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Are you looking for a feminist, multicultural, pro-union movie to watch this Christmas? Then Mrs Santa Claus is for you!

Not only does it star the late great Angela Lansbury, it features some catchy showtunes composed by Broadway great Jerry Herman, choreography by musical stalwart Rob Marshall, and costumes by the legendary Bob Mackie.

The story behind this one is also pretty interesting! According to this retrospective on Dame Angela Lansbury (RIP), much like she was a champion for older actors to guest star on Murder She Wrote to keep their SAG cards, she was also the driving force behind this tv movie in order to honour her friend Jerry Herman. While he’d had great success as a lyricist and composer for such seminal Broadway shows such as Hello Dolly!, La Cage Aux Folles, and Mame (the latter staring Lansbury), he was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1985 and by the mid-90′s needed a project to focus on. Enter Lansbury stage left, who had a deal with CBS for a number of tv specials, and pitched this film together with Herman.

“Seriously! What do you see in that guy?” “He makes me laugh.” - Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988

Inspired by a recent Disney post I reblogged. I guarantee you one reason Jess loves Seth is because he can make her laugh.

That’s certainly only one reason for her love.

But Seth Hazlitt is also Jessica Fletcher’s closest and dearest friend with whom she can speak about all her problems at any time. He is always there for her.

He is the only one from which she accepts criticism and takes it to heart. His earthiness reminds her  of the true things in life.

Random Jessica Fletcher gifs 😌💓

reblog for all your dreams to come true

bonus:

A video tribute to Jessica Fletcher and Dr. Seth Hazlitt based on the term of endearment which he frequently addresses to her

Pilot Episode “The Murder of Sherlock Holmes”

Item of Note: Single Tear

Definitive proof that I didn’t dream this

Edit time! I was bored and this is the outcome 😁 I hope some of you like it!

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Arnold Genthe :: Portrait photograph of Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1914. Digital file from original lantern slide. | Library of Congress

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Arnold Genthe :: Edna St. Vincent Millay, portrait photograph, 1914. Glass negative. | Library of Congress

Top: lantern slide / Bottom: glass negative / Autochrome here