Michael Warburton
@michaelwarburton.bsky.social
Actor, Cinephile & Culturalist posting stuff I like, no pandering. @TheMonologist on Twitter/‘X’.
74yr old KATHARINE HEPBURN pruning a tree in her garden in 1981.
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
74yr old KATHARINE HEPBURN pruning a tree in her garden in 1981.
The ‘Parade of Progress’ - San Bernardino, California (1956)
January 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The ‘Parade of Progress’ - San Bernardino, California (1956)
Classic 80’s advertising
STARBURST (1980)
STARBURST (1980)
January 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Classic 80’s advertising
STARBURST (1980)
STARBURST (1980)
“Study your craft, and know who you are and what’s special about you. Find out what everyone does on a film set, ask questions & listen. Make sure you live life, which means don’t do things where you court celebrity, and give something positive back to our society.” - PAUL NEWMAN
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
“Study your craft, and know who you are and what’s special about you. Find out what everyone does on a film set, ask questions & listen. Make sure you live life, which means don’t do things where you court celebrity, and give something positive back to our society.” - PAUL NEWMAN
DALLAS (1978-91)
January 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
DALLAS (1978-91)
A before & after by Ansel Adams of Golden Gate - California.
Building of the iconic bridge began 93yrs ago today.
Building of the iconic bridge began 93yrs ago today.
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
A before & after by Ansel Adams of Golden Gate - California.
Building of the iconic bridge began 93yrs ago today.
Building of the iconic bridge began 93yrs ago today.
Here's something rather wonderful you may not have seen before - GENE KELLY and SUGAR RAY ROBINSON doing a tap dance number together on TV in 1958.
January 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Here's something rather wonderful you may not have seen before - GENE KELLY and SUGAR RAY ROBINSON doing a tap dance number together on TV in 1958.
51yrs ago the LV-1901 went on sale.
It was the first time you could own a Betamax player but, you had to buy all this:
a 19" Trinitron, the Betamax video recorder/player, a timer, 2 tuners & a crap load of cabinetry.
Cost? $2,295.00
That’s $13,820.17 in today’s money.
It was the first time you could own a Betamax player but, you had to buy all this:
a 19" Trinitron, the Betamax video recorder/player, a timer, 2 tuners & a crap load of cabinetry.
Cost? $2,295.00
That’s $13,820.17 in today’s money.
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
51yrs ago the LV-1901 went on sale.
It was the first time you could own a Betamax player but, you had to buy all this:
a 19" Trinitron, the Betamax video recorder/player, a timer, 2 tuners & a crap load of cabinetry.
Cost? $2,295.00
That’s $13,820.17 in today’s money.
It was the first time you could own a Betamax player but, you had to buy all this:
a 19" Trinitron, the Betamax video recorder/player, a timer, 2 tuners & a crap load of cabinetry.
Cost? $2,295.00
That’s $13,820.17 in today’s money.
No-one can call themselves a professional Actor if having been fortunate enough to get a job they turn up unprepared for it.
Here’s the late great STANLEY KUBRICK on how he dealt with amateurs.
Here’s the late great STANLEY KUBRICK on how he dealt with amateurs.
January 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
No-one can call themselves a professional Actor if having been fortunate enough to get a job they turn up unprepared for it.
Here’s the late great STANLEY KUBRICK on how he dealt with amateurs.
Here’s the late great STANLEY KUBRICK on how he dealt with amateurs.
11yr old Prince Rogers Nelson - interviewed in 1970 on a Minnesota picket line - succinctly & eruditely makes it clear why his Teachers deserved better pay.
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
11yr old Prince Rogers Nelson - interviewed in 1970 on a Minnesota picket line - succinctly & eruditely makes it clear why his Teachers deserved better pay.
The house in Grant Wood’s iconic “American Gothic” - Dibble House - still stands in Eldon, Iowa.
Wood painted a sketch of the house, then returned to his home in Cedar Rapids to complete the painting, using his sister Nan Wood Graham and his dentist Dr. Byron McKeeby as models.
Wood painted a sketch of the house, then returned to his home in Cedar Rapids to complete the painting, using his sister Nan Wood Graham and his dentist Dr. Byron McKeeby as models.
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The house in Grant Wood’s iconic “American Gothic” - Dibble House - still stands in Eldon, Iowa.
Wood painted a sketch of the house, then returned to his home in Cedar Rapids to complete the painting, using his sister Nan Wood Graham and his dentist Dr. Byron McKeeby as models.
Wood painted a sketch of the house, then returned to his home in Cedar Rapids to complete the painting, using his sister Nan Wood Graham and his dentist Dr. Byron McKeeby as models.
Bruce Lee with his wife Linda and kids Brandon & Shannon.
January 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Bruce Lee with his wife Linda and kids Brandon & Shannon.
12yr old ELIZABETH TAYLOR had her first starring role in
NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
and got to keep her co-star, ‘The Pie’, after the movie wrapped.
NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
and got to keep her co-star, ‘The Pie’, after the movie wrapped.
January 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
12yr old ELIZABETH TAYLOR had her first starring role in
NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
and got to keep her co-star, ‘The Pie’, after the movie wrapped.
NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
and got to keep her co-star, ‘The Pie’, after the movie wrapped.
The Beatles’ record label rejecting David Bowie in 1968.
January 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
The Beatles’ record label rejecting David Bowie in 1968.
Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood met by chance at a motel in Tucson, Arizona in 1972.
Terry O’Neil was there to record it.
Terry O’Neil was there to record it.
January 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood met by chance at a motel in Tucson, Arizona in 1972.
Terry O’Neil was there to record it.
Terry O’Neil was there to record it.
January 5, 2026 at 8:26 AM
29yr old Clint Eastwood at home with his first wife Maggie Johnson and their two pet budgerigars in 1959.
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 AM
29yr old Clint Eastwood at home with his first wife Maggie Johnson and their two pet budgerigars in 1959.
SAMUEL BECKETT and the first production of ‘Waiting for Godot’ in Paris in 1953.
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
SAMUEL BECKETT and the first production of ‘Waiting for Godot’ in Paris in 1953.
James Earl Jones in 1961
January 5, 2026 at 6:56 AM
James Earl Jones in 1961
95 Candles🎂 today for one of Cinema’s finest Actors for over six decades - the Oscar winning
ROBERT DUVALL
ROBERT DUVALL
January 5, 2026 at 6:54 AM
95 Candles🎂 today for one of Cinema’s finest Actors for over six decades - the Oscar winning
ROBERT DUVALL
ROBERT DUVALL
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on the set of their first Hollywood movie together
MY FRIEND IRMA (1949)
MY FRIEND IRMA (1949)
January 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on the set of their first Hollywood movie together
MY FRIEND IRMA (1949)
MY FRIEND IRMA (1949)
Anita Ekberg in 1954
📷 by Andre de Dienes
📷 by Andre de Dienes
January 4, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Anita Ekberg in 1954
📷 by Andre de Dienes
📷 by Andre de Dienes
The look of Love
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor - Paris, 1965
📷 by Douglas Kirkland
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor - Paris, 1965
📷 by Douglas Kirkland
January 4, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The look of Love
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor - Paris, 1965
📷 by Douglas Kirkland
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor - Paris, 1965
📷 by Douglas Kirkland
Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse shooting MGM’s classic 50’s adaptation of
BRIGADOON (1954)
BRIGADOON (1954)
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse shooting MGM’s classic 50’s adaptation of
BRIGADOON (1954)
BRIGADOON (1954)
Carrie Fisher - Manhattan (1980)
📷 by Douglas Kirkland
📷 by Douglas Kirkland
January 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Carrie Fisher - Manhattan (1980)
📷 by Douglas Kirkland
📷 by Douglas Kirkland