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Illustrations from Cat High: The Yearbook, by Terry deRoy Gruber, 1984

#omg #cat high the yearbook #terry deroy gruber #20th century art

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classic who + overly dramatic deaths (part two)

#doctor who

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do u ever just point at two characters and go “i want that one to get hurt and i want the other one to get really angsty about it”

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Who is your favourite Doctor Who family?

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#here we go #doctor who #barbara wright #ian chesterton #johnny chess

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ladies and gentlemen, doctor who

#this is a summary of the show #prev yeah that's it that's the show #doctor who #first doctor #ben jackson

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#could i learn to make clothes? yes #but i'm really stupid #never underestimate that #(and i would never want to get herr veidt out of my head sorry) #(that's my emotional support weird man)

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A lobby card with Conrad Veidt from The Beloved Rogue.

Supposedly, Conny’s tall stature was a problem for a historical consultant who was advising for the film. King Louis XI was very short, so to visually dwarf Conrad, he was costumed in large capes and over-sized robes. You’ll also notice in the film, Veidt is always sunken into chairs, bent at his knees, hunched over, and rarely ever extended his arms very far.

“A Rival for Lon Chaney” Pictureplay, February 1927

Lon Chaney may soon have a real rival in Conrad Veidt. He is the European actor who plays the role of Louis XI, in John Barrymore’s “The Ragged Lover.” Louis, according to all accounts, was a pretty nasty old monarch, and not especially prepossessing to behold, either.

We saw Veidt working in the picture and, though he is fully six feet tall, he gave the impression of being hunchbacked and stooped and of a height not greater than about four or four and a half feet. With long, stringy black hair and a leering, fantastical face, he looked like a first-class inducement for nightmares.

Veidt has now returned temporarily to Europe, but is coming back to play the disfigured and weird titled character in Universal’s film of Victor Hugo’s “The man Who Laughs.” Universal wanted Chaney for the role, but couldn’t secure him because of his contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but they seem now to be satisfied with their new acquisition.

Veidt is a very fine actor. You may remember his work as the diabolical subject of Dr. Caligari’s hypnotism in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.” Personally he is extremely charming.

#The Beloved Rogue #Conrad Veidt #as much as i love chaney it's a bit of an understatement to compare conny to him

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Where's Johnny Chess? And Barbara's mother Joan (who has a whole short story dedicated to her)?

Who is your favourite Doctor Who family?

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#doctor who #barbara wright #ian chesterton #brigadier lethbridge stewart

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#<3 #doctor who #ace #shou yuing

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#<3 #doctor who #second doctor #jamie mccrimmon

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#meta! #i've been toying with writing meta about erik for moooonths now

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John Barrymore would send Conrad Veidt clippings that contained praise from critics over Veidt’s portrayal of King Louis XI, with notes of congratulations, personally thanking him for his work in Beloved Rogue. The picture was overall given middling reviews, but audiences and critics both agreed that Veidt was one of the better parts of the film.

You can watch the The Beloved Rogue here.

The film is public domain. It’s worth mentioning that for some decades it was believed to have been lost, but it turned up in Mary Pickford’s personal collection (she was a co-founder of United Artists, and Beloved Rogue is a United Artists picture). It’s most fortunate that we have this film in its complete form and in pretty good quality– a majority of lost films that turn up are only in small fragments, and have typically sustained significant damage through the years. These are time-sensitive materials, and Rogue was a lost film recovered relatively early, so there wasn’t much deterioration with age. Remarkably rare!

#The Beloved Rogue #Conrad Veidt

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Vincent van Gogh. Prisoners Exercising, 1890.

#vincent van gogh

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This is still one of my favourite images I’ve ever seen in my entire life actually

#this is so funny wth #sacha dhawan

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We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

#i hate it #because i will probably beat the hell out of the person in my sleep #troubled sleeper i am #it's for everyone's safety

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saw someone call dodo & steven the worst dw companions a bit ago & it's like... man.. how does it feel 2 be wrong. like oh . you don't like dodo 'accidentally starts a plague by giving an alien species her cold & almost shoots doc holliday' chaplet? you don't like steven 'on the verge of strangling the doctor at all times & sings the first doctor who musical number' taylor ??? okay... sure...

#i see a lot of dodo hate to the point of being immune to it #but steven hate?? #i love them both and they deserve more #doctor who #dodo chaplet #steven taylor #my children

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I was trying to find a William Russell post to share for @vintagesffantasyactors poll but couldn't find quite what I wanted.

While I don't think he has an actual chance against Anthony Head, he at least deserves a decent thirst post (for my mother's sake if no one else's), so enjoy these vintage goodies:

Plus he's Alfie Enoch's dad!

#“personal appearance: for the ladies” need i say more #op you are right #i love that caption so much lol #william russell