Kate’s Brownies – At Last

Sunday, November 22, 2020, 12:15 am — Katharine Hepburn … in her kitchen at the family home on the water at Fenwick, Old Saybrook, Connecticut … where she whipped up many a batch of brownies … Lights! Camera! Action! … Brownies! … followed her recipe … scrumptious! …

[Book … The Private World of Katharine Hepburn, 1990, pp. 34-35]

Recipe … 6 years ago … Kate’s Brownies, Nov. 17, 2014 … “The brownies don’t have a lot of height, but are supremely moist and chewy, quite fudge-like.” … BACKSTAGE SECRET: don’t use too much flour!

For baking ambiance, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1967 … livingroom tv … TCM OnDemand … not my favorite Kate, Spence film, but the only readily available.

BONUS! … Woman of the Year, 1942 … Kate’s accomplished Tess Harding is a shambles in the kitchen … (first film with Spencer Tracy) …

Finland Santa Cat

[from Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo’s cat adventures blog]

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 10:51 am — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … investigate the new Finnish DVD from ebay … Joulutarina / Christmas Story, 2007 … how a little Finnish boy becomes Santa Claus … streaming on Amazon Prime, but dubbed in English (no!! … HAD to get the original in Finnish) … grateful for the region-free DVD player purchased a year ago …

• Hannu-Pekka Björkman (Nikolas), Kari Väänänen (Iisakki) … director, Juha Wuolijoki
  

 

Finnish DVDs Cat

[from Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo’s cat adventures blog]

Friday, September 6, 2019, 10:21 am — Perkins … livingroom oriental rug … dreaming of movies … Finnish movies! …

… on the coffee table … Finnish DVDs … plus book, Deep River, 2019, Karl Marlantes … Southwest Washington state, Finnish-American family saga …

The new DVDs … most directly from Finland, now that I have a region-free DVD player:

• Elina: As If I Wasn’t There / Näkymätön Elina, 2002
• Ikitie / The Eternal Road, 2017
• Täällä Pohjantähden alla / Under the North Star, 2009
• Unknown Soldier / Tuntematon sotilas, 2017

Mail from Finland Cat

[from Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo’s cat adventures blog]

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 5:19 pm — Picked up a special box at the Ridgefield Post Office this afternoon … from Helsinki, Finland … Suomi! … ’cause I’m 100% Finnish! …

Tuntematon sotilas / Unknown Soldier, 1955 … first of three versions (1985, 2017) … restored, Blu-ray … ebay order, Dec. 28, 2018, $15.95, free shipping …

… Teeny Tuxedo approves of the new Finnish film addition …

… on vintage Made in Finland … Didas Deken 100% Zuiver Wol (Dutch) … Didas blanket 100% pure wool … (2017 Christmas present from L)

Tuntematon sotilas / Unknown Soldier, 1955 … directed by Edvin Laine … “First adaption of the Finnish war book (1954) by Väinö Linna. Based on Linna’s experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the “Continuation War” (1941-1944) … story of the fate of a machine gun platoon made up of young conscripts from various parts of Finland fighting against the Russian army from the beginning (summer 1941) to the end (summer/autumn 1944) of the war.”

Finnish Grannies

Saturday, November 22, 2014, 5:25 am —  Finnish Grannies and Tourists … The second Finnish comedy video I saw Thursday after discovering Ihmisten Puolue (People’s Party) … These screen captures are great, but it’s even better hearing the Finnish! … SO funny! … Especially if you have a Finlander background (like me!) …

So, here’s the Finnish urban guy who’s always complaining …

What’s THIS?! … A Finn smiling?! …  “If you’re lucky, she has even learned to fly a plane.” … Watch the video to see the lead in to this punch line … dark humor! …


The last half of the video … grannies and tourists …

Ihmisten Puolue

Friday, November 21, 2014, 4:30 pm — Yesterday’s new discovery on YouTube … Ihmisten Puolue (People’s Party) … A Finnish tv COMEDY / political satire, 2008-2010 … with English subtitles … Love it! … It’s good to hear Finnish again … and pick up more words …


Above – Taneli Mäkelä (Tapsa), Mari Perankoski (Päivi), Kari Hietalahti (Topi-Petteri), Kaija Pakarinen (Regina), Asko Sahlman (Hannes)

Some screen captures of the first sketch I saw yesterday … Finlandization / Suomettuminen (Fear of Russia) …

Sister Suffragette

Glynis Johns, Reta Shaw

Click to hear song … Sister Suffragette
From Mary Poppins, 1964
Composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman

We’re clearly soldiers in petticoats
And dauntless crusaders for women’s votes
Though we adore men individually
We agree that as a group they’re rather stupid
Cast off the shackles of yesterday
Shoulder to shoulder into the fray
Our daughters’ daughters will adore us
And they’ll sing in grateful chorus
Well done, Sister Suffragette

From Kensington to Billingsgate one hears the restless cries
From every corner of the land womankind arise
Political equality
And equal rights with men
Take heart, for Mrs. Pankhurst has been clapped in irons again

No more the meek and mild subservients we
We’re fighting for our rights militantly
Never you fear

So cast off the shackles of yesterday
Shoulder to shoulder into the fray
Our daughters’ daughters will adore us
And they’ll sing in grateful chorus
Well done
Well done
Well done, Sister Suffragette

The leader of the Women’s Suffragette movement, Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) is arrested outside Buckingham Palace, London, while trying to present a petition to HM King George V in May 1914.

• 1906 – Finland is the first country in Europe to give women the vote.
  • 1917 – Russia
  • 1918 – United Kingdom (partial), Germany, Canada, Austria.
  • 1920 – The USA, but not Native American women.
  • 1925 – Italy
  • 1928 – United Kingdom (full), Ireland
    • Became law, July 2, 1928 … Mrs. Pankhurst died, June 14, 1928.