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Likes movies, especially art, foreign, golden age, trash, silent, precode, noir.

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Legendary Anglo-Indian dancer Olive Craddock who performed internationally as Roshanara. Photo by Underwood and Underwood, New York c 1918. (Thread)

08.03.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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My Best Girl (1927) was shot by Charles Rosher, Mary Pickford's favourite cinematographer, who later won an Oscar for his work on Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

08.03.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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William Arthur Chase - The Keynote (1915)
#ArteYArt #Postimpresionismo

06.03.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Olivia de Havilland tried that with Feud. She sued Ryan Murphy for creating an unauthorized, false portrayal of her in the series. Unfortunately, the case was dismissed.

08.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Magnani lounges in the grass, hovering over her is a bigger portrait of herself

Magnani lounges in the grass, hovering over her is a bigger portrait of herself

BTD - Anna Magnani - L'Amore - 1948 - Italian release poster - Art by Anselmo Ballester

07.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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L'Alliance CinΓ©atographique EuropΓ©enne
PrΓ©sente une Production UFA
RΓ©alisΓ© par Fritz Lang
D'Après le Scénario de Thea von Harbou
METROPOLIS

An illustration of a modern city of skyscrapers, with the red letters of the film's title on the tops of building.

Movie poster L'Alliance Cinéatographique Européenne Présente une Production UFA Réalisé par Fritz Lang D'Après le Scénario de Thea von Harbou METROPOLIS An illustration of a modern city of skyscrapers, with the red letters of the film's title on the tops of building.

Boris Bilinsky
Poster for Fritz Lang's Metropolis, 1927

07.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Color photo of Maggie Cheung yacking on a bulky phone in THE ICEMAN COMETH.

Color photo of Maggie Cheung yacking on a bulky phone in THE ICEMAN COMETH.

Friday mood

06.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Barry Lyndon

06.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dean Stockwell in THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR (1948)

He was BOTD in 1936

05.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
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John Garfield by John Swope, New York City, 1940.

04.03.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Red, green, yellow and white art deco style illustration on a poster for the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco. Images of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, ships in the bay, an airplane in the sky, the city skyline, and a gigantic tower appear with a green sea and red sky.

Red, green, yellow and white art deco style illustration on a poster for the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco. Images of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, ships in the bay, an airplane in the sky, the city skyline, and a gigantic tower appear with a green sea and red sky.

1939 World's Fair poster
Image: Smithsonian

05.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Great poster. My Dad was there!

06.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in Marty Supreme is based on the life of Helen Twelvetrees? Former movie star of the β€˜30s has a disastrous Broadway debut later in her career. Twelvetrees’ show lasted 11 performances. Gwyneth’s maybe not even that!

05.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Louise sits with Keene Thompson, one of the screenwriters for Now We’re In the Air (1927). β€œThis is my favorite publicity still because I posed it myself,” she observed in β€œLulu In Hollywood.” Note the stacks of books at her feet including β€œThe Psychology of Personality.”

05.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, in Washington, D.C., a federal agency; matching funds contributed by Evelyn Sharp, 1976

Β© 2016 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, in Washington, D.C., a federal agency; matching funds contributed by Evelyn Sharp, 1976 Β© 2016 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Canal by Helen Frankenthaler, 1963
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137309

05.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Self-portrait with bottle of wine

Self-portrait with bottle of wine

Self-portrait with bottle of wine 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25469

20.02.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation 
Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012

Β© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012 Β© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Red by Mark Rothko, 1968
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137899

04.03.2026 07:08 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Paula Prentiss in "The Parallax View" - BOTD

04.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday, Paula Prentiss

04.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Untitled, 1973 | William Eggleston

18.01.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
street scene at night, an empty street lit by a street lamp/ a car parked outside a closed building

street scene at night, an empty street lit by a street lamp/ a car parked outside a closed building

William Eggleston, Downtown Morton, Mississippi, 1970

23.01.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Devilishly handsome.

04.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a unique and captivating voice she had. No one sounded like Joan Greenwood.

04.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Post an iconic horror movie image πŸ–€

04.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting to see her in a Spanish shawl here because friends like Colleen Moore called her Carmelita.

04.03.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fay Wray by Melbourne Spurr, 1933.

04.03.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
triptych of Francois Hardy yawning, grasping a cup of coffee and taking a drink, photographed by  jean-marie pΓ©rier in 1960

triptych of Francois Hardy yawning, grasping a cup of coffee and taking a drink, photographed by jean-marie pΓ©rier in 1960

good morning

03.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Dashing!

03.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a great cover! Thanks for sharing it. I’d never heard it before but I’ve been a Dengue Fever fan since I got their amazing The Deepest Lake album about a decade ago. Highly recommended!

03.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Share someone who looks stylish in stripes.

02.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2