Foibles: A Mother-daughter Podcast

Graphic Novels   Definition according to Merriam-Webster.com: a story that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book. The Pantheon of Graphic Novels: Maus by Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991. A memoir of the child of Holocaust survivors that artfully combines historical events and Spiegelman's relationship with his difficult father. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (eponym of the Bechdel Test), 2006. Another memoir about a difficult paternal relationship. A wry exploration of sexual identity, depression, etc. and very engaging. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, 2000. It depicts youth in Iran and Paris during and after the Islamic Revolution.   Xoe’s List:   Capacity- Theo Ellsworth Solanin- Inio Asano Beautiful Darkness- Fabien Velhman Uzumaki- Junji Ito Tekkonkinkreet- Taiyou Matsumoto A Child’s Life- Phoebe Gloeckner   Rita's List:   Transmetropolitan series by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson (1997-2002) - raw and rauchy. An R-rated political screed. Great graphics.

Jean Harlow Born Harlean Carpenter McGrew Bern Rossen (1911-1937) Bibliography: Platinum Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jean Harlow by Eve Golden, 1991. Recommended Harlow films: The Public Enemy (1931) Red-Headed Woman (1932) - Her breakout role and her 1st of 4 films with her BFF Clark Gable. Red Dust (1932) - Also with Gable. Fine vehicle for Harlow, if you can handle the colonialistic lens of the film. Dinner at Eight (1933) - star-studded cast including John and Lionel Barrymore. Harlow steals the show. Libeled Lady (1936) - She acted with her real-life fiance William Powell (famously of the The Thin Man series), though in the movie she conceded him to Myrna Loy. False rumors about Harlow: 1) Jean's 2nd husband committed suicide because he was impotent/Jean's husband was murdered: Neither Jean or the studio had anything to do with the death of her 2nd husband, Paul Bern. And there is no evidence that her husband was impotent. On the other hand, Bern had just been visited by his 1st wife, whom he had neve

Jean Harlow Born Harlean Carpenter McGrew Bern Rossen (1911-1937) Bibliography: Platinum Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jean Harlow by Eve Golden, 1991. Recommended Harlow films: The Public Enemy (1931) Red-Headed Woman (1932) - Her breakout role and her 1st of 4 films with her BFF Clark Gable. Red Dust (1932) - Also with Gable. Fine vehicle for Harlow, if you can handle the colonialistic lens of the film. Dinner at Eight (1933) - star-studded cast including John and Lionel Barrymore. Harlow steals the show. Libeled Lady (1936) - She acted with her real-life fiance William Powell (famously of the The Thin Man series), though in the movie she conceded him to Myrna Loy. False rumors about Harlow: 1) Jean's 2nd husband committed suicide because he was impotent/Jean's husband was murdered: Neither Jean or the studio had anything to do with the death of her 2nd husband, Paul Bern. And there is no evidence that her husband was impotent. On the other hand, Bern had just been visited by his 1st wife, whom he had ne

The final episode on Marilyn Monroe! *note* Please excuse the increasingly poor sound quality of this episode. We may have gotten a little tipsy and careless, we'll keep it under control in the future :P Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn: https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gD8YZu8uLs&t=3110s    

Subversive Blondes Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn: https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gD8YZu8uLs&t=3110s

Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn: https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gD8YZu8uLs&t=3110s Marilyn Miller (Marilyn's namesake): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Miller From My Story At 13, first time walking down the beach in a bathing suit: "I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jean from the orphanage who belonged to nobody. The other was someone whose name I didn't kow. But I knew where she belonged. She belonged to the ocean and the sky and the whole world." Acting teacher Michael Chekhov, "You are a young woman who gives off sex vibrations-no matter what you are doing or thinking...You can make the studio a fortune

Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn: https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gD8YZu8uLs&t=3110s Marilyn Miller (Marilyn's namesake): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Miller From My Story At 13, first time walking down the beach in a bathing suit: "I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jean from the orphanage who belonged to nobody. The other was someone whose name I didn't kow. But I knew where she belonged. She belonged to the ocean and the sky and the whole world." Acting teacher Michael Chekhov, "You are a young woman who gives off sex vibrations-no matter what you are doing or thinking...You can make the studio a fortune

Bibiliography: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, 1974. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote, 1980. (Chapter 6 A Beautiful Child is Capote's novelized non-fiction story about MM.) Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, 1998. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto, 1993. Links: Calendar photos of Marilyn: https://www.widewalls.ch/marilyn-monroe-rare-nude-photos/ Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gD8YZu8uLs&t=3110s Marilyn Miller (Marilyn's namesake): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Miller From My Story At 13, first time walking down the beach in a bathing suit: "I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jean from the orphanage who belonged to nobody. The other was someone whose name I didn't kow. But I knew where she belonged. She belonged to the ocean and the sky and the whole world." Acting teacher Michael Chekhov, "You are a young woman who gives off sex vibrations-no matter what you are doing or thinking...You can make the studio a fortune

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Bibiliography: In Search of Anne Bronte by Nick Holland, (2016). - As the title indicates, this book focuses on Anne but it gives a rounded view of the family and their circumstances. Wuthering Bites by Sarah Gray (2010) - In which Heathcliff is a vampire. Didn't bother to read it, but had to include it here to show the range of fan fiction.   Film and televion adaptations of WH. Please forgive omissions. There are so many! Ratings out of 5 stars. 1920 - Wuthering Heights, starring Colette Brettel and Warwick Ward - silent screen adaptation - I have not seen it. 1939 - Wuthering Heights, starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier - 3 stars: Worth-seeing, though the content is sanitized for the Hollywood censors and the actors' looks are beautified for the tastes of the day. 1948 - Wuthering Heights (British TV adaption) - starring Katherine Blake and Kieron Moore - have not seen it. 1962 - Wuthering Heights, starring Keith Mitchell and Claire Bloom - have not seen it

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Bibiliography: In Search of Anne Bronte by Nick Holland, (2016). - As the title indicates, this book focuses on Anne but it gives a rounded view of the family and their circumstances. Wuthering Bites by Sarah Gray (2010) - In which Heathcliff is a vampire. Didn't bother to read it, but had to include it here to show the range of fan fiction.   Film and televion adaptations of WH. Please forgive omissions. There are so many! Ratings out of 5 stars. 1920 - Wuthering Heights, starring Colette Brettel and Warwick Ward - silent screen adaptation - I have not seen it. 1939 - Wuthering Heights, starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier - 3 stars: Worth-seeing, though the content is sanitized for the Hollywood censors and the actors' looks are beautified for the tastes of the day. 1948 - Wuthering Heights (British TV adaption) - starring Katherine Blake and Kieron Moore - have not seen it. 1962 - Wuthering Heights, starring Keith Mitchell and Claire Bloom - have not seen it

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ELAINE MAY Films directed: American Masters- Mike Nichols (2016)  Ishtar (1987)  Mikey and Nicky (1976)  The Heartbreak Kid (1972)  A New Leaf (1971) - The very best per Rita and Xoe. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5278964/

Folks! This third part to our series on English mystery writer and her creation, Lord Peter Wimsey, was hidden away in an obscure corner of my flashdrive until this day. Now you can hear of the last several books, our favorites, and the conclusion of Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane's thrilling love story.   Music: Mendelssohn's String Quartet in E minor Op. 44/2- 3. Andante  Future Mind by Powerbleeder Wimsey novels in chronological order: Whose Body? (1923) Clouds of Witness (1926) Unnatural Death (1927) The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928) Strong Poison (1931)- Xoe's Fav The Five Red Herrings (1931) Have His Carcase (1932) - Rita's favorite Murder Must Advertise (1933) - Rita and Xoe's favorite The Nine Tailors (1934)- Xoe's favorite Gaudy Night (1935) Busman's Honeymoon (1937) Bibliography: Brabazon, James. Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography, 1981. Coomes, David. Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life, 1992. Dale, Alzina Stone. The Story of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1978. Hitchman, Ja

Larry McMurtry born in 1936 in Archer City, TX. Also wrote Terms of Endearment and The Last Picture Show. Had the biggest used bookstore in the world until 2012.His father and grandfather were cattle ranchers. Lonesome Dove TV miniseries, 1989 - Starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. Their original script was welcomed by the studio, but disliked by the actors McMurtry and Bogdanovich had in mind: Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, and John Wayne. Prizes - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1986) Novelist Larry McMurtry’s Last Kind Words by Michael Mechanic, Mother Jones, May/June 2014, https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/05/larry-mcmurtry-brokeback-mountain-last-kind-words/

We were interviewed as guests on Anne Bogel's podcast What Should I Read Next? Here's a link to the episode: https://modernmrsdarcy.com/192-episode   Thanks to Anne, Brenna, and Melissa. Welcome to our new listeners!

*Note: The episode ended up being so long that we split it into two parts. Part II will be released next Saturday and will pick up exactly where this one let off. Thanks for your patience! Lonesome Dove Notes Larry McMurtry born in 1936 in Archer City, TX. Also wrote Terms of Endearment and The Last Picture Show. Had the biggest used bookstore in the world until 2012. His father and grandfather were cattle ranchers. Lonesome Dove TV miniseries, 1989 - Starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. Prizes - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1986) Novelist Larry McMurtry’s Last Kind Words by Michael Mechanic, Mother Jones, May/June 2014, https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/05/larry-mcmurtry-brokeback-mountain-last-kind-words/ Origin of title: “Lonesome Dove Baptist Church” On Brokeback Mountain screenplay: Their original script was welcomed by the studio, but disliked by the actors McMurtry and Bogdanovich had in mind: Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, and John Wayne.

There are 2 versions of The Warriors: theatrical release and director's cut. We recommend the theatrical release version because it eliminates that annoying comic book panels that interrupt the flow of the narrative. The film is based on the Sol Yurick novel, The Warriors (1965), which in turn is based on Xenophon's Anabasis (370 BCE). Music: In the City- Joe Walsh "The Warriors" theme and Baseball Furies Chase- Barry De Vorzon Email us at: foiblespodcast@gmail.com