Jaqueline Susann (1918-1974)

Novels:

Yargo (1950’s) - Science Fiction

Every Night, Josephine! (1963) - epistolary novel about her poodle

Valley of the Dolls (1966)

The Love Machine (1969)

Once is Not Enough (1973)

Sex and Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown

Must watch film: Valley of the Doll (1967), starring Patty Duke, Susan Hayward, Sharon Tate, and Barbara Parkins

Music:

Valley of the Dolls theme sung by Dionne Warwick

"The Love Machine" theme sung by Dionne Warwick

Thank you to David Plell and Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!

We've been on hiatus for some time! Thank you for your patience while I took a vacation - Xoe

Carole Lombard (1908-1942) nee Jane Alice Peters

Must-see movies:

1. To Be or Not To Be (1942)
2. My Man Godfrey (1936)
3. No Man of Her Own (1932)

Marriages:

William Powell (1931-1933)

Clark Gable (1939-1942)

Clip of the Love of Carole’s Life - Russ Columbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zQWgOKFTg&t=102s

Thank you to David Plell and Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!

Carole Lombard (1908-1942) nee Jane Alice Peters

Must-see movies:

1. To Be or Not To Be (1942)
2. My Man Godfrey (1936)
3. No Man of Her Own (1932)

Marriages:

William Powell (1931-1933)

Clark Gable (1939-1942)

Clip of the Love of Carole’s Life - Russ Columbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zQWgOKFTg&t=102s

Thank you to David Plell and Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!

Pt III of III

Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Novels

• Sense and Sensibility (1811) published when Austen was 37 years old
• Pride and Prejudice (1813)
• Mansfield Park (1814)
• Emma (1815)
• Northanger Abbey (1818, posthumous)
• Persuasion (1818, posthumous)
• Lady Susan (1871, posthumous)

Our favorite adaptations:

BBC P&P (1995) - the best! Starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle

S&S (1995) - Emma Thompson won an Oscar for Best Adaptation and a new husband

Enjoyable Austen fan fiction:

These are the very best:

Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) - Colin Firth again! Both a tribute and its own thing.

Lost in Austen (2008) - 4-part BBC TV series: Modern day Londoner switches places with Elizabeth Bennett - adorable!

These are fun too:

Austenland (2013)- rom-com about immersive Austen cosplay

Becoming Jane (2007) - starring Anne Hathaway as Austen in a fictionalized story about her failed romance with Tom LeFroy

Death Comes to Pemberley (2013) - BBC 3-part murder mystery based the book by E. L. James

Darcy in the water statue

Other Music: Excerpts from BBC's Pride and Prejudice (1996).

Thank you to David Plell and Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!

We'll be back in June with the final part of the Jane Austen Series!

Pt II of III

Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Novels

• Sense and Sensibility (1811) published when Austen was 37 years old
• Pride and Prejudice (1813)
• Mansfield Park (1814)
• Emma (1815)
• Northanger Abbey (1818, posthumous)
• Persuasion (1818, posthumous)
• Lady Susan (1871, posthumous)

Our favorite adaptations:

BBC P&P (1995) - the best! Starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle

S&S (1995) - Emma Thompson won an Oscar for Best Adaptation and a new husband

Enjoyable Austen fan fiction:

These are the very best:

Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) - Colin Firth again! Both a tribute and its own thing.

Lost in Austen (2008) - 4-part BBC TV series: Modern day Londoner switches places with Elizabeth Bennett - adorable!

These are fun too:

Austenland (2013)- rom-com about immersive Austen cosplay

Becoming Jane (2007) - starring Anne Hathaway as Austen in a fictionalized story about her failed romance with Tom LeFroy

Death Comes to Pemberley (2013) - BBC 3-part murder mystery based the book by E. L. James

Darcy in the water statue

Other Music: Excerpts from BBC's Pride and Prejudice (1996).

Thank you to David Plell and Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!

Pt I of III

Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Novels

• Sense and Sensibility (1811) published when Austen was 37 years old
• Pride and Prejudice (1813)
• Mansfield Park (1814)
• Emma (1815)
• Northanger Abbey (1818, posthumous)
• Persuasion (1818, posthumous)
• Lady Susan (1871, posthumous)

Our favorite adaptations:

BBC P&P (1995) - the best! Starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle

S&S (1995) - Emma Thompson won an Oscar for Best Adaptation and a new husband

Enjoyable Austen fan fiction:

These are the very best:

Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) - Colin Firth again! Both a tribute and its own thing.

Lost in Austen (2008) - 4-part BBC TV series: Modern day Londoner switches places with Elizabeth Bennett - adorable!

These are fun too:

Austenland (2013)- rom-com about immersive Austen cosplay

Becoming Jane (2007) - starring Anne Hathaway as Austen in a fictionalized story about her failed romance with Tom LeFroy

Death Comes to Pemberley (2013) - BBC 3-part murder mystery based the book by E. L. James

Darcy in the water statue

Other Music: Excerpts from BBC's Pride and Prejudice (1996).

Thank you to David Plell and Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!

Thank you for joining us for the fourth and final part of the series on the life and career of Preston Sturges. Unfortunately, he's a jerk in this one and his later films are... simply not good, so you'll find this to be a somewhat downbeat episode. We'll make sure something short and sweet is next, so look forward to that!

Preston Sturges (1898 - 1959) birth name Edmund Preston Biden - writer, director, producer

Part IV of IV

Must see movies:

1. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
2. The Lady Eve (1941)
3. Christmas in July (1940)

Runner Up: Palm Beach Story (1942)

Full Quote from the Title: "A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better than a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything." -Preston Sturges

Other Music: Opening credits Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, and Palm Beach Story.

Thank you to Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!