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classichorrorblog · 11 months

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The Last House On The Left (1972)

#Horror #Horroredit #The Last House On The Left #Wes Craven #Sandra Peabody #Fred Lincoln #Jeramie Rain #David Hess #Cynthia Carr #Gaylord St. James #CHB #1972 #70s

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robertxdarling · 9 months

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Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (March 19, 2024)

From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling. Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personified, but she was without a real place in the world.

Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. She found her turn in New York's early Off-Off-Broadway theater scene, in Warhol's films Flesh and Women in Revolt, and at the famed nightclub Max's Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play.

Yet Candy lived on the edge, relying on the kindness of strangers, friends, and her quietly devoted mother, sleeping on couches and in cheap hotel rooms, keeping a part of herself hidden. She wanted to be a star, but mostly she wanted to be loved. Her last diary entry was: "I shall try to be grateful for life . . . Cannot imagine who would want me." Candy died at twenty-nine in 1974, as conversations about gender and identity were really just starting. She never knew it, but she changed the world.

Packed with tales of luminaries and gossip and meticulous research, immersive and laced with Candy's words and her friends' recollections, Cynthia Carr's Candy Darling is Candy's long-overdue return to the spotlight.

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#candy darling #bio #book #Cynthia carr

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abs0luteb4stard · 8 months

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halloweenmoviewatchlist · 2 years

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The Last House on the Left (1972)

#exploitation #wes craven #sandra cassel #lucy grantham #cynthia carr #gaylord st james #1970s #david hess

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duranduratulsa · 21 days

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Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...The Last House On The Left (1972) on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #horror #LastHouseOnTheLeft #wescraven #RIPWesCraven #seanscunningham #sandracassell #sandrapeabody #davidhess #lucygrantham #fredjlincoln #marcsheffler #JeramieRain #gaylordstjames #marshallanker #cynthiacarr #MartinKove #dvd #70s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow

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zahri-melitor · 8 months

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My comments on the Extended Generational Sorting Algorithm:

Gosh there are some murky in-betweens here.

G-1 – JSA and teams like the All-Star Squadron and the Blackhawks. The WWII edition. This is occasionally merged with G0 as timelines shift, but includes Hippolyta, Ted Knight, Sandra Knight (as Phantom Lady), Alan Scott, Jay Garrick, etc. A lot of this cohort have aging issues and several have grandkids in G1 or G1.5. Zinda simultaneously belongs to this group and G1.5.

G0 – JSA, the gap between WWII and the first JLA. This is the younger JSA cohort who aren’t so tied to WWII and the gap after. Dinah Drake. Ted Grant. Johnny Quick. Giovanni Zatara. Walter Chase (the Acro-Bat). Bruce’s parents. The Kents. Jim Gordon. Etc.

G1 – JLA land! Bruce, Clark, Diana, Ollie, Barry, Hal, Arthur, etc. You know them. Your idea of a headlining JLA includes these folk.

G1.5 – Birds of Prey and JLI zone. Characters too old to be Titans cohort but younger/clearly different than the G1 headliners. Barbara Gordon and Dinah Lance are the stalwarts of this group, plus I’ll add Helena Bertinelli, Cameron Chase, Kate Spencer, Kendra, etc. I guess I’d probably put Harley Quinn, agewise, here too. Also would add Beatriz, Tora, Booster, Ted Kord, etc. Guy and Zatanna sort of bounce between here and G1 depending on storyline.

G2 – it’s the Titans! Dick, Donna, Wally, Roy, Garth, Victor, Gar, Kory, Raven etc. Their agebounds are probably Roy as the oldest and Gar as the youngest, though Gar’s given to them as a courtesy – he’s realistically a member of G2.5, he just hangs with G2. We also add Kyle and Connor and Jesse Quick etc to this cohort despite them not being core Titans given their strong connections to particularly Donna and Wally.

G2.5 – The JL Taskforce kids and Jason’s non-existent team. Ray Palmer’s Teen Titans. This is a group of individuals that has never properly coalesced. Overlaps in age with both the bottom of G2 and the top of G3 but distinctly don’t belong to either. Jason, Ray, Grant, Argent, Cynthia, Eddie, Snapper Carr, plus Danny Chase and arguably Gar all fall into this group. Rose Wilson overlaps with G3 but vibeswise probably also belongs to this group. I am tossing up whether Anissa and Jennifer Pierce belong here or in G2.

G3 – Young Justice. Tim, Kon, Cassie, Bart, Cissie, Greta, Anita. Cass Cain belongs here despite being the same age as several G2.5s. Steph, Charlie, Black Alice, Jaime, Zachary Zatara, even a handful of the newer folk like Jinny Hex slot in here. Several Supergirls including current Kara, Courtney Whitmore IS a member of this group and the three oldest Marvel kids (Billy, Mary and Freddy) are currently aged into this.

G4 – Damian’s Teen Titans. Damian, Jon Kent (yes even still with the age up), Emiko Queen, Ace West etc. If they are still a teen right now in DC storytelling or SHOULD be a teen, they belong here (if they’re a teen and SHOULDN’T be they’re probably a G3/G5). The Gotham Academy kids. Arguably the Titan Academy kids too? Agewise the DEO Titans kids but spiritually probably not (also the chances of us ever seeing them again is…low) The younger Marvel kids (Eugene, Pedro and Darla especially) are with this group.

G5 – so this group are either alternate G3 or G3.5s. Too new and too un-networked with G3 to be absorbed. Jace Fox, Yara Flor, Jackson Hyde, Duke Thomas and the We Are Robin cohort all belong here. Kong Kenan, Avery Ho, etc also are members.

G6 – Titans Offspring Gen. Almost everyone in this group has been artificially aged, which is a thing, hey. Lian, Irey, Jai, Cerdian, Robbie. Maxine, obviously. Otho and Osul-Ra.

G7 – Help I’m From Earth-One: Power Girl and Helena Wayne.

G8 – The Lost Children – also Help I’m From Earth-One in a lot of respects but they’re in their teens, not adults. May get folded into other groups if they get more use.

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"I loved Candy, and she adored me. She had such a strong sense of femininity … her femininity was even stronger than mine. I'd sometime slip and uncross my legs, but you'd never see Candy doing that. She always had her legs crossed just right. She'd fluff her hair and even flirt with my boyfriend, but I was never threatened by her. She so strongly appealed to me as a wonderful human being. The last time I saw her she was wearing this fabulous purple Harlow-ish nightgown. She was eating chocolate."

/ From Julie Newmar’s eulogy at Candy Darling’s funeral at The Frank E Campbell Funeral Chapel /

“Warhol superstar Candy Darling is synonymous with doomed glamour — a gorgeous woman playing a dying gorgeous woman. The image of her laid up in hospital, looking ready for her close-up in full makeup with one black rose on the pillow beside her, looks like a staged photo for a fashion magazine. But that picture, taken by Peter Hujar, is as staged as it is real. Candy Darling died of lymphoma in that hospital room in 1974. She was 29.”

/ From “50 years after Candy Darling’s death, Warhol superstar’s struggle as a trans actress still resonates” by Jessica Ferri, The Los Angeles Times, 18 March 2024 /

Died on this day fifty years ago: ethereally beautiful, memorable and funny transgender Warhol Superstar Candy Darling (24 November 1944 - 21 March 1974). (Yes, THE Candy “from out on the Island” commemorated in the 1972 Lou Reed song “Walk on the Wild Side”). Coincidentally, the ambitious new ten-years-in-the-making biography Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr just dropped this month, and I can’t wait to devour it. Pictured: portrait of Darling on her deathbed by Peter Hujar (1934 – 1987).

#candy darling #peter hujar #warhol superstar #transgender #lgbtqia #julie newmar #lobotomy room #underground cinema #underground queer cinema

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 1 month

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Growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to be gay (not a word I heard thrown toward me) was to be degenerate, abused. I found solace in films and books and writing letters to people I wanted to meet and talk to.

There was a bookstore near the LSU campus where I could buy, without questioning, magazines and newspapers that covered New York in the 1970s, and there I saw Candy Darling and others who were fighting against the abuses and limitations thrust upon them.

Was I able to look at some movie actresses in the same way after seeing Candy Darling apply her interpretations upon them? I don't know. I know that the reviews of Pauline Kael shaped how I looked at films, and because I felt that Candy Darling clasped film stars to her as if they were amulets against the darkness that was around her--around all of us--I came to see them as she did. Idols. Stations of the Cross.

And now, looking at this Serge Lido photograph of Simone Signoret, I see Candy Darling. I saw Candy Darling in a similar pose, and I wonder, Did she mimic Signoret? Or is this just how a grand and beautiful lady lounges in a bed?

Read Cynthia Carr's CANDY DARLING: DREAMER, ICON, SUPERSTAR. And then let's talk.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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#follies of god #Candy Darling #strike a pose #gesture #Simone Signoret #beauty

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evaorganza · 1 month

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#"There wasn’t really vocabulary to describe the territory Darling was exploring back then — maybe there’s too much vocabulary now.#“But that’s a different conversation.”

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flurryheaven · 10 months

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2023 Primetime Emmy Nominations Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series

Emily in Paris / Netflix Season 3, Episode 2 “What’s It All About….” Costume Designer - Marylin Fitoussi Assistant Costume Designer - Herehau Ragonneau Associate Costume Designer - Daniela Telle Costume Supervisor - Marie Fremont

Only Murders in the Building / Hulu Season 2, Episode 2 "Framed" Costume Designer - Dana Covarrubias Assistant Costume Designer - Abby Geoghegan Wardrobe Supervisor - Kathleen Gerlach

Dans Covarrubias was previously nominated in 2020, Contemporary Costumes for Only Murders in the Building.

Succession / HBO Season 4, Episode 9 "Church and State" Costume Designer - Michelle Matland Assistent Costume Designer - Jonathan Schwartz Wardrobe Assistant - Mark Agnes

Michelle Matland was previous nominated in 2004, Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Angels in America, And 2011, Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Mildred Pierce.

Mark Agnes won an Emmy in 2002, Costumes for a Series for Sex and the City. Also nominated in 2003 and 2004, Costumes for a Series for Sex and the City.

The Last of Us / HBO Season 1, Episode 5 "Endure and Survive" Costume Designer - Cynthia Ann Summers Assistant Costume Designer - Kelsey Chobotar Assistant Costume Designer - Rebecca Toon Costume Supervisor - Michelle Carr

Cynthia Ann Summers was previously nominated in 2019, Fantasy/Sci-fi Costumes for A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Kelsey Chobotar was previously nominated in 2018 and 2019, Fantasy/Sci-fi Costumes for A Series of Unfortunate Events.

The White Lotus / HBO Season 2, Episode 5 'That's Amore" Costume Designer - Alex Bovaird Assistant Costume Designer - Brian Sprouse Costume Supervisor - Margherita Zanobetti

Alex Bovaird and Brian Sprouse was previously nominated in 2022, Contemporary Costumes for The White Lotus.

Wednesday / Netflix Season 1, Episode 1 "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe" Costume Designer - Colleen Atwood Co-Costume Designer - Mark Sutherland Assistant Costume Designer - Robin Soutar Costume Supervisor - Claudia Littlefield Costume Supervisor - Adina Bucur

Adina Buhar was previously nominated in 2012, Costumes for a Ninaiseries, Movie or a Special for Hatfields & McCoys.

#emmy nominations #emmys 2023 #costume design #television #nominations #emily in paris #only murders in the building #succession #the last of us #the white lotus #wednesday #colleen atwood #tv #best costumes on tv #costumes

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robertxdarling · 1 month

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#candy says #cynthia carr #candy darling

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theofficialkotawhite32 · 2 years

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August 30, 2022

Happy 50th Anniversary to one of Wes Craven's first flim he ever directed

The Last House on the Left

Sandra Peabody as Mari Collingwood

Lucy Grantham as Phyllis Stone

David A. Hess as Krug Stillo

Fred Lincoln as Fred 'Weasel' Podowski

Jeramie Rain as Sadie

Marc Sheffler as Junior Stillo

Eleanor Shaw (credited as Cynthia Carr) as Estelle Collingwood

Richard Towers (credited as Gaylord St. James) as Dr. John Collingwood

Directed by: Wes Craven

Produced by: Sean S. Cunningham

Release Date: August 30, 1972

#the last house on the left #1972 #50th anniversary #Sandra Peabody #Lucy Grantham #David A Hess #Fred Lincoln #Jeramie Rain #Marc Sheffler #Wes Craven #sean s. cunningham #legendary horror #cult film

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dear-indies · 2 years

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hello cat & mouse, this may be an inappropriate ask but do you have any fcs that look like/have the vibes of audrey hepburn, charmian carr, and grace kelly? i 100% understand that they’ve all passed away and it’s disrespectful to use them and as such i had to ask. thank you very much if you can answer!

Amy Adams (1974)

Angel Coulby (1980) Afro Guyanese, possibly East Indian / English - Dancing on the Edge.

Katie McGrath (1983) - Dracula.

Gugu Mbatha Raw (1983) Zulu South African / English.

Nathalie Kelley (1985) Argentinian, Peruvian [Quechua, possibly other] - Dynasty.

Evan Rachel Wood (1987)

Sarah Gadon (1987)

Cynthia Erivo (1987) Nigerian - is bisexual - Mr Selfridge.

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (1989) has hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with Marfanoid phenotype causing blindness in one eye and deafness - lesbian.

Elizabeth Debicki (1990)

Dianne Doan (1990) Vietnamese.

Sarah Hyland (1990)

Emma Watson (1990)

Laura Harrier (1990) African-American / Rusyn, English, German, Swiss-German - Hollywood.

Beanie Feldstein (1993) Ashkenazi Jewish - is openly dating a woman but hasn’t labelled her sexuality publicly.

Stefania Ferrario (1993) - doesn't like the term plus-size so please don't use that to refer to her as.

Erin Moriarty (1994)

Lucy Boynton (1994)

Julia Garner (1994) Ashkenazi Jewish / English, Cornish, Scottish, Irish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish.

Anya Taylor-Joy (1995) - Peaky Blinders.

Freya Allan (2001)

Hey anon! I'm assuming you mean with the same vintage vibe and not intending to roleplay the people themselves? If you're roleplaying the people themselves please don't use these suggestions!

#fc help #rph #rpc #death tw

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duranduratulsa · 7 months

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Now showing on my Spooktober Filmfest...The Last House On The Left (1972) on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #horror #LastHouseOnTheLeft #wescraven #RIPWesCraven #sandracassel #davidhess #lucygrantham #fredjlincoln #marcsheffler #JeramieRain #gaylordstjames #cynthiacarr #MartinKove #dvd #70s #spooktober #Halloween #October

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