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Caroline L.

@coffeeandnoir.bsky.social
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Film & cultural historian/writer; researching performance styles; actors in multiple artistic roles; actor/director collaborations; noir (Mitchum and co); Irish, Scottish & Welsh alongside culturally hybrid actors; creative projects

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Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 1h
5 October 1901 – 96 John Alton, 94, Hungarian-US cinematographer. American in Paris (ballet scene Oscar) T-Men * He Walked by Night * Hollow Triumph (The Scar) * The Spiritualist * Raw Deal * Border Incident * Reign of Terror * Mystery Street * The Big Combo * Slightly Scarlet * Elmer Gantry (1960)
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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 10h
#oldhollywood #moviesky #filmsky #silents #Damfino “A lovely person. A supreme artist. One of the most beautiful people that was ever photographed." — Orson Welles about Buster Keaton #botd
Buster Keaton circa 1928. He’s sitting sleeping on the running board of a car. 
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TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.social · 23h
Up next, Robert Mitchum in the film noir, Out of the Past (1947).
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Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 15h
Not quite #FilmNoir but very much one of the great British crime films. The League of Gentlemen (1960) is on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 1:05pm today. Perfect Sunday viewing. Love the artwork as well.
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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Maltese Falcon. NYC premiere this day in 1941. Directed by John Huston. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook, Jr., Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Barton MacLane, Ward Bond, and Gladys George. French poster.
Bogart, Mary Astor, and Peter Lorre's portraits appear within the image of a falcon
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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#moviesky #filmsky #filmnoir Have a dazzling weekend. Coleen Gray NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947)
Carnival worker, Coleen Gray, who is "the Electric Girl" stands with her hands in the air and electrical current is running between them, supposedly.She is dressed in a revealing carnival performer outfit — her eyes shut as if she’s mesmerized.
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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
James Cagney by Elmer Fryer for Picture Snatcher (1933)
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Haunting (1963) Directed by Robert Wise stars Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn
The Haunting (1963)
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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Twilight Zone. Premiered this day in 1959 with "Where is Everybody", written by Rod Serling, directed by Robert Stevens, and starring Earl Holliman.
a distraught Earl Holliman finds a mannequin in the passenger seat of a deserted car
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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another fabulous shot! Also, Heller is a champion lurker! #TheGuilty #TheNoirCollective
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A number of shots in THE GUILTY (1947) frame action through doors + windows, from a remove. Considering the story is told in flashback, and considering who tells it, I'd like to think these are clues to the unreliable nature of the narrator. #TheNoirCollective #TheGuilty #filmsky
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
THE GUILTY (1947) may be low budget, but cinematographer Henry Sharp still does some nice work. #TheNoirCollective #TheGuilty
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The Noir Collective @thenoircollective.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEXT WED at #TheNoirCollective: one of the first American films hailed as “noir” – and the most honored. 4 Oscars, incl. Best Picture. @tommykrasker.bsky.social & @ctmillion.bsky.social host THE LOST WEEKEND (1945). What happens when you hunger for the American Dream – but can’t quench your thirst?
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎃Let the countdown to Halloween begin with Myrna Loy...
This classic 1930 Halloween publicity photograph features legendary actress Myrna Loy sitting at a table with cards, a skull, and an ominous jack-o'-lantern shadow projected onto the wall behind her.
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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy October, Noiristas! It's time to celebrate a month of #noirror with The Seventh Victim (1943). Directed by Mark Robson and starring Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter, and Hugh Beaumont. Produced by Val Lewton for RKO Pictures.📽️🕸️#filmnoir #horror #frightclub
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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📣Calling all members of #WidmarkWednesday! #FilmNoir #ClassicFilm 📽️ #RichardWidmark
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Caroline L. @coffeeandnoir.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Wednesday with Deborah and David #deborahkerr #davidniven
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Caroline L. @coffeeandnoir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Birthday girl Deborah Kerr with Mitchum on the set of Huston's "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" (1957) #botd #deborahkerr #robertmitchum
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Classic Actors Of Hollywood @kezzie112.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remembering Deborah Kerr on her birthday
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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Celebrating #botd for noir queen Lizabeth Scott with Too Late for Tears (1949) dir by Byron Haskin and starring Don DeFore and Dan Duryea. The screenplay was written by Roy Huggins, and developed from a serial he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post. 🎂📽️ #filmnoir
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remembering Lizabeth Scott on her birthday 🎂 📷 Allan Grant, 1947 "She had the goods: the luminous eyes & moist lips that belied a heart of stone, the slinky figure, the sculptured cheekbones, the cascading hair & husky voice suitable for torch songs." - Robert D. McFadden
Scott, paddling in the back of a canoe, looks into the camera.
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lizabeth Scott with Burt Lancaster in Byron Haskin's I Walk Alone, 1947 "She joined the classic pantheon of film noir: beautiful schemers caught in maelstroms of jealousy, greed, betrayal & murder, but irresistible." - Robert D. McFadden www.youtube.com/watch?v=fila...
Scott & Lancaster in a clinch
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Enterprise 47 @enterprise47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lizabeth Scott (September 29, 1922- January 31, 2015 )
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Melanie Ktorides @melkt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reflections of Lizabeth Scott! Celebrating one of the beautiful femme fatales of film noir on her Birthday BOTD 1922. 🍃🌹🍃 Photo Budget Fraker 1946 #LizabethScott
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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lizabeth Scott by A.L. "Whitey" Schafer for The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BOTD Lizabeth Scott!! #Filmnoir player held her own w/Bogie (Dead Reckoning) Lancaster (Desert Fury) Powell (Pitfall) Duryea (Too Late for Tears) Heston (Dark City) & Mitchum (The Racket) More: Louise Gold: lareviewofbooks.org/short-takes/... Nick Pinkerton: www.filmcomment.com/lizabeth-sco...
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Take a coupla deep drags" Humphrey Bogart and #botd Lizabeth Scott in Dead Reckoning (1947). 🎬
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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lizabeth Scott in "Desert Fury" - BOTD
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More Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 18/03/2026
Lizabeth Scott style 🤍🎬 #filmsky #filmnoir #cinema
Lizabeth Scott in a promotional still for the 1947 film noir Desert Fury.
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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Birthday remembrance - Lizabeth Scott #botd
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The Noir Collective @thenoircollective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BOTD Lizabeth Scott shares a cup of joe with Van Heflin on #NationalCoffeeDay.
Lizabeth Scott and Van Heflin 
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A golden Lizabeth Scott in Desert Fury (1947). #botd
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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
She is deliciously #femmefatale in Dead Reckoning, and quite dimensional in Pitfall, but I really fell for her in The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers. #filmnoir
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Film Noir Foundation @noirfoundation.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Born on this day in 1922, actress Lizabeth Scott. What's your favorite film of hers, noir or not? @eddiemuller.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social @noirbeachshack.bsky.social #BOTD #filmnoirbirthday @thenoircollective.bsky.social
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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The fine folks across the pond are gearing up for their #FilmNoir Festival including Boxing Noir curated by @mrstevehunt.bsky.social 🥊📽️! Check it out Noiristas, and show some support!
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CT Million @ctmillion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨 NOIRISTA ALERT! You won't want to miss Wednesday's #TheNoirCollective hosting debut of @marcikay.bsky.social– one of the sharpest (and funniest) noiristas around– for #TheGuilty, a 71-minute, trenchcoat and fedora-clad thrill ride that fills up half the #NoirChecklist in the first five minutes! 😉
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Classic Actors Of Hollywood @kezzie112.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy birthday Ian McShane!!
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lizabeth Scott and Barbara Stanwyck in #FilmNoir The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BTD: Michelangelo Antonioni. Il Grido,1957. Directed by Antonioni. Starring Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray, Gabriella Pallotta and Betsy Blair. Italian poster. Art by Sandro Symeoni.
A full length paint of Steve Cochran wandering the docks, on the right are portraits of Alida Valli, Dorian Gray, Betsy Blair, and Gabriella pallotta
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tuesday #FilmNoir The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Mary Astor, Humphrey Bogart and Jerome Cowan in The Maltese Falcon (1941).
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Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is on out watch list; so you know where we will be at 8:30am! Watching @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social of course!
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Wild Bunch (1969) Directed by Sam Peckinpah starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates.
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
L'Eclisse (1962) starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti.
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Toshiro Mifune in Stray Dog (1949) Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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Caroline L. @coffeeandnoir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mitchum as Jeff McCloud in Nicholas Ray's "The Lusty Men" (1952) #robertmitchum #nicholasray
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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mood: The Narrow Margin (1952) #filmnoir.
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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gloria Grahame in Song of the Thin Man by Edward Buzzell (1947)
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) Directed by John Schlesinger starring Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson and Murray Head.
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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Arthur Penn (with scenes from his film "Night Moves") - BOTD
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Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's rare to see #BritNoir The Challenge (1960) on TV! Happy to see @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social are screening it late tonight at 00:50am. Directed by John Gilling and starring Jayne Mansfield and Anthony Quayle. Cinematography by Gordon Dines. Worth a watch. #FilmNoir
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