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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 22h

Such a heartbreaking scene where Shaw kills his wife and his father-in-law. Also, it was clever for John Frankenheimer to use milk as a substitute for blood. #TheManchurianCandidate #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You can always count on Dolores Gray to deliver a knock 'em down musical number. #ItsAlwaysFairWeather #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The idea of New York mobsters chasing Gene Kelly because he knocked out their prize fighter in a MGM musical is bizarre and dark. #ItsAlwaysFairWeather #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The idea to do a triple split screen was Stanley Donen's. He later used a split screen in #Indiscreet to bypass the Production Code to imply Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman are in the same bed together. #ItsAlwaysFairWeather #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Despite the joy on the screen, Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, both the directors of #ItsAlwaysFairWeather, did not get along. This marked the end of their creative collaboration, which began with #OnTheTown in 1949. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you’ve seen the new #CoyoteVsAcme movie, while Speedy Gonzales doesn’t appear, he is indirectly referenced as the mouse who breaks the sound barrier. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's an intro for #ArabianNights that TCM host Robert Osborne did exclusively for the DVD release: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW5g... #TCMParty

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Robert Osborne on "Arabian Nights"

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is my first time watching #FlowerDrumSong, but I love Rodgers and Hammerstein. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chuck Jones has a cameo as a train rider in #ThePhantomTollbooth. He's the man wearing the beige jacket and pants. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Appreciation post for Paul Frees, a prolific voice actor for Disney, Hanna-Barbera, Rankin/Bass, etc. He was often called the "Man of a Thousand Voices" #TCMParty #GayPurree

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Never under any situation get your cats drunk on champagne. #GayPuree #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm definitely loved this new interview interstitial segment between @davekarger.bsky.social and #AliciaMalone. Karger has disclosed he is working on "50 Oscars Nights" Part 2. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Alex singing "Singin' in the Rain" is completely improvised. Afterwards, Gene Kelly walked past Malcolm McDowell at a party and he refused to acknowledge him. #AClockworkOrange #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Stanley Kubrick personally handled the cameras during these scene. If you look close enough, you can see his reflection in Dr. Floyd's visor. #2001ASpaceOdyssey #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

TCM really needs to license a restored print of #CyranoDeBergerac. The version they have been airing for years is a well-worn generation copy. Wikipedia has a better print since the 1950 adaptation is public domain after its copyright was not first renewed. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm late to the party, but Stewart Granger and Bruce Campbell have an uncanny resemblance. #Moonfleet #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Would falling down stairs like that really killed you? At least it would cause some spinal fractures, but instant death, I don't think so. #MadameX #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Peter Sellers's voice for Quilty is an intentional imitation of Stanley Kubrick's Bronx accent. #TCMParty #Lolita

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sabine Bethmann was originally cast as Varinia, but when Kubrick took over, he replaced her after two days of filming with Jean Simmons. #Spartacus #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Behind the scenes photo of Kirk Douglas and Woody Strode filming the arena fight. #Spartacus #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Anthony Mann worked as director a total of 18 days on #Spartacus. Mann and Kirk Douglas had creative differences, and depending on different sources, Douglas fired Mann and replaced him with Stanley Kubrick. Despite his removal, the quarry scene Mann filmed remained in the final cut. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

George Lucas modeled the story of #AmericanGraffiti on Federico Fellini's "I Vitelloni" (roughly translated as "The Slackers). Interestingly, tonight's #TCMImports is a double feature of Fellini's two films #Amacord and "Il bidone". #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I liked that mannequin warehouse fight scene in #KillersKiss. To no coincidence, it resembles the arena fight between Spartacus and Draba. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The ballerina character Iris is portrayed by Stanley Kubrick's second wife, Ruth Sobotka. #KillersKiss #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Longtime TCM watchers might recognize some of these clips were used in a vintage "Open All Night" bumper that used to be seen on the channel. #KillersKiss #TCMParty www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDlR...

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TCM - Open All Night

YouTube video by TurnerClassic Bastard

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Edmond O'Brien believed his telephone monologue was the reason he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in #TheBarefootContessa. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

For the dance number, they used double exposure to create the illusion of Gene Kelly dancing with his reflection in #CoverGirl. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

George Sanders earned that Oscar for Best Supporting Actor! #AllAboutEve #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A full circle moment: #AllAboutEve became a Broadway musical titled "Applause!" with Lauren Bacall cast as Margo Channing. When Bacall left in 1971, Anne Baxter took over the part. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

According to Joe Mankiewicz's son Chris, his mother, stage actress Rose Stradner, was a key inspiration for Margo Channing in #AllAboutEve. Rose would get drink at dinner parties and cause a scene. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The set is known as Brownstone Street on the Warner Bros. studio backlot. It still stands today. There's conflicting information whether the man walking with the woman on the sidewalk is actually Alfred Hitchcock when the opening credits finish. #Rope #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#TCMParty #Vertigo As some of you already know, Vera Miles was originally cast as Madeleine Elster/Judy. She backed out due to pregnancy, and was replaced by Kim Novak. Here's a wardrobe costume photo of Vera Miles made in 1956:

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Vincent Price (in 1944 and 1983). They reunited nearly forty years later, in 1983, for a movie awards ceremony. #Laura #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you're watching #WhileTheCitySleeps on TCM, the screen is glitching and showing a "Video unavailable" card both on the TV and the online stream. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Katharine Hepburn not only spat in Joe Mankiewicz's face, but she marched into Sam Spiegel's office. She yelled, "You're just a pig in a silk suit who sends flowers!" She spat on the office floor and stormed out. She HATED doing #SuddenlyLastSummer. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

As good as Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn's performances, I'm still baffled that Sidney Poitier was never nominated an Oscar for either #GuessWhosComingToDinner or #InTheHeatOfTheNight. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I just recognized the pilot with the thick eyebrows was Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, all grown up. #TheHighAndTheMighty #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In the original play, Stanley carried Blanche unconscious upstairs and raped her. For the 1951 film adaptation, this is about as explicit as you could get. #AStreetcarNamedDesire #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hattie McDaniel's Oscar plaque went missing after it was given to Howard University upon her death. Various theories have been given to why it's missing, but in 2023, the Academy created a new one in her honor. #GoneWithTheWind #HattieMcDaniel #TCMParty www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2...

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Inside the decades-old mystery of Hattie McDaniel's missing Oscar

Hattie McDaniel, who once lived in Fort Collins, made history as the first Black actor to win an Academy Award. How did her historic Oscar go missing?

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Definitely one of the best closing shots of any film. #TheSearchers #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The cinematography by Winston C. Hoch for #TheSearchers is outstanding. How was it not nominated for an Oscar? David Lean watched this film as inspiration before he filmed #LawrenceOfArabia. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It's a shame Jeffrey Hunter died in 1969 at the age of 42. He holds his own against John Wayne in #TheSearchers, and did other impressive performances in #SergeantRutledge, Nicholas Ray's #KingOfKings, and other films. #TCMParty

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Chris Perkins @chrisperkins94.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Although Judy Garland was not cast in #ValleyOfTheDolls, a recording of her singing "I'll Plant My Own Tree" still exists. #TCMParty www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_8i...

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- Judy Garland - "I'll Plant My Own Tree" 1967 - Best Quality! -

YouTube video by Judy4Life

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