Movie: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Director: Bahrat Nalluri

Synopsis: In pre-war London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a middle-aged governess who has difficulty keeping a job. She intercepts an employment opportunity as a social secretary to American actress and singer Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams). Within minutes, and seemingly without qualifications, she is thrust into a dizzying world of glamour and high society. Taking her new role to heart, she tries to help her new friend navigate a complicated career and love life. The next 24 hours fly by at a dizzying pace.

Scene: Miss Pettigrew and Delysia return from a visit, and shopping spree, with haughty high fashion maven Edythe Dubarry (Shirley Henderson).

Monogram: Edythe's logo, an extravagant script initial E, appears on a hatbox.

Contributed by: Yvonne Broach

Movie: Ratatouille (2007)

Director: Brad Bird/Jan Pinkava

Synopsis: Remy (voiced by Patton Oswalt) is a young rat in the French countryside with a highly-developed sense of taste. He dreams of becoming a famous chef, and heads to Paris to seek his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau - the author of a famous book - "Anyone Can Cook." Finding that his hero is dead, and his five-star restaurant - Gusteau's - is in decline, Remy forms an unlikely alliance with Linguini (voiced by Lou Romano), a clumsy youth with big dreams hired as a garbage boy. It's up to the two of them to avoid the insane head chef, win his partner a girl, and produce the finest Ratatouille in all of France.

Scene: Food critic Anton Ego (voiced by Peter O'Toole), whose earlier brutal review had killed Auguste Gusteau, returns for another visit, expecting to have the same response. It's up to Remy and Linguini to save Gusteau's with their cooking.

Monogram: A nervous waiter delivers a menu to Ego, bearing the restaurant's logo, the monogram G with an elaborate border.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Blades of Glory (2007)

Director: Josh Gordon

Synopsis: In this figure skating comedy, rival world-class skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) hate eachother. When a brawl breaks out on the winner's podium after they tie for the gold medal, they are both banned from mens singles competition for life. Three and a half years later, after both work degrading jobs, Jimmy learns that there is a loophole in the rules, and he can still compete in pairs or ice dancing. Unable to find him a femaile partner, his old coach (Craig T. Nelson) convinces the two former rivals to form the first same-sex pairs team.

Scene: After practicing for months, Chazz and Jimmy face the reigning pairs champions - the brother-sister team of Stranz and Fairchild van Waldenberg (Amy Poehler and Will Arnett) in the World Championship pairs division. Stranz and Fairchild skate first - with a hip-hop theme.

Monogram: This overheard lift shows Fairchild's costume - complete with bling and a sequined lower case Old-English monogram - MHO. Not a literal monogram for the character's initials, the movie provides no help in deciphering this monogram. Could it be chat room jargon ("my humble opinion")?

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Director: Shekhar Kapur

Synopsis: Papist Spain wants to bring down the heretic Elizabeth - Queen of Protestant England (Cate Blanchette). Phillip, King of Spain (Jordi Molla), is building a massive armada. Elizabeth's cousin Mary Stuart (Samantha Morton) is claiming the throne, and under house arrest in Scotland. Two empires collide in 1588.

Scene: Elizabeth is on a state visit, accompained by her ladies in waiting and closest advisor - Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush). She inspects the interior of a cathedral under construction, then leaves to walk among her subjects. Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), an adventurer from the New World, throws his cloak on the ground as she advances - covering a puddle. The scene is created from a pastiche of UK locations: Elizabeth is seen arriving on a barge on a canal with a stone bridge in the background (Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge), and passing into the cathedral at street level, then out a different entrance (The Front Gate at St John's College, Cambridge - completed in 1516). The interior shot of the cathedral is in the nave at Winchester Cathedral (Winchester, Hampshire).

Monogram: The canopy that accompanies Elizabeth as she exits the cathedral, seen from high overhead, bears the royal monogram - ER.

Contributed by: Yvonne Broach

Movie: Enchanted (2007)

Director: Kevin Lima

Synopsis: Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) is transported from the perfect 2-D world of Andalasia to the chalenging 3-D world of New York City. Thrown through a portal by the wicked Queen Narsissa (Susan Sarandon) to separate her from the Queen's dim-witted stepson Prince Edward (James Marsden), Giselle is protected by an unlikely hero - divorce lawyer Robert Phillip (Patrick Dempsey). Meanwhile Edward, Giselle's trusted chipmunk friend Pip (voiced by Jeff Bennett in Andalasia and Kevin Lima in New York ), the Queen's henchman Nathaniel (Timothy Spall) and the wicked Queen herself follow her through the portal - adventures ensue. A modern interpretation of the Cinderella story.

Scene: The portal from Andalasia opens through a manhole cover in Times Square. Prince Edward, looking for Giselle, follows her throughout the city.

Monogram: In the 2-D world of Andalasia Prince Edward's tunic is decorated only with the thin outline of a crest, but in the 3-D world of New York City it has acquired more detail, and surrounds the initials EA - for "Edward of Andalasia"?

Contributed by: Angela Scott

Movie: Juno (2007)

Director: Jason Reitman

Synopsis: A story told over four seasons, beginning in autumn, when sixteen year-old Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) learns that she's pregnant from a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend, Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). Juno is fairly pragmatic about her situation - after considering, then rejecting, an abortion she decides to have the baby and give it up for adoption. The next step is to tell her parents, then find prospective parents for the yet unborn child. In the Pennysaver ad section, she finds Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), a yuppie couple who live in the suburbs.

Scene: Accompanied by her father (J.K. Simmons), who insists on going with her to meet the Lorings so she "doesn't get ripped off by some baby-starved wingnuts", a meeting is arranged with Mark and Jennifer at their new gated-community home.

Monogram: Trying to make the best impression, Jennifer arranges the flowers, table-top magazines, and the monogrammed hand towels in the powder room.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Sweeney Todd (2007)

Director: Tim Burton

Synopsis: This dark film adaptation of the hit Broadway Musical by Stephen Sondheim, which is based on a 19th Century legend, is the story of Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp), formerly known as Benjamin Barker, who has returned secretly to London from 15 years confinement on false charges in the penal colonies in Australia. He vows revenge on Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) who ruined his life by sentencing him in order to possess his wife Lucy and their daughter Johanna. Sweeney learns from former neighbor Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) that Lucy poisened herself in despair, and that Johanna (Jane Wisener) is now Judge Turpin's ward. Mrs. Lovett returns his barber's razors and he reopens his barber business upstairs from Mrs. Lovett's pie shop, waiting for the day when Judge Turpin will visit him. Along the way, many of his customers end up as meat pies.

Scene: In the market, Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett observe Signor Pirelli (Sasha Baron Cohen), a self-professed expert barber and miracle hair tonic salesman. Also in the audience is Beadle Bamford (Timothy Spall), Judge Turpin's sinister assistant. Sweeney chalenges Signor Pirelli to a shaving competition, to be judged by Beedle Bamford. He win's handily, then suggests that the beadle come by his new establishment for a shave.

Monogram: In preparation for the shave-off, Pirelli's assistant produces an elaborate velvet chair, decorated with Pirelli's logo - mirror imaged initials inside a crest border.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

Director: Jake Kasdan

Synopsis: The life story of fictional musician Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly). This comedy bio-pic touches every musical genre from early rock-and-roll, through psychedlia, country and western, punk, a hit TV variety show - all conquered by a character who becomes adicted to - then kicks - every known drug. John C. Reilly and band perform all of the songs.

Scene: Appearing on a variety billing advertised as "Elvis Presley and Others", Dewey and his band play last - Elvis (cameo appearance by Jack White) wants to get finished a little early and asks to have the play order changed. Dewey sings a song he wrote for Mrs. Dewey Cox - "A Life Without You (Is No Life At All)" - sung in a vaguely Roy Orbison style. He is an instant sensation.

Monogram: Dewey belts out his song in a white blazer with a black satin collar and a script D on the pocket.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Harry Potter-Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Director: David Yates

Synopsis: Young wizard-in-training Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) returns after summer holidays to Hogwarts for his fifth year of studies to find that his warnings at the end of the previous year about the return of evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) have been ignored. Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge (Robert Hardy) suspects that Headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) may be fueling Harry's warnings to advance his own position. A new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher is appointed by the Ministry in order to keep an eye on Hogwarts. Harry and friends must form a secret club - "Dumbledore's Army" - to defend themselves.

Scene: Top: Under the direction of Severus Snape, Harry practices Occlumency - the ability to compartmentalize one's emotions to prevent true thoughts or memories from being discovered. In this fantasy sequence he sees Ron and his family exchanging Christmas gifts. Bottom: Ron's prankster twin brothers George and Fred decide to disrupt the O.W.L exams.

Monogram: Top: Ron receives a fur vest with his initial R. Bottom: After flying through the hall on broomsticks, once outside the twins produce their monogram - W for Weasley - in the sky with fireworks.

Contributed by: Cathy Sundermann, embroideryarts

Movie: Hairspray (2007)

Director: Adam Shankman

Synopsis: Set in 1962, this movie is an adaptation of John Waters' Tony-winning musical, itself an adaptation of his 1988 cult film. Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) is an overweight high school student from Baltimore, MD. She and her best friend race home after school to watch their favorite teen TV dance program, The Corny Collins Show. Corny (James Marsden) and all of his regulars are white. Black kids are only allowed on "Negro Day", the last Tuesday of each month. After initially being rejected for a regular spot for being overweight and supportive of intergration, Tracy learns how to dance from the black kids in school detention, passes the audition, and becomes one of the most popular "Council Kids".

With the abrupt cancellation of "Negro Day", a protest march on WYZT is planned, and Tracy sneaks out of her house to join it, and hatches a plot to crash the Miss Teenage Hairspray pageant.

Scene: Tracy's plus-sized shut-in laundress mother Edna Turnblad (John Travolta) discovers that the sleeping figure in Tracy's bed is actually a carefully-placed pile of laundry.

Monogram: Edna's lavender terrycloth bathrobe has her monogram ET.

Contributed by: Peggy Purdy

Movie: Marie Antoinette (2006)

Director: Sophia Coppola

Synopsis: A naive young Maria Antonia (Kirsten Dunst) is sent to marry the Dauphin of France Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman). An increasingly fruitless marriage and political intrigue lead her to find solace in buying lavish gowns and shoes, eating elaborate cakes and pastries, and gambling with her handful of confidantes.

Scene: Constantly under scrutiny by members of the royal family who monitor the couple's lack of progress toward producing an heir, the bed chamber is a recurring scene in this film.

Monogram: An elaborate monogram - MA - surrounded by flowers is the centerpiece of the headboard.

Contributed by: Antoinette Natali

Movie: A Good Year (2006)

Director: Ridley Scott

Synopsis: Based on Peter Mayle's best-selling novel, Englishman Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) inherits a vineyard in Provence, France from his Uncle Henry (Albert Finney). Although he spent summers there as a child, he hasn't been in touch with his uncle for many years. He must now decide if - or - how - he can blend his high-pressure banking career in London with his past in simpler times.

Scene: Max's friend - and real estate - agent Charlie Willis (Tom Hollander) arrives in Provence to help sort out the sale of the estate. While there, he encounters, and tries to seduce Christie (Abbie Cornish), a potential unknown American relative of Uncle Henry.

Monogram: Charlie's monogrammed velvet slippers - CW.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Monster House (2006)

Director: Gil Kenan

Synopsis: Twelve year old Douglas "DJ" Waters (voiced by Mitchel Musso) and his best friend Chowder (voiced by Sam Lerner) have suspicions about the broken-down house across the street and its owner, Mr. Nebbercracker (voiced by Steve Buscemi) - things that venture there disappear. When DJ's parents leave town for a dental convention on Haloween weekend, they leave him in the care of punk babysitter "Zee". The teenagers must try to convince everyone that the house itself is a monster.

Scene: Zee (voiced by Maggie Gyllenhaal) arrives in her very used car to take up her weekend nanny duties.

Monogram: Zee's real name is Elizabeth. Her sweater bears the script monogram E - reminiscent of the one worn by Laverne (Penny Marshall) on the popular 1970's TV series "Laverne & Shirley"

Contributed by: Adele Perri

Movie: The Queen (2006)

Director: Stephen Frears

Synopsis: Diana, the "People's Princess", has died in a car accident in Paris. HM Elizabeth II (Helen Miren) must come to terms with her death, as well as her relationship with the British people. Newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) becomes a significant influence, nudging the Queen toward a more public role.

Scene: Blair has convinced the Queen to abandon her private contemplation at her castle in Scotland and return to London.

Monogram: The antimacassers on the backs of the seats on the Royal aircraft are decorated with the Queen's monogram (Elizabeth Regina II) - the serifed initials E and R with the roman numeral II between them.

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Movie: Rumor Has It (2005)

Director: Rob Reiner

Synopsis: Sarah Huttington (Jennifer Aniston), returns to home-town Pasadena with her fiance for a family wedding. She hears a rumor that "The Graduate" (book and movie) are based on her family. Did her grandmother and her mom have flings with the same man just before her parents married ? Is the real Benjamin Braddock her father?

Scene: Sarah tracks down her mother's beau, the man rumored to be the inspiration for book and movie character - Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner). After took many drinks in a Chinatown bar she accompanies him home.

Monogram: Waking up the next morning, Sarah finds herself in a bed with embroidered monogram initials BB on the pillow.

Contributed by: Angela Scott

Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Director: Tim Burton

Synopsis: Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) has built the greatest and largest chocolate factory in the world. Shrouded in mystery for the past 15 years, it is to be opened on one special day to a lucky few children who find one of only five Golden Tickets inside Wonka chocolate bars. Based on the beloved childrens story by Roald Dahl (1964).

Scene: Each lucky winner is permitted to bring one adult. In addition to Charlie Bucket, the children include: Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous boy; Veruka Salt, a spoiled brat; Violet Beauregarde, a compulsive gum chewer, and Mike TeeVee, who is, as his name suggests, obsessed with television. Mike, disobeying instructions to stay behind the railing, is about to be miniaturized in an experiment to deliver real chocatate bars to TV viewers.

Monogram: Willy Wonka, trying to be patient throughout the tour, wears a signature monogram silver pin - a jaunty letter W.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Harry Potter-Goblet of Fire (2005)

Director: Mike Newell

Synopsis: Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) return for their fourth year at Hogwarts school after summer holidays. Upon arrival they learn that Hogwarts will be hosting the Triwizard Tournament, a legendary event in which a wizard from Hogwarts and from two rival schools compete in three dangerous tasks. The Goblet of Fire, a magical cup, will act as an impartial judge to select potential champions by shooting pieces of parchment into the air from those dropped in by potential candidates. After selecting three candidates the Goblet unexpectedly announces a fourth candidate - Harry Potter - who didn't enter his name, and is in any case under the age limit set by the Ministry of Magic. Harry's entry into the Tournament incites jealousy and suspicion from his fellow students.

Scene: Top: The three friends are on a special train back to school. Bottom: Dumbledore announces the third task - retrieve the Triwizard Cup hidden in the center of the maze.

Monogram: Top: Ron wears a heavy sweater, with his hand-made initial R appliqued on the front. Bottom: the monogram - intertwined MM - of the Ministry of Magic - is displayed on the lectern banner.

Contributed by: embroideryarts, Lynn Ferebee

Movie: Little Nicky (2000)

Director: Steven Brill

Synopsis: Satan (Harvey Keitel), who inherited the job from HIS father Lucifer (Rodney Dangerfield), is in his 10,000th year as "Prince of Darkness", and wants to retire. He has three sons - Cassius and Adrian, the older two, are both more powerful than the youngest - Nicky (Adam Sandler) - a sweet teenager who likes heavy metal but "isn't into" evil. When Satan announces that he has decided that none of them are quite right for the job, the older siblings conspire to leave Hell and take over Earth to mess up the balance of good and evil. Their departure freezes the fire through which souls enter Hell, and Satan begins to lose his power.

Scene: Satan convinces Little Nicky that, as the only one left, he must go to Earth and return to Hell with his brothers.

Monogram: Satan's deep blue crushed velvet jumpsuit sports a red embroidered letter D.

Contributed by: Lynn Ferebee

Movie: You've Got Mail (1998)

Director: Nora Ephron

Synopsis: Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) is exchanging emails with a man she has never met, Joe Fox (Tom Hanks). She isn't aware that he is an executive in his family's business - Fox and Sons, a bookstore chain. He isn't aware that she has a charming children's bookstore, a long-time local landmark, in the same neighborhood as his newest Superstore. She meets Joe, finds him arrogant and annoying, and confides this to her anonomous online pal. As the story progresses, Joe Fox's life gets out of control when he learns that his anonymous mail-pal is nobody other than Kathleen Kelly.

Scene: Joe visits Kathleen's store for the first time with two children - half-brother Matt and Annabel, his grandfather's ten year old daughter. Offering a handkerchief for the girl's runny nose - "what's a handkerchief? It's a Kleenex that you don't throw away" - Kathleen explains that her mother monogrammed the handkerchief for her when she was a little girl.

Monogram: The initial K is surrounded by a a border with a daisy motif - her favorite flower.

Contributed by: Cathy Sundermann

Movie: Air Force One (1997)

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Synopsis: The President of the United States James Marshall (Harrison Ford) makes a speach in Moscow, outlining the USA's new "Zero-tolerance" policy with respect to terrorism. On the flight home, terrorists take over Air Force One (the President's official plane) and take the passengers (including his wife and daughter) hostage.

Scene: Having just boarded the plane, President Marshall visits the washroom.

Monogram: The letters A-F-O are embroidered on the washroom hand-towels - seen reflected in the mirror in this shot.

Contributed by: Mary Catherine McCoy

Movie: Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Director: Ang Lee

Synopsis: Emma Thompson won an Oscar for her screenplay - an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel of the same name. This 19th Century story begins with the death of Mr. Dashwood, and the passing of his estate to John (James Fleet) his son by his first marriage, as required by law. This leaves his second wife and three daughters - Elinor, Marianne, and young Margaret - in difficult circumstances. Elinor (Emma Thompson), the oldest, is attracted to Edward Ferris (Hugh Grant), the younger brother of John's wife Fanny. Marianne (Kate Winslet) is courted by wealthy Colonel Brandon (Alan Rickman) but prefers the wildly handsome John Willoughby (Greg Wise). The two, lacking a dowry, may well end up as spinsters in this complex romantic tale.

Scene: Elinor makes the acquaintance of Lucy Steele (Imogen Stubbs) at the home of family friend Mrs. Jennings. Lucy confides in her that she and Edward Ferris have been secretly engaged for five years - thus dashing Elinor's hopes for her own relationship with him.

Monogram: Lucy, a manipulative type, feigns tears over her predicament, and wipes them away with Edward's monogrammed handkerchief (ECF). This is the second time we see one of these handkerchiefs - the first example was lovingly examined by Elinor, who received hers from Edward Ferris earlier in the story.

Contributed by: Beth Signoretti

Movie: The Santa Clause (1994)

Director: John Pasquin

Synopsis: Divorcee Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) takes on the task of telling his 6-year-old son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) that Santa isn't real. On Christmas Eve Charlie and Scott get an unexpected visitor. Started by Scott's discovering him on the roof, Santa falls off, leaving behind only a red suit and with it instructions to put it on if he's involved in an accident. Scott goes to bed, convinced that it's all a dream.

Scene: Charlie wakes Scott on Christmas morning, and Scott is startled to find that he is wearing red pajamas with an elaborate monogram.

Monogram: Scott's pajamas display the tone-on-tone monogram SC - Scott Calvin, Santa Clause? - on the pocket.

Contributed by: Cathy Sundermann

Movie: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Director: Joel Cohen

Synopsis: When Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning), founder of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, flies out of a 45th storey window, the Board of Directors, led by shady Sidney J. Mussburger (Paul Newman), hatches a plot to make them all richer. They must find a real schmoe to run the company into ruin and depress the stock price so they can buy Waring's shares at a bargain price. Enter Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins), just hired in the mail room. Crack reporter Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh) poses as a meek secretary to get a scoop on what is really going on, and declares Norville an "imbecile" in print. Little does ayone know that his seemingly idiotic idea - a circle drawn on a scap of paper that he keeps in his shoe ("You know - for the Kids") will turn out to be the Hula Hoop.

Scene: Top: Opening Credits. Bottom: After Amy is revealed for her true identity, she decides that she really cares for Norville, and tries to shame him into giving up his new fat-cat lifestyle. She contronts him in his palatial office, where he is listening to chamber music and posing for a statue.

Monogram: Top: The Hudsucker logo H appears throughout the movie - on office doors, furnishings, letterhead stationery, etc. Here it floats in the midnight sky with New Years Eve snowflakes. Bottom: Amy Archer's silver monogram pin - A.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Barton Finkn (1991)

Director: Joel Coen

Synopsis: Set in 1941, Barton Fink (John Turturro), a newly successful New York intelectual playwright accepts an offer to write movie scripts in LA. When required to do a B-movie wrestling script, he develops writers block. Housed at the dark Hotel Earle, he seeks help from his next door neighbor Charlie Meadows (John Goodman), famed writer W. P Mayhew (John Mahoney), and Mayhew's girlfriend Audrey (Judy Davis).

Scene: After a sleepless night and a bizarre sequence of events, Barton meets his employer, Capital Pictures President Jack Lipnick (Michael Lerner) for breakfast by the Hollywood mogul's pool to discuss his progress.

Monogram: Jack Lerner, wearing a terrycloth robe monogrammed with his initials JL inside a decorative border.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Field of Dreams (1989)

Director: Phil Alden Robinson

Synopsis: Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to turn his ordinary cornfield into a baseball diamond where dreams can come true. His field is populated by legendary baseball players - including his younf father. "If you build it, he will come."

Scene: A collection of ballplayers after a game, and before disappearing into the cornfield in the outfield where they live in the spirit world.

Monogram: Early 20th Century sports teams relied heavily on simple symbols, often based on lettering styles, to produce their logos. This screenshot shows the logo of the Chicago White Sox (SOX) and the Philadelphia Athletics (A) on players uniforms. The White Sox "modernized" their logo in 1932, and the Philadelphia Atletics were disbanded in 1954. The team moved to Kansas City.

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Movie: The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Director: George Miller

Synopsis: Alex (Cher), Jane (Susan Sarandon), and Suki (Michelle Pfeiffer) are three bored New England women with newly emerging magical abilities. They innocently conjure up a mystery man who could satisfy all their desires. A new fithy-rich and seemingly unattached man moves into town - and he fits the bill perfectly. Within a three days the three women have all discovered almighty power within themselves.

Scene: The women come to realise that the mysterious Darryl Van Horne (Jack Nicholson) is corrupting them and the town, and resolve to exile him from their lives.

Monogram: Daryl spruces up in his luxurious master bathrooom, complete with monogrammed black towels - DVH.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Director: Tim Burton

Synopsis: When his beloved bicycle is stolen outside Chuck's Bike-O-Rama, Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens), an overgrown pre-pubescent boy who lives an idyllic life, is devastated. Acting on a tip, he embarks on a cross-country journey, following a lead that the bike is being held in the Alamo's basement. This quirky comedy adventure story is Tim Burton's directing deb

Scene: Pee Wee suspects that Francis (Mark Holton), a filthy-rich acquantance, is the thief. Earlier on the morning that the bike was stolen Francis had offered to buy it, saying that his father had promised him anything he wanted for his birthday.

Monogram: Francis wears a powder blue jumpsuit monogrammed with oversized old english initials - FB. His last name is Buxton. His father wears identical jumpsuits with his own initials - JB

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Movie: Back to the Future (1985)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Synopsis: Historically, no McFly has ever succeeded at anything, and it looks like the same will hold true for young Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox). The only bright spots in his life are his guitar, his girlfriend and Doc Emmett Brown (Christopher LLoyd), the town's eccentric inventor. In a story with many layers of complexity and plot twists, Marty returns to 1955 in Doc Browns souped-up DeLorean - his time machine invention. Back in time, he inadvertently disrupts his own parents destiny, and must find a solution and get back to 1985 to save Doc Brown from terrorists and preserve the space-time continuum.

Scene: At the school's 1955 "Enchantment of the Seas" dance, the entertainment is provided by Marvin Berry and the Starlighters. When Marvin, the guitar player, cuts his hand and it seems that the music is over for the evening, Marty sees his parents first kiss, and his own existence, slipping away. He offers to fill in, and after the magic moment occurs during a slow dance - "Earth Angel" - Marty lets fly with a rendition of a song that he describes as "an oldie" - never heard before by the high-school audience - "Johnny B Goode".

Monogram: During this increasingly wild song, Marvin phones his cousin Chuck - who is also a guitar player and has been looking for a "new sound." The band's monogram - MB - is shown on the bandstand.

Contributed by: Lynn Ferebee

Movie: Sophie's Choice (1982)

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Synopsis: In 1947, the story's narrator Stingo (Peter MacNicol), a young southern writer, travels to Brooklyn and takes a room in a boarding house. He is befriended by his upstairs neighbors Sophie Zawistowska (Meryl Streep) and her unpredictable lover Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline). As he becomes ever more deeply intwined in their lives he discovers their secrets.

Scene: Nathan's increasingly violent moods drive Sophie and Stingo, who is falling in love with her, to flee. His family have a peanut farm in Virginia. They spend the night together in a hotel on the way to the farm, where Sophie reveals her deepest secret, then returns to Brooklyn the next morning while Stingo is still sleeping.

Monogram: Although the hotel or it's location aren't revealed, we can assume from the monogram on the pillow case - the letters C and H flanking an image of the Capital dome - that they are in Washington - perhaps the Capital Hotel ?

Contributed by: Cathy Sundermann

Movie: Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Director: Warren Beatty & Buck Henry

Synopsis: Los Angeles Rams backup Quarterback Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), looking foward to the Super Bowl, is almost killed in a collision with a truck. A novice, over-anxious guardian angel (Buck Henry) plucks him out of his body, assuming his death is imminent, and wisks him to heaven. Once there, he discovers from the mysterious Mr. Jordan (James Mason) that a mistake has been made - his divinely ordained time of death hasn't yet come. To complicate matters, his body has been cremated. A replacement must be located. Mr. Jordan proposes about-to-be-murdered millionaire Leo Farnsworth.

Scene: After observing the build-up to Farnsworth's imminent murder, and the arrival of attractive environmental protester Betty Logan (Julie Christie) for an unscheduled meeting, Joe races up to the master bathroom in time to rise from the tub as the "new" Leo Farnsworth.

Monogram: Joe Pendleton, wearing Leo Farnsworth's monogrammed robe, with the initial F embroidered in gold on a navy blue robe.

Contributed by: Cathy Sundermann

Movie: Superman (1978)

Director: Richard Donner

Synopsis: Scientist Jor-El (Marlon Brando) takes drastic measures to preserve the Kryptonian race: He sends his infant son Kal-El to Earth. Raised by an elderly farm couple, the Kents, young Clark Kent learns that he has super-powers that must be used for good. The adult Clark (Christopher Reeve) moves to Metropolis, where he becomes a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet - and a caped wonder: Superman - who fights for "Truth, Justice, and the American Way". He also finds many opportunities to save Lois Lane (Margot Kidder).

Scene: The criminal warlord Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) is plotting the greatest real estate swindle of all time. Superman (Christopher Reeve) prepares to spin around at light speed and use himself to drill a hole through the sidewalk to get to Luthor's lair.

Monogram: Arguably the most famous monogram in modern popular culture, Superman's red initial S and jewel-shaped border with yellow background on his blue suit.

Contributed by: EmbroideryArts

Movie: The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

Director: Blake Edwards

Synopsis: The famous Jewel, the Pink Panther, has once again vanished from the national museum of fictional middle-eastern country Lugash. The famous Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is called in to investigate, and is convinced the famous thief "The Phantom" is responsible.

Scene: Having successfully broken into the heavily guarded museum, the thief removes the jewel from its alarmed case and leaves his calling card behind.

Monogram: The Phantom's white glove shows a jeweled monogram P.

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Movie: Young Frankenstein (1974)

Director: Mel Brooks

Synopsis: Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is a respected lecturer at an American medical school. The grandson of Victor Frankenstein has spent his life living down the legend of his grandfather, but finds that he has inherited the family estate in Transylvania. He arrives there to find an attractive lab assistant Inga (Teri Garr), household servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Frau Bl¸cher (Cloris Leachman) and a few surprises.

Scene: On their first night in the castle, strange noises are heard. Frederick, Inga, and Igor investigate.

Monogram: The embroidered initials FF adorn Frederick's robe.

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Movie: Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Director: Sidney Lumet

Synopsis: Set in 1935, Agatha Christie's beloved sleuth Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) books passage on the famed Orient Express only to find himself at the center of a murder investigation. Mr. Ratchett (Richard Widmark) is found murdered in his cabin, with 12 stab wounds. Poirot questions all of the remaining passengers, and must solve the mystery before they disperse - the train is stuck awaiting removal of snow from the tracks.

Scene: Poirot, Mr. Ratchett's Britrish valet Mr. Beddoes (John Gielgud) and the French conductor of the Calais coach (Pierre Paul Michel) discover the body. Unknown at that moment - that Mr. Ratchett is actually a gangster named Cassetti.

Monogram: Although much is made in the investigation of an antique handkerchief bearing the initial H, the handkerchief's monogram is never clearly shown in the film. In this scene, Mr. Ratchett's monogrammed robe is seen hanging on a hook. His full name is Samuel Edward Ratchett (SRE). Another mystery - why is the S larger in the center, since a conventional three-letter monogram for this name would show the R larger ? It would be interesting to question Tony Walton, nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design.

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Movie: Godfather II (1972)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Synopsis: Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) has emerged as the new Godfather in his father's image. At his estate in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, the Don holds business meetings following an elaborate family function.

Scene: Michael retires for the evening to his estate's guesthouse. His wife Kay (Diane Keaton), already in bed, asks "Michael, why are the drapes open?" - a split second before machine gun bullets rip through the window.

Monogram: Michael's monogram - MFC - is embroidered on the hem of the sheets.

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Movie: Scooby Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters (1972)

Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Synopsis: Continuing the animated children's TV series, this film release combines colonial america and 1970s basketball into one spooky mystery.

Scene: The vacationing Harlem Globetrotters meet up with the Mystery Van gang and the ghosts of Paul Revere and other Revolutionary War characters.

Monogram: Wearing his signature monogram dogtag - SD - Scooby (voiced by Don Messick) prepares for an imminent explosion.

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Movie: A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Synopsis: In 16th Century England King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) is determined to break with Rome and the Catholic Church so he can divorce his current wife and wed again. Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield), his Chancellor, opposes this heretical plan. He is beloved by the common people and by his family, and envied by other powerful people for his principles. He resigns his position, but Henry is determined to punish him.

Scene: Early in the film, More is summoned by messenger to a meeting with Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles).

Monogram: King Henry's messenger - large initial H on either side of his vest - gives Wolsey's message to Sir Thomas More's servant - wearing a tunic displaying the initial M inside a crest.

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Movie: After The Fox (1966)

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Synopsis: Written by Neil Simon, this cult mash-up is the story of a theft of $ 3 million in gold bullion in Cairo, and the attempt to outsmart Interpol and smuggle the gold into Europe. The only master criminal considered up to the task is Aldo Venucci, also known as The Fox (Peter Sellers). Venucci comes up with the the idea to pose as an Italian neo-realist film director, Federico Fabrizi, and bring the gold ashore in broad daylight as a scene in an avant garde film in a tiny fishing village. He cons the faded American matinee idol Tony Powel (Victor Mature) into starring, along with his stage-struck sister Gina (Britt Ekland).

Scene: Oka (Akim Tamiroff) the mastermind of the Cairo heist, is on his way to Fabrizi's hotel room, looking for his beautiful assistant (Maria Grazia Buccela), who Fabrizi is trying to seduce. When he knocks on the door she hides in the armoire.

Monogram: The initials FF decorate the trendy orange karate outfit that Fabrizi wears in this scene.

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Movie: Some Like it Hot (1959)

Director: Billy Wilder

Synopsis: Two struggling musicians - Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929, and need to find a way out of the city before the mob finds them. The only paying job they can find is in an all-girl band heading to Miami for an engagement at the Seminole Ritz (filmed at the Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, CA.) Calling themselves Josephine and Daphne they board the train and on the trip both fall for "Sugar Kane" (Marilyn Monroe), the bands sexy Polish-American vocalist and ukelele player. Once in Florida, Joe woos Sugar by assuming a second disguise as a millionaire named "Junior" - the heir to Shell Oil. Meanwhile, an actual millionaire, Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown) falls for Jerry in his Daphne guise.

Scene: Top: The 16 piece band - "Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators" plays evenings with dinner. Bottom: Osgood Fielding III talks to Daphne on the ship-to-shore radio from his yacht.

Monogram: The band's logo (SSSS) appears on their music stands. Bottom: Osgood sports a captains hat and a fanciful blazer - the pocket is adorned with his monogram (initials OF above three bars for III) done in glitter inside a vine border.

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Movie: Desk Set (1957)

Director: Walter Lang

Synopsis: Bunny Watson (Katherine Hepburn) is a reference librarian whose tepid long-term relationship with television executive Mike Cutler (Gig Young) is going nowhere. No-nonsense computer genius Richard Sumner (Spencer Tracy) has created "Miss Emmy", a program to automate the work of Bunny and her department. Their initial distain for one another gives way to romantic sparks.

Scene: After a ride home in pouring rain with the department staff, Bunny invites Richard to her apartment to dry off. With nothing to offer him to wear while his clothes dry, she unwraps an intended Christmas gift for her beau Mike.

Monogram: Embroidered on the left chest of the deep blue satin robe are the initials MC.

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Movie: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Synopsis: J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) is a tyranical New York gossip columnist with a column read by 60 million people each day. Anything he prints has the power to elevate or destroy a career. Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is a hustling publicist, consumed by a desperate ambition to get ahead. When Hunsceker's sister gets involved with jazz musician Steve Dallas (Martin Milner), he uses Falco to break up their relationship. Falco is only too happy to plant false rumors that Dallas is a dope-smoking Communist.

Scene: Falco goes to Hunsecker's penthouse apartment, where he finds Susan Hunsecker (Susan Harrison) about to commit suicide. He stops her from jumping, tearing her clothes in the process, just as her brother walks in. Hunsecker decides to destroy Falco's reputation by accusing him of raping Susan. Falco reveals, in front of Susie, that it was her brother who ordered him to destroy Dallas's reputation.

Monogram: Susie wears a robe adorned with an oversized S initial.

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Movie: Sabrina (1954)

Director: Billy Wilder

Synopsis: Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn) is the young daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, and has been in love with David Larrabee (William Holden) all her life. After Sabrina attends a culinary school in Paris she returns a very attractive and sophisticated woman and David is quickly drawn to her. David's workaholic older brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart) fears that David's imminent wedding with a very rich woman may be endangered, along with a great corporate deal with the bride's family. So Linus tries to redirect Sabrina's affections to himself and in the process, falls in love with her.

Scene: A forlorn Sabrina and her poodle - thinking that she is all alone on a cruise ship sailing from New York - is about to be surprised by the arrival of Linus, who has run off to join her.

Monogram: The history of monograms and corporate logos have much in common.We thought we had correctly researched the monogram here (TGC) as belonging to The Grace Company, which operated The Grace Line cruise ships from the US in the 1950s. We were corrected by Maureen Myers of Charleston, SC - the logo is for Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, or The French Line.

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Movie: Cinderella (1950)

Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske

Synopsis: Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Her father remarries a cold, cruel woman with two daughters of her own - Drizella and Anastasia. When her father dies, the wicked stepmother turns her into a housemaid. Meanwhile, across town, the King determines that his son the Price should find a suitable bride. Every eligible maiden in the kingdom is invited to a fancy dress ball. Cinderella has no suitable party dress, but is helped by her friends the mice and the birds. The stepsisters destroy the dress on the evening of the ball. All seems lost until Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears.

Scene: The Fairy Godmother (voiced by Verna Felton) transforms a pumpkin into a carriage, the mice into horses, the horse Major into a coachmen, and the dog Bruno into a footman. Cinderella (voiced by Ilene Woods) finds her torn dress transformed into a beautiful gown with glass slippers.

Monogram: Sent off with a warning to return before midnight, Cinderella's carriage is ornamented with her intial - C - inside a crest border. The carriage speeds off, accompanied by the Oscar-nominated song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo".

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Movie: Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Director: John M. Stahl

Synopsis: Richard Harlan (Cornel Wilde) meets beautiful Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) on a train, and unhesitatingly marries her. His life is soon taken over by tragedies. He comes to suspect that these events are connected withy his wife's unreasoning jealousy. Gene Tierney was nominated for an Oscar for this role as Best Actress, her only career nomination. The Oscar went to Joan Crawford, who won for "Mildred Pierce".

Scene: Top: Ellen announces her engagement to Richard. Middle: Ellen is pregnant, and told to avoid exercise. Bottom: Ellen writes a letter to her former fiance Russell Quinton (Vincent Price), now a District Attourney, trying to convince him of a plot against her.

Monogram: Top: this fabulous cut-out monogram EB is appliqued into the neckline of Ellen's white satin jumpsuit. Middle: Now married, the monogram EBH in large initials in brown/bronze thread decorates the front of Ellen's maternity robe. Bottom: Tone-on-tone monogram EBH hilights satin pajamas.

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Movie: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Director: Peter Godfrey

Synopsis: Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) writes a column for a popular magazine and is the idol of many an American housewife - living on a farm in on a farm in Connecticut with her husband and baby, a model of domesticity. Her publisher Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet) creates a publicity stunt by inviting a serviceman who survived a torpedo attack to spend Christmas with her. There's a small problem: Elizabeth really lives in Manhattan and has no real concept of a domestic life - or a baby.

Scene: Elizabeth agress to a persistent marriage proposal from her friend John Sloan (Reginald Gardiner), who actually lives on a farm in Connecticut, just in time to greet the sailor and her publisher. Expecting an old man, she is pleasantly surprised to meet a handsome young man, Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan).

Monogram: This over-the-top sequined monogram (EAL) adorns the right shoulder of her jacket.

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Movie: Citizen Kane (1941)

Director: Orson Welles

Synopsis: This classic mystery/drama, considered by many film critics to be the best movie ever made, follows the rise and fall of the life and career of Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), who is sent away by his mother (Agnes Morehead) to be raised by a banker. He begins adult life as the idealistic publisher of the Inquirer, gradually transforming through a failed political campaign for governor and two marriages into a reclusive, domineering, and unhappy old man. His dying word - "rosebud" - sets off a journalist's search for the meaning behind his last word.

Scene: The reporter (William Alland) travels to Kane's Florida castle - Xanadu - to interview Raymond the butler (Paul Stewart).

Monogram: The closing shot of the film - the estate's iron gate with the imposing K at the top.

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Movie: Ball of Fire (1941)

Director: Howard Hawks

Synopsis: Professor Bertram Potts Gary Cooper) is the youngest of a group of male scholars who have been cloistered away in a New York townhouse, diligently writing entries for an encyclopedia for 9 years, with 3 more to go. Potts is responsible for the entries on language and grammer. When the garbageman (Allen Jenkins) wanders in one morning, he discovers that current street language has changed, and his section on Slang is now outdated. Venturing outside for a field trip, he ends up in a nightcub where wisecracking singer SugarPuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck) is performing. He approahes her backstage and invites her to visit him so that he can study her further. SugarPuss is the girlfriend of gangster Joe Lilac (Dana Andrews), who is being investigated by the police, and she is wanted as a witness. Needing a place to hide her, Joe's associates deposit her with the professors - the perfect hideout.

Scene: Top: SugarPuss sings a lively number called "Drum Boogie", backed by Gene Krupa (Himself) and his big band. Middle: The police have some evidence - a pajama top - that they are trying to associate with Joe. Bottom: SugarPuss arrives for her first Slang Study Group meeting with Professor Potts.

Monogram: Top: Gene Krupa, with his band's logo (GK) on the drumkit. Middle: In this comedy even the monograms have a sense of humor. The intials JL are embroidered on an exotic pajama top. When the police detective suggests that the initials could stand for Joe Lilac, Joe says he likes his pajamas with a little more room in the shoulders. Joe's accociate, known as Benny The Creep, says the pajamas are his. Questioned about the monogram, he suggests that the J is for "jellybean" and the L is for "lolipop". Bottom: Sporting a very unusual four-letter monogram (SPOS) on the left sleeve of her blouse, SugarPuss wins over all of the other scholars.

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Movie: The Women (1939)

Director: George Cukor

Synopsis: Written by Clare Booth Luce for the Broadway stage in 1936, it seems that everyone in this movie is either divorced or getting divorced. Mrs. Stephen Haines (Norma Shearer) is the latest, her husband jilting her for Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford), an ambitious shop clerk. Mary Haines is advised in these matters by her gossipy friend Mrs. Howard Fowler (Rosalind Russell). What's more important to Mary Haines - her pride or her marriage? A trip to Reno will sort things out.

Scene: Top: Sylvia Fowler at the salon, in exercise uniform. Middle: Sylvia, in an Egyptian - inspired outfit, comes to call on Crystal in her over-the-top bathroom. Bottom: Little Mary Haines is summoned to greet her new step-mother Crystal, who is soaking in a transparent tub shaped like Cleopatra's barge.

Monogram: Top: Sylvia's salon outfit with monogram (SF). Middle: Painted wall monogram C - with surrounding tub -Crystal - or perhaps Cleopatra. Bottom: Towels with huge appliqued monogram C complete the look.

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Movie: Gone With The Wind (1939)

Director: Victor Fleming

Synopsis: The epic tale of a woman's life during one of the most tumultuous periods in America's history. In this classic love story Scarlett O'Hara maintains a life-long obsession with an unattainable man, Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). Equally obsessed with her is Rhett Bultler (Clark Gable), who finally admits defeat and walks off into the fog. The pain and restoration of the South during the Civil War are the backdrop for this story. Winner of 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Scene: During the seige of Atlanta, Scarlett, Melanie Wilkes (Olivia de Havilland) and other friends volunteer as nurses. Outside the hospital, they are approached by Belle Watling (Ona Munson) - a woman with a notorious reputation - with a donation. "You might as well take my money Miz Wilkes; it's good money even if it is mine."

Monogram: The donation - gold coins - is wrapped in a man's handkerchief with the monogram R B.

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Movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Director: Howard Hawks

Synopsis: Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant), the curator of prehistoric artifacts at the Stuyvesant Museum of Natural History, has alot on his mind. While playing golf with the lawyer of a wealthy donor who may be willing to give the museum a $1 Million Dollar gift, he meets Susan Vance (Katherine Hepburn), an eccentric heiress/socialite, and a friend of the potential donor. Among other eccentricities, she acquires a leopard - Baby.

Scene: Susan enlists David's help in delivering Baby to her Aunt Elizabeth's farm in Connecticut. After a dusty drive, and to delay his return to New York - and his impending marriage - Susan suggests that they get cleaned up, then steals his clothes and sends them in to town to have them pressed. She leaves him in the shower while she heads off to take her own shower in another part of the house.

Monogram: This large monogram - SV - is on the left sleeve of her robe.

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Movie: The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Synopsis: In mountainous Bandrika - a fictional country in pre WW II Europe - a group of travellers eager to return to England is delayed by bad weather awaiting the departure of their train. Among the passengers are young socialite Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), returning from a holiday with friends to prepare for her wedding; Gilbert (Michael Redgrave), a musicoligist who has been studying the area's folk songs; and Miss Froy (Dame Mae Whitty), an elderly lady who has been working for some years as a governess. Iris and Miss Froy become acquainted, share some tea in the dining car, and return to their compartment. Iris falls asleep, and awakes to finds Miss Froy missing, and the other passengers claiming that she never existed. Iris must turn to Gilbert - her only ally - for help.

Scene: Top: The night before the train departs, Iris must enlist the help of the Hotel Manager to stop the stomping coming from upstairs - Gilbert is studying live folk dancers in his room. Middle: Iris is astonished when no one remembers seeing miss Froy. Bottom: Gilbert suggests a pause and a refreshment in the dining car. They sit at the same table that Iris and Miss Froy used earlier.

Monogram: Iris has multiple monograms in this movie - all in different styles. Top: Her initials IH, embroidered in an Asian style on a chinese-inspired silk robe. Middle: IH, enclosed in a thin circle, are embroidered on her scarf. Bottom: IH, applied to her purse in a wide block style. Also in this shot we see the name "Froy" written on the window condensation - Miss Froy wrote it for Iris to explain the spelling of her name while they were having tea. Neither Iris or Gilbert notice the writing before the train enters a tunnel.

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Movie: Stage Door (1937)

Director: Gregory La Cava

Synopsis: Terry Randall (Katherine Hepburn), a haughty well-heeled newcomer, moves into The Footlights Club, a theatrical boarding house in New York City for ingenues and debutantes. The other residents - sassy, stage-struck young women - don't take to her at first. After she goes to bat for them (and herself) with an important theatrical producer the other Footlights Club residents revise their opinion of her. Terry finds herself as an actress after another resident's tragic suicide, and becomes a star. As the film ends another star-struck aspiring actrees arrives looking for a room at the Footlights Club.

Scene: Terry attends a scene of a birthday party for one of the other residents.

Monogram: Although her character's stage name is Terry Randall, her full nume is Terry Randall Sims. Her monogram is embroidered on the pocket of a satin jumpsuit.

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Movie: Babyface (1933)

Director: Alfred E. Green

Synopsis: Lily Powers (Barbara Stanwyck) literally sleeps her way to the top in this sexually-charged feature film produced before the 1934 censorship code. Beginning with her job in her father's speakeasy, Lily moves up the ladder, discarding each man after he opens an opportunity to one who is more important. After her father's death, she moves to New York, and despite no previous experience, gets a job by seducing an employee of a large bank. From there, her rise is illustrated by recurring shots of the bank's facade, moving ever upward.

Scene: Moving up, Lily ensnares Ned Stevens (Donald Cook), a rising young executive who is engaged to the daughter of J.R. Carter (Henry Kolker), an important bank official. She arranges for Ann Carter (Margaret Lindsay) to find her embracing Ned. J.R. summons her to his office intending to fire her, but falls for her instead.

Monogram: Lily wears this over-the-top outfit to work. Her black dress has starched white striped linen cuffs and matching bib/scarf. Within the geometric shapes created by the scarf's stripes there is a space filled with her embroidered monogram - LP.

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Movie: Dinner at Eight (1933)

Director: George Cukor

Synopsis: Millicent Jordan (Billie Burke) is pre-occupied with the plans she is making for a dinner party for members of the British high society. Her husband Oliver (Lionel Barrymore) is in failing health and worried about the future of his shipping business. Hoping to get financial help from wily businessman Dan Packard (Wallace Beery), he persuades Millicent to invite him and his wife Kitty (Jean Harlow) to the party. Unbeknownst to her parents, their daughter Paula (Madge Evans) is having an affair with aging alchohlic actor Larry Renault (John Barrymore). As the party approaches, the plot thickens.

Scene: When her "extra man" bows out with pneumonia at the last minute, Millicent tries to find a movie star as a replacement. The only one she's ever met is Larry Renault. Larry receives an unexpected phone call, reminding him that they had met in Antibe, and extending a last minute dinner invitation for that night.

Monogram: Larry's smoking jacket has an elaborate crest, with a lions head atop a decorative border, and his initials - LR - inside.

Contributed by: Karen Johnson