Charlotte
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Vincent Price and his Glorious Mustache
In order to understand the mustache of The King of Horror or The Merchant of Menace we must first take a look at his early acting career. It all started with the theater, as was the way with most actors of the time, and it was a very successful start to his career so naturally he wanted to amp up his resume a bit. In 1938 he went to Hollywood and landed his first role in the movie “Service de Luxe”. Not a notable movie by any means, Vincent even thought the movie to be a complete failure upon release, it was not the start he wanted on screen. Apparently…
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Bela Lugosi – The Hungarian Dracula
For some, the name Bela Lugosi may not be immediately apparent, but almost assuredly when the name Dracula is spoken one specific face comes to mind. It was Lugosi who brought Dracula the fame on film that has since spiraled into cult fanaticism. Some would have you believe that Lugosi was born in Transylvania but this is a falsehood most likely spurned on from his role as Dracula. In actuality he was born on October 20, 1882 as Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko in Lugos, Hungary which is about 50 miles away from Transylvania where the castle of Vlad the Impaler, the man behind Dracula, sits. As a child Lugosi was…
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The Dangers of Heating your Home in Georgian (and Regency) England
A roaring fire in your fire place, snow falling outside your windows, a cup of coffee (or tea) in your hands, a really good book all while curled up on the couch under a warm blanket. Sounds like a great way to spend a cold winter’s night, am I right? A fire lit in your fireplace in the 21st century is a romanticized version of what it was like to have one in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. So, the first aspect to truly grasp is that wood was not the first choice for many in England. The price of wood was becoming increasingly expensive as deforestation from…
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Freydis Eiriksdottir – Legend of a Viking Woman
Everything that is known about the life of Freydis is based in legend(s), however, we do know that she really did exist and she was the daughter of Erik the Red. As can be noted, Eiriksdottir is translated into Erik’s daughter in much the same way that Leif Eiriksson is translated to Erik’s son. The infamous viking, Erik the Red, was relocated from Norway to Iceland as a result of his father’s banishment for crimes of murder along with the rest of his family. Erik later followed in his own father’s footsteps when he found himself banished from Iceland for crimes of murder as well. The viking had stumbled across…
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Marie Antoinette – A Queen Fallen From Grace
At the age of 14 the princess and archduchess of Austria, Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna married the dauphin of France, Louis-Auguste. Born into a life of luxury, the one she married into, was to become synonymous with all that was wrong with French Nobility, and the driving force behind the resulting revolution. But how much of it was true? Life would not end well for this queen and it would all start with the French Revolution, more specifically the storming of the Bastille when she was said to have told the peasants begging her for food, “Let them eat cake”. This is probably the most famous mis-quote we will…
