“I had the relatively unusual experience of watching this dramatisation very shortly after listening to Ian Carmichael’s reading of the audiobook of “Clouds of Witness”, and was struck by the virtual absence of departures from the source material. As this is rare for TV/film adaptations, I do consider it worth mentioning. As with at least one other reviewer here, I found Lady Mary Wimsey’s portrayal distracting at best, annoying at times, and unsure whether to blame actress or director, so will split the difference by mentally sharing responsibility between the two. Apart from the apparent age difference between Ian Carmichael and Lord Peter (which he himself notes on occasion), his performance of the role is extremely good, owing in large part, I suspect, to his familiarity with the source material and long championing of this series, of which I only recently learned. There is much to be said for labors of love, and clearly, this is one. The DVD set also includes “The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club”, plus an interview conducted in 2000 with Carmichael and additional information about his career and that of author Dorothy L. Sayers.”
(0501) Fiery red orange sun well above the horizon, shrouded in Gates bleah. (0547)
4. Steve at 1077
Mexican President Sheinbaum Slams ICE Raids on Illegal Aliens
Shanghai Billionaire’s Chinese Communist Party Network Fuels America’s Anti-ICE Riots
Iran Admits Israel Has Infiltrated the “Highest Offices” of Its Government
Minnesota Shooter Vance Boelter’s Car Found in Sibley County, Minnesota
Military Situation In Iran
At Last, Italians Have Property Rights Again
US quietly sent hundreds of Hellfire missiles to Israel before Iran attack
Much more.
3. Guess what we have coming up this week …
… one episode a day? Courtesy AKH, ta. You can see how far I’ve got … it’s fun, this one.
2. Housekeeping
Not a completely well cat just now chez Higham Mansions … gastric but may have been my doing … takes days to know, might be heart/circulation … it’s a job to get this posted, which is the same for our regular chaps too … JH comments below and within yours is but one issue … I find the concentration with eyes difficult in WP comments format, which also affects correspondence.
I do assure you it’s not lack of interest … have to admire AKH who answers each person but that’s Blgr’s good comments format … this WP font is too small in comments and can’t be altered, I’ve tried … might be a function of this old theme.
Why not change themes? There’s nothing better on offer, giving all the required functionality. So a comment by me might look something like this:
*Toodles … yes, it was generally well received, the Army anniversary, except by the bad players.
*Dearieme … I think there was guitar, thought I heard it near the frenetic end.
*Redacted … where do I start? Thx for the kind words … Revelation? Certainly did … 16:16 and that chapter.
*Tony … it was a good plane.
*Steve, thx for those links at HQ plus NOWP, plus usual massive drops.
*AKH … they were quite jaunty, methought.
*Microdave … Constitutional Republic, not democracy, yes … but he won college plus popular vote.
1. DAD at 1077
a) This is how to get a Knighthood. Sadiq Khan constantly dodges questions about grooming gangs in London.
b) Macron rebuffed. The National Commission for Heritage and Architecture (CNPA), opposed to the contemporary stained-glass window project…
c) Antisemitic attacks rise [in France] after Macron’s anti-Israel rhetoric.
d) Canada is lost. A male school bus driver in Ontario, Canada, was confronted by parents after wearing a pink “school girl” outfit…
(1559) Not far from evening. Have to say again, I do read MD, Steve, PSVT, IYE, AKH, Redacted, y’all … health iffy, back in harness soon.
22. Moosh corner
21. Pammy appears to have actually done something
20. Things happening in Persia
19. Steve at 1077
Hearts of Oak: The Week According To . . . Hermann Kelly
Plus war room:
Army 250th Anniversary Coverage Parts 1, 2 and 3
18. Jaffa
Tel Aviv right now. Shoppers. Dogs. Children. Rabbis. Yoga. Everyone comes down to the bunker for 20 minutes with stoicism, resilience, and a sense of common purpose. pic.twitter.com/S8yPxqW1sg
“”She,” adapted from H. Rider Haggard’s timeless tale, has been produced multiple times, although never as entertainingly as the 1935 version, starring the imposing Helen Gahagan as She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, the eternally beautiful ruler of the lost kingdom of Kor. This would be the only film appearance of Gahagan, a noted stage and opera star who later entered the political arena as Helen Gahagan Douglas. Reportedly, Gahagan was embarrassed by the movie and vowed never to heed Hollywood’s call again. But perhaps she was her own severest critic, since “She” represents Depression Era escapism at its very peak.
The movie was produced by Merian C. Cooper, who’d struck it rich two years earlier with “King Kong.” Those with sharp eyes will note that the enormous gate cutting Kor off from the outside world is the same one which served — for awhile — to hold Kong in his natural habitat on Skull Island. This outrageously opulent adventure tale stars the stoic Randolph Scott as American explorer John Vincey, who ventures into the Arctic to find the story behind a cryptic, 500-year-old letter. Accompanying him are the jolly Holly (Nigel Bruce, later to become a familiar face as Dr. Watson in the Nigel Rathbone “Sherlock Holmes” movies) and the feisty Tanya (Helen Mack), who’s secretly attracted to John.
After surviving an avalanche and battling cave-dwelling cannibals, the intrepid trio comes face to face with a much greater danger, the imperious She, who has been bathing in a flame of eternal life and biding her time for centuries, looking for true love. “I am yesterday and today and tomorrow,” She muses, shortly before deciding John is the man worth waiting half a millennium for. Tanya, however, has other ideas. Thrillingly scored by Max Steiner and featuring backdrops you won’t believe (check out the patio of Holly and Tanya’s apartment), the movie climaxes with a dazzling ceremony in the Hall of Kings, featuring hundreds of extras performing some of the most bizarre choreography ever filmed. That sequence alone would make the movie worthwhile, but it turns out to be only one of the many treasures of “She.””
