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Happy Birthday swords & sandals icon VICTOR MATURE! 🎂 Versatile, imposing & sensitive w/ an air of quiet menace tempered w/ sadness for his best roles, like Doc Holliday in MY DARLIN’ CLEMENTINE. Unforgettable in Cecil B. DeMille's lavish SAMSON & DELILAH youtu.be/Sbx7I0vBAi4?... #MovieSky
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Happy Birthday swords & sandals icon VICTOR MATURE! 🎂 Versatile, imposing & sensitive w/ an air of quiet menace tempered w/ sadness for his best roles, like Doc Holliday in MY DARLIN’ CLEMENTINE. Unforgettable in Cecil B. DeMille's lavish SAMSON & DELILAH youtu.be/Sbx7I0vBAi4?... #MovieSky
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New Movie Review! DAMN YANKEES ⚾️ A Washington Senators fan sells his soul for a pennant, & Ray Walston shows up with the contract. Gwen Verdon is electric as Lola, Tab Hunter slides in as Joe Hardy, & Fosse adds the steps. 👉 youtu.be/s0sE4X13nhs?... #MovieSky
January 28, 2026 at 9:24 PM
New Movie Review! DAMN YANKEES ⚾️ A Washington Senators fan sells his soul for a pennant, & Ray Walston shows up with the contract. Gwen Verdon is electric as Lola, Tab Hunter slides in as Joe Hardy, & Fosse adds the steps. 👉 youtu.be/s0sE4X13nhs?... #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday, iconic bodybuilder STEVE REEVES! 🎂 Winner of countless trophies and star of umteen swords and sandals epics of which, my teenage self, never missed a matinee…sigh… 💪 #MovieSky
January 21, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Happy Birthday, iconic bodybuilder STEVE REEVES! 🎂 Winner of countless trophies and star of umteen swords and sandals epics of which, my teenage self, never missed a matinee…sigh… 💪 #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday HARRY DAVENPORT! 🎂 One of the great character actors in classics like GONE WITH THE WIND, THE HUBCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO, hilarious in THE BACHELOR & THE BOBBY SOXER & so touching in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/b9W9XVzGSYw?... #MovieSky
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Happy Birthday HARRY DAVENPORT! 🎂 One of the great character actors in classics like GONE WITH THE WIND, THE HUBCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO, hilarious in THE BACHELOR & THE BOBBY SOXER & so touching in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/b9W9XVzGSYw?... #MovieSky
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Thanks & love to my dear friends Sharon Witt & Carol Bodeen, who sent me these glorious metal posters of old movie magazine covers from the Golden Age for my birthday this past week. Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Tyrone Power and Loretta Young. Glorious!! 💖🎬 #MovieSky
January 18, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Thanks & love to my dear friends Sharon Witt & Carol Bodeen, who sent me these glorious metal posters of old movie magazine covers from the Golden Age for my birthday this past week. Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Tyrone Power and Loretta Young. Glorious!! 💖🎬 #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday KAY FRANCIS! 🎂 Once Warner Brothers queen of classic weepies, pre-Bette Davis. Stylish, solid actress with a slight lisp. Rumor says she lost her career after battling the studio over inferior scripts. They relegated her to “B” pictures and let her contract run out. #MovieSky
January 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Happy Birthday KAY FRANCIS! 🎂 Once Warner Brothers queen of classic weepies, pre-Bette Davis. Stylish, solid actress with a slight lisp. Rumor says she lost her career after battling the studio over inferior scripts. They relegated her to “B” pictures and let her contract run out. #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday to my darlin’ sister JOANNE “JODI” HOLTON! 🎂 Sister, mother & grandmother extraordinaire. No one makes me laugh harder, and at this stage of the game, that’s a gift beyond measure. ❤️ Luv you, Sweetheart! 🫶
January 11, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Happy Birthday to my darlin’ sister JOANNE “JODI” HOLTON! 🎂 Sister, mother & grandmother extraordinaire. No one makes me laugh harder, and at this stage of the game, that’s a gift beyond measure. ❤️ Luv you, Sweetheart! 🫶
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Happy Birthday, two-time Oscar nominee SAL MINEO! 🎂 Here he is with Alan Ladd hidden in his locker, as the sensitive, closeted, Plato in Nicholas Ray’s REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (‘56). My #MovieReview youtu.be/rLYDixVMwk0?...
January 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Happy Birthday, two-time Oscar nominee SAL MINEO! 🎂 Here he is with Alan Ladd hidden in his locker, as the sensitive, closeted, Plato in Nicholas Ray’s REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (‘56). My #MovieReview youtu.be/rLYDixVMwk0?...
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Happy Birthday RAY BOLGER! 🎂 Former vaudeville song & dance man with runaway legs who will always be The Scarecrow in THE WIZARD OF OZ, a delight in THE HARVEY GIRLS with Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury. 🎬 My #MovieReview youtu.be/VQ4VQybo9rg?... #MovieSky
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Happy Birthday RAY BOLGER! 🎂 Former vaudeville song & dance man with runaway legs who will always be The Scarecrow in THE WIZARD OF OZ, a delight in THE HARVEY GIRLS with Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury. 🎬 My #MovieReview youtu.be/VQ4VQybo9rg?... #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday PAUL HENREID! 🎂 Suave leading man, immortalized as Victor Laszlo in CASABLANCA (1942), is also remembered for lighting two cigarettes at once in NOW, VOYAGER (1942) to comfort Bette Davis. My #MovieReview youtu.be/Cmh4sgxoGl0?... #MovieReview
January 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Happy Birthday PAUL HENREID! 🎂 Suave leading man, immortalized as Victor Laszlo in CASABLANCA (1942), is also remembered for lighting two cigarettes at once in NOW, VOYAGER (1942) to comfort Bette Davis. My #MovieReview youtu.be/Cmh4sgxoGl0?... #MovieReview
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Happy Birthday LORETTA YOUNG! 🎂 After a celebrated film career, she moved to TV & won Emmys. Won an Oscar for warmhearted, delightful, political satire THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER where she shakes up a senator’s household and the Capitol. Timely. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/GHSH2Ni6T1E?... 🎬 #MovieSky
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Happy Birthday LORETTA YOUNG! 🎂 After a celebrated film career, she moved to TV & won Emmys. Won an Oscar for warmhearted, delightful, political satire THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER where she shakes up a senator’s household and the Capitol. Timely. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/GHSH2Ni6T1E?... 🎬 #MovieSky
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Farewell to Mark Milano 💔 LGBTQ activist & brilliant documentarian. His film on Hollywood musical dubbing with Charles Busch is wonderful. During a live show at Dixon Place, Mark left the hospital despite fragile health & was brilliant. Sympathy to his husband Gerry Valero. #RIP
January 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Farewell to Mark Milano 💔 LGBTQ activist & brilliant documentarian. His film on Hollywood musical dubbing with Charles Busch is wonderful. During a live show at Dixon Place, Mark left the hospital despite fragile health & was brilliant. Sympathy to his husband Gerry Valero. #RIP
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Happy Birthday, pint-sized JOSEPHINE HULL! 🎂 Remembered for playing lovable, eccentric, old ladies on stage & screen, like Laura Partridge in SOLID GOLD CADILLAC & Abby Brewster in ARSENIC & OLD LACE. Won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress as Veta in HARVEY 🐰 37 Broadway credits! #MovieSky
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Happy Birthday, pint-sized JOSEPHINE HULL! 🎂 Remembered for playing lovable, eccentric, old ladies on stage & screen, like Laura Partridge in SOLID GOLD CADILLAC & Abby Brewster in ARSENIC & OLD LACE. Won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress as Veta in HARVEY 🐰 37 Broadway credits! #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday, REX O’MALLEY! 🎂 Known for his wry, urbane, & witty performances as the gay best friend & sidekick to leading ladies like Garbo, Colbert, & Mary Astor. Best known for CAMILLE (1936) & my fave MIDNIGHT (1939) 🎬 My MIDNIGHT #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/2oCCFDlWvPE?...
January 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Happy Birthday, REX O’MALLEY! 🎂 Known for his wry, urbane, & witty performances as the gay best friend & sidekick to leading ladies like Garbo, Colbert, & Mary Astor. Best known for CAMILLE (1936) & my fave MIDNIGHT (1939) 🎬 My MIDNIGHT #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/2oCCFDlWvPE?...
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Happy Birthday WILLIAM "BILLY" HAINES! 🎂 Top box office star in 1930, movies include SHOW PEOPLE. Openly gay, he chose to live authentically with his partner Jimmie Shields, defying MGM's ultimatum. Haines became a successful interior designer to the stars. Talent & integrity.
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Happy Birthday WILLIAM "BILLY" HAINES! 🎂 Top box office star in 1930, movies include SHOW PEOPLE. Openly gay, he chose to live authentically with his partner Jimmie Shields, defying MGM's ultimatum. Haines became a successful interior designer to the stars. Talent & integrity.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥂 Love, laughter, peace, and goodwill to everyone. 🎉 It's a great day to watch a movie! 🎬 Here is my #MovieReview Playlist of 12 of the BEST MOVIES for New Year's Day 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis... What's on your list? 🧐 #MovieSky
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥂 Love, laughter, peace, and goodwill to everyone. 🎉 It's a great day to watch a movie! 🎬 Here is my #MovieReview Playlist of 12 of the BEST MOVIES for New Year's Day 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis... What's on your list? 🧐 #MovieSky
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Happy Hollywood New Year! 🥳🪅🥂 My absolute favorite New Year's scene in classic movies is the final fade-out of rivals Bette Davis & Miriam Hopkins toasting in OLD ACQUAINTANCE (‘44). My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/wDpjgm59iW8?... 🎉 Happy 2026, Friends! 🍾 #MovieSky
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy Hollywood New Year! 🥳🪅🥂 My absolute favorite New Year's scene in classic movies is the final fade-out of rivals Bette Davis & Miriam Hopkins toasting in OLD ACQUAINTANCE (‘44). My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/wDpjgm59iW8?... 🎉 Happy 2026, Friends! 🍾 #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday to #Oscar winner JO VAN FLEET! 🎂 Her greatest role was as Ella Garth in Elia Kazan's WILD RIVER. She was known for playing older women, including Paul Newman's mother in COOL HAND LUKE and the evil Kate in EAST OF EDEN 👉 My : youtu.be/wjrwEpLTx5Q?...
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy Birthday to #Oscar winner JO VAN FLEET! 🎂 Her greatest role was as Ella Garth in Elia Kazan's WILD RIVER. She was known for playing older women, including Paul Newman's mother in COOL HAND LUKE and the evil Kate in EAST OF EDEN 👉 My : youtu.be/wjrwEpLTx5Q?...
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For Christmas Eve🎄WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954): Technicolor holiday joy, Irving Berlin tunes, Crosby & Kaye charm, Clooney shines, Vera-Ellen dances, Mary Wickes steals laughs. Cozy and lavish. ❄️ My Review: youtu.be/iM_SLj3bvAo?... #MovieSky
December 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
For Christmas Eve🎄WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954): Technicolor holiday joy, Irving Berlin tunes, Crosby & Kaye charm, Clooney shines, Vera-Ellen dances, Mary Wickes steals laughs. Cozy and lavish. ❄️ My Review: youtu.be/iM_SLj3bvAo?... #MovieSky
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There is no better time of year to cozy up with a cup of cocoa ☕️ and watch a Classic Christmas Movie. 🎄 Here is a playlist of 17 reviews for movies I recommend for the holidays. You'll love them! 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis... Merry Christmas! 🎅 #MovieSky
December 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
There is no better time of year to cozy up with a cup of cocoa ☕️ and watch a Classic Christmas Movie. 🎄 Here is a playlist of 17 reviews for movies I recommend for the holidays. You'll love them! 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis... Merry Christmas! 🎅 #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday MARC POSNOCK! 🎂 Dear friend, confidante, and classic movie lover. So many laughs for so many years. I’m ever grateful. 🎬❤️
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Happy Birthday MARC POSNOCK! 🎂 Dear friend, confidante, and classic movie lover. So many laughs for so many years. I’m ever grateful. 🎬❤️
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Merry Christmas! 🎄 There is a new classic Movie Review on Steve Hayes: Tired Old Queen at the Movies: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (1945). Elia Kazan’s first film, and Peggy Ann Garner's & James Dunn’s Oscar celebrated turns. 🎅 You'll love it! 👉 youtu.be/6SaiKroDY3U ☃️ #MovieSky
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Merry Christmas! 🎄 There is a new classic Movie Review on Steve Hayes: Tired Old Queen at the Movies: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (1945). Elia Kazan’s first film, and Peggy Ann Garner's & James Dunn’s Oscar celebrated turns. 🎅 You'll love it! 👉 youtu.be/6SaiKroDY3U ☃️ #MovieSky
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Happy Birthday to brilliant, urbane actor-composer-writer NOëL COWARD! 🎂 Wrote 27 plays, the best‐known of which were PRIVATE LIVES, BLITHE SPIRIT, & BITTERSWEET. Words & music for 281+ songs. My #MovieReview of his screen adaptation of BRIEF ENCOUNTER 🚂https://youtu.be/maKWJSqd4SQ?t=21 #MovieSky
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Happy Birthday to brilliant, urbane actor-composer-writer NOëL COWARD! 🎂 Wrote 27 plays, the best‐known of which were PRIVATE LIVES, BLITHE SPIRIT, & BITTERSWEET. Words & music for 281+ songs. My #MovieReview of his screen adaptation of BRIEF ENCOUNTER 🚂https://youtu.be/maKWJSqd4SQ?t=21 #MovieSky
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Farewell brilliant ROB REINER 💔 Emmy-winning "Meathead" on ALL IN THE FAMILY & legendary director of hits like THIS IS SPINAL TAP, STAND BY ME, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY..., MISERY, & A FEW GOOD MEN. His works blend comedy, heart, & gravitas, leaving a rich legacy. #RIP
December 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Farewell brilliant ROB REINER 💔 Emmy-winning "Meathead" on ALL IN THE FAMILY & legendary director of hits like THIS IS SPINAL TAP, STAND BY ME, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY..., MISERY, & A FEW GOOD MEN. His works blend comedy, heart, & gravitas, leaving a rich legacy. #RIP
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Happy Birthday LEE REMICK! 🎂 Both beautiful and stunningly talented. #Oscar nominated for DAYS OF WINE & ROSES. A hit on #Broadway in WAIT UNTIL DARK. I love her dishy Southern Belle in Martin Ritt's 🌞 LONG HOT SUMMER (1958) My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/OdBgEN2xuZc?... #MovieSky
December 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Happy Birthday LEE REMICK! 🎂 Both beautiful and stunningly talented. #Oscar nominated for DAYS OF WINE & ROSES. A hit on #Broadway in WAIT UNTIL DARK. I love her dishy Southern Belle in Martin Ritt's 🌞 LONG HOT SUMMER (1958) My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/OdBgEN2xuZc?... #MovieSky