Daisy Pupchanan floating over the scene… central as she was to Bassetby’s dreams…
Forever an enigma…. the “golden girl” icon of Fitzbasset’s writing …. yet possibly more villainess than heroine, depending upon whom you ask.
Maybe because she was purposely rudderless, and disaffected…. the hallmark of Jazz Age sensibilities.
Whom she loved, what she did, how she reacted, were mostly things that merely happened to her…. purposely unaffected by any moral compass.
…
I said last time that she reminded me of Zelda Fitzbasset… and I’ve since read that it was intentional.
F.Scott Fitzbasset borrowed thoughts from his wife’s diary…
I.e.., Daisy and Zelda each have one puppy, a female… and each professes the desire to keep her only offspring not only uneducated, but stupid… believing that being a “moron” will shelter her from life.
…
But the similarities have little to do with the plot… a twisted tale of wealth, obsession, adultery, and social climbing… nonetheless laced with ennui and disaffection.
It’s the classic example of early 1920’s fashionable sensibilities.
….
Note that this is the book cover… not a movie poster…
So many films have been made of both the basset and human versions it’s hard to keep them straight… though I certainly haven’t seen them all.
The clips Stel posted are from human movies.
I looked for a basset clip but as ever YouTube was disappointing.
….
I’m not qualified to say which films get it “right”… I think probably they all get different things.
Mia Furryow as Daisy? Leo DePuprio as Gatsby? Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer choice.
…
However… having researched and sold vintage clothing for … well, I hate to admit… decades… I do feel qualified to say who gets the women’s costumes right:
Nobody.
Sorry. Howlywood 1920’s clothing is always overkill.
Too sturdy, too short, over-decorated, obviously polyester… occasionally… eeek… a zipper shows.
…
Real flappers were delicate… their hairdos were odd by modern standards.
They wore dainty shoes and fragile, often skimpy silk… the few new rayons were just as thin.
No multiple bands of fringe. Rhinestones were glass, heavier than the fabric.
Skirts still mostly covered the calves in 1925, when “The Great Bassetby” was published… and the story is set even earlier.
Cloche hats and just below the knee skirts were after 1928.
…
Just for fun….
Colleen Moore was the personification of the (human) flapper:
….
And the short skirts here are because they’re dance costumes… and some bathing suits.. not dresses.
…patenting (one of a few according to C.B.C.) in 1913 (see “The World Book Encyclopedia” cite below).
Quoting from:
The World Book Encyclopedia Volume 19 W•X / Y•Z ( / = line break on volume)
Field Enterprises Educational Corporation
Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago 54, Illinois
Library of Congress Catalog Number 63-7006
Page: 499
“Whitcomb L. Judson of Chicago invented the first slide fastener in 1892. … …Judson’s friend, Colonel Lewis Walker, obtained a patent on the meshed-tooth type of slide fastener in 1913. In 1924, the B. F. Goodrich Company gave the trade name Zip-
per to rubber galoshes closed by meshed-tooth slide fasteners.”
So, I have a job offer for you to work for the Cleo and Company Production Studio at twice what you’re making now in the Puzzle Management Dept. What do you say?
Your research ability, creative writing skills and inside knowledge of the industry would all be invaluable!
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Cleo Clifford
CEO
Cleo and Company Production Studio
Good morning, Cleoites. I’ve been missing for the last few days because I have a hip flexar tendon problem. walking is extremely hard, and the pain level is very high. I may be stopping in, but probably won’t be able to coherently comment. see y’all in a few days.
So sorry! That does not sound good. I had never heard of this, so I googled it. They had pictures of exercises you can do for it. I hope I never get it, because there is no way I could do any of those exercises. Hope you have some good stuff to take for the pain. Take it easy and I hope this gets better very quickly!
On no! Rita, I hope you get better soon. I wish I could send you some kielbasa for its healing powers. I guess we have to count on your Rocket Man to get you through therapy. Best wishes!
[human version]
If you cut off the top part it sort of looks like a space ship, maybe attacking Earth?
It is somewhat surreal, isn’t it? I think that’s what I liked the most about it!
Yep, that’s quite a red-lipped spaceship…a far cry from the bland silver ones that are always depicted.
Stel. I don’t think I would have survived the Roaring Twenties!
And about that last clip – are those ladies going to waggle their bottoms forever? I get tired every time I go back there to check.
Did you notice the last flapper on the right is the only one picking up BOTH heels?
She’ll probably be the first one to drop out of this marathon!)
Good pickup on that detail!
And how many times have you been back to check??
A lot.
Never mind! I might just make it my default screen.
LOL !!
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Wow… “The Great Bassetby”! Nice job, Stel!
Daisy Pupchanan floating over the scene… central as she was to Bassetby’s dreams…
Forever an enigma…. the “golden girl” icon of Fitzbasset’s writing …. yet possibly more villainess than heroine, depending upon whom you ask.
Maybe because she was purposely rudderless, and disaffected…. the hallmark of Jazz Age sensibilities.
Whom she loved, what she did, how she reacted, were mostly things that merely happened to her…. purposely unaffected by any moral compass.
…
I said last time that she reminded me of Zelda Fitzbasset… and I’ve since read that it was intentional.
F.Scott Fitzbasset borrowed thoughts from his wife’s diary…
I.e.., Daisy and Zelda each have one puppy, a female… and each professes the desire to keep her only offspring not only uneducated, but stupid… believing that being a “moron” will shelter her from life.
…
But the similarities have little to do with the plot… a twisted tale of wealth, obsession, adultery, and social climbing… nonetheless laced with ennui and disaffection.
It’s the classic example of early 1920’s fashionable sensibilities.
….
Note that this is the book cover… not a movie poster…
So many films have been made of both the basset and human versions it’s hard to keep them straight… though I certainly haven’t seen them all.
The clips Stel posted are from human movies.
I looked for a basset clip but as ever YouTube was disappointing.
….
I’m not qualified to say which films get it “right”… I think probably they all get different things.
Mia Furryow as Daisy? Leo DePuprio as Gatsby? Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer choice.
…
However… having researched and sold vintage clothing for … well, I hate to admit… decades… I do feel qualified to say who gets the women’s costumes right:
Nobody.
Sorry. Howlywood 1920’s clothing is always overkill.
Too sturdy, too short, over-decorated, obviously polyester… occasionally… eeek… a zipper shows.
…
Real flappers were delicate… their hairdos were odd by modern standards.
They wore dainty shoes and fragile, often skimpy silk… the few new rayons were just as thin.
No multiple bands of fringe. Rhinestones were glass, heavier than the fabric.
Skirts still mostly covered the calves in 1925, when “The Great Bassetby” was published… and the story is set even earlier.
Cloche hats and just below the knee skirts were after 1928.
…
Just for fun….
Colleen Moore was the personification of the (human) flapper:
….
And the short skirts here are because they’re dance costumes… and some bathing suits.. not dresses.
If you watch here on the page instead of on YouTube you don’t get the descriptions.
So I should mention that those two videos are from genuine vintage footage…
but Glamordaze, who produced them, colorizes them, inserts duplicate frames to smooth the playback, and adds sound.
Just for fun again:
A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation article on the 100th anniversary of the…
…ZIPPER’s…
…patenting (one of a few according to C.B.C.) in 1913 (see “The World Book Encyclopedia” cite below).
Quoting from:
The World Book Encyclopedia Volume 19 W•X / Y•Z ( / = line break on volume)
Field Enterprises Educational Corporation
Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago 54, Illinois
Library of Congress Catalog Number 63-7006
Page: 499
“Whitcomb L. Judson of Chicago invented the first slide fastener in 1892.
…
…Judson’s friend,
Colonel Lewis Walker, obtained a patent on the
meshed-tooth type of slide fastener in 1913. In 1924,
the B. F. Goodrich Company gave the trade name Zip-
per to rubber galoshes closed by meshed-tooth slide
fasteners.”
You can see from the article why you won’t find one on a delicate silk flapper dress.
They were fairly rare… very heavy, usually brass… Suitable for thick boots…
The US Army had already in used them on some canvas pouches and belts in WWI.
Soldiers had no pockets, and carried small effects and cash in money belts…
We once got some canvas Army gear in my shop from both world wars… Hard to say which was which.
Most belts had little vertical pockets in them, with or without snaps, but I remember at least one with a long zipper…
Not very smooth or easy to pull, but then, it was old, and the canvas was stiff.
We never bought more cos we thought it clashed with selling dressy clothing.
Dear Ms. Sunshine,
So, I have a job offer for you to work for the Cleo and Company Production Studio at twice what you’re making now in the Puzzle Management Dept. What do you say?
Your research ability, creative writing skills and inside knowledge of the industry would all be invaluable!
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Cleo Clifford
CEO
Cleo and Company Production Studio
Dear Ms. Clifford…
Oh my… how could I resist such a flattering job offer at double my current 6-figure salary…
Wow…. all those zeroes!
And it sounds like a dream job.
I’d love to accept!
…
I wonder, however, whether it might be possible for me to keep both jobs….
After all, I also run my salon, supervise the Tiki Bar, and perform the duties of acting Sheriff of Ballard County.
Otherwise I might worry about my Puzzle People…
I don’t want to leave them adrift with no solution….
unless some other arrangement has already been made to provide for them.
I do feel loyal to my Puzzle People.
Thank you for your notice and consideration!
Yours Truly…
Susan Sunshine
Nice poster today, Stel!….Loved Fitzbasset
Re: the .gif
The kids think twerking is a new thing.
Good morning, philm buhphs!
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Does Waffle House have peach pie?
Y’all have a kewl day. 74 degree dew point today. (((((HuGz)))))
Apparently…
…NOT.
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Thanks, Plods!
Beautiful poster. I love that blue. And those eyes ~ you can get lost in those eyes! I much prefer this to the human one.
Thanks, PC ! Appreciate it!
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Good morning, Cleoites. I’ve been missing for the last few days because I have a hip flexar tendon problem. walking is extremely hard, and the pain level is very high. I may be stopping in, but probably won’t be able to coherently comment. see y’all in a few days.
so sorry to hear that MM…
stop in when you can; you brighten the place up when you do
So sorry! That does not sound good. I had never heard of this, so I googled it. They had pictures of exercises you can do for it. I hope I never get it, because there is no way I could do any of those exercises. Hope you have some good stuff to take for the pain. Take it easy and I hope this gets better very quickly!
Get better soon!
OMG, Montana Lady… Will you please stop getting bad stuff!
Just cos I’m out for a few days, you don’t have to outdo me!
We’ll be thinking about you, awaiting your return …
Take care, and feel better soon.
That’s an order!
Xxx
Geeez….Montana Lady…..please, please feel better! I am sooo sorry to hear about this latest painful situation and I do hope it doesn’t last long!
On no! Rita, I hope you get better soon. I wish I could send you some kielbasa for its healing powers. I guess we have to count on your Rocket Man to get you through therapy. Best wishes!
Ouch! Hope you are on the mend post haste, and that you’ll be dancing the charleston again in no time.
Get wll soon, ML!!❤❤
Good afternoon Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.
Henri fetching the water
Muh bucket’s got a hole in it, dear Liza, dear Liza.
fix it , dear Henri, dear Henri, dear Henri
well , fix it dear Henri, dear Henri
Fix it
Well, I’m fed up with Henri! No real damage here, but we are water-logged and I do have at least one leak in the house that I’ve noticed so far.
OK, OK….I really shouldn’t even complain when there are so many people who have it so much worse.
So, I take it all back.
You can take all the water back?!!