sirens &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:sirens @settima@zirk.us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:32:59 +0200 Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/night-tide-1961 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" National Maritime Day /div div class="img" Night Tide (1961)/div div class="caption" Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper) and Mora (Linda Lawson) in front of her joint that reads “MORA the MERMAID. ALIVE! LOVELY SIREN of the DEEP”. The sideshow's mural, and presumably the lettering too, were painted by Kenneth Anger associate Paul Mathison, both part of (Marjorie) Cameron's Magick Circle. DPs: Vilis Lapenieks & Floyd Crosby./div div class="txt" ##### On the Santa Monica pier, sailor Johnny falls in love with one of the attractions of the local #sideshow, Mora the Mermaid. As people warn Johnny about the faith of Mora's previous suitors, captivated, he becomes convinced that she is a real siren, planning his downfall. – Yes, I love the sea most of all. But I'm afraid of it, too. – I guess we're all a little afraid of what we love. ### \ ##### Night Tide is a vital key to understanding the odd connection between Hollywood and the workings of #Thelema. Several involved – Marjorie Cameron (as the “Water Witch”), #drag trapeze artist and once-Jean #Cocteau's lover a href="http://www.circopedia.org/Barbette"Barbette/a – moved in Thelemic and related #occult, #esoteric circles. Painter Paul Mathison, Night Tide extra and crew member, created backdrops for the works of the great Lucifer himself, #KennethAnger. &nbsp; This, lost dreamlike L.A. is gone; a treasure like Night Tide serves as a reminder of a more spellbinding Hollywood./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalMaritimeDay #CurtisHarrington #DennisHopper #LindaLawson #MarjorieCameron #Cameron #PaulMathison #Barbette #DavidRaksin #VilisLapenieks #FloydCrosby #mythology #occultism #GreekMythology #romance #magick #mermaids #sirens #SantaMonica #USA #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)

May

22

National Maritime Day

Night Tide (1961)

Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper) and Mora (Linda Lawson) in front of her joint that reads “MORA the MERMAID. ALIVE! LOVELY SIREN of the DEEP”. The sideshow's mural, and presumably the lettering too, were painted by Kenneth Anger associate Paul Mathison, both part of (Marjorie) Cameron's Magick Circle. DPs: Vilis Lapenieks & Floyd Crosby.

On the Santa Monica pier, sailor Johnny falls in love with one of the attractions of the local #sideshow, Mora the Mermaid. As people warn Johnny about the faith of Mora's previous suitors, captivated, he becomes convinced that she is a real siren, planning his downfall.

– Yes, I love the sea most of all. But I'm afraid of it, too.

– I guess we're all a little afraid of what we love.

 

This, lost dreamlike L.A. is gone; a treasure like Night Tide serves as a reminder of a more spellbinding Hollywood.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalMaritimeDay #CurtisHarrington #DennisHopper #LindaLawson #MarjorieCameron #Cameron #PaulMathison #Barbette #DavidRaksin #VilisLapenieks #FloydCrosby #mythology #occultism #GreekMythology #romance #magick #mermaids #sirens #SantaMonica #USA #1960s ★★★½

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