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Camille
@squattersdaughter.bsky.social
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Independent film historian, writer and blogger at http://brooksieatthemovies.weebly.com. Vintage fashion enthusiast. Frequent dweller in past decades. Spent twelve years in the Pacific Northwest, now back in Australia. I also crochet!
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New on the blog: a tribute to author Richard Lamparski of the 'Whatever Became Of ...' series of books, who has left us at the age of 93. With thanks to @louisebrookssoc.bsky.social for alerting me to his passing. #filmsky #classicfilm brooksieatthemovies.weebly.com/film-reviews...
Richard Lamparski (1932-2025)
Sources on social media have reported that Richard Lamparski, author of the "Whatever Became Of ..." series of books, has passed away at the age of 93. Occasionally bitchy - sometimes hilariously so.....
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November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Deco of the Week #45: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Babinda Apartments (1938), Randwick. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Babinda Apartments, Randwick (1938) - 3/4 view. Babinda Apartments, Randwick (1938) - Corner showing decorative brickwork and balconies. Babinda Apartments, Randwick (1938) - 3/4 view from opposite side of Belmore Rd. Babinda Apartments, Randwick (1938) - view of Belmore St frontage showing decorative brickwork and balconies.
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Following along with the ABC's 'live' 50th anniversary coverage of the Dismissal, I'm reminded that Australia's system of democracy ensured that a looming government shutdown caused a constitutional crisis. That's a good thing, even if the Dismissal itself wasn't. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Live: Follow how the Whitlam Dismissal unfolded in real time, 50 years on
Fifty years ago today, prime minister Gough Whitlam was dismissed by governor-general Sir John Kerr. To mark the anniversary, we're putting you right there as it happened, covering the key moments of ...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Deco of the Week #44: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: How could it not be the magnificent Hayden Orpheum (1935), Cremorne? #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne (1935) - Main auditorium (known as The Orpheum) auditorium showing illuminated exit sign. Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne (1935) - Main auditorium (known as The Orpheum) auditorium showing statuary at stage left. Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne (1935) - Upstairs area known as the Piano Bar. Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne (1935) - Entrance to main auditorium (known as The Orpheum).
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Such a treat today to see the 100th anniversary screening of 'The Phantom of the Opera' at the stunning Hayden Orpheum, with a stellar live theatre organ accompaniment! #silentfilm #filmsky
Facade of the art deco Hayden Orpheum cinema at Cremorne, Sydney. Theatre marquee at Hayden Orpheum theatre. Proscenium at Hayden Orpheum theatre. Art Deco foyer of Hayden Orpheum theatre, Cremorne.
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Deco of the Week #43: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Gower Galtees Apartments (1938-1940), Randwick. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Gower Galtees Apartments, Randwick (1938-1940) as seen from entranceway. Decorative brick gates outside Gower Galtees Apartments, Randwick (1938-1940). Gower Galtees Apartments, Randwick (1938-1940) showing curved brickwork and windows. Gower Galtees Apartments, Randwick (1938-1940) 3/4 view as seen from entranceway.
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Well folks, if you didn't need enough to ahem, mildly dislike the current POTUS, he has just t-boned the historic White House Theatre (1942). Please feel free to boycott any and all companies (allegedly) paying for his gilded all-you-can-eat-shrimp casino ballroom. reel360.com/article/hist...
Historic White House Family Theater demolished
FILM: The landmark White House Family Theater, tucked inside the East Wing of the White House, has now been reduced to rubble.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Deco of the Week #42: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: 65 York St, Sydney (built 1929, extended 1936). Formerly known as Asbestos House (!) #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
65 York St Sydney, decorative entrance facing York St. 65 York St Sydney, corner of York St and Barrack St as seen from opposite corner. 65 York St Sydney, close up of decorative metal grilles and stonework on corner of York St and Barrack St. 65 York St Sydney, side view as seen from Barrack St.
October 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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I have finally finished my review of this year's Pordenone Silent Film Festival (online)! Italia Almirante Manzini and 'L'Ombra' (1923) were the big discoveries of the festival. #filmsky #silentfilm #classicfilm
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The fifth online edition of the  Pordenone Silent Film Festival  ( Le Giornate del Cinema Muto)  has just concluded, and given the coughs and colds that were a talking point of the in-person...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Deco of the Week #41: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Marlborough Hotel (built 1860, renovated circa 1940), Newtown. Not the 'Arlborough'! #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Marlborough Hotel, Newtown, with signage and decorative brickwork, as seen from corner of King St and Missenden Rd. Marlborough Hotel, Newtown. Close up of decorative Art Deco metal grilles on Missenden Rd side. Marlborough Hotel, Newtown. View from Missenden Rd. Marlborough Hotel, Newtown. Original lettering (damaged, missing the letter M from 'Marlborough') as seen from Missenden Rd.
October 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Everyone's talking about Annie Hall and rightly so, but Radio Days might be my favourite comfort movie. Vale Diane Keaton.
RADIO DAYS (1987) Clip - Diane Keaton
YouTube video by Dreams Are What Le Cinema Is For
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October 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Deco of the Week #40: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Hazelhurst (1945), Gymea. A former private residence turned arts centre and gallery. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Hazelhurst (1945), Gymea. View of north-facing frontage and original doorway. Hazelhurst (1945), Gymea. View of eastern frontage and side doorway. Hazelhurst (1945), Gymea. View of original northward-facing front doors. Hazelhurst (1945), Gymea. View of east frontage showing decorative stonework and eaves.
October 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Deco of the Week #39: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Former Commonwealth Bank (1940), Sutherland. Closed 2022, soon to be gutted for a gym. 😐 #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Former Commonwealth Bank (1940), Sutherland. View of entrance. Former Commonwealth Bank (1940), Sutherland. View of entrance, highlighting original glass brick detailing on right. Former Commonwealth Bank (1940), Sutherland. Full view of building facade, taken from across Old Princes Highway. Former Commonwealth Bank (1940), Sutherland. 3/4 view from across Old Princes Highway.
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Seen on a local building yesterday. After a century and more, silent film still lives. #silentmovieday #silentfilm #classicfilm #filmsky
Street art portraying the robot Maria from 'Metropolis' (1927).
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Now that you've spent all of yesterday watching silent films, it's time to subscribe to the Louise Brooks Society Substack! 👏🎥👏
Louise Brooks Society Substack | Substack
Musings on the life & times of the legendary Louise Brooks, the silent film star who sported an iconic bob and played Lulu in "Pandora's Box" (1929). Click to read Louise Brooks Society Substack, a Su...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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This year, I dropped the ball on producing a new article for #silentmovieday, so instead I'll point you to last year's contribution, about Rudolph Valentino's friendship with the Australian actor Arthur Shirley.
Rudolph Valentino and Arthur Shirley, 'The Big Australian'
Success, as the saying goes, has many fathers. Among those credited with ‘discovering’ Rudolph Valentino are actor Norman Kerry, scenarist June Mathis, actress Clara Kimball Young and producer...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Today is #silentmovieday, celebrating the wonderful art form that I've been enjoying for over two decades! I don't have a blog entry this year, but I'm watching 'Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)' www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi.... #classicfilm #silentfilm #clarabow
National Film Preservation Foundation: Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)
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September 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Deco of the Week #38: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Grand Hotel (built 1893, renovated 1941), Rockdale. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Grand Hotel, Rockdale (1941) - rear view as seen from opposite side of Princes Highway. Grand Hotel, Rockdale (1941) - close up of decorative terracotta detail. Grand Hotel, Rockdale (1941) - view from across the Princes Highway. Grand Hotel, Rockdale (1941) - close up of corner detail and entrance.
September 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Any day when the mail arrives and there's a magazine with your cover story in it is a good day! The story is 'The Creation of Jocelyn Howarth', and the cover girls are Jocelyn (aka Joy, aka Constance Worth) with aviatrix Nancy Bird, circa 1933. #filmsky #classicfilm #australianfilm
Cover of History, magazine of the Royal Australian Historical Society of NSW, September 2025 with photo of actress Jocelyn Howarth and aviatrix Nancy Bird, circa 1933.
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Also #IStandWithJohnLyons. And of course, #IStandWithTheABC. Australia is lucky to have a robust public broadcasting system that has always scorned political interference, whether from its own government of some little orange man from overseas.
September 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Well, I never thought #istandwithjimmykimmel would be a hashtag, but here we are.
September 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Deco of the Week #37: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Rockdale Town Hall (1940), Rockdale. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Rockdale Town Hall (1940) - Detail of clock tower. Rockdale Town Hall (1940) - Detail of original doorway with chrome fittings, and pressed metal ceiling. Rockdale Town Hall (1940) - Side elevation as seen from corner of Bryant St and Princes Highway. Rockdale Town Hall (1940) - view of side and clock tower as seen from Bryant St.
September 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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One to watch out for. #filmsky #silentfilm #filmhistory
Berenice Bejo Playing World’s First Female Director In HBO Max-France Télévisions Series
Berenice Bejo is playing Alice Guy Blaché in a HBO Max and France Television TV series about the female director.
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September 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Deco of the Week #36: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: A faded beauty ready for renewal, the Sandringham Hotel (1936) Newtown. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Facade of the Sandringham Hotel (1936) Newtown. Entranceway to the Sandringham Hotel (1936) Newtown.
September 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Deco of the Week #35: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Botany View Hotel (built 1868, renovated 1938), Newtown. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Botany View Hotel, Newtown - corner view. Botany View Hotel, Newtown - Side view facing King St. Botany View Hotel, Newtown - Corner view from across King St.
September 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM