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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 8h

On this day (4th October) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing Stolen Face (1952), The Brides of Dracula (1960), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968) as a Terence Fisher and Hammer Films All-nighter.

Film posters for Stolen Face (1952), The Brides of Dracula (1960), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

On this day (3rd October) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Starman (1984) and The Brother From Another Planet (1984) as a double bill.

Film posters for Starman (1984) and The Brother From Another Planet (1984) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On this day (2nd October) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing Battleship Potemkin (1925), Man With a Movie Camera (1929) & Kino-Pravda No. 21 Leninskaja Kino-Pravda. Kinopoema o Lenine (A Film Poem About Lenin) (1925) as a triple bill.

Film posters for Battleship Potemkin (1925), Man With a Movie Camera (1929) & Kino-Pravda No. 21 Leninskaja Kino-Pravda. Kinopoema o Lenine (A Film Poem About Lenin) (1925) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On this day (1st October) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing Sweet Dreams (1985) and Fool For Love (1985) as a double bill.

Film posters for Sweet Dreams (1985) and Fool For Love (1985) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On this day (30th September) in 1988, the Scala Cinema was showing James Dean: The First American Teenager (1976), East of Eden (1955) & Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) as a triple bill.

Film posters for James Dean: The First American Teenager (1976), East of Eden (1955) & Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On this day (29th September) in 1978, the Scala Cinema was showing Jonah Who Will Be 25 In The Year 2000 (1976). The film played every day from 27th September to 5th October that year.

Film poster for Jonah Who Will Be 25 In The Year 2000 (1976) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On this day (28th September) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Obsession (1976), Carrie (1976), Sisters (1972), Blow Out (1981) and Dressed To Kill (1980) as a Brian De Palma All-dayer.

Film posters for Obsession (1976), Carrie (1976), Sisters (1972), Blow Out (1981) and Dressed To Kill (1980) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On this day (27th September) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing 1941 (1979) and Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century (1953) as a double bill plus other cartoons.

Film posters for 1941 (1979) and Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century (1953) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day (26th September) in 1982, the Scala Cinema was showing Pull My Daisy (1959) and The Lenny Bruce Performance Film (1967) with shorts Thank You Mask Man (1971) and The Little Brown Film (1980). The last of which is described as a scatalogical animation featuring a man and his haemorrhoids!

Film posters for Pull My Daisy (1959) and The Lenny Bruce Performance Film (1967) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On this day (25th September) in 1987, the Scala Cinema was showing The Man With Two Brains (1983), After Hours (1985) and Bad (1977) as a ‘black comedy’ triple bill. TMWTB is out and out comedy in my view but it’s a fascinating set of films.

Film posters for The Man With Two Brains (1983), After Hours (1985) and Bad (1977) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On this day (24th September) in 1991, the Scala Cinema was showing A Short Film About Love (1988) and A Short Film About Killing (1988) as a Krzysztof Kieślowski double bill. Both were expanded from his excellent Dekalog series.

Film posters for A Short Film About Love (1988) and A Short Film About Killing (1988) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On this day (23rd September) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing Crimes Of Passion (1984), Lair Of The White Worm (1988) and The Devils (1971) as a Ken Russell triple bill.

Film posters for Crimes Of Passion (1984), Lair Of The White Worm (1988) and The Devils (1971) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On this day (22nd September) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing Cousin Bobby (1990), Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989) and Italianamerican (1974) as a ‘Directors Relations’ triple bill.

Film posters for Cousin Bobby (1990), Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989) and Italianamerican (1974) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On this day (21st September) in 1981, the Scala Cinema was showing La Mort En Ve Jardin aka Evil Eden (1956) and Los Olividados (1950) as a Luis Buñuel double bill.

Film posters for La Mort En Ve Jardin aka Evil Eden (1956) and Los Olividados (1950) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

On this day (20th September) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty (1972), Lightning Over Water aka Nick’s Film (1980) and Wrong Move (1975) as a Wim Wenders triple bill.

Film posters for The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty (1972), Lightning Over Water aka Nick’s Film (1980) and Wrong Move (1975) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s quite nice here you know, when the sun’s out.

Photograph of Scottish glen with farm buildings, trees and heather. Sunshine breaking through clouds.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On this day (19th September) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing Absolute Beginners (1986) and Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire (1985) as a British Musicals double bill. I taped the latter when it was shown on tv originally and watched it far more times than I ever did Absolute Beginners.

Film posters for Absolute Beginners (1986) and Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire (1985) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Loathe as I am to start collecting yet another physical media label, Visions Home Video are putting out some corkers so I’ve bought myself the first 3. Dogma, Dogtooth and Good Boy 4K UHD are all in HMV’s 3 for £50 deal currently. Very much a dog theme!

Screenshot from the HMV website showing Dogma on 4K UHD as part of a 3 for £50 deal.

Screenshot from the HMV website showing Dogtooth on 4K UHD as part of a 3 for £50 deal.

Screenshot from the HMV website showing Good Boy on 4K UHD as part of a 3 for £50 deal.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On this day (18th September) in 1990, the Scala Cinema was showing Stella Dallas (1937) and Now Voyager (1942) as a ‘Classic Cult Weepie’ double bill.

Film posters for Stella Dallas (1937) and Now Voyager (1942) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Highly recommended read and subscription. I found this post absolutely fascinating although I do confess to have never seen the film which I will now rectify.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On this night (17th September) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing Thunder Road (1958), Night of the Hunter (1955), Build My Gallows High aka Out of the Past (1947), Where Danger Lives (1950) and Angel Face (1953) as a Robert Mitchum All-nighter.

Film posters for Thunder Road (1958), Night of the Hunter (1955), Build My Gallows High aka Out of the Past (1947), Where Danger Lives (1950) and Angel Face (1953) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On this day (16th September) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Mr. and Mrs. Kabal’s Theatre (1967), The Streetwalker aka La Marge (1976) and The Beast (1975) as a Walerian Borowczyk triple bill.

Film posters for Mr. and Mrs. Kabal’s Theatre (1967), The Streetwalker aka La Marge (1976) and The Beast (1975) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On this day (15th September) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing Mephisto (1981) and Colonel Redl (1985) as an István Szabó and Klaus Maria Brandauer double bill.

Film posters for Mephisto (1981) and Colonel Redl (1985) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

PETER O’TOOLE outside the famous Coach and Horses pub in Soho (1999)

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

On this day (14th September) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing a preview of Blood Simple (1984). From what I can determine, this coincided with the film being shown at the Deauville Film Festival in France, but before the New York Film Festival (October) and its official release in 1985.

Film poster for Blood Simple (1984) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On this day (13th September) in 1979, the Scala Cinema was hosting Factory Records: FAC 9 The Factory Flick 8mm: UK 1979 (Factory FAC 9) 17:00 JOY DIVISION * 3:00 A CERTAIN RATIO - All Night Party ** 3:00 LUDUS - Red Dress ** 12:00 No City Fun *** www.factoryrecords.org/factory-reco...

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On this night (12th September) in 1987, the Scala Cinema was showing Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977) and The Brood (1979) as a David Cronenberg all-nighter.

Film posters for Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977) and The Brood (1979) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On this day (11th September) in 1988, the Scala Cinema was showing Monty Python’s Life Of Brian (1979) and Whistle Down The Wind (1961) in a Not the Messiah double bill. The previous day was Brian with The Devils. A very different watching experience!

Film posters for Monty Python’s Life Of Brian (1979) and Whistle Down The Wind (1961) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On this day (10th September) in 1982, the Scala Cinema was showing Pal Joey (1957) and Guys And Dolls (1955) as a Frank Sinatra double bill.

Film posters for Pal Joey (1957) and Guys And Dolls (1955) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On this day (9th September) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing Diva (1981) and Gregory’s Girl (1981) as a double bill. Another where if you can find a connection between the 2 please let me know because it eludes me.

Film posters for Diva (1981) and Gregory’s Girl (1981) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pubs for the People book launch 📆 22nd October 📍Waterstones, Trafalgar Square In conversation with @petebrownbeer.bsky.social Come one, come all to discuss nationalism, pubs, the good life and more 🍻📚 www.waterstones.com/events/pubs-...

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On this night (8th September) in 1990, the Scala Cinema was showing Lethal Weapon (1987), Tango & Cash (1989), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Deadly Pursuit (1988) as ‘Fair Cop’ All-nighter.

Film posters for Lethal Weapon (1987), Tango & Cash (1989), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Deadly Pursuit (1988) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On this day (7th September) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) & Animal Farm (1954) as a George Orwell double bill.

Film posters for Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) & Animal Farm (1954) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

On this day (6th September) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing Scandal (1989) and The Naked Civil Servant (1975) as a John Hurt double bill.

Film posters and images for Scandal (1989) and The Naked Civil Servant (1975) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

On this day (5th September) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) as a double bill.

Film posters for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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James Cooray Smith @ Midday Matinées / Psychic Paper @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’ve started a new film reviewing, research and history patreon newsletter, with a couple of tiers, including a free one. By me and guest writers. First piece is available to read on the link. Give it a go. Lots of things lined up.

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 04/09/2026

Martin McDonagh’s #WildHorseNine is a ruthless CIA spoof that also contains traces of Memento and SpongeBob SquarePants. Read our Critic's Pick review from Venice: thefilmstage.com/venice-revie...

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

On this day (4th September) in 1991, the Scala Cinema was showing Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972) and Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990) as a double bill.

Film posters for Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972) and Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On this day (3rd September) in 1979, the Scala Cinema was showing a preview of Saint Jack (1979). Tickets were only available preordered through Time Out.

Film poster for Saint Jack (1979) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On this day (2nd September) in 1981, the Scala Cinema was showing Fahrenheit 451 (1966) and The Tenant (1966) as a double bill.

Film posters for Fahrenheit 451 (1966) and The Tenant (1966) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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Richie Morgan @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A story of Friendship, Creativity, Fandom and Persistence. Fanning the Flame is a documentary film by myself and @markdonaldson.bsky.social and it tells the tale of Doctor Who’s most legendary fan film! In production and out in hopefully less than 35 years.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

On this day (1st September) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing Mauvais Sang aka The Night is Young (1986) and Aux Yeux du Monde aka Autobus (1991) as a ‘Misdriven Youth’ double bill.

Film posters for Mauvais Sang aka The Night is Young (1986) and Aux Yeux du Monde aka Autobus (1991) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

For any of you fine folk that enjoy new music but aren’t aware of So Young magazine (plus record label and gigs), it is a great source for a wide range of talented newer artists. They have confirmed it is ok for old gits like me to read it as well!

Photo of So Young magazine issue Sixty Three with YHWH Nailgun on the cover.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Reminder that today is the last chance to have any donation you can spare, doubled by an incredibly generous donor. And if you’ve not visited the Cinema Museum, I highly recommend it if you can.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On this day (31st August) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing They Saved Hitler’s Brain aka Madmen of Mandoras (1968), Mars Needs Women (1968) and The Creeping Terror (1964) as a ‘Rare Turkey Triple’. Apparently these were voted the 3 worst films of all time. Not sure who voted though!

Film posters for They Saved Hitler’s Brain aka Madmen of Mandoras (1968), Mars Needs Women (1968) and The Creeping Terror (1964) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On this day (30th August) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing Rumble Fish (1983) and Down By Law (1986) in what was billed as a ‘Summertime Special’ but could be considered a Tom Waits double bill.

Film posters for Rumble Fish (1983) and Down By Law (1986) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

On this day (29th August) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing Sisters (1972) and Blue Sunshine (1977) as a double bill.

Film posters for Sisters (1972) and Blue Sunshine (1977) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

On this day (28th August) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing The Blues Brothers (1980) and Top Secret (1984) as a double bill.

Film posters for The Blues Brothers (1980) and Top Secret (1984) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.

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