Michael Warburton
@michaelwarburton.bsky.social
Actor, Cinephile & Culturalist posting stuff I like, no pandering. @TheMonologist on Twitter/‘X’.
“Skid Row” - Modesto, California in 1937
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Skid Row” - Modesto, California in 1937
Bob Dylan and Muhammad Ali backstage after the “Night Of The Hurricane” - Madison Square Garden, 1975.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Bob Dylan and Muhammad Ali backstage after the “Night Of The Hurricane” - Madison Square Garden, 1975.
GARY OLDMAN’s 2nd (TV) Film was Mike Leigh’s
MEANTIME (1983)
“The sapping, debilitating & demeaning state of unemployment, the futile sense of waste, has not been more poignantly, or poetically, expressed in any other film of the period.” - Michael Coveney
#timroth #alfredmolina #phildaniels #tv
MEANTIME (1983)
“The sapping, debilitating & demeaning state of unemployment, the futile sense of waste, has not been more poignantly, or poetically, expressed in any other film of the period.” - Michael Coveney
#timroth #alfredmolina #phildaniels #tv
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
GARY OLDMAN’s 2nd (TV) Film was Mike Leigh’s
MEANTIME (1983)
“The sapping, debilitating & demeaning state of unemployment, the futile sense of waste, has not been more poignantly, or poetically, expressed in any other film of the period.” - Michael Coveney
#timroth #alfredmolina #phildaniels #tv
MEANTIME (1983)
“The sapping, debilitating & demeaning state of unemployment, the futile sense of waste, has not been more poignantly, or poetically, expressed in any other film of the period.” - Michael Coveney
#timroth #alfredmolina #phildaniels #tv
Remembering the great
ENNIO MORRICONE
Born 97yrs ago today.
ENNIO MORRICONE
Born 97yrs ago today.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Remembering the great
ENNIO MORRICONE
Born 97yrs ago today.
ENNIO MORRICONE
Born 97yrs ago today.
Remembering the Clapham-born, 4-time Oscar-nominated, Tony-winning CLAUDE RAINS — who was born 136yrs ago today.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Remembering the Clapham-born, 4-time Oscar-nominated, Tony-winning CLAUDE RAINS — who was born 136yrs ago today.
4yrs ago today the Oscar-winning PETER JACKSON sold his visual effects company — Weta Digital — for $1.6bn.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
4yrs ago today the Oscar-winning PETER JACKSON sold his visual effects company — Weta Digital — for $1.6bn.
85yrs ago today - until his death in 1966 - WALT DISNEY became a secret informer for the L.A. office of the FBI (reporting on so called “subversives”).
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
85yrs ago today - until his death in 1966 - WALT DISNEY became a secret informer for the L.A. office of the FBI (reporting on so called “subversives”).
Cloris Leachman and Gene Wilder - both sadly late of this parish - on the set of
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
#film #movie #cinema #moviestills #behindthescenes #melbrooks
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
#film #movie #cinema #moviestills #behindthescenes #melbrooks
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Cloris Leachman and Gene Wilder - both sadly late of this parish - on the set of
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
#film #movie #cinema #moviestills #behindthescenes #melbrooks
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
#film #movie #cinema #moviestills #behindthescenes #melbrooks
Remembering ENNIO MORRICONE -
‘The Maestro’ -
born 97yrs ago today.
‘The Maestro’ -
born 97yrs ago today.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Remembering ENNIO MORRICONE -
‘The Maestro’ -
born 97yrs ago today.
‘The Maestro’ -
born 97yrs ago today.
Remembering the great ROY SCHEIDER - born 93yrs ago today.
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Remembering the great ROY SCHEIDER - born 93yrs ago today.
Interiors
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Interiors
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
Arctic Explorer, Peter Freuchen and his wife Dagmar Cohn in 1947.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Arctic Explorer, Peter Freuchen and his wife Dagmar Cohn in 1947.
Remembering the late great YVES MONTAND - who left us 34yrs ago today.
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Remembering the late great YVES MONTAND - who left us 34yrs ago today.
Remembering the American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator - CARL SAGAN - born 91yrs ago today.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Remembering the American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator - CARL SAGAN - born 91yrs ago today.
Remembering DYLAN THOMAS - who left us 72yrs ago today, aged just 39.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Remembering DYLAN THOMAS - who left us 72yrs ago today, aged just 39.
HEDY LAMARR - born 111yrs ago today - escaped her Nazi husband by disguising herself as her own maid, became a top Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology.
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
HEDY LAMARR - born 111yrs ago today - escaped her Nazi husband by disguising herself as her own maid, became a top Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology.
STEVE McQUEEN having fun with his CJ5 Jeep in the California hills whilst training for the Baja 1000 off-road race in 1969.
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
STEVE McQUEEN having fun with his CJ5 Jeep in the California hills whilst training for the Baja 1000 off-road race in 1969.
Remembering MINNIE RIPERTON - born 78yrs ago today, and who left us aged just 31.
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Remembering MINNIE RIPERTON - born 78yrs ago today, and who left us aged just 31.
Remembering ‘Mr. Americana’ himself - the late great NORMAN ROCKWELL - who left us 47yrs ago today.
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Remembering ‘Mr. Americana’ himself - the late great NORMAN ROCKWELL - who left us 47yrs ago today.
When you’re a rock star but your competition is French, famous and insanely handsome.
Remembering the late great ALAIN DELON - born 90yrs ago today.
Remembering the late great ALAIN DELON - born 90yrs ago today.
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
When you’re a rock star but your competition is French, famous and insanely handsome.
Remembering the late great ALAIN DELON - born 90yrs ago today.
Remembering the late great ALAIN DELON - born 90yrs ago today.
Remembering the late great ALAIN DELON - born 90yrs ago today.
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Remembering the late great ALAIN DELON - born 90yrs ago today.
Remembering the great KEN DODD - born 98yrs ago today.
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Remembering the great KEN DODD - born 98yrs ago today.
Remembering the great KEN DODD - born 98yrs ago today - via a wonderful 2004 portrait by David Cobley.
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Remembering the great KEN DODD - born 98yrs ago today - via a wonderful 2004 portrait by David Cobley.
Remembering Irish author and Theatre Manager - BRAM STOKER - best known for writing ‘Dracula’, born 178yrs ago today.
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Remembering Irish author and Theatre Manager - BRAM STOKER - best known for writing ‘Dracula’, born 178yrs ago today.