somewhere on leave is a 1943 british comedy film directed by john e. blakeley and starring frank randle , harry korris and dan young .

it was the third in the series of somewhere films following private randle and his comrades .

it was followed by somewhere in civvies .

somewhere on leave

robbie vincent , dan young , harry korris and frank randle on parade in this scene from the mancunian studios ' feature film somewhere on leave .
in abc’s new dead - child time - travel mystery , “somewhere between , ” the coincidences are somewhere between far - fetched and lunatic .
i would use
leave for . . .
always , unless
leave
is being followed by the infinitive of another verb .
the value of theatrefolk vignette plays is clear on the page and on the stage .
frank randle triple bill : somewhere in camp / somewhere on leave / home sweet home dvd : urltoken frank randle , harry korris , robbie vincent , dan young , nicolette roeg , tony pendrell , john singer , percival mackey , john e . blakely : dvd & blu - ray
aaron craven , on ground , devon sawa and paula patton in the new series “somewhere between , ” based on the south korean series “god’s gift : 14 days . ”
i would use
leave for . . .
always , unless
leave
is being followed by the infinitive of another verb . for example :
but ,
to leave
and
to go
have slightly different definitions .
to leave
means only to get up and walk out the door .
to go
means to leave and also to travel after leaving .
paula patton will star in abc ’s summer series “ somewhere between , ” variety has confirmed .
that ' s normal ' s b . . . : leave me ( main discussion )
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farce of a wealthy soldier who takes his friends home with him on leave , and conducts a romance with a girl who finds herself of adopted parents and is unhappy .
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somewhere , nowhere is a place to call home . a place to leave . the best place in the world . nothing but a memory . how many of us feel one way or the other about the place we grew up ? how many of us love or hate our hometown ? maybe it ' s both at the same time .
a group of soldiers on leave are invited to stay at a wealthy friend ' s stately home . but while their host is distracted by a beautiful girl , the off - duty squaddies run riot in his house . musical comedy , starring frank randle and harry korris .
paula patton will star in abc’s summer series “somewhere between , ” variety has confirmed . the drama landed a 10 - episode straight - to - series order in late 2016 , before casting was in place . “somewhere between” follows laura price , who will be played by patton . she’s not crazy , but she knows that her daughter serena is going to be murdered . she doesn’t know [ … ]
pete is ready to leave his small town life behind . he ' s also terrified . so he ' s doing what any terrified person would do to prompt change - standing on the roof of the school covered in egg cartons . here comes change , ready or not .
first of all , colton haynes looking a little bit like ryan lochte with his frosty new hair . the clown in this photo is a little shy , but each cast photo has them hidden somewhere .
manor on movies : don ' t be a dolt . that ' s not a cult ( movie )
set in san francisco and filmed in vancouver , “somewhere between” looks good . and as summer escapism goes , it has a little more texture , though a little less urgency , than competitors like cbs’s “zoo” and “the mist” on spike . no performances stand out , but ms . patton and devon sawa are fine as the odd - couple investigators .
we wrapped on somewhere , nowhere last week . largest audience my department has ever had , and my kids had a flawless run . translation : the best production i ' ve ever done . the laughs , the raw emotion , the tears of joy and sorrow when it was all over . . . my grads loved this play , and so did i .
the extravagant melodrama of “somewhere between” can be traced to its source : “god’s gift : 14 days , ” a 2014 south korean series that has an abundance of the hair - raising plot twists that characterize that country’s internationally popular tv dramas .
leave it to american horror story to make you dance for your supper . new cast photos have been released , but there ' s a little trick : you have to find , then unscramble a message .
follow the same pattern - an intense , sad , character - defining decision is made , but forman couldn ' t leave it there - but they ' re the exception because , imo , it actually works . in
pays its final respects to dr . lance sweets in tonight’s episode ( 8 / 7c on fox ) , and it seems likely that
this post contains frank discussion of season 6 , episode 4 of game of thrones titled “the book of the stranger . ” if you are not caught up and don’t wish to know what happened , now is the time to leave .
is there a reasonable explanation ? his dead ' dad ' ( vincent price ) was an inventor . maybe he rigged up some contraption before his death that would remove blocks of ice from a freezer somewhere in the house and winch them over to where edward needed them ?
in a recent phone interview peppered with rich laughter , ms . torres talked about her decision to leave “suits” and one of the things she’ll miss the most : pearson’s drop - dead - gorgeous wardrobe . these are edited excerpts from the conversation .
on a september day in new york , i ' m looking out my balcony , and i still miss my family ,
says de pablo , thinking about not being on the los angeles set in the fall for the first time since 2005 .
but they ' re with me all the time , every day , and that won ' t change .
de pablo is speaking with tv guide magazine exclusively after her abrupt decision not to renew her contract just prior to the start of production on season 11 ( which kicks off tuesday at 8 / 7c on cbs ) .
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the plot hole : the t - rex ' s boat crashes into the harbour , as in transit , it escaped and killed everyone onboard . but how ? it ' s huge ! there ' s no way it could have broken free and toddled on down to the control room to feast on the crew .
bittersweet is the word she inevitably uses to describe how it felt to wrap up her storyline at the - beginning of season 11 .
did i want to leave under those circumstances ? that ' s another story ,
she says .
but i ' m not of the belief that you just take off and leave fans hanging . a lot of people don ' t get the privilege of going back to a set and being able to say goodbye to people . i left under my terms , and that was wonderful .
such mixed feelings may only deepen the mystery of why de pablo left . clearly , there was a last - minute impasse no one wants to discuss , beyond the network ' s insistence that money wasn ' t a factor .
as far as my decision to leave , that ' s a personal thing , and i ' d rather leave it at that ,
she says .
the idea of leaving was not something i toyed around with for a long time . it was an overwhelmingly hard thing — at times terrifying .
the do - over mystery — seen this past season in cw’s “frequency” — puts an emphasis on remorse , and “somewhere , ” featuring a mother who blames herself for her child’s death , is about the greatest guilt of all . the corollary is that laura , given her groundhog week , will go to any extreme to keep her daughter safe . this theme was even more bald in the korean original , which opens with an animated parable about a mother gouging out her own eyes .
the role marks patton’s first series regular role on television . the “mission impossible” star has been eyeing a starring part on tv for some time , specifically with abc — two pilot seasons ago , she was cast in the lead role in another drama at the network , “runner , ” which ultimately was not picked up to series .
initial impressions 8 / 29 / 16 , edited for full review 8 / 31 / 16 : i’m a huge gayle forman fan so any book of hers , no matter the age range or genre , will be on my radar . when i heard that leave me was adult contemporary , i had to admit that i wasn’t super excited about it since i haven’t been reading as much “serious” contemporary lately and i don’t really read it on the adult level — i’m more of a ya gal . either way , it was gayle forman and i knew no matter what , i was in good hands so i was excited
the somewhere . . . series of pictures ' smashed box office records in northern england . ' - - tvguide . com ' a man who was truly mad , bad and dangerous to know and yet adored by his audience . ' - - cp lee , ' because i tell a joke or two ' , routledge , 1996
by request , hotun presents this sketch in which harry korris sets the piano scene and frank , along with dan young , almost destroy it whilst robbie vincent looks on .
cheyenne jackson plays dr . rudy vincent , whose office appears to be surrounded by mysterious figures . this will be jackson ' s third time working on american horror story .
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of course , if you want to see how the story might turn out , there’s a quicker way than waiting for the 10 episodes of “somewhere between” to unspool . the 17 episodes of “god’s gift” ( in which the mother is given two weeks , rather than one , to fix things ) can be binged at dramafever . com .
camille preaker is unlike any character we ' ve seen before . hbo must have known this when it signed on to adapt gillian flynn ' s book , sharp objects , into
when we head to ikea , we don ' t feel like we ' re shopping — we feel like we ' re going on an adventure . the swedish superstore is full of seemingly endless
the first two episodes of “somewhere , ” shown monday and tuesday , stayed fairly close to the complicated framework of the korean show . laura ( paula patton ) , the district attorney’s wife , is a producer of an investigative tv news show that’s probing a series of child murders . when her own daughter is kidnapped and killed , she tries to drown herself , only to wake up back on dry land a week before her daughter’s murder . working with the investigator — everything is connected ! — she tries to change the course of events , but they don’t change easily .
the plothole : sam has put a pair of glasses on ebay . by unfortunate coincidence , these are exactly the same glasses that the decepticons are looking for because they contain the roadmap to where the all spark is . however , we later learn that the decepticons can hack into the united states military network with ease , so surely placing a bid on ebay would be a walk in the park .
the plot hole : we all know why arnie arrives butt naked in the first movie . as kyle reese explains to sarah , only living organisms can travel through the time machine or machines covered with living tissue . but where does this leave the t - 1000 , who is made entirely from liquid metal and therefore has no tissue matter at all ?
it ' s not that gore verbinski ' s endurance test is a total snoozer . it ' s not that the film is much , much longer than it needs to be . and it ' s not even that the payoff is nowhere near worth the audience ' s investment . the problem is that somewhere around the middle of the film , one begins to realize it probably isn ' t going any place worthwhile .
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if you are mother , could you ever imagine leaving your kids ? no matter what the reason ? what if you had a heart attack and when trying to recuperate , it was clear that you were a burden on your family , so you went back to the same old habits ? and at some point , it became the straw that broke the camel’s back ? maribeth klein , ( the main character in leave me by gayle forman ) is one of those women . after her heart attack , she can’t take the stress of having to take over all of the old parenting and
gayle forman is one of my favorite authors , so i was really excited to see her publish leave me . then , i read the description of the story , and it completely spoke to me ! i jumped right in with high hopes of connecting with the main character and possibly experiencing some self - discovery of my own . i mean , what over - worked mother doesn ' t fantasize about a little get - a - away to focus on just yourself ? everything about maribeth jumped right out at me… works full - time ( check ) , two young and very , ve
so , vacant and vaguely confused expectations . like the protagonist with his leg in a cast , one is stuck in a disorienting place , not sure when he can leave . to appropriate a line from critic roger ebert , watching a cure for wellness is like waiting for the bus in a city where you ' re not even sure they have a bus line .
in the first episode , a private investigator on a case goes to the wrong apartment — and it’s the apartment of the district attorney who put the investigator’s brother on death row . later , the district attorney’s wife has a flat tire — outside a store owned by the mother of the investigator’s murdered fiancée . at this point the characters realize something’s up . “nothing is coincidence , ” the bereaved mother cries . oh ! o . k .
the problem is , at the tranquil sanitarium , time stands still and none of the
patients
particularly want to leave . written by the adventurous justin haythe – his diverse credits include the clearing , revolutionary road and the lone ranger – the story ' s thrust revolves around one line ,
only when we know what ails us can we find the cure .
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friends : i have been here . i have tried to do this . almost twelve years ago , i had my first baby . and two months later , in the throes of postpartum depression , i got my purse and my keys and started to get in my car to leave . my baby was upstairs in his bassinet . my husband was at work . and my plan was to go and not come back for a few years , because i couldn ' t handle it . life . motherhood . personhood . anything . i was checked by a phone call from my mom . i got on medication . i got better , though i
“ somewhere between ” follows laura price , who will be played by patton . she’s not crazy , but she knows that her daughter serena is going to be murdered . she doesn’t know who the murderer is , or why she’s killed , but she knows exactly when it will happen , where and how . despite this , all of her attempts to keep her daughter safe fail and serena’s fixed , unmovable , terrifying fate keeps her directly in the path of her killer .
and she drew my sympathy instantly . her life pulled me in , no matter how dull it may seem . and though it ' s obviously a selfish act to just up and leave your kids , it didn ' t bother me like it did some readers because i think the author portrayed the push to breaking point very well . i didn ' t like what maribeth did , but i understood it .
award - winning author and journalist gayle forman has written several bestselling novels for young adults , including the just one series , i was here , where she went and the # 1 new york times bestseller if i stay , which has been translated into more than 40 languages and in 2014 was adapted into a major motion picture . gayle published leave me , her first novel starring adults in 2016 and her latest
“my contract was up , so this wasn’t a power play that went terribly wrong , ” ms . torres said about her decision to leave “suits . ” after years of traveling between the show’s toronto set and los angeles , where she lives with her husband , the actor laurence fishburne , and their daughter , the actress was ready for a change . “my personal life needed to be tended to , ” she said .
it ' s a comment on contemporary society and misplaced priorities . we ' re sick and we don ' t even know it . the
cure ,
if we can call it that , involves the distilling of humanity ' s pure essence .
is there a reasonable explanation ? regarding the microwave , maybe it ' s a matter of aim . as for accidental toxin exposure . . . you kidding ? this is gotham city . who ' s gonna notice a few more lunatics on the loose ?
on wednesday night’s midseason finale of “suits , ” jessica pearson — the queen bee of pearson specter litt , the beleaguered law firm at the heart of the series — saved the life of a death - row inmate . then she saved her own sanity , by quitting .
spoiler free review picture this : a man wakes up one day with a toothache . he ignores it for a while , but soon the pain becomes so unbearable that he decides to pack his bags and go on a spiritual quest to find the dalai llama . on the journey , he meets a kind sherpa who guides him up the perilous slopes of tibet . things go well for a while until disaster strikes : they are beset by a vicious snowstorm and end up stranded . after days of starvation , the sherpa sacrifices his body as sustenance for t
we wanted to give her the most graceful , emotional payoff we could ,
says exec producer gary glasberg .
it was a pretty magical moment . cote took it and ran with it , and the emotion you ' ll see on screen is very real .
billie lourd , who has previously worked with ryan murphy on scream queens , will be winter anderson . her period clothing looks a little odd next to haynes ' and jackson ' s crisp suits , but nothing is weirder than her clown doll . that thing alone can produce nightmares .
the plot hole : edward likes to sculpt ice to pass the time since he ' s totally alone . but woah , hang on . edward ' s friendless , and unable to grip anything - so how did he get the ice ? it ' s not like he can order it online .
find this & other reviews at urltoken happy reading ! some books hit you at the exact time they could make the most impact & that’s exactly how i feel about leave me . my life is incredibly overwhelming , especially this past year . i know there are many people who feel the same way . in my most frustrating times , i’ve contemplated running away , so reading about a 42 - year - old mother who realizes she’s not getting what she needs to get healthy & leaves her family really s
a vignette play is a collection of short scenes on a theme . theatrefolk vignette plays cover themes from waiting to driving to communication to hair to snow and even to shakespeare ! you ' ll love working with the variety and flexibility of the scenes . your actors will love the fast pace and fun characters .
leave me by gayle foreman this is a story about a woman named maribeth klein who is a mother of twins who are four years old . she is married to her husband jason who earns less money than maribeth earns at her highstress job working with her best friend elizabeth , who is an executive editor at a magazine in new york city . maribeth is forty four years old when she has two heart attacks . after double bypass surgery , maribeth returns home after only a week of recuperating in the hospital and it is if
when my boss left for bea this year , he asked if there was anything he should bring back for me ( as i ' d been badgering him about it for a couple of weeks , tbh ) . i gave him a list of four or five books , but this was the only one he was able to snag . he brought it back just on time for me to go on vacation - - lovely timing , as this is tailor - made vacation reading . ( and now my obligatory plea : stop calling things
chick lit
or
women ' s fiction
because they are light or feature female protagonists
award - winning author and journalist gayle forman has written several bestselling novels for young adults , including the just one series , i was here , where she went and the # 1 new york times bestseller if i stay , which has been translated into more than 40 languages and in 2014 was adapted into a major motion picture . gayle published leave me , her first novel starring adults in 2016 and her latest novel , i have lost my way , comes out in march of 2018 . gayle lives with her husband and daughters in brooklyn .
the review why this book ? i usually love gayle forman books what i thought you are supposed to want to root for the lead character but i just can ' t root for maribeth . i can ' t root for somebody who abandon their family and cheats on their husband . that ' s all i got to say .
of the music - hall turns who made films , lancashire comedian frank randle was among the most successful . but his appeal inevitably exemplifies the north - south divide and his success - including that of his five somewhere films - was largely confined to home ground . in the third of the series , randle and three of his regular army pals are invited by a fellow private to have some off - duty fun at his stately home . their host is too busy courting an ats girl to realise the chaos the quartet are causing . it may be unsophisticated , and more a series of incidents than a cohesive narrative , but it ' s still fun .
tvline | were you able to accept that decision , to be ok with it ? i pretty much had to be . [ laughs ] the directing job was not something that i could walk away from . it was such a huge opportunity . it feels like a good next step in my career and my life ; i always dreamed of being a director . so to be able to do something like this on such a huge scale —it’s a huge studio movie — it’s definitely not something i could turn my back on . it was a sacrifice for sure . but i’m three weeks into filming and having the time of my life . i couldn’t imagine it working out any other way .
way back in season 2 , when she escaped the house of the undying in qarth , daenerys still had a very clear purpose . “my home is across the sea where my people are waiting for me , ” she said reiterating her plan to sail to king’s landing and take back her father’s throne . “they will be waiting a long time , ” her captor replied , prophetically . it’s been several seasons and we’re still waiting for daenerys’s plot to hook up with the action in westeros . and while it looks like we might finally be getting somewhere , does the call back to season 1 in this week’s episode mean the last few seasons have been a complete waste of time ?
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so ultimately when this novel tied things up with a shiny bow at the end i could not but think back on this passage about the need to have a happy ending . it felt disingenuous to real life to me . life is messier . maribeth ' s life certainly was . i think a more conflicted ending would have been more suited to this book .
the third of 10 long and ramshackle comedies made in the forties by raucous music - hall comedian frank randle often , as here , aided and abetted by plump harry korris ( who , with squeaky - voiced co - star robbie vincent , also won fame on radio ' s wartime hit happidrome ) . knockabout stuff for fans of army farces in music - hall style .
striking out on her own , maribeth meets lots of great new friends and embraces the pleasures and challenges of her newfound freedom . obviously a character - driven novel , we observe the changes in maribeth , as she figures her life out and faces her fears . the blurb calls forman
a dazzling observer of human nature
and that couldn ' t be more true .
the plot hole : david has a brainwave on how to disarm the mothership ! all he needs to do is boot up his mac , write a nasty piece of code and infect the aliens ' computer network with it . but how is this virus going to be downloaded ? how can a mac be compatible with their extra - terrestrial , and far more advanced , systems ?
the most charitable thing we can say about daenerys’s plot is that it subverts the white savior trope . game of thrones drew criticism back in season 3 when , as one particularly scathing critique put it , “ [ dany ] ends up crowdsurfing over the brown people like some kind of tagaryan bono with all of the smug satisfaction of a gap - year backpacker that has just built an orphanage in a village somewhere . ” but try as she did to “save” slaver’s bay , daenerys will probably fail . not even book readers know for sure , but a hasty retreat to westeros seems awfully likely . and one of the biggest tragedies of the meereenese knot is that two of the show’s canniest political operatives—tyrion and varys—are now tangled up in it .
the murder mystery , which will shoot in vancouver , canada , is based on a korean format . the abc adaptation will be penned by “brothers & sisters” alum stephen tolkin , who will serve as executive producer along with ivan fecan and joseph broido . the show is produced by thunderbird entertainment in association with itv studios america , and will be distributed globally by itv studios global entertainment .
. . . but for a long time now , that massive force seems constantly in danger of being overwhelmed . by angry mobs , the sons of the harpy , or , at the end of last season , some combination of the two . seriously , if daenerys has several thousand unsullied , why were there only a dozen or so on hand to protect her at the fighting pits ?
is there a reasonable explanation ? there is at least a deleted scene showing goldblum dicking about with his computer to make it compatible , which at least proves emmerich was aware of how silly this was going to look . even so , you have to assume the aliens are big apple fans . maybe they invaded to get their grubby protuberances on an ipod , but arrived a few years too early .
for every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner , for every woman who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention - - meet maribeth klein . a harried working mother who ' s so busy taking care of her husband and twins , she doesn ' t even realize she ' s had a heart attack
tvline | thoughts on your quasi - successor aubrey ? you guys have the same basic physical build and hair color . there are several moments in tonight’s episode where i thought he was you . [ laughs ] i’m sure that was intentional . it probably made the transition a little more seamless . i think [ john boyd ] is a really cool guy from the couple of scenes that we did together . a really nice dude .
is there a reasonable explanation ? things have moved on from the events of the first film , and skynet has developed a workaround for the whole
living tissue
conundrum . in which case , there ' s no need for the t - 1000 to be naked , unless he ' s trying to trick any passing gawpers into thinking he ' s an older model of terminator . which would be exceptionally paranoid for an emotionless machine .
the movie : humans will never learn that creating dinosaurs and setting them free in a park is probably the worst idea since shell suits . still , that doesn ' t stop the ingen gang from nurturing a whole other load of creatures on a nearby island . things don ' t go well when someone has the genius idea to take the t - rex to san diego . where ' s it going ? comic - con ? jesus .
i think the public doesn’t understand the rigors of shooting a show for an actor , much less when you’re on location and away from home . at one point i approached aaron [ korsh , the showrunner , ] and said : “it’s not that i don’t love the show and love jessica , who is my alter ego . but my life is my life , and i need to take care of it . ” and everyone was completely supportive .
i think just about every mom has thought of running away from home if nothing more than to make a statement of how much we do on a day to day basis that makes the world go round . i liked the resolution that maribeth got with all her family dimensions but some of it was far fetched . not very mom has $ 25k to withdraw & run away to pittsburgh . an enjoyable read but needed a lil more grit for my taste .
as tvline reported , daley’s burgeoning directing career — he’s currently helming a remake of national lampoon’s vacation — led the powers that be at bones to kill off sweets . what did he think of that decision ? the actor - auteur tackles that question in the following q & a . he also opens up about his less - than - ideal last day of shooting , shares his thoughts on sweets’ final baby wish and offers a critique of his sorta - replacement , aubrey .
what a treat for randle fans . lets hope they release the rest of them . fair enough he was a bit strange but what a funny man . old time humour at it ` s best . supported by dan young a man sadly forgotten but equally as funny . not forgetting robbie vincent and harry korris . all of these names well before my time so it ` s a treat to now own them on dvd . a regular viewing of these classics is a essential .
find all of my reviews at : urltoken 3 . 5 stars okay i’m pissed at myself for being a big fat pile and refusing to log on to the computer in order to yack out a review before this thing expired from the library because i know maribeth provided some pretty quotable quotes that made me laugh . oh well . . . . let me start this half - assery by telling you that maribeth is not for everyone . different strokes for different folks and all that jazz so i won’t judge you if you aren’
gayle forman writes such emotional books . and for the fist two thirds of this novel i really liked it . it follows the story of maribeth klein and how she suddenly leaves her life one day . what i like is that maribeth feels like such a real character . i completely understand her reasons for leaving her family . i found myself supporting them all as the story developed . this book really shines the spotlight on women who are somehow expected to do it all . she has the family , the career . . all these c
it was the premise that first drew me in . an overworked , underappreciated mother with a full - time job has a heart attack . and sure , her family’s concerned . at least initially . but then , the narrator gets the sense that her family resents the time she’s taking to recuperate . overwhelmed and pissed off , she decides to run away . whaaaaat ? me ? identify with this narrator ? i don’t know what you’re talking about . anyway . i don’t usually spend money on hardcovers but , as soon as i read the opening page
three and a half stars maribeth klein , mother of four year old twins and holding down a full time position at frap , a celebrity lifestyle magazine , has a heart attack . she is hospitalised , operated on and nearly dies . you would expect when she comes home her husband and family would be completely supportive and caring . instead , maribeth feels too much is left to her to do and no - one is supporting her . she packs a bag , withdraws a sum of money and leaves her husband , jason , mother and twins liv an
the collateral damage of tyrion’s character aside , the failure in meereen knot doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence in daenerys going forward . to paraphrase daenerys herself , why should she control the seven kingdoms if she can’t control slaver’s bay ? in a post - episode interview that aired in hbogo , david benioff placed great emphasis on daenerys , “an unarmed little woman , ” taking care of herself . she didn’t have a dragon fly in to do her dirty work for her . but the bigger audience aside , does this really feel all that different from season 1 ?
this was my first gayle forman novel . i ' d been seeing her name pop up frequently , so when this became available on the library overdrive , i picked it up , not knowing much about it . hmm , talk about relating to a character - in this case , it almost felt like too much , especially since maribeth , the protagonist of this short novel , and i are of a similar vintage . there were many things i liked about this novel , besides its relatability . i appreciated forman daring to write about a mother -
the sain
3 . 5 immensely readable and entirely easy to relate . how many times when all my seven children were growing up , when i was ferrying them back and forth to school , outside activities , trying to keep up with housework , cooking , laundry , did i feel like getting in my car and running away ? way too many to count and i bet many other feel or have felt the same . in this book a 44 year old woman , suffers a heart attack , has bypass surgery and on release from the hospital finds her life with three year ol
did she say
for now
? although you get the feeling any reprise would be years in the future , de pablo has a surprisingly hopeful , never - say - never answer when asked if she could ever return for a cameo or something bigger .
the greatest thing about this last episode is that ziva doesn ' t die ,
she says .
as long as a character doesn ' t die , the character can always come back . not that it would actually matter , because we bring back characters from the dead all the time on ncis !
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it was the premise that first drew me in . an overworked , underappreciated mother with a full - time job has a heart attack . and sure , her family’s concerned . at least initially . but then , the narrator gets the sense that her family resents the time she’s taking to recuperate . overwhelmed and pissed off , she decides to run away . whaaaaat ? me ? identify with this narrator ? i don’t know what you’re talking about . anyway . i don’t usually spend money on hardcovers but , as soon as i read the opening pages , i knew i had to own this book . it didn’t disappoint . — steph auteri from the best books we read in october 2016 : urltoken
this week’s episode ended in the same way a handful of episodes have ended on game of thrones : daenerys using fire to get her way . true , she didn’t use her dragons this time , but in the past we’ve seen those dragons roast qarthian warlocks , flambé astaporian slavers , intimidate yunkish masters , and fricassee meereenese rebels . but of all the things dany’s immunity to fire ( in the show , not the books ) has gotten her in essos , none has been quite so impressive or important as drafting her thousands of new dothraki faithful . as satisfying as it was to watch daenerys roast a bunch of sexist dothraki pigs alive , aren’t we right back where we started with the mother of dragons ?
“you don’t know them , you don’t understand them , ” grey worm tells tyrion when critiquing his plan to deal with the slavers . and when tyrion said he was a slave long enough to know what slavery was like , missandei gently corrects him : “not long enough to understand . ” grey worm and missandei seem right , don’t they ? if dany fails and re - focuses her attention on westeros , that means tyrion and varys failed as well . that’s not the dynamic duo we came to know and love in season 2 . tyrion is a fool who can’t speak the language this season and while that might be an effective way to undermine a white savior storyline , it’s not the best use of peter dinklage .
tvline | what has this past week been like in terms of the reaction from fans ? sweets’ death pretty much blew up twitter . it was nice . people were saddened about the loss of sweets , but understanding that i — as a person — wanted to fulfill a dream . it was actually surprising . i [ expected ] some people would be taking it out on my personally . and up to this point , no one has said anything [ negative to me ] in the twitter - sphere . no one’s bashing me . it was also nice to know that there was such a loyal fan base of the show , and of sweets in particular , who were devastated by the loss . it was bittersweet .
first , a quick note on daenerys being fireproof . martin has made it very clear she is not in the books . “targaryens are not immune to fire ! ” he wrote to a fan in 1999 . “the birth of dany’s dragons was unique , magical , wondrous , a miracle . she is called the unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived . but her brother sure as hell wasn’t immune to that molten gold . ” “so she won & apos ; t be able to do it again ? ” the fan asked . “probably not , ” he replied . since daenerys freeing herself from the dothraki hasn’t happened in the books yet , we have no way of knowing if martin plans to bend that fire - proofing rule .
in the original planned series , daenerys killed khal drogo in order to get vengeance for her dead brother viserys . she fled from his faithful dothraki bloodriders into the wilderness , stumbled across a clutch of dragon eggs , and a “young dragon will give daenerys the power to bend the dothraki to her will . then she begins to plan for her invasion of the seven kingdoms . ” she invades by the second book and is fighting ice zombies by the third . so , yes , all this slaver’s bay stuff was never supposed to happen . if george had stuck to his plan , daenerys would be squaring off with the night’s king instead of moping around meereen . and while that’s probably still on the menu , we’ll have to wait a few more seasons to get there .
tvline | are you at all bummed that sweets and daisy reunited during the time jump ? it kind of cheated you and carla gallo out of some potentially fun material . absolutely . i love carla . she hails from the judd apatow family . she was the lead of undeclared , i was in freaks and geeks … we’ve known each other for such a long time in passing , and then bones brought us together as really good friends . she is such a funny , quirky , awesome person and i am so happy for her and her baby . she’s been baby crazy for a little while now . [ laughs ] so it’s nice to finally see her as a mom . she’s going to be one of the best moms . that will be tough to not be able to work with her on the show and hang out .
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i love frank randle . a forgotten comic talent in the annals of british comedy , today ' s so called comic actors could learn a lesson from the likes of frank randle .
fair enough he was a bit strange but what a funny man . old time humour at it ` s best
excellent set of the master comedian with the 35mm film prints coming from the archive , worth noting for this dvd set .
three of randle ' s best film roles in one package , with good quality prints and sound . the films are cheaply made but the glorious anarchy of the man ( how many soldiers in 1942 . . .
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electrocuting an elephant ( also known as electrocution of an elephant ) is a 1903 american , short , black-and-white , silent documentary film of the killing of the elephant topsy by electrocution at a coney island amusement park .

it was produced by the edison film company ( part of the edison manufacturing company ) and is believed to have been shot by edwin s. porter or jacob blair smith .

electrocuting an elephant

fishboy release rock opera / comic / animated website about thomas edison electrocuting an elephant .
this portion of edison ' s film electrocuting an elephant is taken from a german television show .
electrocuting an elephant
was a film released by edison in 1903 , which captured on film the death by electrocution of topsy , an elephant deemed dangerous after she had killed three men .
fishboy release rock opera / comic / animated website about thomas edison electrocuting an elephant only for the ghost of the elephant to seek its’ revenge . now being released january 20th .
a crowd put at 1 , 500 witnessed topsy ' s execution , which was filmed by edison and released later that year as electrocuting an elephant .
synopsis : in 1903 , on brooklyn’s coney island , thomas edison electrocuted an elephant . moreover , he filmed it , for all to witness . based on historic accounts , edison’s elephant explores the life and death of topsy , the circus elephant who , after much abuse , retaliated against those who harmed her , and who was ultimately executed for her actions—then made the subject of edison’s film electrocuting the elephant .
though if edison wasn ' t there in person , he was at least there in dog - electrocuting spirit .
review fix chats with playwright chris van strander who discusses “electrocuting the elephant , ” which is set for its run at the metropolitan playhouse gilded age festival from january 16 - 25 .
check out urltoken for the 10 most shocking animal attacks ever . a freak accident leads to an elephant rescue that quickly turns electrifying .
gets immediately to the point , faded foggy footage of an obedient harmless seeming elephant literally hooked up to electrodes , falling over , writhing & dead .
coney island ' s topsy the elephant was by far edison ' s biggest victim .
edison’s link to the death of topsy the elephant may not be entirely grounded in reality .
topsy offered an opportunity that edison couldn ' t resist . what better way to demonstrate the horrible consequences of alternating current than to roast a full - grown elephant ?
topsy , the famous “baby” elephant , was electrocuted at coney island on january 4 , 1903 .
topsy the elephant was electrocuted by thomas edison’s technicians at coney island before a crowd of thousands .
in fall 2014 the band will unveil an elephant : an album and wordless graphic novel about the ghost of topsy , the elephant who was publicly electrocuted by thomas edison in 1903 , and her attempts to avenge her death and pass into the afterlife . the results are as if tarantino scrapped a remake of dumbo after commissioning a full soundtrack and storyboards resulting in an unmade supernatural - historical - sci - fi - all - ages - revenge - thriller - rock - opera - comic - book .
critical thinking video series : thomas edison electrocutes topsy the elephant , jan . 4 , 1903 - death penalty - urltoken
we see an elephant being led from an enclosure in the middle of what seems to be a construction site . its trunk is bound in a complex harness that almost looks like a bondage garment . the camera pans to follow the elephant and we can see that there are crowds of spectators in the background . after a cut , we see the elephant is strapped in place , apparently roughly in the same place as it was before the edit . suddenly the elephant stiffens , and you can see a puff of smoke from below its feet . after a few moments , it falls slowly over to the left . it twitches a few times on the ground before the end of the movie .
she died almost instantly , and almost took one of the edison technicians with her . he was also electrocuted when he threw the switch . even though she had already been pronounced dead , workers tightened a noose around her neck for ten minutes to make sure . spca doctors on hand pronounced it as the most humane way to kill an animal they had ever seen , and edison had his documentary . the film “electrocuting an elephant” depicted the first actual death on screen , and was seen by audiences across the country . a part of it
synopsis : the execution of topsy , a female elephant , in a publicity stunt advertising the opening of luna park on coney island .
_ _ 1903 : _ _ thomas edison stages his highly publicized electrocution of an elephant in order to demonstrate the dangers of alternating current , which , if it posed any immediate danger at all , was to edison ' s own direct current .
synopsis : the electrocution of an elephant who had killed three men . / / [ from edison promotional materials ] topsy , the famous “baby” elephant , was electrocuted at coney island on january 4 , 1903 . we secured an excellent picture of the execution . the scene opens with keeper leading topsy to the place of execution . after copper plates or electrodes were fastened to her feet , 6 , 600 volts of electricity were turned on . the elephant is seen to become rigid , throwing her trunk in the air , and then is completely enveloped in smoke from the burning electrodes . the current is cut off and she falls forward to the ground dead .
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described in the chicago tribune as
the original baby elephant ,
edison reportedly agreed to put down the giant after it had killed three men .
in the aftermath of the gruesome event , westinghouse commented ,
they could have done better with an ax .
update : fishboy’s new album an elephant is now being issued on january 20th , 2015 . the record has had a series of delays from faulty test pressings , bad color vinyl issues , and two broken stampers . the record is currently in production , but the new date has been set .
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edison is not mentioned in any of the numerous contemporaneous newspaper accounts of the killing of topsy . nor is there any evidence that officials of luna park , the spca , or the brooklyn illuminating co . consulted him on the case . it is also unlikely that he was personally involved in producing the film “electrocuting an elephant , ” even though the title bears his name . although he was the president of the edison manufacturing co . , which , among other things , oversaw the film company , day - to - day operations were in the hands of the vice president and general manager william e . gilmore .
shots are speeded up , blurry , distorted ; the music rises in an industrialist beat shifting into happy carny sounds shifting into suspense notes .
thomas edison believed that future executions by ac current would go more smoothly , “without the scene at auburn today . ” to further demonstrate the lethal nature of alternating current , he held a widely attended spectacle in coney island , new york , where a circus elephant named topsy was to be executed after she was deemed to be too dangerous to be around people . the elephant had killed three men in recent years—one a trainer who had tried to feed topsy a lit cigarette . edison had topsy fitted with copper - wire sandals , and before a crowd of thousands , an ac current of 6 , 000 volts was sent coursing through the elephant until she toppled to her side , dead .
the background story for this terrible footage is that topsy , an elephant who literally helped to build coney island as a working animal , had killed three men in as many years . they had in one way or another abused her ; the third fed her a burning cigarette as though it were a peanut , burning her sensitive trunk .
this short actuality from edison is a fairly unpleasant film , which will upset some viewers . fair warning : it does depict the actual death of an animal . it also has been frequently misinterpreted by modern viewers , and therefore is an important part of our study of the history of movies .
because it shows mainly only the lights it ' s like an outline of coney island , patterns in bright white against black , & quite pretty .
topsy , the famous
baby
elephant , was electrocuted at coney island on january 4 , 1903 . we secured an excellent picture of the execution . the scene opens with keeper leading topsy to the place of execution . after copper plates or electrodes were fastened to her feet , 6 , 600 volts of electricity were turned on . the elephant is seen to become rigid , throwing her trunk in the air , and then is completely enveloped in smoke from the burning electrodes . the current is cut off and she falls forward to the ground dead .
as the story goes , edison found his target in topsy , a murderous circus elephant that was slated for death . but as is so often the case , that tale is not quite so simple .
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( 1903 ) . these two films really do portray orphans , so there ' s an underlying sadness even to the sweetness of these films of children .
the shortest possible answer is that he didn ' t , at least not directly . thomas edison , one of the giants of american history , is often credited ( or more accurately , maligned ) with using electricity to kill an elephant as part of a publicity stunt . edison may have been a flawed man , but he probably had nothing to do with elephant murder , although a cursory glance at his background makes it easy to see why many people attribute this act of cruelty to him . the story begins — and ends — with darkness , both literal and figurative .
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soviet montage theory is an approach to understanding and creating cinema that relies heavily upon editing ( montage is french for
assembly
or
editing
) .
as the camera looks down an open road , a horse and carriage approaches , and passes by to one side of the field of view . soon afterwards , an automobile comes up the road , straight towards the camera . as it gets nearer , the occupants start to wave frantically , but can a collision be avoided ?
westinghouse was horrified by the reports of kemmler’s execution . “it has been a brutal affair , ” he said . “they could have done better with an ax . ”
an elephant will be self - released as a traditional vinyl lp and as 5 . 5×5 . 5” 160 page read - along comic that will be specially formatted , animated , and posted online in the weeks leading up to its physical release . the album is currently available to stream and pre - order through the band’s website and includes a direct pdf download of the entire book .
the execution of topsy , a female elephant , in a publicity stunt advertising the opening of luna park on coney island . topsy was originally owned by forepaugh circus where she killed a . . . see full summary »
there is no evidence that edison had anything to do with topsy ' s electrocution . michael daly ' s book on the subject and the rutgers edison archive point out that the means of execution were decided by thompson and dundy , and the details handled by the park electrician and the local power company called
edison
( that ' s con - ed , not thomas alva ) . edison was a brand name at that point , so the power companies and even the film company that bore his name were not run by him . edison was definitely never at luna park and it looks like the local story
did you know in 1903 edison ( con - ed ) electrocuted an elephant ?
has morphed over the years into
in 1903 thomas alva edison electrocuted an elephant
.
first of all : it wasn ' t edison who sentenced this poor elephant to death it wasn ' t edison who abused the elephant it wasn ' t edison who made the public bloodthirsty edison ' s involvement with the execution of the elephant is by providing the equipment and then filming the event . so making use of two of his
inventions
. that he also makes a profit off the fate of the elephant has to be blamed to the nature of humankind that is still eager to see extreme violence . i only have to mention the success of the faces of death movies and you see that nothing has changed in 100 years . what about the movie which in fact is a documentary or rather a newsflash . the filming is accurate en there is some historic significance . so it is important that this movie still exist and shows us a world where cruelty on animals ( and human beings ) was still a public affair .
rube & amp ; mandy at coney island . 1903 coney island at night . 1905 director : edwin s . porter meet me down at coney island . 1930 director : louis de rochemont coney island . 1939 director : william castle coney island , usa . 1952 director : valentine shevy orphans in the surf . 1903 director : g . w . bitzer baby class at lunch . 1903 great fire ruins coney island . 1903 director : alfred c . abadie shooting the chutes at luna park . 1903 director : william heise ' king ' & amp ; ' queen ' the great diving horses . 1899 around the flip flap railroad . 1902 director : frederick s . armitage a total accident . 1903 director : wallace mccutcheon little egypt . 1897 the aeriel slide at coney island . 1897 electrocuting an elephant . 1903 directors : unknown
topsy the elephant was electrocuted at luna park zoo on coney island in 1903 . captured on film by thomas edison , the event was one of a string of animal electrocutions edison staged to discredit a new form of electricity : alternating current .
the execution of topsy , a female elephant , in a publicity stunt advertising the opening of luna park on coney island . topsy was originally owned by forepaugh circus where she killed a drunken spectator who burned the tip of her trunk with a cigar . she was sold to sea lion park in 1902 which was then sold to new owners who turned it into luna park . after they decided they could no longer handle her , the owners of luna park announced they would hang topsy , leading to an outcry by the aspca . the owners then decided they would electrocute the elephant , with a backup plan of feeding her cyanide - laced carrots and strangling her with a cable .
the movie is about an elderly couple struggling to survive in a decaying neighborhood , and are terrorized by gangs . during the opening credit , the thunderbolt can be seen in the background .
but was edison to blame ? did he have anything to do with the execution of topsy ? the answer is an emphatic “no . ” topsy was sentenced to death by luna park officials after she had killed three men over a three - month period . that she had , under the goading of her drunken handler , menaced the local police and some workmen likely also influenced amusement park officials in their decision to rid themselves of the elephant .
it is worth noting that none of edison’s extant correspondence from the period mentions topsy or the electrocution of an elephant at coney island or in any other way links edison to the execution . and none directs gilmore or the edison manufacturing co . to make a film of the event . in fact , the correspondence between edison and gilmore during january and february 1903 ( there is none from december of the previous year ) chiefly concerns patents for phonograph speakers .
, the 2013 film that vilified seaworld for use of captive orcas . many in the theme park community have attacked the movie as a hit piece , while others in the anti - animal captivity community used it as a call to arms . but for all the discussion and passion that the movie generated , history tells us that this issue is as old as the industry itself . if told completely , this story shines a different kind of light on the culture of the times , and also on an iconic figure in american history . once upon a time , a 110 years before blackfish and tilikum there was another movie , and an elephant named topsy .
edison got his big chance , though , when the luna park zoo at coney island decided that topsy , a cranky female elephant who had squashed three handlers in three years ( including one idiot who tried feeding her a lighted cigarette ) , had to go .
early movies by edison manufacturing , american mutoscope and biograph were were five minute one - reel shorts that were travelogues or silly comedies , and they often depicted an amusement ride or scene at the beach .
brash nyc policeman partnered with stiff by - the - book officer and assigned to protect an important mafia witness against organized crime in brooklyn . reported to be a lot of coney island scenes ? ? ?
constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in russia beginning in 1919 and was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art . the movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes .
film - noir about a sweet girl whose new husband ( jagger ) may be a murderer . mitchum is her ex - boyfriend . shows short clips of the human pool table and a scene from an unknown coaster .
infamous short of luna park ' s rogue elephant being electrocuted in january 1903 during construction of the park . edison filmed various animals being electrocuted to show how dangerous his rival ' s ac current was , and to scare potential customers into not allowing anything but his safer dc current into their homes .
she was initially fed poisoned carrots but it wasn ' t sufficient to kill her , so publicity - hound thomas alva edison ( who can be seen
fearlessly
leading the unwary elephant ) volunteered personally to kill her horrifically , having already gotten his jollies killing dogs & cats by this method .
edison at the time was engaged in his own free - for - all , battling nikola tesla and george westinghouse for control of america ' s electric infrastructure . edison had declared that his direct current system was safe , but that tesla and westinghouse ' s alternating current was a deadly menace . to prove it , edison had been publicly electrocuting dogs and cats for years . and it was edison who had convinced new york to use tesla and westinghouse ' s
deadly
ac for its electric chair .
vitascope was an early film projector first demonstrated in 1895 by charles francis jenkins and thomas armat . they had made modifications to jenkins patented
phantoscope
, which cast images via film & electric light onto a wall or screen .
electricity will kill a man “in the ten - thousandth part of a second , ” edison told one reporter shortly after the demonstration , and he was quick to remind him that “the current should come from an alternating machine . ”
but topsy had a temper . she killed three men in three years , the last a drunk trainer who had fed her a lit cigarette . topsy had to go . but how ? the authorities fed her carrots laced with cyanide . she wolfed them down without effect . topsy was one tough elephant .
catastrophe of william gordon in an attempt to ride a loop - the - loop ramp on a bicycle . as he neared the bottom after circling the loop , the wheel swerved into the framework . the injured man was carried away .
one attraction is a pig sliding board orchestrated by a clown , & an act with an ornery donkey before the horses do their serious act with stunt - rider . carnival rides get some attention including a cool looking chance to ride about in big toy biplanes .
shoot - the - chutes
for a dime , this was still one of the coolest rides at coney island , & this time we get to see what it looks like from inside one of the boats .
the skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors . unknown to them , he is an amateur conterfeiter who eluded the secret service of 20 years . scenes at coney island where the old man rides the coaster with two kids .
in a medium close - up shot of the first kiss ever recorded on screen , two fervent lovers cuddle and talk passionately at hair ' s breadth , just before the love - smitten gentleman decides to give his chosen one an innocent peck .
the sound has been found in the form of an old edisonian recording cylinder . the cylinder was repaired , then walter murch ace mpse synced the film to the correct music in ( i believe ) 2002 . total running time is approximately 17 seconds .
an early motion picture device , invented by winsor mccay and later patented by herman casler on november 21 , 1894 . like thomas edison ' s kinetoscope it did not project on a screen , and provided viewing to only one person at a time .
killing a 10 - foot tall , three - ton elephant in 1903 wasn’t a simple proposition , let alone doing so in a quick and humane way . they didn’t have a gun big enough to quickly do the job , and even though it had been done to other elephants before , the idea of hanging her was thrown out .
young doctor abandons his jewish ghetto neighborhood , family , and friends to join park avenue set and make big money . there is a long shot of an unknown coaster , and a few seconds of a shot of a man and woman riding on the coaster .
articles : “”wait till the next one ! ” newsweek , february 11 , 2007 . urltoken creating jobs” by steve lohr , new york times , january 12 , 1997 . “steve jobs and bill gates : it’s complicated” by jay greene , cnet news , microsoft , august 24 , 2011 . “coney elephant killed” new york times , january 6 , 1903 .
despite lawyers hired by westinghouse arguing that the method was blatantly a cruel and unusual punishment , an axe murdered named william kemmler would be nominated to be the state ' s guinea pig , with edison testifying in court that the death of anyone who was
westinghoused
would be painless .
new york stenographer meets an englishman and falls in love . she discovers he is a duke ' s son and already engaged . she confides in her reporter friend who publicizes her as the ' no girl ' , so she cashes in her notority and becomes a cafe entertainer . scenes at luna park ? ?
purportedly , as the war of the currents came to an end , edison opted for one last stand in hopes of swaying the public that his dc standard was safer and better than ac . his hope was that a widely reported spectacle might stop ac from spreading and instead make dc the current of the future .
in june 1888 , edison began to demonstrate the lethal power of alternating current for reporters . he rigged a sheet of tin to an ac dynamo and led a dog onto the tin to drink from a metal pan . once the dog touched the metal surface , it yelped and“the little cur dog fell dead . ”
story of an aloof jewish intellectual who after hiding from the nazis during world war ii , settles in coney island in 1949 . he is married , but is fooling around with a sexy married woman . several of the long shots show the cyclone and thunderbolt coasters . there are also several closeups of the flat rides at astroland .
pre - dating true narrative , the films simply show the progress of a vehicle moving forwards , usually shot by strapping a cameraman to the front . the term phantom ride was applied because the position of the camera meant that only the track and scenery could be seen and the movement appeared to be coming from an invisible force .
in a letter to edison , he wrote ,
i believe there has been a systemic attempt on the part of some people to do a great deal of mischief and create as great a difference as possible between the edison company and the westinghouse electric co . , when there ought to be an entirely different condition of affairs .
a gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children . the family barricade themselves in an interior room , but the criminals are well - equipped for breaking in . when the father finds out what is happening , he must race against time to get back home .
now , you can find various places on the internet that blame thomas edison for the death of this elephant . these claims are inaccurate , and result from poor historical study . having heard that edison waged a war against alternating current that inflated its dangers and suggested that people would be electrocuted by it , they have concluded that this movie was part of that campaign . it is not . the “war of the currents” was over for more than ten years by the time this was produced , and alternating current was already the standard at edison’s remaining plants at the time . because of the early date of the war of the currents , no movies were produced to support it . the movie “ pan - american exposition at night ” depicts a display of alternating current lights one year before this movie was made . in short , this movie represents a tragic execution of an animal in no way at fault for its inability to get along with human beings after they had systematically mistreated her , and it exploits the pain of that animal for purposes of spectacle , but thomas edison did not use it to make an argument regarding alternating current .
books : mark essig , edison & the electric chair , walker and company , 2003 . craig brandon , the electric chair : an unnatural american history , mcfarland & company , inc . , 1999 . gilbert king , the execution of willie francis : race , murder , and the search for justice in the american south , basic civitas books , 2008 .
he was so dedicated to discrediting westinghouse and tesla that he took a sheet of tin , poured water on it then attached it to an ac power source . in front of reporters he had invited to his lab , he had a dog try and drink the water , the animal falling over dead as soon at its mouth came in contact with the electrified metal .
throughout it retains an air of the macabre , weird dolls & mannequins , shouting barkers , eerie angles of whirling rides like the virginia wheel & the cyclone , the screaming of frightened funseekers , hairy arms tearing tickets , the promise of being half - killed , humanity swarming like insects as henry morgan narrates with venomous irony ,
you & i in the sun , you & i alone .
any normal human being will be repulsed by what they see on this short and badly deteriorated film . the elephant’s questionable ‘murderous’ behaviour doesn’t really justify her electrocution . she’s docile enough as she’s led to her death , suggesting she’s no rogue . despite the graininess of the picture , the viewer can easily identify the moment the poor animal is zapped by the way her huge body stiffens . a second later , smoke rises from around her feet and a few seconds after that she topples to the ground . that’s entertainment , folks .
a young wife and her musician husband live in poverty in a new york city tenement . the husband ' s job requires him to go away for for a number of days . on his return , he is robbed by the neighborhood gangster . sometime later , an unrelated mob shoot - out ensues . the husband happens upon the melee , recognizing the crook who robbed him . can the husband retrieve his money ?
the execution took place on a dreary jan . 4 . topsy was dosed with poison , and a rope was put around her neck . electricians from the local electric company fitted two of the elephant’s feet with electrodes to administer the shock . once the switch was flipped , it took just ten seconds before topsy fell over and died . the new bedford mercury reported that the spca officers present had said that “they had never seen a more humane manner of causing death , ” though they likely had very little real understanding of the effects of electrocution in spite of the experiments edison had done .
when new york state sentenced convicted murderer william kemmler to death , he was slated to become the first man to be executed in an electric chair . killing criminals with electricity “is a good idea , ” edison said at the time . “it will be so quick that the criminal can’t suffer much . ” he even introduced a new word to the american public , which was becoming more and more concerned by the dangers of electricity . the convicted criminals would be “westinghoused . ”
edison’s elephant cast includes : lynn berg ( how i learned to drive , batz . film : a day’s messing and the clean up ) , kevin orton ( sir peter hall’s amadeus , uncle vanya ) , wendy merritt ( my first lady , game changers ) , alyssa simon ( film : they will outlive us all , off - b’way : purchase , my first lady ) , cj trentacosta ( bergenpac’s 42nd street . film : life in a box ) john thomas waite ( broadway : dracula , amadeus . off broadway : the fantasticks ) , rik walter ( k comma joseph , “30 rock , ” “law and order” ) with sean gough on piano .
also , while this might not have been crystal clear , i don ' t recall saying that edison was ever present for this event . the fact remains though that an edison company carried out the execution , using means of execution invented by and marketed by edison , and it was filmed and distributed by edison ' s film company . where in this chain is edison not a party ? i find it hard to believe that a guy who was a ) highly active with his companies , and b ) whose name is on the sign ( s ) bears no responsibility whatsoever .
viewed from the lagoon , we see boats launched from the top of the slide , racing downward , & shooting across the water . boats would eventually be hooked to a lift & ratcheted to the top of the slide for another go . what a great ride , looks like a wonderful way to get killed too . ( as an aside , captain paul boyton who designed the chutes also built one at the world ' s columbia exhibition in chicago in 1893 , & sold the design to be built again at fulton street park built along the same plan , opened in 1895 . )
this whole release was a mistake from day 1 in this format . aside a few people who can afford to give that much money for it , it should never have been printed on a thousand copy run . . 200 copies for this format would be more than enough to cover the needs of those willing to pay for it , and the rest should have been on cd ' s or even an lp edition normaly priced . now you have about 10 - 13 people selling it here on discogs , and it will eventually climb down it ' s initial price tag , just wait and see .
edison’s “experience” with the matter and his standing as an authority on electricity prompted thompson and dundy to call . even though the current war was over , he apparently for one reason or another couldn’t resist the opportunity to demonstrate the “dangers” of ac one more time…this time on the largest land animal in the world . some say he was still fighting the war in his own mind , others say edison still harbored a grudge from the loss and participated out of vindictiveness . whichever the case , he signed on to do it , and he would document the whole thing with another one of his inventions , the movie camera .
box set limited to 1000 copies . the
passage to rhodesia
cd is housed in a book of photos and lyrics along with a second cd of exclusive material titled
house of stone
, and a dvd attached to the back page . also included in this set is a 10
picture disc with two exclusive tracks , a certificate signed and hand - numbered by jérôme reuter , an envelope with postcards , a coin and two posters . the interview with jérôme reuter was filmed on location in rome , italy , in the summer of 2013 . video production company : solobuio visual factory authoring dvd : goffredo passi - gp visual arts
15 . apocalypse now ( 1979 ) there are few sights more horrifying than a corpulent marlon brando in a black muumuu , but the ritual slaughter of a water buffalo at the climax of apocalypse now wins by an arterial squirt . the buffalo was already marked for ritual sacrifice by the indigenous tribe cast as the disciples of brando’s gone - native colonel kurtz , and the argument was that it would have been hacked to death whether or not the cameras were rolling . but director francis ford coppola is well aware of the shock value of watching a living creature fall apart like soft butter under the tribe’s blades , given that he uses it as a visual stand - in for what’s happening to the barely seen brando as his assassin attacks with a similar machete .
this selection of 55 “actuality” films is drawn from the library of congress’s paper print collection , an archive that includes hundreds of early films shot by edison and biograph cameramen on the streets of new york around the start of the 20th century , as the movies themselves were being born . begun in 1896 , these short , documentary - like films contain no plots , no stories , and no characters – such things having not yet been invented – but are instead real - time glimpses of actual events , people , and places . primitive yet powerful , the films show not staged scenes but real life , the people in them not actors but ordinary new yorkers , going about their daily business , utterly unaware they are being captured forever by this new and magical medium .
within a year , westinghouse electric began installing its own ac generators around the country , focusing mostly on the less populated areas that edison’s system could not reach . but westinghouse was also making headway in cities like new orleans , selling electricity at a loss in order to cut into edison’s business . by 1887 , after only a year in the business , westinghouse had already more than half as many generating stations as edison . the concern at edison was palpable , as sales agents around the country were demoralized by westinghouse’s reach into rural and suburban areas . but thomas edison had an idea . surely westinghouse’s system must be more dangerous , what with all that voltage passing through the wires . “just as certain as death , ” edison predicted , “westinghouse will kill a customer within 6 months after he puts in a system of any size . ”
in november 1887 , edison received a letter from a dentist in buffalo , new york , who was trying to develop a more humane method of execution than hanging . having witnessed a drunk man accidentally kill himself by touching a live electric generator , alfred p . southwick became convinced that electricity could provide a quicker , less painful alternative for criminals condemned to death . perhaps the wizard of menlo park might have some thoughts about the best electric current “to produce death with certainty in all cases . ” edison , who opposed capital punishment , at first declined to get involved with southwick’s project . but when the dentist persisted , edison , recognizing the opportunity that had landed in his lap , wrote back to say that although he would “join heartily in an effort to totally abolish capital punishment , ” he did have some thoughts about electric currents in which to dispose of “criminals under sentence of death . ”
westinghouse was livid . he faced millions of dollars in losses if edison’s propaganda campaign convinced the public that his ac current would be lethal to homeowners . westinghouse contributed $ 100 , 000 toward legal fees for kemmler’s appeal to the u . s . supreme court , where it was argued that death in the electric chair amounted to cruel and unusual punishment . both kemmler and westinghouse were unsuccessful , and on august 6 , 1890 , kemmler was strapped into harold brown’s chair at auburn prison and wired to an ac dynamo . when the current hit him , kemmler’s fist clenched so tight that blood began to trickle from his palm down the arm of the chair . his face contorted , and after 17 seconds , the power was shut down . arthur southwick , “the father of the electric chair , ” was in attendance and proclaimed to the witnesses , “this is the culmination of ten years work and study . we live in a higher civilization today . ”
when thomas edison , the so - called wizard of menlo who was always quick to claim the credit for his underlings’ toil and to fiercely crush any competitor who threatened to diminish the profits he expected to make from his staff’s labours , heard about the plan to kill topsy , he promptly offered the use of his technicians to manage the public execution , for which the circus owners planned to sell tickets at 25 cents a head . you might wonder why edison would make such an offer . well , he was in the middle of a titanic tussle with george westinghouse who , with former edison assistant nicolas tesla , had devised a system of alternating current to rival edison’s own direct current . edison was waging a concerted campaign to discredit alternating current , falsely claiming that it was vastly more dangerous than his own direct current , and so he ensured that the current that coursed through topsy’s body was ac in order to associate the animal’s unpleasant death with westinghouse’s rival system .
the point of photogénie is entirely visual . it can ' t be reduced to words . in other words , what you can do is point at it , point it out , but you can ' t define it . however , to define it by circling around it , the quickest thing is to say that - - when something ' s photographed - - one view would be that you just copy it . it ' s exactly as it looks in real life . the other view would be : no , that ' s not true ; it ' s transformed . and it ' s transformed in a way that is both creative and revelatory in the sense that it ' s not just distorting something but revealing elements to it , you know ? that ' s the idea . it ' s the way that a photograph or a film transforms what it films or photographs , and transforms it in a way that reveals aspects of it - - not just viewpoints of it - - but a sense of texture , a sense of form , and so on , which you might not notice if you look at it in real life . giving an object meaning through film
a growing source of silent era film information . this listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett . copyright © 1999 - 2018 by carl bennett and the silent era company . all rights reserved .
edison manufacturing company production ; distributed by edison manufacturing company . / © 12 january 1903 by thomas a . edison [ h26890 ] . released january 1903 . / standard 35mm spherical 1 . 33 : 1 format . / the production was shot 4 january 1903 at luna park , coney island , new york .
references : everson - american pp . 20 - 21 ; kerr - silent p . 17 ; leyda - before pp . 81 , 109 : website - afi .
the following list , which includes the film title , studio , date , and director ( d ) , or cameraman ( c ) , links to the library of congress
american memory
website , which allows users to download the entire film or watch it online . ( a few of them link to the internet movie database ) .
, biograph , 1906 , d wallace mccutcheon , c g . w . bitzer
east side urchins bathing in a fountain , edison , 1903 , c edwin s . porter
, edison , 1905 , d edwin s . porter , c edwin s . porter
, biograph , 1904 , d wallace mccutcheon , c g . w . bitzer
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as the 19th century turned into the 20th , one of the biggest attractions at coney island ' s
luna park
was its private herd of elephants , which roamed freely . a favorite was topsy , a three - ton tusker whose great strength had been put to use building the attractions that made coney island so much fun .
thompson & dundy , who owned luna park , decided to turn topsy into a moral issue - - and to make a profit at the same time . they announced that man - killer topsy would be publicly hanged for her crimes . the aspca protested : hanging was cruel and inhuman punishment . after all , hadn ' t new york state just replaced the gallows with a modern electric chair ?
all right , said thompson and dundy . coney island has a powerful electrical plant - - we ' ll fry topsy ! but to pull it off , they needed top - shelf technical support . and that ' s where thomas edison came in .
edison sent over a crack team of technicians - - and a film crew . topsy was led to a special platform , the cameras were set rolling , the switch was thrown . it took only ten seconds . edison later showed the film to audiences across the country to prove his point .
in the end , it made no difference . ac beat out dc , but both edison and westinghouse prospered ( tesla did not ) . in fact , westinghouse was awarded the edison medal for
meritorious achievements in the development of the alternating current system .
that wasn ' t much consolation to topsy , who was dead , nor to luna park , which was eventually destroyed in a horrible fire . today , nothing remains of either except for edison ' s film . if you ask the folks at the coney island museum , they ' ll show it to you .
( topsy had been largely forgotten - - except perhaps as a scene of out - of - context horror in the 1979 mr . mike ' s mondo video - - until ric burns ' 1991 coney island film documented and recounted the grisly details . )
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luna park management initially planned to hang topsy . but the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals objected , claiming that this method of execution was unnecessarily cruel . to meet these objections , park officials , with the approval of the spca , subsequently decided to use a combination of poisoning , strangulation , and electrocution .
while edison had nothing to do with the decision to euthanize topsy and took no part in the proceedings , the spca’s understanding of electrocution as a humane means of dispatching animals was certainly influenced by experiments edison and his associates had made at his west orange laboratory during the late 1880s . edison was prompted to conduct experiments on animals after spca founder henry bergh , jr . , contacted him to ask whether electrocution might provide a humane way of killing unwanted animals . during these experiments , edison and his assistants electrocuted a number of animals , chiefly dogs provided by the spca .
these experiments at edison’s west orange laboratory did convince spca officials that electrocution was a more humane and efficient way of euthanizing animals than either drowning ( in the case of dogs ) or hanging ( in the case of other animals ) . edison associates had also used the results of this laboratory research during the battle of the currents ( 1886 - 1892 ) to demonstrate that ac was more dangerous than dc . these experiments were also undertaken at the behest of a commission established by the state of new york to find a more humane method of executing criminals and led to the institution of the electric chair as a common method of execution in the united states . however , the efforts by edison and his company to disparage the westinghouse system failed as a competitive strategy because ac proved to be more efficient for transmitting electricity over large distances .
once luna park officials had decided that electrocution would be used on topsy , they required the cooperation of the local electric power company— the edison electric illuminating co . of brooklyn , which under the supervision of electrician p . d . sharkey provided technical assistance and 6 , 600 volts of power relayed from new general electric ac generators in nearby bay ridge . like so many local illuminating companies across the united states , the brooklyn company used the edison name because it originally employed the edison system of electric power generation under license from the edison electric light co . of new york . in most cases , edison had no personal role in the formation or direction of these companies . in 1903 , he played no role in the direction of the edison electric illuminating co . of brooklyn , which in any case was acting at the behest of officials at luna park in conjunction with the spca .
it is sometimes said that edison had the film made to further dramatize the dangers of the alternating current system . it was , according to this canard , all part of the longstanding publicity campaign to discredit ac and promote edison’s own preference , direct current . but the film could have borne no relation to this so - called “battle of the currents , ” which had ended more than a decade earlier . very likely the film company decided to document the electrocution of topsy because it was of interest to the public .