Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) produced by Ang Hock Liem for Union
Films. The film was written by Saeroen and directed by Rd Ariffien. It
follows Dr. Pardi (Adnan Kapau Gani), who is stunned to find that his
childhood playmate, the family's maid Tati (Djoewariah), has grown up to
be a beautiful woman. When his mother tells him he should marry quickly,
he says only that he already has someone in mind, aware that his mother
would never approve an inter-class marriage. Tati, meanwhile, is engaged
to Amir (S. Joesoef), who falls victim to a car accident after many
adventures. On his deathbed, Amir asks Pardi to take care of Tati; the
two are later married. The black-and-white film was cast and advertised
to cater to the growing native intelligentsia: Ariffien was part of the
nationalist movement, Gani was a medical doctor, and advertisements
emphasised the film's departures from the stage traditions which
dominated the local film industry. Despite mixed reviews, Asmara Moerni
was a commercial success. As with most films of the Indies, it may be
lost.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmara_Moerni>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1779:
English explorer James Cook was killed near Kealakekua when he
tried to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief of the Island of
Hawaii.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Kalani%CA%BB%C5%8Dpu%CA%BBu_by_Captain_James_Cook>
1835:
The members of the original Quorum of the Twelve of the Latter
Day Saint movement were selected by the Three Witnesses.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve>
1919:
The first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War
took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War>
1943:
World War II: General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army
launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sidi_Bou_Zid>
1991:
Upon the death of Carrie C. White, Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment
became the world's oldest living person, and she went on to have the
longest confirmed human life span in history, dying in 1997 at the age
of 122 years and 164 days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment>
2011:
A "Day of Rage" marked the beginning of the Bahraini uprising,
part of the Arab Spring.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahraini_uprising_of_2011>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Arizona room:
(US) A room found in homes in Arizona, typically a patio that has been
covered and screened so as to create an outdoor feeling while avoiding
excessive heat and insects.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Arizona_room>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most
difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the
work for which all other work is but preparation.
--Rainer Maria Rilke
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke>
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