#Paul Gallico

[gennsoup]

He painted the loneliness and the smell of the salt-laden cold, the eternity and agelessness of marshes, the wild, living creatures, dawn flights, and frightened things taking to the air, and winged shadows at night hiding from the moon.

Paul Gallico, The Snow Goose

#Paul Gallico #The Snow Goose #loneliness #painting #painter #cold #cold weather #snow #winter #winter quotes #full moon #moon #moon quotes #wilderness #tundra #American literature #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes #artist #art

[valuing-a-life]

illustration for "Jennie" by Paul Gallico

#book illustration #artists on tumblr #paul gallico #jennie #paul gallico jennie #gouache #drawing #art #illustration #cats art

[uwmspeccoll]

An International Goose Day Feathursday

Today, September 29, is International Goose Day! Apparently International Goose Day is related to Michaelmas, which is also today, and allegedly a day in medieval times on which many people would pay their rent with a goose? Not sure about that one, but that’s the story! There is also a legend that if you eat goose on September 29 you won’t be short on cash for the following year. 

These geese all come from The Snow Goose by American author and sportswriter Paul Gallico with illustrations by British ornithologist, conservationist, and painter Peter Scott, published by Michael Joseph in an edition of 750 copies signed by the author and artist printed on mould-made paper. Paul Gallico is also the author of other titles you may have heard of like The Poseidon Adventure and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Sir Peter Scott helped found the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), came up with new ways to camouflage boats during WWII, and hosted a nature program on BBC. He also won an Olympic medal in sailing and was British Gliding Champion in 1963 and did a ton of other things (his Wikipedia page is quite interesting!). 

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

#Feathursday #International Goose Day #Michaelmas #Medieval goose rent #the rent goose #Michael Joseph #The Snow Goose #conservation #International Happy Goose Day #WWF #Peter Scott #Sir Peter Scott #Paul Gallico

[vsthepomegranate]

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

by Ronald Neame

#1970s movies #disaster movies #Paul Gallico #Irwin Allen #Gene Hackman #ernest borgnine #shelley winters #stella stevens #1970s fashion

[hisguardianeyessoblue]

New post inspired by a comment by @maybehumming.

First some lovely pictures:

Now Peter reading two children’s books with his beautiful voice. First, Snowflake, by Paul Gallico:

And now The Mermaid, read by him and Annie Lennox. It also contains a short song sung by Peter, The Fisherman’s Song:

#peter gabriel #that face #that smile #i wanna eat him #sexy as fuck #he’s my dreamdoll #Youtube #audiobook #the mermaid #snowflake #paul gallico #goatee peter #rockpalast #construction worker’s vest #glasses

[pleasebringmeatrout]

Paul Gallico, winner of the award for the author with the most unhinged filmography.

#mrs harris goes to paris #the poseidon adventure #boxing kangaroo #unhinged #lesley manville #leslie caron #elliott gould #paul gallico #did matilda (1978) have Oscar buzz?

[myhikari21things]

Read of The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico (1969) (312pgs)

#the poseidon adventure #paul gallico #fiction #paperback #1960s #reread

[unlimited-rice-puddin]

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Review: A wonderfully earnest, touching film

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is pure joy. A hugely emotional film with simple storytelling and a monstrously large heart.

A film about a hardworking, genuinely good human being pursuing their crazy dreams of buying a Christian Dior dress may well be the cinematic highlight of the year (more…)

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#Alba Baptista #Anthony Fabian #Carroll Cartwright #Ellen Thomas #Film Review #Isabelle Huppert #Jason Isaacs #Keith Thompson #Lambert Wilson #Lesley Manville #Lucas Bravo #Mrs. &039;Arris Goes to Paris #Olivia Hetreed #Paul Gallico #Rael Jones #Rose Williams

[disneybooklist]

The three lives of Thomasina (1964)

Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God by Paul Gallico (1957)

#Ok this one is hard #Because I loved the book except for the outrageous and horrible racism! #The racism ruined an otherwise beautiful book #So very much like life #The movie is very good and fun but again #Outrageous unnecessary racism #I would like to edit this book and take it all out and just have a lovely story about a good girl and her good cat #The three lives of Thomasina #Disney #1964 #Thomasina #the Cat Who Thought She Was God #boom #Paul Gallico #1950 #Cat #Cat book #Cat movie

[cdchyld]

Just added to Etsy

~ "The Poseidon Adventure" by Paul Gallico (1975)

#The poseidon adventure #paul gallico #vintage books #books for sale #vintage book seller #book seller #vintage etsy #vintage etsy seller #etsy seller #vintage #etsy #books books books

[alexhorrorfilms]

The Poseidon Adventure (Приключения "Посейдона")

Екранізація роману Пола Гелліко.

Фільм входить у серію блокбастерів фільмів-катастроф із зірковим складом "Аеропорт" (1970), "Землетрус" (1974) та "Пекло в піднебессі" (1974). Ця серія та її успіх стали своєрідним культурним феноменом.

Картина номінувалася на Оскар у 8 категоріях, виграла дві статуетки - за найкращу пісню та спецприз за спецефекти.

Найкасовіший фільм 1973 року.

У новорічну ніч затонув пасажирський лайнер "Посейдон", який прямував з Нью-Йорка до Афін. Корабель накрило та перевернуло гігантською хвилею.

Представник компанії наказав "Повний уперед", хоч знав, що це небезпечно.

Пасажири, яких очолив дуже незвичайний священик, роблять відчайдушні спроби врятуватися в небезпечному світі перевернутого лайнера.

Кіно вражає. І не трюками та спецефектами, а акторською грою. Актори створили чудові образи людей, які потрапили в смертельну небезпеку і знайшли сили боротися. Чи не суперменів, а звичайних людей у незвичайних обставинах.

#movies #Paul Gallico #disaster movies #shipwreck #Gene Hackman #Ernest Borgnine #Shelley Winters #Stella Stevens #Carol Lynley

[writinginnorthnorfolk]

Last of the Wild Places

It is the last of the wild places,drifts at the windy corners,a low, far-reaching expanse. The night was so transparent:mud flats and tidal pools;clumps of bushes made black stains;of human inhabitants there are none. Two black Norway spruces,desolate, utterly lonelywhere the road fell away. Greys and blues and soft greens,fresh furrows in the track.Skies are dark in the long winters –the…

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#dverse Poets Pub #Edith Wharton #Ethan Frome #Meeting the Bar #Patchwork #Paul Gallico #The Snow Goose

[valuing-a-life]

Repostober, day 3 illustration for Paul Gallico's "Jennie"

#repostober #paul gallico #jennie #artists on tumblr #illustation #paul gallico jennie #book illustration

[thepeoplesmovies]

Interview: director Anthony Fabian and actor Lucas Bravo on Mrs Harris Goes To Paris

Interview: director Anthony Fabian and actor Lucas Bravo on Mrs Harris Goes To Paris

It’s not the first time the eponymous cleaner has been to the French capital. Back in 1992, the TV movie had Angela Lansbury as Ada ‘Arris hopping across The Channel in search of a Dior gown. Fast forward 30 years, and the story arrives on the big screen, Lesley Manville’s in the title role – with a capital H this time – and all that haute couture is as elusive as ever. In the director’s chair,…

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#Angela Lansbury #Anthony Fabian #Christian Dior #lesley manville #Lucas Bravo #Mrs Harris Goes To Paris #Paul Gallico

[willywaldo]

My #FridayFilm review. A widowed British house cleaner falls in love with a Christian Dior dress and aims to buy one for herself in this sweet, if unsurprising, Cinderella story. If you're curious, the 1992 TV version with Angela Lansbury and Omar Sharif is streaming for free on YouTube.

#film adaptations #books to screen #Paul Gallico #Christian Dior #film reviews

[didoofcarthage]

Initial G: Julius Caesar on Horseback (with detail of Caesar), from the beginning of a manuscript with De Bello Gallico

Italian (created in Florence), c. 1460-1470

tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink

J. Paul Getty Museum

#The scribe's handwriting is quite clear so you can read the opening of De Bello Gallico #I remember having to memorize that in Latin class #De Bello Gallico #Gallic War #Bellum Gallicum #Julius Caesar #illumination #illuminated manuscript #manuscript #miniature #painting #Italian #Florence #Florentine #Renaissance #Getty Museum #J. Paul Getty Museum