Arts & Letters – The Cultured Curmudgeon

Quote: Wendell Berry from A World Lost

Posted on August 5, 2017August 13, 2022 by cultured

She looked upon the human condition, I think, as not satisfactory – as unacceptable, notwithstanding that we are in it whether we accept it or not. From A World Lost by Wendell Berry Photograph by Guy Mendes via Wikimedia Communs

Video: I am Human (Dr. Maya Angelou)

Posted on July 23, 2017December 24, 2020 by cultured

Video: Dylan Thomas discussing poetry and film (1953)

Posted on March 13, 2017December 24, 2020 by cultured

Video: “Bride of King Kong” scene from 1933 King Kong

Posted on March 2, 2017December 24, 2020 by cultured

Today in 1933, King Kong, starring Fay Ray, had its world premiere in New York.

Happy Birthday Doris Hare (with video)

Posted on March 1, 2017December 24, 2020 by cultured

Doris Hare, MBE (1 March 1905 – 30 May 2000) was a British actress, singer, dancer and comedian, active in New York and London, as well as Scotland, she is best known for being the second actress to portray Mrs Mabel “Mum” Butler in the popular sitcom On the Buses alongside Reg Varney. (src: Wikipedia)