Michael But Hardboiled for Noirvember
@selmerguy.bsky.social
Old movies, old guitars, old records, old books, old photos.
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Wow, had no idea this existed. A 1948 radio show about A Streetcar Named Desire winning the Drama Critics Circle Award featuring scenes performed by the original Broadway cast including Jessica Tandy as Blanche. Tantalizing and invaluable glimpse at how she played it.
youtu.be/wmpjP-ZKDvg?...
youtu.be/wmpjP-ZKDvg?...
Jessica Tandy & Marlon Brando-A Streetcar Named Desire (Radio Version)
YouTube video by Taylormayes
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Wow, had no idea this existed. A 1948 radio show about A Streetcar Named Desire winning the Drama Critics Circle Award featuring scenes performed by the original Broadway cast including Jessica Tandy as Blanche. Tantalizing and invaluable glimpse at how she played it.
youtu.be/wmpjP-ZKDvg?...
youtu.be/wmpjP-ZKDvg?...
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Flyer for Brother Theodore performing his macabre one man show in NYC
Theodore was BOTD in 1906
Theodore was BOTD in 1906
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Flyer for Brother Theodore performing his macabre one man show in NYC
Theodore was BOTD in 1906
Theodore was BOTD in 1906
@theharvestmaid.bsky.social I just learned that Alastair Crowley considered using Harpo Marx as the inspiration for The Fool for his Thoth Tarot Cards but ultimately decided not to.
Alternate Versions Of The Fool And Aeon Cards From The Thoth Deck
MORE GOODNESS from Frater Orpheus' FB page: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law By her own admittance, Frieda knew little about the tarot, but she was a talented artist and eventually agre...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@theharvestmaid.bsky.social I just learned that Alastair Crowley considered using Harpo Marx as the inspiration for The Fool for his Thoth Tarot Cards but ultimately decided not to.
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Celebrating the birthday of the divine, and much-missed, Ann Reinking.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Celebrating the birthday of the divine, and much-missed, Ann Reinking.
❤️
❤️
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I've got a fresh batch of paperbacks in if anyone wants to buy directly from me for Christmas. Same deal as back in July: £13 each, or both for £25, including UK postage.
precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/07/25/a...
precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/07/25/a...
A rare chance to buy books direct from me
I’ve got a limited supply of paperback copies of both Municipal Gothic and Intervals of Darkness ready to ship to anyone in the UK who wants to buy one. They’re £13 each including delivery in the U…
precastreinforced.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I've got a fresh batch of paperbacks in if anyone wants to buy directly from me for Christmas. Same deal as back in July: £13 each, or both for £25, including UK postage.
precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/07/25/a...
precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/07/25/a...
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NOT NOW PREVIOUSLY BURIED 1700s OBVIOUSLY VERY CURSED AND HAUNTED STONE CRYPT UNCOVERED BY AN UNEXPECTED GRAVEYARD TOMB COLLAPSE NOT NOW
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
The church says it is currently unclear whether the collapse has damaged any surrounding graves.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
NOT NOW PREVIOUSLY BURIED 1700s OBVIOUSLY VERY CURSED AND HAUNTED STONE CRYPT UNCOVERED BY AN UNEXPECTED GRAVEYARD TOMB COLLAPSE NOT NOW
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I wrote briefly (and freely, if you catch my drift) about a couple of production stills from The Wild Party (1929) I found on eBay, one of which hints at an interesting change in the film's production, which could be simple, or not at all. Link: vitaphonezone.substack.com/p/production...
Production Stills, Gone Wild
Now that you’ve been reeled in by my unduly scandalous title, a trap many moviegoers have found themselves in over the past century, I’ll keep on spinning my same broken record.
vitaphonezone.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I wrote briefly (and freely, if you catch my drift) about a couple of production stills from The Wild Party (1929) I found on eBay, one of which hints at an interesting change in the film's production, which could be simple, or not at all. Link: vitaphonezone.substack.com/p/production...
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Clara Bow takes the BFGoodrich Silvertown Safety League pledge to promote safe driving in Hollywood, 1931 (or, me at the DMV)
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Clara Bow takes the BFGoodrich Silvertown Safety League pledge to promote safe driving in Hollywood, 1931 (or, me at the DMV)
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Ceramic art by Sophie Woodrow
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ceramic art by Sophie Woodrow
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Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
A source said, "The Eric Newman Jazz Band was playing, and before long, Fallon and Corden were up onstage trading Sinatra and Tony Bennett tunes!"
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November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"
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Horror ppl should watch Hell-Bound Train (James & Eloyce Gist, 1930) on @criterionchannl.bsky.social. The Gists were Black evangelists & amateur filmmakers who used their films in their sermons. This film is a catalogue of sins. Even w/ no budget, it has surprisingly haunting moments throughout.
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Horror ppl should watch Hell-Bound Train (James & Eloyce Gist, 1930) on @criterionchannl.bsky.social. The Gists were Black evangelists & amateur filmmakers who used their films in their sermons. This film is a catalogue of sins. Even w/ no budget, it has surprisingly haunting moments throughout.
@thebasementtan.bsky.social When I was kid we lived in Wales and just before the bonfire was lit, we’d throw in potatoes wrapped in tin foil. After the the fire died out, the potatoes were perfectly cooked. #potatosky
I grew up with Ladybird books and find such pleasure and comfort in the seasonal illustrations.
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@thebasementtan.bsky.social When I was kid we lived in Wales and just before the bonfire was lit, we’d throw in potatoes wrapped in tin foil. After the the fire died out, the potatoes were perfectly cooked. #potatosky
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I wrote about House filmmaker Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's nouvelle vague-inspired biker movie His Motorbike, Her Island, in which young people tend to be more jealous of (and possibly even attracted to) motorbikes than people. New Blu-ray on Cult Epics loaded with extras. @seattlecritics.bsky.social
Hope You Like Me: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s Biker Musical Melodrama <i>His Motorbike, Her Island</i>
HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND / Kare no ōtobai, kanojo no shima (Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, 1986, Japan, 90 minutes) Welcome to my island Hope you li...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I wrote about House filmmaker Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's nouvelle vague-inspired biker movie His Motorbike, Her Island, in which young people tend to be more jealous of (and possibly even attracted to) motorbikes than people. New Blu-ray on Cult Epics loaded with extras. @seattlecritics.bsky.social
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This looks interesting: “This comprehensive new collection of essays is set to deck your halls with insightful looks at all your festive fright favourites, from the BBC’s A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS series to SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT...”
spectacularoptical.com/product/yule...
spectacularoptical.com/product/yule...
YULETIDE TERROR
Spectacular Optical Media is a Canadian small-press publisher of film and pop culture books and independent film producer/distributor.
spectacularoptical.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This looks interesting: “This comprehensive new collection of essays is set to deck your halls with insightful looks at all your festive fright favourites, from the BBC’s A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS series to SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT...”
spectacularoptical.com/product/yule...
spectacularoptical.com/product/yule...
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MANILA — An important piece of Filipino history missing for almost 90 years and thought to be lost forever was just found in Belgium. “Diwata ng Karagatan” is now the oldest surviving Filipino film! 🎞️🎞️
www.abs-cbn.com/entertainmen...
www.abs-cbn.com/entertainmen...
November 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
MANILA — An important piece of Filipino history missing for almost 90 years and thought to be lost forever was just found in Belgium. “Diwata ng Karagatan” is now the oldest surviving Filipino film! 🎞️🎞️
www.abs-cbn.com/entertainmen...
www.abs-cbn.com/entertainmen...
@theharvestmaid.bsky.social @stinasdemons.com
Here’s a great playlist of spooky folk songs to help us keep Halloween in our hearts.
Here’s a great playlist of spooky folk songs to help us keep Halloween in our hearts.
False Knights and Unquiet Ghosts: Folk Songs for Halloween - YouTube
Monstrous folk songs suggested by members of the Facebook group The Ballad Tree: Traditional Folk Ballads and Songs to fit the brief of l folk songs that fea...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
@theharvestmaid.bsky.social @stinasdemons.com
Here’s a great playlist of spooky folk songs to help us keep Halloween in our hearts.
Here’s a great playlist of spooky folk songs to help us keep Halloween in our hearts.
I just ordered Erin’s latest found photo zine, A Violent Life. Her previous photo zines, Danse Macabre and Untamed were excellent, and I can’t wait see this one. She has a good eye and a knack for choosing the perfect image.
AVAILABLE NOW: A Violent Life
The photos found in A Violent Life can only be called "controlled horror." Never intended for publication or mass consumption, they are personal, mostly inscrutable, and often fascinating.
With text by Tosh Berman (TOSH, The Plum in Mr. Blum's Pudding, Sparks-Tastic)
The photos found in A Violent Life can only be called "controlled horror." Never intended for publication or mass consumption, they are personal, mostly inscrutable, and often fascinating.
With text by Tosh Berman (TOSH, The Plum in Mr. Blum's Pudding, Sparks-Tastic)
New zine drops tomorrow, link in bio 📚📖📸
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I just ordered Erin’s latest found photo zine, A Violent Life. Her previous photo zines, Danse Macabre and Untamed were excellent, and I can’t wait see this one. She has a good eye and a knack for choosing the perfect image.
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The least believable thing about this film is that there would be an economic demand for a Protestant organ player in early 60s Salt Lake City ...
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#TCMParty #CarnivalOfSouls
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#TCMParty #CarnivalOfSouls
November 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The least believable thing about this film is that there would be an economic demand for a Protestant organ player in early 60s Salt Lake City ...
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#TCMParty #CarnivalOfSouls
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#TCMParty #CarnivalOfSouls
@bcdreyer.social I suspect you already know about this, but I would hate it if the information about the restoration of Lady of Burlesque finally being available slipped by you.
Lady of Burlesque (1943) | Sneak Peek of HD Film
YouTube video by Film Masters TV
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@bcdreyer.social I suspect you already know about this, but I would hate it if the information about the restoration of Lady of Burlesque finally being available slipped by you.
The article I wrote for Acoustic Guitar Magazine is now online. I had a blast researching this and it could have easily been three times longer but it turned out well.
Carved for Sound: How the Acoustic Archtop Guitar Keeps Swinging
In this feature, we’ll trace the history of the acoustic archtop guitar—from its 19th-century origins and golden-era prominence to its postwar decline and modern-day revival.
acousticguitar.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The article I wrote for Acoustic Guitar Magazine is now online. I had a blast researching this and it could have easily been three times longer but it turned out well.
October 1 vs. October 31
November 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
October 1 vs. October 31
Jessica’s Classic Hollywood Halloween costumes are always excellent but this one as the portrait of Gene Tierney in Laura is perhaps her best yet. Well done!
"I shall never forget the weekend Laura died."
This year's classic film-themed Halloween costume is the painting of Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt in the film noir LAURA (1944), directed by Otto Preminger.
This year's classic film-themed Halloween costume is the painting of Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt in the film noir LAURA (1944), directed by Otto Preminger.
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Jessica’s Classic Hollywood Halloween costumes are always excellent but this one as the portrait of Gene Tierney in Laura is perhaps her best yet. Well done!
Can I borrow 7 million dollars? I’d like to buy Bela Lugosi’s Hollywood mansion.
Magnificent Mansion of Dracula Actor Bela Lugosi
Magnificent Mansion of Dracula Actor Bela Lugosi
For the first time in over 50 years, Villa Dorada, one of Old Hollywood’s most historic, preserved, and interesting mansions, is on the market, listed...
www.iwaymagazine.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Can I borrow 7 million dollars? I’d like to buy Bela Lugosi’s Hollywood mansion.
The back of the 1943 Dell paperback edition of The Phantom of the Opera has a map of the Paris Opera House with all the important locations marked. Dell published hundreds of books, now known as Mapbacks, with similar maps on the back covers. #PhantomsFriday
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The back of the 1943 Dell paperback edition of The Phantom of the Opera has a map of the Paris Opera House with all the important locations marked. Dell published hundreds of books, now known as Mapbacks, with similar maps on the back covers. #PhantomsFriday
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An Emergency First Aid Booth for "nervous patrons” of James Whale's THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935).
It's on TCM tonight at 6:30pm ET, part of a day of classic Universal Monsters movies. #Halloween #FilmSky #TCMParty
It's on TCM tonight at 6:30pm ET, part of a day of classic Universal Monsters movies. #Halloween #FilmSky #TCMParty
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An Emergency First Aid Booth for "nervous patrons” of James Whale's THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935).
It's on TCM tonight at 6:30pm ET, part of a day of classic Universal Monsters movies. #Halloween #FilmSky #TCMParty
It's on TCM tonight at 6:30pm ET, part of a day of classic Universal Monsters movies. #Halloween #FilmSky #TCMParty