SEVENTH HEAVEN

The movie Seventh Heaven is about a girl who is abused by her sister who thinks that her life is over but with the hep of a very kind swage worker she finds that life is good and all that. I am not going to give the full summary cause I don't want to ruin anything, but I will give a short summary. 

The movie starts with a conversation between Chico, the sewage worker and his friend (who's name I forgot). During this conversation, Chico reveals that he wishes that he was street cleaner instead of being a sewage worker. Meanwhile, two sisters are having a more physical conversation in their small apartment home. There is a good sister, played by Janet Gaynor and an evil sister, played by Gladys Brockwell. A bunch of stuff happens and eventually the good sister, Diane, ends up looking dead in the street and Chico finds her and tells the police that Diane is his wife. The police tells Chico that he is going to be checking in on Chico to make sure that he isn't lying about being married. So... Diane comes up with the idea to stay with Chico until the police come to his house and then she will leave and Chico agrees. A whole lot happens, including Chico going to war and all that. It is a very exciting movie, kind of, and it has one of the best endings of any movie i've ever seen. 

So, if you don't hate romantic movies, and are looking for a good story and a touching ending... than watch this movie! 

There are two versions of this movie... one made in 1927, which is the version that I have been talking about, and another version made in 1937 with Simone Simon as Diane and James Stewart as Chico. I personally think that the 1927 version was much better than the 1937 version. I thought the acting was better and really just everything was better in the 1927 version. But, I suppose both movies tell the same story. If you really want the whole experience, watch the 1927 version.  If you aren't comfortable or whatever with silent movies, and you aren't so serious about this movie, than you can always watch the 1937 version. 

Now, I will give you some pictures...

This is a poster of the 1927 version

This is another poster of the 1927 version

This is a poster of the 1937 version

This is another poster of the 1937 version

I feel like if I give any other pictures I may spoil some of the good parts of this movie. If you want to see any more pictures... just search google, but!!!!!! before you do that, I recommend just taking the time to watch the movie. Either one... but the 1927 version is more... sophisticated I think. 

The 1927 version is rated 100% on rotten tomatoes, and the 1937 version is rated 55% on rotten tomatoes. I don't really understand what rotten tomato is really... but I know it rates movies and 100% is the best and 0% is the worst. Even though the second was only rated 55% it really doesn't mean everybody won't like it. 

Okay, watch this movie if you ever have the time. And leave a comment saying what you thought of the movie. 

PICTURES WATCHING ME

Do you ever feel like somebody in a picture is watching you? Because I can't help but feel like pictures are constantly staring at me. When I turn around their eyes stare straight into my back and whenever I turn back around and look at the picture, they are back in their original placement. I know that a whole lot of people feel this same way, but I feel like I may have this feeling much stronger than most people. For example, while many people, probably most people, can type some celebrities name into google images and scroll through all the images of the people without wincing or turning away their face. I can't scroll through a page of google images of a celebrity without wincing or feeling weird about doing what I'm doing.

 Maybe I didn't explain this so well, but I think you all kind of know what I mean.
Take a look at this picture.

I put this picture on my computer screen desk top about one or two years ago. And ever since then, whenever I use the computer, I make sure that a page of the internet or something is covering this picture. Why do I even have this picture if I feel so uncomfortable with it being where it is? Well, that's easy. Because I like the picture and I like Shirley Temple too. As i'm writing this i'm realizing that i've actually become quite used to this picture. But... lets say it was a different picture. One that I haven't seen before or at least haven't seen for such a long time as I have the first one...

I just feel like she is staring straight into my soul or something and I can't look into her eyes. I don't know if you feel the same way I do or if maybe you feel the exact same way but I just thought that maybe I should just write about this whole thing. 

Also, Whenever I am in the same room as a picture of somebody looking into the camera I can't act the same way I did when I was in the other room. For example, there is a picture of my grandfather on the mantle in the living room in my house and he is looking into the camera. So... if you look at his eyes, it seems like he is looking at you. When that picture was first put there I could barely even talk in front of the picture because I just felt like he was watching me. Eventually i got more used to it so it really isn't so bad anymore. Then, for christmas, my brother and his wife got me three movie posters. Two were Mary Pickford movies and one was a Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movie. Both Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire were both looking in to the camera and the three posters were hung above the piano in my living room. I usually sing while playing the piano but when those posters were hung above the piano I couldn't sing at all because I was too nervous. The first few days they were there I was so self conscious of how I played the piano and how I sat down at the piano and walked to and from the piano. You can't even understand how free I felt when we took those posters down and replaced them with a bookshelf. I went straight back to singing like I did before the posters. 

SO, that's all I got to say. If you have the same feeling TELL ME! I want to know. Maybe you have a story to tell, kind of like mine... This was a little boring I think, but at least I wrote something. 

write a comment and I will most certainly read it and try to reply. I say try because lately I haven't been able to comment on things on the computer. I think maybe one of my friends reported me because she didn't realize that it was me when I left a creepy comment on a video. 

SNOW WHITE AND DISNEY PRINCESSES

How do you feel about the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? So many people, including my sister, believe that Snow White is just a great big step back for women in history. Both my sister and mother have frequently questioned me about what it is about Snow White that makes me love her so much, and I always tell them it is her beautiful singing. They haven't bought that for some reason, even though that is the truth. That and she is also very innocent and kind and friendly and everything nice that I think many many girls are forgetting about these days. They ask me, "You know, the prince has to save the princess every single time in all those princess movies that you watch. Don't you think that that is a little wrong?" And I honestly reply every time with a big fat NO! Because there is nothing wrong with a prince saving a princess.

I was talking with my friend and we both agree that really the whole thing with disney princesses is that love conquers everything and it can save you from any danger or situation. It is not that a prince has to save the day. Anyways, who even cares if it is a prince saving the day? Lately, there have been so many movies in hollywood where there is some "strong" woman character. Well, i'm sick of it! Everybody is a-okay with a girl saving the day, but if there was a boy saving the day now there would be millions of people would be angry and upset even though there is no reason to be.

Tell me what you think about all this down in the comments and I will reply and maybe we could have a conversation in the comment area or something fun like that.

SPARROWS 1926

I think that I should make a post or a few posts or even a whole bunch of posts about my favorite movies. I'm not some professional writer or something, so I'm not really going to be giving a whole lot of intelligent comments about these movies, but I will try and explain the things I think about them. Anyways... whatever.

I have a whole lot of favorite movie, but one of my most favorite movies is called Sparrows. The movie Sparrows is one of Mary Pickfords most perfect movies, according to me, and many other people. I will give a quick summary of the movie without ruining anything in the story.

The movie starts by introducing Mr. Grimes and his house/ farm in the swamps. He runs a baby farm. I had never heard of anything called a baby farm before watching this movie and i'm sure other people didn't know what it was either. I can kind of explain. It's pretty much a place where somebody takes care of a bunch of orphans. But Mr. Grimes isn't just any baby farmer... he is an evil one. There are ten children living at this swamp farm and Mr. Grimes forces them to work all day every day with a minimum amount of food. They "live" in the attic of the barn and have to hide there every time Mr. grimes rings the bell at the farm fence because he doesn't want anybody knowing that there are orphans living there. Anyways, Mary Pickford is the oldest orphan staying at the swamp and she spends her time caring for the nine other children. Mr. Grimes get tempted by a criminal Joe Bailey, to help him go through with a kidnapping. The plan is to have Bailey and his associate kidnap a baby girl until her rich father, Dennis Wayne, pays the ransom money.

There are touching moments, scary moments, sweet moments, funny moments for sure, and there is one of the most exciting chase scenes in all movie history! (pretty much). Mary Pickford, known as Molly or Mama Molly in the movie, leads her pack of orphans through the swamp. They swing on a vine, then climb trees, and they escape the jaws of horrific crocodiles!!!! What more could you ask for?

If you are a fan of Mary Pickford or want to be a fan of her, this movie will most certainly make a change in your life. Sparrows was the first Mary Pickford movie I ever saw. There are two versions of the movie. One you can find online. That version has an organ soundtrack that can get kind of dull and boring... Another version of the movie is the dvd version. I'm not sure whether you can find this version online, but the soundtrack is much lighter and happier. Whichever soundtrack you hear while watching, the movie is still always wonderful and definitely worth your time.

Here are some pretty pictures from the movie...
    
These are different movie posters... you know that though.

This picture is so pretty, don't you think so?

It is rumored that Mary Pickford actually wanted to adopt the rich baby in the movie. The babies name is Mary Louise Miller, and after being in Sparrows, she went on to be the baby of other famous stars in other movies. There were news reports that Mary Pickford offered to pay money to adopt the baby. But, it is not a proven fact, and Mary Louise Miller's grand daughter says that she finds it hard to believe that Mary Pickford would really put up money to adopt the baby and doubts that it ever really happened. The Grand daughter said that she was sure that Mary Pickford may have said, I would just love to adopt this baby, or something like that as a joking way, but never anything serious. 

Anyways, if you haven't seen this movie than I just don't know what you are doing with your life. Here is the link to the movie if you want to watch it right away... or maybe later...  http://www.veoh.com/watch/v17884839JXgDY5py

Leave comments and WATCH THE MOVIE!!! If you don't even have the smallest hint of a tear in your eye at any point in this movie, I'll be awfully surprised. And if you aren't smiling the biggest smile your mouth can handle by the end of the movie, then you didn't watch carefully enough. Or maybe you just don't get so happy at things like movie endings. 

RUTH ETTING

Along with Annette Hanshaw, I think that the singer Ruth Etting also has a perfect voice. I don't know so much about her but I have listened to many of her songs and think that I have heard enough of her songs to make a list of my favorites. Ruth Etting sings a lot of the songs Annette Hanshaw did and i'm not sure if I put any of those songs on the Annette Hanshaw song list. It doesn't really matter but I just want you to keep that in mind. I sort of forget how I came across Ruth Etting in the first place. I think I was searching an Annette Hanshaw song and found Ruth Etting's version of it and thought that it was okay. Then I began listening to more of her songs and realized that I really do like her singing. I forget which song that was but I have a feeling that it was the song "Shine on Harvest Moon" which is one of my favorite songs that she sings. Anyways, here is the list...

%1. Ten Cents a Dance  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpU-mcgBJxE
2. Shine on Harvest Moon  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxoNi8mJ2Yk
3. Out of Nowhere  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VItIWNxP9s4
%4. Sam, the Old Accordion Man  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLSONm3Phz4
5. Out in the Cold Again  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXeEKn2cUk
6. Talking to Myself  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf1a1zx_CJs
7. Exactly Like You  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HcvUJkOFEM
%8. Ramona  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obn_IIRpU04
9. Love Letter in the Sand  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zhlr11dnTw
%10. Back in Your Own Backyard  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDi_I9nPMNo
11. It All Depends on You  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxAC3lONBMA
12. The Song is Ended  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83MGqfcHleo
13. I'm Good For Nothing But Love  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aazzQdYjOcM
14. It Was So Beautiful  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Zi4VM3wK4
15. Sonny Boy  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dxJ0Ho8vMo
16. Try a Little Tenderness  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD00bcKOGJ8

I will put this -> % next to the ones I really love.
There are always more songs, but these are the ones I like best. I don't really know anything about Ruth Etting other than that her voice is nice, so if you are interested in her I recommend searching google for that.

Leave a comment saying what you think of my list.

PUBLIC SCHOOL IS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE

If you go to public school now I am sure that you have noticed all the tests that keep on pilling on to us. If you have noticed the same things that I have noticed then you have noticed how many times these big end of the year tests keep changing. It seems as if every year there are changes made on the state tests or whichever tests it is that you take at the end of the school year. One year we are told to focus on the essay questions and the next we are told that there are going to be multiple choice questions that are meant to fool us and make us choose the wrong answer so we have to study those kinds of questions. And other years the teachers just have no idea what to tell us to study. Or, maybe you have noticed that you are only being taught certain things because they are going to be on a test at the end of the year.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT TO YOURSELF, WHY AM I LEARNING THIS? WHEN IN MY LIFE WILL I HAVE TO USE THIS? I certainly have. Somebody in my math class asked my math teacher why we were learning a formula for something we already knew how to do. And my teacher turned around and had a very stern face when she said "because it is going to be on the test at the end of the year". She very clearly had no example of how we would use this formula in our lives after school.

Let me ask you a question. What is the purpose of school? Tell me completely and honestly. DO we go to school so we can meet friends? No. Do we go to school so we don't stay at home all day doing nothing? No. Do we go to school to study for a test at the end of the year? NO! Do we go to school to prepare for our life after school? Yes! Are we going to school to prepare for getting a job when we are older? YES! IF YOU WERE TO GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL NOW DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD FEEL PREPARED TO HAVE A JOB? I doubt it. Unless you want to become a mathmatition(I can't spell it. I've been going to school how many years now? 10. And I can't spell mathmatition?). than half the things we learn in school in math class is useless to you. Unless you want to become a scientist in a real science lab you don't need to know how every single cell in your body works.

I just had to get all that out. I may have taken it a bit too far. But school gets on my nerves. Leave a comment about how you feel about these things.

ANNETTE HANSHAW

All my life I had never liked music. All the members of my family loved music and they played their songs all the time, but I always told them that I wished they would turn it off. I never felt that connection to music that everybody else around me was feeling. I didn't personally care. Who needed music anyways? I liked the peace and quiet. That is until my mind was blown and my eyes were finally opened to a WONDERFUL WORLD OF BEAUTIFUL SOUND!!!! This happened about one year ago. I was playing the piano and came across a song in a music book called "It's the Talk of the Town". I played it and found that it was very catchy and it caught my attention. I played it multiple times every day for a week or so before I thought of searching it on youtube. When I did type it into the search box one of the first videos that came up was Annette Hanshaw singing "It's the Talk of the Town". I had never heard of her and didn't have high expectations because music really wasn't my thing, even though I had been playing piano since second grade. Well, my expectations were all blown away because her singing that song had changed my life for good. When I got my iphone that was the first song of ten that I downloaded. Annette Hanshaw's singing changed my life and maybe it can change yours if you have never heard her sing. So, I will make a list of my favorite songs that she sings.

    1. It's the Talk of the Town  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS-Lv8fid4k
    2. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkbqCM175_4
    3. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MRDc2bgAzI
    4. Lover Come Back to Me  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb9qQM50ekY
    5. You're the Cream in My Coffee  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk_wVO7NBMQ
% 6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufBLTay2cjs
    7. Say it isn't So  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O9bBS5_TC8
    8. Forgetting You  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIzYbV8ZhvI
    9. Get Out and Get Under the Moon  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k52oAH1VfZ0
%10. Moon Song  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkngzIO1cJg
%11. Daddy Won't You Please Come Home  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH49bFIZ5uA
%12. The Song is Ended  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yro1SAbHfQk
   13. Under the Moon  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5WO0kATepM
   14. Lovable and Sweet  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgOWbSkZQMo
   15. Ho Hum  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySN62DIr0EQ
   16. Little White Lies  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGgP8uhUtu0
%17. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGgP8uhUtu0
%18. I've Got 'It' but 'It' Don't Do Me No Good  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gWldO4jWv4
These aren't even all of my favorite songs but I don't want the list to be too long and overwhelming. I will put one of these -> % next to the songs that I really really just love and can't ever get enough of so if you want to quickly pick one to listen to you have a smaller choice.
Also, if you want a larger selection, just type in her name into youtube or google. Also, youtube has a playlist of Annette Hanshaw songs. Not all her songs, but a great deal of them.
Here's the link to that ->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELlKVQtDYrM&list=PL21F92A7B0DBE200B

Just something interesting about her: she had a bad case of stage fright and that is one of the reasons why she retired from her singing career when she did. There is an interview with her on youtube that I didn't even mean to listen to but I did. She said that she was comfortable singing with the band in the recording space but was always so nervous when she had to perform in front of other people. She said that she ended up being only 90 pounds because she had such bad anxiety and she had to retire.
Just if you were wondering.
Tell me what you think about her singing and the songs I put on the list. Maybe make your own list if you have the time.

NO MORE FAN-FICTION

Okay, forget what I said about making a fanfiction. I never wrote any fanfiction before and I don't plan on doing one anymore. I started thinking up ideas and realized that I didn't have any good ones.  The idea just isn't interesting to me anymore. Anyways, I thought that I should actually start posting interesting things on this blog instead of useless things saying that I will start posting things and all that.  So, from now on it will only be interesting things.