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"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings
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Monday, October 29, 2012
The Nazi Titanic
From the History Channel -"To the Nazis of WWII, film was a weapon used to justify murder and even genocide. Joseph Goebbels, the head of the Nazi propaganda machine, personally commissioned The Titanic; he saw it as a potent weapon in demonizing the English. In his pursuit of creating what was to be the Third Reich's cinematic masterpiece he was ruthless. He had the first director murdered and poured in unrivaled resources even bringing troops back from the front to use as extras. The film was intended to show German valor and Allied weakness, but when it was finished it portrayed an entirely different message. It had become an allegory for Nazism itself. There was an all too apparent parallel of a country heading towards its own iceberg and sinking. The story of the Nazi Titanic had an unpleasant sting in its tail. The boat used to play the Titanic in the film, the Cap Arcona, was sunk by allied bombers with an even greater loss of life than the original ship."
From Wikipedia - "Titanic is a 1943 German propaganda film made during World War II in Berlin by Tobis Productions for UFA. The film was commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and enjoyed a brief theatrical run in German occupied Europe starting in November 1943—but not in Germany proper by order of Goebbels himself who feared that it would weaken the German citizenry's morale instead of raising it. Goebbels later banned the playing of the film, and it did not have a second run. The film used the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a setting for an attempt to discredit British and American capitalist dealings and glorify the bravery and selflessness of German men. This was also the first film on the topic simply titled Titanic and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with historical personas and events of the sinking; both conventions went on to become a staple of future Titanic films."
From Wikipedia - "Titanic is a 1943 German propaganda film made during World War II in Berlin by Tobis Productions for UFA. The film was commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and enjoyed a brief theatrical run in German occupied Europe starting in November 1943—but not in Germany proper by order of Goebbels himself who feared that it would weaken the German citizenry's morale instead of raising it. Goebbels later banned the playing of the film, and it did not have a second run. The film used the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a setting for an attempt to discredit British and American capitalist dealings and glorify the bravery and selflessness of German men. This was also the first film on the topic simply titled Titanic and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with historical personas and events of the sinking; both conventions went on to become a staple of future Titanic films."
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Carrère and Hastings: The Masterworks. A Special Lecture at the Flagler Museum
The Flagler Museum presented a lecture by authors Dr. Laurie Ossman and Heather P. Ewing on January 31, 2012 highlighting their book Carrère & Hastings: The Masterworks which was published October 2011.
Watch this hour-long lecture by clicking HERE.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Royal Upstairs Downstairs
2011 BBC production starting with Chatsworth House - twenty 30 minute episodes - six you can watch on YouTube. Available on DVD or your local library.
From wikipedia - "In each episode antiques expert Tim Wonnacott and chef Rosemary Shrager visited a country house or castle which had been visited in the 19th century by Queen Victoria. They told the story of Victoria's travels using her own diaries, other contemporary accounts, the household records of the stately homes, and contemporary illustrations".
"Wonnacott examined items of art and furniture seen and often commented on by Victoria. Shrager examined how the servants coped with the demands of a royal visit, and cooked Victorian dishes".
From wikipedia - "In each episode antiques expert Tim Wonnacott and chef Rosemary Shrager visited a country house or castle which had been visited in the 19th century by Queen Victoria. They told the story of Victoria's travels using her own diaries, other contemporary accounts, the household records of the stately homes, and contemporary illustrations".
"Wonnacott examined items of art and furniture seen and often commented on by Victoria. Shrager examined how the servants coped with the demands of a royal visit, and cooked Victorian dishes".
Friday, October 19, 2012
Martha Stewart’s Cooking School
In case like me you were wondering where Martha went - http://www.pbs.org/food/features/martha-stewarts-cooking-school-schedule/
Sunday, October 14, 2012
The Men Who Built America
The Men Who Built America - John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan - all featured in a new History Channel series starting October 18 2012.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Dinner at Eight - Murder at...
On October 30, 1955, Edith Baker gave a party for the Duchess of Windsor which was attended by Billy Woodward and his wife Ann, who would murder him later that night. Edith's late son Grenville was Billy's best friend, and she always invited Billy to her parties. Grenville had been killed six years earlier by a sniper surmised to be the husband of one of his girlfriends. That murder, almost a precursor of the one about to involve his best friend on this evening, was ruled "accidental." As this one would be.
As they filed in, everyone curtsied to the Duchess as though she were royalty herself. She did nothing to dissaude the formality. She and the Duke were world-class freeloaders, living off the Baker's largesse at Viking Cove every year. They expected to be wined and dined during their stay and this particular party became synonymous with the end of the good life in Oyster Bay, though the parties went on.
In fact, the Duchess threw a well-attended party the day after the murder, more like witness prep, where she explained that when they were all questioned by the police, as they soon would be, they were to say "Bill and Ann Woodward were an ideally-suited couple." This curt sentence hides but does not obscure the truth - Billy and Ann had a volcanic relationship characterized by beatings and the occasional public spectacle on both sides. "They seemed to spur each other on," said one of their friends.
Ann Woodward was not charged in the murder and, like the movie "Madam X" with Lana Turner, she was stripped of her children by her rich mother-in-law who paid her off to go away.
Mrs. Woodward eventually commits suicide in Switzerland because of something Truman Capote wrote in his controversial 1975 Esquire piece titled "La Cote Basque."
The Woodward's arriving for dinner. From the serialize version of Dominic Dunn's book THE TWO MRS. GRENVILLES.
That night at their home "The Playhouse" Billy confronted Ann with the information from her past - she had been married before and NEVER properly divorced. Later, she mistakes hubby for a prowler, shoots him dead.
Watch final scenes below -
Click HERE to read a preview from the book including dinner conversation at the Bleeker's(Baker's of "Vikings Cove" Glen Cove, L. I.).
Click HERE to read a extensive true-life article on the Woodward's and the scandal.
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