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Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Gin launched in 2006. At the time, it was a bit of a bold and unusual move. Signature botanicals gin were rare. Gins that higlighted unusual botanicals in their name were even rarer.
Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Gin features the four signature botanicals of their Tanqueray London Dry Gin as a base. They then add three new ones: bay leaves, ginger and the aforementioned Rangpur Lime.
A 'London Calling' cocktail at the Ice Bar in Heddon Street, London.
Ingredients:
- Blueberry infused Tanqueray gin
- Crème de cassis liqueur
- Pomegranate juice
- Lychee juice
Photo taken at home during Germany’s second hard lockdown: A bottle of Lagavulin House Lannister, part of Diageo’s Game of Thrones Single Malt Collection. Photographed in Georgensgmuend, Franconia (Bavaria)
Some background information:
Goofing around with my camera and some bottles of whisky on New Year’s Day during lockdown no. 2: I tried out different camera settings at low light and I also tried out an all-grey background. But all results weren’t to my full satisfaction. The all-grey background was too homogenous and hence, also too boring to my mind. So I tried out the bookshelf as a background.
The two photos uploaded on Flickr are probably the best results I got, but unfortunately, the colour of the whiskies in the bottles isn’t really discernable. Well, at least the labels are. I could have made the pictures brighter of course, but in that case the books in the background would have been too dominant. Well, I guess I will have to give it some more tries with different backgrounds. By the way, a black box might be fitting here, but unfortunately I have none and I am no good do-it-yourselfer as I am all thumbs.
The Game of Thrones Single Malt Collection is a limited collection of nine Single Malt Whiskies from nine different distilleries. It was released in 2019 by the British beverage alcohol concern Diageo together with the American pay television network HBO, which produced the series. The collection features seven whiskies dedicated to the Great Houses of Westeros, one whisky dedicated to the Night’s Watch and another whisky dedicated to the Six Kingdoms resp. the Three-eyed Raven.
In particular the collection includes:
• the Dalwhinnie Winter's Frost House Stark
• the Lagavulin House Lannister, nine years old
• the Cardhu Gold Reserve House Targaryen
• the Royal Lochnagar House Baratheon, twelve years old
• the Talisker Select Reserve House Greyjoy
• the Singleton of Glendullan Select House Tully
• the Clynelish Reserve House Tyrell
• the Oban Bay Reserve The Night’s Watch
• the Mortlach Six Kingdoms, fifteen years old
I have bought them all, not only because I like both the Game of Thrones series and Single Malt Whiskies, but also because it is a limited collection and I hope for an increase in value. But if that shouldn’t happen, anyway. It would still be a nice collection with beautiful bottles and good Single Malts.
Lagavulin distillery is a Single Malt Whisky distillery in the village of Lagavulin in the south of the island of Islay, Scotland. It distils spirit that is destined to become Islay Single Malt Whisky. The name Lagavulin is an anglicisation of "Lag a' Mhuilinn", the Scottish Gaelic for "hollow of the mill".
The distillery uses the water of Loch Sholum and Lochan Sholum, two lakes at the foot of the hill Beinn Sholum. The barley used at Lagavulin is malted by and obtained from the company Port Ellen Maltings, which is also situated on the island of Islay.
Lagavulin is owned by Diageo. Diageo plc is a British multinational beverage alcohol company, with its headquarters in London. It operates in more than 180 countries and produces in more than 140 sites around the world. Until the company was overtaken by China's Kweichow Moutai in 2017, it was the world's largest distiller.
Today, Diageo is still a major producer of beer and the biggest Scotch whisky company. Currently, Diageo owns 28 Single Malt distilleries in Scotland and the sale of Scotch whisky represents 23% of the company’s total net sales. Diageo’s beverage brands include famous names like Johnny Walker, Bell’s, Bulleit, Smirnoff wodka, Captain Morgan rum, Tanqueray gin, Baileys liqueur and Guinness Irish stout beer. The company has almost 28,000 enployees and is both listed in the London Stock Exchange and in the New York Stock Exchange.
Lagavulin’s standard bottling is a 16-year-old, bottled at 43% ABV. It is marketed under Diageo’s Classic Malts Range, which includes six exceptional Scottish Single Malts that are regarded as being typical for their respective regions. Together with its close neighbours Laphroaig and Ardbeg, the distillery forms the group of the so-called "Kildaton Distilleries".
At Lagavulin’s site in the Lagavulin Bay whisky was already produced since 1742. However, the first legal distillery on this spot wasn’t founded before 1816 by John Johnston. In 1837, the distillery entered into possession of Donald Johnston, together with the Ardmore distillery on the same island of Islay (not to be confused with the Ardmore distillery in Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire). Donald Johnston merged both distilleries and from this merger the Lagavulin distillery originated.
In 1880, Lagavulin began bottling and selling its whisly as a Single Malt. In 1927, the distillery was acquired by Distillers Company Limited (DCL) and in 1930, DLC devolved Lagavulin’s operative management unto its subsidiary Scottish Malt Distillers. Since 1997, the distillery belongs to the drinks giant Diageo, which was formed in the same year from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan.
In its history, Lagavulin was mothballed briefly several times: in 1918, during World War II between 1941 and 1945, and again between 1952 and 1953. But today it is a very successful distillery whose products are deemed of high quality and also make the heart of the popular White Horse Blended Scotch Whisky.
Very dry monochrome martini with Tanqueray gin at Fleet Landing, Atlantic Beach, Fla. ©2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
When I first saw Fundingo's shot I thought - now there's a girl after my own heart. Before Violet I used to drink a lot of gin, and yes, sometimes I cried and sometimes I sinned. Since my girl I've steered clear, except New Year's Eve 2006 when I basically ginned myself and lost 4 hours. Oops. Anyway, we've got this in for Christmas, although I don't fancy its chances of making it to Christmas eve...
So, cheers Funingo, your shot is way cooler but I am not sure who drinks the finest gin - as Amy Winohouse would say :
Meet you downstairs in the bar and heard
Your rolled up sleeves in your skull t-shirt
You say, "Why did you do with him today?"
And sniff me out like I was Tanqueray
Tanqueray N° Ten Gin gets its name from being made in Tanqueray’s number 10 still. Tanqueray 10 has all four of the base botanicals from Tanqueray London Dry: juniper, coriander, angelica, and licorice plus Tanqueray 10 adds an additional four elements to the mix, including fresh white grapefruit, fresh lime, fresh orange, and chamomile flowers for a total of 8 botanicals.
Tanqueray 10 is 94.6 Proof and is rated 97.
DSC_0602 - LT450 - LTZ 1450 - Wrightbus New Routemaster - Go-Ahead London Central (Tanqueray Gin) - Waterloo, Waterloo Bridge 11/06/16
Steely Dan is an American rock duo founded in 1972 by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Blending rock, jazz, latin music, reggae, traditional pop, R&B, blues,[2] and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981.[2] Throughout their career, the duo recorded with a revolving cast of session musicians, and in 1974 retired from live performances to become a studio-only band. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".[4]
After the group disbanded in 1981, Becker and Fagen were less active throughout most of the next decade, though a cult following[2] remained devoted to the group. Since reuniting in 1993, Steely Dan has toured steadily and released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature, earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. They have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001.[5][6][7][8] VH1 ranked Steely Dan at #82 on their list of the 100 greatest musical artists of all time.[9] Founding member Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017, leaving Fagen as the sole official member.
Contents
1History
1.1Formative and early years (1967–1972)
1.2Can't Buy a Thrill and Countdown to Ecstasy (1972–1973)
1.3Pretzel Logic and Katy Lied (1974–1976)
1.4The Royal Scam and Aja (1976–1978)
1.5Gaucho and breakup (1978–1981)
1.6Time off (1981–1993)
1.7Reunion, Alive in America (1993–2000)
1.8Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go (2000–2003)
1.8.1Firing of Roger Nichols
1.9Touring, solo activity (2003–2017)
1.10After Becker's death (2017–present)
2Musical and lyrical style
2.1Music
2.1.1Overall sound
2.1.2Backing vocals
2.1.3Horns
2.1.4Composition and chord use
2.2Lyrics
3Members
3.1Timeline
4Discography
5See also
6References
7External links
History
Formative and early years (1967–1972)
Becker and Fagen met in 1967 at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. As Fagen passed by a café, The Red Balloon, he heard Becker practicing the electric guitar.[10] In an interview, Fagen recounted the experience: "I hear this guy practicing, and it sounded very professional and contemporary. It sounded like, you know, like a black person, really."[10] He introduced himself to Becker and asked, "Do you want to be in a band?"[10] Discovering that they enjoyed similar music, the two began writing songs together.
Becker and Fagen began playing in local groups. One such group, known as the Don Fagen Jazz Trio, the Bad Rock Group and later the Leather Canary, included future comedy star Chevy Chase on drums. They played covers of songs by The Rolling Stones ("Dandelion"), Moby Grape ("Hey Grandma"), and Willie Dixon ("Spoonful"), as well as some original compositions.[10] Terence Boylan, another Bard musician, remembered that Fagen took readily to the beatnik life while attending college: "They never came out of their room, they stayed up all night. They looked like ghosts—black turtlenecks and skin so white that it looked like yogurt. Absolutely no activity, chain-smoking Lucky Strikes and dope."[10] Fagen himself would later remember it as "probably the only time in my life that I actually had friends."[11]
After Fagen graduated in 1969, the two moved to Brooklyn and tried to peddle their tunes in the Brill Building in midtown Manhattan. Kenny Vance (of Jay and the Americans), who had a production office in the building, took an interest in their music, which led to work on the soundtrack of the low-budget Richard Pryor film You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat. Becker later said bluntly, "We did it for the money."[12] A series of demos from 1968 to 1971 are available in multiple different releases, not authorized by Becker and Fagen.[13] This collection features approximately 25 tracks and is notable for its sparse arrangements (Fagen plays solo piano on many songs) and lo-fi production, a contrast with Steely Dan's later work. Although some of these songs ("Caves of Altamira", "Brooklyn", "Barrytown") were re-recorded for Steely Dan albums, most were never officially released.
Becker and Fagen joined the touring band of Jay and the Americans for about a year and a half.[14] They were at first paid $100 per show, but partway through their tenure the band's tour manager cut their salaries in half.[14] The group's lead singer, Jay Black, dubbed Becker and Fagen "the Manson and Starkweather of rock 'n' roll", referring to cult leader Charles Manson and spree killer Charles Starkweather.[14]
They had little success after moving to Brooklyn, although Barbra Streisand recorded their song "I Mean To Shine" on her 1971 Barbra Joan Streisand album. Their fortunes changed when one of Vance's associates, Gary Katz, moved to Los Angeles to become a staff producer for ABC Records. He hired Becker and Fagen as staff songwriters; they flew to California. Katz would produce all their 1970s albums in collaboration with engineer Roger Nichols. Nichols would win six Grammy Awards for his work with the band from the 1970s to 2001.[15]
After realizing that their songs were too complex for other ABC artists, at Katz's suggestion Becker and Fagen formed their own band with guitarists Denny Dias and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, drummer Jim Hodder and singer David Palmer, and Katz signed them to ABC as recording artists. Fans of Beat Generation literature, Fagen and Becker named the band after a "revolutionary" steam-powered dildo mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch.[16][17][18] Palmer joined as a second lead vocalist because of Fagen's occasional stage fright, his reluctance to sing in front of an audience, and because the label believed that his voice was not "commercial" enough.
In 1972, ABC issued Steely Dan's first single, "Dallas", backed with "Sail the Waterway". Distribution of "stock" copies available to the general public was apparently extremely limited;[19] the single sold so poorly that promotional copies are much more readily available than stock copies in today's collectors market. As of 2015, "Dallas" and "Sail the Waterway" are the only officially released Steely Dan tracks that have not been reissued on cassette or compact disc. In an interview (1995), Becker and Fagen called the songs "stinko."[20] "Dallas" was later covered by Poco on their Head Over Heels album.
Can't Buy a Thrill and Countdown to Ecstasy (1972–1973)
Can't Buy a Thrill, Steely Dan's debut album, was released in 1972. Its hit singles "Do It Again" and "Reelin' In the Years" reached No. 6 and No. 11 respectively on the Billboard singles chart. Along with "Dirty Work" (sung by David Palmer), the songs became staples on classic rock radio.
Because of Fagen's reluctance to sing live, Palmer handled most of the vocal duties on stage. During the first tour, however, Katz and Becker decided that they preferred Fagen's interpretations of the band's songs, persuading him to take over. Palmer quietly left the group while it recorded its second album. He wrote the No. 2 hit "Jazzman" (1974) with Carole King.
Released in 1973, Countdown to Ecstasy was not as commercially successful as Steely Dan's first album. Becker and Fagen were unhappy with some of the performances on the record and believed that it sold poorly because it had been recorded hastily on tour. The album's singles were "Show Biz Kids" and "My Old School", both of which stayed in the lower half of the Billboard charts (though "My Old School" and—to a lesser extent—"Bodhisattva" became minor FM Rock staples in time).
Pretzel Logic and Katy Lied (1974–1976)
Guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter left Steely Dan in 1974 when they ceased performing live and began working in the studio exclusively.
Pretzel Logic was released in early 1974. A diverse set, it includes the group's most successful single, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100), and a note-for-note rendition of Duke Ellington and James "Bubber" Miley's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo".
During the previous album's tour, the band had added vocalist-percussionist Royce Jones, vocalist-keyboardist Michael McDonald, and session drummer Jeff Porcaro.[21] Porcaro played the sole drum track on one song, "Night By Night" on Pretzel Logic (Jim Gordon played drums on all the remaining tracks, and he and Porcaro both played on "Parker's Band"), reflecting Steely Dan's increasing reliance on session musicians (including Dean Parks and Rick Derringer). Jeff Porcaro and Katy Lied pianist David Paich would go on to form Toto. Striving for perfection, Becker and Fagen sometimes asked musicians to record as many as forty takes of each track.[22]
Pretzel Logic was the first Steely Dan album to feature Walter Becker on guitar. "Once I met [session musician] Chuck Rainey", he explained, "I felt there really was no need for me to be bringing my bass guitar to the studio anymore".[22]
A rift began growing between Becker-Fagen and Steely Dan's other members (particularly Baxter and Hodder), who wanted to tour. Becker and Fagen disliked constant touring and wanted to concentrate solely on writing and recording. The other members gradually left the band, discouraged by this and by their diminishing roles in the studio. However, Dias remained with the group until 1980's Gaucho and Michael McDonald contributed vocals until the group's twenty-year hiatus after Gaucho. Baxter and McDonald went on to join The Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan's last tour performance was on July 5, 1974, a concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California.[23]
Becker and Fagen recruited a diverse group of session players for Katy Lied (1975), including Porcaro, Paich, and McDonald, as well as guitarist Elliott Randall, jazz saxophonist Phil Woods, saxophonist/bass-guitarist Wilton Felder, percussionist/vibraphonist/keyboardist Victor Feldman, keyboardist (and later producer) Michael Omartian, and guitarist Larry Carlton—Dias, Becker, and Fagen being Steely Dan's only original members. The album went gold on the strength of "Black Friday" and "Bad Sneakers", but Becker and Fagen were so dissatisfied with the album's sound (compromised by a faulty DBX noise reduction system) that they publicly apologized for it (on the album's back cover) and for years refused to listen to it in its final form.[24] Katy Lied also included "Doctor Wu" and "Chain Lightning".
The Royal Scam and Aja (1976–1978)
The Royal Scam was released in May 1976. Partly because of Carlton's prominent contributions, it is the band's most guitar-oriented album. It also features performances by session drummer Bernard Purdie. The album sold well in the United States, though without the strength of a hit single. "Haitian Divorce" (Top 20) drove sales in the UK, becoming Steely Dan's first major hit in that country.[25] Steely Dan's sixth album, the jazz-influenced Aja, was released in September 1977. Aja reached the Top Five in the U.S. charts within three weeks, winning the Grammy award for "Engineer – Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical." It was also one of the first American LPs to be certified 'platinum' for sales of over 1 million albums.[26][27]
Roger [Nichols] made those records sound like they did. He was extraordinary in his willingness and desire to make records sound better.[28] The records we did could not have been done without Roger. He was just maniacal about making the sound of the records be what we liked... He always thought there was a better way to do it, and he would find a way to do what we needed to in ways that other people hadn't done yet.[29]
~ Steely Dan producer Gary Katz regarding Roger Nichols' role in the band's recording legacy.
Featuring Michael McDonald's backing vocals, "Peg" (No. 11) was the album's first single, followed by "Josie" (No. 26) and "Deacon Blues" (No. 19). Aja solidified Becker's and Fagen's reputations as songwriters and studio perfectionists. It features such jazz and fusion luminaries as guitarists Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour; bassist Chuck Rainey; saxophonists Wayne Shorter, Pete Christlieb, and Tom Scott; drummers Steve Gadd, Rick Marotta and Bernard Purdie; pianist Joe Sample and ex-Miles Davis pianist/vibraphonist Victor Feldman and Grammy award-winning producer/arranger Michael Omartian (piano).
Planning to tour in support of Aja, Steely Dan assembled a live band. Rehearsal ended and the tour was canceled when backing musicians began comparing pay.[30] The album's history was documented in an episode of the TV and DVD series Classic Albums.
After Aja's success, Becker and Fagen were asked to write the title track for the movie FM. The movie was a box-office disaster, but the song was a hit, earning Steely Dan another engineering Grammy award. It was a minor hit in the UK and barely missed the Top 20 in the U.S.A.[25]
Gaucho and breakup (1978–1981)
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Becker and Fagen took a break from songwriting for most of 1978 before starting work on Gaucho. The project would not go smoothly: technical, legal, and personal setbacks delayed the album's release and subsequently led Becker and Fagen to suspend their partnership for over a decade.
Misfortune struck early when an assistant engineer accidentally erased most of "The Second Arrangement", a favorite track of Katz and Nichols,[31] which was never recovered. More trouble — this time legal — followed. In March 1979, MCA Records bought ABC, and for much of the next two years Steely Dan could not release an album. Becker and Fagen had planned on leaving ABC for Warner Bros. Records, but MCA claimed ownership of their music, preventing them from changing labels.
Turmoil in Becker's personal life also interfered. His girlfriend died of a drug overdose in their Upper West Side apartment, and he was sued for $17 million. Becker settled out of court, but he was shocked by the accusations and by the tabloid press coverage that followed. Soon after, Becker was struck by a taxi while crossing a Manhattan street, shattering his right leg in several places and forcing him to use crutches.
Still more legal trouble was to come. Jazz composer Keith Jarrett sued Steely Dan for copyright infringement, claiming that they had based Gaucho's title track on one of his compositions, "Long As You Know You're Living Yours" (Fagen later admitted that he'd loved the song and that it had been a strong influence).[32]
Gaucho was finally released in November 1980. Despite its tortured history, it was another major success. The album's first single, "Hey Nineteen", reached No. 10 on the pop chart in early 1981, and "Time Out of Mind" (featuring guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits) was a moderate hit in the spring. "My Rival" was featured in John Huston's 1980 film Phobia. Roger Nichols won a third engineering Grammy award for his work on the album.
Time off (1981–1993)
Steely Dan disbanded in June 1981.[33] Becker and his family moved to Maui, where he became an "avocado rancher and self-styled critic of the contemporary scene."[34] He stopped using drugs, which he had used for most of his career.[35][36][37] Meanwhile, Fagen released a solo album, The Nightfly (1982), which went platinum in both the U.S. and the U.K. and yielded the Top Twenty hit "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)." In 1988 Fagen wrote the score of Bright Lights, Big City and a song for its soundtrack, but otherwise recorded little. He occasionally did production work for other artists, as did Becker. The most prominent of these were two albums Becker produced for the British sophisti-pop group China Crisis, who were strongly influenced by Steely Dan.[38] Becker is listed as an official member of China Crisis on the first of these albums, 1985's Flaunt the Imperfection, and played keyboards on the band's Top 20 UK hit "Black Man Ray". For the second of the two albums, 1989's Diary of a Hollow Horse, Becker is only listed as a producer and not as a band member.
In 1986 Becker and Fagen performed on Zazu, an album by former model Rosie Vela produced by Gary Katz.[39] The two rekindled their friendship and held songwriting sessions between 1986 and 1987, leaving the results unfinished.[40] On October 23, 1991, Becker attended a concert by New York Rock and Soul Revue, co-founded by Fagen and producer/singer Libby Titus (who was for many years the partner of Levon Helm of The Band and would later become Fagen's wife), and spontaneously performed with the group.
Becker produced Fagen's second solo album, Kamakiriad, in 1993. Fagen conceived the album as a sequel to The Nightfly.[citation needed]
Reunion, Alive in America (1993–2000)
Steely Dan, shown here in 2007, toured frequently after reforming in 1993.
Becker and Fagen reunited for an American tour to support Kamakiriad, which sold poorly despite a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. With Becker playing lead and rhythm guitar, the pair assembled a band that included a second keyboard player, second lead guitarist, bassist, drummer, vibraphonist, three female backing singers, and four-piece saxophone section. Among the musicians from the live band, several would continue to work with Steely Dan over the next decade, including bassist Tom Barney and saxophone players Cornelius Bumpus and Chris Potter. During this tour, Fagen introduced himself as "Rick Strauss" and Becker as "Frank Poulenc".
The next year, MCA released Citizen Steely Dan, a boxed set featuring their entire catalog (except their debut single "Dallas"/"Sail The Waterway") on four CDs, plus four extra tracks: "Here at the Western World" (originally released on 1978's "Greatest Hits"), "FM" (1978 single), a 1971 demo of "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" and "Bodhisattva (live)", the latter recorded on a cassette in 1974 and released as a B-side in 1980. That year Becker released his debut solo album, 11 Tracks of Whack, which Fagen co-produced.
Steely Dan toured again in support of the boxed set and Tracks. In 1995 they released a live CD, Alive in America, compiled from recordings of several 1993 and 1994 concerts. The Art Crimes Tour followed, including dates in the United States, Japan, and their first European shows in 22 years. After this activity, Becker and Fagen returned to the studio to begin work on a new album.
Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go (2000–2003)
In 2000 Steely Dan released their first studio album in 20 years: Two Against Nature. It won four Grammy Awards: Best Engineered Album – Non-Classical, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal ("Cousin Dupree"), and Album of the Year (despite competition in this category from Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP and Radiohead's Kid A). In the summer of 2000, they began another American tour, followed by an international tour later that year. The tour featured guitarist Jon Herington, who would go on to play with the band over the next two decades. The group released the Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party DVD, documenting a live-in-the-studio concert performance of popular songs from throughout Steely Dan's career. In March 2001, Steely Dan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[5][6]
In 2003 Steely Dan released Everything Must Go. In contrast to their earlier work, they had tried to write music that captured a live feel. Becker sang lead vocals on a Steely Dan studio album for the first time ("Slang of Ages" — he had sung lead on his own "Book of Liars" on Alive in America). Fewer session musicians played on Everything Must Go than had become typical of Steely Dan albums: Becker played bass on every track and lead guitar on five tracks; Fagen added piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizers, and percussion on top of his vocals; touring drummer Keith Carlock played on every track.
Firing of Roger Nichols
In 2002 during the recording of Everything Must Go, Becker and Fagen fired their engineer Roger Nichols, who had worked with them for 30 years, without explanation or notification, according to band biographer Brian Sweet's 2018 revision of his book Reelin' in the Years.[41]
Touring, solo activity (2003–2017)
To complete his Nightfly trilogy, Fagen issued Morph the Cat in 2006. Steely Dan returned to annual touring that year with the Steelyard "Sugartooth" McDan and The Fab-Originees.com Tour.[42] Despite much fluctuation in membership, the live band featured mainstays Herrington, Carlock, bassist Freddie Washington, the horn section of Michael Leonhart, Jim Pugh, Roger Rosenberg, and Walt Weiskopf, and backing vocalists Carolyn Leonhart and Cindy Mizelle. The 2007 Heavy Rollers Tour included dates in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, making it their most expansive tour.[43]
The smaller Think Fast Tour followed in 2008, with keyboardist Jim Beard joining the live band. That year Becker released a second album, Circus Money, produced by Larry Klein and inspired by Jamaican music. In 2009 Steely Dan toured Europe and America extensively in their Left Bank Holiday and Rent Party Tour, alternating between standard one-date concerts at large venues and multi-night theater shows that featured performances of The Royal Scam, Aja, or Gaucho in their entirety on certain nights. The following year, Fagen formed the touring supergroup Dukes of September Rhythm Revue with McDonald, Boz Scaggs, and members of Steely Dan's live band, whose repertoire included songs by all three songwriters. Longtime studio engineer Roger Nichols died of pancreatic cancer on April 10, 2011.[44] Steely Dan's Shuffle Diplomacy Tour that year included an expanded set list and dates in Australia and New Zealand. Fagen released his fourth album, Sunken Condos, in 2012. It was his first solo release unrelated to the Nightfly trilogy.
The Mood Swings: 8 Miles to Pancake Day Tour began in July 2013 and featured an eight-night run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.[45] Jamalot Ever After, their 2014 United States tour, ran from July 2 in Portland, Oregon to September 20 in Port Chester, New York.[46] 2015's Rockabye Gollie Angel Tour included opening act Elvis Costello and the Imposters and dates at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The Dan Who Knew Too Much tour followed in 2016, with Steve Winwood opening. Steely Dan also performed at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with an accompanying orchestra.
The band played its final shows with Becker in 2017. In April, they played the 12-date Reelin' In the Chips residency in Las Vegas and Southern California.[47] Becker's final performance came on May 27 at the Greenwich Town Party in Greenwich, Connecticut.[48] Due to illness, Becker did not play Steely Dan's two Classics East and West concerts at Dodger Stadium and Citi Field in July.[49] Fagen embarked on a tour that summer with a new backing band, The Nightflyers.
After Becker's death (2017–present)
Becker died from complications of esophageal cancer on September 3, 2017.[50] In a note released to the media, Fagen remembered his longtime friend and bandmate, and promised to "keep the music we created together alive as long as I can with the Steely Dan band."[51] After Becker's death, Steely Dan honored commitments to perform a short North American tour in October 2017 and three concert dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland for Bluesfest on a double bill with the Doobie Brothers.[52] The band played its first concert following Becker's death in Thackerville, Oklahoma, on October 13.[52] In tribute to Becker, they performed his solo song "Book of Liars", with Fagen singing the lead vocals, at several concerts on the tour.[53]
Becker's widow and estate sued Fagen later that year, arguing that the estate should control 50% of the band's shares.[54] Fagen filed a counter suit, arguing that the band had drawn up plans in 1972 stating that band members leaving the band or dying relinquish shares of the band's output to the surviving members. In December, Fagen said that he would rather have retired the Steely Dan name after Becker's death, and would instead have toured with the current iteration of the group under another name, but was persuaded not to by promoters for commercial reasons.[55]
In 2018, Steely Dan performed on a summer tour of the United States with The Doobie Brothers as co-headliners.[56] The band also played a nine-show residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City that October.[57] In February 2019, the band embarked on a tour of Great Britain with Steve Winwood.[58] Guitarist Connor Kennedy of The Nightflyers joined the live band, beginning with a nine-night residency at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas in April 2019.[59]
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Steely Dan among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.[60]
Musical and lyrical style
Music
Overall sound
Special attention is given to the individual sound of each instrument. Recording is done with the utmost fidelity and attention to sonic detail, and mixed so that all the instruments are heard and none are given undue priority. Their albums are also notable for the characteristically 'warm' and 'dry' production sound, and the sparing use of echo and reverberation.
Backing vocals
Becker and Fagen favored a distinctly soul-influenced style of backing vocals, which after the first few albums were almost always performed by a female chorus (although Michael McDonald features prominently on several tracks, including the 1975 song "Black Friday" and the 1977 song "Peg"). Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King were the preferred trio for backing vocals on the group's late 1970s albums.[61] Other backing vocalists include Timothy B. Schmit, Tawatha Agee, Brenda White-King, Carolyn Leonhart, Janice Pendarvis, Catherine Russell, Cynthia Calhoun, Victoria Cave, Cindy Mizelle, and Jeff Young. The band also featured singers like Patti Austin and Valerie Simpson on later projects such as Gaucho.
Horns
Horn arrangements have been used on songs from all Steely Dan albums. They typically feature instruments such as trumpets, trombones and saxophones, although they have also used other instruments such as flutes and clarinets. The horn parts occasionally integrate simple synth lines to alter the tone quality of individual horn lines; for example in "Deacon Blues" this was done to "thicken" one of the saxophone lines. On their earlier albums Steely Dan featured guest arrangers and on their later albums the arrangement work is credited to Fagen.
Composition and chord use
Steely Dan is famous for their use of chord sequences and harmonies that explore the area of musical tension between traditional pop sounds and jazz. In particular, they are known for their use of the add 2 chord, a type of added tone chord, which they nicknamed the mu major.[62][63][64] Other common chords used by Steely Dan include slash chords for example Bb/C or E7/A. This notation shows a chord (shown to the left of the slash) with a note other than the tonic (shown to the right of the slash) as the lowest pitched note.[65]
Lyrics
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Steely Dan's lyrical subjects are diverse, but in their basic approach they often create fictional personae that participate in a narrative or situation. The duo have said that in retrospect, most of their albums have a "feel" of either Los Angeles or New York City, the two main cities where Becker and Fagen lived and worked. Characters appear in their songs that evoke these cities. Steely Dan's lyrics are often puzzling to the listener,[66] with the true meaning of the song "uncoded" through repeated listening, and a richer understanding of the references within the lyrics. For example, in the song "Everyone's Gone to the Movies," the line "I know you're used to 16 or more, sorry we only have eight" refers not to the count of some article, but to eight-millimeter film, which was lower quality than 16 mm or larger formats, underscoring the illicitness of Mr. Lapage's movie parties.
Thematically, Steely Dan creates a universe peopled by losers, creeps and failed dreamers, often victims of their own obsessions and delusions. These motifs are introduced in the Dan's first hit song, "Do It Again," which contains a description of a murderous cowboy who beats the gallows, a man taken advantage of by a cheating girlfriend, and an obsessive gambler, all of whom are unable to command their own destinies; similar themes of being trapped in a death spiral of one's own making appear throughout their catalog. Other themes that they explore include prejudice, aging, poverty, and middle-class ennui.
Many would argue that Steely Dan never wrote a genuine love song, instead dealing with personal passion in the guise of a destructive obsession.[67] Many of their songs concern love, but typical of Steely Dan songs is an ironic or disturbing twist in the lyrics that reveals a darker reality. For example, expressed "love" is actually about prostitution ("Pearl of the Quarter"), incest ("Cousin Dupree"), pornography ("Everyone's Gone to the Movies"), or some other socially unacceptable subject.[68] However, some of their demo-era recordings show Fagen and Becker expressing romance, including "This Seat's Been Taken", "Oh, Wow, It's You" and "Come Back Baby".
Steely Dan's lyrics contain subtle and encoded references, unusual (and sometimes original) slang expressions, a wide variety of "word games." The obscure and sometimes teasing lyrics have given rise to considerable efforts by fans to explain the "inner meaning" of certain songs.[69][70] Jazz is a recurring theme, and there are numerous other film, television and literary references and allusions, such as "Home at Last" (from Aja), which was inspired by Homer's Odyssey.
Some of their lyrics are notable for their unusual meter patterns; a prime example of this is their 1972 hit "Reelin' In the Years", which crams an unusually large number of words into each line, giving it a highly syncopated quality.
"Name dropping" is another Steely Dan lyrical device; references to real places and people abound in their songs. The song "My Old School" is an example, referring to Annandale (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, is home to Bard College, which both attended and where they met), and the Two Against Nature album (2000) contains numerous references to the duo's original region, the New York metro area, including the district of Gramercy Park, the Strand Bookstore, and the upscale food store Dean & DeLuca. In the song "Glamour Profession" the conclusion of a drug deal is celebrated with dumplings at Mr. Chow, a Chinese restaurant in Beverly Hills. The band even employed self-reference; in the song "Show Biz Kids," the titular subjects are sardonically portrayed as owning "the Steely Dan T-shirt."
The band also often name-checks drinks, typically alcoholic, in their songs: rum and cokes ("Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More"), piña coladas ("Bad Sneakers"), zombies ("Haitian Divorce"), black cows ("Black Cow"), Scotch whisky ("Deacon Blues"), retsina ("Home at Last"), grapefruit wine ("FM"), cherry wine ("Time Out of Mind"), Cuervo Gold ("Hey Nineteen"), kirschwasser ("Babylon Sisters"), Tanqueray ("Lunch with Gina"), Cuban breeze (Fagen's solo track "The Goodbye Look"), and margaritas ("Everything Must Go") are all mentioned in Steely Dan lyrics.[71]
Members
Current members
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, keyboards (1972–1981, 1993–present)
Former members
Walter Becker – guitar, bass, backing and lead vocals (1972–1981, 1993–2017; his death)
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar, backing vocals (1972–1974)
Denny Dias – guitar (1972–1974, studio contributions until 1977)
Jim Hodder – drums, backing and lead vocals (1972–1974; died 1990)
David Palmer – backing and lead vocals (1972–1973)
Royce Jones – backing and lead vocals, percussion (1973–1974)
Michael McDonald – keyboards, backing vocals (1974, studio contributions until 1980)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (1974, studio contributions until 1980; died 1992)
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Italian postcard by G.B. Falci, Milano. Pina Menichelli and Livio Pavanelli in La seconda moglie (Amleto Palermi, 1923).
One of Pina Menichelli's last diva films was La seconda moglie (produced in 1922, released in 1923). The film was directed by Amleto Palermi and based on the play The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Arthur Wing Pinero. Widower Lord Tanqueray (Pavanelli) remarries, tired of being alone. His new wife, the mundane Paula (Menichelli, of course), is the opposite of his austere, perfect first wife. Though she abandons her former life, Tanqueray's daughter Eliana (Orietta Claudi) is disgusted by her. When Eliana comes back from Paris with her new lover, however, Paula recognizes him as her former lover...
The play had already been a popular vehicle for Italian stage actresses such as Eleonora Duse and Virginia Reiter and had already been filmed in Britain by Fred Paul in 1916, with Hilda Moore as the protagonist. While some Italian critics disliked of Menichelli's acting as too mannerist, critic Aurelio Spada praised her acting and Palermi's directing in the scenes in which Paula is in love and jealous of the innocent Eliana, trying to win her sympathy. La seconda moglie was one of Menichelli's most popular films. Exteriors were shot in London.
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This is No Shade In The Shadows, a cocktail created by Jeremy Oertel for Death & Co in New York City in 2015 and published in Death & Co Welcome Home in 2021. In mixology, we think about certain spirits as being the common stars of any particular classic cocktail, like gin or bourbon. Bartenders trying to invent new cocktail in the modern era don't have as much room with just these 'classic' ingredients and thus previously overlooked spirits find their way into the shoes of classic cocktails. This drink is a good example of that. Oertel uses the Martinez (first printed in 1884!) and put unaged Armagnac into the role reserved for gin. This unaged grape brandy has enough character and flavor to replace the boldness of the gin. To augment that brandy, he also employs a pineapple-infused gin which gives some extra depth and even more fruit notes. The rest of the cocktail is built faithfully like a Martinez, with just a touch of absinthe for a bit of herbal profile.
I overlooked this recipe several times until I committed to make the pineapple-infused gin recently. I thought I knew what this would taste like, but I was wrong. The flavors adhere to each other in an unexpected way that tastes like something altogether new. It has the elegance of the original Martinez, but with a fruit-forward flavor profile that seamlessly replaces the gin's botanicals.
1.25 oz unaged Armagnac (see note)
0.75 oz pineapple-infused gin (see note)
0.75 oz sweet vermouth (D&C use Cocchi Vermouth di Torino)
1 tsp Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash absinthe
Combine all of the ingredient into a mixing glass. Add ice and stir until arctic cold. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.
Note: I could not find the specific Armagnac called for or any other unaged Armagnac. I did acquire a bottle of Copper & Kings Immature Brandy and the description of it fit Domaine D'esperance Blanche Armagnac which D&C uses. A quality pisco could also work. There's plenty of room in this cocktail to experiment with unaged grape brandies.
To make the pineapple-infused gin, combine 750 ml of Tanqueray gin (or other London dry gin) with 350 grams of fresh cubed pineapple in a large jar or bowl and then cover. Allow to macerate for 4 hours and then taste test it. If it has reached the desired pineappley-ness, then strain through a sieve and then through cheesecloth. If not, let it macerate for another hour and test again. Funnel the infusion into the original bottle and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 months.
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Pink 47 (70cl) 47% = 33 UK units
Bombay Sapphire (1L) 40% = 40 UK units
Christopher Wren (70cl) 45.3% = 31.7 UK units
Tanqueray No. Ten (70cl) 47.3%
Roku (70cl) 43% =30.1 UK units
Sibling (miniture 52ml) 42%
Botanicals (from L to R): Orange zest, Pink peppercorns, Juniper berries, Cinnamon sticks, Cardamom pods, Orange blossom.
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This is Bikini Kill, a cocktail created by Al Sotak in 2014 for Death & Co and published in Death & Co Welcome Home in 2021. This is a Martini variation that employs a few substitutions for a flavor profile more aligned with warmer weather. The most prominent change is the usage of pineapple-infused gin. This is complimented by El Dorado 3 year which has a clean and subtle coconut flavor. A little bit of Giffard Pamplemousse and elderflower liqueur bring some aromatic floral notes. Dry vermouth remains in the recipe to keep this cocktail firmly grounded in its martini identity. Lastly, a grapefruit peel is expressed over the top. Oftentimes, a garnish can be insignificant, but here it makes a considerable impact. The oils in grapefruit peel have a uniquely "zesty" quality which works perfectly with the other flavors in this cocktail. A lot of people love to turn to shaken citrus juice cocktails when the weather becomes warm, but I want stirred drinks in every season and this one fits the bill nicely.
1.75 oz pineapple-infused gin (see note)
0.25 oz El Dorado 3 year rum (Brugal Extra Dry would work great too)
0.5 oz Dolin dry vermouth
0.25 oz Giffard Pamplemousse liqueur
1 tsp elderflower liqueur
Combine all of the ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice and stir until arctic cold. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass or other stemware. Garnish with a lemon peel.
Note: to make the pineapple-infused gin, combine 750 ml of Tanqueray gin (or other London dry gin) with 350 grams of fresh cubed pineapple in a large jar or bowl and then cover. Allow to macerate for 4 hours and then taste test it. If it has reached the desired pineappley-ness, then strain through a sieve and then through cheesecloth. If not, let it macerate for another hour and test again. Funnel the infusion into the original bottle and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 months.
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This is Dearly Departed, an original cocktail I created recently. The name comes from a song on DeVotchka's album, How It Ends. I wanted to make a martini variation that was still centered on gin. After learning about white port and obtaining a bottle for myself, I found it mixes cooperatively with gin. After a bunch of complex iterations with long ingredient lists, I found that a more minimal approach was the right path. I paired the gin + port combination with Bittermens Boston Bittahs, which has a lovely chamomile note to it. A few drops of Bittermens Buck Ginger, everything clicked together. The result is a dry and minimalist martini-like nightcap.
2 oz Tanqueray No. Ten gin (see note)
0.75 oz white port (I used Kopke Dry White)
2 dash Bittermens Boston Bittahs
5-6 drops Bittermens Buck Ginger (omittable if this is hard to find)
Combine all of the ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice and stir until arctic cold. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.
Note: Your gin choice matters here. Tanqueray No. Ten has a nice spice profile that works better here. Plymouth-style gins aren't as good. Substitute at your discretion.
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The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that was published by the Corona Publishing Co. of Blackpool. The card was printed in Italy.
Although the card was not posted, someone has used a pencil in order to write the following on the divided back:
"July 12th. 1918.
Dear Edith,
I think that we have nearly
all got better after a visit
from the flu which is
terrible - you ought to have
seen us last Sunday - there
were Stanley, Mother, Laura
and me all under the weather.
I shall not be coming
tomorrow so bring our little
bit of wage on if you don't
mind.
Sorry I couldn't get a present
for your birthday but this will
do instead.
If it is not too late tell Ernest
that he didn't ought to give
me the flu.
I have not much to say so I
will now close.
With best love,
Doris
xxxxxxxx"
Miss Gladys Cooper
Gladys Cooper's most noticeable characteristic is that she rarely if ever smiled when being photographed. In some publicity shots she actually looks quite annoyed.
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, (18th. December 1888 – 17th. November 1971) was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.
Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she was starring in dramatic roles and silent films before the First World War.
She also became a manager of the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1933, where she played many roles. From the early 1920's, Cooper was winning praise in plays by W. Somerset Maugham and others.
In the 1930's, she was starring both in the West End and on Broadway. Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles; she was nominated for three Academy Awards, the last one as Mrs. Higgins in 'My Fair Lady' (1964). Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, she mixed her stage and film careers, continuing to star on stage until her last year.
Gladys Cooper - The Early Years
Cooper was born at 23 Ennersdale Road, Hither Green, Lewisham, London, the eldest of the three daughters of Charles William Frederick Cooper and Mabel Barnett.
Gladys Cooper spent most of her childhood in Chiswick, where her family moved when she was an infant.
Gladys made her stage debut in 1905 touring with Seymour Hicks in his musical 'Bluebell in Fairyland'. The young beauty was also a popular photographic model.
In 1906, she appeared as Lady Swan in London in 'The Belle of Mayfair', and then in the pantomime 'Babes in the Wood' as Mavis. The following year she became a chorus girl at the Gaiety Theatre, creating the small role of Eva in 'The Girls of Gottenberg'. That Christmas, she was Molly in 'Babes in the Wood'.
In 1908, she appeared in the musical 'Havana', followed the next year by 'Our Miss Gibbs', in which she played Lady Connie. She was then on tour again with Hicks, in 'Papa's Wife', before playing Sadie von Tromp in the hit operetta 'The Dollar Princess' at Daly's Theatre in 1909.
In 1911, she appeared in a production of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and in 'Man and Superman'. Among several other plays, the next year she was Muriel Pym in 'Milestones' at the Royalty Theatre. A highlight of 1913 was Dora in 'Diplomacy' at Wyndham's Theatre. That year she also played the title role in 'The Pursuit of Pamela' at the Royalty.
In 1913 Cooper appeared in her first film, 'The Eleventh Commandment', going on to make several more silent films during the Great War and shortly afterwards. She continued full-time stage work, however, including appearances as Lady Agatha Lazenby in 'The Admirable Crichton' in 1916, and Clara de Foenix in 'Trelawny of the Wells'.
In addition, in 1917, Cooper became co-manager, with Frank Curzon, of the Playhouse Theatre, taking over sole control from 1927 until she left in 1933. During these years, she starred several times in 'My Lady's Dress'. She appeared in W. Somerset Maugham's 'Home and Beauty' in 1919, repeated Dora at His Majesty's Theatre in 1920 and elsewhere thereafter, and played numerous roles at the Playhouse Theatre.
Gladys Cooper - The Later Years
It was not until 1922, however, now in her mid thirties, that she found major critical success, in Arthur Wing Pinero's 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'. Early in her stage career, she was criticised for being too stiff. Aldous Huxley dismissed her performance in 'Home and Beauty', writing:
"She is too impassive, too statuesque,
playing all the time as if she were Galatea,
newly unpetrified and still unused to the
ways of the living world."
Evidently, her acting improved during this period, as Maugham praised her for:
"Turning herself from an indifferent actress
to an extremely competent one through her
common sense and industriousness".
For both the 1923 and 1924 Christmas shows at the Adelphi Theatre, Cooper played the title character in 'Peter Pan', while also playing several other roles at that theatre during those two years. She appeared in Maugham's 'The Letter' in London and on tour in 1927 and 1928, in 'Excelsior' in 1928, and in Maugham's 'The Sacred Flame' in 1929, also in London and on tour.
Among other roles, Cooper was Clemency Warlock in 'Cynara' (1930), Wanda Heriot in 'The Pelican' (1931), Lucy Haydon in 'Dr Pygmalion' (1932), Carola in 'The Firebird' (1932), Jane Claydon in 'The Rats of Norway' (1933), Mariella Linden in 'The Shining Hour' in 1934 and 1935, in London and New York City and on tour (at the same time making her first "talkie" film, 'The Iron Duke'), also playing Desdemona and Lady Macbeth on Broadway in 1935.
She was Dorothy Hilton in 'Call it a Day', again in both London and New York, from 1935 to 1936. A highlight of 1937 was Laura Lorimer in 'Goodbye to Yesterday' in London and on tour. In 1938, she played Tiny Fox-Collier in 'Spring Meeting' in New York, Montreal and Britain, as well as several Shakespeare roles and Fran Dodsworth in 'Dodsworth'. She repeated 'Spring Meeting' in 1939.
Cooper turned to film full-time in 1940, finding success in Hollywood in a variety of character roles, and was frequently cast as a disapproving, aristocratic society woman, although she sometimes played lively, approachable types, as she did in 'Rebecca' (1940).
She was nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as Bette Davis's domineering mother in 'Now, Voyager' (1942), a sceptical nun in 'The Song of Bernadette' (1943), and Rex Harrison's mother, Mrs. Higgins, in 'My Fair Lady' (1964).
In 1945, after playing the role of Clarissa Scott in the film 'The Valley of Decision' for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, she was given a contract with the studio. Her credits there included both dramatic and comedy films, including 'The Green Years' (1946), 'The Cockeyed Miracle' (1946) and 'The Secret Garden' (1949).
Other notable film roles were 'The Man Who Loved Redheads' (1955), 'Separate Tables' (1958) and 'The Happiest Millionaire' (1967) as Aunt Mary Drexel, singing "There Are Those".
Her only stage roles in the 1940's were Mrs. Parrilow in 'The Morning Star' in Philadelphia and New York (1942), and Melanie Aspen in 'The Indifferent Shepherd' in Great Britain (1948).
She returned to theatre (between films) more often in the 1950's and 1960's, playing in London and on tour in such roles as Edith Fenton in 'The Hat Trick' (1950); Felicity, Countess of Marshwood, in 'Relative Values' (1951 and 1953); Grace Smith in 'A Question of Fact' (1953); Lady Yarmouth in 'The Night of the Ball' (1954); Mrs. St. Maugham in 'The Chalk Garden' (1955–56), Dame Mildred in 'The Bright One' (1958); Mrs. Vincent in 'Look on Tempests' (1960); Mrs. Gantry (Bobby) in 'The Bird of Time' (1961); Mrs. Moore in a stage adaptation of 'A Passage to India' (1962); Mrs Tabret in 'The Sacred Flame' (1966 and 1967); Prue Salter in 'Let's All Go Down the Strand' (1967); Emma Littlewood in 'Out of the Question' (1968); Lydia in 'His, Hers and Theirs' (1969); and others.
She received two nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, for her roles in 'The Chalk Garden' and 'A Passage to India'.
She also had various television roles in the 1950's and '60's. These included, among others, three episodes of 'The Twilight Zone'. In the first, titled "Nothing in the Dark" (1962), she played an old lady who refuses to leave her flat for fear of meeting 'Death'. A young policeman (Robert Redford) is shot at her doorstep and persuades her to let him inside.
Her second appearance was in "Passage on the Lady Anne", which aired on the 9th. May 1963.
Her final episode was the 1964 "Night Call", where she portrayed a difficult, lonely old lady who is besieged by late-night phone calls. Cooper starred in the 1964–65 series 'The Rogues' with David Niven, Charles Boyer, Gig Young, Robert Coote, John Williams and Larry Hagman. The series lasted a single season of thirty episodes, most of which featured Cooper as the matriarch of a crime family.
In 1967, at the age of 79, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). Her last major success on the stage was at the age of 82, in 1970–71 in the role of Mrs. St. Maugham in Enid Bagnold's 'The Chalk Garden', a role she had created on Broadway and in the West End in 1955–56.
Marriages of Gladys Cooper
Cooper was married three times. Her husbands were:
- Captain Herbert Buckmaster (1908–1921). The couple had two children: Joan (1910–2005), who was married to the actor Robert Morley, and John Rodney (1915–83).
- Sir Neville Pearson (1927–36). Sir Neville and Lady Pearson had one daughter, Sally Pearson, aka Sally Cooper, who was married (1961–86) to actor Robert Hardy.
- Philip Merivale (1937–1946), a fellow actor. The couple lived for many years in Santa Monica, California as permanent resident aliens. He died at age 59 from a heart ailment. Her stepson from this marriage was John Merivale.
Death of Gladys Cooper
Gladys lived mostly in England in her final years, and died from pneumonia at the age of 82 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Haiti in the Great War
So what else happened on the day that Doris wrote the card?
Well, on Friday the 12th. July 1918, Haiti declared war on Germany as part of its alliance with the United States.
An Explosion an a Japanese Battleship
Also on that day, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi exploded off Tokuyama, Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621 sailors.
Japan had entered the war on the side of the Allies on the 23rd. August 1914, seizing the opportunity of Germany's distraction with the European War to expand its sphere of influence in China and the Pacific.
Japan already had a military alliance with Britain, but that did not obligate it to enter the war. It joined the Allies in order to make territorial gains, which it did by acquiring Germany's scattered small holdings in the Pacific and on the China coast.
Pablo Picasso
The day also marked the marriage of Pablo Picasso to Ukrainian ballet dancer Olga Khoklova in Paris, with Jean Cocteau and Max Jacob as witnesses.
Doris Grumbach
Also on the 12th. July 1918, the American literary editor and writer Doris Grumbach was born in New York City.
Doris was the author of 'The Spoil of Flowers' and 'Coming into the End Zone'.
Mary Glen-Haig
The day also marked the birth in Islington, London of the British fencer Mary Glen-Haig.
Mary was a gold medallist at the 1950 and 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Mary died in 2014.
Lord Edward Cecil
The day was not a good one for Lord Edward Cecil, because he died on that day.
Edward, who was born in 1867, was a British army officer, best known for his collaborative efforts with Herbert Kitchener and Robert Baden-Powell during the Second Boer War.
Matilda by Hilaire Belloc is another of the occasional recitations of poems requested by former pupils.
Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,
It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;
Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,
Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,
Attempted to Believe Matilda:
The effort very nearly killed her,
And would have done so, had not She
Discovered this Infirmity.
For once, towards the Close of Day,
Matilda, growing tired of play,
And finding she was left alone,
Went tiptoe to the Telephone
And summoned the Immediate Aid
Of London's Noble Fire-Brigade.
Within an hour the Gallant Band
Were pouring in on every hand,
From Putney, Hackney Downs, and Bow
With Courage high and Hearts a-glow
They galloped, roaring through the Town
'Matilda's House is Burning Down!'
Inspired by British Cheers and Loud
Proceeding from the Frenzied Crowd,
They ran their ladders through a score
Of windows on the Ball Room Floor;
And took Peculiar Pains to Souse
The Pictures up and down the House,
Until Matilda's Aunt succeeded
In showing them they were not needed;
And even then she had to pay
To get the Men to go away!
It happened that a few Weeks later
Her Aunt was off to the Theatre
To see that Interesting Play
The Second Mrs Tanqueray.
She had refused to take her Niece
To hear this Entertaining Piece:
A Deprivation Just and Wise
To Punish her for Telling Lies.
That Night a Fire did break out –
You should have heard Matilda Shout!
You should have heard her Scream and Bawl,
And throw the window up and call
To People passing in the Street-
(The rapidly increasing Heat
Encouraging her to obtain
Their confidence)-but all in vain!
For every time She shouted 'Fire!'
They only answered 'Little Liar'!
And therefore when her Aunt returned,
Matilda, and the House, were Burned.
Other poems can be heard in this set.
This is As Islay Dying, a cocktail created by Matt Hunt in 2018 at Death & Co in Denver and published in Death & Co Welcome Home in 2021. At first glance, this cocktail is hard to pin down. An equal mix of whisky (Islay scotch no less) and gin is rare in cocktails, but the general formula follows a fifty-fifty martini. My first guess was that it would be a whiskey centric cocktail, but after tasting it really is a martini variation. What surprised me the most was how tamed the Islay scotch was. Typically a three-quarter ounce measure of a peat bomb whisky would force the drink to be scotch cocktail, but it's somehow balanced. Just scotch, gin, and vermouth aren't enough to bring everything together, some help is required. A few dashes of absinthe and a teaspoon of génépy bring some herbal and alpine flavors do wonders to bring the other ingredients into harmony. This drink carries the spirit of the martini well, a clear spirit-forward cocktail with nuance and complexity.
0.75 oz Botanist gin (Tanqueray No. 10 is a good substitute in my tests)
0.75 oz Laphroaig
0.75 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth
0.75 oz Dolin White Vermouth
1 tsp génépy
2-3 dashes absinthe
Combine all of the ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice and stir until arctic cold. Strain into a chilled nick & nora glass (or coupe). Garnish with a lemon peel.
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Yo ho ho and a bottle of - gin :)
Model: Bea
Co-photographer: Gábor Szántai
Assistant: the_fuze
Make-up: Erika Tóth
Tanqueray London Dry Gin Drunken Responsibily
Now we get the cheaper Gordon's 0.0 or zero alcohol,, $30 at Woolies.
Today I was craving delicious thirst refreshment after a busy & long holiday weekend. My raspberry lime spritzer was just what I needed to get my mind right & ready to face the real world tomorrow.
Ingredients:
- Fresh or frozen raspberries
- Seltzer or club soda
- Simple Syrup
- 1 Lime
- Gin (I prefer Rangpur Tanqueray)
Simple Sugar Procedure:
- Combine 1 cup of sugar with ½ a cup of water & a cup of raspberries in a small pot and bring to boil.
- Take a swig of your gin
- Reduce heat and let simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
The finished product consistency should be the consistency of honey & deliciously sweet.
>>>OK, now the fun part!<<<
- Fill your highball glass with ice
- Pour one finger worth of gin or two if you want it to be off the hook
- Spoon over 2-4 tablespoons your freshly made raspberry simple syrup
- Squeeze in some fresh lime juice then fill the remainder of the glass with seltzer of club soda
- Stir & serve
I garnished with lime and a few whole raspberries because I like pretty drinks. And yes, really men do like pretty & fruity drinks!
BTW, I’m using my left over raspberry simple syrup to drizzle over some French vanilla ice cream. Mmmmmmmm!
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Unzählige Diätbücher und Gesundheitsblogs warnen vor dem Trinken von Alkohol. Im Allgemeinen ist Alkohol trinken tatsächlich ungesund (Ausnahme Rotwein weiter unten). Es wäre wahrscheinlich das beste, wenn du Alkohol aus deinem Ernährungsplan streichst. Es sind nur leere Kalorien und er belastet die Leber.
In einer idealen Welt trinken wir alle höchstens ab und an ein Gläschen Rotwein, kommen ohne Süßstoff aus und essen nur Bio. Aber in der Realität ist ein Gläschen oder zwei für viele ein Teil eines genussvollen Lebensstils.
Das Tolle bei einer ketogenen LowCarb Ernährung ist, dass man immer ab und an etwas Alkohol trinken kann und trotzdem Gewicht verliert bzw. nicht davon zunimmt. Das ist allerdings kein Freifahrtschein für alle Sorten. Mache einen großen Bogen um herkömmliches Bier und alles, was süß oder fruchtig schmeckt wie zum Beispiel Likör, Glühwein, halbtrockener und lieblicher Wein sowie Fruchtschnaps.
Hier eine Auswahl von Alkoholen, die du auch in Ketose noch trinken kannst:
Spirituosen für eine ketogene LowCarb Ernährung
Spirituosen die ok sind für eine ketogene Low Carb Ernährung:
Brandy
Cognac (Hennessy, etc.)
Gin (Tanqueray, Beefeater, etc.)
Rum (Hauptmann Morgan, etc.)
Scotch (Johnnie Walker, Dewar’s, Chivas Regal, etc.)
Tequila (Jim Beam, Black Nikka, etc.)
Whisky (Jack Daniels, etc.)
Wodka (Absolut, Graugans, etc.)
Pure Alkoholsorten wie Wodka, Whisky, Cognac, Brandy, Tequila enthält null Kohlenhydrate. Deswegen kann man sie trinken, ohne aus der Ketose zu kommen. Vermeiden solltest du jedoch zuckerhaltigen Mischgetränke. Gin & Tonic ist ein typischer Fall: er hat 16 Gramm Kohlenhydrate! Wechsel lieber zu Wodka, Sodawasser und Limette – dass hat Null Kohlenhydrate. Auch Cognac mit Coke Zero oder Diätcola ist eine Alternative.
Auch aromatisierte Spirituosen (einschließlich aromatisierter Wodka und manche dunkle / Kokosnuss-Rums) haben viele Kohlenhydrate. Immer die Ernährungsinformation checken vor dem Trinken. Hier weitere Inspirationen zum Mischen:
Ketogeeignete Getränke zum Mischen
Diät-Limonade (Coke Zero, Diät-Cola, Diät-Sprite, Diät-Mezzo Mix)
Stilles Wasser
Diät Tonic Wasser
Seltzer Wasser
Zuckerfreie Energiegetränke (Red Bull, Monster, etc.)
Mineralwasser
Tee
Kaffee
Sahne
LowCarb Bier
Es ist sehr schwierig, Bier bei einer ketogenen LowCarb Ernährung zu trinken. Bier ist flüssiges Getreide. (Am besten auf einen Magneten schreiben und an den Kühlschrank pinnen.) Richtig gutes Bier geht sowieso nicht, sondern nur Light und Low Carb Biere. Grundsätzlich solltest du jedes Bier vermeiden, dass eine starke Farbe hat, egal ob rot, gelb oder braun. LowCarb Bier. Wir haben keine genauen Kohlenhydrate Angaben für alle Biere, gehen aber davon aus, dass die Diät Biere zwischen 2 und 8 Kohlenhydrate haben. Bitte vor dem Trinken prüfen, wie viele Kohlenhydrate das Bier hat.
Deutsche LowCarb Biere
Maisel Edelhopfen Diät Pilsner
Köstritzer Diät Pils
Sternquell Diät Pils
DAB Diät Pils
Freibergisch Diät Schankbier
Henninger Diät Pils
Feldschlößchen Diät Pilsener
Paulaner Diät Bier
Reudnitzer Diät Bier
Apoldaer Diät Bier
Freibergisch Diät Schankbier
Dingslebener Lux
Schultheiss Diät Schankbier
Tucher Diät Pils
Holsten Diät Pils
Wicküler D-Pils
Diät Biere aus Europa
Łomża Export
Ilzer Diet
Březňák Diät Bier
Staropramen
Gambrinus
Pivo Se Sníženým Obsahem Cukrů
Diätbiere aus den USA
MGD 64
Rolling Rock Green Light
Michelob Ultra
Bud Select
Miller Lite
Michelob Ultra Amber
Coors Light
Amstel Light
Bud Light
Ketogener Wein
Jetzt kommen wir zum guten Teil – zumindest für den Fall, dass du Wein magst. Wein ist eine hervorragende Ergänzung für eine ketogene LowCarb Ernährung. Vor allem Rotwein ist gesund und trockener Wein hat wenig Kohlenhydrate.
Rotwein in Maßen ist gut für deine Gesundheit, da es HDL erhöht. Das könnte erklären, warum es eine so positive Auswirkung auf Alzheimer und Herzkrankheiten hat. Rotwein enthält außerdem wichtige Antioxidantien genannt Polyphenole. Polyphenole helfen freie Radikalen unwirksam zu machen. (Freie Radikale sind übrigens auch am Alterungsprozess beteiligt.) Darüber hinaus enthält Rotwein gerine Mengen Resveratrol. Resveratrol verringert LDL und kann Entzündungen und Blutgerinnung reduzieren.
Wichtig für Ketose ist, dass der Wein sehr trocken ist. (Ich mochte früher überhaupt keinen trockenen Wein. Aber ich habe mich an den Geschmack gewöhnt – vielleicht auch, weil ich durch Keto weniger süß esse im Allgemeinen.) Übrigens wird selbst bei vielen trockenen Weinen wird Zucker zugemischt. Wenn du also richtig LowCarb gehen willst, solltest du darauf achten, dass der Wein ohne Zucker fermentiert wurde. Bei französischen Weinen solltest du zu einem Languedoc-Weinen greifen. In dieser Region ist der Zusatz von Zucker verboten. Wer einen deutschen Wein ohne Zucker manipulierten Alkoholgehalt kaufen will, sollte zum Prädikatswein greifen. Qualitätsweine dürfen hierzulande mit Zucker angereichert werden, Prädikatsweine nicht.
Keto Rotweine
Dornfelder trocken (3,6 Kohlenhydrate pro 150ml)
Merlot (3,7 Kohlenhydrate pro 150 ml)
Pinot Noir / Spätburgunder (3,4 Kohlenhydrate pro 150 ml)
Cabernet (3,8 Kohlenhydrate pro 150 ml)
Lemberger blaufränkisch (4,5 Kohlenhydrate pro 150 ml)
Keto Weißweine
Chardonnay (3,7 Kohlenhydrate pro 150ml)
Pinot Grigio (3,2 Kohlenhydrate pro 150ml)
Riesling (5,5 Kohlenhydrate pro 150ml)
Weißer Burgunder trocken (2,9 Kohlenhydrate pro 150ml)
Trockener Sekt (3 Kohlenhydrate pro 150ml)
Champagner (1,5 Kohlenhydrate pro 150ml)
Extra Keto-Tip:
In Spanien wird im Sommer „Tinto de Verano“ getrunken, eine leichtere Variante. Dafür wird Rotwein mit süßer Limonade gemischt. Eine gute Keto Alternative wäre Rotwein mit Fanta Light (gibt es in ausgewählten Getränkeläden). Sprite Light haben wir auch schon versucht, das fanden wir persönlich nicht so gut.
Vorsicht! Viele Ketarier vertragen nach ein paar Wochen in Ketose weniger Alkohol als vorher. Wenn du also zum ersten Mal eine Spirituose, Bier oder Wein trinkst nach deiner Fettadaption – höre auf deinen Körper und trinke mit Bedacht.
Der Beitrag Ketose und Alkohol: Was darf ich noch trinken bei einer ketogenen LowCarb Ernährung? erschien zuerst auf Ketoseportal.
I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.
~Arthur Wing Pinero, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, 1893~
The Postcard
A postcard that was published by Rotary Photo of London E. C. The photography was by C. N.
On the back of the card the publishers have printed:
"This is a Hand-Painted
Real Photograph of a
British Beauty".
Gladys Cooper looks rather hunched up as if she was cold during the photo-shoot.
The card was posted on Tuesday the 8th. July 1919 to:
Miss Ivy Higgett,
c/o Mrs. Hewitt,
Anvers Villa,
West Mount Street,
Banks Avenue,
Pontefract.
Ivy was probably in service.
The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Ivy,
Marjorie is too lazy to
write this P.C. All she
thinks about is eating
chocolate or caramels.
We are sat on the Parade
watching the boats and
the sad sea waves and
nearly frozen to death.
Your mother is holding
her tongue out for a
cup 'o tea.
Your loving sister,
Marjorie".
"By the Sad Sea Waves" is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Miss Gladys Cooper
The model in the photograph is Miss Gladys Cooper.
Gladys Cooper's most noticeable characteristic is that she rarely if ever smiled when being photographed. In some publicity shots she actually looks quite annoyed.
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, (18th. December 1888 – 17th. November 1971) was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.
Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she was starring in dramatic roles and silent films before the First World War.
She also became a manager of the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1933, where she played many roles. From the early 1920's, Cooper was winning praise in plays by W. Somerset Maugham and others.
In the 1930's, she was starring both in the West End and on Broadway. Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles; she was nominated for three Academy Awards, the last one as Mrs. Higgins in 'My Fair Lady' (1964). Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, she mixed her stage and film careers, continuing to star on stage until her last year.
-- Gladys Cooper - The Early Years
Cooper was born at 23 Ennersdale Road, Hither Green, Lewisham, London, the eldest of the three daughters of Charles William Frederick Cooper and Mabel Barnett.
Gladys Cooper spent most of her childhood in Chiswick, where her family moved when she was an infant.
Gladys made her stage debut in 1905 touring with Seymour Hicks in his musical 'Bluebell in Fairyland'. The young beauty was also a popular photographic model.
In 1906, she appeared as Lady Swan in London in 'The Belle of Mayfair', and then in the pantomime 'Babes in the Wood' as Mavis. The following year she became a chorus girl at the Gaiety Theatre, creating the small role of Eva in 'The Girls of Gottenberg'. That Christmas, she was Molly in 'Babes in the Wood'.
In 1908, she appeared in the musical 'Havana', followed the next year by 'Our Miss Gibbs', in which she played Lady Connie. She was then on tour again with Hicks, in 'Papa's Wife', before playing Sadie von Tromp in the hit operetta 'The Dollar Princess' at Daly's Theatre in 1909.
In 1911, she appeared in a production of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and in 'Man and Superman'. Among several other plays, the next year she was Muriel Pym in 'Milestones' at the Royalty Theatre. A highlight of 1913 was Dora in 'Diplomacy' at Wyndham's Theatre. That year she also played the title role in 'The Pursuit of Pamela' at the Royalty.
In 1913 Cooper appeared in her first film, 'The Eleventh Commandment', going on to make several more silent films during the Great War and shortly afterwards. She continued full-time stage work, however, including appearances as Lady Agatha Lazenby in 'The Admirable Crichton' in 1916, and Clara de Foenix in 'Trelawny of the Wells'.
In addition, in 1917, Cooper became co-manager, with Frank Curzon, of the Playhouse Theatre, taking over sole control from 1927 until she left in 1933. During these years, she starred several times in 'My Lady's Dress'. She appeared in W. Somerset Maugham's 'Home and Beauty' in 1919, repeated Dora at His Majesty's Theatre in 1920 and elsewhere thereafter, and played numerous roles at the Playhouse Theatre.
-- Gladys Cooper - The Later Years
It was not until 1922, however, now in her mid thirties, that she found major critical success, in Arthur Wing Pinero's 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'. Early in her stage career, she was criticised for being too stiff. Aldous Huxley dismissed her performance in 'Home and Beauty', writing:
"She is too impassive, too statuesque,
playing all the time as if she were Galatea,
newly unpetrified and still unused to the
ways of the living world."
Evidently, her acting improved during this period, as Maugham praised her for:
"Turning herself from an indifferent actress
to an extremely competent one through her
common sense and industriousness".
For both the 1923 and 1924 Christmas shows at the Adelphi Theatre, Cooper played the title character in 'Peter Pan', while also playing several other roles at that theatre during those two years. She appeared in Maugham's 'The Letter' in London and on tour in 1927 and 1928, in 'Excelsior' in 1928, and in Maugham's 'The Sacred Flame' in 1929, also in London and on tour.
Among other roles, Cooper was Clemency Warlock in 'Cynara' (1930), Wanda Heriot in 'The Pelican' (1931), Lucy Haydon in 'Dr Pygmalion' (1932), Carola in 'The Firebird' (1932), Jane Claydon in 'The Rats of Norway' (1933), Mariella Linden in 'The Shining Hour' in 1934 and 1935, in London and New York City and on tour (at the same time making her first "talkie" film, 'The Iron Duke'), also playing Desdemona and Lady Macbeth on Broadway in 1935.
She was Dorothy Hilton in 'Call it a Day', again in both London and New York, from 1935 to 1936. A highlight of 1937 was Laura Lorimer in 'Goodbye to Yesterday' in London and on tour. In 1938, she played Tiny Fox-Collier in 'Spring Meeting' in New York, Montreal and Britain, as well as several Shakespeare roles and Fran Dodsworth in 'Dodsworth'. She repeated 'Spring Meeting' in 1939.
Cooper turned to film full-time in 1940, finding success in Hollywood in a variety of character roles, and was frequently cast as a disapproving, aristocratic society woman, although she sometimes played lively, approachable types, as she did in 'Rebecca' (1940).
She was nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as Bette Davis's domineering mother in 'Now, Voyager' (1942), a sceptical nun in 'The Song of Bernadette' (1943), and Rex Harrison's mother, Mrs. Higgins, in 'My Fair Lady' (1964).
In 1945, after playing the role of Clarissa Scott in the film 'The Valley of Decision' for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, she was given a contract with the studio. Her credits there included both dramatic and comedy films, including 'The Green Years' (1946), 'The Cockeyed Miracle' (1946) and 'The Secret Garden' (1949).
Other notable film roles were 'The Man Who Loved Redheads' (1955), 'Separate Tables' (1958) and 'The Happiest Millionaire' (1967) as Aunt Mary Drexel, singing "There Are Those".
Her only stage roles in the 1940's were Mrs. Parrilow in 'The Morning Star' in Philadelphia and New York (1942), and Melanie Aspen in 'The Indifferent Shepherd' in Great Britain (1948).
She returned to theatre (between films) more often in the 1950's and 1960's, playing in London and on tour in such roles as Edith Fenton in 'The Hat Trick' (1950); Felicity, Countess of Marshwood, in 'Relative Values' (1951 and 1953); Grace Smith in 'A Question of Fact' (1953); Lady Yarmouth in 'The Night of the Ball' (1954); Mrs. St. Maugham in 'The Chalk Garden' (1955–56), Dame Mildred in 'The Bright One' (1958); Mrs. Vincent in 'Look on Tempests' (1960); Mrs. Gantry (Bobby) in 'The Bird of Time' (1961); Mrs. Moore in a stage adaptation of 'A Passage to India' (1962); Mrs Tabret in 'The Sacred Flame' (1966 and 1967); Prue Salter in 'Let's All Go Down the Strand' (1967); Emma Littlewood in 'Out of the Question' (1968); Lydia in 'His, Hers and Theirs' (1969); and others.
She received two nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, for her roles in 'The Chalk Garden' and 'A Passage to India'.
She also had various television roles in the 1950's and '60's. These included, among others, three episodes of 'The Twilight Zone'. In the first, titled "Nothing in the Dark" (1962), she played an old lady who refuses to leave her flat for fear of meeting 'Death'. A young policeman (Robert Redford) is shot at her doorstep and persuades her to let him inside.
Her second appearance was in "Passage on the Lady Anne", which aired on the 9th. May 1963.
Her final episode was the 1964 "Night Call", where she portrayed a difficult, lonely old lady who is besieged by late-night phone calls. Cooper starred in the 1964–65 series 'The Rogues' with David Niven, Charles Boyer, Gig Young, Robert Coote, John Williams and Larry Hagman. The series lasted a single season of thirty episodes, most of which featured Cooper as the matriarch of a crime family.
In 1967, at the age of 79, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). Her last major success on the stage was at the age of 82, in 1970–71 in the role of Mrs. St. Maugham in Enid Bagnold's 'The Chalk Garden', a role she had created on Broadway and in the West End in 1955–56.
-- Marriages of Gladys Cooper
Cooper was married three times. Her husbands were:
- Captain Herbert Buckmaster (1908–1921). The couple had two children: Joan (1910–2005), who was married to the actor Robert Morley, and John Rodney (1915–83).
- Sir Neville Pearson (1927–36). Sir Neville and Lady Pearson had one daughter, Sally Pearson, aka Sally Cooper, who was married (1961–86) to actor Robert Hardy.
- Philip Merivale (1937–1946), a fellow actor. The couple lived for many years in Santa Monica, California as permanent resident aliens. He died at age 59 from a heart ailment. Her stepson from this marriage was John Merivale.
-- Death of Gladys Cooper
Gladys lived mostly in England in her final years, and died from pneumonia at the age of 82 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Hans-Dieter Frank
So what else happened on the day that Marjorie posted the card to her sister Ivy?
Well, the 8th. July 1919 marked the birth in Kiel of Hans-Dieter Frank, who became a German air force officer.
Frank was commander of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 for the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Frank was a night fighter ace credited with 55 aerial victories claimed in approximately 150 combat missions, making him the seventeenth most successful night fighter pilot in the history of aerial warfare.
All of his victories were claimed in defence of the Reich missions against the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Bomber Command.
Frank and his radio operator Oberfeldwebel Erich Gotter were killed following a mid-air collision with another German night fighter northwest of Celle on the night of 28th./29th. September 1943.
Their He 219 had collided with a Bf 110 during the landing approach. Frank had escaped the aircraft using the ejection seat, but forgot to release his radio-cable. He landed safely, but was strangled by the cable. The collision was likely caused by an attack made on his fighter by RAF night fighter ace Bob Braham.
Grant F. Timmerman
The day also marked the birth in Americus, Kansas of the American marine Grant F. Timmerman. Grant was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for action during the Battle of Saipan.
He landed on Saipan on D-Day, the 6th. June 1944, and on the 28th. June sustained a slight shrapnel wound in the right forearm. A few days later, on the 8th. July, Sgt. Timmerman's tank, of which he was the commander, was advancing a few yards ahead of the infantry when the attack was held up by a series of Japanese pillboxes and trenches.
Grant had been firing the tank's anti-aircraft gun during the vigorous attack, but when progress was halted, he prepared to fire the 75 mm gun.
Exposing himself to the enemy, he stood up in the open turret of his tank to warn the infantry to hit the deck because of the muzzle blast of the 75 mm. A Japanese grenade came hurtling through the air aimed at the open turret. Sgt. Timmerman covered the opening with his own body to prevent the grenade from killing his crew, and the grenade exploded on his chest, killing him instantly.
Although two members of the crew received slight wounds from the grenade, none were killed, all the larger fragments being taken by Sgt Timmerman. For that his country bestowed its highest honour upon him - the Medal of Honour.
The Medal, and also a Bronze Star earned earlier in the Saipan campaign, were presented to his parents on the 8th. July 1945, the first anniversary of his death, in their home by Col Norman E. True of the Marine Barracks in Great Lakes, Illinois. This quiet informal presentation was made at the request of the Marine's mother.
Initially buried in the 2nd Marine Division Cemetery on Saipan, Marianas Island, Sgt. Timmerman was later re-interred in the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
In January 1946, the Navy named one of its new Gearing class destroyers after Sgt. Timmerman. The USS Timmerman was christened by Grant's mother.
The Postcard
A postcard that was posted by Rotary Photo of London, E. C. On the back of the card they state:
"This is a Hand-Painted Real
Photograph of a British Beauty,
Miss Gladys Cooper".
Miss Gladys Cooper, AKA Lady Pearson
Gladys Cooper's most noticeable characteristic is that she rarely if ever smiled when being photographed. In some publicity shots she actually looks quite annoyed.
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, (18th. December 1888 – 17th. November 1971) was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.
Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she was starring in dramatic roles and silent films before the First World War.
She also became a manager of the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1933, where she played many roles. From the early 1920's, Cooper was winning praise in plays by W. Somerset Maugham and others.
In the 1930's, she was starring both in the West End and on Broadway. Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles; she was nominated for three Academy Awards, the last one as Mrs. Higgins in 'My Fair Lady' (1964). Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, she mixed her stage and film careers, continuing to star on stage until her last year.
Gladys Cooper - The Early Years
Cooper was born at 23 Ennersdale Road, Hither Green, Lewisham, London, the eldest of the three daughters of Charles William Frederick Cooper and Mabel Barnett.
Gladys Cooper spent most of her childhood in Chiswick, where her family moved when she was an infant.
Gladys made her stage debut in 1905 touring with Seymour Hicks in his musical 'Bluebell in Fairyland'. The young beauty was also a popular photographic model.
In 1906, she appeared as Lady Swan in London in 'The Belle of Mayfair', and then in the pantomime 'Babes in the Wood' as Mavis. The following year she became a chorus girl at the Gaiety Theatre, creating the small role of Eva in 'The Girls of Gottenberg'. That Christmas, she was Molly in 'Babes in the Wood'.
In 1908, she appeared in the musical 'Havana', followed the next year by 'Our Miss Gibbs', in which she played Lady Connie. She was then on tour again with Hicks, in 'Papa's Wife', before playing Sadie von Tromp in the hit operetta 'The Dollar Princess' at Daly's Theatre in 1909.
In 1911, she appeared in a production of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and in 'Man and Superman'. Among several other plays, the next year she was Muriel Pym in 'Milestones' at the Royalty Theatre. A highlight of 1913 was Dora in 'Diplomacy' at Wyndham's Theatre. That year she also played the title role in 'The Pursuit of Pamela' at the Royalty.
In 1913 Cooper appeared in her first film, 'The Eleventh Commandment', going on to make several more silent films during the Great War and shortly afterwards. She continued full-time stage work, however, including appearances as Lady Agatha Lazenby in 'The Admirable Crichton' in 1916, and Clara de Foenix in 'Trelawny of the Wells'.
In addition, in 1917, Cooper became co-manager, with Frank Curzon, of the Playhouse Theatre, taking over sole control from 1927 until she left in 1933. During these years, she starred several times in 'My Lady's Dress'. She appeared in W. Somerset Maugham's 'Home and Beauty' in 1919, repeated Dora at His Majesty's Theatre in 1920 and elsewhere thereafter, and played numerous roles at the Playhouse Theatre.
Gladys Cooper - The Later Years
It was not until 1922, however, now in her mid thirties, that she found major critical success, in Arthur Wing Pinero's 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'. Early in her stage career, she was criticised for being too stiff. Aldous Huxley dismissed her performance in 'Home and Beauty', writing:
"She is too impassive, too statuesque,
playing all the time as if she were Galatea,
newly unpetrified and still unused to the
ways of the living world."
Evidently, her acting improved during this period, as Maugham praised her for:
"Turning herself from an indifferent actress
to an extremely competent one through her
common sense and industriousness".
For both the 1923 and 1924 Christmas shows at the Adelphi Theatre, Cooper played the title character in 'Peter Pan', while also playing several other roles at that theatre during those two years. She appeared in Maugham's 'The Letter' in London and on tour in 1927 and 1928, in 'Excelsior' in 1928, and in Maugham's 'The Sacred Flame' in 1929, also in London and on tour.
Among other roles, Cooper was Clemency Warlock in 'Cynara' (1930), Wanda Heriot in 'The Pelican' (1931), Lucy Haydon in 'Dr Pygmalion' (1932), Carola in 'The Firebird' (1932), Jane Claydon in 'The Rats of Norway' (1933), Mariella Linden in 'The Shining Hour' in 1934 and 1935, in London and New York City and on tour (at the same time making her first "talkie" film, 'The Iron Duke'), also playing Desdemona and Lady Macbeth on Broadway in 1935.
She was Dorothy Hilton in 'Call it a Day', again in both London and New York, from 1935 to 1936. A highlight of 1937 was Laura Lorimer in 'Goodbye to Yesterday' in London and on tour. In 1938, she played Tiny Fox-Collier in 'Spring Meeting' in New York, Montreal and Britain, as well as several Shakespeare roles and Fran Dodsworth in 'Dodsworth'. She repeated 'Spring Meeting' in 1939.
Cooper turned to film full-time in 1940, finding success in Hollywood in a variety of character roles, and was frequently cast as a disapproving, aristocratic society woman, although she sometimes played lively, approachable types, as she did in 'Rebecca' (1940).
She was nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as Bette Davis's domineering mother in 'Now, Voyager' (1942), a sceptical nun in 'The Song of Bernadette' (1943), and Rex Harrison's mother, Mrs. Higgins, in 'My Fair Lady' (1964).
In 1945, after playing the role of Clarissa Scott in the film 'The Valley of Decision' for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, she was given a contract with the studio. Her credits there included both dramatic and comedy films, including 'The Green Years' (1946), 'The Cockeyed Miracle' (1946) and 'The Secret Garden' (1949).
Other notable film roles were 'The Man Who Loved Redheads' (1955), 'Separate Tables' (1958) and 'The Happiest Millionaire' (1967) as Aunt Mary Drexel, singing "There Are Those".
Her only stage roles in the 1940's were Mrs. Parrilow in 'The Morning Star' in Philadelphia and New York (1942), and Melanie Aspen in 'The Indifferent Shepherd' in Great Britain (1948).
She returned to theatre (between films) more often in the 1950's and 1960's, playing in London and on tour in such roles as Edith Fenton in 'The Hat Trick' (1950); Felicity, Countess of Marshwood, in 'Relative Values' (1951 and 1953); Grace Smith in 'A Question of Fact' (1953); Lady Yarmouth in 'The Night of the Ball' (1954); Mrs. St. Maugham in 'The Chalk Garden' (1955–56), Dame Mildred in 'The Bright One' (1958); Mrs. Vincent in 'Look on Tempests' (1960); Mrs. Gantry (Bobby) in 'The Bird of Time' (1961); Mrs. Moore in a stage adaptation of 'A Passage to India' (1962); Mrs Tabret in 'The Sacred Flame' (1966 and 1967); Prue Salter in 'Let's All Go Down the Strand' (1967); Emma Littlewood in 'Out of the Question' (1968); Lydia in 'His, Hers and Theirs' (1969); and others.
She received two nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, for her roles in 'The Chalk Garden' and 'A Passage to India'.
She also had various television roles in the 1950's and '60's. These included, among others, three episodes of 'The Twilight Zone'. In the first, titled "Nothing in the Dark" (1962), she played an old lady who refuses to leave her flat for fear of meeting 'Death'. A young policeman (Robert Redford) is shot at her doorstep and persuades her to let him inside.
Her second appearance was in "Passage on the Lady Anne", which aired on the 9th. May 1963.
Her final episode was the 1964 "Night Call", where she portrayed a difficult, lonely old lady who is besieged by late-night phone calls. Cooper starred in the 1964–65 series 'The Rogues' with David Niven, Charles Boyer, Gig Young, Robert Coote, John Williams and Larry Hagman. The series lasted a single season of thirty episodes, most of which featured Cooper as the matriarch of a crime family.
In 1967, at the age of 79, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). Her last major success on the stage was at the age of 82, in 1970–71 in the role of Mrs. St. Maugham in Enid Bagnold's 'The Chalk Garden', a role she had created on Broadway and in the West End in 1955–56.
Marriages of Gladys Cooper
Cooper was married three times. Her husbands were:
- Captain Herbert Buckmaster (1908–1921). The couple had two children: Joan (1910–2005), who was married to the actor Robert Morley, and John Rodney (1915–83).
- Sir Neville Pearson (1927–36). Sir Neville and Lady Pearson had one daughter, Sally Pearson, aka Sally Cooper, who was married (1961–86) to actor Robert Hardy.
- Philip Merivale (1937–1946), a fellow actor. The couple lived for many years in Santa Monica, California as permanent resident aliens. He died at age 59 from a heart ailment. Her stepson from this marriage was John Merivale.
The Death of Gladys Cooper
Gladys lived mostly in England in her final years, and died from pneumonia at the age of 82 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Details of the Postcard
The postcard was posted in Blackpool on Wednesday the 14th. August 1918 to:
Miss F. Calderbank,
c/o Abbott Hall,
Kents Bank,
Grange-over-Sands.
The land that Abbot Hall occupies was once the site of a religious convent, built by the monks of Furness Abbey in the early 12th century. The present structure was built in 1840 and has been used for a variety of uses since this time, including a family mansion, a school and most recently, a hotel.
It looks as though Miss Calderbank was in service at the house.
The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"43 Read's Ave,
Blackpool.
Dear Frances,
How are you enjoying
yourself?
We are having lovely
weather here, and it is
not over-crowded.
Love from
Evelyn and Alice".
An Aerial Victory Over the Somme
So what else happened on the day that Evelyn and Alice posted the card to Frances?
Well, on the 14th. August 1918, French flying ace René Fonck shot down three German aircraft in ten seconds in a head-on attack, with all three crashing within 100 meters (328 feet) of one another near Roye, Somme, France.
Mohinder Singh Pujji
The day also marked the birth in Simla, British India of Mohinder Singh Pujji, Indian Air Force officer.
Squadron Leader Mohinder was the first Sikh pilot to volunteer for the Royal Air Force during World War II, and was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and War Medal. He died in 2010.
Patsy Smart
The 14th. August 1918 also marked the birth in Chingford, Essex of Patsy Smart.
Patsy was an English actress, best remembered for her performance as Miss Roberts in the 1970's ITV television drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
She also appeared in: Danger Man, Only When I Laugh, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Sweeney, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Danger UXB, The Chinese Detective, Minder, Rentaghost, Terry and June, Farrington of the F.O., Casualty, Hallelujah!, and The Bill.
In Patsy's later roles, she was expert at playing dotty old ladies, her Mrs Sibley and Miss Dingle characters in Terry and June being examples. Another example was as the wife of the gardener in the Miss Marple episode "The Moving Finger" which starred Joan Hickson.
Patsy's films included Sons and Lovers (1960), The Tell Tale Heart (1960), Return of a Stranger (1961), What Every Woman Wants (1962), Arthur? Arthur! (1969), Leo the Last (1970), The Raging Moon (1971), Great Expectations (1974), Exposé (1976), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Tess (1979), The Elephant Man (1980) and The Fourth Protocol (1987).
The Death of Patsy Smart
Patsy Smart died in Northwood, London at the age of 77 of barbiturate poisoning on the 6th. February 1996.
LT339 arriving at Waterloo Station whilst on a short working of route 59,it is displaying a wrap for Tanqueray Gin.