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With the dissolute air of a cynic, the impeccable British diction of a fop and a sneer that marked him as a cad with a soul beyond redemption, George Sanders became one of Hollywood's busiest and best-paid cinema villains.--John Darnton, NY Times
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FIXING SISTER
1916
Fixing Sister is a four-act play by Lawrence Whitman (aka William Hodge). It was originally produced by Lee Shubert starring Mr. Hodge.
‘Fixing Sister’ tells how a devoted brother outwits a headstrong sister who has been carried away by the temptations of luxury, title-hunting, and bridge whist gambling, in the midst of the gay society life of the metropolitan rich. As a result of her foreign travels, she has almost annexed a foreign nobleman of untested lineage. Her brother. John Otis, a representative American of a shrewd and humorous sort, learning of his sister’s peril, hastens to New York from Kansas City. It Is his native common sense and shrewdness which effect a not sudden, but finally very effective, cure, including staging a police raid at her bridge party. He also rescues his own sweetheart, a tantalizingly Independent sort of American girl, from the wiles and the guiles of New York society and foreign nobility.
All four acts take place in New York City.
Bridge whist is a card game popular in the early 20th century. It was derived from whist with the additional rules that the players would take turns as dummy and that the trump suit would be deliberately chosen (including the option not to have one) on each deal rather than random.
"Next Thursday night will be ‘police night' at Maxine Elliott's Theater, when the members of the police department gambling squad will attend in a body to see the performance of William Hodge in ‘Fixing Sister,' in order to enjoy the spectacular police raid of a gambling party, which furnishes an exciting climax to the third act.” ~ EVENING STAR
The somewhat odd title was one of a dozen considered by Hodge. It was originally announced as The Social Climbers, but that seemed too similar to Clyde Fitch’s 1901 play The Climbers.
Fixing Sister opened in Atlantic City at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre on January 16, 1916. From there, it traveled to Wilmington DE, Altoona PA, Pittsburgh PA, and Boston MA.
After Beantown (Boston), Hodge and company went to the Motor City (Detroit) before returning to Boston’s Majestic, where business was brisk.
“As an indication of the volume of business being done, it was necessary, on Ash Wednesday, to place the orchestra on the stage and sell seats in the pit usually occupied by the musicians.”
In mid-March 1916, Hodge made a formal announcement confirming the rumors that he was indeed playwright Lawrence Whitman. At the end of March, Hodge took on a second play in his downtime: Hobson’s Choice at the Wilbur. He requested that Mr. Shubert cancel one of his Fixing Sister matinees so that he might perform in Hobson’s, but Shubert declined. Instead, he arranged a special benefit of Hobson’s at an alternate time.
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The Boston engagement finally came to an end on April 22, 1916. Although Broadway seemed the next logical step, the play moved to Maine through the end of the month. Hodge then retired to his summer home on Long Island to be with his wife and three small children, looking forward to bringing the play to Broadway in the new season.
Getting the play back on its feet, Hodge chose Pittsburgh, returning to the Alvin, where the play initially enjoyed a brief stay.
Fixing Sister opened on Broadway at Maxine Elliott’s Theatre (109 West 39th Street) on October 4, 1916.
“Early in the play the audience is let into the secret. The onlooker is taken into the confidence of the leading character and the game is won. The audience plays the rest of the piece. The interest and enthusiasm is so alive that it comes in waves to me across the footlights. Such a play is bound to be a delight to both the folk who play it and those who are entertained by it.” ~ WILLIAM HODGE
“Mr. Whitman’s play dramatizes the yellow journal idea of society life in Manhattan.” ~ BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE
“When will Missouri stop ‘showing’ us New York?” ~ CHARLES DARNTON
Hodge’s character, John Otis, is from Kansas City, Missouri (aka the ‘Show Me’ State)
“Interest is sustained as long as [Hodge] is on the stage, making droll remarks about everything in general in his inimitable manner, but it lags perceptibly when the other characters are depended upon to keep things going.” ~ BROOKLYN LIFE
In early November, the production cleverly addressed rumors that Hodge would close the New York production and tour. A week later, the play was extended, selling advance tickets for as far ahead as New Year’s.
Despite this, Hodge packed his tents and moved the play to Chicago a week before Christmas. It ran on Broadway for 85 performances.
#Fixing Sister#1916#William Hodge#Lee Shubert#Nixon's Apollo Theatre#Atlantic City#Maxine Elliott's Theatre#Broadway#Broadway Play#Broadway Theatre#Lawrence Whitman
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Spotted a book in your nightstand. What are you reading? Or is it simply a decoration?
‘The Experiment’ by John Darnton; just came out last year and I liked his other works. Sort of a sci-fi thriller.
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TOMORROW!! Saturday, June 11 from 4–6 PM PST, @arcanabooks presents photographer Arthur Grace signing copies of his new book, 'Communism(s): A Cold War Album,' published by @damiani_books If you cannot attend, place an order via linkinbio for your very own copy of 'Communism(s)' signed by Arthur Grace to be picked up at the store or shipped to you after the event. "Arthur Grace's evocative Cold War album has captured not just the long lines for food and the crumbling buildings, but even more important, the looks of spiritual despair on people's faces." –Michael Dobbs, author of the @nytimes bestseller 'One Minute to Midnight' "Grace captures the bitter poetry and sweet soul of Eastern Europe and Russia under Communism. The grey skies, ugly buildings, long lines and secret police, but also the bursting through moments of life—young couples in love, smiling hotel housekeepers and surly punk rockers." –John Darnton, former @nytimes Warsaw bureau chief and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting "For those of us who reported from the other side of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, Arthur Grace's photos capture not just the physical feel of the communist era: he captures its soul." –Andrew Nagorski, former Warsaw, Moscow and Berlin bureau chief for Newsweek Beautifully printed in Italy by publisher Damiani Editore, 'Communism(s)' was co-edited by Arthur Grace, Arcana's own Lee Kaplan, and @clintwoodside of @deadbeatclub who also contributed the book's striking design. Introduction by Richard Hornik. Arcana: Books on the Arts Arthur Grace signing 'Communism(s): A Cold War Album' 8675 Washington Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232 USA 310-458-1499 [email protected] @arthurgracephoto #arthurgrace #arthurgracecommunisms #communisms #ironcurtain #70sironcurtain #80sironcurtain https://www.instagram.com/p/CeoseK1J1xX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Just some writerly book recs that have helped me 📚 🖋
#do they have a feather pen emoji?#cause that would be cool#writing#writers#indie authors#self-published#on writing#reading#books#sweet messy queue#anne lamott#elizabeth gilbert#john darnton#judy reeves#stephen king
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I want to content create but I won’t have much time tomorrow probably so I think I’ll rate every Neanderthal based piece of popular media I remember consuming.
Parameters ARE:
1) believability. writers love to give Neanderthals special abilities that no real animals have ever ever had. These once-living creatures absolutely would not have had the ability being ascribed.
2) characterization. The Neanderthals are written as real characters and not like a monolith or like a one-dimensional movie monster.
3) hybrids. Neanderthal/modern human hybridization plays an important role in the story.
4) interspecies sex. Almost always linked to #3. a higher score in this category or #3 does not necessarily indicate a greater quality piece of media. in fact, i personally dont prefer a lot of sexual content in the media i consume. however, these concepts show up so often in neanderthal stuff, its basically part of the genre.
5) accuracy. The attempt to accurately portray how Neanderthals and modern humans are different, and the quality of it’s execution.
1st up: clan of the cave bear by Jean M. Auel.
Brief summary: a modern human girl is found and raised by neanderthals.
Believability: 5. Book was obviously well researched, but was published in the 60’s and a lot has changed since then. Also they can remember the their ancestors memories. they also have limited ability to learn new things and life in strictly hierarchical societies based around biological sex, and have a universal language they are all born knowing.
Characterization: 9. 99% of characters are Neanderthals.
Hybrids: 8. Birth of hybrid baby very important to story.
Interspecies sex: 2. warning, non-graphic description of rape. Modern human/modern human Sex plays huge role in second book in series, hybrids/ interspecies sex was discussed also but never happened. Did not read past second book because of the sheer quantity of porn, but very little of that was in the first book.
Accuracy: 6. Does good job of differentiating Neanderthals from modern humans but once again, the science has changed since the book was published.
Neanderthal by John darton
Brief summary: scientists find secret location where neanderthals have survived to the modern day, journey to the center of the earth style.
Believability: 2. They are psychic and can see through each other’s eyes.
Characterization: 3. The Neanderthal characters don’t speak/ are more allegories for the progression of man or some shit.
Hybrids: 0. No mention or implication of hybrids.
Interspecies sex: 1. One iffy scene.
Accuracy: 4. Good differentiation between modern humans and Neanderthals. Good criptid vibe. But is it accurate? Hard to say.
Neanderthal parallax series by Robert j. Sawyer
Brief summary: neanderthal quantum physicist from an alternate universe where neanderthals survived and we did not falls through a portal to our world.
Believability: 4. They all supposedly see the most logical solution to a problem and just do it without making mistakes, because they just do. Also they're immune to the Pavlov’s dog learning test thing in psychology so they can all be atheists and it effects them in no other way. Come on now.
Characterization: 9. Many Neanderthal characters written as individual people.
Hybrids: 7. the conceiving of a hybrid child very important to last book.
Interspecies sex: 6. One sex scene in the second book, because there had to be one apparently. 4-6 more that are fade to black.
Accuracy: 4. You can tell the author did a lot of cursory googling, but large swaths of plot are based on incorrect assumptions. The author comes up with cool mechanics based on googleable theories, but the full implications of them are always half-baked.
The goblin reservation by Clifford d. Simak.
Brief summary: future college professor must solve mystery surrounding a dying alien planet in a sci-fi + fantasy setting. involves time travel.
Believability: 10. No fantastical powers ascribed.
Characterization: 10. There is one Neanderthal character in the book and he’s the best character in the book. Love him. Hybrids: 0. No mention or implication of hybrids.
Interspecies sex: 0. No mention or implication.
Accuracy: 5. The one Neanderthal character is treated as a character first and well written. However, it’s doubtful that the author put much effort into accuracy because the only differences between the Neanderthal and the other characters seem to be cultural. But the book was also published in the 60’s and he still holds up as a character, so maybe that’s a good thing. Could be accurate.
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS!!! The secrets of the immortal Nicolas flamel series by Michael Scott
Brief summary: a set of teen twins get caught up in saving the world from ancient mythological gods and shit. there are immortal humans too. sorry i remember very little of the overarching plot, but damn that twist ending.
Believability: 10. There’s magic in this series but Neanderthals don’t have it by virtue of being Neanderthals.
Characterization: 10. It is revealed in the end of the last book that the main teen boy in the series was a Neanderthal the entire time. There was zero indication of this before hand, so he is written as well as any main character in a teen fantasy novel.
Hybrids: 1?. It’s implied that Neanderthals are as much human/were absorbed into the modern human population eventually, but it’s pretty irrelevant to the story.
Interspecies sex: 1. Implied the way hybrids are implied. I don’t think the kid ever even had a girlfriend throughout the series either.
Accuracy: 2. no indication the author even knew Neanderthals are supposed to look a little different. The kid ends up being immortal and legendary, all kinds of crazy time powers and shit, all of it having more to do with being human than homo neanderthalensis. Being a Neanderthal is inconsequential to his being a normal angsty teen, legendary hero, and literal god. i doubt any neanderthal research was done, or at least it was not taken into account when writing the character.
Hominids by Jordan kotzebue (webcomic).
Brief summary: all species of hominids live in a jungle together. maybe the doing of sci-fi stuff? :o
Believability: 9. Neanderthals don't seem to have any special abilities. We will see what the sci-fi genre has to offer once the comic is finished..
Characterization: 8. Many Neanderthal characters, but writing isn't as strong as it could be in general.
Hybrids: 8. Hybrid pregnancy. We will see how it pans out, once again the comic is ongoing.
Interspecies sex: 5. Definitely happens at least once, but not an explicit comic (no porn). we will see if its important to the plot later on.
Accuracy: 8. Major differences between Neanderthals and modern humans are cultural. Also Neanderthals are drawn with waists. Experts agree that they were shaped like little barrels. does go out of its way to include other types of hominids though, so its a little educational.
and last but not least Neander-chan by Lemniskate on deviantart
Brief summary: neanderthal girl falls in love with modern human boy and attempts to stop their clans from killing each other. looks like the whole thing stemmed from a simple pun.
Believability: 8. they arent ascribed any wild abilities that couldnt also be ascribed to modern humans in the story. i dont think a ton of research was done though.
Characterization: 9. many neanderthal characters with differing personalities.
Hybrids: 2. definitely implied/foreshadowed as a thing that COULD happen should the story continue, however the comic might be complete as-is.
Interspecies sex: 7. definitely happens and is important to the story, but the comic is never explicit.
Accuracy: 5. has a bit of modern humans killing off neanderthals narrative, but the story is not designed to educate. the neanderthals could be replaced with a rival group of modern humans and the story wouldnt change.
neanderthal media i am aware of but have yet to consume:
the kroods (film): gotta get in on that nic cage action.
The Ugly Little Boy: originally a short story by Isaac Asimov, later expanded with collaborator Robert Silverberg. time travellers take a neanderthal boy away from his family to the present but he has to stay in a specialized room by himself all the time i think. gotta get in on that shit but could not find at library.
if you are aware of any other neanderthal-based media not listed anywhere in the above text please contact me at http://edge-lorde.tumblr.com/ask
thank you
#neanderthal#anthropology#clan of the cave bear#john darnton#rambling#thoughts#neanderthal parallax series#robert j sawyer#the alchemyst#the secrets of the immortal nicolas flamel#michael scott#the goblin reservation#clifford d simak#hominids#hominids comic#neander-chan#the kroods#The Ugly Little Boy#neanderthal book#neanderthal book review#book review
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People I'd like to get to know better! 💛
1. alias / name: Sinclair ^_^
2. birthday: Dec 19
3. zodiac sign: Sagittarius
4. height: 5'7"
5. hobbies: Writing, Reading, Playing Cards
6. favorite color: Forrest Green
7. favorite book: The Tain translated by Thomas Kinsella, The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert Howard, The Haruhi Suzumiya Series by Nagaru Tanigawa are some of my faves
8. last song: Wheel in the Sky by Journey
9. last film / show: Hawaii Five-O
10. recent reads: Neanderthal by John Darnton
11. inspiration: Honestly my portrayal of Shinji and Asuka is what I think they’d be like if they accepted their relationship and each other just a little more than they do in canon.
12. story behind url: It’s just pretty straightforward, I’ve wondered over the years about picking something else, but never have.
13. fun fact about me: I collect old sci-fi/fantasy/horror paperbacks my mom has a pretty great collection which i’ve added to bit by bit over the years.
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My brother is there.
I can hear the bells of his camels
when they graze down in the valley,
and the leaves of the bushes near my place.
For the rain which makes them grow
comes from the same sky.
When I pray, he prays,
and my Allah is his Allah.
My brother is there and he cannot come to me.
Somali poet (identity unknown), translated by John Darnton, quoted in David Laitin and Said S. Samatar, Somalia, nation is search of a state, Westview Press, 1984
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Happy Birthday to former The New York Times journalist John Darnton! 2008 PODCAST INTERVIEW by Bob Andelman
https://mrmedia.com/2008/09/john-darnton-black-white-dead-journalist-new-york-times/
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In this riveting new novel, bestselling author John Darnton transports us to Victorian England and around the world to reveal the secrets of a legendary nineteenth-century figure. Darnton elegantly blends the power of fact and the insights of fiction to explore the many mysteries attached to the life and work of Charles Darwin.
What led Darwin to the theory of evolution? Why did he wait twenty-two years to write On the Origin of Species? Why was he incapacitated by mysterious illnesses and frightened of travel? Who was his secret rival?
These are some of the questions driving Darnton’s richly dramatic narrative, which unfolds through three vivid points of view: Darwin’s own as he sails around the world aboard the Beagle; his daughter Lizzie’s as she strives to understand the guilt and fear that struck her father at the height of his fame; and that of present-day anthropologist Hugh Kellem and Darwin scholar Beth Dulcimer, whose obsession with Darwin (and with each other) drives them beyond the accepted boundaries of scholarly research.
What Hugh and Beth discover―Lizzie’s diaries and letters lead them to a hidden chapter of Darwin’s autobiography―is a maze of bitter rivalries, petty deceptions, and jealously guarded secrets, at the heart of which lies the birth of the theory of evolution.
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What are you all currently reading??? I just started reading The Experiment by John Darnton. It's off to such an exciting start. I am dying to read it further. I will be starting some short horror stories too. Any recommendations?? #bookblogger #bookreader #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookaesthetic #theexperiment #johndarnton #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #reading #currentlyreading (at Book lover) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4mEYaneRE/?igshid=14cecwyv1vyvq
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THE BLUE ENVELOPE
1916
The Blue Envelope is a farce in three acts by Frank Hatch and Robert Homans. It was originally produced by Richard Lambert, staged by T. Daniel Frawley, and starring Walter Jones.
An earlier version of the script was produced in March 1915 in Washington DC.
A blue envelope was once a symbol of termination in a business setting. The blue was replaced by another colorful term: pink slip.
The play is not related to the similarly titled Blue Envelope Mystery, a 1916 silent film based on Sophie Kerr’s novel Blue Envelope. Nor is it connected to the 1922 book The Blue Envelope by Roy J. Snell.
‘The Blue Envelope’ is the story of two men, John Doe and Richard Roe, who take refuge in a sanitarium in the guise of dangerous patients to escape an adventuress who claims one as her husband and the other as her lover. The blue envelope is a packet of incriminating love letters, which passes from hand to hand until it Is torn to bits by the final curtain.
The play was described as a ‘door’ farce because the set consisted of six doors.
The Blue Envelope opened in Atlantic City at the Cort Theatre (1308 Boardwalk and Ocean Avenue) on March 9, 1916. The venue opened as the Bijou Theatre in 1903. It was demolished in 1924.
“Getting off to a rather slow start due in most part to its newness, ‘The Blue Envelope’ improved as it went along.” ~ ATLANTIC CITY PRESS
The Blue Envelope opened on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (now the James Earl Jones) on March 13, 1916. It was first announced for March 6th. It ran 48 performances.
“An old-fashioned and incredibly clumsy farce.” ~ THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Josie Hadler, always alive to a humorous turn In German dialect, spoke of 'the cheese of police’." ~ CHARLES DARNTON
"’The Blue Envelope’, a farce by Messrs Hatch and Homans, [is] observable in the Cort Theatre (if you take a taxi and get there very quickly).” ~ GEORGE JEAN NATHAN
“When the curtain travels upward at 8:30 in the Cort Theater, the eye is engaged by the spectacle of six doors, one screen, and one telephone.
At 8:31 the first door is opened and slammed.
At 8:32 the second door is opened and slammed, somewhat more noisily.
At 8:33 the third door is opined and slammed, somewhat more noisily still.
A few minutes later the telephone begins ringing and the real business of opening and banging all the doors, one after the other, gets under full steam. The sound, in short, is of the telephone booth corridor in the Claridge at the luncheon hour.”
On April 6, 1916, it was announced that a second company of the play would start touring in Chicago in June. The final Broadway performance was on April 22, 1916. The start date was soon pushed till the new season. Meanwhile, a stock production opened in San Francisco in early August. The tour was then re-scheduled to kick off on September 15th in Stamford CT. For the tour, the play was billed as a comedy instead of as a farce. The tour lasted just a month, folding in October in order not to compete with the similarly titled film The Blue Envelope Mysteries.
#The Blue Envelope#farce#Cort Theatre#Atlantic City#1916#Broadway#Broadway Play#Frank Hatch#Robert Homans#Josie Hadler#Walter Jones
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Black and White and Dead All Over by John Darnton Hardcover FIRST Edition https://bayfeeds.com/g/0!2Wt!6fKs53L!2zX!0
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What was it like to live in post-war communist countries? These photos from 'Arthur Grace: Communism(s), A Cold War Album' — published by @damiani_books — say a lot. About then, and about now. Michael Dobbs, author of the NY Times bestseller 'One Minute to Midnight,' writes: "Arthur Grace's evocative Cold War album has captured not just the long lines for food and the crumbling buildings, but even more important, the looks of spiritual despair on people's faces." Pulitzer Prize-winning international NY Times reporter John Darnton writes: "Grace captures the bitter poetry and sweet soul of Eastern Europe and Russia under Communism. The grey skies, ugly buildings, long lines and secret police, but also the bursting through moments of life—young couples in love, smiling hotel housekeepers and surly punk rockers." Andrew Nagorski, former Warsaw, Moscow and Berlin bureau chief for Newsweek writes: "For those of us who reported from the other side of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, Arthur Grace's photos capture not just the physical feel of the communist era: he captures its soul." Read more via linkinbio. #arthurgrace @arthurgracephoto https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCMF6HJC4G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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The Times Reporter Who Managed to Sneak News Out of a Police State
By GABRIELLE DEBINSKI
When martial law was imposed in Poland in 1981, The Times’s Warsaw bureau chief, John Darnton, filed his copy however he could — including via middlemen, in cigarette boxes and in cowboy boots.
Published: April 17, 2019 at 01:00AM
from NYT Reader Center https://nyti.ms/2UJCVqH
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The Times Reporter Who Managed to Sneak News Out of a Police State
By GABRIELLE DEBINSKI
When martial law was imposed in Poland in 1981, The Times’s Warsaw bureau chief, John Darnton, filed his copy however he could — including via middlemen, in cigarette boxes and in cowboy boots.
Published: April 17, 2019 at 09:00AM
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