Costume designed by René Hubert for Vivien Leigh in That Hamilton Woman (1941)

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'Allo 'Allo Season 1, Episode 3: Savile Row To The Rescue

just watched season 3 episode 5 of 'Allo 'Allo! and one of the British Airmens fake names was Gigi. My nickname. I'm an 'Allo 'Allo! character confirmed!

giving music to the atp top ten minus that one person! inspired by @faeryaester :)

01. novak djokovic ★ apex predator — barrett wilbert weed, erika henningsen ☆ octet in e-flat major: iv. presto — felix mendelssohn ★ first — everglow

02. carlos alcaraz ☆ non-stop — original broadway cast of hamilton ★ take me home — ateez ☆ violin concerto no. 1: i. allegro maestoso–tempo giusto — niccolo paganini ★ promise — everglow ☆ liebesfreud — fritz kreisler

03. daniil medvedev ★ champagne problems — taylor swift ☆ la di da — everglow ★ the great mermaid — le sserafim ☆ the voyevoda, op. 78 — pyotr ilych tchaikovsky ★ chill kill — red velvet

04. jannik sinner ☆ violin concerto in d minor: i. allegro moderato — jean sibelius ★ first love/late spring — mitski ☆ veni vidi vici — cravity ★ wait for it — leslie odom jr., original broadway cast of hamilton ☆ i just — red velvet ★ liebesleid — fritz kreisler

05. andrey rublev ☆ pink in the night — mitski ★ nouvelle vague — wave to earth ☆ this is me trying — taylor swift ★ kingdom come — red velvet

06. holger rune ☆ tzigane, m. 76 — maurice ravel ★ maniac — conan gray ☆ i got a boy — girls’ generation ★ pirate — everglow

07. hubert hurkacz ☆ dance with you tonight — laufey ★ slut! — taylor swift ☆ ditto — newjeans

08. taylor fritz ★ satisfied — renee elise goldsberry, original broadway cast of hamilton ☆ midnight driver — fromm ★ island — youha ☆ francis forever — mitski

09. stefanos tsitsipas ★ nobody — mitski ☆ questions for the universe — laufey ★ anywhere but home — seulgi

most of these were chosen based on vibes/sound, not titles or lyrics haha

Quite some time since I’ve posted anything here really (quite some time is an understatement). (I mostly use my second account wanderingthroughturtlewoods which contains posts of things that I like or inspire me). I was tagged though by @freenarnian​  🌷📖 and one does not pass on the opportunity to babble about books that easily :P A book I want to reread: I’m easily bewitched by the siren call of new books so rereading is not something I usually do (although I would like to). There are actually though quite a few books that I’d like to reread, most old favorites such as: -Crime and Punishment and Demons by Dostoyevsky -The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Both books –nonfiction and a fictional alike- awakened my interest in ww2 history many years ago and I would like to revisit them at some point. -Annihilation is short of a recent favorite; first read was a very strange and fascinating experience and I want to see how I would react to the story and themes now. Any books you reread every two to five years: The Tintin series and some other childhood faves such as Harry Potter, Matilda by Roald Dahl, The Fellowship of the Ring and Le Petit Nichola by Rene Goscinny are books that I have read frequently throughout the years. There are some comics/graphic novels that I flip through regularly as well. Any books you reread once a year: There are films or tv series that I tend to rewatch annually (The Secret Garden, You’ve got mail, Ever After, Chocolat and Emma 2009 are some of them) but I don’t really do that with books. So many new stories out there and so little time! 😩 The book you reread within the shortest turnaround time: I’ve done so with some of Anton Chekhov’s short stories, maybe with Crime and Punishment (?); I remember rereading it a year after I first read it which is quite a short period for me.   I usually do this with picture books/comics/graphic novels where I want to observe the artwork more closely: -The Golden Age by Cyril Pedrosa is one recent instance, the artwork is simply phenomenal! -Blacksad by Guarnido and Juan Diaz Canales, -Petit by Hubert and Gatignol and This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews I have also reread shortly after I finished them. The book you've reread the most times: Quite possibly the Harry Potter series -I reread them regularly as a kid and I’ve read them a few times as an adult as well. Lord of the flies possibly falls into this category -it’s one of my favorite classics and I’d done a project on it years back, so I revisited the story multiple times at the time. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa, Tintin and the Asterix series I’ve also read countless times in my life! Thank you so much @freenarnian for tagging me! 😊 I tag @annaholak but anyone really is welcome to it! Have fun everyone! 

JANUARY Celebrity Birthdays & Events

January Birthdays: 

Celebrity Birthdays: Here’s to everybody who made it another year and everybody we remember having birthdays when they were here.

Capricorn Stars (Dec 22-Jan 19)  

1: Josette Simon 2: Erica Hubbard, Renée Elise Goldsberry | 3: Angelique Perrin, Nicole Beharie | 4: Jill Marie Jones, Miss Tina Lawson, Lenora Crichlow, Alexandra Grey, Coco Jones, Sindi Dlathu | 5: Ms. Juicy Baby, Olunike Adeliyi  | 6: Betty Gabriel, Jacqueline Moore, Tiffany Pollard, Armelia McQueen, Tanyell Waivers | 7: Zora Neale Hurston, Blue Ivy Carter, Ruth Negga, Sofia Wylie, Zaraah Abrahams | 8: Ryan Destiny, Butterfly McQueen, Cynthia Erivo, Shirley Bassey | 9: Amber Ruffin, Anais Lee/Mirabel Lee, Flo Milli |

10: Kathleen Bradley, Sisi Stringer, Teresa Graves | 11: Kim Coles, Mary J. Blige, Adepero Oduye, Aja Naomi King, Amiyah Scott | 12: Cynthia Addai Robinson, Issa Rae, Erinn Westbrook, Naya Rivera, Amerie, Zabryna Guevara | 13: Andy Allo, Janet Hubert, Shonda Rhimes | 14: Vonetta McGee, Adjoa Andoh, Emayatzy Corinealdi | 15: Regina King, Kellita Smith, Sanai Victoria | 16: Sade Adu, Aaliyah, FKA Twigs, Debbie Allen | 17: Eartha Kitt, Indya Moore, Michelle Obama, Ann Wolfe | 18: Ashleigh Murray, Estelle, Samantha Mumba, Quen Blackwell | 19: Simone Missick, Lidya Jewett, Shaunette Renee Wilson | 20: Rukiya Bernard 

Aquarius Stars (Jan 20-Feb 18) 

22: Dwan Smith 23: Lanei Chapman 24: Kenya Moore, Tatyana Ali | 25: Jenifer Lewis, Tati Gabrielle, Ariana DeBose, Alicia Keys, Etta James, Willow Nightingale | 26: Angela Davis, Anita Baker, Bessie Coleman, Ciera Payton, Desiree Burch, Sasha Banks, Zara Cully | 27: Betty Adewole  | 28: Tyra Ferrell | 29: Oprah Winfrey | 30: Jody Watley, Kylie Bunbury | 31: Peppermint, Kerry Washington

January Events:

1: New Year’s Day, Haitian Independence Day, Last Day of Kwanzaa | 2: Science Fiction Day | 24: World Day for Afrodescendant Culture

#La Petite école : Les enfants et l’équipe vous souhaitent un bel été !

Les enfants : Subhi, Yaser, Mairame, Noah, Thierno, Bassam, Mohamed, Mamadou, Valentin, Maïssa, Ahmad, Adnan, Mohammed, Suleyman, Khaled, Ludmilla, Fadi, Mahamad et Fabi.

L’équipe : Maya, Clizia, Zineb, Nathalie, Corentin, Alexis, Claire, Marie et Sophie.

Merci à tous ceux et celles qui rendent le projet de la Petite école possible par leur engagement tant humain que financier :

Maria Abecasis, l’Association Amis sans frontières,  Laurence Baudhuin, Vincen Beeckman, Olivier Belenger, Joseph Beni, Thierry Boutemy, Arnaud Bozzini, Muriel Brio, Muriel Brusselmans , Charlotte Julie et Sandrine du Campus Saint-Jean, Isabelle et Jean-François Cats, François Casier,  Anne et Antonio Castro Freire - Stichelmans, L’equipe du Cemome, Julianne, Marie et Fanny de La CODE, Monsieur et Madame Chavrier-Bouffanais, Celine Colmant, Elisabeth Cremades, Nicolas Dechamps, Maryse Degallaix, Julie De Cartier,  Hélène de Fabribeckers, Carmen De Meyer, Matthias et Thibault De Meyer, Marie-Christine de Saint Georges, Claude de Selliers de Moranville, Laurence De Ridder, Madame La Ministre Caroline Désir, Claire Deveux, Bernard De Vos, Renald Dewinter, Sarah D’Hondt, Aïssatou Diop, Anaïs Domb, D’Ici et d’Ailleurs, Christelle Dister, Valérie Ducoeur, Elodie Druart, Christine Durand-Havenith, Julien Dutertre, Sophie Hubert de la Fondation Joseph DENAMUR, Philippe Ector, Houda El Aouadi, Bénédicte Emsens, Dominique Emsens, Patricia Emsens, Joshua Erber, Jacques Feron, le Fonds Jean Praet, le Fonds Joseph Schepers - Germaine Lijnen, la Fondation MAD Marguerite & Adrien Dassault, la Fondation Poussière d’Étoiles, la Fondation Resurrexit, la Fondation Roi Baudouin, Karine Forel, Véronique Goddeeris, Géraldine Goubau, Claudio Guthmann, Madeleine Guyot, Geneviève Hardy, Maud Hagelstein, Elisabeth Hers, Volkmar Hierner, Véronique Jacques, Marc Janssen, Etienne Jockir, Lahdily Soumia, Céline Lorand, Luca Lucian-Claudiu, Vincent Macaux, Roseline Magnee, Laetitia Mairlot, Nathalie Meert, Eric Mercenier, Jean-Claude Métraux,  Florence Minder, Guy Minder, Pascale de Media Graphics, Etienne Mousnier, Souhayla Nouinou, Gerald Petit, Perspective Brussels, Axel Pleeck, Céline Plumerel, Katharine Ratnoff, Delphine Rotthier, Andres Saavedra Ulloa, Florence & Jean Stoefs, Yasmina Tarari, Gary et Pernelle de l’ASBL Tchaï, Linda Stevens, Antoinette Sturbelle, Jeannine Van Calster, Anne Van Den Boeymants, Christian Vander Stukken, Géraldine Van Houte, Renee Van Langhendonck, Sylvie Vanommeslaghe, Sarah Van Parys, Venedig Meer Asbl, Bernadette Verbruggen, Caroline Verbruggen, Ingrid Von Wantoch Rekowski, Lydie Wisshaupt-Claude.

Un merci particulier à Madame Andrée Geulen, à ses filles, Anne et Catherine Herscovici, ainsi qu’à toutes les personnes qui ont témoigné leur soutien à la Petite école en sa mémoire.

"Large Group of Timmins Squadron Air Cadets to Graduate Into R.C.A.F.," Porcupine Advance (Timmins). August 26, 1943. Section 1, Page 1. --- Forty-two in B Group of Senior Trainees. Most of These Will Graduate into R.C.A.F. During the Coming Training Year. "Train To-day to Fly To-morrow" the Motto. ---- "Join the Air Cadets now! Train to-day to fly to-morrow!" This is the motto of the Timmins K Squadron Air Cadets. The Timmins Air Cadets have made remarkable progress, but they are determined to go still further. At present there are 42 in B Group, Senior Trainees. They include: - Gerald Badeski, John Bell, Hubert Blais, Richard Bouker, Francis Brochu, Eric Bull, John Clermont, Derek Couch, Victor Cowan, Rene Dumoulin, Floyd Dyer, Izzie Fishman, Fernand Fortier, Alfeo Gallino, Albert Glaister, Arthur Harnden, George Harrower, Frederick Horrocks, Ernest Isaacson, Richard Jackson, Robt. Jutras, Terence Kelly, Clifford Lockett, Stephen Marcineive, William Mackie, Leonard Mils, Kenneth Monahan, Ronald Mondoux, William McCagherty, Murray McIntosh, Joseph Pacione, Walter Robertson, Lincoln Rondeau, Patrick Roscoe, William Schofield, Robert Skelly, Francis Smith, Leonard Taylor, Robert Wheeler, Raymond Williams, Stanford Williams, Mervyn Villemaire.

This group with a few exceptions will all graduate into the R.C.A.F. during the coming training year, which begins Monday, Sept. 13th at Squadron Headquarters, Central Public School, Timmins. At this time an intensive course in Administration, Signals, Mathematics and Aircraft Recognition will start and continue throughout the two terms of the training year.

Any boy between the ages of 12 and 17 may turn out every Thursday night at Squadron Headquarters at the Central Public School.

Embroidered with a Star - Advent Calendar 2

Monsieur Beaucaire, 1924 costume design by Barbier, Natasha Rambova and Rene Hubert

ALMANACCO DEL 23° FESTIVAL DI MONTE-CARLO - EDIZIONE 1999

ALMANACCO DEL 23° FESTIVAL DI MONTE-CARLO – EDIZIONE 1999

14 al 21 gennaio 1999 GIURIA - Principe Ranieri III di Monaco, Presidente - Principessa Stephanie, Vice Presidente - Mario Bellucci (Italia), Circo Embell Riva - Diana Benenweis (Danimarca), Cirkus Benneweis - Feng Wang (Cina), Vice Presidente Associazione Cinese degli Acrobati - Vaòentin Gneouchev (Russia), Direttore Artistico Circus Nikulin - Fredy Knie (Svizzera), Circus Knie - Pierre Tchernia (Francia), Produttore Televisivo - Urs Pilz (Svizzera), coordinatore della giuria PALMARES DEL FESTIVAL DI MONTE-CARLO 23° EDIZIONE CLOWN D’ORO DAVID LARIBLE - CLOWN TROUPE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - BANCHINA ANATOLY ZALIEVSKI - EQUILIBRISTA CLOWN D'ARGENTO DALIAN - EQUILIBRISTA SUL FILO TROUPE PYONG YANG - TRAPEZIO VOLANTE CON BASCULA TROUPE XINING - TRIPLO TRAPEZIO MENZIONE SPECIALE DELLA GIURIA RENE STRICKLER - Per il trattamento familiare e rispettoso dei suoi animali E' l'anno della grande consacrazione di David Larible che dal Ringling dove si trovava a lavorare porta 4 eccezionali riprese comiche: l'opera lirica, i piatti, l'orchestra con gli strumenti e i campanelli avente la mamma Lucina come "seraffo" (ruolo per il quale la signora Lucina Casartelli venne anche premiata al Festival con il Premio dell'Accademia Svizzera del Circo!). Il successo è straordinario e marcato regolarmente da standing ovation che da allora entrano nell'usanza del Festival di Monte Carlo. Fino ad allora, infatti, il pubblico non era solito alzarsi in piedi al termine dei numeri, ma solo battere i piedi sulla gradinata in segno di apprezzamento. Altra rivelazione è Anatoly Zalievsky che cambierà il codice del verticalismo, diventando una pietra miliare, aprendo un genere che sarà popolato di emuli, anche molto spudorati. Terzo Oro alla formidabile banchina di Quidam, altra pietra miliare del circo moderno: il Cirque du Soleil inizia a frequentare con regolarità il Festival. I cosacchi Aliev, esclusi dal palmarés lasceranno anzitempo il Principato, nonostante previsti nel programma del Galà. L'Italia è rappresentata in Giuria da Mario Bellucci, dove siede anche, tra gli altri, Kenneth Feld e Fredy Knie. Wendell Huber torna con due presentazioni di elefanti in linea con il gusto del momento, con animali partecipi di una pantomima che evidenzia la confidenza e la complicità con l'addestratore. Due gruppi di felini (puma e tigri) per René Strickler. C'è un'altra italiana nel cast del Festiva, anche se non annunciata: è Kathleen Larible in veste di assistente di Tino Ferreira al rullo oscillante. ELENCO PARTECIPANTI

1999

TROUPE ALIEVS CAVALLERIZZI DIGITI ("Cosacchi") DAVID LARIBLE CLOWN MARIO BEROUSEK GIOCOLIERE JULIA KOSSOLOVA HULA HOOP AEREO WENDEL HUBER ELEFANTI & CANI LE TUNGA CONTORSIONISTE I KABANOV PIATTAFORMA AEREA RENE' STRICKLER TIGRI TINO FERREIRA ROLA-ROLA I VALENCIUC PERTICHE TROUPE PYONG YANG TRAPEZIO VOLANTE I MASTILS ACROBATI SUL PALO KRISTINA KOKORINA GIOCOLIERE ANATOLY ZALIEVSKI EQUILIBRISTA GLI ESKINE QUADRO AEREO RENE' STRICKLER GRUPPO DI PUMA DALIAN FILO MOLLE MARINA BOUGLIONE CORDA VERTICALE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL BANCHINA DI QUIDAM TROUPE XINING TRIPLO TRAPEZIO SERGIO MR. LOYAL RETO PAROLARI ORCHESTRA

DAVID LARIBLE

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - BANCHINA DI QUIDAM

ANATOLY ZALIEVSKI

TROUPE DI PYONG YANG

TROUPE XINING

DALIAN - FILO MOLLE

Programma del Galà

RENE' STRICKLER - PUMA

DAVID LARIBLE LA GAG DEI PIATTI (ESTERNO) DAVID LARIBLE - I PIATTI (IN PISTA)

TROUPE ALIEVS

TINO FERREIRA (assistito da Kathleen Larible)

I Mastils

Il grande gruppo di puma presentati da Renè Strickler

In Giuria Kenneth Feld (a sinistra, direttore del Ringling-Barnum), Mario Bellucci e Fredy Knie (Foto D. Duranti)

Credit della XXIII edizione del Festival: - Jacques Provence, Direttore artistico - Alain Frere, Consigliere artistico - Direzione tecnica degli spettacoli Franco Knie - Regia generale (Assistenti) Daris Huesca e Enrico Caroli - Direzione Tecnica, Hubert Neu Foto Dario Duranti e archivi Circusfans Video Archivio Maurizio Colombo Visitate la nostra sezione ALMANACCO DEL FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CIRQUE DE MONTE-CARLO ALMANACCO DEL 23° FESTIVAL DI MONTE-CARLO – EDIZIONE 1999 Info Festival Cirque de Monte Carlo Se questo articolo ti è piaciuto condividilo sui tuoi social utilizzando i bottoni che trovi qui sotto   Read the full article

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Is A Drive-In Now

This song, with its bold title commenting again on the tired “Uncle Tom” caricature, was the closing number for the first act. Unfortunately it was not found through my research in any audio form, but luckily Benjamin Cawthra wrote of its lyrics and on its production history in his 2016 article, “DUKE ELLINGTON'S JUMP FOR JOY AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY IN WARTIME LOS ANGELES,” published in the  Southern California Quarterly 98 (1). (https://doi.org/10.1525/ucpsocal.2016.98.1.5.) 

“The nature of spread-out Los Angeles itself had an impact on Jump for Joy. In a large production number that closed the first half called “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a Drive-In Now,” Ellington treated audiences to a bait-and-switch. The visual effect, designed by Rene Hubert, used a “backdrop which depicts an old weatherbeaten shack in the cotton fields” then became “suddenly lighted” to reveal “a modern drive-in stand on the same drop.” Ivie Anderson sang: “It used to be a chicken shack in Caroline But since they moved it up to Hollywood and Vine They paid off the mortgage with barbecued chow ‘Cause Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a drive-in now!”” — Cawthra, 14.

“The move from the South to the West does not mean that good traditional food has been left behind—the whole business plan in the tune had been to take advantage of the appetites fellow migrants brought with them for good barbecue. In the number, black integration into California’s emerging car culture is an easily imagined step up from the land of cotton. In fact, the tune reflected Ivie Anderson’s own story. She had moved to Los Angeles in 1930 and had recently opened her own Ivie’s Chicken Shack, a club on Central Avenue.23” — Cawthra, 16.

tolkienesque and dutch forenames + the entire telerin dictionary BUT excluding "j"

Aaldog Aardan Aardush Aarnouk Abandrie Abathatta Abelepempë Abelingol Abrandin Aclas Adelion Affelaróf Alace Alada Alambë Alcara Aldad Aldog Alimb Alingwë Alink Almaradin Ambadia Amrahamûl Amrodel Ancis Andil Andle Andreal Andreder Anfaug Anguage Annacë Annempë Antar Anthien Antië Anárin Aplador Aradia Aragoround Aragund Aragundate Arand Arander Arandor Arandur Arantius Araphoris Arath Aravanie Areth Argeleriën Argond Ariam Arnound Arnouser Artinutive Artips Arwendil Asfallory Assarant Assion Asticë Athingol Ausirion Aways Baldacil Balimil Balinen Baranname Bards Bastreat Batta Belem Belendur Berena Betweendor Blung Bombar Bomburin Borhook Boromas Brasp Breca Bregil Broth Bryttacë Calatan Calcaras Calet Calide Calls Calmir Calmothe Canarmane Canatelu Carcil Cardan Castiaan Catharo Celendur Celer Chrish Christ Ciril Cirimb Cirya Class Clima Climon Closefien Colaas Conso Consta Coppen Coppenya Copperik Cornel Corneliaan Cottongue Cound Crooch Crown Curufing Curufinwë Círda Círdaned Damir Delion Derion Deórwin Dimilzôr Dimin Dreth Duine Duitatan Eatrid Ecthor Eduardse Elang Elegon Elegortha Elerion Elfhil Elfwing Elmoth Elronwë Elven Elwindex Elwindil Emmaith Enedhros Eneke Eneter Eneth Engon Eorliminda Eregiond Ereth Esméago Estefan Eärens Eärwended Falla Fally Farathori Ferumorgon Fielservi Fienewed Fifthak Finard Findárin Fivelya Folcwingwë Forman Forsakalta France Frecht Friel Frienna Fundómie Futurge Fëanountar Galatárion Galdaron Galmo Gampë Gerardané Gerondour Gildur Gimloth Girim Girlies Glanairë Glandis Glandreat Glanguage Glaurindil Gluin Goelendir Goldo Goldor Goldórin Goroth Gothe Grambel Grathôr Greatriden Grimbe Grist Gwine Gáial Habita Habition Hadonna Halber Halda Haldary Haldor Handatel Handor Hannatar Hannes Harena Harpen Hastrick Heconsta Helineke Hengerard Hereth Highth Holdor Huberries Hubert Hyarm Idrict Iends Ilúvata Iminutive Iminyata Inded Indir Inglir Inund Inzilas Iriaan Isilmar Isilmart Isumbrahil Ivrind Kúviene Landacil Landir Langue Leecht Leentië Lenata Lephine Limandalf Limon Lindomiek Lothends Lotton Lucalentë Léodwyn Lúthir Maart Maarth Maarticle Mablue Mablunga Maianybody Maitë Malland Mandré Mandurinie Mantinglor Marion Mattârik Maximinyë Meldur Menderik Menemir Michem Mieldur Minalca Mindil Mindor Minite Minundacar Minutive Namedical Narth Nearlas Neigh Neight Neighth Nelegold Nelies Neterion Niendur Nimber Néthar Nólimë Ohtantar Ordse Ornen Orondor Orophing Orothendil Paladoc Palambë Palat Parthumo Particulo Passa Passion Pendalgrim Pendo Pendur Pengoldog Penia Penya Perion Piendia Pienke Pienor Pools Professa Purposepha Ratancis Rather Reflecthor Refuse Refuserion Regolla Rence Rench Rendil Renduimë Rened Renetya Ressa Restive Riendil Rolled Rollittle Ruinus Rómenna Sabitation Saerin Sakalta Sakenbram Samuelia Sarumavia Sarumbrant Scath Scathain Seria Serin Severt Shadrie Shagramba Shelemnard Silmacil Snowmantir Someborin Sowned Splendur Stamir Substamir Taraharman Telebrind Telperië Telpë Telum Tentë Therumb Thien Thineke Thorish Thoronding Thrandur Thrant Threes Théod Tilind Timehtar Tollo Tolodelia Tolodelwë Tolodh Tolody Tonguage Trace Trach Treal Treatrict Tredhelish Truud Tweendire Túrion Uftharo Ulfangue Urgon Urgoth Urung Urunga Urwendor Valachim Valadon Valaróf Valenaat Valeth Vania Vaniel Vanna Vanne Vannempë Vardanga Vigor Vigorbag Vigorn Volaas Volas Vorot Wally Whoeven Wilheid Wilhel Willepen Wounda Woundir Wountius Yavalemir Yavarë Yáviel Yúnec Zimrapher Zimras Éomebor Íries

“Desiree”, 1945, with Merle Oberon as Josephine

1-3. coronation gown, costume by René Hubert & Charles Le Maire

Designer Rene Hubert predicting in 1941 what women would wear in 1950. Tiny individual phones were part of his vision!

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, 1949

This is a perfectly silly movie and one of the last films of Preston Sturges. It is the kind of comedy only Sturges could write, the story of a sharp-shooting child of the old west, who becomes a singer, and then goes on the run from the law. It includes a crockery throwing scene that must be seen to be believed.

Meanwhile, we have Betty Grable in an assortment of ensembles. Since the story has her as a singer in a saloon who must then run away and pretend to be a schoolmarm, René Hubert got to put her in draped and fitted Victorian dresses in color combinations which range from the dramatic green and black of her singing days to the sweet-looking blue and white checks of her teaching school days. Even if you could live without a corset or a bustle, the details of the outfits will give you much to ponder when it comes to color combinations and cuts. The plot is absurd but involves her shooting at Cesar Romero, her on-again off-again boyfriend. And more shooting. And, of course, the flinging of crockery.