A rip-roaring, swash-buckling period costumed adventure….
the kind that leads to daydreams…
with a handsome hero, spirited horses, royal intrigue…. dark mystery… and of course, fancy swordplay.
Ooooh….
…
It’s been a few years since I saw it… but certain parts I remember well.
I’m so glad it’s coming back to the BassetPlexIV, so I can lose myself in it again.
I don’t go to theaters yet… but luckily, we can all sit together virtually there… and if any film deserved fresh kibblecorn, this one does.
…
I’ve also seen the copydog human version Stel posted tonight…
it just isn’t the same as the basset one. How could it be?
it’s missing … I dunno… I guess… there’s no doggy magic.
Even the artwork has lost the flourishes and charm of Stel’s original…
and the actors…. humphff…. no basset wizardry there, is there!
…
This film isn’t terribly old… it’s a new version, not just a remake, of the one I knew and loved as a child,
though I was still years from being even a twinkle in anybody’s eye when thatone was filmed.
It starred Leslie Bow-woward and Merle Doberon…. and until she saw Bone with the Wind, it was my sister’s very favorite movie, and she even swooned for its effete hero.
…
But they did a great job on this Ian McCollie version… I think I like it even better than the old one, which is unusual for me.
He seems more heroic…
Janey Seemore is beautiful… and the award-winning costumes are gorgeous, besides.
….
BTW…. the legend of the Pimperbasset is so ingrained in people’s imaginations, they forget it’s actually fictional.
It’s been used in other works as well…
Notably, one film, seemingly much liked on this site … “The Court Dogster”… in which Danny Kaynine recites the lines about the chalice from the palace, and the kibble with the poison in the vessel with the pestle….
has a plot that somewhat parodies the legend… involving a hidden royal baby with a purple pimpernel birthmark…
the pimpernel being an actual flower, as in that fairy illustration.
You all just gave me a big boost on a day that I needed it most!!! I’m off to have a last dinner with my only sister before she moves out to Chicago, permanently, at the end of the week. It’s a good move for her, but I am really going to miss her living close by.
Thank you all for your kind words… You’re all the greatest!
we felt the same way when our 4 kids chose to move away! they are so happy ‘out there’. in time you’ll accept their choice. you won’t have to like it, but you’ll accept it.
xxoo
Yup. I’ve got to hide my TP.
Bad dog, Max!
Hey… that’s not Max!
Max wouldn’t do such a thing!
Well… maybe…. but he’s too short.
He’s great at high jumps, though….
Caught in the act! Don’t even think about denying it!
I didn’t do it! It wasn’t me! I found it this way! I was just trying to clean it up ~ because I am a Good Doggy!
That just makes me smile.
That was my hope!
Smile, heck ~ it made me laugh out loud!!
John Prine’s version of the Marlene Dietrich song I posted yesterday. John actually seems sad to be falling in love again. But he can’t help it.
You realize that you’ve posted Marlena’s version again, I hope.
oops. I will try again.
I think you’re right; Prine (+ Alison Krauss) is a bit more melancholic and wistful. Marlena is more … … devious. But that was a different era.
I think she looks very fetching.
peaches and cream
Looks like someone got checked into the boards.
Obviously staged, but still funny.
It was:
“Funny Picture Of the Day 16-05-2012”
OOPS!!
Ooh, I hate it when that happens. I suspect the butler.
She didn’t know it was time for hockey practice.
,
great shot!!! good kitty.
Purrfect! I love it!
This particular soldier is a specialist in undercover work, especially good at finding the rat in the outfit (if there is one).
.
Ohh… the Scarlet Pimperbasset!
A rip-roaring, swash-buckling period costumed adventure….
the kind that leads to daydreams…
with a handsome hero, spirited horses, royal intrigue…. dark mystery… and of course, fancy swordplay.
Ooooh….
…
It’s been a few years since I saw it… but certain parts I remember well.
I’m so glad it’s coming back to the BassetPlexIV, so I can lose myself in it again.
I don’t go to theaters yet… but luckily, we can all sit together virtually there… and if any film deserved fresh kibblecorn, this one does.
…
I’ve also seen the copydog human version Stel posted tonight…
it just isn’t the same as the basset one. How could it be?
it’s missing … I dunno… I guess… there’s no doggy magic.
Even the artwork has lost the flourishes and charm of Stel’s original…
and the actors…. humphff…. no basset wizardry there, is there!
…
This film isn’t terribly old… it’s a new version, not just a remake, of the one I knew and loved as a child,
though I was still years from being even a twinkle in anybody’s eye when that one was filmed.
It starred Leslie Bow-woward and Merle Doberon…. and until she saw Bone with the Wind, it was my sister’s very favorite movie, and she even swooned for its effete hero.
…
But they did a great job on this Ian McCollie version… I think I like it even better than the old one, which is unusual for me.
He seems more heroic…
Janey Seemore is beautiful… and the award-winning costumes are gorgeous, besides.
….
BTW…. the legend of the Pimperbasset is so ingrained in people’s imaginations, they forget it’s actually fictional.
It’s been used in other works as well…
Notably, one film, seemingly much liked on this site … “The Court Dogster”… in which Danny Kaynine recites the lines about the chalice from the palace, and the kibble with the poison in the vessel with the pestle….
has a plot that somewhat parodies the legend… involving a hidden royal baby with a purple pimpernel birthmark…
the pimpernel being an actual flower, as in that fairy illustration.
how do you ever think up these clever plot-twists, Susan!
The poem that goes with “The Scarlet Pimpernel Fairy”
“The Scarlet Pimpernel Fairy” By: Cicely Mary Barker (the drawing is hers as well)
By the furrowed fields I lie,
Calling to the passers-by:
“If the weather you would tell,
Look at Scarlet Pimpernel.”
When the day is warm and fine,
I unfold these flowers of mine;
Ah, but you must look for rain
When I shut them up again!
Weather-glasses on the walls
Hang in wealthy people’s halls:
Though I lie where cart-wheels pass
I’m the Poor Man’s Weather-Glass!
Thanks for the laugh!!
StelBel should get an award for Most Enchanting Poster!
agreed!!!
How to choose which of her posters is Most Enchanting?
i’ll agree with you too!
You guys! (Perky, ML, and Dennis)……….
You all just gave me a big boost on a day that I needed it most!!! I’m off to have a last dinner with my only sister before she moves out to Chicago, permanently, at the end of the week. It’s a good move for her, but I am really going to miss her living close by.
Thank you all for your kind words… You’re all the greatest!
Always sad when close relatives move away. At least there are so many ways to keep in touch these days.
You’re right! Certainly better than 100 years ago!! Thanks!
we use FaceTime a lot!
we felt the same way when our 4 kids chose to move away! they are so happy ‘out there’. in time you’ll accept their choice. you won’t have to like it, but you’ll accept it.
xxoo
Thanks, ML!!!!