tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post889241084254152028..comments2024-03-28T16:41:29.596-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: Tart of the Week: George Anne BellamyHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-34008861940911619972009-04-06T08:58:00.000-04:002009-04-06T08:58:00.000-04:00Heather, a link to a little sampling of Vivien in ...Heather, a link to a little sampling of Vivien in action as Emma Hamilton, the grotesque and the glitter. I noticed on Youtube that you evidently can watch the movie all the way through, if you don't mind doing it in fifteen parts.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_KQ9ybKgk<BR/><BR/>Eliza, the showing off of wealth through the buttons makes perfect sense. I think I read somewhere once that Napoleon added buttons to cuffs to keep his soldiers from wiping their noses on their sleeves. A person could probably write a fun book called 'Buttons'.Paul Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969557760934512569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-87236457493853567312009-04-05T19:59:00.000-04:002009-04-05T19:59:00.000-04:00Paul: I don't know about Nelson's crowd, but in co...Paul: I don't know about Nelson's crowd, but in colonial America, buttons on your jacket were a sign of wealth because it meant you could afford all the metal--so having lots of buttons like that was a way of showing off and therefore was rather significant.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen the movie but I read "Beloved Emma" by Flora Fraser and was not impressed. Emma was ridiculously proud, and she only got where she did because of her looks (and because she was loose), not because of any real merit. She had pretty much everything she wanted and only became impoverished a year or two before she died. But even while she was in debtor's prison, she had her own household and nice things and was throwing parties. So, as I said, she makes me angry. Romney painted some gorgeous portraits of her, though.Eliza Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627605324381190861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-1398564613408044672009-04-05T11:39:00.000-04:002009-04-05T11:39:00.000-04:00Paul, I'm so jealous, I've been dying to see that ...Paul, I'm so jealous, I've been dying to see that movie for quite a while! Unfortunately I don't think it's available in Region 1 format yet. They got to get a move on to that. <A HREF="http://georgianaduchessofdevonshire.blogspot.com/2008/07/tart-of-week-emma-lady-hamilton.html" REL="nofollow">Emma</A> was one of those difficult TOTW's for me because there's just so much to write about and it's hard to edit it down to blog-length!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-72215373925550742272009-04-05T09:16:00.000-04:002009-04-05T09:16:00.000-04:00In the old movie I saw, she didn't look too braggy...In the old movie I saw, she didn't look too braggy, but I'm sure that was because they were angling for sympathy. I'll have to read up on her to get a better sense. All I can remember is frivolous luxury and coquetry set against an elegant island backdrop with flash forwards to a dingy poor house jail and Vivien looking all raggedy haggedy as lots of filthy crones and waifs hung on her every word. <BR/>I think Olivier was in it, too, filling out his breeches nicely and wearing one of those military jackets with all the buttons. What's up with all those buttons? So cruel to wear pants that sexy and then make getting out of the top take twenty minutes. I guess it built the anticipation. Not to mention just trying to get undressed for sleep.Paul Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969557760934512569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-77409287081208501732009-04-04T18:59:00.000-04:002009-04-04T18:59:00.000-04:00Paul, I was reminded of Emma Hamilton, too. Except...Paul, I was reminded of Emma Hamilton, too. Except Emma makes me angry. At least George regretted her excesses and didn't brag about them. But it sounds like she had some good times to balance out the bad, so her life wasn't completely tragic.Eliza Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627605324381190861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-20558713607062193792009-04-04T13:17:00.000-04:002009-04-04T13:17:00.000-04:00What a depressing story. I mean, fun in the begin...What a depressing story. I mean, fun in the beginning, but what a sad ending. It makes me think of an old movie I saw when I was a kid with Vivien Leigh as the title character - "That Hamilton Woman". It also was a life of great opulence followed by a degraded end.Paul Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969557760934512569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-87092158371731011712009-04-03T20:26:00.000-04:002009-04-03T20:26:00.000-04:00It's the first time I hear of her as well. Thanks...It's the first time I hear of her as well. Thanks for this interesting post Heather:)Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-58075137233929834912009-04-03T11:19:00.000-04:002009-04-03T11:19:00.000-04:00Wonderful post. I had never heard of George Anne B...Wonderful post. I had never heard of George Anne Bellamy, and I studied English theatrical history for years.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.com