Old-Fashioned Charm: July 2013

Monday, July 22, 2013

Answers to Period Drama First Lines Quiz

Period Bonus Question: Which period film is this photos from?

These are the answers to the Period Drama First Lines Quiz from last week. Sorry it took so long to get these up, it was a very busy weekend.

Period Drama First Lines:

"Robinson! Your master is unwell! You must stop at the very next inn we come to!"

"Right you are miss!"

Answer: Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)

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"Claire, who's that little girl?"

"Oh dear!"

"Poor little woman, she must have lost herself. Who do you belong to child?"

Answer: Wives and Daughters (1998)

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"Thank you. Oh, that's lovely. Be careful with those."

"Lady Russell!"

"My dear Anne. You look quite done for."

Answer: Persuasion (2007)

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"I think your sisters have drunk too much of the orange wine."

"You can bring your sister. And your mother. Miss Austen...uh, Jane? Would you marry me and be mistress of Manydown?"

Answer: Miss Austen Regrets (2008)

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"Get up! Get up you lazy nag!"

"Stop a moment!"

"Wilber! Wilber, you're not well enough. For once let it pass."

"If you leave your horse alone for an hour he might recover."

"And who the h*** are you?"

"Hold it. I've seen him speak in London. That's William Wilberforce."

Answer: Amazing Grace (2006)

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"Do you truly love me?"

"Trust me."

(second scene)

"You should prepare yourself. I have done all I can."

"John, I'm so glad you've come."

"Is it John?"

"Here I am father."

Answer: Sense and Sensibility (2008)

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"Lydia, Kitty?"

"My dear Mr. Bennet, have you heard the news? Netherfield Park is lent at last! Do you not want to know who has taken it?"

"As you wish to tell me, my dear, I doubt I have any choice in the matter."

Answer: Pride and Prejudice (2005)

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"999 indeed! I haven't heard of such a number for a house."

(second scene)

"Forgive my boldness, sir, but wooden leg or no wooden leg, you are this child's last surviving relative. Her father named you as guardian in his will."

"Yeah. I don't dispute that. I merely point out that this house is a shrine to paleontology. There's no corner in it for a small girl - or her nurse."

Answer: Ballet Shoes (2007)

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"Dear Mrs. Caldwell, my friend and neighbor, Mr. Gideon Hopkins, had the pleasure to make you acquaintance this summer on a ferry trip from Cyprus to Crete. If you are reading this, it means that his first suspicions have been confirmed. You, Mrs. Caldwell, are my mother. I trust I will be forgiven for not remembering when or why we parted."

Answer: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (2008)

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#10

"Mr. Shepherd, sir? When are we to be paid?"

"In due course."

"In due course? But these are outstanding."

"I'm aware they're outstanding, sir. That's why I'm here."

"Mr. Shepherd, these bills go back for months and months!"

Answer: Persuasion (1995)

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#11

"Ho there! stop thieves!"

(second scene)

"There is still time to reconsider my dear Miss Taylor. Come back home with us. James will not mind turning the carriage round and nobody you know will take it amiss."

Answer: Emma (A&E 1996)

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#12

"Hang it right man, hang it right! And where have you been? Look at what I've got before me while you're out at your leisure. You tell me directly what have you been doing? Well? or I'll have you hit that corner as if you was 50 Pips and 500 Gargerys."

"I've been down to hear the carols."

"Carols is it? As if I wasn't a blacksmith's wife and a slave with her apron never off, I should've been to hear the carols. But too busy I am bringing you up by hand! Why do I do it?"

Answer: Great Expectations (1999)

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#13

"Steady! Whoa! Whoa!"

"There you are miss."

"Whoa! Walk on! Walk on!"

"Silence in court!"

"Now we come, not for the first time, to Jarndyce and Jarndyce."

Answer: Bleak House (2005)

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#14

"Good day to you, Mrs. Norris."

"Sir Thomas. Sister, I hope I find you well."

"The carriage will call for you in quarter of an hour."

"And you have a vast way to go to meet the child. Northampton is full eight miles, so I am told."

Answer: Mansfield Park (1983)

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#15

"It's alright Saleem. One day you'll fly over the water like it's nothing, I promise."

Answer: The Inheritance (1997)

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#16

"Oh my gosh!"

"That's impossible! I'll take it up there now."

"Don't be stupid, none of them will be up for hours and what difference will it make? Jimmy will do it when he comes in."

(second scene)

"Six o'clock!"

"Thank you Daisy. Anna!"

"For just once in my life I'd like to sleep until I woke up natural."

Answer: Downton Abbey, Season 1, Episode 1

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#17

"Are you alright?"

"Yes!"

"Inside, quick!"

"Help!"

"Look out!"

"Jack look out!"

"Papa!!!"

Answer: Lorna Doone (2000)

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#18

"...there's twelve. Here, take it. Small fortune."

"Thank you, sir. He'll be very grateful to you."

"So he should. Tell him I expect to see a return on my investments very soon."

Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)

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#19

"I will die."

"St. John?"

"I found her at the door."

"She's white as death!"

Answer: Jane Eyre (2011)

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Players Scores:
Lydia - 140 points
Issy - 110 points
Anne-girl - 100 points
Melody - l00 points
Rhoswen Faerie Wrose - 100 points
Ania - 90 points
Kiri Liz - 90 points
Petie - 90 points
Tillie - 90 points
Emma Jane - 60 points
Abby - 50 points
Hamlette - 30 points

Thanks for playing everyone!

Friday, July 19, 2013

Quickie Update (anyone going to JA Festival?)

Dear Readers,

Firstly, I will be unable to post the answers to the Period Drama First Lines Quiz from this week. My schedule this weekend is just so busy! So go ahead and keep submitting your answers and I'll score them when I get a chance but that probably won't be until Sunday afternoon at the latest.

Secondly, a lot of exciting things are happening/will happen in the last few days!

I get to set up a wedding reception for some friends of mine in the gardens at the Creation Museum and help serve food and drinks at the reception! So after working today I'll head over and help set up, go to the wedding ceremony and then head back to the gardens to help serve. Such fun! So thankful for the detailed layout the bride has given me and for the special friends who will be helping us! I love weddings, which is good because this is my third wedding serving at this year. :)
Some very dear friends from Maine have come to visit this weekend! It is so good to see these pieces of home and they are so much like family because we've known them for 15+ years. My sister is elated to have her best friend close by. They are going to enjoy the Creation Museum Friday and Saturday.
On Saturday my dad and I are going to the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville!!!!!!! Yay! We had such fun last year and this year I have a special reason for being very very excited about going. I'll tell ya all about it when I get back dears and I'll post photos! If you plan on going to the festival let me know in a comment or if you recognize me while there feel free to say "hello"! :)

Me after the Jane Austen Festival last year

I'll be dressed similarly to last year but I'm planning on wearing a purple floral blouse this year. If you see me at the Jane Austen Festival feel free to introduce yourself!

Hope ya'll have a wonderful weekend and I'll post again after my crazy weekend is over.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Period Drama First Lines Quiz

Period Bonus Question: Which period film is this photos from?

To Play: Read the first lines of period dramas below and leave a comment guessing which period drama each quote comes from. I'll respond with your score. Answers will be posted this time next week.

Scoring: 10 points for each correctly guessed period drama. 10 points for correctly guessing the bonus photo question above. You can reach a high score of 200 points.

Period Drama First Lines:

"Robinson! Your master is unwell! You must stop at the very next inn we come to!"

"Right you are miss!"

"C-----, who's that little girl?"

"Oh dear!"

"Poor little woman, she must have lost herself. Who do you belong to child?"

"Thank you. Oh, that's lovely. Be careful with those."

"Lady R------!"

"My dear A---. You look quite done for."

"I think your sisters have drunk too much of the orange wine."

"You can bring your sister. And your mother. Miss A----- ...uh, J---? Would you marry me and be mistress of Manydown?"

"Get up! Get up you lazy nag!"

"Stop a moment!"

"W-----! W-----, you're not well enough. For once let it pass."

"If you leave your horse alone for an hour he might recover."

"And who the h*** are you?"

"Hold it. I've seen him speak in London. That's W------ W----------."

"Do you truly love me?"

"Trust me."

(second scene)

"You should prepare yourself. I have done all I can."

"J---, I'm so glad you've come."

"Is it J---?"

"Here I am father."

"L-----, K----?"

"My dear Mr. B-----, have you heard the news? N---------- P--- is lent at last! Do you not want to know who has taken it?"

"As you wish to tell me, my dear, I doubt I have any choice in the matter."

"999 indeed! I haven't heard of such a number for a house."

(second scene)

"Forgive my boldness, sir, but wooden leg or no wooden leg, you are this child's last surviving relative. Her father named you as guardian in his will."

"Yeah. I don't dispute that. I merely point out that this house is a shrine to paleontology. There's no corner in it for a small girl - or her nurse."

"Dear Mrs. C-------, my friend and neighbor, Mr. G----- H------, had the pleasure to make you acquaintance this summer on a ferry trip from Cyprus to Crete. If you are reading this, it means that his first suspicions have been confirmed. You, Mrs. C-------, are my mother. I trust I will be forgiven for not remembering when or why we parted."

#10

"Mr. S-------, sir? When are we to be paid?"

"In due course."

"In due course? But these are outstanding."

"I'm aware they're outstanding, sir. That's why I'm here."

"Mr. S-------, these bills go back for months and months!"

#11

"Ho there! stop thieves!"

(second scene)

"There is still time to reconsider my dear Miss T-----. Come back home with us. J---- will not mind turning the carriage round and nobody you know will take it amiss."

#12

"I've been down to hear the carols."

"Carols is it? As if I wasn't a blacksmith's wife and a slave with her apron never off, I should've been to hear the carols. But too busy I am bringing you up by hand! Why do I do it?"

#13

"Steady! Whoa! Whoa!"

"There you are miss."

"Whoa! Walk on! Walk on!"

"Silence in court!"

"Now we come, not for the first time, to J------- and J-------."

#14

"Good day to you, Mrs. N-----."

"Sir T-----. Sister, I hope I find you well."

"The carriage will call for you in quarter of an hour."

"And you have a vast way to go to meet the child. Northampton is full eight miles, so I am told."

#15

"It's alright Saleem. One day you'll fly over the water like it's nothing, I promise."

#16

"Oh my gosh!"

"That's impossible! I'll take it up there now."

"Don't be stupid, none of them will be up for hours and what difference will it make? Jimmy will do it when he comes in."

(second scene)

"Six o'clock!"

"Thank you D----. A---!"

"For just once in my life I'd like to sleep until I woke up natural."

#17

"Are you alright?"

"Yes!"

"Inside, quick!"

"Help!"

"Look out!"

"Jack look out!"

"Papa!!!"

#18

"...there's twelve. Here, take it. Small fortune."

"Thank you, sir. He'll be very grateful to you."

"So he should. Tell him I expect to see a return on my investments very soon."

#19

"I will die."

"S- J---?"

"I found her at the door."

"She's white as death!"

Have fun!

Friday, July 12, 2013

There's Something In The Water!

Take a look at what's in the water! It's pretty fantastic!

Isn't that great? Makes me laugh! :)

"It's Colin Firth, but not as we know him. He's 12 feet tall and made of fiberglass.

A statue of brooding Mr. Darcy, the character played by Oscar-winner Firth in Pride and Prejudice, was installed Monday in Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park." - from USA Today

"The statue of superhuman proportions has been temporarily installed in the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, London, and will tour the UK before settling at its final home in Lyme Park, Cheshire, where the eye-catching scene was filmed." - The Guardian

Very ironic that the statue depicts Mr. Darcy from P&P 1995 and not the real Mr. Darcy of the novel. It's not my favorite scene, in fact I thought it is a bit ridiculous, but the statue is so funny! Hahahaha!

How would you like to go swimming or boating and see Mr. Darcy in the lake?

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Austenland (2013) Trailer & Clips!

There's been a lot of publicity lately about the new film Austenland (2013) based on the book by Shannon Hale. I haven't read the book so am not exactly sure whether to recommend it or the film but the whole idea of a Jane Austen fan going to a Regency themed resort sounds hilarious. The film is rated PG-13 so there will be some language and maybe some innuendo that won't be appropriate for young viewers.

Storyline: Austenland is a romantic comedy about 30-something, single Jane Hayes, a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: her obsession with Mr. Darcy-as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice-is ruining her love life; no real man can compare. But when she decides to spend her life savings on a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined.

Official Trailer:

Two Clips & Interview:
(for some reason the videos aren't staying in my post but there are links to clips and an interview below.)

Unmentionables Clip

Hunting Clip

Austenland at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival

Cast:

Keri Russell as Jane Hayes (heroine)

Other Period Films: The Magic Of Ordinary Days

J.J. Feild as Mr. Henry Nobley

Other Period Films: Northanger Abbey (2007), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001), Poirot: Death On The Nile, The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, Marple: Pale Horse, Captain America

Jane Seymour as Mrs. Wattlesbrook

Other Period Films: Our Mutual Friend (1976), Somewhere In Time, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), Heidi (1993), Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (TV series), Marple: Ordeal By Innocence

Bret McKenzie as Martin

Other Films: The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit

James Callis as Colonel Andrews

Other Period Films: Arabian Nights, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999), Victoria and Albert, One Night With The King, BBC Merlin

Ricky Whittle as Captain George East

His first period film role.

Georgia King as Lady Amelia Heartwright

Other Period Films: Little Dorrit (2009), Jane Eyre (2006), The Shadow in the North, Poirot: Hollowe'en Party, BBC Merlin

Production Photos:
The costumes and scenery are bright and colorful!

Looks interesting, no?

Have you read Austenland?

Do you think you'll watch Austenland (2013)?

How would you like to go to a Jane Austen themed resort?

Monday, July 8, 2013

Period Dramas Hand Game - Answers!

These are the answers to the Period Dramas Hand Game from last week. Sorry these are up a bit later than usual but I worked this weekend and had the Finale post to finish for the 7th. Hope you enjoyed playing this game!