That face …it’s …. it’s….um…. almost photo-realistic!
I know it was a long time ago, and styles have changed…..
But gosh….. wasn’t she beeootiful?
…
I read the book on which this movie is based when I was in elementary school….
and a sequel or two besides, I believe.
But there was also Anne of Green Kennels… several books worth….
and of course, Puppyanna…
All featuring cheerful young girl pups who spread joy to everyone around them…. especially dour maiden aunts, grouchy old men, and stepmothers.
…
I have to admit, I sometimes mix up the stories.
And of course, there was also Heidoggi, and later, Silas Weimaraner….
which were in the same vein, but more rustic and maybe more memorably written.,,, and most were made into films at some point, except for some of the sequels.
…
But as movies, certainly none were more charming than this one….
With a face like Mary Pupford’s, who couldn’t you charm?
Amazing when you know that Ms. Pupford was 3 1/2 years old in this film.
That’s about 25 human years… old enough to have a puppy the age of Rebarka.
But she never did have puppies, despite several long matings…
and she remained tiny, for a basset, and youthful looking.
Audiences loved seeing her in puppy roles, which she often played for the rest of her career, even though she also played adults.
…
I see that Stel posted the human version…
Trying to cash in on a beautiful face with sad eyes, I suppose…..
but look at that blonde curly stuff.
Hah! Trying to substitute hair for long silky basset ears.
Dumb question.
Her tiny purse. I have seen such tiny purses before, usually beaded. Were they just a fashion accessories, or did they have a function?
I ask because you have sold vintage. You said.
Not a dumb question. And yes, I sold 20th century vintage, but also worked Renaissance Faire, and collected costume books.
Anyway… it depends somewhat on the era.
The problem with movies is that they’re sometimes made in one era, but set in another.
The idea that everything should be authentic to the time of the story is a modern concept… But even now, there are anachronisms, some accidental, some careless.
….
I’m not sure of the story date but probably 50 years before the movie was made, in 19th C, mid Victorian, times, when that little purse would probably have held something like a tiny sewing kit.
If the lady had any money it would more likely be in her pocket.
But at that time, as well, a country girl like Anne wouldn’t be likely to own a framed purse, or carry a sewing kit. Remember she’s supposed to be a child, and poor.
…
By WWI it would be a money purse… some holding only coins, some all the cash. Anne probably only had coins anyway.
It looks rather fashionably of that era, and in the late 20’s, there was also a fad for some old styles. Antique stores today are full of furniture that looks Victorian or older, all made in the 1920’s.
So I think it’s probably Anne’s coin purse, looking just a wee bit anachronistic, but also currently fashionable for when it was filmed…
Like her dress, which is sort of a 1920’s version of a WWI child’s dress, but her mother and aunts wear much older Victorian styles.
…
Btw, in their earliest days, say, the 15th century, little bags like that, usually unframed pouches, might also hold a lady’s sewing kit.
Crocheted ones were stuffed with herbs and flower petals, to breathe when the air was noxious with unbathed body odors and sewage.
Rich ladies had silver cases with holes to carry those, but most people had little bags.
A rich man carried a fancy little purse containing alms for the poor… He wanted to give a small coin without showing his actual money pouch.
As there is no narration at all, I slowed the playback speed to .25 so I could both read the descriptions, and watch the animation. I do not read slowly, but the times allowed for the descriptions before the the triggering of the animations was more than a bit short, I found. I also shut off the sound.
It expands the time to a bit over 8 minutes, but as I said “Interesting ! !.”
I’ve never been that fond of root beer, although I don’t think it tastes like cough syrup.
What has annoyed me about “A(llen) & W(right)” since it did it some time in the nineties last century is its dropping of its orange fountain drink; at least here in Canada.
I’m probably in a wee minority… But I can’t stand root beer and never could.
Don’t even like the smell of it.
One sip of diet root beer is torture, and should be outlawed under Geneva convention rules..
….
When I was little my father always looked for an A&W if we were traveling… He loved their hamburgers, and it was cheaper than a restaurant.
They never had any other beverages, except an uncarbonated orange drink, which I didn’t like, but not as much as I hated root beer.
I didn’t know I could ask for water instead… They’d just buy me orange drink.
…
When we visited relatives in Illinois the big treat was all going out for Hires root beer…
I don’t remember whether they had orange drink… But I remember my cousins amazement at my dislike of root beer, and everybody getting me to taste Hires because it was “special.” Yuck.
….
Kids back then also sucked on brown hard candies called root beer barrels…
I didn’t like those either. I got scolded for turning them down, because my mother thought it was rude.
07/09/2012 – San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park, San Diego, CA By: Nancy Johnston
Black Heron – Egretta ardesiaca
Length 1.4-2.2 ft (42.0-66.0 cm)
Wingspan 4.0 ft (121.9 cm)
Weight 9.5-13.8 oz (270-390 g)
Clutch Size 2-4
Chicks at birth Altricial
IUCN Conservation Status Least Concern
Continents: AF
The above comes from HERE. There is also an article giving more details about its diet, mating habits, range, etc.. Click the blue ” (For more information)” label to expand it.
Too, on the sides there are tables of links to other types of birds Ms. Johnston has made pages about.
[human version]
full-length movie starring Mary Pickford
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1917
“Project Gutenberg” has put the full text of REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM by Kate Douglas Wiggin online.
The Card Players by Paul Cézanne
Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Sting and Phil Collins – Money for Nothing
Somebody has been browsing the web for a lot of Eric Clapton tunes.
OH! What a pretty dress!
And… sigh……
the lovely Mary Pupford.
That face …it’s …. it’s….um…. almost photo-realistic!
I know it was a long time ago, and styles have changed…..
But gosh….. wasn’t she beeootiful?
…
I read the book on which this movie is based when I was in elementary school….
and a sequel or two besides, I believe.
But there was also Anne of Green Kennels… several books worth….
and of course, Puppyanna…
All featuring cheerful young girl pups who spread joy to everyone around them…. especially dour maiden aunts, grouchy old men, and stepmothers.
…
I have to admit, I sometimes mix up the stories.
And of course, there was also Heidoggi, and later, Silas Weimaraner….
which were in the same vein, but more rustic and maybe more memorably written.,,, and most were made into films at some point, except for some of the sequels.
…
But as movies, certainly none were more charming than this one….
With a face like Mary Pupford’s, who couldn’t you charm?
Amazing when you know that Ms. Pupford was 3 1/2 years old in this film.
That’s about 25 human years… old enough to have a puppy the age of Rebarka.
But she never did have puppies, despite several long matings…
and she remained tiny, for a basset, and youthful looking.
Audiences loved seeing her in puppy roles, which she often played for the rest of her career, even though she also played adults.
…
I see that Stel posted the human version…
Trying to cash in on a beautiful face with sad eyes, I suppose…..
but look at that blonde curly stuff.
Hah! Trying to substitute hair for long silky basset ears.
Well it just doesn’t work.
Dumb question.
Her tiny purse. I have seen such tiny purses before, usually beaded. Were they just a fashion accessories, or did they have a function?
I ask because you have sold vintage. You said.
Not a dumb question. And yes, I sold 20th century vintage, but also worked Renaissance Faire, and collected costume books.
Anyway… it depends somewhat on the era.
The problem with movies is that they’re sometimes made in one era, but set in another.
The idea that everything should be authentic to the time of the story is a modern concept… But even now, there are anachronisms, some accidental, some careless.
….
I’m not sure of the story date but probably 50 years before the movie was made, in 19th C, mid Victorian, times, when that little purse would probably have held something like a tiny sewing kit.
If the lady had any money it would more likely be in her pocket.
But at that time, as well, a country girl like Anne wouldn’t be likely to own a framed purse, or carry a sewing kit. Remember she’s supposed to be a child, and poor.
…
By WWI it would be a money purse… some holding only coins, some all the cash. Anne probably only had coins anyway.
It looks rather fashionably of that era, and in the late 20’s, there was also a fad for some old styles. Antique stores today are full of furniture that looks Victorian or older, all made in the 1920’s.
So I think it’s probably Anne’s coin purse, looking just a wee bit anachronistic, but also currently fashionable for when it was filmed…
Like her dress, which is sort of a 1920’s version of a WWI child’s dress, but her mother and aunts wear much older Victorian styles.
…
Btw, in their earliest days, say, the 15th century, little bags like that, usually unframed pouches, might also hold a lady’s sewing kit.
Crocheted ones were stuffed with herbs and flower petals, to breathe when the air was noxious with unbathed body odors and sewage.
Rich ladies had silver cases with holes to carry those, but most people had little bags.
A rich man carried a fancy little purse containing alms for the poor… He wanted to give a small coin without showing his actual money pouch.
…
Sorry you asked?
Not at all. 😉
Interesting read!
Thanks!
the Mantis shrimp
Interesting ! !
As there is no narration at all, I slowed the playback speed to .25 so I could both read the descriptions, and watch the animation. I do not read slowly, but the times allowed for the descriptions before the the triggering of the animations was more than a bit short, I found. I also shut off the sound.
It expands the time to a bit over 8 minutes, but as I said “Interesting ! !.”
.
I’ve never been that fond of root beer, although I don’t think it tastes like cough syrup.
What has annoyed me about “A(llen) & W(right)” since it did it some time in the nineties last century is its dropping of its orange fountain drink; at least here in Canada.
I was hoping Tigressy would give an opinion on Root Beer.
When I was young I didn’t care for it but over the years it’s
been my soda of choice.
I really don’t know if I ever had the real thing.
Oh… Now there’s nothing to drink…
Unless by now they have the usual soft drinks as well.
I love a good Root Beer, or Ginger Beer.
think root beer float
Yes!
MMMMMMMM – – – – – – – – – root beer float – – – – – – – –
I’m probably in a wee minority… But I can’t stand root beer and never could.
Don’t even like the smell of it.
One sip of diet root beer is torture, and should be outlawed under Geneva convention rules..
….
When I was little my father always looked for an A&W if we were traveling… He loved their hamburgers, and it was cheaper than a restaurant.
They never had any other beverages, except an uncarbonated orange drink, which I didn’t like, but not as much as I hated root beer.
I didn’t know I could ask for water instead… They’d just buy me orange drink.
…
When we visited relatives in Illinois the big treat was all going out for Hires root beer…
I don’t remember whether they had orange drink… But I remember my cousins amazement at my dislike of root beer, and everybody getting me to taste Hires because it was “special.” Yuck.
….
Kids back then also sucked on brown hard candies called root beer barrels…
I didn’t like those either. I got scolded for turning them down, because my mother thought it was rude.
But no thanks. Sorry.
,
07/09/2012 – San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park, San Diego, CA By: Nancy Johnston
Black Heron – Egretta ardesiaca
Length 1.4-2.2 ft (42.0-66.0 cm)
Wingspan 4.0 ft (121.9 cm)
Weight 9.5-13.8 oz (270-390 g)
Clutch Size 2-4
Chicks at birth Altricial
IUCN Conservation Status Least Concern
Continents: AF
The above comes from HERE. There is also an article giving more details about its diet, mating habits, range, etc.. Click the blue ” (For more information)” label to expand it.
Too, on the sides there are tables of links to other types of birds Ms. Johnston has made pages about.
yeah, I didn’t have the info on this ol’ birdie, thanks for that.
It looks like my hair when I get up in the morning
The bird’s name is Phyllis Diller.
very good!
,.
“You ain’t nothing but a hound dog”.
that’s good, too!
Love the poster ~ so precious!!
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