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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

NEW MOVIE REVIEW 🎬❄️ Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner risk it all in THE MOUNTAIN (1956) 🏔️ a classic Hollywood survival thriller in the Swiss Alps. Plus Steve Hayes on Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and a terrifying real-life gondola accident. Watch My Review 👉 youtu.be/7FHkAXabC6U #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy Birthday DONALD O'CONNOR! 🎂 Celebrated for his charisma & dance skills, dazzled in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN as Cosmo Brown & headlined the popular FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE series, making him beloved in Hollywood musicals and comedy films. My #MovieReview youtu.be/HdwDzvqVMu0?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Farewell TIM CURRY 💔 A brilliant British original whose Dr. Frank-N-Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW gave generations of LGBTQ performers permission to be outrageous, sexy, funny, and fearless. From CLUE to IT to ANNIE, he made every entrance unforgettable. #RIP

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Farewell Dolly Parton. 💔 We will always love you.

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy Birthday, JOHN SAXON! 🎂 Acclaimed for his tough-guy roles, he showcased his talent in films like ENTER THE DRAGON and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, becoming a staple in the horror and action genres. He also had a prolific TV career. 📺🎬 #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Happy Birthday, delightful scamp WILLIAM POWELL! 🎂 3-time Oscar nominee, wry, cynical style brightened classics like MY MAN GODFREY, the spectacle THE GREAT ZIEGFELD, the period comedy LIFE WITH FATHER & the comedy-mystery THIN MAN series. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/0THTc9h6Rmg?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Happy Birthday MARIA OUSPENSKAYA! 🎂 Moscow Art Theatre dynamo, teacher, Broadway force, & Oscar nominee for DODSWORTH. Famous as Maleva in THE WOLF MAN, but unforgettable as the bejeweled, poker-playing Maharani in THE RAINS CAME. Watch my review 🎬👉 youtu.be/Q8ANYmFI8QU?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

NEW MOVIE REVIEW! 🎬🍿🎞️ Forever young. Forever corrupt. MGM’s haunting THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945), starring Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders & an Oscar-nominated Angela Lansbury. 🎨 Plus, I share my delicious encounter with Dorian himself! 😁 My #MovieReview: 👉 youtu.be/Ikt7Gh2HHL4 #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Happy Birthday JAMES WHALE! 🎂 Visionary director of horror classics like FRANKENSTEIN & THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, he profoundly shaped the genre; his life was later immortalized in Bill Condon's brilliant biopic GODS AND MONSTERS. 🧌 My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/aYkvDtwcNzo?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Happy Birthday, SIR C. AUBREY SMITH! 🎂 The Grand Old Man of classic film: gruff, regal, stalwart, unforgettable. He lent steel to THE HURRICANE, WEE WILLIE WINKIE, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE & Hitchcock’s immortal classic, REBECCA. My #MovieReview 🎬👉 youtu.be/WbMalkrxgOo?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Happy Birthday NATALIE WOOD! 🎂 From MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET to WEST SIDE STORY, she grew up on screen. Oscar-nom turns in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS & LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER still shine. 💫 My REBEL review ⭐️👉 youtu.be/rLYDixVMwk0?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Happy Birthday, ISABEL JEWELL! 🎂 Petite, sad-eyed, unforgettable. In A TALE OF TWO CITIES, LOST HORIZON, BORN TO KILL & GONE WITH THE WIND, she did more with one scene than most stars did with a film. My LOST HORIZON movie review 🎬👉 youtu.be/mTNghO-3Fr8?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Happy Birthday JAMES CAGNEY! 🎂 Oscar-nominated roles in ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES & LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME captivated withhis dynamic presence on film & on Broadway: talents combined in his Oscar-winning role in YANKEE DOODLE DANDY. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/rl2XWFEc124?... 🇺🇸 🎬 🎞️ #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Happy Birthday BARBARA O’NEIL! 🎂 Earned an Oscar nom stealing scenes from Bette Davis & Charles Boyer. Made too few films, wonderful in STELLA DALLAS, WHEN TOMORROW COMES, GONE WITH THE WIND, WHIRLPOOL, & ANGEL FACE. My ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO movie review 👉 youtu.be/rTqvxGFW1Qc?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Farewell BRENDA FRICKER 💔 Ireland’s Oscar-winning treasure broke hearts as Bridget Fagan Brown, the fiercely resilient mother of Christy Brown, opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in MY LEFT FOOT. From CASUALTY to HOME ALONE 2, she made toughness and sorrow unforgettable.

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Happy Birthday, BARBARA STANWYCK! 🎂✨ I love her in everything, but her fast-talking, freewheeling comic sexiness in Howard Hawks’ BALL OF FIRE ☄️ is pure joy. Hi-di-ho! 🔥🎬 Watch my #moviereview 👉 youtu.be/NZeqz3JWFl4?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Happy Birthday, JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT! 🎂 Before AIRWOLF made him TV’s Stringfellow Hawke, he was a ubiquitous ’70s screen presence, opposite John Wayne, Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Rock Hudson, and Candice Bergen. 🎬 Rugged and intense in WHITE LINE FEVER. 🛣️ #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It is with great sadness that I say farewell to my dear friend and brilliant actress, WAI CHING HO. 💔 Wise, touching, funny, and versatile, she will be so missed. My deepest sympathy goes out to her beloved husband, Doug Richardson, children, and grandchildren.

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Happy Birthday TAB HUNTER! 🎂 Forever the dreamboat. 🥰 "I lived in those old movie houses as a kid. I just loved them. What total escapism for someone." - Tab Hunter 🎬 So fun in DAMN YANKEES ⚾️ My #MovieReview youtu.be/s0sE4X13nhs?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Farewell LOUISE LASSER 💔 In Norman Lear’s MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN, those pigtails, bangs, and baby-doll gingham dresses became 1970s TV history. From early Woody Allen films to NyQuil and Excedrin spots, her droll deadpan made nerves funny, strange, and touchingly human.

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Happy Birthday, GEORGE CUKOR! 🎂 Beyond the classics, revisit three Cukor gems: A LIFE OF HER OWN, EDWARD, MY SON, & KEEPER OF THE FLAME, starring Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Katharine Hepburn, and Ann Dvorak. 🎬 Watch my Cukor Reviews: 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Happy Birthday, JANET LEIGH! 🎂 From Meg in LITTLE WOMEN to Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO, she brought glamour, wit, and real emotional precision to the screen. Her Oscar-nominated PSYCHO performance still shocks. Watch my movie review 🎬🔪 youtu.be/6GXp0amzkFM?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Happy Birthday, SHIRLEY KNIGHT! 🎂 Two-time Oscar nominee. Tony Award winner. Stage powerhouse. From COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA & THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA to her heartbreaking turn in SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH with Paul Newman, she remains unforgettable. Watch my movie review 🎬 👉 youtu.be/LeFoM9kmOto?...

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸🎇 There’s no better Independence Day movie than YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, with Oscar winner James Cagney as Broadway legend George M. Cohan. 🌭🥧🍉 Patriotism, showbiz, tap, swagger, and pure movie-star electricity! 🎬⭐ My movie review 🥁🧨 youtu.be/rl2XWFEc124 #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Birthday, OLIVIA de HAVILLAND! 🎂 Two-time Oscar winner. GONE WITH THE WIND legend. THE HEIRESS powerhouse. Hollywood game changer. Before she helped rewrite studio contract law, she lit up THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD. Watch my ROBIN HOOD review 🎥🏹 👉 youtu.be/CwST62Syjyk?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Birthday, SUSAN HAYWARD 🎂 Oscar winner. Five-time nominee. A Classic Hollywood force. From I WANT TO LIVE! to the glorious camp thunder of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, she still commands the screen. My DOLLS movie review 🎥🏆 👉 youtu.be/v5fnQuHNzb4?...

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

HAPPY PRIDE! 🏳️‍🌈 Be strong. Be safe. Be proud. Remember the sacrifices. Remember the legacy. 💖

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Heading into Gay Pride Weekend with TRICK (1999), my favorite role in my favorite movie 🏳️‍🌈 One romantic Manhattan summer night with Tori Spelling, Christian Campbell, JP Pitoc, Miss Coco Peru, and me. 🌆 Come behind the scenes with me! ❤️🎬 👉 youtu.be/w7fr_RtCrAE?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Farewell ANN BLYTH 💔 Petite, brunette, and blessed with a lovely soprano, she became unforgettable as Veda in Michael Curtiz’s MILDRED PIERCE. Still in her teens, she turned ingratitude into a weapon and gave Joan Crawford a daughter worthy of noir immortality.

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

PRIDE MOVIE REVIEW 🏳️‍🌈 Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Cary Elwes collide inside the brutal British school system in ANOTHER COUNTRY, a landmark of queer cinema about gay desire, class rage, and political rebellion. Perfect Gay Pride viewing. Watch My Review 👉 youtu.be/sDiHPLtD20U #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Honoring Gay Pride 🏳️‍🌈 with Basil Dearden’s VICTIM (1961), starring Dirk Bogarde. It exposed Britain’s persecution of gay men and helped shift public debate toward legal reform. A daring, career-risking landmark. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/e-g_npkJ400?... 🎬 #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Birthday, sexy, sassy, and funny JANE RUSSELL! 🎂 Here with Marilyn on the set of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (‘53).💍 She always makes me smile. “Ain’t there anyone here for love?” 😍 My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/SsM7vhB214Y?... 💋 #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

NEW MOVIE REVIEW 🏳️‍🌈 ANOTHER COUNTRY gave us Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Cary Elwes inside a brutal British school where gay desire, class rage, and political rebellion collide. A landmark of queer cinema, and perfect Pride viewing. Watch the review 👉 youtu.be/sDiHPLtD20U

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Celebrating Gay Pride 🏳️‍🌈 with my review of Mart Crowley’s iconic play about the lives of gay men in the 1970’s, which comes alive in William Friedkin’s movie version of THE BOYS IN THE BAND (’70). Featuring the brilliant original Broadway cast 🌈 youtu.be/q109y4WO8Bs?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Celebrating #GAYPRIDE 🌈 with Otto Preminger's political thriller ADVISE AND CONSENT. Set during the Kennedy Years, the plot focuses on a controversial political appointment. What was relevant then is sadly relevant now. 🎬 🏳️‍🌈 My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/4wR4d_TmRMs?...

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Farewell JAMES BURROWS 💔Most viewers only saw his name flash by in the credits, but they knew his timing: CHEERS, TAXI, FRIENDS, WILL & GRACE. More than 1,000 episodes, 243 of 273 CHEERS, and every WILL & GRACE. He helped teach TV how to laugh. #RIP

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

NEW MOVIE REVIEW! 🇬🇧 Rupert Everett, Colin Firth & Cary Elwes star in ANOTHER COUNTRY, a landmark film about gay love, class, Marxism, and the hypocrisy of the British school system. Happy Gay Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 New Review Click Here 👉 youtu.be/sDiHPLtD20U 🎬 #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Celebrating Gay Pride month 🌈 with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe heating up the hilarity in Billy Wilder's classic gender inspired comedy SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959). youtu.be/pAVsD4PgtTw?...

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Celebrate Gay Pride 🏳️‍🌈 with my movie review of the shocking cult classic WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? Starring icons Bette Davis & Joan Crawford, dive into a tale of madness and secrecy. Don't miss it! 💋 Watch here: youtu.be/aRsl10dSk6s #PrideMonth 🌈 Happy Pride! #MovieSky #LGBTQ

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

For Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 watch GODS AND MONSTERS (1999). Ian McKellen stars as director James Whale, forming a dangerous bond with Brendan Fraser’s character in 1950s Hollywood. 🧌 This Oscar-winning film is poignant, humorous, & unforgettable. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/aYkvDtwcNzo?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

For Gay Pride Month, 🌈 enjoy Vincente Minnelli's TEA AND SYMPATHY ('56). Deborah Kerr and John Kerr shine in this touching tale of identity and acceptance, adapted from Robert Anderson's play. 🫖 A classic of gay cinema that resonates today. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/RcclozSiap0?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I got a little pushback on this Gay Pride review of the homoerotic, Technicolor Rodgers & Hammerstein musical SOUTH PACIFIC. Mitzi Gaynor, Rosanno Brazzi, John Kerr & Juanita Hall re-creating her Broadway role. Do you see it as I do? 🏳️‍🌈😳 My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/1RjUgB39fmk?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

More Gay Pride with MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE! 🌈 Oscar-nominated screenplay by Hanif Kureishi & direction by Stephen Frears, groundbreaking portrayal of a gay relationship, exploring intersectionality through themes of race & immigration. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/PIk_duXU6GY?... #MovieSky 🎬

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Celebrate GAY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 with Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate, Lee Grant & Susan Hayward as they rip the lid off Tinseltown in Jacqueline Susann’s blistering bestseller VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (’67). A wild ride you don’t want to miss! 💊 My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/v5fnQuHNzb4?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy Birthday, celebrated philanthropist & Hollywood star of the 1930's, 40's, & 50's, PAULETTE GODDARD! 🎂 Loved her as the Waif in Charlie Chaplin's MODERN TIMES ('36) & the lusty Southern belle in the 1942 adventure REAP THE WILD WIND. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/a4TjIINMK7w?... 🎬 #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Celebrating June with my Pride recommendations! 🏳️‍🌈 First up, I dive into the suspenseful world of Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE! 🪢 Explore the film's intriguing queer subtext and innovative filmmaking techniques. Happy Pride! 🌈 🎬 My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/ypz4SgX8GXs #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Happy Birthday, Canadian Oscar nominee LUCILE WATSON! 🎂 The owlish, irascible, indomitable, indispensable, harridan and matriarch of countless films from the 30’s through the’50’s. “Don’t trust your girlfriends…” - THE WOMEN My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/KfhmtChiw5M?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Happy Birthday JOHN WAYNE! 🎂 Towering figure in American cinema, 200+ films from western classics like STAGECOACH to dramas like THE QUIET MAN. 🎬 1970 Best Actor Oscar for TRUE GRIT. Don't miss his powerful performance in RED RIVER. 🐎 My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/fPjUl_mUAR8?... #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

NEW CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW! 👻 BLITHE SPIRIT (1945), with Rex Harrison haunted by two wives and Margaret Rutherford stealing the show as Madame Arcati in David Lean’s Technicolor ghost comedy! My Review 👉 youtu.be/bDbg3am_hq4 🎬 #MovieSky

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Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Saw this fascinating production based on a true crime last night at the Lucille Lortel theatre. Extraordinary performance of 35 characters by British actor Jack Holden, who recently won the Olivier Award for it. Amazing. @KENREXtheplay

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