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Darby And Joan (other)
Darby and Joan is a phrase referring to a married couple. ''Darby and Joan'' may also refer to: * ''Darby and Joan'' (1920 film), a British film starring Derwent Hall Caine * ''Darby and Joan'' (1937 film), a British film starring Tod Slaughter * ''Darby & Joan'' (album), a 2004 album by Gentleman Reg * Darby and Joan, a painting () by James Charles (painter) * ''Darby and Joan'' (TV series), a 2022 Australian television series {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby And Joan
Darby and Joan is a proverbial phrase for a married couple content to share a quiet life of mutual devotion. Usage ''The Nuttall Encyclopædia'' defined the phrase as "a married couple celebrated for their mutual attachment", the ''Random House Dictionary'' as "a happily married couple who lead a placid, uneventful life." The ''Reader's Encyclopedia'' mentions the "loving, old-fashioned and virtuous" qualities of Darby and Joan. Appearances as a poetic conceit John Darby and his wife Joan were first mentioned in print in a poem published in ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' by Henry Woodfall (c. 1686–1747) in 1735, original title ''The Joys of Love never forgot. A Song''. Woodfall had been apprentice to Darby, a printer in Bartholomew Close in the Little Britain area of London, who died in 1730. The poem was issued again as a broadsheet in 1748. One stanza of this poem reads: The apparent popularity of this poem led to another titled "Darby and Joan" by St. John Honeywood (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby And Joan (1920 Film)
''Darby and Joan'' is a 1920 British drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Derwent Hall Caine, Leal Douglas, Ivy Close, Meggie Albanesi and George Wynn. The screenplay was written by the novelist Hall Caine and set on the Isle of Man. Plot Sir Patrick and Lady Gorry sit by the fireside, and turning the pages of an old album, recall their past life. As a boy Patrick's mother, a widow, kept the mill in a small village in the Isle of Man. Sayle Moore, a large landowner, diverted the mill stream to create an artificial lake in his grounds, robbing the widow of her means of earning a living and bringing poverty to the Gorry's house. Mrs. Gorry and her son Patrick were left nearly destitute and in her heart there grew a great bitterness. She opened a small shop and earned enough for her son's education. One night Mrs. Gorry made her son kneel down and swear vengeance on Sayle Moore. Moore had a daughter of whom he was fond. Patrick Gorry and Sheila Moore fell in love. Thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby And Joan (1937 Film)
''Darby and Joan'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Syd Courtenay and starring Peggy Simpson, Ian Fleming, Tod Slaughter and Mickey Brantford. The film is a quota quickie, made at Rock Studios, Elstree, for release by MGM. Cast * Peggy Simpson - Joan Templeton * Ian Fleming - Sir Ralph Ferris * Mickey Brantford - Yorke Ferris * Tod Slaughter Norman Carter Slaughter (19 March 1885 – 19 February 1956), also known as Tod Slaughter, was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas. Early life Slaughter was born ... - Mr Templeton * Audrene Brier - Connie * Pamela Bevan - Darby Templeton * Ella Retford - Nurse * Harvey Braban - Coroner Alternate version * As of 2018, a cropped and shortened down to 45 minutes 16 mm version entitled "She's My Darling" released in 1949 is known to still exist.https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=25657 References Bibliography * Chibnall, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby & Joan (album)
''Darby & Joan'' is the third album by Canadian singer-songwriter Gentleman Reg, released in 2004 on Three Gut Records Three Gut Records was a Guelph, Ontario, Canada based independent record label. It was founded in 1999 by Lisa Moran and Tyler Clark Burke as a vehicle for releasing albums by their friends; it became an influential player in Canadian music wit .... Track listing # "Bundle" # "Over My Head" # "First Time Everything" # "It's Not Safe" # "All My Love" # "Untouchable" # "The Deal" # "You Make Me Tall" # "Don't Bring Me Down" # "The Boyfriend Song" # "Get it Together" # "Navy Brown" 2004 albums Gentleman Reg albums Three Gut Records albums {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Charles (painter)
James Henry Charles (5 January 1851 – 27 August 1906) was a British impressionist artist. Life Charles, born at Warrington, Lancashire, in January 1851, came of a family, originally French, who were long settled in Carnarvon, and owned fishing and cargo boats trading with Anglesey. His father, Richard Charles, was a draughtsman and cabinet maker, who designed the mayor of Carnarvon's chain of office, now in the town hall, where also hangs his portrait painted by his son. As a lad of fourteen, James Charles accompanied his father to London, where he received a desultory education while working in his father's office. He was employed for some time at a lithographer's, then studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art in Newman Street, and finally entered the Royal Academy School in 1872. Marrying and settling in 1875 at 15 Halsey Street, Chelsea, Charles exhibited his first picture at the Royal Academy, "An Italian Youth in Armour", and sold it on the opening day. In 1876 he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
