Foibles: A Mother-Daughter Podcast

archy and mehitabel by don marquis is a collection of newspaper columns in verse without kapitalization or punctuation except occasionally  published between 1916 and 1936   filled with social and politikal commentary along with a very wry perspective on human foibles and the vagaries of life for all life forms   wonderful stylized illustrations by george herriman who wuz also the author of the kr...

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells   All Systems Red - 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novella; 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella; & 2018 American Library Association’s Alex Award; nominated for 2017 Philip K Dick Award   Artificial Condition - 2019 Hugo Award   Rogue Protocol   Exit Strategy   Network Effect   Fugitive Telemetry - Published in 2021. We have not read it yet   Read these in order! The...

Thanks for listening to the long saga of visionary film producer Val Lewton! This episode is a one-off, and the author only wrote two novels.   Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905)  Writer, editor, widow, single mother   She was instrumental in encouraging Rudyard Kipling to write The Jungle Book. She also published books of sketches and poems.   Novels: Donald and Dorothy (1883) Hans Brinker; or the Silv...

Special Thanks to Adam Roche for his excellently researched podcast The Secret History of Hollywood - Shadows. This is a multi-hour epic documentary about Val Lewton's life and work. https://www.attaboyclarence.com/the-secret-history-of-hollywood Val Lewton (1904-1951) (nee Vladimir Ivanovich Hofschneider in Imperial Russia; mother's maiden name was Leventon)   Top Four Must-See Val Lewton movies:...

Special Thanks to Adam Roche for his excellently researched podcast The Secret History of Hollywood - Shadows. This is a multi-hour epic documentary about Val Lewton's life and work. https://www.attaboyclarence.com/the-secret-history-of-hollywood Val Lewton (1904-1951) (nee Vladimir Ivanovich Hofschneider in Imperial Russia; mother's maiden name was Leventon)   Top Four Must-See Val Lewton movies:...

Link to "Shame & Scandal (In the Family):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJyVB_sqh3E Special Thanks to Adam Roche for his excellently researched podcast The Secret History of Hollywood - Shadows. This is a multi-hour epic documentary about Val Lewton's life and work. https://www.attaboyclarence.com/the-secret-history-of-hollywood Val Lewton (1904-1951) (nee Vladimir Ivanovich Hofschneider in Imp...

Val Lewton (1904-1951) (nee Vladimir Ivanovich Hofschneider in Imperial Russia; mother's maiden name was Leventon)   Top Four Must-See Val Lewton movies: 1) I Walked with Zombie 2) Cat People 3) Rita: The Ghost Ship; Xoe: The 7th Victim   Universal Studios horror classics: Frankenstein (1931) - starring Boris Karloff Dracula (1931) - starring Bela Lugosi The Black Cat (1941) - exemplar of Universa...

MILDRED PIERCE Novel: Mildred Pierce by James M Cain, 1941. Still entertaining Film: Mildred Pierce (1947) - starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blythe, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden - The classic holds up Miniseries: Mildred Pierce (2011) 5 episodes - starring Kate Winslet, Evan Rachel Wood, Guy Pearce - Atmospheric, well-acted and directed, a little too slow because there is not enough material from the nove...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte   Stay tuned for the discussion on how much we hate St. John Rivers, the significance of Rochester's mad wife Bertha, Jane Eyre erotica, and more!   Books: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), 1847. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, 2001. (Alternate universe in which the criminal enters great novels and changes the plot. The protagonist, Thursday Next, is a dete...

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte   Stay tuned for the discussion on how much we hate St. John Rivers, the significance of Rochester's mad wife Bertha, Jane Eyre erotica, and more!   Books: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), 1847. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, 2001. (Alternate universe in which the criminal enters great novels and changes the plot. The protagonist, Thursday Next, is a dete...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte   Stay tuned for the discussion on how much we hate St. John Rivers, the significance of Rochester's mad wife Bertha, Jane Eyre erotica, and more! Books: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), 1847. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, 2001. (Alternate universe in which the criminal enters great novels and changes the plot. The protagonist, Thursday Next, is a detect...

Xoe and Rita do a deep dive into the many iterations of the classic story of A Star is Born and the themes of true love, addiction, artistry, and feminism each explores in its own way. Stay tuned for part II to learn who is the handsomest Mr. Maine. What Price Hollywood? (1932)- dir. George Cuckor and starring Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton. A Star is Born (1937)- starring Janet...

A Star is Born(s) - 4 films and a prototype   Xoe and Rita do a deep dive into the many iterations of the classic story of A Star is Born and the themes of true love, addiction, artistry, and feminism each explores in its own way. Stay tuned for part II to learn who is the handsomest Mr. Maine. What Price Hollywood? (1932)- dir. George Cuckor and starring Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Ha...

We discuss the iterations of Babe, pig extraordinaire, and the deep themes that can be found in the excellent film adaptation of the book, Babe (1995).   We also discuss: Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith (book) Babe: Pig in the city (1998) Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993) Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (book)   Theme music is "Future Mind" by David Plell of Powerbleeder http...

Graphic Novels   Definition according to Merriam-Webster.com: a story that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book. The Pantheon of Graphic Novels: Maus by Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991. A memoir of the child of Holocaust survivors that artfully combines historical events and Spiegelman's relationship with his difficult father. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (eponym o...

Jean Harlow Born Harlean Carpenter McGrew Bern Rossen (1911-1937) Bibliography: Platinum Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jean Harlow by Eve Golden, 1991. Recommended Harlow films: The Public Enemy (1931) Red-Headed Woman (1932) - Her breakout role and her 1st of 4 films with her BFF Clark Gable. Red Dust (1932) - Also with Gable. Fine vehicle for Harlow, if you can handle the colonialistic lens of th...

Jean Harlow Born Harlean Carpenter McGrew Bern Rossen (1911-1937) Bibliography: Platinum Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jean Harlow by Eve Golden, 1991. Recommended Harlow films: The Public Enemy (1931) Red-Headed Woman (1932) - Her breakout role and her 1st of 4 films with her BFF Clark Gable. Red Dust (1932) - Also with Gable. Fine vehicle for Harlow, if you can handle the colonialistic lens of th...

The final episode on Marilyn Monroe! *note* Please excuse the increasingly poor sound quality of this episode. We may have gotten a little tipsy and careless, we'll keep it under control in the future :P Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barb...

Subversive Blondes Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn: https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Ha...

Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn:  https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay:  https://www.yo...

Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn:  https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay:  https://www.yo...

Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn:  https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay:  https://www.yo...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Bibiliography: In Search of Anne Bronte by Nick Holland, (2016). - As the title indicates, this book focuses on Anne but it gives a rounded view of the family and their circumstances. Wuthering Bites by Sarah Gray (2010) - In which Heathcliff is a vampire. Didn't bother to read it, but had to include it here to show the range of fan fiction.   Film and televion ad...