#Shirley mclain

[billdecker]

SWEET CHARITY (1969) dir. Bob Fosse

#sweet charity #bob fosse #shirley mclaine #john mcmartin #sammy davis jr #filmgifs #film gifs #movie gifs #moviegifs #musicals #movie musical #musical gifs #musicalgifs #sweet charity 1969 #i made a thing #mine: films

[serauncia]

I remember thinking,what a pretty girl

#the children’s hour #audrey hepburn #shirley mclaine #lesbian #sapphic

[museu-degrandes-novidades]

Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)

Don Siegel

#two mules for sister sara #os abutres tem fome #don siegel #clint eastwood #shirley mclaine #1970 #western

[originalharmonysalad]

SWEET CHARITY (1969) Polish poster. Artwork by Wiktor Gorka 

#sweet charity #movie poster #polish movie poster #wiktor gorka #1969 #musical #shirley mclaine #bob fosse

[raphlecia]

sweet charity (1969) dir. bob fosse

#sweet charity #film #bob fosse #gwen verdon #shirley mclaine #1960s

[thegayfangrrl]

KILSOM Valentines (Round One)

#glados #portal #ellen mclain #hexadecimal #reboot #shirley millner #kilsom valentines

[hellooldsmelly]

#anita ekberg #shirley mclaine

[fredandginger64]

Elvis gave Dean a 8x10 picture of Jerry. I wonder what Dean thought of it since this was after their breakup

Source: Pinterest

#dean martin #jerry lewis #elvis presley #hal wallis #shirley mclaine #post breakup #Elvis loved Dean and Jerry

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"I've been thinking about something for a long time, and I keep noticing that most human speech - if not all human speech - is made with the outgoing breath. This is the strange thing about presence and absence. When we breathe in, our bodies are filled with nutrients and nourishment. Our blood is filled with oxygen, our skin gets flush; our bones get harder - they get compacted. Our muscles get toned and we feel very present when we're breathing in. The problem is, that when we're breathing in, we can't speak. So presence and silence have something to do with each other."

 - Li-Young Lee

[whiskey river]

#shirley mclaine #expression #out breath #speaking #breathing #breathing in #human speech #whiskey river #quotes #Li-Young Lee

[haveyouseenthisromcom]

#movies #polls #sweet charity #shirley mclaine #john mcmartin #bob fossee #musical #submitted #ended #result: unheard of

[spellboundcinema]

#the children's hour #the children's hour (1961) #audrey hepburn #classic cinema #classic hollywood #classic film #old hollywood #old hollywood film #shirley mclaine #william wyler #1961

[xxhorace]

Shirley MacLaine

#shirley mclaine

[sassmill]

Wild Oats is a good time, ey?

#Jessica Lange is hot I’ve said it #I’ll keep saying it #Shirley McLaine is stunning as well but she looks like my aunt #so if I call her hot I will be ill #wild oats #wild oats (2016)

[estereonfilm]

The Children's Hour (1961) — A Moment of Piercing Honesty

Film review

The Children's Hour (1961) — A Moment of Piercing Honesty

By Estere Gaile

March 18, 2024

The Children’s Hour (1961) by William Wyler consumes us in a devastating unfolding of a spreading rumour. However, it starts with an idyllic sight of a first school day — a music recital, a room full of parents and children smiling before parting for the academic year. The place is run by two friends: Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. They put their heart and soul into the upkeep of the place, and they are content with this effort. It is a mundane and wholesome scene that we are introduced to. This is, of course, until things go awry. A rumour is spread by one of the students about the teachers, accusing them of deeds described as unnatural, which tarnishes both the reputation of the school and the women in charge of it. At this moment, it would be facile to simply say that the story is about the calamity a simple lie can lead to. Even though it is about that — it was intended to be about that back when it was shown to audiences for the first time — for me, it is a single scene which makes The Children’s Hour utterly devastating. A conversation at the end of the film between Karen and Martha, when left alone at the now empty school, is the one truthful thing in a story of lies and rumours and in that, it is disarming. 

Martha, from an early age, is jealous and possessive of her friend Karen and that is unnatural, according to her own aunt Lily who very loudly announces this in the common room of the boarding school. The nuisance of a child Mary Tilford, overhears this and makes sure the peaceful lives of her teachers are not left intact for long. She relays the hearsay to her grandma. At the utterance of the word “unnatural” all is clear to Mrs Tilford. She is appalled. She makes the supposed deviation known to every parent, causing all students to be pulled from the school. The film is filled to the brim with other flabbergasted faces who fear any sort of divergence from the normal. I was shocked only once although. When Martha falls to the ground and admits to Karen — the rumours are true. The honesty of the moment is piercing. She is devastated because her love for her friend has been defined by people who do not see it as worthy, as real. When she yells: “I have loved you the way they said!” her confession is indeed already stained with the ugly talk that uncovered it — the love is corrupted by those who hate it. So it is a heartbreaking scene, one that also foreshadows the hopeless end. After the conversation, Martha and Karen sit in the room, one weeping, one sorry for the other, it seems. But both are left in shambles, unable to piece the life they led back together. And then I realize that Karen doesn't want to hear the truth either. It is too much for her, it has no place in the story; so it must end for Martha. Despite the tragic end, Martha’s honesty is what adds a bit of optimism to the story; amidst all the churning, dirty, heavy, and uneasy deceit, it is indeed disarming.

#the children's hour #film review #audrey hepburn #shirley mclaine #boarding school #film #lesbianism

[the-warrior-poet]

Follow up to that The Children’s Hour post for those who haven’t seen the Celluloid Closet…

#the children’s hour #the celluloid closet #shirley mclaine #Susie bright #lily tomlin #worth the watch #I guess as a classic now #boy do I feel old #Youtube

[velvet4510]

#oklahoma! #oklahoma musical #rodgers and hammerstein #musical theatre #movie musical #musical film #shirley jones #gordon macrae #gloria grahame #rod steiger #gene nelson #laurey williams #curly mclain #jud fry #ado annie #the surrey with the fringe on top #kansas city #music poll