Just thinking about how em forster had no way of knowing in 1917 if there would ever come a time where people like him could be free to love whoever they wanted but he still made a point of creating a story where the canonically gay protagonist found himself with a happy ending despite not ending up with his initial lover because he still learned how to accept and love himself as he is and found a man who felt the same and not two decades after the book was published an openly gay director decided to make a movie that kept it lovingly close to the source material with actors incredibly dedicated to their roles so now to this day people can read the book or watch the film and understand what forster wanted to say , which just goes to show how far this story has come to finally reach an audience to appreciate it in all its glory and connect people to a time that seems so far off to them now, simply because forster believed that no one deserves to have a happy ending taken from them and even though he never got to live to see the day where two members of the same sex could love each other without fear of persecution he knew that it wasn’t him or who he was that was wrong, it was the world’s way of thinking at the time that was wrong, and because he never once doubted that he’s managed to create a legacy that has managed to surpass the test of time. In a way this story is a message to the future lgbt community to remind us that we’ve never been alone. We’ve been around for ages and prevailed. And not only we deserve to be loved, we deserve to be able to love, because neither sex or social class should be allowed to divide us because those aspects don’t define our entire identity.
805 notes
·
View notes
Paying tribute to all of those who have died for our country, 5/30/1917
Series: Berryman Political Cartoon Collection, 1896 - 1949
Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789 - 2015
Image description: A political cartoon showing a woman wearing a flowy gown with stars on it (she probably represents America) placing a laurel wreath onto a gravestone. The gravestone already has an American flag draped over it.
87 notes
·
View notes
do you have a favorite movie from the past few years?
Movie? Only the last few years? Okay, specific. But I like it.
It has to be 1917. I studied the editing of that film for weeks after it came out through every article and every interview. I must have seen it ten times in two months. The sequence where Schofield is running through the ruins of Ecoust still plays in my head.
Yeah... I'm going to go rewatch it again. Thanks, anon!
2 notes
·
View notes
1917 Fan Discord
If you are a fan of the movie 1917 (and are of the age of consent in your country of residence), apply to the Officers’ Club to-day! We are an old-school 1917 fan server filled with content creators and content consumers and lots and lots and lots of fanning!
Activities include (but are not limited to):
- movie showings (and tv shows!)
- table reads (celebrating fanworks!)
- word wars (world wars, too, incidentally)
- drabble draws (we set a timer and commit to writing 100 words minimum, which are published immediately after -- endless new content!)
- server events like the April Advance, Somme-rtime Shorts, and the Wicked Times!
We are a server that supports all ships and encourages your mainsail and rarepair shipping, or even no shipping at all!!! If you want to simply geek out about WWI and Edwardian history, there are plenty of us happy to do that, too!
To apply, simply shoot a chat dm or an ask to this blog stating your age and your country of residence!
4 notes
·
View notes
MARY’S ANKLE
1917
Mary’s Ankle is a farce by May Tully. It was originally produced by W.H. Woods.
A struggling young physician announces his marriage to a fictitious "Mary Jane Smith" in an effort to get his wealthy uncle to give him and his two friends, a lawyer and a broker, sufficient funds to get them out of financial difficulties. He then finds himself in a difficult position when an injured young woman is brought to his office proves to be Mary Jane Smith and his uncle assumes he’s met the bride. Mary consents to a temporary deception. Matters become complicated when the uncle insists on their accompanying him on a trip to Hawaii and informs them that he is to marry a woman who turns out to be Mary's aunt. An explanation results in forgiveness, and they make the trip a honeymoon by having the ship's captain marry them.
The play had its world premiere in New Haven CT on May 28, 1917. Three days later, it head to the Jersey Shore.
The play opened at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City NJ on May 31, 1917.
After Atlantic City, the play headed north to Beantown, where its publicist had a great idea for a promotion!
Similar clever ads claimed that:
“Mary’s Ankle will be on view next Monday night at Ye Wilbur”
“Mary’s Ankle must be seen to be relished at Ye Wilbur”
“Mary’s Ankle will come up to all expectations next Monday night at Ye Wilbur”
“At Ye Wilbur tonight at 8:15, see if you care for Mary’s Ankle”
It opened at Boston’s Wilbur Theatre on June 5, 1917.
During the run, the show performed a benefit for war relief. “The Great War” (now known as World War One”) was then in its third year. A month later they did a benefit for the Red Cross.
After Boston, a split week was planned for the Jersey Shore, 3 days at the Savoy Asbury Park; 3 days at the Broadway in Long Branch. But when a Broadway theatre became available, those plans were scuttled.
The play opened on Broadway at August 6, 1917 at the Bijou Theatre, only the second production at the venue, which opened five months earlier with The Knife by Eugene Walter. Mary’s Ankle later transferred to the 39th Street Theatre where it finished its run of 80 performances.
The play was originally announced for the Booth, then Maxine Elliott’s Theatre where it would have supplanted The Eyes of Youth, giving rise to this punny mention.
“B[urns] Mantle, the drama critic, tells me of the new play ‘Mary’s Ankle’, which I deem a trashy title, yet it will attract New Yorkers.” ~ O.O. McINTYRE, BUFFALO ENQUIRER
DULCINEA GOES TO THEATRE
“Grayce dear, I had the grandest time at the theatre last night. It was "Mary's Ankle" - isn't that a perfectly awful title? I wouldn't have been Irene Fenwlck for worlds! But they had the cutest parrot, just as green as he could be. And there were a lot of funny lines. And you should have seen the first-nighters - all the ‘crickets’ and everything. But it made me kind of sad for I just can't laugh the way I used to. Ted is on a transport. I knitted him a sweater and he wrote back he was mighty glad to get it even if he couldn't wear it. Wasn't that sweet of him?” ~ Dulcy
A war wife whose husband is on a transport, tries to forget her worries at “Mary’s Ankle.”
After Broadway, the show moved to Binghamton and other New York State venues. The play continued to be popular in stock and regional theatres through 1920, when Hollywood got involved.
A film adaptation starring Doris May and Douglas McLean opened in Atlantic City in late March 1920 at the Virginia Theatre on the Boardwalk, not far from the Apollo, where the play began.
2 notes
·
View notes