#the group 1966

[claudia1829things]

Movies Set During Depression Era U.S.

Below is list of movies set during the Great Depression here in the U.S.  The list is in chronological order and . . . you might find them interesting:

MOVIES SET DURING DEPRESSION ERA U.S.

1.  “The Group” (1933) - This movie is an adaptation of Mary McCarthy’s novel about a group of friends and Vassar College graduates between 1933 and 1940.   Sidney Lumet directed.

2.  “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) - Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway starred in this biopic about the infamous Depression-era bank robbers, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.  Arthur Penn directed.

3.  “Sounder” (1972) - Martin Ritt directed this adaptation of William H. Armstrong’s 1969 novel about the struggles of an African American sharecropper family in the Deep South, during the Depression.  Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson and Kevin Hooks starred.

4.  “Paper Moon” (1973) - Ryan and Tatum O’Neal starred in this comedy-drama about a pair of grifters on a road trip in the Midwest, during the Depression.  Peter Bogdanovich directed.

5.  “The Sting” (1973) - Paul Newman and Robert Redford starred in this Best Picture winner about a group of grifters who set up a major con against a crime lord responsible for the death of a friend.  George Roy Hill directed.

6.  “The Untouchables” (1987) - Brian De Palma directed this account of U.S. Treasury Agent Elliot Ness’ investigation into crime lord Al Capone’s bootlegging operation in Chicago, during the last years of Prohibition.  Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia and Robert De Niro starred.

7.  “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000) - Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed this satire set prison escapees in 1937 Mississippi, which was loosely based on Homer’s poem, “The Odyssey”.  George Clooney, John Tuturro and Tim Blake Nelson starred.

8.  “Road to Perdition” (2002) - Sam Mendes directed this adaptation of Max Allen Collins’ 1998 graphic novel about a mob enforcer, who seeks vengeance for the deaths of his wife and younger son, while protecting his older son, a murder witness.  Set in 1931 Illinois, the movie starred Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Jude Law and Paul Newman.

9.  “Seabiscuit” (2003) - Gary Ross starred in this adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s 1999 book about the famous California racehorse from the late 1930s.  Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper and Elizabeth Banks starred.

10. “Cinderella Man” (2005) - Russell Crowe starred in this biopic about boxer James J. Braddock and his struggles to survive the Depression via the sport.  Directed by Ron Howard, the movie co-starred Renee Zellweger and Paul Giamatti.

11.  “Public Enemies” (2009) - Johnny Depp and Christian Bale starred in this biopic about the exploits of Depression-era gangster John Dillinger and the efforts of F.B.I. Special Agent Melvin Purvis to capture him.  Michael Mann directed.

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[toongrrl-blog]

#women in media #autism #actually autistic #autistic women #autistic girl #velma dinkley #lilo pelekai #elle woods #daria morgendorffer #janine kishi #fabiola torres #karen smith #robin buckley #Meredith mad men #fan art #the group 1966 #1960s cinema #peggy olson #autistic coded character

[musicbabes]

Le groupe suédois Nursery Rhymes au Cromwellian Club à Londres, le 6 décembre 1966.

#1966 #girls band #groupe

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Jimi Hendrix with The Ronettes, 1966🌵🌵🌵

Via @isabelfutre on Instagram🌵

#60s icons #girlsofthesixties #the ronnettes #girl group #motown #jimi hendrix #1966

[oscar-nominee-tournament]

Oscar Nominee of All Time Tournament: Round 1, Group A

(info about nominees under the poll)

VANESSA REDGRAVE (1937-)

NOMINATIONS:

Lead- 1966 for Morgan!, 1968 for Isadora, 1971 for Mary, Queen of Scots, 1984 for The Bostonians

Supporting- 1992 for Howards End

WINS:

Supporting: 1977 for Julia

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ALAN BATES (1934-2003)

NOMINATIONS:

Lead- 1968 for The Fixer

#oscars #academy awards #oscar winners #oscar nominees #actors #film #vanessa redgrave #alan bates #morgan 1966 #isadora 1968 #mary queen of scots #mary queen of scots 1971 #the bostonians 1984 #howards end #howards end 1992 #julia 1977 #the fixer 1968 #nominees group a #nominees group a polls

[fayegonnaslay]

Lucille Bluth before George's arrest core.

#lucille bluth #jessica walter #jessica walters #arrested development #bluth company #the group #grand prix #1966 #1960s #this is my mob wife aesthetic #lucille bluth core #rich wife #jewish american princess #balboa towers #mother

[thegaslightbrigade]

making a new post for traction: I've made a Discord server for anyone who wants to talk about the og Mission: Impossible series 👀

https://discord.gg/kBGRYtNV4c

#mission: inpossible (1966) #mission: impossible (tv) #mission: impossible (1988) #discord #discord group #discord server #feel free to tag w whatever seems relevant! #this tape will now self-destruct

[pretty-little-fools]

#the group #jessica walter #joanna pettet #shirley knight #mary mccarthy #60's #hollywood #30's #mid 60's #1966

[eldritch-boulevard]

beautiful boy.

#steve winwood #the prettiest boy of 1966 imo (and all the following years) #spencer davis group #60s

[danu2203]

TODAY’S VIEWING...THE GROUP...1966

#THE GROUP #1966

[get-back-homeward]

Listening to Got to Get You into My Life versions to try to decide my favorite and accidentally clicked Solomon Burke’s Got to Get You Off My Mind. And holy hell, Paul totally ripped him off!

At first I was like, “oh, is this where he got the idea?” I’ve been deep diving on tons of bugs influences this year. I love seeing links here and there piecing together how creatives inspire each other. But no, this goes way past inspiration.

The brass replies and the backing vocals (on take 5 not the final) are one thing. But there’s no denying it by the chorus. It’s the most blatant steal I’ve found so far. And that includes the ones they got sued for!

Solomon Burke apparently started it the night he learned his friend Sam Cooke had been killed in LA. This is December 11, 1964 (the case is a mess and raises more questions than answers, inspiring two recent docs, and tons of conspiracy theories including one on Allen Klein who ends up with his publishing rights). He continues it in Sam Cooke’s style the week of the funeral. This was also after Burke’s second wife left him so they’re both thought to play a role in the inspiration for the song. He records it in January 1965 with Dee Dee Warwick and Cissy Houston on backing vocals.

It’s released in March 1965 and jumps to No 1 quickly, so there’s zero chance Paul hadn’t heard the song by April 1966, when they’re first recording GTGYIML.

I always look at Paul’s stories about waking up with new music in his head like how is it new? My brain’s a jukebox, but it’s always repeating something from somewhere else. So I wonder what his ratio is of music in his head that’s new vs someone else’s. I know there’s stories of him playing Yesterday for everyone he can to make sure it wasn’t from somewhere else.

Here, looking at the lyrics and considering the late 65/early 66 context (Jane Bristol drama, JP LSD drama), I’m wondering: is this just in the back of his brain or was he listening to it intentionally?

Some folks love is hard and strong

That's the kind of love that lingers on

Some folks love is swift and fast

That's the kind of love that'll never last

We had a love that was in between

And to me it was like a dream

An “in between” love, eh?

Either way, it’s fascinating on several levels.

Little chance Paul didn’t realize it though, with the chorus being so similar. It’s probably why the first version was without brass, to try not to copy it too closely. See John’s mouth trumpet expression at the end of Take 5 for a laugh. And somewhere along the line they decide to just be shameless and use the brass anyway. And then never speak about it and hope few noticed?

Wait, no, just blame weed! 🤦‍♀️

Look, I love GTGYIML.

But I’d say after 60 years, Solomon Burke at least deserves a shout out.

#got to get you into my life #revolver #solomon burke #{take a sad song and make it better} #bug influences #thick as thieves #i have a whole group of posts on their musical nicking that will be a theme one day #most of them are just fun #paul talks a lot about nicking small here and there so no one notices and acts like he thought the come together one was too much of a lift #but he avoids talking about this one #1966 #Spotify #Youtube #ive read too much true crime shit this month #but stumbling on the allen klein conspiracies for sam cookes murder? takes the cake #my text

[toongrrl-blog]

My Style Analysis: Cyclical Iconic Fashion and a Missed Prom

Originally posted on Reddit

Anyone notice something about Devi's prom dress? Something retro?

The chiffon, long flowing dress, the neckline, the ruffles, the florals and pinks feel very retro. Like very 1970s (look I know per ShopYourTV that it's a recent find from Nordstrom's) maybe 70s does 30s...

In fact Devi's dress slightly reminded me of Marge Simpson's prom dress in "The Way We Was" which was set in 1974, 49 years before Nalini almost had a heart attack seeing her daughter and Ben in bed together (albeit with clothes on). It's all there: the pink, the apparently lightweight fabric (chiffon or rayon or polyester or a combination, that was a staple of the era), the ruffles around the neck. Marge's pink dress (surely from Gunne Sax, which was fondly remembered by Boomers and Gen Xers alike) and Homer's baby blue tuxedo were so iconic that they were made into figurines.

In fact Devi's dress falls into good company with some other examples I listed in a old post on Tumblr about this frilly, utterly feminine aesthetic in fact I want to show another Mad Men example and one from the 1930s period piece The Group (1966).

Every outfit looks so floaty here and these were promos for episodes set in 1970, thankfully our girls up there have much happier endings than the former Mrs. Drapers.

Here is your 1930s example with The Group, which focuses on graduates of a Seven Sisters college as they navigate adult life in Depression era America and the patriarchy (it's rough as hell). The brunette in black is future Lucille Bluth, the late Jessica Walter. Bonum est mulier.

Eleanor's look sort of reminds me of: Cher, Selena, and Liz Taylor. All very iconic women who followed their passions boldly and became icons without blindly following trends set for either fashion or for their gender.

(EDIT: Much better example)

As for Fabi? Well the tuxedo is pure androgyny. Calling to the OG ladies in a suit, Bessie Smith (EDIT: Gladys Bentley) and Marlene Dietrich and Annie Lennox

All these women flouted restrictions regarding gender expression admidst the jeers of conservatives, pearl-clutchers, white supremacists, Jim Crow, fatphobia, and one even told Hitler to go fuck himself (okay maybe not those words but you get the gist).

The red may be a call back to predominantly African-American men in the media donning a red suit, as noted in u/eve_salmon's "A Cinematic Guide to The Weekend Pt. 3", Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. (known for a flashy yet very traditionally masculine sense of style) donned a red suit for the film Poor Devil, whom like Fabi, was Black and queer in an era that was even more racist and queerphobic than the present. We also see Richard Pryor (comedian for those not in the know) donning a red suit along with Joe Pesci in Goodfellas and Casino. The red is likely a sign of pure confidence and defiance, keep in mind that Pesci's characters and Pryor (as well as Davis) grew up in eras where looking a white person in the eye can get a Black person made past tense to use a TikTok phrase and where Italian Americans were still looked down upon, so dressing well and in a manner that commands attention was a act of resistance.

Both examples of Marginalized Men in Red Suits and Gender-Bending Women Looking Sharp-Dressed, speaks well to Fabiola's own development as a character and taking ownership of her identity in a world that tells you to be a laundry list of things to be acceptable (be girly, be outgoing, be into pop culture, be straight, listen to your parents, focus on what boys like, fade into the background, wear uncomfy formalwear that ain't you) and points for the series highlighting HBCUs as up there with the Ivies; where the Ivies represent mainstream power, the HBCUs represent how a community managed to carve their own space to let it's members thrive and accomplish more (also while Princeton waited until 1969 and Columbia until 1983 to accept women, Howard been doing that since it's founding!), what better place for Fabiola whose journey is about owning her sense of self?

What can Iconic Lady Joan Holloway say, well I can think of her Bonwit Teller shopping spree where she decides what to take with her fabulous black dress with ostritch feather cuffs: "I'll take the boots, the tan heels, the chiffon (in a cooing voice), the red (even more cooing), and this (to her flamboyant dress)", in other words, she approves.

#women in media #costume analysis #fashion analysis #1930s fashion #1970s fashion #2020s fashion #mid century fashion #1980s fashion #women in menswear #never have i ever #mad men #the group (1966) #the simpsons #devi vishwakumar #prom fashion #formal wear #eleanor wong #fabiola torres #joan holloway #marge simpson #sammy davis jr #black fashion #queer fashion #cher #elizabeth taylor #2020s does 1970s #selena #iconic fashion

[ludmilachaibemachado]

The Ronettes pose for a portrait in 1966 in Los Angeles, California. (L-R) Estelle Bennett Vann, Ronnie Spector, Nedra Talley Ross. Michael Ochs Archives🌻🌻🌻

Via @isabelfutre on Instagram🌻

#60s icons #girlsofthesixties #girl group #the ronnettes #1966

[oscar-nominee-tournament]

Oscar Nominee of All Time Tournament: Round 1, Group A

(info about nominees under the poll)

JOHN MILLS (1908-2005)

WINS:

Supporting- 1970 for Ryan's Daughter

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MAKO (1933-2006)

NOMINATIONS:

Supporting- 1966 for The Sand Pebbles

#oscars #academy awards #oscar nominees #oscar winners #actors #film #john mills #mako #mako iwamatsu #ryan's daughter 1970 #the sand pebbles #the sand pebbles 1966 #nominees group a #nominees group a polls

[mymelodic-chapel]

The Supremes- A' Go-Go (Girl Group, Pop Soul, Motown Sound) Released: August 25, 1966 [Motown Records] Producer(s): Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Hal Davis, Frank Wilson

#girl group #pop soul #motown sound #60s #1966 #The Supremes #Diana Ross

[thegaslightbrigade]

genuine question: would there be interest in a Mission: Impossible (1966) Discord server? 👀

#I already run a couple but I feel like an MI server would be rlly fun lol #this tape will now self-destruct #mission: impossible (tv) #mission: inpossible (1966) #discord group