lovin ' the ladies is a 1930 romantic comedy film directed by melville w. brown , and starring richard dix , lois wilson and allen kearns .

it made a profit of $ 65,000 .

the film 's screenplay was adapted by j. walter ruben , based on the 1919 broadway play , i love you , which was written by william le baron , who produced this film .

a younger richard dix starred in the play , which was produced by legendary movie cowboy g. m. anderson .

lovin ' the ladies

some ladies lovin ( and not lovin ) other ladies . snippets centered around raishan pairings ; canon compliant , canon divergent , and also alternate universes inside .
lovin ' the ladies ( 1930 ) directed by melville w . brown • reviews , film + cast • letterboxd
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kenny : no , you’re thinking of tzipporah . sephora was an ancient greek poet who inspired a lot of lady - lovin’ .
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lovin ' the ladies is a cute light romantic comedy that has to be enjoyed in the context when it was filmed ( 1930 ) . the script is closely based on the play
i love you
by william le baron who also produced this movie . all the action takes place
on stage
on the property of mr . farnsworth and could have been easily recreated on a broadway stage .
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i feel it in the swing of the songs that dominate my favorite playlists , all of them in some way spun from the spider web of the blues ; the music genre that laid the foundation for modern rock , hip hop , and pop . lady lovin’ ma rainey sang the sorrows of her heart with such soul that moved across sound waves for generations since .
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with a title like
lovin ' the ladies
and it being made in 1930 , and there being a tremendous dearth of pre - codes lately on tcm … well , i was hoping for some juicy pre - production code entertainment , but alas that was not the case with this flick . nonetheless , at less than 75 minutes , it was face - paced and mildly amusing enough . as with a lot of these really old movies , i found i enjoyed it for the cultural references and peak into the past .
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queer profile : sappho sapho is considered to be the mother of all lesbians . both her name and home - city - state of lesbos are where we get the two terms for lady - lovin’ ladies ; sapphic and lesbian . although not much is known about the life of sappho , she was born around 600 b . c . she was a lyrical poet who composed works consisting both of tributes to the greek gods of the time and expressions of her love for both women and men . her poems were collected and stored in the library of alexandria until it was burned down . due to this , much of her work was lost years after her death . nonetheless , she is believed to have been popular in her day , held in the same regard as homer . she is also inventor of the sapphic stanza style , which consists of three long lines of a poem followed by a shorter fourth .
but even beyond the pink ladies , two side characters , patty simcox and cha - cha , literally seem to embody this virgin - shaming and slut - shaming . throughout the film patty is seen being shamed for being a virgin and is almost constantly portrayed acting almost like a little girl . patty in turn is seen shaming rizzo when it’s rumored that she is pregnant .
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lovin ' the ladies : jimmy farnsworth ( allen kearns ) bets his friend $ 5 , 000 that he can get any two people , under the proper environment , to fall in love and become engaged within a month . the two he chooses are young society girl betty duncan ( renee macready ) and peter darby ( richard dix ) , a dashing electrician who agrees to pose as a society man at jimmy ' s estate . peter falls in love , however , with joan bently ( lois wilson ) , jimmy ' s fiancée . marie , the maid and vampish louise endicott ( rita la roy ) become enamored of peter , and to top it off , betty falls in love with the butler ! this pre - code confection is chock full of farcical situations and makes for fun diversion . - - - - - - 1 , 000 + rare films , tv movies , and series on dvd direct from the studio . urltoken
also , you might want to consider that sandy is very different from the other pink ladies besides her virginity . she has a polish - sounding last name in the original play ( dumbrowski ) but in the movie , it is changed to olsen , which is pretty waspy . unlike the pink ladies , she has blond hair , blue eyes , and has a very “innocent” sort of beauty . the pink ladies are mostly dark brunettes and they are all working - class girls who would have been considered “ethnic” back then…this was tied closely to a girl’s values , or at least that is what some people in the 50’s believed . rizzo and marty are both italian - american , jan is irish - american , frenchy is most likely jewish . cha - cha is also italian ( annette charles , the actress who played her , was really named annette cardona . she was italian - american but changed her name for showbiz ) . there was a time when irish and italian people were not considered white in america . notice how in the first half of the movie , sandy’s hair is straight and smooth . when she transforms into a sultry vixen , her hair is teased into fluffy curls…this symbolizes her liberation from sexual restraint . she also has pierced ears by then and is wearing red lipstick…these are things that many old - fashioned white americans frowned upon in the 50’s .
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i agree with you , though , that the pink ladies aren’t very nice to cha - cha . but again , it seems to be more about her unpleasant personality than her reputation . she is even more sleazy than rizzo and she dates craterface , the leader of the scorpions , the rival gang . annette cardona ( who played cha - cha ) died not too long ago , which was really sad , because she was a great dancer . jeff conaway died recently too ( he played kenickie ) . and the guy who played craterface ( dennis something ? ) died in the early 90’s from aids .
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i hear it on the dance floor , and the radio . beats and movements curated and designed and popularized by gay clubs across the world , many like pulse , in florida . when the djs knew they’d struck a hit once the bodies gyrated , and sweat , and interlocked across the floor .
cha - cha , is described as a girl “with the worst reputation , ” and not even by people like patty or sandy who aren’t sexually active . cha - cha’s reputation is exposed by the other pink ladies , all of whom are sexually active , but see they see themselves as better than cha - cha for some reason . perhaps because she has had sex with more than one man ? although it’s implied that rizzo and marty have done the same—so the fact that cha - cha is made fun of for being sexually active with multiple partners is absurd and hypocritical .
jimmy : no , you’re thinking of sappho . sephora is the youngest of the five marx brothers .
richard dix becomes very articulate and distinguished as he ascends the social ladder to the upper class . lois wilson remains adorable and charming as the cute innocent fiancée . the setting that farnsworth has prepared for darby to work his
seductive magic
is just gorgeous and makes us nostalgic of an era long gone . the high ceilings , the gigantic french doors , the stone balcony overlooking a beautiful misty garden under the romantic reflection of a full moon on the distant waters are just magnificent . having been raised in the sixties , i miss the romance and the respect that americans seemed to have for one another
back then
.
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kyle : you’re thinking of safari . sephora is an informal term for the seven - week period of counting the days between pesach and shavuot in the jewish calendar .
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grease ‘s main protagonist sandy , who just started her senior year at rydell high school , quickly makes friends with the pink ladies : marty , rizzo , jan , and frenchy . she tells the girls of her sweet romantic summer ( “summer nights” ) with a boy named danny . he turns out to be danny zuko , a guy who goes to rydell as well . however , when she meets danny again , he is worried about looking “cool” in front of friends , so he acts like a complete jackass to her .
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i do understand the complexity of the decision - making that planners have to face , but i sometimes question whether there is enough energy and passion put into making developments in the centre of town work and whether it is a simpler decision - making process to find a green - field site at the edge of the town .
what earns this film a rating of six out of ten is the pace of the snobbish chatter and the styles of the characters : they are all exact reproductions of new york
socialites
of the late 1920s . it is interesting to see , almost as a cultural document , how the standard of beauty for a young upper - class woman of that time was to be rail - thin and willowy . the two playboys are such boors that the whole ' romance ' aspect of it seems unbelievable to these modern eyes . but it was clearly not out of the mainstream for 1930 .
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while you do make some very good points , i have some thoughts to share on “grease”…more about the 1978 movie than the play itself .
craig : no , you’re thinking of a zephyr . a sephora is one of those greek vases with the two handles and the pictures .
william lebaron ( based on the play :
i love you
) , j . walter ruben ( adapted for the screen by )
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another interesting timepiece thing : the movie used a couple of silent era - style intertitles to set the scene , for example ,
the following morning .
from a historical standpoint , it was slightly interesting to me to see this device borrowed by the infant sound picture from its well - established but firmly though recently departed ancestor , the silent film .
cartman : no , you’re thinking of sepal . sephora is the wife of moses , who lead the stupid jews out of egypt fucking bitch .
there were a couple of amusing lines that made me laugh out loud . the premise behind them both is that peter and brooks , the working class guys , were more highly educated and knowledgeable than the buffoon
swells
whom they work for . here ' s the two lines :
i feel it to my core in memories of the first time i kissed a girl . it trembles in my nervous lips . i see it in her shiny red hair and it burst forth from every freckle across her nose . i smell it in the humid air fogging up the windows of a cabin in the woods . and it rustles through our soft breath shimmering through the kind of quiet you can only catch in the forest .
the thing about this movie that is charming , however , is the rapid - fire dialog and the plot twist of twists , wherein the socialite snob falls for the oxford butler while the ' flapper ' fiancé is falling for the disguised electrician . but when she suspects that darby is just a romantic wolf , trying to charm every woman in the party , she recoils from him in disgust and sadness . that ' s actually a very touching moment . how it all works out is rather predictable for today ' s viewers but it may have been a workable premise for that time .
fun facts : 1 . the tune performed repeatedly by henry armetta on the violin is “you’re always in my arms” from rio rita ( 1929 ) , an rko radio release of a few months earlier . 2 . the play , “i love you , ” opened on broadway in new york city , new york , usa on 28 april 1919 and had 56 performances . the opening night cast included richard dix , robert strange and ruth terry . dix played the role of the electrician in the stage version as well .
this is a musical that almost always gets a pass because of its excellent soundtrack . all the dancing , singing , and pretty costumes distract you from the horrible , terrible , no good , very sexist plot ! but it’s not just the main plot—every little side story or comment is sexist , too . and don’t give me the excuse that this musical was written during “a different time” . it was written in the 70s , well after the women’s liberation movement began ; it should at least be a little better than the musicals written in the late 50s and early 60s . and the argument that grease is accurately portraying the sexism of the 1950s is also not true . grease portrays the 50s about as accurately as disney portrays chinese culture in mulan . and even if you could prove to me that this portrayal is accurate , it still doesn’t change anything . shows like mad men portray the sexism and racism of the generation they’re depicting , but they never glorify it or shy away from how terrible it is . grease doesn’t do that .
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owen meets with lawyers in the lawsuit . apparently they are suing the hospital because they are the ones that chartered the flight and the airline apparently has a history of mechanical issues but how would the airline know . seriously ! poor owen he approved hiring the airline without checking their safety record . it’s okay owen , they kept izzy after she stole a heart . also there might be a conflict of interest because he is married to cristina , honestly shit happened but i tuned most of this story - line out , i apologize .
farnsworth makes all the necessary arrangements to set the mood and chooses a stand - offish and upper - lipped miss duncan ( renée macready ) as the target of the bet . darby , nicely dressed and combed , adapts quickly to his new role and performs with presence and class as a socialite . miss duncan is not very impressed by his candor but miss bently ( lois wilson ) , farnsworth ' s own fiancée , becomes very sensitive to his charms . i will let the viewer guess the denouement or enjoy the happy ending .
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one thing leads to another and the denouement of the drama happens over a week - end at the new london estate of the loathsome
swell
who concocted this farce . darby pretends to be just as blasé and useless as the other two playboys but he doesn ' t do it very well . maybe that , too , was funny in 1930 but it merely seems inscrutable now .
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pete : no , you’re thinking of zeppo . sephora is the heimdall’s sister .
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i know that on the surface , it seems to romanticize the less than ideal aspects of the 50’s…sexism , racism and all that jazz . but it also shows a nostalgia for what was good about the 50’s , too…excellent music , groovy fashion , and it is essentially a coming of age story . it’s about friendship and falling in love and independence and the sadness of growing up and leaving youth behind .
the dialog is well written , fast paced and holds the viewer relatively captive especially since nearly all the action takes place on the set ( farnsworth ' s residence , i assume ) . i enjoyed this movie that i had a chance to view on turner classic movie channel . going back to our long forgotten human values is such a relief from the daily gratuitous violence and profanity that hollywood overwhelms us with .
stan : no , you’re thinking of sapphire . sephora is actually a part of a flower ; it protects the flower in bud and supports the petals in bloom .
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i see it in the tear streaked faces of two young girls in the audience . their hair is wild and their eyes electric and they kiss . they kiss with the unbridled syrup sweet passion you can only taste when you are young and in love .
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… although rko usually placed him in melodramas . this one is a surprisingly unnaughty romantic comedy of errors considering this is the precode era , and even though the depression has not begun to hit hard it makes sport of the idle rich as though they could not manage to deal with a can opener if not for the help of their valets .
a : back in 1960 i was the first retailer in ireland to embrace the trend of self - service supermarkets , which i had seen for the first time on the continent . i would like to think that over the next 50 years , we had a conscience in where we located our shops . typically , we found that our model worked well when we were located in close proximity to centres of population . in many cases - like kilkenny , carlow and clonmel - we were in the heart of those towns .
like i said before , the funny part is seeing how dim farnsworth and van horne are portrayed here versus farnsworth ' s butler brooks ( anthony bushell ) and darby the electrician . the two working class men discuss poetry , labor relations , and the burden of a good education early on in the film . apparently brooks , highly educated , took a job as a butler since all potential bosses were suspicious of his education and knowledge .
i see it in the wrinkled hands of a man fastening a jacket he designed himself . he laughs and tells me if i care to hear it , he’ll tell me about the years he spent in the lower east side designing clothes for drag queens . the hours he’d lay on the floor and laugh while they sang and sauntered and how they looked 20 feet tall like gods among men towering in their heels through the wooden apartment floors . how they’d tackle every stair of a 6 floor walk up apartment in their stilettos and strip off the jackets he’d make them ; leaving them safe on an arm chair .
richard dix fairly acquitted himself . i enjoyed seeing anthony bushell ( whom i remember fondly from one of my favorite pre - codes , five star final ) as the butler . the other actors and actresses were just so - so … ranging from occasionally good ( the actor who played jimmy ) to downright dreadful ( the actress who played betty ) .
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in a nutshell , the action follows the tribulation of peter darby , an electrician ( richard dix ) who becomes the willing participant of a bet between a rich client , farnsworth ( allen kearns ) and his socialite friend van horne ( selmer jackson ) . the wager is that under optimal circumstances ( environment , full moon , music , poetry ) , the mood makes it impossible for any woman to resist falling in love with any man .
in mac - related news callie has her following arizona around with a wheel chair in secret . alex is paying off kids not to ask about the fake leg . this shows insistence that a fake leg is the worst thing in the world makes me really angry !
it’s arizona’s first day back to the seattle grace mercy west ( worst hospital in the world ) , yay ! callie is being over - controlling and presumptuous which is like my least favorite quality in her character and it’s the one the writers never seem to think is bad . it’s bad writers ; it’s also really fucking annoying and not cute and lovable .
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some more thoughts…sorry for the long comment , but i love talking about musicals ! lol .
it ' s all going great until you get a discreet tap on the shoulder by a bouncer . . . having an intimate boogy with the opposite sex is a bit of a no - no . and although it might seem funny to you at the time ; pulling the ' married ' card won ' t work if you get into any real trouble .
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umm… this is set in the 1950’s . get over it . really like really ? that’s how it was and again really ? they were making fun of the time period . chill .
god does not play dice with the universe : he plays an ineffable game of his own devising , which might be compared , from the perspective of any of the other players [ i . e . everybody ] , to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch - dark room , with blank cards , for infinite stakes , with a dealer who won ' t tell you the rules , and who smiles all the time .
comedy about a wealthy fellow with nothing better to do , who bets a friend that he can make any two people fall in love . the victims are a snooty society woman and an electrician ; the problem comes when he falls instead for one of the woman ' s friends .
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i see it in the smile of a young trans woman in the mirror of a department store on melrose ave . she runs her hands along the fabric of her dress and gives a half hearted twirl . her friends cheer and whistle and laugh and she picks up speed . her skirt goes round and round and she spins with vigor and with intention . she lands dizzy and stumbling in the lap of her friend and tells the salesperson with a grin “i’ll take it ! ”
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thank you ! i just saw this movie the other night and it sickened me even more than usual . i always hated the ending , but i really noticed the car scene and it was horrible ! ha ha ! date rape ! those wacky fifties kids ! at least sandy learned from rizzo that a cock tease is the worst thing you can be , so she better start putting out .
the tune performed repeatedly by henry armetta on the violin is
you ' re always in my arms
from rio rita ( 1929 ) , an rko radio release of a few months earlier .
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i mentioned while reviewing the devil’s carnival , i thought that nothing could beat grease for being one of the most sexist musicals ever . now , despite the devil’s carnival taking grease ‘s place at number one , i still hate grease with such a rage - filled passion that it is almost ridiculous .
but that is just the main plot . every other little side plot and character screams sexism . jan is overweight , so almost everything about her personality is centered around food , because this musical wouldn’t be complete without some weight shaming . perhaps the worst thing about this musical , both in the main plot and the side ones , is the constant slut - shaming and virgin - shaming . i recently wrote about how ridiculous it is that , no matter what , women are shamed for their sex life , whether they are virgins or sexually active . sandy is shamed and made fun of by rizzo and the other girls for not having sex ( “look at me , i’m sandra dee” ) . then rizzo gets pregnant and it is portrayed as almost her just punishment for making fun of sandy . rizzo sings the song “there are worse things i could do , ” again keeping up the theme of virgin - shaming and slut - shaming . in the song , she argues it’s better to be the girl that has sex , than the one that flirts with and “teases” guys without giving them what they want .
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i know that you – the women of south sudan – are in a battle . i know that you have lived through decades of war and violence that have permeated the very fabric of your society .
and sandy is conflicted as well…on the one hand , she desires danny as much as he wants her . but her wholesome “pure” upbringing prevents her from acting freely on these desires . this is the idea of a play set in the 50’s but actually written in the 70’s , to show that women had come a long way by then but there was still plenty of work to be done in achieving equality .
you may have partied at one of the most glamorous clubs in dubai , with circus performers on stilts and drinks served with sparklers . . . but barasti is the great , old faithful of the dubai social scene . it may be your last resort but you ' ll always have a great night there .
problems with access , parking and congestion in the town centre can be solved with innovative thinking and a will to make things work . i question whether this will is there in some developments . there are a number of places around the country where the town centre has been devastated by short - term thinking .
there ' s always a pile - up on the road leading up to barasti , you know you should just jump out and walk that last bit . . . but the traffic might suddenly move , right ?
anyone else been caught out singing and bopping along to the dj , but hang on , people are clapping . are people applauding the dj ? what ? oh hi , it ' s a band . . .
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christina and grumpy , my favorite new intern cause she seems like the only one who is not an idiot .
clyde : you’re thinking of an amphora . sephora is the web browser you have to use on ios devices .
richard dix was always the serious man . so watching him do a flirting farce was weird . . . .
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i don’t really like the song “grease lightning” all that much , although it is a catchy tune . i like the title song by frankie valli because it has a few lines about being true to yourself and realizing your potential in life , which was as important for kids in the 50’s as it is today . and “you better shape up” is a real woman - power anthem , in my opinion ! sandy is telling him that he needs to be mature if he wants to be with her . “beauty school dropout” is also a fun song , but it also speaks to frenchy’s anxiety about what she should do after high school is over . “there are worse things i could do” reveals rizzo’s inner sadness and fear about possibly being pregnant at 17 , and her defiance against the hypocrisy of sexual double standards . “hopelessly devoted to you” is an iconic song , because it shows the angst of being a lovesick teenager . and the song at the end “we go together” is sweet , silly and sad all at once because the kids ( with the exception of sandy , who only came to rydell at the start of the year ) have grown up together and now with graduation from high school , they must go their separate ways and have adult responsibilities .
vex’ahlia and vax’ildan are two of the best assassins that syngorn has ever seen . the two of them are subtle , stealthy , and are just as quick to charm you with a kiss as they are to slit your throat .
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and so i shout it . as loud as i can . in my lyrics . in my art . in a rainbow flag waving across thousands of pixels across my stage . i shout it in the faces of the oppressors and i shout it hand in hand with both my beautiful young fans , and the queer folk that i look up to everyday .
you have shown that progress can be made , despite extremely difficult circumstances . south sudan ' s accession to cedaw last year was an important landmark . work on the national gender policy has pointed the way forward . our embassy has reported on the inspirational efforts of girls and young women across south sudan to end child marriage and ensure equal access to education .
soulmate au where everything is the same except that everyone can have a device installed that will tell them when they will meet their soulmate . ( concept borrowed from the movie timer , which is great and you should see it ! ) .
my school is doing grease for our annual eighth - grade play , and i simply could not agree more with you on these points . i never really paid any attention to the ( pathetic excuse of a ) plot at all , until being forced to stomach it about eight billion times . even my best friend–who has a reputation of being rather ditzy–pointed out the sheer ridiculousness of the musical in general . ( ironically , the people who gossip about her couldn’t care less . )
callie is trying to fix derek’s hand . i hate this story soooo much because currently these are my least favorite characters . apparently callie wants to do some sort of state of the art procedure but derek is condescending and tells her she still doesn’t “have it” i’m guessing the right idea . argh derek is the worst ! this does make me like callie more .
joes ! everyone is at joes . i missed joes and by everyone i mean jackson and karev and the dopey interns .
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they watched vax dodge the bullets fired his way from his friend ' s own creation and fling his daggers into enemy skin .
i . e . , another useless playboy . but
love
interferes . he meets the fiancé of useless playboy number one at the tailor shop where he ' s being fitted for his new suits . for him it ' s love at first sight .
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in short , one of these useless playboys ( allen kearns ) , challenges the other useless playboy in a bet , for $ 5000 , no less , that stakes his absolute belief in the uselessness of love . these are the kinds of gentrified men that working - class folks of 1930 would absolutely despise . they wear tuxedoes and smoke constantly ( everybody does ) , even while playing billiards in the quiet of a penthouse apartment . they have an oxford - educated butler at their beck and call . they ' re disgusting and boorish .
there is one shining moment of sisterhood in the film where sandy offers emotional support to rizzo during her pregnancy scare . despite their differences , they can develop mutual respect and maybe even be friends . but patty simcox would never reach out to a girl like rizzo…she prefers to look down on girls from the wrong side of the tracks . rizzo is a bit mean to sandy at first , but i think it’s more about the class privilege that sandy seems to have than who sandy actually is as a person . i think that deep down , she likes sandy and thinks of her as a sweet , inexperienced kid . it’s just that rizzo is rough around the edges and she doesn’t trust the “new girl” at first . but she hides her sensitive nature behind a facade of toughness so people can’t hurt her .
i read it in the lines of my favorite authors . men and women who knew pain unlike any other . who felt the lightning strike through their bodies every night they slept away from their lovers . how it infiltrated to their fingertips and formed words and poems no one could birth without knowing the pain of being split in two . ripped apart like thick alabaster pages and bleeding like ink from a quill .
about the slut - shaming and virgin - shaming…this still continues in today’s society . when we look at it in the context of “grease” , it is clear that there is a double standard when it comes to male / female sexuality . i would say it is a case of art reflecting the reality of life . danny is a sexually frustrated young man . he wants to be intimate with sandy , but tries to restrain himself because she is a “good” girl . yet he has no problem calling rizzo a loose girl and having sexy time with cha - cha , who is known as much for her moves in the backseat of a car as well as her moves on the dance floor .
sometimes it happens that a stage play is adapted to the motion picture medium , and it still looks and feels like a stage play .
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i don’t necessarily think that patty is shamed for being a virgin . i believe the other girls don’t like her because of how smug , phony , and arrogant she is . and when i watched the movie again , she tends to throw herself at danny a lot…maybe she is one of the “everything but sex” types . necking , heavy petting , but no intercourse because only “loose” girls went that far , according to the social norms of that time . like sandy , she is an upper - middle class wasp but unlike sandy , she isn’t a nice person .


adela is a 2008 filipino drama independent film starring the philippine screen legend , anita linda .

the film was a tribute for the award-winning film veteran which won best actress awards from the gawad tanglaw , 10th cinemanila international film festival ( southeast asia film competition ) and young critics circle for her portrayal of the titular character .

the story of adela , which takes place in a span of one day , is a heartbreaking story of a woman who longs for the company of her loved ones .

some of the stars tapped to act as adela 's neighbors are jason abalos , angeli bayani , and iza calzado .

adela ( 2008 film )

adela ( 2008 ) directed by adolfo alix jr . • reviews , film + cast • letterboxd
dirs / scr : joel coen , ethan coen . us . 2008 . 95mins .
at the beginning of 2008 , together with jan kadlec jr . , he founds the production company k film plus .
her film credits include ang huling araw ng linggo ( 2006 ) , adela ( 2008 ) , the arte france telemovie , esclaves de mers ( 2009 ) , and pink halo - halo ( 2010 ) .
this was the schedule of her day - to - day life until adela came along and changed her life immensely . adela was the cinemalaya entry of a woman going 90 and who celebrates her birthday alone when her children fail to visit her . the film directed by adolfo alix jr . opened the cinemalaya independent film festival and went on to win the young critics circle best film of 2008 . it gave anita the best actress awards in the southeast asia film competition category of the cinemanila international film festival and at the gawad tanglaw awards by academicians .
ricardo antonio merlos cojulum 30 years old . he was once adela’s boyfriend . he used to work as a bus attendant but ends up in jail as a suspect of adela’s murder . he insists he is innocent .
the restored version of in the land of the head hunters recives its premiere at the getty research centre on 5 june 2008 , with the score performed by the ucla philharmonia . various screening dates are then in place for june and november 2008 , with more to follow .
hi oggs ! nice review ! got some excerpts from your article on adela for my anita linda post . thanks !
as an art director and production designer , he worked under his father for k film studio kadlec , as well as for numerous international productions , before co - founding k film plus with tomas rotnagl . from january 2008 he presents at famu ( film and tv school of the academy of performing arts in prague ) the seminar
visual formulation of film : film scenography .
birthday with an uncertain hope and much pain . the film ended with a disturbing scene where adela went to a bush place and leaves the audience hanging what happened .
the fourth edition of the cinemalaya film festival opens with a film by adolfo alix , jr . ever since alix debuted his first feature film
alix returned to cinemalaya in the new breed category in 2007 with “kadin , ” a film about two children who traipse all over the batanes landscape searching for their lost goat . his films “adela” and “manila” ( he co - directed manila with raya martin ) have the distinction of opening cinemalaya in 2008 and 2009 .
adela celebrates her 80th birthday in the slums of manila . alone and without support , she longs for the family and stability of years gone by . mundane events take on heightened meaning as adela gauges her life against those of the sea of hu
* แนะนำหนังในกลุ่ม * * ordinary lives , ordinary people หรือหนังเกี่ยวกับชีวิตคนธรรมดาที่เราชอบสุดๆ * * 44 . * * the same old sea วันนี้ทะเลมีคลื่น ( 2008 , pisut sri . . .
adela , however much she dominates the narrative , is by no means the only character here , and one of the great strengths of alix’s film is the broad view he affords us of the environment that adela exists in . before we are introduced to adela , we first follow a very pregnant woman who catches her mate having sex with another woman , whom the pregnant woman is in debt to – whether this other woman is her landlady or some other sort of benefactor is not quite clear . as she fights and hits her philandering partner , she suddenly goes into labor , and is helped through it by adela , who becomes an impromptu midwife , helping the woman deliver her baby . adela’s other neighbors are just as colorful – other important characters include : a ne’er - do - well who habitually steals from people’s homes and tries to sell off his ill - gotten goods afterward , and who may or may not have stolen adela’s wedding ring ; the boisterous and very effeminate neighbor who gives adela a manicure ; and in the film’s most amusing scene , a neighbor and fellow grandmother whom adela walks in on as she is having sex with a much younger man , justifying her behavior as a necessary way to stave off loneliness and fulfill her sexual needs . “besides , i won’t get pregnant , anyway , ” she tells adela . most pertinently to our understanding of adela’s character , this friend asks adela , “are you happy ? ” the silence that follows this query speaks volumes .
angeli began her professional theater career in 2002 when she joined the tanghalang pilipino actors’ company , resident theater company of the cultural center of the philippines . her film credits include ang huling araw ng linggo ( 2006 ) , adela ( 2008 ) , the arte france telemovie , esclaves de mers ( 2009 ) , and pink halo‐halo ( 2010 ) .
adela is the first film shown in this year’s cinemalaya 2008 . this is directed by adolfo borinaga alix jr . ( donsol , kadin ) as a tribute to one of the philippines finest actresses , anita linda . together in this film are joem basco , jason abalos , ricky davao , arnold reyes , kenneth ocampo , armado reyes with special participation of iza calzado , german moreno and perla bautista .
adela , ( philippines ' screen legend anita linda ) a former radio personality , celebrates her 80th birthday . alone , and without support , she longs for the family and stability of years gone by . mundane events take on heightened meaning as adela gauges her life against those of the sea of humanity . adela is about the quiet moments in life that can fill us with either joy or sorrow .
“god must love me , ” she asserts . “perhaps , they recognized you from adela and tayong dalawa , ” we tell her .
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crew : camera ( color , widescreen ) , damian garcia ; editor , jorge macaya ; music , roque banos ; production designer , sandra cabriada ; costume designer , adela cortazar ; sound ( dolby digital ) , andres franco ; casting , manuel teil . reviewed at tribeca film festival ( competing ) , april 29 , 2008 . ( also in cannes film festival - - market . ) running time : 86 min .
adela , a former radio personality , celebrates her 80th birthday in the slums of manila . alone , and without support , she longs for the family and stability of years gone by . mundane events take on heightened meaning as adela gauges her life against those of the sea of humanity .
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today adela turns 80 years old , but her day seems like every other day . birthday seems like every other day . she shops for groceries , helps her neighbors though she expects little in return . she expects a visit from her daughter . is there anything special in store for adela today ?
adela is a movie starring anita linda , jason abalos , and joem bascon . adela celebrates her 80th birthday in the slums of manila . alone and without support , she longs for the family and stability of years gone by . mundane events take on heightened meaning as . . . see full summary »
adela , a former radio personality , celebrates her 80th birthday alone in the slums of manila , longing for her family and the stability of years gone by .
k film plus s . r . o . was founded at the beginning of 2008 as a subsidiary of k film , studio kadlec , s . r . o . , whose founder was producer jan kadlec , a notable figure of the beginnings of czech film service production . under his supervision over 150 foreign projects were completed . at the same time k film , studio kadlec produced such czech films as řad , fany , náhrdelník , etc .
birthday . the film started with a pregnant woman crossing the highway . as she goes home , she discovered her partner , pj , is sleeping with a neighbour’s daughter . to her dismay , she accidentally gave birth . thanks to adela , a former midwife and radio voice talent , the baby is in good condition . for adela this is a special day coz she is celebrating her 80
internationally , she is most known for her roles in filipino auteur lav diaz’s films . her first lav diaz film , the 9 ½ - hour kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto ( death in the land of encantos , 2007 ) was awarded the special mention prize , orizzonti at the 64th venice international film festival . in 2008 , angeli was presented the vic silayan award for best actress – international category at the dekada cinemanila awards for her second lav diaz film , melancholia ( 2008 ) . the 8 - hour epic was awarded the premio orizzonti at the 65th venice international film festival . she was nominated in the 32nd gawad urian 2009 for the same role .
sorry , but if i would know adela profundly probably i ' d rate it much more . i ' m sure she is very kind and respected in philippines .
in 2008 , angeli was presented the vic silayan award for best actress – international category at the dekada cinemanila awards for her second lav diaz film , melancholia ( 2008 ) . the 8‐hour epic was awarded the premio orizzonti at the 65th venice international film festival . she was nominated in the 32nd gawad urian 2009 for the same role . in 2013 she stars in lav diaz’s norte , hangganan ng kasaysayan which has been selected for the un certain regard section of the cannes international film festival . angeli received a gawad buhay citation for outstanding female lead performance for playing monette ( irina ) in tanghalang pilipino’s adaptation of anton chekhov’s three sisters , tatlong mariya ( 2010 ) .
the second one was after the party , when adela walks into the house of the new mother she helped that morning . she chances upon the mother breastfeeding the baby . the camera then concentrates on adela ' s face which changes from delight to sadness , where a heartfelt smile becomes soaked with tears . if the first important scene emphasized the passive emotion of reminiscence , this second scene attempts to break the character , pushing adela to react to the heartbreaking fact that she has become alone , while the rest of the world has somebody to love and love them back .
thankyou very much for the reveiw it was very useful for people outside the country with a little help from myfreind i ' ve just finished adela and it still left some sadness inside me .
dina donis she is ricardo’s young defense lawyer . she is pregnant throughout the court hearings . she too is certain of ricardo’s innocence and attempts to delegitimize adela , accusing her of drinking alcohol .
hi oggs , beatiful review . anita is great . i watched the movie lourdes ( 1954 ) in anticipation of adela , too bad i missed it . i only had time for one screening .
rebeca eunice perez rebeca is four years adela’s senior . she is a single mother of five and has accepted adela’s three children as her own as well . she helps her mother with their home - based tortilla business and struggles to make ends meet . after a 9 - hour shift of making tortillas and caring for the children at home , she pounds the pavement to make things happen for adela’s murder case on almost a daily basis . she has countless setbacks along the way , but that only fortifies her fight and keeps her going . she is able to transform her pain into a collective healing process and emerges as a feminist leader in her community .
the 33rd edition of the toronto international film festival unspools sept . 4 - 13 .
, linda plays the titular character , a retired radio voice talent who is celebrating her eightieth birthday . the film accounts for that supposedly special day in the life of adela . we first see her alighting from a tricycle , hurrying past a crowd of useless onlookers , to help a neighbor who is giving birth right in the middle of the commotion . the day goes on , with routine mixing with the clever turns of circumstance . adela misplaces her wedding ring , gets swindled by the neighborhood fence , hears mass , visits her son in prison , chances upon a co - worker , and finally travels to the outermost area in her seaside dump site to conclude that special day . the film is introspective , forcing the viewers to experience the starkness of living alone in the world through the profound mundaneness of adela ' s birthday .
the other founder of k film plus is tomáš rotnágl , film production manager who has also worked on dozens of commercial advertisements and music videos . he led the film crew on local feature film productions including sklapni a zastřel mě ( shut up and shoot me ) , panic je nanic , tajnosti , bathory , the honeymoon , clownwise and kooky .
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the third scene happens near the end of the film . adela sets up her picnic blanket , prepares the noodles she cooked , and against the backdrop of manila bay , contemplates on her situation : aged and even amidst the the crowdedness of her neighborhood , alone . again , the camera centers on adela ' s face . this time , there is no pretense of joy . she is just there , crying precisely because of the fact that everyone has physically ( previous to her picnic , the entire neighborhood attends a political rally , leaving her behind ) and symbolically left her alone . she walks past the bushes before the film ends , with an air of thought - provoking ambiguity .
with all the elements considered , i will give this film 4 out of 5 jupiter star power .
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lean isn ' t on his a - game here , but the film isn ' t bad .
a remarkable depiction of loneliness of elderly people . it ' s all around us , but we don ' t ( want to ? ) see it . this film doesn ' t specially highlight the issue . instead , it merges it with every day going - ons of everyone around adela , going - ons she isn ' t part of . it feels as if she can merely watch life passing by . its sheer simplicity makes the film all the more powerful .
michael flores , a los angeles - based latino editor , is a previous film independent program fellow , a recipient of the rodolfo montes memorial scholarship , and a recipient of the national hispanic foundation for the arts entertainment scholarship . his editing credits include the cost of living ( 2008 student emmy - winning television pilot ) , the courtyard ( 2007 ) , the girls in the band , and what on earth ? ( 2009 ) .
karera , his screenwriting debut , is one of the finalists for the cinemalaya netpac ( network for the promotion of asian cinema ) prize of the 2009 cinemalaya independent film festival and had its european premiere at the spectrum section of 2010 international film festival rotterdam and screened at the golden horse film festival in taiwan .
* sydney film festival 2014 * as the programmer of the sydney film festival hub , i live in town hall during the festival , and don ' t get to see many films . bu . . .
kimberly bautista is a los angeles - based colombian and irish - american filmmaker . she was a princess grace award recipient in 2008 and a latino producers academy fellow in 2010 . she was also the recipient of the prestigious yearlong latino artists mentorship from the national association of latino independent producers ( nalip ) in 2010 . kimberly’s debut feature - length documentary film , justice for my sister , received the 2012 hbo - nalip documentary cash award .
there are at least three important scenes that astounded me , on the basis that these scenes are emotional crests in a film that is deprived of an explicit plot . the first one was when adela was listening to the radio drama , she suddenly changes her voice to match the two characters in the radio drama , seamlessly shifting from the high pitched pleas of the daughter to the stern alto of the angry mom . it ' s a beautiful scene for the simple fact that it both showcases linda ' s acting prowess and it emphasizes the feeling of reminiscence ( of a former , unattainable past ) that hounds the character of adela that day .
eduardo roy jr . graduated from philippine school of interior design ( psid ) last year and immediately followed this up with a workshop on found story under bing lao . hence , aside from designing living and working spaces for clients , he busies himself with directing and writing screenplays . his two previous works ulirat won the film academy of the philippines ( fap ) for best short film in 2002 ; his second film ang pinakamahabang one night stand was exhibited at the festival del mar ibiza , grand canaria film festival in spain and reeling film festival in chicago . bahay bata is eduardo roy jr . ' s first full length feature film .
the entertaining story of hardy’s personal engagement with film is told in matthew sweet’s book inventing the victorians . hardy was first approached by a film company in 1911 . the warwick trading company , a british business , wanted to film tess of the d’urbervilles , offering hardy ten per cent of the gross turnover . hardy told his agent :
with its art - perfect snapshot of a community - in - flux , adela calls to mind pedro costa ' s similarly rigorous slum - life portrait colossal youth .
village voice
anita linda gives a quietly transfixing performance .
new york times
artfully observed .
variety
might very well be alix ' s best film to date . alix has anita linda to thank for that .
before founding k film swiss and co - founding k film plus he was production designer on some 70 commercials , both local and international , and in 2000 production designer on his first film the damned in the czech republic , after which followed shadows of the deceased , viy , august fools , honeymoon , clownwise , garden story etc .
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starred in juana change : the movie , a political satire film written by rody vera and directed by jade castro .
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each month , a different local band picks a silent film and composes a score for live accompaniment . this will be the fourth concert / film showing in the series , following buster keaton’s “the general , ” scored by samuel james ; fritz lang’s “metropolis , ” scored by the improvisational string quartet ; and the classic german vampire film “nosferatu , ” scored by the jazz group tempera .
this conference screening will be the premiere of the restored mary pickford film the dawn of a tomorrow , a film that was considered lost until a tinted nitrate print with swedish inter - titles surfaced in 2005 . the film is set in london and pickford plays glad , ”the poorest and happiest of all orphans” . during the course of the film , this angel in a dickensian world gives shelter to an evicted mother and child , prevents a suicide , intervenes to inhibit domestic violence , and convinces her sweetheart to reform . the beauty of the close - ups displays an extraordinary preciseness of expression that makes this long lost pickford film a revelation to watch .
now on its seventh year , cinemalaya , which is probably the philippines’ most important indie film festival , started out as a digital indie film competition for young and neophyte directors but expanded to include established and veteran filmmakers by opening the directors’ showcase category last year .
13 : 45–16 : 00 parallel sessions 1 . 2 conceptualizing “female pioneers” shelley stamp – lois weber’s ”feminine hand” at rex karen ward mahar – working girls : the masculinization of american business in film and advice literature in the 1920s isabel arredondo – forgetting women film pioneers : juliet rublee and the myth of the avant - garde mark lynn anderson – the real dorothy : mrs . wallace reid , the newspaper , and feminist film historiography monica dall’asta – what means to be a woman : theorizing feminist film history beyond the essentialism / constructionism divide
fortissimo films has acquired documentary feature food , inc . , which is set to receive its world premiere at the upcoming toronto film festival . produced and directed by robert kenner ( pbs documentary series the american experience ) , the film examines the american food industry and how conditions
in all film there is the desire to capture the motion of life , to refuse immobility ,
agnes varda has noted . …
my writing – about music , not film , at the moment – can currently be found at my new blog : reddy brown objects .
lean ' s visually appealing film frequently connects as a social satire and a mystical melodrama of transgressors looking for footholds in psychically threatening territory .
scarcely overwhelming enthusiasm at the prospect of seeing his work filmed , though hardy did sign the contract ( the film did not get made ) . he also accepted money from hubert von herkomer , the artist turned filmmaker , who wanted to film far from the madding crowd and the mayor of castebridge . neither was produced , and hardy was onto a nice little earner without a film having made it to the screen .
brian owens has been hired as artistic director of the nashville film festival , which is gearing up for its 40th anniversary celebrations from april 16 - 23 , 2009 . owens previously served as artistic director of the indianapolis international film festival , which he founded in 2003 . during his tenure
she was nominated as best supporting actress for her role in ka oryang ( 2011 ) in the cinema one originals 2011 and the 35th gawad urian . she recently starred in juana change : the movie , a political satire film written by rody vera and directed by jade castro . this is angeli bayani’s first film involvement outside the philippines . for her role as teresa , she was nominated best actress at the asia pacific film festival .
here ! films has acquired north american rights to icelandic film - maker olaf de fleur ' s the amazing truth about queen raquela . sister company regent releasing will distribute the film in select cities this autumn starting with new york and los angeles on september 26 . the amazing truth about queen
a baker ' s dozen of asian films and 10 spanish - language movies have been added to the toronto international film festival ' s growing lineup .
internationally , she is most known for her roles in filipino auteur lav diaz’s films . her first lav diaz film , the 9 ½‐hour kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto ( death in the land of encantos , 2007 ) was awarded the special mention prize , orizzonti at the 64th venice international film festival .
the film has great cinematic shots and lots of interpretations and unspoken dialogs . i love the mix of these elements brilliantly presented in just one day . there are political , moral and financial issues presented in the film which gave the film a relevant and realistic view how hard to live a better life now a days . acting and technical aspects were superb . the only comment i can make is that there are a lot of dead shots which ultimately consumes most on the movie playtime . i like how the story progressed and allowing the audience to wonder about the ending . honestly i don’t know if adela committed suicide , went home or leave the place . maybe i should contact the director and ask him what happened… so sir adolf please enlightened us if ever you came and looked at this post . please give us further discussion on about this film . i was just ashamed to ask you after the show . i was just overwhelmed i guess because i’m just a nobody shaking hands to an accomplished indie director .
a movie about the much - debated war on drugs is officially serving as re - launch pad for a local film outfit that last produced . . .
the 2nd cinema digital seoul film festival ( cindi ) closed with a screening of yu guangyi ' s survival song , which won the international directors jury ' s red chameleon award yesterday ( aug 26 ) . the jury , led by korean chinese director zhang lu , praised the film for ' continually shooting even in
dutch trailer from the presumed lost asta nielsen film die gesunkenen ( 1925 ) , a drama based on a scenario by ruth goetz after the novel diebe ( thieves ) by luise westkirch . the dutch censorship board noted about the film ( 2340 meters , + 117 minutes ) : ‘rough milieu’ , ‘cocaine abuse’ , ‘prostitution’ , ‘ladies and gents of suspect repute’ . in addition to nielsen , the film featured the actors william dieterle , otto gebühr , olga tschechowa and hans albers .
huge efforts were therefore made to bring together practically every available film for the period ( fiction film , that is – non - fiction film , ever the bridesmaid , was not included ) . 1900 to 1906 was chosen so as to avoid the contentious 1890s ( which could have ended up as a ‘we - invented - the - cinema’ exercise in futile national boasting ) while examining film form and style before the era of cinemas brought about its changes . the experience of seeing so many films for a well - defined period , allowing scholars to make reasoned assessments for film at this time based on unmatched access to the projected films themselves , had considerable repercussions . as said , hardly any writer on early film can avoid noting 1978 as a major milestone , if not starting point , for the whole field . out of that gathering of academics eventually came the organisation , domitor , which still represents scholarly interest in early film studies . tom gunning and andré gaudreault’s notion of the ‘cinema of attractions’ ( another essential reference point for practically any writing on early cinema ) was undoubtedly formed to some degree by the experience .
paborito kong excuse ang “maling audience” kapag nanonood ako ng mga experimental film sa pinas . gusto ko ang mga pelikulang pinapag - isip ako pero hesita . . .
* the notebook is the north american home for locarno film festival artistic director carlo chatrian ' s blog . chatrian has been writing thoughtful blog entri . . .
for the 2018 re - publishing of his 1971 book transcendental style in film , paul schrader composed to illustrate his new introduction a chart for durational . . .
the american ruth ann baldwin was a journalist turned screenwriter , film editor and director . 49 - 17 is a parody western , starring jean hersholt . it was her only feature ( she directed several two - reelers ) , though apparently it was a hit , and the remainder of her film credits are for scriptwriting .
considered the first full - length anthropological documentary , the film follows a year in the life of inuits in arctic canada . it was made by robert flaherty , who went to hudson bay looking for iron ore on behalf of the canadian northern railroad . while there , he became intensely interested in capturing inuit life on film .
birthday . she is expecting her daughter to come along with her grand children . also in this day , pj invited aling adela for a gathering to celebrate the birth of his baby and the same time the barangay captain also is convincing her to join the prayer rally for pgma . as she prepares to go to church , here comes joem to sell some stolen appliance to adela . she then gave way and bough the cellphone charger and toaster for p300 . she then discovered her wedding ring was gone . she went to a junk shop manager and found out that the appliances her bought are stolen from the oung snacher’s mother . she confronted the young snatcher and pleaded for her ring back but he won’t simply admit it . she simply went to church to pray and give thanks for this special day but she then saw the young snatchers activities . she also met her former co - league in the radio . there were chit - chats and adela refuses to discuss how lonely her life is . near the church , she also bought toys and decorations for her apos . she went also to the local prison to visit her son only to find out that her son is about to be convicted and be transferred in the muntinglupa . she then decided to attend the pj’s celebration with all the drinking and karaoke singing . while all the gang is singing “luha” , she got a call from her daughter . it is unclear but based on the reaction of adela , her daughter won’t be able to come . she went home , gave some pancit to her neighbour . she also went to the young snatcher’s mother and gave the appliance back only to discover an illicit love affair with a stud .
you have the mandate to start the national film archive . i have heard that your first priority project in relation to archiving is the digitization of some . . .
perhaps the most acclaimed film in rainer werner fassbinder’s inimitable oeuvre , * the bitter tears of petra von kant * deals with issues of obsession and j . . .
one of the two founders of k film plus is jan kadlec jr . , visual artist , film architect , and production designer . it’s credits include series of domestic and foreign exhibitions . we can pick from feature - length films such as shadows of the deceased , viy , august fools , honeymoon , clownwise , garden story etc .
the fifth international women and the silent screen conference is being held at stockholm university , sweden , 11–13 june 2008 , and a full programme with screenings has now been published . the aim of the conference is to “celebrate the diversity of women’s engagement with silent cinemas across the globe” , and it’s very interesting to see the current issues being covered by the papers and some of the unfamiliar films which are being put back on the screens in response to such new debates . this is why we have research ; so we can see more .
* the 61st san francisco international film festival began two weeks ago and ends today . each day during the festival i ' ve posted about a festival selection . . .
in november 2017 i was invited to the singapore international film festival ( sgiff ) to take part in their asian bonds program . sgiff flew me from and bac . . .
despite having lived until 1928 , hardy does not seem to have been filmed himself . the nearest we get is film of his funeral , which you can see on urltoken .
it’s a fairly slow process . at a recent rehearsal , band members estimated it took maybe four hours or more to get about 25 minutes’ worth of music for the film .
the dawn of a tomorrow / nattens skuggor ( usa , 1915 ) 35mm colour print from the archival film collections of the swedish film institute 1283 meters , 66 mins ( 17 fps ) swedish inter - titles prod : famous players film co . director : james kirkwood script : eve unsell , based on the novel and the play the dawn of a tomorrow by frances hodgson burnett principal cast : mary pickford ( glad ) , david powell ( dandy ) , forrest robinson ( sir oliver holt ) , robert cain ( his nephew )
to compose the score , mckane , robbins and richard have been gathering in the basement of mckane’s north deering home . they got a copy of the film from netflix and watched it on a laptop computer as they composed and played . when they got a piece they liked , they went back to make sure it matched up with a segment of film .
an early example of cross - dressing in swedish film , a restored version of the comedy flickan i frack will be screened at the conference for the first time ever . magda holm plays katja , a bright , small - town daughter of an inventor who cares more for the upbringing of his son than his daughter . when katja’s request for money to buy a new dress for the examination ball is turned down by her father , she decides to attend the ball dressed in tails , creating a further scandal by drinking and smoking cigars . flickan i frack was karin swanström’s fourth and last film as a director , and she also plays one of the leading parts in the film . the film was remade in 1956 .
respeto , treb monteras ii’s debut film about a young rapper living in a manila slum who meets his match in an aging poet living in his neighborhood , tops t . . .
the film is very much ' a full theatrical meal , ' and one that conveys a lot of ' the multiplicity of life ' one seldom sees on the screen these days .
lamangan believes that the merits of the commercial film should not be disregarded . “the commercial film is the film that is seen by the majority of filipinos ; it is seen by the national audience . you can’t exist in a vacuum . your film needs to be viewed by an audience . if you want to be versatile , you need to learn from both mainstream and independent . young directors nowadays seem to prefer to serve the festival audience , the international audience , rather than the filipino audience . it would be good if they can communicate first to the filipino audience . young directors must not negate the mainstream . both the mainstream and independent should learn from each other . there should be no dichotomy , ” he says .
the festival has increased its focus on the vibrant film communities in these regions , paving the way for a significant presence of asian cinema at this year ' s festival .
the third dvd , the red kimona ( 1925 ) was directed by dorothy davenport reid , better known as mrs wallace reid ( right ) , the wife of the wretched wallace reid . he was the actor whose death through drug addiction so shocked hollywood and the nation , leading his wife to appear in the impassioned anti - drug film human wreckage ( 1923 ) , which featured in the bioscope festival of lost films . after the success of that film she formed her own production company , and made this concerned drama ( based on a true story ) of a young woman lured into a life of prostitution , starring priscilla bonner . its notable female credits continue , with a story by future director dorothy arzner and screenplay by adela rogers st . john . she continued to have some success as a director into the 1930s and thereafter as a screenwriter .
the devil and daniel webster ( 1941 ) . jeff here : last week , the latest in our series of “observations on film art” videos dropped on filmstruck . the topic t . . .
14 : 00–15 : 45 parallel sessions 2 . 3 stardom and intermediality anne morey – geraldine farrar : a film star from another medium victoria duckett – a new anachronism : sarah bernhardt and the modern theatrical film elena mosconi – the star as an artist : italian divas between symbolism and liberty maria elena d’amelio – damned queens . two case studies on the dark ladies in cabiria and maciste all’inferno films
there is an ingenious bit of cheek about this whole exercise , but the more you think about it the smarter it is . i don’t know what the dvd producers think , but they are not going to lose anything by it . one or two of the original accompanists on those dvds might feel a bit miffed . as for select group of punters , i suspect they are going to welcome the opportunity for choice . the beauty of experiencing silent films live is that you never encounter the same film twice , because the ( generally ) improvised score is different every time . once you’ve bought the dvd you have just one film . altscore introduces a small element of variety , based on an understanding that the silent film is a protean beast that , ideally , should never be the same film twice .
among the few silent trailers of the filmmuseum collection , this stylish trailer is remarkable for the drawings it contains . discovered and preserved in 2004 during the international mary pickford research project by christel schmidt , this film has only been shown in amsterdam during the pickford program . although the trailer shows nothing of the film itself , it constitutes an important evidence to prove the popularity of mary pickford with dutch audiences .
the website currently makes available a handful of clips of the unrestored version , with the promise of clips from the restored version to follow soon . the remainder of the website explains in incisive detail the film’s history , restoration , score , images and above all its relatation to and reflection of kwakwaka’wakw culture . it is significant that in giving the history of the film’s production the site reverses the usual narrative by relating things from the kwakwaka’wakw perspective . from this point of view , the kwakwaka’wakw had significant control over the film’s production – agreeing to its being made in the first place , vetoing inauthentic scenes , while actively encouraging scenes which recreated customs that were on the wane or archaic in part through the assimilationist policies of the canadian government . the film therefore became an important means for their cultural self - expression .
along with her fellow actors in the film presa ( 2010 ) , she was presented the gawad tanglaw award for best actress ( ensemble ) . she was also involved in “the erotic man” ( 2010 ) by danish poet and film director , jørgen leth , friend and mentor to filmmaker lars von trier . her recent plays are care divas ( 2011 ) and noli me tangere the musical ( 2011 ) .
here is the shot i got after the film . seen here are eric santos , boy abunda , anita linda and pearla bautista . sorry for the other guy actor , i now sure his name is .
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since the 1970s , curtis’s film has been treated as a documentary , adorning the halls of natural history and anthropology museums and being criticized for its staging of savage scenes from a “pre - contact” past as if they were part of the everyday life of contemporary tribal communities ( as was also the case with his photography ) . yet the film was intended as an innovation in feature film—one meant to stand out in the already crowded field of popular westerns or “indian pictures” of the time—because of its exclusive use of “authentic” native actors , its on - location shooting , its dynamic camera work , its spectacular color tinting and toning , and its ambitious musical score . the film truly represents an active , artistic collaboration between two dramatic traditions : the rich kwakwaka’wakw history of staged ceremonialism and the then - emergent mass - market colossus of american narrative cinema .
so to look on in the land of the head hunters as either drama or documentary is merely to hold up both terms for their inadequacy . the film used the tools of the cinema to express a collaboration between two cultures , to document through drama . this is not to say that it is not a problematic film – that sensationalist title alone betrays curtis’ muddled sympathies . but for a cinema where ‘cowboys and indians’ were predominant , any tale which put the native people ( there are no white performers in the film ) and the commemoration of a culture first was radical and affirmative . no wonder it failed at the box office .
notes . bumped to the top of my blog for easy access . 20 films . chronological . 1 film per director . i have given my top 5 special pictures . i do plan to expa . . .
the venue presents a mix of live music , dance , film and other performances and was known as the center for cultural exchange before the current owners bought the building and reopened as one longfellow square last july .
they’ll perform the music live while the 79 - minute film is shown next wednesday and thursday at one longfellow square in portland as part of the 200 - seat venue’s monthly series , “local scores , silent films . ”
some of the images in busong have been in solito’s mind since childhood , through his mother’s bedtime stories . to make a palawan feature film , for solito , was the penultimate dream . “it has been gestating in my mind for 15 years . this film is about my roots . about my tribe , the palaw’an . it is about people and land being one . our ancient culture and our struggle to survive in this modern age . ”
since he joined cinemalaya in 2006 , alix has gone far as a film director , reaping laurels here and abroad . yet , he keeps returning to cinemalaya and with his isda , joins the heavyweights in the directors’ showcase .
the celebrated film “ang pagdadalaga ni maximo oliveros” ( 2005 ) , which he directed and which was written by michiko yamamoto , catapulted him to directorial stardom . “pisay” ( 2007 ) , finalist in the new breed full length feature category , “was my ode to my high school life . ” this year , solito joins the directors’ showcase with “busong ( palawan fate ) , ” which he describes as the fruition of his life as a film artist .
i am a university graduate too . i have obtained two ba titles at faculty of arts ( masaryk university , brno , czech republic ) : art history - french language and literature ; audiovisual studies - film history and theory .
“fruit fly” review – 2009 asian american international film festival while the plot of
fruit fly
focuses on main character bethesda ' s
coming of age ,
it is not clear what she has really learned . . . .
auraeus solito is another cinemalaya baby who has gone on to win worldwide accolades for his work . “cinemalaya made me , ” he declares . “it is through this festival that i made my first feature film and my big breakthrough . ”
leave a home and family in shambles ; and the struggle of a townspeople caught in the crossfire of armed conflict to keep their children in school – these are the tales told by film directors adolfo alix jr . , auraeus solito , jeffrey jeturian and joel lamangan , all raconteurs of the first order , in their entries to the directors’ showcase of this year’s cinemalaya philippine independent film festival and competition on july 15 - 24 at the cultural center of the philippines and greenbelt 3 .
( re ) discovering female filmmakers 1 nathalie morris – “alma isn’t talking” : the early career of alma reville aka mrs alfred hitchcock claudia preschl and elisabeth streit – making noice ( proud to be loud ) . women in the silent - period of austrian film history anne bachmann – parallel stories ? ebba lindkvist’s brief career and the film version of a theatrical play annemone ligensa – “a cinematography of feminine thought” : the novel the dangerous age ( 1910 ) by karin michaelis and its filmic adaptations
such riches , and such attitudes , were evidenced by metro pictures , which optioned tess for an astonishing $ 50 , 000 , but the next hardy film came from a far humbler source , the progress film company of shoreham - by - sea on england’s south coast . the tale of the artist / theatrical community in what was affectionately known as ‘bungalow town’ is charmingly told on the bungalow town website . the mayor of casterbidge was made there in 1921 , directed by sidney morgan and starring fred groves as michael henchard . hardy was receiving more and more offers from film companies , and seems to have selected according to the degree to which the treatment indicated a sympathetic understanding of his original . for the progress proposal he wrote :
the last film to be made of his work while hardy was still alive was metro - goldwyn - mayer’s tess of the d’urbervilles , in 1924 . this was a top - notch hollywood effort ( evidenced by that $ 50 , 000 payment for the rights ) , with blanche sweet as tess , conrad nagel as angel clare and stuart holmes as alec . scenes were filmed in dorechester , but hardy never saw the film . given that the film updated much of the action to the 1920s , with motor cars and nightclubs , it is perhaps best that he did not . interestingly , it seems to have been made with two endings , exhibitors being given the option whether to choose tess being hanged or tess escaping the gallows .
when adela got all that attention from critics and the press , the broadcast medium remembered her once again and cast her as the bad lola in tayong dalawa for abs - cbn . then followed amamanhig , a story of the undead who pass on the curse from generation to generation . she was even given a surprise tribute with colleagues in attendance at the teatrino . on her way there aboard a taxi by herself , she and the taxi driver were accosted by two hold - uppers in the midst of traffic on edsa . they got away with the driver’s earnings for the day , but left anita unscathed with her belongings intact .
* the face withheld - a secret . * * 1 . * * the nonface in class picture1 * * [ this article was published in kino punch ( issue 3 ) , u . p . cinema ' s film critiqu . . .
being a documentary , it’s very different from most of the classic silent films that often get shown today with live musical accompaniment . horror films , epics and slapstick comedies are the usual suspects for this kind of silent film / live music series .
isa’s father , a wealthy gentleman of the countryside , wants her to marry jürgen . however , jürgen is rather prejudiced towards country women . furthermore , he is attracted to a rich girl from the city . upon hearing this , isa , who doesn’t want to get married anyway , swears to teach jürgen a lesson . for this purpose , she leaves her house and applies for a job ( disguised as a boy ) at jürgen’s household . this fast - paced comedy , written and directed by rosa porten herself , appears in almost no written sources . it is therefore no surprise that this film was lost for many years , until this incomplete print appeared in the nederlands filmmuseum collection , carrying the original german titles . die landpomeranze has been preserved in 2008 in order to be presented for the very first time at this conference . given the impossibility to complete the missing ending , due to complete lack of written sources , the preserved print has an open end , in hope that the missing reel ( s ) get discovered somewhere in the future .