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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 9h

BTD: The magnificent Madeline Kahn (seen here with an admirer).

Madeline Kahn in head wrap and fox fur, Marty Feldman is peeking over her shoulder

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 7h

Virginia Bruce by George Hurrell, 1931. #botd

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 5h

“The photos don’t seem self-conscious or posed,” Sofia Coppola said of Joseph Szabo’s portraits of American teens. “The kids don’t have their guards up. You don’t feel he’s peering at them.” www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 14h

Michelangelo Antonioni & actress Daria Halprin during the filming of Zabriske Point, 1978 A fabulous shot by Bruce Davidson!

Halprin seen through the front side window of a car. Reflected in the same window is the director, looking on.

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 7h

Michelangelo Antonioni (with scenes from his film "Red Desert") - BOTD

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 23h

Mary Pickford by The Campbell Studio, NYC 1920. The portrait was likely shot by Arthur F. Rice who served as the studio’s director from 1915 to 1925,

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Eric “ShutterSlut” @shutterslut.bsky.social · 13h

Oh, to spend the afternoon lounging against the Great #Cypress with a good book on a warm & sunny #SanFrancisco day #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees #treeclub #ECK #Photography #EastCoastKin #landscape #scape #nature

A photograph of a huge gnarled tree trunk that starts near the bottom of the image on a grassy knoll and rises majestically like a living cliff out of the top of the photo. The tree is so large that its crown of leaves is outside the image.

At the base of the tree, barely visible on the viewers left side, a woman with black pants and a beige blouse leans into the tree. Unseen in this shot is the book resting in her lap, as she takes a break from reading to enjoy nature.

The background of the image is filled with the leafy green crowns of numerous other trees, all in all creating a compelling reason to sit and relax a bit.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pretty sure this contained my first taste of Wm. Burroughs. Found it on rotating wire racks in a local drugstore when I was about 13. Cost a me a quarter and a dime!

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Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car.

Françoise Sagan in an leopard coat, posing with her Jaguar, Paris, 1963; 📷Thomas D. McAVOY (1905-1966)

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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Laura Harring, David Lynch and Naomi Watts Watts was BOTD in 1968

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Images of a young James Earl Jones, circa early 1960s.

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SK @sk-76.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Marina City under construction, Chicago (ca. 1962) Photo by Chalmers Butterfield

Kodachrome slide showing the Chicago river with a small red boat in the foreground, with the towers of Marina City under construction and another tall building in the background.

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Imagine making Rocky Horror Picture Show and then asking "but could I do more for the queers?"

black and white photo of brad and janet in charming underclothes

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Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

"Misty Green is a woman’s story told entirely in a man’s voice, and that voice seems to hate her on a level that feels intensely personal and perverse."

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Louise with famed playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin on the set of When You’re in Love (1937), the only film he directed. Louise appeared only as an uncredited ensemble dancer in the film but the studio played her up in publicity photos.

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Coming soon to That '70s Movie Podcast:

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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My reaction to Eddie saying Ace in the Hole is not a film noir after I've been referring to it as #FilmNoir all week in my posts... #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole #TCMParty

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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

BTD: George Raft. Bolero, 1934. Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Starring Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, Ray Milland, and William Frawley. Swedish poster. Art by Moje Aslund.

George Raft and Carole Lombard strike a dance pose

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lawren Stewart Harris (Canadian, 1885–1970) "The Red Door, Toronto Houses", 1919. Oil on Canvas, 94 × 84 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It should never be forgotten MEL BROOKS had the World Premiere of BLAZING SADDLES (1974) at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests - ALL ON HORSEBACK.

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

9/26/45: Mildred Pierce D: Michael Curtiz from the Cain novel w/Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden More: @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/... @christinalefou.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/joa... @justincchang.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Critic's Choice: Criterion brings 'Mildred Pierce' out of the noir shadows

It may not be as faithful or definitive an adaptation of the James M.

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Robert Bresson during the filming of "Au hasard Balthazar" (with Anne Wiazemsky) - BOTD

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Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Marina Vlady RIP. Deux Ou Trois Choses Que Je Sais d'Elle (Godard, 1967)

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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Man Within. Directed by Bernard Knowles. Starring Michael Redgrave, Ronald Shiner, Jean Kent, Joan Greenwood, and Richard Attenborough. German poster.

Jean Kent, Joan Greenwood, and an unknown man cavort inside, staring through the window is Michael Redgrave.

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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Billie Holiday at Orly Airport, Paris, 1958. Photographed by Jean-Pierre Leloir.

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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Re:Vision starts TOMORROW! 14 programs, 34 films from 18 countries across 11 decades. 4 days at the Roxie Theater, September 24–27, opening with MY NAME AIN’T SUZIE and closing with MELODY OF MURDER. Plan your weekend: filmpreserve.org/revision/

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ReVision - San Francisco Film Preserve

September 24 – 27 · The Roxie Theater Re:Vision—Festival of Restoration and Rediscovery is SFFP’s inaugural film festival, celebrating the work of archives and archivists. Over four days at the […]

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy 100th birthday to the incomparable John Coltrane

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Marguerite and John Wayne by Autrey for The Big Trail (1930). The film gave the 22-year-old Wayne his first starring role.

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Romy Schneider in Henri-Georges Clouzot's unfinished film "L'Enfer" - BOTD

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I know ‘patient zero’ has now basically just entered colloquial language and it was already the title of a zombie horror movie etc. but seeing it as the title of a new Taylor Swift single still makes me cringe and will every time I hear it. that phrase has a very specific history and context!

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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina in Jean-Luc Godard's A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (1961) Karina was BOTD in 1940

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Orson Welles editing "The Trial" (1962). Photo by Nicolas Tikhomiroff.

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Erich von Stroheim in "The Great Gabbo" - BOTD

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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

BTD - Animation great Chuck Jones, seen here with Boris Karloff in 1966 while recording How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Chuck Jones stands by Boris Karloff as Karloff records his narration for How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the book itself is propped on the table where Karloff sits)

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yesterday I spent the afternoon with 500 Joan Crawford fans, as I introduced the restored LETTY LYNTON. Here’s what I said, with some added comments. selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/one-hell-o...

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One Hell of a Character

An afternoon with Letty Lynton and 500 Joan Crawford fans

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stephen King (with scenes from the Brian De Palma film "Carrie", adapted from the King novel on the same name) - BOTD

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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

📽 Wild shot from The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 🎞

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I am not a Bourdain cultist and I don't have a lot of patience for macho-but-hurting-inside chef drama. But I just saw the movie Tony and thought it was very strong and well-made. I was esp. impressed by Dominic Sessa; his remarkable debut in The Holdovers was not a fluke. (Bonus: Ptown locations!)

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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

BTD: Ricardo Cortez. The Maltese Falcon, 1931. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Starring Cortez, Bebe Daniels, Dudley Digges, Thelma Todd, Walter Long, Una Merkel, and Dwight Frye. Swedish poster.

Bebe Daniels leans on a bed pillow and points a pistol, in the background Ricardo Cortez emerges from behind a curtain

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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#botd Frances Farmer by Edward Steichen, 1937.

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