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J.A.Tallon
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avid reader, cinephile, theater and opera lover, artist wrangler
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Happy Residents Day!
Black and white photo of The Residents posing near a bridge on a foggy day. They are wearing tuxedos and eyeball masks.
February 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Bela Lugosi on stage as Dracula

1927 • Broadway
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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skot.bsky.social
“Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Early bird gets the worm, but the second worm gets to live. Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.”

-Edgar Bergen #BOTD
February 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Kathleen Clifford in "Kick In" - BOTD
February 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Anna May Wong takes the stage in Limehouse Blues (1934).
February 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Jessie Matthews at home for a photo by Otto Dyar, London mid 1930’s.
February 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray for Double Indemnity (1944)
February 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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skot.bsky.social
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow,

than a man swear he loves me.”

#ShakespeareSunday
February 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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February 15, 1939: Tallulah Bankhead opened on Broadway in Lillian Hellman’s “The Little Foxes.”
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Tonight's viewing - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Wiener Staatsoper
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Herbert Lom and Alec Guinness during a break from filming The Ladykillers (1955)
Actors Herbert Lom and Alec Guinness — both in costume, Lom dressed in a dark-coloured shirt, light-coloured tie and black overcoat, Guinness in a white striped shirt, dark tie, light cardigan and dark trousers — captured together while seated on wooden chairs playing cards, Lom facing the camera, Guinness in profile, both looking at their hands, Guinness with a lit cigarette in his mouth, white tea cups and Lom's black hat replete with more cards on a small table between them, in a medium-length black-and-white shot taken during a break from filming on the set of The Ladykillers (1955)
February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Ethel Merman between takes on the set of There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Singer and actress Ethel Merman — in costume, dressed in a dark-coloured strapless gown with beaded corset — captured in profile while turning her face toward the camera and smiling, seated sideways on a director's chair, her arm resting on the fabric backrest inscribed with her name, in a medium-length black-and-white shot taken during a break from filming on the set of There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
February 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Georges Auric (with stills from films he composed the soundtrack for including "À nous la liberté", "La Belle et la Bête", "Orpheus" and "The Wages of Fear")- BOTD
February 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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"They say the camera never lies. It lies every day."

-Cesar Romero #BOTD
February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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BTD - John Barrymore - Twentieth Century - 1934
portrait of a discombobulated John Barrymore, a beautiful, serene Carole Lombard looks on
February 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Claire Bloom in "Limelight" - BOTD
February 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Alec Guinness and Yvonne De Carlo rehearsing one of their scenes during the making of "The Captain's Paradise" (1953).
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Younger brother John - #BOTD - with Ethel and Lionel.
February 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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© Alfred Gescheidt
East 42nd Street at night, New York City. 1960s.
February 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Totò in "The Hawks and the Sparrows" - BOTD
February 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Cesar Romero in "Springtime In The Rockies" (with Betty Grable) - BOTD
February 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
dir: Jean-Pierre Melville
February 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Hungarian Theatrical
Poster for "Mirror" (1975)
by Andrei Tarkovsky
February 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Filming of West Side Story in New York City, by Gjon Mili, 1961.
February 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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Miranda July (with scenes from her film "Kajillionaire") - BOTD
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM