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JenlovesJT47
Arsenic and Old Lace | Joseph Kesselring
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Cary Grant is my fave Old Hollywood actor (I own all 72 of his movies 😳). My fave movie of his by far is the hilarious dark comedy Arsenic & Old Lace. It was filmed in 1941 but released in 1944. During this time, Cary became a United States citizen & donated his entire salary from this movie to the war effort. Can‘t recommend it enough!

insanity runs
in his family — no it
practically gallops!

#haikuhive #moviehaiku #CaryGrant #OldHollywood

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 1d
AmyG Great movie! I love old movies. 1d
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mrp27 One of my favorites too! 24h
Bookzombie I love this one too! 23h
dabbe Perfect ode-haiku! Love Archie! 🩶🤍🖤 (edited) 22h
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩🎬😍👍🏼...LOVE Cary Grant! And I'm the worst fan, because I haven't watched all his movies nor do I own them 🤔😂...Bravo! I didn't even know that he donated his entire salary, a sweet Champion!

Excellent Haiku 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎬🐝💖.

BBC made his life story. I so hope I get to see it one day. Have you? I read that his childhood wasn't a happy one. As an adult, he found his mother (who his father told him was dead), and took care of her 💝.
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AnnCrystal P.S.

I always wanted to see a continuation to Arsenic & Old Lace...a fun storyline might be where Mortimer's child or grandchild comes to own the “house“ by inheritance. It's been all boarded up and abandoned by Mortimer. The grandchild goes against the warning left by Mortimer, and plans to open a restaurant or B&B only to learn the place is haunted by the buried bodies in the basement and “the uncle.“

I'm always making up continuations 😂🎬💝.
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JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal ooh that sounds so intriguing! You should write some fanfiction! I downloaded a copy of the play today, I‘ve never read it. There are a bunch of Cary bios, I‘m not sure which one the BBC is but I‘ve seen most of them, they‘re very good. Jason Isaacs played Cary in a movie a couple of years ago, based on Dyan Cannon‘s book about him. It‘s not perfect but he did a good job. They focus a lot on his mom and their difficult relationship. 16h
JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the bio I‘d call the “definitive” one, but it came out in the mid 2000s and I have a copy of it on DVD somewhere, I‘ll have to dig it out. The movie with Jason Isaacs is called Archie. It‘s a miniseries. They mess up the timelines of some of the dates which irked me, but other than that, I enjoyed it. Dyan‘s book is very good, as is his daughter‘s, Jennifer. Can‘t get enough of Cary. ♥️ 16h
AnnCrystal Thank You @JenlovesJT47, I will keep this screen shot for reference info...I need to become a better fan 😂👌🏼, even with my Batman obsession, I am so far behind on info. 💝🤔💝🤗💝. (edited) 16h
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MatchlessMarie
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Pickpick

No I haven‘t fallen off the face of the earth I‘ve just been moving… still 🥴 But I finally got to listen to this cast audio version of Angels in America which was fantastic. I see a subscription to National Theater at Home in my future. Maybe a reward for when this moving nonsense is behind me. 🙃

LiteraryinPA I moved a month ago so I feel for you! It‘s a lot. Hope you are settled soon so you can nest with a good book! 4d
Kenyazero Moving is so much work! I moved at the end of May and I‘m definitely still in-process 😵‍💫 glad you got to take some time to enjoy an audiobook! 4d
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JenlovesJT47
Steel Magnolias | Robert Harling
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High tension moment,
the pain palpable — in the
end, laughter triumphs.

You had your chance, M‘Lynn,
to be the first to say I
slapped Ouiser Boudreaux! 👋🏻

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #steelmagnolias #moviehaiku

Cuilin That scene always has me 😭 3w
CBee The absolute BEST scene 💔😂 3w
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JenlovesJT47 For anyone who wants to see it again: https://youtu.be/mNfMnm6mz9w?si=GxIS2rzbU-v3yOhA 3w
FashionableObserver Half of Chinquapin Parish would give their eye teeth to take a whack at Ouiser!! 3w
JenlovesJT47 @FashionableObserver you are a pig from hell! 😅😅😅 3w
FashionableObserver @JenlovesJT47 Now go have your roots done! 3w
dabbe @FashionableObserver 😂😍😂 3w
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 😂😍😂 3w
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @FashionableObserver “Ouiser, you know I love you more than my luggage!“ 😂😂😂 3w
dabbe What memories this one evokes! 💙🩵💙 3w
lil1inblue 🤩🤩🤩 3w
JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @FashionableObserver I‘m not crazy, M‘Lynn! I‘ve just been in a very bad mood for 40 years! 😅😅😅 3w
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 The lines in this movie: #solidgold! 💛💛💛 3w
FashionableObserver One of my favorite lines—which I alter and use all of the time: “…she worships the quicksand I walk on.” It‘s all just too good! One of my favorite movies/plays. My family was so obsessed, my little sister‘s name is Shelby Lynn! 3w
JenlovesJT47 @FashionableObserver that‘s so cool! And that‘s one of my fave lines, too — Clairee is the best and it‘s the way she says it that‘s so funny 😅 I‘ve had lines going through my head all day. “Don‘t know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt” 😅 3w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🐝💝. 3w
FashionableObserver @JenlovesJT47 Yes! Miss Clare was a classic!! When she bought that radio station and named herself the color announcer…😩 “Would you call that grape or aubergine..?” 🤣 I. Cannot. 🤣 (edited) 3w
FashionableObserver @dabbe I use that line a lot, too! I swear, steel magnolias has a line for everything that you will encounter in life! 3w
JenlovesJT47 @FashionableObserver no one cares about that grape shit! 😅 lol I love how Ouiser just unashamedly checks out all the dudes in the locker room! 3w
dabbe @FashionableObserver 🩵🎯🩵 3w
FashionableObserver @JenlovesJT47 @dabbe I didn‘t get a chance to watch the other night. I‘m definitely spending some time with those ladies this weekend. Jen, I‘m so happy you posted about SM! ❤️ 3w
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Eggs
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When I feel adrift, I remember Emily‘s words and they seem to shift everything into a perspective I can live with💔

Do you have something that pulls you back into the will to move forward?

#perspective

Butterfinger Knowing my children still need me. 3w
Eggs @Butterfinger Beautiful thought 💗 and they always will 3w
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melissajayne
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | William Shakespeare
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The set of Two Gentleman of Verona at #bardonthebeach

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vlwelser
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Shakespeare in the park. I love summer.

TheBookHippie ♥️😍♥️ 1mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Much Adoe about Nothing | William Shakespeare
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I could have caught up on the #CampLitsy25 read for discussion, but instead I went to a local OPS showing of the tagged. The actors do things as close to Shakespeare's days as they can - they do not rehearse, carry scrolls with their lines and cues, gender bend (but this is PDX so don't we all normally?), They also have a guy with a whistle who calls our lines when needed and stops everything when a plane goes overhead.

Blueberry Sounds like fun. 1mo
Suet624 Fantastic! 1mo
DebinHawaii That sounds like so much fun! 😆 1mo
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Mattsbookaday
Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare
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Mehso-so

The Winter‘s Tale, by William Shakespeare (ca. 1610)
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Premise: A paranoid tyrant destroys his family and friendships, but everything works out in the end.

Review: I‘m slowly working my way through Shakespeare‘s catalog, and have to say this was my least favourite so far. The plot depends on a wholly unmotivated turn by a main character, whip then disappears for the meat of his narrative arc, only to reappear in time for a happy ending. ⬇️

Mattsbookaday This means that we don‘t get to witness his character development, how he came to his repentance and grief over his actions and therefore narratively earn his happy ending. Shakespeare is Shakespeare, and there are some truly lovely speeches in here, as well as some fun comedic relief. But as a play, this didn‘t really cohere and so fell a bit flat for me. 1mo
Graywacke I adore this play. But i get it 3w
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kspenmoll
King Lear | William Shakespeare
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The perfect night! No stars because the lawn performance we saw began at 5:30. But the evening was lovely- low 80s, breezy, sun with billowy clouds.This summer event has become a tradition for my former, several years retired, HS English co-teacher & me. We each brought picnic food to share & caught up with each other during intermission. 💜💜💜

Ruthiella What fun! 🤩 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳💝💝💝. 1mo
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LiseWorks
Picnic | William Inge
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#JulyJazz Picnic So Happy Together by The Turles love this song @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

tpixie Love this song! 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Ear worm 🐛 🎵 ❤️ 2mo
Eggs 🎶I think about you day and night….🎶 2mo
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