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Feet Of Clay (Book)
Feet of Clay may refer to: * Feet of clay, an idiom that refers to a weakness or character flaw, especially in people of prominence and power Film and television * ''Feet of Clay'' (1924 film), an American lost silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille * ''Feet of Clay'' (1960 film), a British crime film directed by Frank Marshall * ''Feet of Clay'' (2007 film), an American short film directed by Carrie Preston * "Feet of Clay" (''Doctors''), a 2002 television episode Literature * ''Feet of Clay'' (novel), a 1996 ''Discworld'' novel by Terry Pratchett * "Feet of Clay" (Wodehouse story), a 1950 short story by P. G. Wodehouse *"Feet of Clay", an 1893 short story by Kate McPhelim Cleary *''Feet of Clay; Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus'', a 1996 book by Anthony Storr Anthony Storr (18 May 1920 – 17 March 2001) was an English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author. Background and education Born in London, Storr was educated at Winchester College, Christ's College, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feet Of Clay
Feet of clay is an idiom that refers to a weakness or character flaw, especially in people of prominence and power. It can also be used to refer to larger groups, such as societies, businesses, and empires. An entity with feet of clay may appear powerful and unstoppable, but they cannot support their splendor, and will easily be knocked over. The phrase originates from the Book of Daniel in the Bible. In it, Daniel interprets a dream of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. In that dream, a magnificent statue is seen with a head of gold, but weaker and less valuable metals beneath, until finally having feet of clay mixed with iron. Daniel predicts that the glorious statue shall be smashed by a stone into pieces, like chaff on the threshing floor, and blown to the winds. The image of the expensive statue laid low has resonated as an analogy for seemingly powerful figures with substantial weaknesses. Origin The origin of the analogy is in Daniel 2, verses 31–45, where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feet Of Clay (1924 Film)
''Feet of Clay'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Vera Reynolds and Rod La Rocque, and with set design by Norman Bel Geddes. The film is based on the 1923 novel by Margaretta Tuttle, and Beulah Marie Dix's one-act 1915 play ''Across the Border''. Location shooting for the film was done off of Catalina Island in California. Plot Kerry Harlan (La Rocque) is unable to work because he was injured in a battle with a shark, so his youthful wife Amy (Reynolds) becomes a fashion model. While she is away from home, Bertha, the wife of his surgeon, tries to force her attention on Kerry and is accidentally killed in an attempt to evade her husband. After the scandal Amy is courted by Tony Channing, but she returns to her husband and finds him near death from gas fumes. Because they both attempted to make suicide, their spirits are rejected by "the other side" and, learning the truth from Bertha's spirit, they fight their way bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feet Of Clay (1960 Film)
''Feet of Clay'' is a 1960 British crime film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Vincent Ball, Wendy Williams and Hilda Fenemore. It was written by Mark Grantham and produced by The Danzigers. Plot A newly barred lawyer represents a confessed murderer of a beloved probation officer, but all is not as it seems. Cast * Vincent Ball as David Kyle * Wendy Williams as Fay Kent * Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Clarke * Robert Cawdron as Saunders * Brian Smith as Jimmy Fuller * Angela Douglas as Diana White * Jack Melford as Soames * Sandra Alfred as Ginny * Arnold Bell as magistrate * Alan Browning as Inspector Gill * David Courtney as Det. Sgt. Lewis * Howard Lang as warder * Edith Saville as Angela Richmond * Ian Wilson as signwriter Critical reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "Drearily predictable mystery film, made with undisguised poverty of means and invention poverty." The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane Brian McFarlane is a Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feet Of Clay (2007 Film)
''Feet of Clay'' is a 2007 short film directed by Carrie Preston and produced by Daisy 3 Pictures. ''Feet of Clay'' was written by David Caudle, and was first produced in 2005 as a play for the Samuel French Festival at the Chernuchin Theatre in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w .... Premise Vaughn (Steven McElroy), a heterosexual man, confesses his sexual obsession for the feet of his best friend, Clay ( John G. Preston). References American LGBTQ-related short films 2007 LGBTQ-related films 2007 films Films directed by Carrie Preston 2007 short films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language short films {{short-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feet Of Clay (Doctors)
The fourth series of the British medical soap opera ''Doctors'' originally aired between 2 September 2002 and 13 June 2003. It consisted of 154 episodes. An increase in episode output saw an increase in the core cast, with six regulars cast for the series: Laurence Penry-Jones, Ela Kay, Stirling Gallacher, Diane Keen, Seán Gleeson and Ben Jones. Penry-Jones and Kay departed their roles at the end of the series. The series received an average of 2.5 million viewers. Cast As the episode output for ''Doctors'' increased, the core cast increased. The fourth series saw the castings of six regulars. The introductions began with flatmates Oliver Berg (Laurence Penry-Jones), a doctor, and Carolina Shaw (Ela Kay), a receptionist. Oliver became the first regular gay character on ''Doctors''. Stirling Gallacher then joined the series as doctor Ronnie Woodson. She was followed by Ronnie's onscreen husband, lawyer George ( Seán Gleeson). Diane Keen then joined as Julia Parsons, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feet Of Clay (novel)
''Feet of Clay'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the nineteenth book in the ''Discworld'' series, published in 1996. The story follows the members of the City Watch, as they attempt to solve murders apparently committed by a golem, as well as the unusual poisoning of the Patrician, Lord Vetinari. The title is a figure of speech from Hebrew scripture (see feet of clay) and the script used in the book to represent Morporkian being written by a golem resembles the Hebrew alphabet, a reference to golems' origins in Jewish folklore. Plot Twelve of the city golems, clay creatures forced to obey the written instructions placed inside their heads, decide to create a "king" golem in order to free themselves. They fashion a golem from their own clay and place in his head instructions that would fulfill their hopes: "Bring peace to the world", "Treat everyone fairly" and so on. They enroll the help of a priest and dwarf bread baker and museum curator to write the sacr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feet Of Clay (Wodehouse Story)
''Nothing Serious'' is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 21 July 1950 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 24 May 1951 by Doubleday & Co., New York.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 84–85, A70. It was published again in 2008 by ''The Overlook Press''. The stories mostly feature appearances from Wodehouse's recurring characters, including two Drones Club stories about Bingo Little and Freddie Widgeon, five Oldest Member golf stories, one Blandings Castle story, one Ukridge story, and a standalone story. Seven of the stories were first published in magazines, while the other three were originally published in this collection. Contents "The Shadow Passes" * First published in this volume ;Plot A Crumpet and his elderly relative are having lunch at the Drones Club when someone throws a bread roll at them. It was meant as a civil greeting to the Crumpet, though it startled his relative. It came from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate McPhelim Cleary
Kate McPhelim Cleary (August 22, 1863 – July 16, 1905) was a 19th-century Canadian-American author. Biography Kate McPhelim was born on August 22, 1863, in Richibucto, New Brunswick, the daughter of James McPhelim and Margaret Kelly, two Irish immigrants who had met after moving to Canada. Her father died when she was two years old, leaving her mother to raise her four children alone. After a brief return to Ireland to live with relatives, financial hardships forced the family to emigrate to Philadelphia. McPhelim published her first poem at the age of 14 before briefly turning to painting and sketching for money. In 1878, at age 15, she published her first short story, "Only Jerry" in the magazine ''Saturday Night'' and began writing prose and poetry in earnest, often under the pseudonym "K. Temple More". During this time, all four of the McPhelim children turned to writing stories, poems and articles for such publications as ''The Chicago Tribune'' and Philadelphia's ''Saturd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Storr
Anthony Storr (18 May 1920 – 17 March 2001) was an English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author. Background and education Born in London, Storr was educated at Winchester College, Christ's College, Cambridge, and Westminster Hospital. He was in the first cohort of medics to train in Jungian analysis at the Society of Analytical Psychology in London. Career In 1974, Storr moved from private practice to a teaching appointment at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford, until his retirement in 1984. Personal Storr was, as one of his obituarists observed, "no stranger to suffering at formative stages of his life." He married twice, to Catherine Cole (who became a children's writer under her married name) in 1942 and writer Catherine Peters in 1970 after the first marriage ended in divorce. Distinctions * Emeritus Fellow of Green College (1984) * Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1990) * Honorary FRCPsych (1993) Works In his books, Storr explored the secrets of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feet Of Clay (EP)
''Feet of Clay'' (stylized in all caps) is the second extended play by American rapper Earl Sweatshirt. It was released on November 1, 2019, through Tan Cressida and Warner Records. A deluxe edition, also included on the vinyl and CD copies, was released digitally July 24, 2020, including two bonus tracks. Background The extended play was as a surprise release, announced the day before its release. A music video for "East" was released alongside the EP. On April 24, 2020 "Whole World" was released as a single for the deluxe version of the EP. The deluxe version of the EP released on July 24, 2020. Critical reception Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave ''Feet of Clay'' 7.3 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. The EP received praise for its lyricism. Writing for ''Rolling Stone'', Danny Schwartz states that Earl's "dense words-per-second ratio, as well as the fluid, associative logic that guides ''Feet of Clay'', makes each song appear as a bottled caps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
