moments .
maisey arrives in new bedford a young , tomboyish girl in the care of her grandfather leo mcginty who own the local pawn shop . her mother has recently passed away and her grandfather won ` t tell her who her father is because he was in prison and doesn ` t think he would be a good influence . after some initial difficulties , maisey strikes up a friendship with fat bailey and they get into a lot of mischief together . eventually maisey meets her father , eddie , who proves himself to be a reformed man who wants to be a good father . when maisey ` s grandfather leo passes away it is his wish that may bailey become her guardian . maisey initially resists this idea and wants to run away with her father but eventually realizes that staying with may is for the best .
have you ever wondered what happened to your favourite cast members from wind at my back ? here’s a look at what the cast have all achieved since their days in new bedford .
dylan provencher has the role of the practical thinker hubert ‘hub’ bailey , the oldest bailey child . provencher moved to toronto from quebec to pursue acting as a child . he was in the tv series goosebumps and are you afraid of the dark before he began acting in wind at my back . as well he was in a few tv movies such as , the sweetest gift , earthquake in new york , and mail to the chief . his last role was in the tv movie ta voix dans la nuit in 2002 and he is currently working in real estate .
kathryn long plays doris , bob bailey’s snobbish and opinionated teenage daughter . she is a very talented dancer and singer , since she won the showstopper american dance championships and was a finalist in ytv’s vocal spotlight talent search . she can be seen in other tv shows , including road to avonlea , goosebumps , ready or not , and are you afraid of the dark . because she is such a talented dancer , she was in the tv movie degas and the dancer .
dan redican plays judd wainwright , the sweet travelling salesman that falls in love with grace . redican started performing in the 1980’s with the comedy troupe the frantics , who later had a tv show called the frantics . he has had roles on many shows like street legal , kids in the hall , corner gas , puppets who kill and being erica . he also provided the voice for the narrator on the animated tv show freaky stories as well as doing voice work for the animated tv show groundling marsh . he was featured on just for laughs as part of the frantics too .
dalene irvine has the role of maisey mcginty , who is leo mcginty’s grand daughter , the new tomboy in new bedford who becomes friends with hub and fat . she was previously in the tv show goosebumps before wind at my back . she was in the sullivan entertainment productions anne of green gables : a continuing story and was the voice of felicity king in anne : journey to green gables . she was also in the popular children’s movie cadet kelly , which starred hilary duff .
neil crone has the role of ollie jefferson , the town mechanic with a big crush on grace . crone has been in many tv shows over the years , including the red green show , eerie indiana , goosebumps , monk , susan thomas f . b . eye , and doc . he had a role on the cbc program little mosque as the character fred tupper . he has done voice work for animated shows like odd job jack , bob and doug , and the dating guy . he has also been in a few movies , such as pushing tin , bait , the recruit , new york minute , and hairspray . his most recent work was in 2012 on the tv show saving hope .
robert bockstael has the part of jim flett , who comes to new bedford to start fresh after his wife passed away , but begins to have feelings for grace . he started his career with a lot of voice work for animated tv shows , such as dennis the menace , babar , rupert , x - men and sailor moon . his other tv roles include spots on the tv shows street legal , north of 60 , nikita , the famous jett jackson , doc , and flashpoint . he can also be seen in the sullivan entertainment program anne of green gables : a new beginning . bockstael has been in the movie strike as well . his most recent work was in 2011 on the movie edwin boyd .
richard blackburn plays archie attenborough , the town drug store owner . blackburn has had many roles throughout his career in tv shows and movies . his tv show credits include street legal , susan thomas : f . b . eye , zoe busiek : wild card , doc , little mosque , heartland , flashpoint , the border and lost girl . he has been in other sullivan entertainment programs like road to avonlea , under the piano , and sleeping dogs lie . he has also had parts in the movies murder at 1600 , loser and blue state . his most recent work was in 2012 in tv show alphas .


bahurani or daughter-in-law is a bollywood film .

it was released in 1940 .

the film was directed by r.s. junnarkar and mubarak for kishore sahu productions .

it starred kishore sahu , rose , anuradha , mubarak , madhurika , and nana palsikar .

the music of the film was composed by rafiqe ghaznavi .

bahurani ( 1940 film )

bahurani is a movie directed by mubarak , r . s . junnarkar featuring kishore sahu , anuradha .
) ( 1907 - 1 june 1984 ) was an indian film actor , who appeared in over 80 hindi films . he made his film debut in 1935 with
. the film was a major critical success and won several national and international honours .
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( the city and the dreams ) . it is a social film which portrays the struggle of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialisation . the film , a love story that takes place in a drain pipe , received the president ' s gold medal award and the
he continued playing a father into the 1980s , appearing in aakrosh ( 1980 ) , playing om puri ' s dad . his last major film was in the epic film , gandhi in 1982 , a richard attenborough directed biographical film based on the life of mohandas gandhi , who led the nonviolent resistance movement against british colonial rule in india during the first half of the 20th century . however his role very minor , playing a villager . his last ever appearance was shortly before his death in 1984 in the film kanoon kya karega , again playing a parent .
, the film saw palsikar playing kaalia , a petty thief who is caught and charged with murder for no fault of his own . palsikar ' s performance earned him his first
bahurani is a social hindi movie , directed by mubarak , r . s . junnarkar , starring kishore sahu , rose , anuradha , mubarak along with others . here , on the movie page , you will find every thing that you need to know . check out what others are saying about the movie on twitter .
palsikar was awarded the filmfare best supporting actor award twice , in 1962 and 1965 . he was recognised with an award in the same category by the bengal film journalists ' association in 1965 .
after seeing his father ' s ghost the film follows the play focusing on hamlet ' s revenge on his uncle claudius , who has married his mother gertrude after murdering hamlet ' s father . he pretends to be insane and is in the process of staging a play where he plans to denounce his mother and uncle .
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the star of the second half is nana palsikar , who slips into the role of a petty thief with a commanding performance .
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i didn ' t know a great deal about him when we cast him . . . he was said to be a very good actor , which i took on faith .
in the 1970s , palsikar continued to portray father figures or authoritative characters such as judges . for instance he played the role of a father in many films such as b . r . chopra ' s dhund based on agatha christie ' s play , the unexpected guest , in 1973 and yaaron ka yaar in 1977 . however these roles were generally relatively minor and he was often uncredited for his performances , such as his role as a judge in jwar bhata in 1972 .
ab dilli dur nahin ( 1957 ) . . . . mukundlal ' s lawyer
phil subha hogi ( 1958 ) ( uncredited ) . . . . sohni ' s father
aadmi aur insaan ( 1969 ) . . . . justice b . n . desai
jwar bhata ( 1973 ) ( uncredited ) . . . . judge # 2
pati patni aur woh ( 1978 ) . . . . nirmala ' s nanaji
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an elderly lady rashmi ( kamini kaushal ) , starts telling her story to a newly married couple she ' s giving shelter to as their car has broken down . the story in flashback , is set twenty years earlier . the wealthy landowner , zamindar mansingh , is oppressive and demanding of the people in his state . rashmi and her family have just arrived in gangapur as guests of mansingh . rashmi is captured by the dreaded dacoit black bandit . the bandit releases rashmi but keeps her jewellery . she notices a mark on the bandit ' s hand , which is also present on pratap ' s hand .
pratap is the oldest son of mansingh , and rashmi realises that he ' s the bandit . pratap also suffers from a heart problem unknown to the others . it ' s soon revealed that pratap is the bandit and his father asks him to leave the house . when pratap has a heart attack , his father relents and hands over the running of the property to him . rashmi stays by his side and they get married . the flashback ends with the couple asking about pratap ' s fate . pratap is shown opening the gate of the house , returning from a fishing trip , having managed to survive the doctor ' s prognosis given twenty years back .
anand ( kishore sahu ) lives in nainital with his mother ( pratima devi ) . they meet the mathur family who have recently arrived there for holidays . the father wants to get his three daughters asha , sudha and rama married and is hoping to find some suitable boys for them . when asha and anand meet they form a friendship , which is readily accepted by the two families who decide to get them married . however , asha finds out that anand and sudha are in love with each other .
emperor ashoka ' s beloved wife , asandhimitra , mother of kunal , is dead and ashoka is grief - stricken . kunal is much loved by his step - mother , kuruvaki . he is loved and admired by all in the kingdom and is ashoka ' s favourite son . over a period of time ashoka overcomes his grief and marries a much younger , tishyarakshita , daughter of a chieftain . somdev , ashoka ' s prime minister has opposed the alliance and is frequently humiliated by tishya . when tishya sees kunal , she falls in love with him in spite of him having a wife , kanchanmala , and a young son .
tishya is strongly rebuffed by kunal . an angry tishya has him accused of murder and put in the dungeon . she tells the guards to blind his eyes . ashoka , enamoured of tishya , is unable to see through her plotting . he falls ill and remains largely unaware of most incidents . kurvaki , unable to see kunal ' s plight , helps him escape . kunal gets the help of the townspeople of pataliputra and marches to the palace . ashoka , on being told who is at the gates of the palace , calls for a durbar meeting . when he hears the entire story , his sense of fair play , his impartial justice , and remorse at his son ' s blinding help him mete out a strict punishment to tishya , condemning her to be burnt .
prannath ( kishore sahu ) goes to the jeweller’s to buy a ring for his to - be fiancée . while he is in the store , an unwed mother leaves her infant in the back of prannath’s car . when he comes out he realises he’s stuck with the baby much to his discomfiture as his betrothed refuses to believe his story . the situation gives rise to several funny sequences till the villainous father of the child admits to being the real father and agrees to marry the mother of the abandoned child .
set in a village , a young brahmin couple nandlal ( mumtaz ali ) and uma ( devika rani ) are unable to have any children . the husband plans to take another wife , padma . ramu ( kishore sahu ) belongs to the potters family where uma normally spent most of her time before marriage . the friendship has been frowned upon as ramu is from the harijan caste . nandlal sends uma to her father ' s house , where she renews her friendship with ramu . nandlal sees uma talking to ramu ( kishore sahu ) . while at her father ' s house , uma discovers that she is pregnant .
misunderstandings arise when nandlal gets suspicious about uma and ramu , but all is set right by padma , nandlal ' s second wife . she clears uma ' s name , and gets nandlal and uma together before walking out of their lives .
raibahadur satpal singh ( nazir husain ) is killed cold - blooded in a remote village . he is survived by his twin daughters rekha & rashmi ( both played by rekha ) . rekha manages their business with the help of their chief estate manager deewan ( a . k . hangal ) along with his son and factory manager kishore ( danny ) . rashmi and kishore are in love with each other which displeases rekha , who sends rashmi abroad to attend a painting course . on the other hand , rekha too is disinterested about her marriage . meanwhile , driving through their estate , rekha ' s car breaks down and is helped by prem ( shashi kapoor ) , with a golden hand for such machines .
the movie starts with raju ( dev anand ) being released from jail . raju was a freelance guide , who earned his living by taking tourists to historic sites . one day , a wealthy and aging archaeologist , marco ( kishore sahu ) comes to the city with his young wife rosie ( waheeda rehman ) , the daughter of a courtesan . marco wants to do some research on the caves outside the city and hires raju as his guide .
after the untimely death of her father and step - mother , sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle ( mrs . and general rajpal singh ) . sonia is plain - looking as her real mother , and often invites unappreciative , taunts , and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin - sister , sheela . sheela has a boyfriend , dev kumar mehra , and she plans to marry him . fed - up of hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain - looks , sonia challenges sheela that she will make dev fall in love with her .