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Trailer: A Modern Pride and Prejudice (2011)

Posting this trailer for the curious...

Official site: Pride and Prejudice follows Elizabeth Bennet (Maia Petee) and her oldest sister Jane (Christina LaFon) through trial and error of first impressions, timeless proposals, mistaken opinions and true love. When Jane meets the new eligible bachelor Mr. Bingley (Mark Mook), she falls head over heels until he suddenly leaves town unexpectedly with his friend Mr. Darcy (Caleb Grusing). While Elizabeth consults her sister she finds herself intertwined in the reasons behind Mr. Bingley's departure, a new found friend Mr. Wickham (James Hawthorn), prejudices and a possibilities of finding love herself.

Images from Pride & Prejudice (1995)

Here are just a sample of images from 1995's Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle that Sharona has graciously posted in her gallery at Period Films. Thanks Sharona!

Video: Period Drama - Breathe Again

I absolutely love this fanvid made by KatSw3 !
It includes some of my favourite dramas as well as some of the new ones or those yet to be released! She's included clips of Mia and Fassbender in the upcoming Jane Eyre and clips of Downton Abbey too! Brilliantly done!

Films included: Becoming Jane, Bright Star, Downton Abbey, Ever After, Jane Eyre 2006 & 2011, Little Women, New World, North & South, Pride & Prejudice 2005, Sense & Sensibility 1995 & 2008, Shakespeare in Love, The Illusionist

Watch video on Youtube!

Quilts: Historic and literary!

I came across some quilts today that brought a smile since I never expected to see computer games transformed into quilts! (Super Mario Brothers, Tetris and Pacman are just some of the crazy quilts found on Buzzfeed)

...which got me thinking if I could create any quilt, which topic would I like to see and I discovered these beautiful quilts crafted by Nancy Adair including Pride and Prejudice and Little Women. What do you think?

Pride and Prejudice

Little Women quilt

Ships of the World Bluework

Children of the World

Edwardian Memories

Barbie Quilt

Other quilts...

Marie Antoinette Art Quilt

Anne of Green Gables

Darcy DOES like to dance!!

Here's how it went down, one afternoon at the Gentlemen's Club...

The following 5 distinguished gents were present:

Both Fitzwilliam Darcys (1995 & 2005), John Thornton, Edward Rochester & Robert Crawley

As the gentlemen were enjoying their cigars and port, the conversation led to how they all had at one time or another been accused of not being amiable simply because they had not been inclined to dance on occasion. Upon further discussion, it turns out that the gentlemen in question all shared an interest in dancing but not of the ballroom style. Once they discovered that they all were secretly fond of hip-hop, they wasted no time in strutting their stuff.

Featuring: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard Armitage, Toby Stephens, Hugh Bonneville

Afterward, one of the gents suggested that they should show their fancy new moves to their respective spouses in order to finally dispel their "brooding" stereotype but the idea was unanimously dismissed. After all, they do have a reputation to uphold...

Unknown to the men, their secret did get out
and their wives had their own fun...

Not to be outdone by their husbands, the wives of the men at The Gentlemen's Club had heard whisperings of the men's now infamous dance moves. The two Darcys, Rochester, Thornton and Crawley had wanted to keep their secret love for hip-hop under wraps but the ladies had tracked down the video and enjoyed a hearty laugh. Of course, the women had something to prove now - that ballroom dancing wasn't their only genre of dance either...

Elizabeth Bennett (1995 & 2005), Margaret Hale, Jane Eyre, Cora Crawley

Featuring: Jennifer Ehle, Keira Knightley, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Ruth Wilson & Elizabeth McGovern

Austen men like to boogie!

After hearing of the jolly good time had by Darcy, Thornton and pals doing their hip-hop at The Gentlemen's Club, some Austen leading men decided to try a dance of their own! Their specialty turned out to be groovy moves from the 1980's...