Anyone interested in the skaggs family history, history of the long hunters, or kentucky history will. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. This film chronicles a disparate group of women who try to adjust to their new lives in the womens army corp. In thus keeping his powder dry the bishop acted most wisely, though he himself ascribes the happy result entirely to. Keep your powder dry lana turner laraine day susan peters 1945 a debutante lana turner, a servicemans bride susan peters and a girl laraine day from. Be safe and keep your powder dry henry long hunter skaggs book. Keep your powder dry is a 1945 american drama film directed by edward buzzell and starring lana turner, susan peters, and laraine day. Thus, the phrase keep your powder dry is not limited to stay calm but carries an implicit, most ominous threat. The phrase keep your powder dry means to save ones resources until it is needed. When someone tells you to keep your powder dry, they mean to make sure that youre not going to come up short in a crisis because you havent taken care of business ahead of time.
With their clashing personalities and backgrounds, they instantly find themselves at. All dolledup and taking the macho out of the army, adding lipstick. It very seldom rains here during hunting season, usually it is snow falling. When i was a freshman in college, i believe it was the president of our school who, in giving some advice to us, said keep your powder dry. Susan peters plays annie darrison, a young wife in a traditional marriage to an army officer on his way overseas.
Original mgm title lobby card 11x14 for the edward buzzell war drama, keep your powder dry 1945 starring lana turner, laraine day, susan peters, and agnes moorehead. Margaret mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the cultur. May 2014 marked the 217th anniversary of the launching uss united statesone of the united states first battleships. A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the womens army corps. A substance consisting of ground, pulverized, or otherwise finely dispersed solid particles. Keep powder dry definition of keep powder dry by the. Keep your powder dry is an excellent wartime propaganda film. Happily, uncle sam and world war ii combine to help a spoiled little rich girl grow up. The expression comes from a story about the english leader oliver cromwell. I put a smear around the bottom of the frizzen where it contacts the pan. This movie premiered three months after susan peters became a paraplegic after being accidentally shot, the bullet having lodged in her spine. Des moines, where they will complete their basic training. Keep your powder dry 1945 edward buzzell, edward n.
Highly dispersed dry powder carried off by a gas or air flow becomes dust. Keep your powder dry 1945 shows a sororitylike atmosphere in the womens army corps of world war ii, but poignantly tells a back story. Keep ones powder dry definition is to be calm and ready for a possible problem in the future. Keep ones powder dry definition of keep ones powder.
See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The second half the phrase is often used by itself, and forms the title of the 1945 film keep your powder dry as well as margaret mead s 1942 book and keep your powder dry. Chapter 3 dry film photoresist national chiao tung. Telecharger keep your powder dry film complet en francais. Original keep your powder dry 1945 movie poster in vg. Be safe and keep your powder dry written by daryl skaggs. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. With lana turner, laraine day, susan peters, agnes moorehead. If the powder got wet by falling into a river or being exposed to rain, then the soldier couldnt fight because their gun wouldnt work. Be confident,hope for the best, also be pepared for the worst too. The study of contemporary western culture hardcover july 1, 2000 by margaret mead author 5. And keep your powder dry by margaret mead goodreads.
The phrase dry powder was coopted from the 17th century, when wars were fought with guns, cannons, and other firing weapons that relied on loose gunpowder, which had. Keep your powder dry 1945 a debutante lana turner, a servicemans bride susan peters and a girl laraine day from a military family join the womens army corps. On the end of the barrel i put a small piece of duct tape. Keep powder dry article about keep powder dry by the.
Dont trust anyone but god and be ready to square off if need be. Keep your powder dry 1945 is a real cute attempt at the military camp genre. Costarring a platoon of bright hollywood femmes, keep your powder dry is as snappy as a recruits salute but its comedy is tinged with heartbreak. Definition of keep powder dry in the idioms dictionary. I know the saying predates him by several generations, but that saying has stuck with me. Lana turner stars in a breezy comedy about an heiress who must.
Keep your powder dry to pass away long hours at sea aboard uss united states, midshipman john randolph bryan, carved intricate designsships, flowers, animals, and patriotic symbolsinto these horns, which served as containers for gunpowder. This is not as good as other types of thick film photoresist such as su8 which has been reported to be as high as 20. Keep ones powder dry definition and meaning collins. After all, there was a war on and war has consequences. An anthropologist looks at america by margaret mead and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Watch keep your powder dry movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Just keep your powder dry keep your powder dry keep your powder dry right there you know whats right and wrong you should know whats going on just hold the line my friend keep holding on keep holding on you really have no choice you have to make a noise silence aint an option now we have to hear your voice we got to hear your voice dont. This emphasizes that the keep your powder dry was seen only as an additional insurance. Keep your powder dry movie trailer and videos tv guide. A dry mass of minute separate particles of any substance. Buzzell on allmovie a disparate group of women join the womens army. Be safe and keep your powder dry henry long hunter skaggs. Keep your powder dry movie posters from movie poster shop. To help keep the priming powder dry i use chapstick. Powder moistened with a liquid forms a paste or dough, and when powder is rapidly agitated in a sufficiently large volume of liquid, a suspension is produced. Overview of keep your powder dry, 1945, directed by edward buzzell, with lana turner, laraine day, susan peters, at turner classic movies. In pharmaceutics, a homogeneous dispersion of finely divided, relatively dry, particulate matter consisting of one or more substances. A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in. Too many people today are way too relaxed ad unaware of their surroundings.
Its plot follows three women who join the womens army corps during world war ii. The screenplay was written by george bruce and mary c. Mccall, jr filmed in florida and iowa in late 1944, keep your powder dry premiered in washington, d. Keep your powder dry 1945 directed by edward buzzell. Now turn with me if you would to the book of nehemiah, chapter 4, and we are going to read this evening the second half of the chapter, beginning at verse 15 through to the end of the chapter. Valerie parks gets up to hut two three four in olive drab and sensible shoes. Just what if the recording could have been made with todays technology. Keep your powder dry available now on dvd duration. Depend on your weapon believe in its efficiency and fight to win.
Put your trust in god, and keep your powder dry the good. Now when i call it propaganda, that is not an insultpropaganda can be evil but it can also be very good. Keep your powder dry original theatrical trailer youtube. Keep your powder dry idioms by the free dictionary. Buy keep your powder dry movie posters from movie poster shop. This is made clear in a piece from the times literary supplement, 1908. Fight like a man,this is a crucial moment,a question of life and death,no matter what may come,you have to face the situation. Keep powder dry definition of keep powder dry by medical. Definition of keep your powder dry in the idioms dictionary. He must keep his powder dry for the really important issues.
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