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byneddiedingo · 2 years

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Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in On Moonlight Bay (Roy Del Ruth, 1951)

Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Billy Gray, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Jack Smith, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby, Sig Arno, Jeffrey Stevens, Eddie Marr, Henry East. Screenplay: Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson, based on stories by Booth Tarkington. Cinematography: Ernest Haller. Art direction: Douglas Bacon. Film editing: Thomas Reilly. Music: Max Steiner.

Leon Ames must have felt right at home playing the paterfamilias of a Midwestern household in 1917 in the Warner Bros. musical On Moonlight Bay: It was the same role he had played in 1944, when he was the paterfamilias of a St. Louis household in 1904 in Vincente Minnelli's MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. In both films he comes under fire for making the household move, upsetting his wife (Rosemary DeCamp in the former movie, Mary Astor in the latter), his daughter (Doris Day/Judy Garland), his bratty kid (Billy Gray/Margaret O'Brien), and even the family servant (Mary Wickes/Marjorie Main). In both films, the daughter falls in love with the boy next door (Gordon MacRae/Tom Drake). There's even a big scene set at Christmas in both movies. Granted, On Moonlight Bay suffers from comparison with Meet Me in St. Louis. For one thing, the songs in the latter are better, and Garland brings a note of heartbreak to the film that Day can't quite match. But the Warners movie gets a little life from a screenplay based on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington, a writer not much read anymore but who inspired two classic movies, Alice Adams (George Stevens, 1935) and The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942). The stories, about the misadventures of an 11-year-old boy, clearly inspired On Moonlight Bay's subplot about Wesley Winfield (Gray), kid brother to Marjorie Winfield (Day). Wesley is a scamp who purloins one of Marjorie's letters to her boyfriend, William Sherman (MacRae), and tries to pass it off in English class as his own composition. He torments Hubert Wakely (Jack Smith), who tries to court Marjorie, and he even manages to convince his teacher, Miss Stevens (Ellen Corby), that the reason he falls asleep in class is that his father is a drunkard who abuses his mother and sister. Much of this stuff is clumsily directed, but it's an effective enough distraction from the rather routine romance of Marjorie and William and from the tepid musical numbers, set mostly to old parlor ballads and turn-of-the-century love songs like the one that gives the film its title. Day is in sweet voice as usual, but her role in the movie and the songs she's asked to sing don't give her much to do, and she doesn't really have much chemistry with MacRae. Nevertheless, On Moonlight Bay was popular enough that it inspired a sequel, By the Light of the Silvery Moon (David Butler, 1953), that reunited most of the cast.

#On Moonlight Bay #Roy Del Ruth #Doris Day #Gordon MacRae

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MADGE BLAKE

May 31, 1899 - February 19, 1969

Madge Blake (née Cummings) was best remembered for her roles as Margaret Mondello on “Leave It to Beaver”, Flora MacMichael on “The Real McCoys,” and Aunt Harriet Cooper on “Batman”. Born in Kansas just before the turn of the last century, her father discouraged her from becoming an actress, so she did not enter acting until later in life. During World War II, Blake and her husband James Lincoln Blake worked on construction of the detonator for the atomic bomb and received a citation for their work from the U.S. government.

Blake’s first cousin was actor Milburn Stone (”Gunsmoke”). They both acted in the 1955 film The Private War of Major Benson starring Chaleton Heston and Sal Mineo.

Gene Kelly had a special affection for her and included her in each of his films including An American in Paris, Brigadoon, and Singing in the Rain as Dora Bailey (above).

Her first collaboration with Lucy and Desi was as Aunt Anastasia in The Long, Long Trailer, which premiered in February 1954.

A month later she was seen as Mrs. Mulford (of Jeri’s Hats), on “I Love Lucy” in “Ricky Loses His Temper” (ILL S3;E19). A sly salesperson, Mrs. Mulford entices Lucy to buy a new hat, despite her promise to Ricky that she wouldn’t.

MRS. MULFORD: “It’s half price!” LUCY: “I’ll take it!”

Technically, The Long, Long Trailer was filmed first, so the movie was her introduction to Lucille Ball and probably resulted in this series appearance.

In January 1957, she played Martha, a prospective new tenant at 623 East 68th Street who is afraid of heights, alongside her caring husband Herbert (Ralph Dumke), in “Lucy and Superman” (ILL S6;E13). Imagine her shock when she spies Lucy dressed as Superman perched on the ledge!

HERBERT: “Was it a bird?” MARTHA: “No.” HERBERT: “Was it a plane?” MARTHA: “No.” HERBERT: “Well, what was it, dear?” MARTHA: “It was Superman!”

It is somewhat coincidental that Blake should star with TV’s Superman (George Reeves), nearly ten years before being cast in TV’s “Batman.” Just as coincidentally, Blake and Dumke both appeared in The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) and Loving You (1957).

Her final appearance with Lucille Ball was on a 1964 episode of “The Lucy Show”, “Lucy, the Camp Cook” (TLS S3;E6). Blake plays a motorist who stops to help a stranded Mr. Mooney. Lucy and Viv are hiding just out of sight. Clearly, she has no idea that she is helping out two women as well as the handsome banker.

DRIVER (flirty): “Let me go in first and dust the seat...big boy!”

THE DESILU CONNECTIONS

Desilu’s many television shows often blurred the lines; characters being spun-off, or crossing over to another show. Madge Blake’s characters existed in several TV worlds, although she may not have appeared in the actual cross-over episodes.

For example, Blake made two appearances on the Ann Sothern sitcom “Private Secretary” both times playing Mrs. Bernard Hugo - once in 1953, and again in 1956. During 1957, Sothern’s character Susie MacNamara appeared as Lucy Ricardo’s friend in the first “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” titled “Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana” (LDCH S1;E1).

After her first appearance on “I Love Lucy” Blake was cast as Anita Henderson on the CBS / Desilu series “December Bridge,” a role she played in 1955 and 1956. She did one more episode in 1957 as Margaret. The show featured many actors who also appeared on “I Love Lucy.” In 1957, Executive Producer Desi Arnaz appeared as himself.

In another cross-over connection, Blake made four appearances on “The Danny Thomas Show” from 1954 to 1961, each time playing a different character. In 1958, to symbolize the show’s move to CBS, the Williams family moved into the Ricardo home in Westport. In return, Lucy and Desi guest-starred on “The Danny Thomas Show” as the Ricardos.

On February 9, 1961, Blake did a guest-spot on the short-lived CBS Desilu series “Guestward, Ho!” Ironically, the leading role was originally intended for Vivian Vance, but the network thought her too associated with Ethel Mertz.

That same evening, February 9, 1961, Blake also did a guest-spot on the ABC series “Angel” which was filmed on the Desilu lot. She acted opposite Doris Singleton, who had played Carolyn Appleby in “Lucy Meets Superman,” although the two did not share any scenes. The one-season series was created by Jess Oppenheimer, writer of “I Love Lucy.”

In 1963 and 1965, Blake joined the cast of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” which filmed on the Desilu Lot.

In 1966, she was cast as Aunt Harriet Cooper on “Batman”, a role she played for 96 episodes and in a 1966 feature film that also had the same cast. She became good friends with star Adam West (Bruce Wayne / Batman). When producers wanted to let Blake go, West intervened and she stayed with the show until illness reduced her ability to work. On the series, Blake worked with many of the same actors who appeared with Lucille Ball: Cesar Romero, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Liberace, Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Merman. Milton Berle. Rudy Vallee, Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Stafford Repp, Victor Buono, Vincent Price, Edward Everett Horton, Vito Scotti, Norma Varden, Tristram Coffin, Ellen Corby, Sammy Davis Jr., Allen Jenkins, Art Linkletter, Alan Hale Jr., Jessyln Fax, and Alberto Morin.

In 1967, Blake did a single episode of “Gomer Pyle USMC” (a spin-off of “The Andy Griffith Show”). A year earlier, Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) made a cameo appearances on “The Lucy Show” (TLS S5;E9) in which Lucy Carmichael is mistaken for Lou C. Carmichael and drafted!

Blake’s final appearance was a 1970 TV movie “The Shameful Secrets of Hastings Corner” produced by Harry Ackerman, who was a CBS executive who worked on (and appeared on) “I Love Lucy.” It was aired posthumously as Blake died in February 1969 at the age of 69.

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How The "Fighting Irish" Got Their Name

How The “Fighting Irish” Got Their Name

You never know where you are going to find your motivation to get back in the saddle and start writing again. It has been a while since the fingers hit the keyboard for something other than work. I had tried a couple of weeks ago and then a second round of layoffs at work took the wind out of my sails.

Monday night while thumbing through Facebook, I came upon some very angry Irish fans. I…

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#Father Corby #Father William Corby #Irish Brigade #Knute Rockne #Lou Holtz #Notre Dame #University of Notre Dame

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cavalrycommand1876 · 5 years

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The men of the Irish Brigade being blessed by Father William Corby at Gettysburg

#st patricks day #father corby #catholic #irish brigade #general meagher #general corcoran #american civil war

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Meet my kids!

I'm not sure If I'm comfortable with posting photos of them on a platform with strangers... So I'm just going to tell you a bit about the 3 people who changed my life😘😍

James lee

James is my eldest child I had him when I was 19 and conceived him at 18 while I was at college studying for my level 1 in caring for children. I completed my course a month after finding out I was pregnant with him.

James was born: 1st January 2016 at 6:45am naturally, he was actually due 29th December 2015

James started weaning at 6 months old his first foods where pureed peas, cauliflower and potato.

James was on aptamil formula since birth he could drink 10oz by two months old(crazy and always hungry) no sleep for me!!!.

James has 2 younger brothers and is very protective over one of them, William (1 years old) when James first met his brother at the hospital he was very reluctant to accept William and tried to push him away when I gave him to hold. When William came home James was very loving towards him, he would always try and help with feeding and giving kisses on his head to this day he is still completely close to William and shares his food with him, rarely but it happens ( and defiantly not toys that causes ww3). Lol

James likes to play with any form of transport (especially cars)

He is not a big fan of many fruits apart from strawberry. He also to my knowledge has no interest in certain vegetables.

James is very happy and cheerful 90% of the time, but because of his age he has his moments but he loves to hear others laugh and make people smile.

He's a massive chocolate fan (just like any other child)

He loves fingerprinting and messy play.

Sometimes I think him and william have inside jokes because they say certain words like "That!" and laugh at each other

James has a thing for making funny faces which also amuses William and his friends and family

James has normal three year old anger he doesn't give a damn what you say if he's angry he will flop to the floor and cry at you or just refuse to move no matter where you are no f*cks are given trust me.

James loves to drink fruit juice and eat cake ( doesn't matter what cake... He is me.)

James loves dogs and any animal that has nice fur (and a high tolerance to crazy toddlers) .

Paw patrol is his thing (no one is allowed to touch Marshall).

James weighed 6lb 81/2oz at birth he also had colic for months I had to change so many bottles because of that to find the right one.

James is a big sleeper he will sleep all night.

William George

William is my second child. I had him at 21 and apparently conceived him around Christmas 2016. I was living in our family home, He was born on: 25th August 2017 he was due 16th September 2017. He arrived at 11:14pm weighing 6lb 2oz at 36weeks and 6days. Williams birth was natural and very quick.

William suffered with jaundice for a week and we was in hospital for all of that, he didn't need an over head lamp but did need the treatment from the bed rays. (idk what they call them).

William was breastfed for a month then on cow and gate for the rest of it.

William is a very lively boy who's always looking for an adventure, if he doesn't like certain foods he will throw them on the floor.

William loves to play with anything that interests him mostly anything colorful and makes music (he Nods his head when he heats something good)

William is the most cuddliest out of him and James he loves a good snuggle and never tales him long to have a good nap.

William is social too he loves to play with different people and tries to let out some words. Child or adult he will come to you.

William loves to laugh he thinks everything is funny you don't need to put much effort in, at all.

Leo

Leo is my youngest (excluding my pregnancy) and my angel baby he was born asleep : 4th September 2018

Leo had a different father to James and Williams as I met his dad, after I broke up with their dad because he started being domestically violent towards me.

Leo weighed just 450g and was fully formed he just needed to pile on his pounds

Leo died after a car accident on 31st August 2018 on the A43 on the way to Corby ( this removed Leo from my womb to the beginning of my fallopian tube)

Leo lived for 20 weeks and 5 days

Leo had no conditions during my pregnancy

Leo's funeral was 21st September 2018 at Peterborough crematorium it was planned by Co operative funeral care and Peterborough city hospital and paid for by the NHS. Extremely thankful

Leo's ashes live at my home on a bookcase on top of his box and next to other things I bought in his memory.

I was under general anaesthetic during his birth (operation) I was completely doped on morphine ( which made me want chocolate cake and made me paranoid that my midwife hated me because I wanted cake 😂).

Rainbow baby is due December 2019!!

#about me #meet my kids #parenting #boymom #personal

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#OTD in 1862 – The Irish Brigade suffered over 60% casualties at the Battle of Antietam at an area that came to be known as Bloody Lane.

At the Battle of Antietam, the Irish Brigade led its division in attacking the infamous Bloody Lane. In preparation for the deadly work ahead, Father William Corby, one of the brigade’s chaplains and future president of Notre Dame, rode down the firing line and administered a general rite of absolution to the men. Thomas Meagher advanced to the crest of a hill overlooking a brigade of North…

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#69th New York Militia #American Civil War #Bloody Lane #Captain McGee #Confederates #Father William Corby #Fighting 69th #Gen. Israel Richardson #The Battle of Antietam #The Battle of Antietam Monument #The Irish Brigade #Thomas Meagher #Unions

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MAY 12, 2021 | US History

The ‘Chinese-Born Engineer’ Who ‘Helped Launch US Commercial Aviation’

Wong Tsu’s 10 months at Boeing in 1916-17 led to the fledgling airplane manufacturer's first military plane, first airmail plane and eventually, its first passenger plane.

— Ratha Tep

Wong Tsu, Boeing's first aeronautical engineer, graduated from MIT in 1916. He is pictured here the following year.

In 1904, anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S. rose to a fever pitch as Congress passed an indefinite extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act, almost entirely closing the gates on Chinese immigration. Yet just over a decade later, Beijing-born Wong Tsu came to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through a loophole in the law that made an exception for students. Shortly after graduating from MIT’s new aeronautical program in June 1916, Wong was hired as Boeing’s first aeronautical engineer, cementing his place in aviation history.

The turn of the 20th century was an era of remarkable growth for flight, and Wong played a crucial role: He was integral in designing Boeing’s first successful plane, the Boeing Model C. That became the company’s first military plane, its first used to carry mail and the catalyst to the development of the Model 40A, the first Boeing aircraft to carry passengers.

“The Model C was not only Boeing’s first production order, it was the first Boeing aircraft to be produced in large numbers and sold,” says Tom Crouch, curator emeritus at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, and author of several books, including Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age. “Wong Tsu put the company on the map,” he says.

From Bicycle Mechanics to Stuntmen

While Wong was still a child in China, Wilbur and Orville Wright, two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, made history in 1903 with the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight over the dunes of Kitty Hawk. The Wright brothers envisioned a future where planes carried mail and passengers, but aviation in the pre-World War I period was initially met with skepticism.

The first aircraft were extremely frail with few instruments, relegating flight to the realm of sensational spectacle as stunt pilots flew to curious onlookers at carnivals and county fairs. Heavy winds were particularly troublesome, and anxious pilots preferred to fly only in the early morning or late afternoon, when the air was at its calmest.

Wong Comes to MIT

At the age of 12, Wong was selected for the Manchu government’s Yang-Tai naval academy, and at 16, he became one of the first Chinese naval cadets sent to England to study naval engineering. The Chinese government then sent him to study the fledgling science of aviation at MIT.

At MIT, Wong used the university’s new four-foot-square wind tunnel—one of the first in the country of its kind—to conduct controlled experiments and gain rare insight into aerodynamic stability. With a thesis on Air Resistance of Cylinder Combinations, Wong in 1916 became one of the few degreed aeronautical engineers in the country.

Boeing's First Plane: The B & W

In the final assembly stage in May, 1916, closeup of the student's cockpit on the Boeing and Westervelt Sport Trainer Model 1. Museum of Flight/Corbis/Getty Images

On July 4, 1914, William Edward Boeing, a successful lumber company owner in Seattle, convinced early aviator Terah Maroney to take him on his Curtiss seaplane. Boeing’s maiden flight reinforced what he already believed: The future was in aviation.

Boeing also felt he could build a better plane—he just needed the right aeronautical engineer. He turned to a friend, Naval Lieutenant George Conrad Westervelt, who had spent time at MIT and was stationed at the naval shipyards in nearby Bremerton. Together, they created Pacific Aero Products Co., and named their first aircraft the B & W, after their respective initials. Unfortunately, the B & W showed a tendency to tilt while airborne during tests for the Navy in 1916. While the issue was rectified, the damage had been done, and not a single B & W plane was ever sold in the U.S.

After Westervelt was assigned by the Navy back East, he consulted with Jerome C. Hunsaker, the aeronautics program founder at MIT, on a replacement engineer. Hunsaker recommended Wong. Boeing, upon learning of Wong’s vast wind tunnel expertise, responded by telegram: “Engage Chinaman.”

Anti-Chinese Sentiment in the Pacific Northwest

During Wong’s time at MIT, students from China made up the largest percentage of foreigners. They participated not only in research, but in the essential fabric of student life, taking part in everything from athletics to theater. But on the West Coast, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, people of Asian descent had a very different experience. In 1885, a giant mob in Tacoma, Washington forcefully expelled hundreds of Chinese residents, herding them to a nearby railway station. In 1886, nearly 400 more in Seattle were dragged from their homes, and led to a steamer bound for San Francisco.

It was a perilous time to be Chinese in Seattle. To lure Wong, Boeing personally gave assurances for his safety, according to Key Donn, a former president of the Boeing Asian American Professional Association. That promise paid off in spades.

Boeing's Model C

The Dope Room at the Boeing aircraft factory, shown here in 1917, is where airplane wings like this Model C wing structure were designed and constructed. Museum of Flight/Corbis/Getty Images

Wong played an integral role in developing the Model C training seaplane, which incorporated several mold-breaking innovations: tThe wings tilted slightly upwards, with the upper wing sitting forward of the lower wing rather than being stacked for greater stability. Crucially, Wong was also able to test a model in a newly built wind tunnel at the University of Washington, and apply his data analytical skills honed at MIT.

Boeing was so proud of the seaplane, that he referred to it as the first “all-Boeing” design. The Model C first flew on Nov. 5, 1916, and an improved Model C, with a bigger rudder, made its first flight on April 9, 1917. Two weeks later, Boeing changed the name of Pacific Aero Products Co. to Boeing Airplane Co.

After test flights at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida in the summer of 1917, Navy officials were also impressed. Despite 35-m.p.h. winds, the Model C proved better than anything they had seen. They ordered 50 Model Cs for a price of $575,000. Considering the total value of all aircraft orders in the U.S. in 1914 totaled just under $800,000, it was a substantial order by any measure and launched Boeing as a successful airplane manufacturer.

From Naval Contracts to Airmail and Passengers

On March 3, 1919, William Boeing (right) and pilot Eddie Hubbard performed the first U.S. international airmail flight in this Boeing Model C, a modified World War I trainer they flew from Vancouver, Canada, to Seattle.

After World War I, the Model C made history again. On March 3, 1919, Boeing and his lead test pilot, Eddie Hubbard, flew the C-700, the final Model C ever built, with a bag of 60 letters from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Seattle, in North America’s first international airmail flight.

That momentous airmail flight opened the doors to another route: the country’s longest, San Francisco to Chicago, which Hubbard lobbied Boeing to successfully bid on in 1927. The plane used for the route, the Model 40A, not only had cargo space for mail, but also a tiny cabin with room for two passengers. By the end of the first year, writes Alain Pelletier, in Boeing: The Complete Story, the Model 40A planes had transported 379 tons of mail and 1,863 passengers, paving the way for Boeing’s remarkable success in commercial aviation.

Wong Heads Back to China 🇨🇳

In Seattle, Wong’s contributions are memorialized at the Museum of Flight with a permanent exhibit acknowledging his work as Boeing’s first engineer. Despite the extraordinary ripple effects of Wong’s contributions at Boeing, he only spent 10 months at the company, leaving for China shortly before the Model C’s test flights for the Navy. Wong would go on to create a legacy that ranged from starting his home country’s first airplane factory in Fuzhou in 1917 to becoming head of the Aviation Research Academy in 1945, earning his place as one of the founding fathers of Chinese aviation.

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Trump 2024? Presidential comebacks have mixed success

There are already reviews that Trump is mulling a run in 2024. Caitlin O'Hara/Getty Photos

American creator F. Scott Fitzgerald as soon as wrote that “there are not any second acts in American lives.”

But it’s already assumed Donald Trump will go on to a subsequent act in a single kind or one other.

Will he begin his personal media firm? Function a GOP kingmaker?

There are even rumblings that he’ll resolve to run once more for president in 2024. Having served just one time period, he’s constitutionally eligible to strive for an additional.

If he does resolve to run once more – and if he wins – he’ll be in uncommon firm.

Just one American president has misplaced reelection after which gained again his workplace: Grover Cleveland. Within the American elections course that I educate, college students be taught particulars in regards to the long-term political impacts of those comeback efforts, most of that are workouts in futility.

‘Gone to the White Home, ha ha ha’

The late 19th-century political setting resembled at the moment’s in some ways: tight polarized elections, sturdy regional patterns in nationwide voting, comparatively excessive voter turnout and adverse campaigning.

Cleveland, a Democrat, had been governor of New York for lower than two years when his social gathering nominated him for president in 1884. As governor, he had gained a repute for combating Tammany Corridor corruption in New York Metropolis.

Through the 1884 marketing campaign, during which Cleveland ran towards Republican James Blaine, a scandal erupted when a New York lady named Maria Halpin accused Cleveland of raping and impregnating her. She was finally institutionalized and compelled to surrender her baby for adoption. Cleveland disputed a number of the particulars of the story, and his supporters countered jeers of “Ma, ma, the place’s my pa?” with chants of “Gone to the White Home, ha ha ha.”

Grover Cleveland weathered assaults that he had fathered a baby out of wedlock. Common Photos Group by way of Getty Photos

Cleveland ended up profitable the nationwide in style vote by a slim margin – 48.85% to 48.28% – and gained 219 electoral votes to Blaine’s 182. Cleveland’s base of help was within the South and in his dwelling state of New York, whereas Blaine did properly in the remainder of the North. Voter turnout was excessive, estimated at 77.5% of the voting-age inhabitants.

Throughout Cleveland’s time period, tariffs grew to become a divisive partisan situation in American politics. Republicans favored increased tariffs to guard Northern manufacturing pursuits, whereas Democrats like Cleveland usually needed decrease tariffs to assist the South’s agricultural export-oriented pursuits and to decrease costs for customers.

Cleveland’s comeback

When Cleveland ran for reelection in 1888, he confronted off towards Republican Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland once more gained the nationwide in style vote by a good margin, however misplaced two states – Indiana and New York – that he had gained in 1884. It was sufficient to flip the Electoral School and permit Harrison to be elected president.

Grover Cleveland ran on tariff reform in 1888 – and misplaced. Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG by way of Getty Photos

After shedding the election, Cleveland returned to work as an lawyer in New York. Below President Harrison, Congress permitted the McKinley Tariff and the Sherman Silver Buy Act, every of which had been strongly opposed by Cleveland.

In 1891, after two years of avoiding the general public highlight, Cleveland once more grew to become politically energetic and began to vocally oppose the financial insurance policies of Harrison. Cleveland attracted some nationwide consideration that 12 months with a public letter indicating his persevering with help for the gold normal.

As Cleveland met with social gathering leaders and made some public speeches in 1892, nationwide Democratic help for his presidential nomination started to develop. By the point the Democratic Nationwide Conference met in June that 12 months, help for Cleveland had turn out to be overwhelming, and he secured the nomination.

With Populist Occasion candidate James B. Weaver on the poll pulling votes from each main social gathering presidential candidates, Cleveland gained the nationwide in style vote for the third straight election, this time besting Harrison by a 46% to 43% margin and profitable the Electoral School.

Strive, strive once more

Whereas Cleveland has, to this point, been the one U.S. president to lose reelection after which come again and win, different presidents have tried and failed.

In 1840, Democratic President Martin Van Buren misplaced reelection. He tried to be renominated by his social gathering in 1844, however Democrats as an alternative selected James Polk. By 1848, Van Buren joined with a gaggle of disaffected Democrats and anti-slavery activists to turn out to be the nominee of the Free Soil Occasion, which opposed the extension of authorized slavery to U.S. territories. Whereas Van Buren gained 10% of the nationwide in style vote and completed second in New York, Massachusetts and Vermont, he gained no Electoral School votes.

Van Buren is the one president aside from Cleveland to be renominated by his social gathering, lose reelection after which seem once more on ballots as a presidential candidate.

Three different presidents additionally made tried comebacks to regain the presidency after leaving workplace.

In 1852, President Millard Fillmore, who had ascended to the presidency after the loss of life of Zachary Taylor, made a halfhearted try to win the Whig Occasion nomination for a full time period. When he failed, he got here again 4 years later because the presidential candidate of the American Occasion, higher referred to as the “Know Nothings,” a political motion to limit Catholic immigration to the US. Fillmore gained over 21% of the nationwide in style vote, the second-best efficiency by a third-party presidential candidate in American historical past and gained Maryland’s electoral votes.

One of the best efficiency by a third-party presidential candidate in American historical past was additionally by a former president, Theodore Roosevelt. In 1912, he ran for the Republican presidential nomination towards his extra conservative protege, President William Howard Taft. When Roosevelt didn’t get his social gathering’s nomination that 12 months, he ran because the Progressive Occasion candidate.

After being shot at a marketing campaign rally throughout the month earlier than the election and surviving, Roosevelt bought 27% of the nationwide in style vote and 88 electoral votes, ending far forward of Taft in each vote tallies – however properly behind the winner, Woodrow Wilson.

The final American president to lose reelection and try to run for president once more was Herbert Hoover, who was unsuccessful in each 1936 and 1940 at persuading different Republicans to let him lead the social gathering once more after he misplaced in a landslide in 1932.

Richard Nixon made a distinct sort of political comeback.

He misplaced the presidential election of 1960 whereas serving as Dwight D. Eisenhower’s vp after which went on to lose the 1962 California gubernatorial election. After the 2 losses, Nixon famously instructed the press, “You gained’t have Nixon to kick round anymore.” However the press did get one other whack at Nixon when he ran for president a second time – and gained – in 1968.

After shedding the 1962 California gubernatorial race, Nixon complained of his therapy by the press and hinted that he would retreat from public life. Bettmann by way of Getty Photos

The final try at a political comeback by a defeated president was a really transient effort by Gerald Ford, who had misplaced reelection in 1976, to barter the opportunity of being Ronald Reagan’s working mate throughout the 1980 Republican Nationwide Conference. The plan fell by, and Ford returned to non-public life.

As soon as out of workplace, most ex-presidents keep out of the highlight and keep away from criticizing their successor. Whether or not or not President Trump makes an attempt a political comeback in 2024, it’s doubtless that he gained’t keep mum over the following 4 years.

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BOB CUMMINGS

June 9, 1910 - December 2, 1990

Robert “Bob” Cummings was born in Joplin, Missouri. His godfather was the aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright, so naturally he got his pilot’s license and studied aeronautical engineering. After the stock market crash of 1929, he gave up flying to study drama in New York City, making his Broadway debut in 1931. In 1934 he moved to Hollywood and started making films. During World War II he was a captain in the Air Force Reserves. His television career kicked off in 1952, winning an Emmy for for a TV production of “12 Angry Men.” Starting in 1955, Cummings starred on a successful NBC sitcom, "The Bob Cummings Show” (aka “Love That Bob”), in which he played Bob Collins, an ex–World War II pilot who became a successful photographer. The show ended in July 1959. It was then that he first teamed with Lucille Ball on an episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” CBS revived “The Bob Cummings Show” in 1961, but it lasted just one season. He reprised the character of Bob Collins on a 1972 episode of "Here’s Lucy” and returned the following season for another episode. Cummings was married five times and fathered seven children. He died in 1990 at the age of 80.

Lucille Ball and Bob Cummings first worked together in the penultimate episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” “The Ricardos Go To Japan” (November 1959).

Cummings played himself in Japan to make a film. In reality, his next film, My Geisha (1962) starring Shirley MacLaine and Yves Montand, actually was filmed in Japan, although “The Ricardos Go To Japan” was filmed entirely in Hollywood.

Lucy and Cummings were just two of the many stars participating in “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood” (January 10, 1960). Cummings, alone on a soundstage, tells the story of how he was discouraged from pursuing an acting career. Despite this he got an opportunity that turned into the film Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939). While filming this segment for Hopper, his second TV series “The Bob Cummings Show” had just finished its five season run on CBS.

In a 1972 episode of “Here’s Lucy,” Cummings played Bob Collins, the character he played on his own show “Love That Bob”!

In the episode, Lucy takes a liking to Bob, although her daughter Kim thinks he is an alcoholic womanizer and goes to great lengths to scare him off.

In 1973, Cummings returned to "Here’s Lucy” to play Bob Henning, a deceitful antiques dealer who is after a priceless chair Lucy Carter unknowingly bought. To get it back, he pretends to have a romantic interest in Lucy.

Cummings was in attendance at the “The 38th Primetime Emmy Awards” on September 21, 1986, when Lucille Ball presented the Governor’s Award to Red Skelton.

THE CUMMINGS CONNECTION

While both “I Love Lucy” and “The Bob Cummings Show” were on the air simultaneously, “Bob” was on Sundays on NBC while “Lucy” held down Mondays on CBS. The first “Bob Cummings Show” (later re-titled “Love That Bob” for syndication, lest it be confused by the same-titled second iteration) was a mid-season replacement that featured many of the same performers as “Lucy”:

Joi Lansing (Shirley Swanson, 24 episodes)

Nancy Kulp (Pamela Livingstone, 16 episodes)

Eliva Allman (Mrs. Montague, 7 episodes)

Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Neimeyer, 6 episodes)

with Doris Singleton, Benny Rubin, Robert Carson, Lurene Tuttle, Bea Benadaret, Dick Elliott, Doris Packer, Charles Lane, Ruth Brady, Madge Blake, Parley Baer, Hy Averback, Tyler McVey, Hans Conried, Ellen Corby, Jay Novello, Margie Liszt, and Will Wright.

In 1955, a year after leaving his role as Jerry the Agent on “I Love Lucy”, Jerry Hausner played a show business agent on the series.

In 1957, “The Bob Cummings Show” did a crossover episode with “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” that featured Bea Benadaret as Blanche Morton.

The second iteration, sometimes referred to as “The New Bob Cummings Show”, ran on CBS for just one season just prior to Lucille Ball launching “The Lucy Show.” Like Ball’s transformation of “The Lucy Show” into “Here’s Lucy,” Cummings played a different character in a new scenario, but it was basically the same show. Some of the “Lucy” character actors crossed over to the new series, including Paul Debov, Dick Elliott, Charles Lane, Norman Leavitt, and Jay Novello.

Cummings’ first time as a regular on a TV series was on the NBC series “My Hero” which only ran one season on NBC (1952-53), concurrently with season two of “I Love Lucy.” The Los Angeles Times thought the show would "rival ‘I Love Lucy’ in popularity.” The New York Times accused it of being a copy of ‘I Love Lucy’ and said "Cummings brought a magnificent terribleness to his part." The show was executive produced and part owned by Don Sharpe, who was also connected with ‘I Love Lucy.’ A few “Lucy” players were seen on the show: Arthur Q. Bryan, Hal March, Will Wright, James Burke, Fritz Feld, Eve Whitney, Nestor Paiva, Richard Reeves, Mario Siletti, Florence Bates, Lawrence Dobkin, and Ellen Corby.

Another one-season series for Robert Cummings was filmed at Desilu, aired on CBS, and ran concurrently with season three of “The Lucy Show”. In “My Living Doll” Cummings played an Air Force psychiatrist in charge of a sexy, naive android (Julie Newmar). “Lucy” actors who were also on “My Living Doll” included Ellen Corby, Joe Mell, Jonathan Hole, Jackie Joseph, Parley Baer, Nestor Paiva, Maurice Marsac, Olan Soule, Tyler McVey, Lurene Tuttle, and Leon Alton.

Just before leaving “My Three Sons” for health reasons in 1965, William Frawley did one episode of “My Living Doll.” A few months later a cameo on “The Lucy Show” would be Frawley’s final TV performance.

Bob Cummings had done three films with William Frawley from 1936 to 1940:

In 3 Cheers for Love (1936) Cummings and Frawley co-starred with Elizabeth Patterson (Mrs. Trumbull) and Irving Bacon (Will Potter). Patterson and Bacon also played the Willoughbys in “The Marriage License” (ILL S1;E26) in 1952.

One Night in the Tropics (1940) was the first film appearance of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. Five years later, Lucille Ball played herself in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood.

Touchdown, Army (1938) featured an uncredited appearance by Richard Denning, who, ten years later, would play George Cooper, Lucille Ball’s husband on her hit radio series “My Favorite Husband.”

TV People, February 1956. Interestingly, Hal March (host of “The $64,000 Question”) was also a character actor on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show.” Liberace would guest star as himself on “Here’s Lucy” in 1970. The top of the magazine promises an article about Arthur Godfrey and his singer Janette Davis. Godfrey guest starred as himself on “The Lucy Show” in 1965. Jack Webb’s series “Dragnet” was second only to “I Love Lucy” in popularity during the 1950s. It served as the model for all other police dramas on television.

“The Lucy Show” and “Love That Bob” can both be found on discount DVD. Many episodes of these series’ are no longer covered by copyright and are in the public domain.

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Absolution Under Fire. Paul Wood 1871-1891. Property of The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. About Father Colby from Notre Dame and the battle of Gettysburg: On July 2, 1863, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia attacked the Union positions along Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg in a devastating flanking attack striking northeast over the Emmitsburg Road. General Daniel Sickles’s Third Corps had advanced without orders along that road forming a salient in front of the main Union defensive line, and were attacked from three sides by Lee’s army. Witnessing the devastation in the valley before Cemetery Ridge, Union General Winfield Scott Hancock began organizing reinforcements to advance and rescue the Third Corps from annihilation. One of those units was the elite Irish Brigade under Colonel Patrick Kelly. The five veteran regiments of this brigade from New York and Massachusetts consisted of almost all Irish immigrants. Among them was Father William Corby, a Catholic priest. As the brigade formed near the wheat field and prepared to advance into the cauldron of battle that lay ahead, Corby recalled, “At this critical moment, I proposed to give a general absolution to our men, as they had absolutely no chance to practice their religious duties during the past two or three weeks, being constantly on the march.” Father Corby stood on a large rock in front of the brigade. Addressing the men, he explained what he was about to do, saying that each one could receive the benefit of the absolution by making a sincere Act of Contrition and firmly resolving to embrace the first opportunity of confessing his sins, urging them to do their duty, and reminding them of the high and sacred nature of their trust as soldiers and the noble object for which they fought… . The brigade was standing at “Order arms!” As he closed his address, every man, Catholic and non-Catholic, fell on his knees with his head bowed down. Then, stretching his right hand toward the brigade, Father Corby pronounced the words of the absolution: “Dominus noster Jesus Christus vos absolvat …” May our Lord Jesus Christ absolve you; and I by his authority absolve you from every bond of excommunication and interdict, as far as I am able, and you have need. Moreover, I absolve you of your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen In performing this ceremony I faced the army. My eye covered thousands of officers and men. I noticed that all, Catholic and non-Catholic, officers and private soldiers showed a profound respect, wishing at this fatal crisis to receive every benefit of divine grace that could be imparted through the instrumentality of the Church ministry. Even Major General Hancock removed his hat, and, as far as compatible with the situation, bowed in reverential devotion. That general absolution was intended for all—in quantum possum— not only for our brigade, but for all, North or South, who were susceptible of it and who were about to appear before their Judge. – Father William Corby The Irish Brigade, with the rest of the 1st Division, advanced into the battle moments later and stopped the Confederate attack by nightfall. Of the 530 men of the Irish Brigade, 200 were killed, wounded, or missing by the day’s end. William Corby survived the war and went on to serve two terms as president of the University of Notre Dame. The school’s Corby Hall is named for him. There is a statue dedicated to Corby at Gettysburg memorializing his general absolution to the Irish Brigade on the second day of the battle. He also wrote Memoirs of Chaplain Life: Three Years with the Irish Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. He passed away in 1897. Courtesy of the Writing Journal of Ian Martin. About the Artist Paul Wood: The scene still remained vivid in public memory nearly 30 years later when Wood, the young artist, decided to paint it. Wood is believed to have depicted himself in “Absolution Under Fire” as the Army drummer boy standing closest to the priest in the painting, Costa said. Wood enrolled at Notre Dame to study under famed Italian artist Luigi Gregori, who was responsible for most of the murals and frescoes inside Notre Dame’s Main Building and Sacred Heart Basilica, Costa said. “It takes a huge amount of skill to be able to complete a scene like this,” she said of the painting. “He learned his lessons from Gregori well.” The painting was reproduced in many American history textbooks to illustrate events during the Battle of Gettysburg. Wood had a tragically short life. A few weeks after finishing the painting, Wood went to visit his family in his hometown of Chicago, according to an appendix in a 1992 reprinting of Corby’s book. While Wood was staying in his family’s fifth-floor apartment on Jan. 4, 1892, a fire erupted in the building. As Wood and his parents prepared to flee the building, they entered a crowded elevator. The elevator’s gear gave way and the car fell, crushing the young artist to death. He was just 19 years old. “Absolution Under Fire” was his greatest work. Courtesy of the South Bend Tribune Newspaper.

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Ever Faithful, Ever True: An interview with William Taylor

Ever Faithful, Ever True: An interview with William Taylor, Class of 1991 Date of Interview: June 11, 2020

When I look outside my window it’s like a virtual postcard of Hawai‘i with mixed colors and imagery that cut across all feels and emotions. What WAS is fading and what IS NEEDED is happening. It is like a voice that has been calling for years but is now at the forefront asking us to pause and rediscover our core values, which brings me to an interview I conducted with Roosevelt High School class of 1991 graduate and friend for life, William Taylor.

William is a chef in an industry that was hit hard by this global pandemic. He has been with the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for over 27 years while also working at the Hawai‘i Convention Center for about 5 years and the ‘Alohilani Resort Waikiki for about 2 years. One would view his situation as somewhat grim because of its dependency on the tourist industry but he presented his situation through a different lens.

“When you can do better, you will do better.”

Coming from a very rough and unstable upbringing, he knows very well what it means to struggle. He has lived through the foster care system and knows what it is like to end the day hungry. At a young age he had to pave his own way by taking on adult responsibilities when others in his circle had the comforts of home. It was in high school when he made the connection to the culinary arts, which started his journey of closure, selflessness, and altruism.

“If we are not put on this earth to help others, then what are we doing here?”

His life was also filled with many angels such as Chef Mark Noguchi and wife Amanda Corby Noguchi who according to William, “was sent from heaven to help feed Hawai‘i during this pandemic.” His relationship with the Noguchi’s placed him on a path perfectly aligned with his core values. It linked him to a place of healing where he knows at the end of the day that he and a team of volunteers made sure families were being fed and not going to bed hungry – something he knows all too well. His motivation to help also bridged him to become a Make-A-Wish volunteer.

“I’m a very small small fish in an overwhelming pond of gratitude and thanks amongst all the volunteers.”

But just when you thought his heart wasn’t big enough, it gets better. During the holiday season, William would go to WalMart about 2-3 days before Christmas to find a family to help pay for their Christmas gifts. Friends would ask about his selection process but to him it is a simple formula – it is a combination of a gut feeling and faith. One year it was a father of 3 with a fourth on the way, and another year it was a single mom wanting to make Christmas special for her kids. As you can imagine, his act of genuine kindness was infectious and influential where his friends started to give forward as a result. He talked about what he would do as a millionaire but you really can’t put a price on good will – no pun intended.

As a fellow Roosevelt High School alum we talked about some of our fondest memories, and what rose to the surface without hesitation was Boys Pep Squad. Yes, you are reading this write. It’s when a bunch of boys dress up like cheerleaders to do a bunch of dance routines during homecoming week. We were just cracking up reflecting on the dance routines and mix tapes because it was a lot of fun. Shout out to Kim Koki!

Finally, I asked William to provide any words of advice for the graduating class of 2020 as they enter into this new normal.

“Be resilient. When you wake up each day, just be the best YOU that you can be.”

He continued to share that life will lay out many bumps in the road but to move forward with true acts of kindness and selflessness through these times of adversity. It also doesn’t hurt to be a fan of the San Francisco 49’ers but that is for another interview. But then again, Roosevelt – Red and Gold, 49’ers – Red and Gold. Just sayin’.

It was a gift to conduct this interview because William’s words and acts of kindness was a gentle reminder of the things we all do on a regular basis. You can find William on Facebook and Linkedin by searching “William Taylor”.

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