Case Study No. 1219: "The Masters of Library Science"

The Masters of Library Science
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["The 87th Annual Masters of Library Science Croquet Tournament" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Good afternoon, folks! I'm Melvil Dewey, and welcome to the eighty-seventh annual "Masters of Library Science" croquet tournament!
[cut to an exterior shot of the New Hanover County Library]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Set in beautiful New Hanover County Public Library, the Masters has attracted some of the world's top croquet professionals ...
[cut to various shots of librarians posing for the camera holding croquet mallets]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Including the likes of Harry Tuchmayer, Bratis Roseboro, Susan Wood, and more ... Eighteen holes of croquet excitement, two hundred thousand books, one champion! Who will it be?
["Hole No. 5, Local History" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Let's go to hole number five, local history department ...
[cut to an older female librarian (short blonde hair, glasses, green sweater, brown skirt) about to hit a croquet ball through the stacks]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Beverly Tetterton setting up, needs to get around the two hundred year old atlases to save par ...
[she hits the ball between two atlases set up on the floor to resemble a wicket, as she raises her hand in victory]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Bank shot, and it's through!
["Hole No. 7, Children's Department" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hole number seven, children's department ...
[cut to another female librarian (bowl haircut, glasses, red shirt, brown pants, multi-colored socks) measuring her shot]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Former US amateur champion Margaret Miles setting up.
[cut to the librarian hitting her ball around a stack of books on the floor (with titles like "Little Hands : Sand" and "Exploring Our World : Deserts"]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] She makes it past the sand trap ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball rolling past another stack of books (with titles like "The Water Cycle" and "The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Oceans")]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Around the water hazard ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball rolling between two children's books, set up to resemble a wicket]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And it's good!
[cut to the librarian celebrating, then to a pile of stuffed animals (as someone off camera shakes the fox to make it appear to be "cheering"]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And the crowd is going wild!
["Hole No. 8, Non Fiction" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hole number eight, non-fiction ...
[cut to an older male librarian (grey hair, suit and tie) standing next to a bookcart and flipping through one of the books]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Harry Tuchmayer, studying up on this one ...
[cut to Harry speaking to another male librarian (balding, blue shirt, black pants) who is lying on the floor and measuring the ball with a croquet mallet]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Calling over reference librarian James Daniel to further assess the situation ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball, as Harry wipes the carpet in front of it with his hand]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Dusts off the green, and here we go ... This is for back-to-back birdies.
[cut to the librarian hitting the ball between two books on croquet, set up to resemble a wicket]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] The shot ... and it's in!
[cut to a shot of the librarian celebrating]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Beautiful shot!
["Hole No. 10, Fiction" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hole number ten, fiction ...
[cut to another female librarian (short blonde hair, glasses, blue blazer, beige pants) hitting her ball]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Phyllis Smith, looking for a possible birdie.
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past a stepstool]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Past the bookstep ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past some books on the floor]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Around some novels ...
[cut to the ball as it rolls between two books set up to resemble a wicket]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And it's through!
["Hole No. 11, Early Literacy Outreach" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hole number eleven, early literacy outreach department ...
[cut to a young female librarian (frizzy brown hair, glasses, white sweater, white pants) lining up her shot]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Amy Read, in trouble! Takes an unlikely route, get some luck on this one ...
[she hits it, then cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past some books on the floor]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Bounces it off the board book hazard ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past another stack of books]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Passes the training documents ...
[cut to the ball as it rolls between two books set up to resemble a wicket]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And it's good!
[cut to the librarian celebrating]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Unbelievable!
["Hole No. 12, Audio Visual" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hole number twelve, audio-visual department ...
[cut to an African American male librarian (bald head, fedora, glasses, brown sleeveless shirt, brown pants, black and white socks) setting up his shot]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Bratis Roseboro, showing off the guns!
[he hits the ball]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] We haven't seen a hole in one all week. This one ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past some self-playing digital audiobook devices laid out on the floor]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Past the Playaways ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past some CD cases laid out on the floor]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Past the CDs ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past some DVD cases (with titles like "Woof! A Guide to Dog Training" and "A Dog's Life")]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Around the dogleg, right ...
[cut to the ball as it rolls between two VHS cases set up to resemble a wicket]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And it's in!
[cut to the librarian as he struts around the "course"]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Bratis Roseboro, he is simply on fire!
["Hole No. 13, Reference" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hole number thirteen, reference department ...
[cut to a young female librarian (long blonde hair, purple sweater, grey pants, giant purple-and-green hat) about to hit her ball in between two volumes of the "Encyclopedia of Religion"]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Susan Wood has to make this one to stay with the leaders ...
[she hits the croquet ball]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Her shot ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past some books on the floor]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Past the grant documents ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past another stack of books]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Around the dictionaries ...
[cut to the ball as it misses the encyclopedia "wicket"]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Aaaaand just a bit outside! No good!
[cut to the librarian throwing her hat off in disgust]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Susan Wood, not happy about that one ...
["Hole No. 15, Computer Lab" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hole number fifteen, computer lab ...
[cut to a young male librarian (tattoo sleeve on left arm, red-and-white golf hat, green-and-white striped shirt, white belt, red plaid pants, green socks, blue tennis shoes) about to take his shot]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] James Hudson has been on fire all day!
[the camera pans down to show he is standing on a computer table
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Let's see if he can make the lightning-speed internet connection green on this one ...
[he hits the ball, as it goes past two computers and through two books set up to resemble a wicket]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Oh, it's in!
[cut to the librarian doing a celebratory dance on the table]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Gotta love those pants! Beautiful outfit!
["Hole No. 16, Technical Services" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hole number sixteen, technical services department ...
[cut to an older female librarian (white hair, white backwards baseball cap, blue shirt, grey shorts, sandals) lining up her shot around some BWI boxes and bookcarts]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Caroline Eisenstein, in trouble ...
[she hits the ball, which bounces off one of the boxes]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Her shot ... BWI denied! Oh no!
[the screen goes black, as the leaderboard is shown]

Scoreboard

Hudson -13
Roseboro -13
Miles -12
Tuchmayer -11
Tetterton -10
Read -8
Smith -6
Eisenstein -2
Wood +24

MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And after seventeen holes ... we can see Hudson, Roseboro. Tied, thirteen under. Margaret Miles, trailing one behind.
["Hole No. 18" appears on screen]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And now, we head to picturesque hole number eighteen of the New Hanover County Public Library.
[cut to Bratis and James walking up the stairs in slow motion]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] It'll be a battle to the finish between Bratis Roseboro and James Hudson.
[cut to the two librarians squaring off nose to nose, as James pushes Bratis away with his croquet mallet]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] These two players do not like each other one bit ... You see the shove from Hudson. Bratis Roseboro knows it's on!
[cut to a closeup of James, as he blows on his croquet mallet (like it's a smoking gun)]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Both players limbering up.
[cut to a closeup of Bratis as he bounces up and down]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] They know what's at stake ... The winner of this hole will be crowned champion of the Masters of Library Science croquet tournament!
[cut to James eating a banana, then cut to him at the top of the stairwell with his mallet]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] James Hudson is at the tee box first ...
[he hits the ball, then cut to a closeup as it bounces down the stairs]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] His shot, beautiful! Straight down the stairway fairway!
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past some books on the floor]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Through the new book hazard ...
[cut to the ball as it rolls into some books laid out on the floor arranged in a semi-circle]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And on the green in one!
[cut to Bratis at the top of the stairwell, as he hits his ball]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Bratis Roseboro answering back ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it bounces down the stairs]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] His shot is on target as well ...
[cut to a closeup of the ball as it rolls past the same books on the floor]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Through the new book hazard ...
[cut to the ball as it rolls into the same semi-circle of books]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And yes, he's on the green! Little bit better position than Hudson ...
[cut to James kneeling down next to his ball]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Hudson needs to make this to keep the pressure on Roseboro ...
[cut to James hitting his ball towards two stacks of magazines set up to resemble a wicket]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] His shot ...
[the ball ends up going wide and missing the wicket]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Oh, just a bit outside! No good!
[cut to Bratis adjusting his fedora as he stares at his ball]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Bratis Roseboro ... one man, one shot, one champion.
[cut to Bratis hitting the ball, then to some "onlookers" standing nearby (as one older woman suddenly yells out)]
SPECTATOR: In the hole!
[the other onlookers all shush her, then cut back to a closeup of the ball as it goes in between the two magazine stacks]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Unbelievable! What a shot by Roseboro!
[cut to Bratis falling to his knees and pumping his fists in celebration]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] He is the champion! Ho-oh my goodness!
[cut to James sitting in the corner and crying]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] James Hudson, crying like a baby ...
[cut back to Bratis as he kisses his mallet and jumps around in celebration]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] While Roseboro kisses his mallet after the win! Doing the dance! Feeling it ... feeling it.
[cut to Bratis as another male librarian (brown hair, glasses, straw hat, green shirt, black vest, white pants) shakes his hand]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Roseboro shaking hands with yours truly, Melvil Dewey ...
[he then takes a grey jacket and places it on Bratis]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] And is now being awarded the coveted Masters of Library Science croquet jacket.
[cut to a closeup of the patch sewn onto the lapel of the jacket, reading "MLS Croquet Champ"]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Only the best of the best have the honor of wearing such a fine jacket ...
[cut back to Bratis as he again shakes Melvil's hand, then pulls him in for a hug]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] An historical day for Bratis Roseboro ...
[cut to Melvil handing Bratis a large poster reading "A Century of Stories, New Hanover County Public Library, 1906-2006"]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Roseboro's also being awarded ... the lifetime library card from New Hanover County Public Library!
[cut to Bratis (now by himself) holding the "library card" over his head and celebrating]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Roseboro can now check out books ... and never have an overdue fine the rest of his life!
[cut to Bratis holding a little gold statue]
MELVIL DEWEY: [in voice over] Roseboro, the champion!
["Melvil Dewey Productions" appears on screen]

Case Study No. 1218: Staff of the Minecraft Public Library

Minecraft Public Library 2010
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A tour of a library a bunch of us made on Solarai's Minecraft server. The song is "Firefly Mist" by Sonic Librarian.
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[the player walks up to a building marked "Public Library", along with a sign on the left side of the front door ("Built by GDSRX, NebuPookins, and Sendrien") and a sign on the right ("After 6PM please deposit books in book return box.")]
[the player enters the library, and walks up to a sign reading "Shhh ... Reading Room"]
[the player walks through the "Newspapers and Periodicals" section, then heads for the stairs (with a sign reading "Down: Children's Section"]
[the player climbs down the stairs, where he finds two signs ("Children's Stories" and "Jack the Skimming Squash says Reading is fun!") and "jdawg778" standing behind the desk]
[the player goes back up to the first floor, where he finds "GDSRX" sitting behind the Main Desk (with a sign reading "Ring For Service")]
[the player goes up to the second floor (with a sign reading "Please Do Not Reshelve Books"), where he finds "Bonesaw711" browsing the bookshelves]

000: Computer Sci., Information, General Works
100: Philosophy, Psychology
200: Religion
300: Social Sciences
400: Languages
500: Science, Mathematics
600: Technology, Applied Sci.
700: Arts, Recreation

[the player goes back to the first floor, and stops at a table with a sign reading "Self Checkout: For assistance, see front desk"]
[the player returns to the main desk, as "GDSRX" shakes his head]
[the player turns and leaves the library, as the scene fades to black]

Public Library 2010

In order of appearance:
Yodi2111
jdawg778
GDSRX
Sendrien
Bonesaw711
Nebu

Filmed on solarai's server

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From wikipedia.org:

Minecraft is a sandbox building video game which allows players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D world. It is currently in development, originally by creator Markus "Notch" Persson and now by his company formed from the proceeds of the game, Mojang Specifications. Minecraft has been developed on the Java platform. The game is divided into two main modes, Beta and Classic, where Classic is focused entirely on construction while Beta additionally contains enemies, a health meter, and additional features and items. Beta is the currently updated version of the game.

Minecraft was developed for about a week before its public release on May 17, 2009 on the TIGSource forums, where it gained a considerable level of popularity. It has been continually updated and patched since then, and while it was still in alpha release, it garnered hundreds of thousands of sales and critical notice and acclaim from many reviewers.

Case Study No. 1217: Janet Grayson/Blanche "Michigan Red" Ditworthy

The Captain Hates the Sea - Three Stooges
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The Three Stooges appearances in the film "The Captain Hates the Sea". The stooges are lounge musicians on a ship.
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[as the ship's band (comprised of Moe, Larry and Curley of the Three Stooges) plays music, Danny Checkett and Janet Grayson are sitting down in the main ballroom with Junius Schulte and Yolanda Magruder]
JANET: Do you dance?
JUNIUS: That's the tango, ain't it? I never could go for dem sissy dances ... Now, take a one-step!
DANNY: How 'bout me? I can tear a tango to pieces!
JANET: Really? How lovely!
[the young woman takes off her fur wrap and starts to get up]
JANET: Do you mind? Excuse us, please.
[they both get up, as the older woman (who has a romantic interest in Danny) gives her a dirty look]
YOLANDA: I'm next, toots!
[they make their way to the dance floor, as Yolanda stares lovingly at Danny walking away]
YOLANDA: Y'know, I could sorta fall for a guy like him ...
JUNIUS: [pause] I'm sure he's fallin' for you ...
[cut to Janet and Danny on the dance floor]
JANET: Have you gone nuts?
DANNY: Tut tut, Miss Grayson ... and what would the trustees of the good old Boston library say to such language?
JANET: Doughnuts!
DANNY: To the trustees?
JANET: To you, wise guy! What's the use taking chances? Suppose Schulte gets suspicious?
[he laughs]
DANNY: That chump ... Do you wanna know where Schulte is right now?
JANET: I'll bite, where is Schulte?
DANNY: He's down in my cabin, frisking the joint ... tryin' to find those Trans-Pacific papers.

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From tcm.com:

The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)

As passengers board the cruise ship San Capador, its captain, Helquist, tells a group of reporters how much he hates the sea, and that he only became a sailor to escape his father. He also informs the reporters that, in the case of an accident, he plans to be the first man in a lifeboat, having no intentions of "going down with the ship."

Newspaperman Steve Bramley arrives at the dock, delivered there by his fiancee, Gerta Klangi. Steve is leaving Hollywood, where he has failed as a screenwriter, to go back to New York, in the hope of both writing a book, and giving up the bottle.

Once aboard the ship, Steve runs into his old drinking buddy, Layton, the ship's chief steward. They are soon joined by another old friend, private detective Junius P. Schulte, who is aboard the ship in search of $250,000 in stolen bonds.

Just after the ship leaves the dock, the pilot ship pulls alongside, and notorious crook Danny Checkett boards the cruise ship, under the name "Fairaday." He is immediately greeted by Schulte, who asks him to hand over the bonds. Danny declares his innocence, and their game of "hide-and-seek" begins.

Also aboard the cruise ship are Mr. and Mrs. Jeddock, a seemingly distinguished couple; Mrs. Yolanda Magruder, a feisty rich widow; General Salazaro, a revolutionary; and Bostonian Janet Grayson, a librarian on vacation.

At dinner that night, Danny and Schulte both vie for Janet's attention. Afterward, Steve goes back to his room, where he finds a phonograph record of Gerta, in which she proclaims her love and belief in him. Despite her encouragement, Steve immediately "falls off the wagon," and soon becomes a close friend of the head bartender. When Steve sees Mrs. Jeddock for the first time, he recognizes her as an old prostitute he knew under the name "Goldie." Mr. Jeddock is so upset by this that he attacks Steve, but the writer, though intoxicated, still beats the hapless husband to the punch.

Later, when Danny is alone with Janet, their true relationship is disclosed: they are actually accomplices, engaged to be married. While Danny is pleased that Janet has attracted the attention of Schulte, he, in turn, is being pursued by the elder Mrs. Magruder.

Janet, thinking that Schulte is completely taken by her, hides the stolen bonds in the detective's cabin. Schulte, however, is on to her, knowing that her real name is Blanche Ditworthy, and is otherwise known as "Michigan Red." Layton discovers the truth about Danny and Janet, and blackmails the crooks to keep their secret from Schulte.

After four days at sea, Salazaro is greeted with a hero's welcome by his old friend Juan Gilboa when the ship docks in his country. The other passengers are shocked to learn, a bit later, that Salazaro has been executed by a firing squad, as his revolutionary group had been defeated prior to his arrival.

Back at sea, Schulte proposes marriage to Janet, and she accepts as part of her ruse. As Schulte announces their engagement, the band plays "The Wedding March," just as the Jeddock's arrive in the dining room. Mr. Jeddock explodes at the group, thinking that the song is a snide comment on his wife's past, and is taken away by the ship's crew, who throw him in the brig. Mrs. Jeddock then attempts suicide by jumping off the ship, but both Danny and Schulte jump to her rescue.

Janet goes to Schulte to tell him the truth, only to discover that he knows all, having found the bonds, yet still wishes to marry her.

As the ship arrives in New York, Mr. and Mrs. Jeddock are reunited in the captain's quarters, where Mrs. Jeddock gives her husband a piece of her mind, as well as part of a blackjack. At the dock, Danny, who realizes that he has lost both Janet and the bonds, renews his acquaintance with the rich Mrs. Magruder, whom, he learns, is worth $7,000,000. Schulte gives his business card to Janet, and tells her to meet him there, which she does.

Finally, Steve leaves the ship, in no better condition than he boarded, only to be met by Gerta. Though she realizes he has lost yet another battle with the bottle, she accepts him back in her arms, and they drive away.

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From google.com:

The activities of several passengers aboard an ocean liner is the focus of The Captain Hates the Sea (1934). One passenger is Schulte (Victor McLaglen), a private investigator attempting to recover $250,000 in Trans-Pacific Company bonds; another passenger is Janet Grayson (Helen Vinson) who is identified as a librarian, but as the plot unfolds, Janet's occupation appears a pretense to conceal her illegal activity. She is in possession of the Trans-Pacific bonds, holding them for her partner-in-crime, Danny Checkett (Fred Keating), who joins the ship after it leaves port; the two bond thieves pretend to be strangers.

When Schulte and Danny are with the head steward, Danny asks the steward about "the danger signal" - Janet. The steward comments that she is "from Boston. Works in the library there. Must do it to pass her time away because it's a cinch she has a bundle of dough." He adds that his knowledge about Janet comes from people who tell him "things."

Danny gives $10 to the steward to secure a seat next to Janet at dinner. Even though Schulte has a rap sheet on Janet (real name Blanche Ditworthy, aka Michigan Red), he becomes romantically involved with her during the cruise.

Danny makes two references to her alleged occupation during the film. First, in response to a remark from Janet while they are together on the dance floor, Danny quips, "Tut tut, Miss Grayson, and what would the trustees of the good old Boston library say to such language?"

The second comment occurs in Janet's cabin; when she comes out of the bedroom in a nightgown, Danny exclaims, "Ah, pretty hot, Babe, for a library dame."

These statements are spoken in jest, indicating in all probability that Danny is cognizant that the other passengers not only mistakenly believe she is a librarian but also are definitely unaware of her past criminal behavior.

Appearing as an attractive brunette (finger waves; soft curls at sides and back) in black-and-white, Janet is undoubtedly a redhead, as her alias implies. Janet dresses fashionably throughout the film, displaying none of the visual characteristics of the stereotypical image. Whether or not Janet is a librarian (and the authors believe that she is not), her occupation is inconsequential to the storyline.

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From nla.gov.au:

20 May 1935
TIVOLI THEATRE
"Captain Hates the Sea"

With a cast that includes many big star names, Lewis Milestone's Columbia production, "The Captain Hiles the Sea" is showing at the Tivoli Theatre tonight.

"The Captain Hates the Sea" is a highly hilarious film dealing with several characters related only through their close contact on board ship. On the ship are a crook fleeing with valuable negotiable papers he has stolen; a detective on his trail; the crook's accomplice, a girl, who, because, of the detective, is obliged to pose as an innocent librarian; a newspaper man, who has failed as a scenario writer and who ls trying to forget the woman he loves, and several other passengers whose stories become intricately interwoven before the trip is finished.

This is the production that took Milestone and 120 persons in his cast and production crew to sea for three weeks while sea-going scenes were photographed. The ship chartered was for the exclusive use of the movie makers, who cruised some three thousand miles before the necessary scenes were secured.

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From blogspot.com:

The film was The Captain Hates the Sea, a 1934 Columbia production that turned out to be the final film by John Gilbert, who's become axiomatic of the great silent stars who were supposedly undone by the talkies. It's true that Gilbert's career did a big nosedive when sound came in - his first starring feature with sound, His Glorious Night, was a major flop and it got ridiculed both when it was new and later (it's the movie that's being parodied in Singin' in the Rain in the scene in which Gene Kelly kisses his way up Jean Hagen's arm saying nothing but, "I love you, I love you, I love you," over and over and over) - but from the Gilbert talkies I've seen it's also clear that his failure had nothing to do with his voice per se. The problem seems to have been that Gilbert didn't know how to act with his voice, how to vary his inflections to convey emotions. In his book The Shattered Silents (which argued that Gilbert flopped in the talkies while Ronald Colman succeeded because Colman and his producer, Sam Goldwyn, realized that he'd have to cultivate a different image and shifted him from romantic melodrama to comedy, while Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg put Gilbert into a talkie debut all too similar to his heavy-breathing silents), Alexander Walker quoted a contemporary reviewer of His Glorious Night, Frank Daugherty of the trade paper Film Spectator, as saying that Gilbert's "supposedly fiery speeches have all the amorous passion of an assistant director asking another ... to stake him to a lunch at Henry's." Gilbert's MGM contract (negotiated by MGM president Nicholas Schenck behind Mayer's and Thalberg's backs) finally ran out in 1933 with a Warnersesque drama called Fast Workers, directed by Tod Browning (of all people!), which cast him and Robert Armstrong as construction workers in love with the same girl (Mae Clarke).

Then Greta Garbo asked for him as her leading man in Rouben Mamoulian's 1933 masterpiece Queen Christina after the studio decided that their first choice, John Barrymore, was too great a risk due to his alcoholism and memory problems; and the second choice, Laurence Olivier, tested but Garbo decided he couldn't hold his own against her. In that film Gilbert wore way too much makeup - as if he were still thinking in terms of the slow and insensitive films used in the early 1920's - but turned in a perfectly acceptable if hardly incandescent performance that doesn't get in the way of what's otherwise a great movie. Gilbert then fell into the hands of Harry Cohn, president of plucky little Columbia Pictures, who took great joy on the rare occasions when he could one-up MGM: in 1934 he signed opera singer Grace Moore after MGM had dropped her for being overweight, and made a movie called One Night of Love that despite its rather phony story (aspiring opera singer Moore hates her ruthlessly authoritarian voice teacher, Tullio Carminati, but eventually falls in love with him and they literally make beautiful music together) became a blockbuster hit, the most popular opera film to that time and for 17 years thereafter (until The Great Caruso). Cohn was evidently hoping that lightning would strike twice and he'd be able to give Gilbert a great comeback role - at least that's how the director of The Captain Hates the Sea, Lewis Milestone, recalled it later when Charles Higham and Joel Greenberg interviewed him for their 1969 book The Celluloid Muse: "Cohn ... welcomed Gilbert's prospective rehabilitation and promised him star treatment, provided he behaved properly. But unfortunately Jack was a little too far gone. For a week he'd be perfect, and then he started drinking. That wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't been for the fact that if he drank one day he couldn't work the next, because by then he had ulcers and would vomit blood and be very ill."

The legend is that Milestone thought that by casting Gilbert in a film that took place largely at sea - on an ocean liner which takes a cruise from New York to South America and then back - he could isolate him from all sources of alcohol and thereby keep him sober, but he didn't reckon with the other members of the cast, including such celebrated imbibers as Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly (who plays the titular captain that hates the sea), Leon Errol (who actually owned a bar in real life), Walter Catlett, and Alison Skipworth, who brought their own liquor supplies and cheerily shared them with Gilbert. In Bob Thomas's biography Harry Cohn, there's a story that Cohn got worried when Milestone's ship sailed and remained at sea for weeks with no rushes back at the studio to show for it, and he sent a radiogram to Milestone reading, "Hurry up. The cost is staggering," to which Milestone replied, "So is the cast." What made the actual film seem bizarre in light of those legends is that if the intent was to give John Gilbert a script that would isolate him from booze and keep him clean, sober and on the way to both personal and professional recovery, The Captain Hates the Sea is about the last story Cohn and Milestone should have picked, because the whole movie is about drinking! Gilbert plays, essentially, himself - he's called "Steve Bramley" and he's just bombed out of a career in Hollywood (though as a writer, not an actor), and as his part begins he's in a taxi being taken to the dock by his fiancée Gerta "Gert" Klangi (Tala Birell). He's breaking their engagement while assuring her that he's sober and is going to stay that way. Meanwhile, on board the ship former police officer turned private detective Junius P. Schulte (Victor McLaglen) greets his old friend, ship's steward Mr. Layton (Leon Errol), and needless to say the first thing they and a third acquaintance of theirs do once they get on the ship is share a bottle! Steve shows up at their stateroom and the moment they offer him some Scotch, he makes a brief show of refusal but then pours himself a big tumbler - and he just keeps getting drunker and drunker all movie. About his only connection with reality is a phonograph record of Gert which she recorded and sneaked into his trunk (along with a pull-out phonograph to play it on), which fortunately keeps him from getting too deeply embroiled with the multiple vamps on ship.

The main vamp is supposed Boston librarian Janet Grayson (Helen Vinson), girlfriend of embezzler Danny Checkett (Fred Keating), who comes aboard the ship, using the name "Farraday," with $250,000 in stolen bonds which he inexplicably gives her to hold for him even though she's a crook herself - her aliases include Blanche Dilworthy and "Michigan Red." There's also a well-to-do couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jeddock (John Wray and Wynne Gibson), who seem to be happy, only he's abusive and she's a former prostitute who's "outed" by Steve when he recognizes her as someone who serviced him professionally. And if that weren't enough, there's also a wealthy and aggressive widow, Mrs. Yolanda Magruder (Alison Skipworth, coming off here as even more of a distaff version of W. C. Fields than she did in their films together!), who's after Schulte, while Schulte is after Janet, which is just fine with Danny because that presumably means she can seduce him into leaving them alone. There's also a plot line involving a South American general, Salazaro (Akim Tamiroff), who's going to his native country to foment a revolution - only as soon as he arrives he's caught by the authorities and killed by a firing squad, a rather jarring plot twist that just sits in the middle of this movie and never gets resolved. In fact, the most bizarre thing about The Captain Hates the Sea is its sheer plotlessness: in the era in which most screenwriters took pride in their ability to "plant" the ending throughout the movie and give audiences clues along the way to how it was going to turn out, writer Wallace Smith - adapting his own novel - seems to revel in the unpredictability of his plot lines and his skill at keeping multiple story strands going, even though there's almost no resolution of any of them. Indeed, The Captain Hates the Sea seems so much like a Robert Altman movie four or five decades early - the multiple plot lines, the ensemble cast (for something that was supposedly intended as a comeback vehicle for John Gilbert it's surprising that he's only billed fourth - after McLaglen, Gibson and Skipworth, in that order), the lack of conventional resolutions and the sense that the film doesn't end so much as it just stops - it's a wonder Altman didn't remake it.

It's also filled with marvelous character vignettes and some offbeat casting, including Walter Catlett as the seen-it-all bartender (once, when Gilbert gets into a fight with John Wray and Wray knocks him down, Catlett opens a trap door at the bottom of his bar and hands Gilbert a drink, which revives him and enables him to knock Wray out) whose rotating sign - announcing variously that the bar will close at midnight and will open at 8:30 (presumably a.m., the way these people drink!) - practically becomes a character in the movie itself. There's also a weird cameo by the Three Stooges (Greta Garbo and the Three Stooges: one degree of separation!), who in 1934 were also MGM rejects who had just signed with Columbia for the long series of comedy shorts for which they're best remembered, and who appear here as the ship's band - Moe plays sax (either alto or C-melody, I wasn't sure which), Larry plays piano and Curly plays drums (later for a more sedate sort of shipboard music Moe switches to violin and Curly to cello!) ­- and their presence is welcome even though they don't get to do any slapstick and Larry is the only one who speaks. It ends with Steve and Gert getting back together even though he's neither sobered up nor written the novel he had promised her he would write; Schulte pairing up with Janet, though it's not clear whether he's interested in her or the bonds (ya remember the bonds?); Danny setting off after Mrs. Magruder and her $7 million; and Captain Helquist wearily readying himself for the ship's next voyage even though he hates the sea, thanks to his father and his father's long beard (there's a weird story about that I'm not even going to try to synopsize, though on the voyage there's been a man with a long beard - Donald Meek, whom we're used to seeing clean-shaven and here wears so patently phony a fake beard it reminded me of the hilarious scene in Buster Keaton's Spite Marriage in which, as an aspiring but untalented actor, he desperately tries to get the hang of gluing false whiskers to his face with spirit gum - who supposedly reminds McLaglen of his long-hated dad), while any 1934 audiences who stumbled into theatres that were playing this film probably left scratching their heads and wondering, "What the hell was that?" It's a film you want to like, partly because it's generally well acted (though John Gilbert seems all too clearly to be playing himself!) and partly because it's trying so hard to be sophisticated and "different" - and because much of the droll humor is actually genuinely funny - but it ends up a sporadically entertaining and engaging mess.

Case Study No. 1216: Colleen Rampelt

Silence in the Library
3:39
A banana peel on a bookshelf is the last straw for this librarian. Will the library patrons be able to convince her to return before it's too late? For the OSLA video contest.
Written, directed and edited by Carina.
Camerawork by Savvas.
Cast: Tabetha, Emily, Chris, Brendan, Varjil, Rebecca, Lydia, Martha, Linde, Tricia, Jade, Carina, Mrs. Rampelt, Mrs. Schmuck, and Mrs. Brown.
Tags: Library OSLA OSLA video contest
Added: 2 years ago
From: literaryshenanigans
Views: 283

["Bluvale Book Club presents ... Silence in the Library" appears on screen, as the scene opens with a female student (wearing a black cloak around her shoulders) standing in the Bluevale Collegiate Library and speaking directly to the camera]
NARRATOR: Not all that long ago, in a land not too far away called Bluevale, there was a school for knights. In this school, there was a library. The library was loved by all, and was used by young squires and ladies for such purposes as conducting research ...
[another female student carrying a giant stack of books walks up behind her, as the narrator walks over (seemingly to help her with the books) ... but instead she takes a book off the nearby shelf and adds it to the top of her pile]
[cut to the narrator standing in the middle of the library, as several students are reading]
NARRATOR: Completing assignments ...
[cut to the narrator sitting next to a male student typing on a computer]
NARRATOR: And updating their Facebook statuses.
[cut to the narrator sitting on the reference desk, holding a rubber stamp]
NARRATOR: Alas, one day ...
[she brings the stamp down violently on a book sitting in her lap]
NARRATOR: Something terrible occurred!
[cut to an older female librarian (curly brown hair, glasses, black sweater vest, striped undershirt, brown pants) pushing a bookcart through the library, smiling to herself]
MRS. RAMPELT: Oh, what a beautiful day for literature ...
[she stops to reshelve some books, then bends down and finds a banana peel on the shelf]
MRS. RAMPELT: Eww!
[she storms off, then cut to a closeup of the four-volume set of "DDC 22" sitting on her desk]
MRS. RAMPELT: This is it, I've had it!
[the camera pans out as she reaches under her desk and pulls out a purple suitcase]
MRS. RAMPELT: If these students can't learn to pick up after themselves, the only way I can protect my books is by locking them up!
[she places the volumes in her suitcase, then cut to the librarian leaving the library as she turns off the lights]
[cut to the narrator standing in the hallway outside of the library]
NARRATOR: The school plunged into chaos!
[cut to a group of students standing outside of the library's locked door (with a sign reading "Library Closed!")]
MALE STUDENT 1: Ugh, open!
FEMALE STUDENT 1: I need to read a book!
MALE STUDENT 1: Open sesame!
[another student enters the scene, then drops to her knees when she sees the sign]
FEMALE STUDENT 2: I've been dying to read the next "Hunger Games" book!
[she faints, as a young female teacher enters the scene]
MRS. SCHMUCK: The library's closed? But it can't be closed ... I have to bring my students down to pick out their independent study novels!
[cut to inside of one of the classrooms, as students are working at computer terminals, when one of them raises their hand]
FEMALE STUDENT 3: Um, Miss Brown?
[the older female teacher turns to her]
MRS. BROWN: Yes?
FEMALE STUDENT 3: It says here that you want two print sources for this project.
MRS. BROWN: Yes.
[she points at her computer screen]
FEMALE STUDENT 3: But, where are we supposed to find print sources ... online? Do you mean you want us to use an article database or something?
[the teacher looks at her computer screen with a confused look on her face]
MRS. BROWN: [pause] I don't know. Um ... I can, uh, I-I'm really not sure how to do these things. Um, I really could use the librarian.
[cut to the narrator standing in the hallway next to a female student who is crying]
NARRATOR: And literature fanatics were deprived of their book fix!
[the student really starts bawling, and bangs her head against a locker]
[cut to two students standing in front of the library's locked door]
FEMALE STUDENT 3: I miss the library.
MALE STUDENT 1: Yeah, me too.
[three female students (two dressed in Shakespearean garb while the other is dressed as Hermione Granger from the "Harry Potter" series) suddenly burst out of the door]
ROMEO: M'ladies!
["he" holds the door open, as they stop in front of the two students]
HERMIONE: What's going on?
MALE STUDENT 1: The librarian's run off and the school is a mess!
HERMIONE: We figured something horrible had happened ... It's been so dark in the library, and nobody's opened our books in days!
[the female student starts to cry, so Romeo steps forward and hands her a handkerchief]
ROMEO: To weep is to make less the depth of grief.
FEMALE STUDENT 3: Can you help us? We need our library back!
JULIET: Mayhap thine good keeper of books knows not of your misfortunes.
HERMIONE: Maybe you need to tell the librarian how much the school really does need her.
FEMALE STUDENT 3: But how? We don't even know where she is!
HERMIONE: Oh, that's easy ...
[she lifts up her wand]
HERMIONE: Accio librarian!
[the librarian rolls into view on a chair (wearing a green bathrobe and reading one of the volumes of "DDC 22"), as she looks up in surprise]
MRS. RAMPELT: What's going on?
[Romeo rushes over and kneels before her]
ROMEO: What light through yonder windows breaks! It is the east, and the librarian is the sun!
MRS. RAMPELT: Oh, Romeo ...
[she looks over at Hermione]
MRS. RAMPELT: Hermione, what've I told you about spells in school?
HERMIONE: Uh, well, I'm sorry, Misses Rampelt, but um ... It's important. You've gotta come back.
[she stands up]
MRS. RAMPELT: Why? No one appreciates me here ... and worse, they leave food that could destroy my books!
[she slams the book shut, as both Hermione and Romeo gasp in shock]
MALE STUDENT 1: We were wrong to leave food in the library, please come back!
FEMALE STUDENT 3: We need a library, and we need you to help us sort it all out!
MRS. RAMPELT: Well, I suppose I could try to sort things out.
[cut to the narrator standing in the library (which is now filled with students)]
NARRATOR: And to this very day, in that school for knights, there is a library that is well-used and well-loved by students and teachers alike!
["The End" appears on screen]

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From accessola.org:

Ontario School Library Association Announces
2011 "School Libraries Matter" Video Competition Winners
October, 2011

To celebrate Canadian Library Month, which takes place in October of each year, The Ontario School Library Association (OSLA) asked schools from across the province to submit short videos on the theme School Libraries Matter.

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From wrdsb.ca:

Mrs. Colleen Rampelt

I am a teacher-librarian at Bluevale Collegiate Institute in Waterloo, Ontario. I also serves as the school's Computers Across The Curriculum committee chair.

Colleen provides leadership in the Waterloo Region District School Board and at her school in the effective integration of technology into learning.

Case Study No. 1215: Toby Philpott

EasyWork.asf
4:26
I have two computers and a phone for my day's work in a back office of the library - and when there's no crisis I can sometimes put on some music and just groove away with my pro-active projects.

It's not all bad!
Tags: EasyWork
Added: 3 years ago
From: bogusmagus
Views: 28

[footage consists of Toby Philpott (grey hair in a ponytail, blue sleeveless shirt, grey pants) sitting at his computer desk and working while Eric Clapton's "It's Easy" plays in the background]

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From express.co.uk:

Star Wars baddy Jabba the Hut working in Welsh library
STAR Wars villain Jabba the Hutt has a new job - working as a librarian in Wales.
Published: Thu, October 24, 2013

The movie puppeteer who operated alien villain Jabba in Return of the Jedi has given up a life of intergalactic crime to start a new life in the hushed corridors of a library.

Toby Philpott, 67, climbed inside Jabba the Hutt to work his left arm, head and slimy flicking tongue in the sci-fi classic.

But 30 years after working on the third Star Wars film, he is leading computer courses in Cardiff Central Library.

Toby said: "It feels like I almost lead a double life.

"The Star Wars films have a following like no other in history - so I do get a lot of contact from fans and asked to speak at conventions.

"I can go shopping and no-one ever recognises me as Jabba - which is good thing.

"But people who find out love talking about it - it's not that I mind talking about it at all.

"It just seems amazing that people are so fascinated by what appears to me to have simply been six weeks' work out of a long, long career."

Toby's career has taken him from street-performing in Mexico to working as a clown in London and becoming a puppeteer for Muppets creator Jim Henson.

It was while working for Henson that he landed the role of operating Jabba the Hutt - described as an "loathsome slug of an intergalactic gangster operating on the outer rim territories".

Father-of-two and grandfather Toby said: "It took a team of four of us to operate Jabba - he wasn't so much a costume as a wendy house you had to climb into.

"I was sitting down with my left arm in his, and my right swivelling his neck and tongue.

"As the left hand I got to eat frogs, hit people, smoke a hookah.

"David Barclay worked the right side, Mike Edmonds was inside his tail, and someone else had to control the eyes from outside.

"The challenge was working together so Jabba looked like one sentient creature, and not four guys in a tent.

"So we'd get George Lucas to address Jabba rather than us individually which did freak him out a bit at first."

But with the end of the 1980s came the end of the good times as puppets started to be replaced by computer-generated graphics - and productions moved increasingly to the US.

Toby said: "I never really wanted to chase the work to America. I enjoyed it but it was just a phase of my life.

"In the mid 1990s I was scratching a living as a circus trainer, so I took a temporary job with the library just to eat.

"Then it got made permanent and I just drifted away from performing." Now he works for Cardiff council helping deliver computer training to the community.

Toby said: "Many people ask me why I started working here and all I can say is why not?

"Finding Jabba the Hutt working in a library is no more unusual than most of my life has been."

Case Study No. 1214: Camilla Delibris

Prelude to a Film - Part 3
2:41
Shot entirely in Poughkeepsie, New York, this documentary introduces the novel "The Lively Life of Camilla Delibris, the Librarian" by local writer Nives Cappelli, writing under her pen name Nivessa Rovedo Hatsley. It's a unique novel in that the central character, romantic Camilla, asks the readers to help her choose the right man from among the three now in her life: one from Brooklyn, one from Rome, Italy, or for her just to stay put in the New Pastures Public Library with a soldier in a painting. The story captures the city's past and present in a realistic and entertaining way. Subjects and topics as different as the French and Indian War, the successive waves of immigrants who came here, its fancy Victorian architecture, fine dining venues, and the crisis facing the modern public library that appear in the book are vividly projected in this documentary. This "Prelude" will delight our diverse residents and visitors alike with sights to be seen and issues to be pondered, and will be of great benefit to the community towards the ultimate goal of making a film of the novel that will inspire cultural tourism.
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Added: 4 months ago
From: Nives Cappelli
Views: 37

[scene opens with various shots of Poughkeepsie taken with a handheld camera, then ends on a closeup of the book "The Lively Life of Camilla Delibris" sitting on the sidewalk]
NIVES: [from off camera] Day One Hundred, D-Day! Decision Day ... Camilla puts her lively life in the New Pastures Public Library on her website, and asks the readers' help to choose from the three choices she has. The novel ends with Camilla's words, at the end.
[the camera pans up to show the outside of the Adriance Memorial Library]
NIVES: [from off camera] "Please vote. It is for the remainder of my life, but in some ways it is for yours too, now that you've read me. Remember on the internet, no one is an island entire of itself. We are all part of this great global communication vehicle. So, do not ask for whom this website is designed, for it is designed for thee."
[she pauses]
NIVES: [from off camera] Dear viewers, this is Nivessa Rovedo Hatsley, saying thank you for watching this labor of mine. And it's, uh, August the Fourth, Twenty-Twelve, and help Camilla choose.

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From amazon.com:

The Lively Life of Camilla Delibris, the Librarian
Paperback: 90 pages
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (December 18, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0595420036
ISBN-13: 978-0595420032

Funny and poignant this story about a historic public library as told by the newly-hired librarian, Camilla Delibris. Built to look like a Roman temple in the early 20th Century in a city of Victorian mansions on the Hudson River, the library is struggling to remain open as a place of silence for the borrowing and reading of books. Or, change to meet the needs of the 21st Century. The retiring, controlling director, Katherine Van Velt, whose wealthy ancestors built the library, wants no change. The new director does. A feeling of insecurity is everywhere. Mary, the older and bitter librarian keeps telling Camilla that the library is doomed to close, made obsolete by high technology. What is Camilla to do, stay at a profession she loves even though the patrons come in less for books and more for video cassettes and to get on the computer. Even to sleep. The teen-agers keep playing video games while talking loudly on cell phones. And ask her for dates. A passing patron, sexy-looking Massimo, invites her to fly with him to Rome. Camilla does have a choice. She can marry Chris, of the famous Italian restaurant in Brooklyn and hopefully live happily forever, among Italian songs and great Italian food. But she does so love the historic public library! She cannot make up her mind. Therefore, Camilla puts her story on a website and asks the readers for help in choosing the rest of her life.

Case Study No. 1213: Staff of Wharton Memorial Library

PT.2.Thriller in The Lethal Ladies
15:00
Season 2 Episode 66 Aired: 4/16/1962
Two separate tales dealing with women who take control of desperate situations. In "Murder on the Rocks", an unhappy marriage results in the couple trying to permanently get rid of each other. In "Goodbye, Dr. Bliss", a librarian does whatever it takes to become the head librarian.
Tags: Anthology Cult TV Jack The Ripper Boris Karloff
Added: 2 years ago
From: utubergalore
Views: 93

[scene opens in Wharton Memorial Library, as a young female librarian enters the office of Miss Quimby, an older woman with a bun in her hair and thick glasses]
MARTHA FOSTER: Miss Quimby?
ALICE QUIMBY: Oh, hello Martha.
[the younger librarian holds out her hand]
MARTHA FOSTER: Look, look!
[the older librarian looks at the ring on her finger]
ALICE QUIMBY: Oh, it's beautiful! Richard?
MARTHA FOSTER: Uh huh! This morning! Miss Quimby, this is our day! Y'know, I just saw some of the library committee leaving. Mister Jacobson was cleaning and polishing the staff room all morning! Oh, Miss Quimby, I just know they voted you head librarian!
ALICE QUIMBY: Oh ...
MARTHA FOSTER: Let me look at you ...
[she takes some lipstick out of her purse]
MARTHA FOSTER: Here, put some of this on ... "Pink Smoke!"
ALICE QUIMBY: Oh, I don't think so, Martha ...
MARTHA FOSTER: Oh, go ahead! It's almost colorless. Why, everyone uses it these days. Just a little.
[she reluctantly takes the lipstick, as someone knocks at the door]
ALICE QUIMBY: Come in!
[a young male librarian enters the office]
RICHARD SUTTER: Excuse me, Miss Quimby ... Come on honey, we're late!
MARTHA FOSTER: Bye!
[she runs off to join Richard, but turns back to Miss Quimby before exiting]
MARTHA FOSTER: Oh, now don't forget, just a little and I know you'll look wonderful!
RICHARD SUTTER: Come on, honey!
[they leave, when the library secretary's voice is heard over the intercom on Miss Quimby's desk]
JESSIE SWANSON: [from off camera] Miss Quimby? Mister Delevant is waiting for you in the staff room.
ALICE QUIMBY: Thank you, Jessie. Tell Mister Delevant I'm on my way.
[she walks over to the mirror to put on the lipstick (and take off her glasses), then walks down the hallway towards the conference room]
[cut to inside the staff room, where Mister Grant is sitting at a long table looking through some papers, while Mister Delevant sits nearby]
DICK GRANT: Well Charles, I guess that's about all. I have an appointment back in the city, shall I wait for you?
[Mister Delevant looks at his watch]
CHARLES DELEVANT: No no, that won't be necessary.
[there is a knock at the door]
CHARLES DELEVANT: Yes?
[the secretary enters with Miss Quimby behind her]
JESSIE SWANSON: Miss Quimby is here.
CHARLES DELEVANT: Oh, thank you. Send her in, please.
[the two men get up]
CHARLES DELEVANT: Well, I'll call you tomorrow, Dick.
DICK GRANT: Goodbye.
[he passes Miss Quimby as he exits]
DICK GRANT: Good morning, Miss Quimby.
ALICE QUIMBY: Good morning, Mister Grant.
[he leaves]
CHARLES DELEVANT: Morning, Miss Quimby.
ALICE QUIMBY: Good morning, Mister Delevant.
CHARLES DELEVANT: Uh, won't you have a chair?
[he pulls out a chair for her to sit down]
ALICE QUIMBY: Thank you.
CHARLES DELEVANT: There we are ... Oh, could I offer you some water?
ALICE QUIMBY: No thank you.
CHARLES DELEVANT: Well uh, perhaps some coffee? I could have Miss Swanson send some in.
ALICE QUIMBY: No, thank you.
CHARLES DELEVANT: Well ... Now, about this matter of chief librarianship. Since the death of Professor Sterling--
ALICE QUIMBY: Yes?
CHARLES DELEVANT: But, of course, you are familiar with the library charter?
ALICE QUIMBY: Yes ... It says university degree or equivalent.
CHARLES DELEVANT: Or equivalent, yes. But Miss Quimby, there's been so many new things ... procedures. Now, in fairness to you, Miss Quimby, when you first came here, a college degree was not needed to be chief librarian. But, that was twenty years ago. It was just a matter of putting books away on shelves.
ALICE QUIMBY: Now it's library science ... Mister Delevant, I've been head librarian in actual fact for over two months now.
CHARLES DELEVANT: I'm sorry, Miss Quimby ... Very sorry. Believe me, it was a most difficult decision to make.
[Miss Quimby begins to break down]
CHARLES DELEVANT: But, you might feel proud. Now, the man we chose is certainly the most brilliant in his field. Doctor Bliss, Doctor Wilfred Bliss.
ALICE QUIMBY: But why ... Mister Delevant, why wasn't I told? Would it have been kind--
[she starts crying]
CHARLES DELEVANT: Please, please Miss Quimby. Now, it is no reflection on you, believe me. Or your work. Now, we certainly want you to continue with us. You have five more years before you get your pension. And we certainly want you to stay with us until then.
ALICE QUIMBY: [softly] Until then? Mister Delevant, I have no intention of ever retiring. This place is my life, there is nothing else. I could never leave. Maybe I could go to the university at night, and get my degree.
CHARLES DELEVANT: I'm sorry, Miss Quimby. The decision on Doctor Bliss has already been made, by the board.
ALICE QUIMBY: [pause] I see.
[she slowly gets up, as Mister Delevant opens the door for her]
CHARLES DELEVANT: Miss Quimby ... I'm very sorry.
ALICE QUIMBY: Thank you.
[she leaves, as Mister Delevant slaps the table with his hand in frustration]

[...]

[the conference room is now filled with members of the library staff (including Martha and Richard), as Miss Quimby makes her way in through the receptionist's office]
JESSIE SWANSON: Oh Miss Quimby, go right in.
[she makes her way in (the large table has been replaced by several rows of chairs) and heads for the front of the room, as Richard stands up]
RICHARD SUTTER: Here's a seat right here, Miss Quimby.
ALICE QUIMBY: Thank you Richard.
[Doctor Bliss enters, but first stops to speak with Jessie at her desk]
WILFRED BLISS: Miss Swanson?
JESSIE SWANSON: Yes, Doctor Bliss?
WILFRED BLISS: If that long distance call comes, have it wait, he'll call back.
[everyone turns to look at the new chief librarian]
WILFRED BLISS: I want nothing to interfere with this meeting.
JESSIE SWANSON: Yes, Doctor Bliss.
[Doctor Bliss, an older man with thinning hair and a mustache, takes a folder from her and strides confidently into the room and stands at the front of the room]
[cut to a closeup of Bliss, as he clears his throat and pours himself a glass of water, then looks around at the (concerned?) faces of his new staff members, stopping to fix his gaze upon Miss Quimby before speaking]
WILFRED BLISS: This is our first meeting, ladies and gentlemen. Our first real meeting. The time for shaking hands and learning each other's name is over. Work begins. But first, let me say this about myself. You will not find me diplomatic. I am no diplomat. I step on toes, I irritate, I even harrass ... but I get things done.
[he stops to again stare at Miss Quimby, then slowly starts walking around the room]
WILFRED BLISS: I have been here one week now, and I can tell you quite undiplomatically, I do not like what I find. Wharton Memorial has outstanding resources, I would hardly be here otherwise. Outstanding, yet it is the perfect example of a third-rate library.
[he shoots a quick glance at the group, as Miss Quimby lowers her head]
WILFRED BLISS: Do I shock you? Well, that is my purpose. Let me shock you further. The methods here are old-fashioned, they will be changed immediately.
[Richard stands up]
RICHARD SUTTER: Excuse me, Doctor Bliss.
WILFRED BLISS: Yes?
RICHARD SUTTER: I don't think that's a fair judgment.
WILFRED BLISS: Oh?
RICHARD SUTTER: The methods here are Miss Quimby's, and they're good ones. And I don't think you're giving them a fair judgment. And I don't believe I'm speaking only for myself.
WILFRED BLISS: And who are you speaking for?
RICHARD SUTTER: I think for all of us.
WILFRED BLISS: You're Mister Sutter, in Technical Books?
[he sits down]
RICHARD SUTTER: Yes.
WILFRED BLISS: Allow me to make a statement ... Mister Sutter's evidently not understood me. I have no desire to change this staff.
[he looks at Miss Quimby (who looks back with apprehension), then raises his voice]
WILFRED BLISS: But the library comes first! The procedure's are going to be re-organized, they are obsolete, outmoded! I am not given to unfair judgments, Mister Sutter. If you think that I am, I will be glad to accept yours as the first resignation here.
[both Martha and Miss Quimby look at Richard in shock]
WILFRED BLISS: That will be all.
[he calmly leaves the room]

[...]

[Miss Quimby enters Doctor Bliss' office, as he is unpacking some fine china from boxes]
WILFRED BLISS: What is it you wish to see me about, Miss Quimby?
ALICE QUIMBY: I wanted to talk to you about Mister Sutter.
[he stops and admires one of the pieces]
WILFRED BLISS: My, my one weakness ... It delights me to collect unusual china. Beautiful, isn't it? Sit, sit.
[she sits down, as Doctor Bliss continues to stare at the teacup in his hands]
WILFRED BLISS: Exquisite. Hm ... About Mister Sutter?
ALICE QUIMBY: I think his remarks were ill-considered, but he's young--
WILFRED BLISS: And loyal to you?
ALICE QUIMBY: Yes ... no great faults.
WILFRED BLISS: Miss Quimby, I really don't have to discuss this with you. A little out of your department, wouldn't you say?
ALICE QUIMBY: I'm asking you to let him stay. He's been here four years, he's getting married--
[he puts down the cup]
WILFRED BLISS: Miss Quimby, I am terminating Mister Sutter ... not because of his exhibition the other day, but because he is incompetent! A malcontent! And one more thing, he looks to you as head librarian and not to me!
ALICE QUIMBY: I'm not your rival, Doctor Bliss.
WILFRED BLISS: Good. Good. Then we understand one another ... I wouldn't feel too guilty about Mister Sutter, Miss Quimby. There are lots of other inferior libraries where he can get a position. He simply freed my hands, that's all. I suppose I should feel rather grateful to him.
ALICE QUIMBY: Please Doctor Bliss, won't you reconsider?
[he takes out a letter opener]
WILFRED BLISS: I can tell you quite brutally, Miss Quimby. I'm intent upon only one thing. To replace this entire staff with fresh blood. People with degree credits, people who know who the head librarian is. In short, Miss Quimby, as an administrator of standing, I want my own staff ... which reminds me, how many keys are there to the Rare Book vault?
ALICE QUIMBY: There are two.
WILFRED BLISS: And you have one?
ALICE QUIMBY: Yes.
WILFRED BLISS: Regulations state that only the head librarian shall have a key.
ALICE QUIMBY: You want the key?
WILFRED BLISS: I insist upon it.
[with his back turned to her, Doctor Bliss sticks out his hand]
ALICE QUIMBY: You shall have it. It was only a courtesy that Professor Sterling extended to me.
[she hands him the key, and he puts it in his pocket]
ALICE QUIMBY: Will there be other requests?
WILFRED BLISS: Yes, I'm afraid there might be quite a few, Miss Quimby.
ALICE QUIMBY: I shall be here to grant them, Doctor Bliss.
WILFRED BLISS: Possibly ... Possibly, though a new staff might conceivably change the atmosphere. Drive out the dust, you know. Shine up the place.
ALICE QUIMBY: Why do you dislike me so, Doctor Bliss?
WILFRED BLISS: I don't dislike you, Miss Quimby. I'm merely doing my job. It's you who are making it personal.
[she stares at him with contempt]
WILFRED BLISS: [whispering] Come, Miss Quimby. Face it. I know exactly what's in your mind. Shall I name it? It's ... hatred, isn't it? Pure hatred. Isn't that it? Now, you thorougly hate me, don't you? Don't you?!
[contorting her face with rage, she suddenly explodes]
ALICE QUIMBY: Yes! Yes! Yes ...
[she covers her mouth and starts to cry]
WILFRED BLISS: That will be all, Miss Quimby ...
[ashamed, she turns and leaves the room]

[...]

[Doctor Bliss is talking to a young female librarian (apparently recently hired to the library's staff) in his office]
WILFRED BLISS: I just wanted to tell you, Miss Martin, what a valuable asset you've been to our staff. Very valuable indeed.
MISS MARTIN: Thank you, Doctor Bliss!
WILFRED BLISS: I can't tell you what a change it was from Miss Benton ... Oh, she was competent enough, but she had her mind on other things. Marriage and so forth. Well, until next fall then, Miss Martin?
[she shakes his hand]
MISS MARTIN: Oh, thank you, Doctor! Have a nice summer!
WILFRED BLISS: Thank you ...
[he leers at her as she leaves, then turns to attend to something on his desk when there is a knock at the door]
WILFRED BLISS: Yes?
[Miss Quimby enters, carrying a stack of folders]
ALICE QUIMBY: Excuse me, these folders go into the vault?
WILFRED BLISS: Come in, Miss Quimby. Yes, are those the Franklin letters?
ALICE QUIMBY: Yes.
WILFRED BLISS: Mm. Sit, sit.
[the phone rings and he answers it]
WILFRED BLISS: [into the phone] Hello? Oh yes, Jim, yes!
[he leans back in his chair and laughs]
WILFRED BLISS: [into the phone] No no no, no forwarding address. That's right ... No, I'm taking a real escape vacation this year! That's right. No, no one knows where I'm going. I'll be where no one can reach me, that's right. Well, I need it! Mm-hmm. Yes, it's been a rough year. Yes, certainly. Well, I'll see you in the fall when I get back. Goodbye.
[he hangs up]
WILFRED BLISS: Where was I? Ah yes, this.
[he hands Miss Quimby a piece of paper]
ALICE QUIMBY: [quietly] What is it?
WILFRED BLISS: Your termination notice.
[she quickly stands up]
ALICE QUIMBY: My termination--?
WILFRED BLISS: Mmm. Let's be realistic, Miss Quimby. You won't resign, no matter what I do or ... might do. You won't resign, you will hang on. Your pension fund benefits ought to be returned to you, at compounded interest. That should be a nice tidy little sum. Also, I've recommended you receive one month's severance check. Mister Sutter got a job with the county library, you shouldn't have any difficulty.
ALICE QUIMBY: I, I ... I don't accept this! I shall protest to the library committee!
[she hands the paper back to Doctor Bliss]
WILFRED BLISS: I advise you to forget about the library committee, I'm sending them this before I leave.
[he holds up a sealed envelope]
WILFRED BLISS: It is my recommendation for your dismissal.
[the phone rings again, and he answers it]
WILFRED BLISS: [into the phone] Hello? Yes, ah! Those letters went out this morning, that's right. Yes, just a moment ...
[he puts the phone down and addresses Miss Quimby, who is still standing there and staring at the letter on his desk]
WILFRED BLISS: [coldly] You'll have to pardon me, Miss Quimby. This phone's been ringing constantly ... Oh yes, the Franklin letters. Would you place them in the vault, please? Here's the key.
[he hands her the key, then goes back to talking on the phone, as Miss Quimby slowly leaves the room with a blank look on her face]
WILFRED BLISS: [into the phone] Yes ... I hope you were able to purchase the Lincoln photographs. Ah, good. Yes, very good. What's that? No no no no no, that was arranged weeks ago. Yes, that's right. Now, we decided upon the sum, that is correct. No no no, I think if you check your records, you'll see that I'm correct. Will you, please?

[...]

[after placing the Franklin letters in the Rare Book vault, Miss Quimby suddenly has the idea to fill a cup at the water cooler in the adjacent hallway and "spill" its contents onto the valve of a large pipe in the middle of the vault ... As the audience is left to wonder what she is up to, she runs back up to Doctor Bliss' office and furiously knocks on the door]
WILFRED BLISS: [annoyed] Come in, come in!
[she rushes in and feigns panic]
ALICE QUIMBY: Doctor Bliss?!
WILFRED BLISS: Yes, what is it now?
ALICE QUIMBY: There's water in the vault! I, I think it must be the pipe!
[he stands up in shock]
WILFRED BLISS: What?! This is awful, tsk tsk tsk! Come along, come along!
[cut to the two entering the vault, as Doctor Bliss inspects the "puddle" on the floor]
WILFRED BLISS: Tsk tsk tsk ...
[he tries tightening the valve, then sighs and gives up]
WILFRED BLISS: I don't know much about these things.
[he climbs a nearby ladder to check the joint at the top of the pipe]
WILFRED BLISS: I don't know where it's coming from ... Miss Quimby, get Jacobson! Perhaps he can help, see if he's still here.
[she slowly backs out of the room with a wry smile on her face]
ALICE QUIMBY: Yes, Doctor Bliss ... Alright.
[she leaves and quickly locks the door behind her, then Bliss climbs down the ladder and notices the door is closed]
WILFRED BLISS: Miss Quimby? Miss Quimby ...
[he tries pushing the door open, then (realizing that it's locked) starts banging on the door]
WILFRED BLISS: Miss Quimby!
[cut to outside of the vault (as Miss Quimby stands with her back to the door), then back to Bliss with a panicked look on his face]
WILFRED BLISS: Miss Quimby, open the door!
[cut back to Miss Quimby, as she uses a napkin to wipe the sweat from her face]
[cut back to Bliss (whimpering and gasping for air), when he notices a pair of scissor on one of the bookshelves]
WILFRED BLISS: I know ... I know someone will hear me! They'll hear me!
[he climbs to the top of the ladder and begins banging on the pipe with the scissors]
WILFRED BLISS: Hear me! Hear me!
[cut back to Miss Quimby, as stands like a stone on the other side of the door]
[cut back to Bliss, who suddenly gives up and drops the scissors, then begins to cry]
[he slowly drops off the ladder and begins pounding on the door again, but Miss Quimby simply walks away]

[...]

[Miss Quimby enters Doctor Bliss' office and grabs the letter with his recommendation for dismissal, then heads outside where she is stopped by the janitor]
MISTER JACOBSON: Well Miss Quimby, it's you and me every year, always the last ones to leave! Have a good summer! Uh, until September, then ...
ALICE QUIMBY: Until September ...
MISTER JACOBSON: I'll start watering your flowers next week.
ALICE QUIMBY: Thank you ...
MISTER JACOBSON: Goodbye, Miss Quimby.
ALICE QUIMBY: Goodbye, Mister Jacobsen ...
[he walks away, as Miss Quimby turns - with an evil smile on her face - and waves to the library]
ALICE QUIMBY: [quietly] Goodbye, Doctor Bliss ...
[cut to the show's narrator, Boris Karloff, addressing the audience]
BORIS KARLOFF: But for Miss Quimby, September never came. Pity. Unfortunately for her, she chose to spend her summer vacation in a rustic little town called Graniteville. Lost her footing while strolling along a lonely and rather dangerous ridge, and plunged into the pool below ... She was an accomplished librarian, a successful murderess, but a very very bad swimmer.

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From imdb.com:

"Boris Karloff's Thriller" (TV series 1960-1962)
The Lethal Ladies (#2.29)
Original Air Date: 16 April 1962

2 twisted tales of timid people hitting their breaking point. A philandering investor dreams of independence from his wife, a wealthy, bold geologist, but when his latest scheme plummets down the big board, Myron plots murder. Alice Quimby's entire life is her work at a university library, but she's passed over to be chief librarian, in favor of Dr. Wilford Bliss, a martinet who's going to clean house, forcing her out before she can collect her pension.

Rosemary Murphy ... Alice Quimby
Howard Morris ... Doctor Bliss

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From google.com:

"Goodbye, Dr. Bliss": At Wharton Memorial Library, situated on a large campus, Miss Quimby (Rosemary Murphy) is passed over as chief librarian in favor of Dr. Wilfred Bliss (Howard Morris). Miss Quimby has five years to go before she will receive her pension. But she has no intention of retiring: "This place is my life," she tells Mr. Delevant (Chet Stratton). "There is nothing else. I could never leave."

Dr. Bliss takes over. He is an authoritarian type, and announces that the methods used by the library are old-fashioned and must be changed. He terminates Mr. Sutter (Henry Brandt) and says he intends to replace the entire staff.

At the end of the school term Dr. Bliss is planning his vacation - he is leaving no forwarding address, so there is no way he can be reached. He hands Miss Quimby her termination notice. When Miss Quimby makes a trip to the vault, to which she has the only key, she splashes water on the floor to make it appear the pipes are leaking, then summons Dr. Bliss. He goes down to investigate and tells her to get the custodian. She goes out, locking him in the vault. As she leaves the college she turns to say, "Goodbye, Dr. Bliss."

"The Lethal Ladies" is based on two short stories by Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-90), one of the most under-rated horror writers of the last 50 years.

[...]

As usual with multi-part episodes, one segment overshadows the other. "Murder on the Rocks" is an amusing trifle, but not much more. Director Ida Lupino supplies some clever camera angles to suggest the animal passions that motivate both characters: there are close-ups of stuffed tigers and a moose's head. But the story is slight and the final twist not particularly memorable.

"Goodbye, Dr. Bliss" is more gripping, perhaps because it reflects Brennan's own attitudes towards his profession. Writing was only a sideline for him; he worked as a senior assistant at Yale University Library, and the outrage Miss Quimby feels at being shunted aside reflects Brennan's own antiquarian views.