The world according to Chase

Welcome, foolish mortals....A Doctor Who, Classic Hollywood, Disney, Sondheim, Bob Fosse, TV, Film, Musicals, Concept Albums, Rock Operas, Animation and Theatre enthusiast/fanboy....the ghosts of things past...have an affinity for all things Mid-Century Modern...my culture heroes define my philosophy. Gay. Olympia, WA

[dreminens]

Gold Diggers of 1933 (dir.: Mervyn LeRoy; choreography: Busby Berkeley)

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footlight parade, busby berkeley |1933|

[connerys]

Hedy Lamarr in Ziegfeld Girl (1941) dir. Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley

[gypsyastronaut]

[madeline-kahn]

Dancing in Film: The kaleidoscopic top shot (made popular by Busby Berkeley)

42nd Street (1933) dir. Lloyd Bacon Singin’ in the Rain (1952) dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Beauty and the Beast (1991) dir. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise The Lion King (1994) dir. Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers The Big Lebowski (1998) dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Reefer Madness (2005) dir. Andy Flickman Mamma Mia! (2008) dir. Phyllida Lloyd Hail, Caesar! (2015) dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Paddington 2 (2017) dir. Paul King Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) dir. Ol Parker

[fromthemotionpicture]

[bob-belcher]

The Princess Diaries (2001) dir. Garry Marshall

[gypsyastronaut]

[ladybegood]

Greta Garbo photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull for Mata Hari (1931)

[the-marriage-of-heaven-and-hell]

Cary Grant photographed by Milton Greene, 1958

[mightysmallz]

“I Love Lucy was never just the title.” —Desi Arnaz

[y-eowang]

“What have done to him, you maniacs?!” Rosemary’s baby (1967).

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Rosemary Woodhouse's whole wardrobe is *chef's kiss*

Even that evil necklace full of herbs looked good

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“Come with us quietly, Rosemary. Don’t argue or make a scene. Because if you say anything more about witches or witchcraft, we’re gonna be forced to take you to a mental hospital. You don’t want that, do you?”

[judygarlcnd]

Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse in Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

[jennylandia]

Gothic, Horror, and Haunted Houses, Part 2: Psycho (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Haunting (1963), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), The Legend of Hell House (1973), Suspiria (1977), The Sentinel (1977), The Changeling (1980).

[sheisdevil]

“The dead are not quiet in Hill House.”

The Haunting (1963)