The Arctophile

"A stupid man can start a war even a wise man can't end."
(Soundtrack to a Coup D'etat)

#BOTD 1890
Amy Marguerite Brandon Thomas: English film and stage actress. She was the daughter of the playwright Brandon Thomas. Known for The Profligate (1917), Vintage Wine (1935), The Cry for Justice (1919) and Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! (1930).

#BOTD 1758
Franz Josef Gall: German neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain. Claimed as the founder of the pseudoscience of phrenology.
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Have a great week ahead Catherine! Not sure if the mist will lift today.

Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1374
Fingers crossed for Monday.

Kenneth Grahame - BOTD

#InternationalWomensDay Medusa symbolizes every woman & girl murdered for wanting the right to exist on their own terms. Sadly, Femicide is a universal constant throughout time, including our own. (Medusa by Knoppf, 1900/Perseus by F.W Pomeroy)

#BOTD 1882
Ralph Clifford Lynn: English actor who had a 60-year career, and is best remembered for playing comedy parts in the Aldwych farces first on stage and then in film. His film career started to wane in the late 1930s and his last film was For Valour (1937).

#NowWatching Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (D:Johan Grimonprez, 2024)
"A rich account of a violent history that most Americans have likely forgotten — which is a shame, since American tax dollars, funnelled through the CIA, financed a lot of it."

Georges Perec - BOTD
#Caturday

#NowWatching The Long Haul (D:Ken Hughes,1957)
"Dors looks stunning,with the screen presence worthy of a Hollywood noir, but this jars with the very British location and feel of the film.But Diana and an equally out-of-sorts Mature have screen chemistry, even though she outplays him in every scene."

#BOTD 1905
Alice Beatrice Roberts: American actress with a career of over 40 years. Known for Men of Steel (1937), Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938) and Outlaws of the Orient (1937).

#BOTD 1893
Lorena Alice Hickok: American journalist and long-term friend and romantic partner of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. By 1932, she had become the nation's best-known female reporter. Hickok called herself by this time "the top gal reporter in the country".
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George du Maurier - BOTD

#NowWatching The Case of the Bloody Iris (D:Giuliano Carnimeo,1972)
"If it stars Edwige Fenech, it’s going to be a good movie. If it’s a giallo starring Edwige Fenech and George Hilton together then it’s going to be superb. These are just basic facts."

‘Bold, outrageous’: forgotten star of swinging 60s pop art celebrated with London solo show Before she died aged 28, Pauline Boty’s work brought a female gaze to the London art scene. Now she is set to reach a new generation

#BOTD 1938
Pauline Boty: British painter and co-founder of the 1960s' British Pop art movement of which she was the only acknowledged female member.
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#BOTD 1930
Allison Hayes: American film and television actress and model. "Allison achieved film immortality in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958), in which she tore the roof off the place, and killed rival Yvette Vickers. After that, Allison was a staple in classic B-grade horror films."

#BOTD 1916
Virginia Lee Gregg. American actress prolific in film, radio dramas and television series. Known for Operation Petticoat (1959), Crime in the Streets (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946). Provided the voice of the mother in Psycho (1960), Psycho II (1983) and Psycho III (1986).

Morning Catherine! I had to laugh this morning, I was chased by a dog, not unusual, but he had wheels as no use of his back legs. "He owns this street"

Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1373 Misty start before the sun.

'The Offering' by Lithuanian artist MK Ciurlionis (1875-1911) who was considered a pioneer of abstract art in Europe. His subject matter was often enigmatic & esoteric with a suggestion of art nouveau & has lost none of its curious appeal with the passing of time.

Closeup of Lupino on telephone with wide-eyed expression; Cochran at right looks at her intently.

Ida Lupino and Steve Cochran in a promotion for “Private Hell 36” (Filmakers, 1954)

#NowWatching Mill of the Stone Women (D:Giorgio Ferroni,1960)
"A strange,hazy dream of a film, like something you would conjure up from the depths of your subconscious while stricken with flu.There are narrative developments, yes, but they feel like buoys in the sea of some somnambulistic action..."

#BOTD 1906
Aileen Carlyle in San Francisco, California. Actress, known for Meet the Wife (1931), The Country Doctor (1936), Dragstrip Riot (1958) and Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946).

#BOTD 1894
Symona Ferner Boniface: American film actress, most frequently seen in bit parts in comedy shorts, mostly at Columbia Pictures, particularly those of The Three Stooges. Appeared in 120 films between 1925 and 1950.

Hi Catherine! Lovely sunny walk today, be while before dry feet though. I heard a noise when I was parking on my return from work and saw this...

Apologies for the slight spoiler.

#NowWatching The Mentalist (Season 1 Episode 20 Red Sauce)
Marty (Jack Kehler) has just turned up. #TheBigLebowski

#BOTD 1922
Judith Furse in Camberley, Surrey. Actress and producer, known for Black Narcissus (1947), Carry on Spying (1964) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939).
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John Garfield, born 4 March 1913.