Lydia Hamessley
@lydiahamessley.bsky.social
Musicologist. Author — Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton (U of Ill Press) and Dolly Parton’s Jolene (Oxford Univ. Press). Professor of Music, Hamilton College. Cyclist, banjo player, old movies, antique quilts. 🪕🐈🎶🚵🏼♀️🚴🏼 #TCMParty
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Was Debbie Reynolds pregnant during the filming of this? I think I heard that somewhere, but I might be wrong. I really love that they shot this sequence with very few cuts. #Singin’InTheRain #TCMParty
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Was Debbie Reynolds pregnant during the filming of this? I think I heard that somewhere, but I might be wrong. I really love that they shot this sequence with very few cuts. #Singin’InTheRain #TCMParty
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Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
I sure do like this faux Baroque (neo-Baroque?) score by Alex North. It’s particularly effective and devastating at the end of the film. #Who’sAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf #TCMParty
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I sure do like this faux Baroque (neo-Baroque?) score by Alex North. It’s particularly effective and devastating at the end of the film. #Who’sAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf #TCMParty
In honor of tonight’s star. #KatharineHepburn #StageDoor #TCMParty #WarnerBrothers #LooneyTunes
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Looney Tunes | Katharine Hepburn Compilation
YouTube video by RandomVidsDude87
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November 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
In honor of tonight’s star. #KatharineHepburn #StageDoor #TCMParty #WarnerBrothers #LooneyTunes
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#InColdBlood is a terrific film. But I may not have it in me to watch tonight. I may pop in the DVD of #TheGhostAndMisterChicken instead. But I’ll stay through the impossibly sweet music that accompanies our introduction to the Clutter family. It’s so over-the-top but it’s perfect. #TCMParty.
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
#InColdBlood is a terrific film. But I may not have it in me to watch tonight. I may pop in the DVD of #TheGhostAndMisterChicken instead. But I’ll stay through the impossibly sweet music that accompanies our introduction to the Clutter family. It’s so over-the-top but it’s perfect. #TCMParty.
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Laughed out loud hard at this one!
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Laughed out loud hard at this one!
Wasn’t it Harper Lee who paved the way for Capote to be able to talk to the Kansas folks? She was with him during his trip to Kansas. #ToKillAMockingbird #InColdBlood #TCMParty
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Wasn’t it Harper Lee who paved the way for Capote to be able to talk to the Kansas folks? She was with him during his trip to Kansas. #ToKillAMockingbird #InColdBlood #TCMParty
Joan and Missy snuggling. Love it. Very cozy! #TCMParty #NightNurse
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Joan and Missy snuggling. Love it. Very cozy! #TCMParty #NightNurse
Anyone else hearing Lucy Ricardo singing this song, “Auf Wiedersehen”? Such a funny scene. #TCMParty #JewelRobbery
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Anyone else hearing Lucy Ricardo singing this song, “Auf Wiedersehen”? Such a funny scene. #TCMParty #JewelRobbery
Norma Jean Beasler was the first “girl singer” on #ThePorterWagnerShow. When she left to get married, Porter Wagner hired #DollyParton. At first, his audiences didn’t like Dolly since they missed Norma Jean. But they soon changed their minds! Of course! 🦋👗👠💎#MarilynMonroe #TCMParty
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Norma Jean Beasler was the first “girl singer” on #ThePorterWagnerShow. When she left to get married, Porter Wagner hired #DollyParton. At first, his audiences didn’t like Dolly since they missed Norma Jean. But they soon changed their minds! Of course! 🦋👗👠💎#MarilynMonroe #TCMParty
His attitude about women trying to get their claws into men to marry them reminds me of this sweet little funny song, “Single Saddle,” by #TheDillards from their fabulous album, Wheatstraw Suite. #TCMParty
#Employees’Entrance
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#Employees’Entrance
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Single Saddle
YouTube video by The Dillards - Topic
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October 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
His attitude about women trying to get their claws into men to marry them reminds me of this sweet little funny song, “Single Saddle,” by #TheDillards from their fabulous album, Wheatstraw Suite. #TCMParty
#Employees’Entrance
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#Employees’Entrance
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Happy Tuesday everyone! 😂
October 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Happy Tuesday everyone! 😂
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
October 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Ru roh I’m gonna be spending a lot of time exploring these! 🎥📚 #TCMParty #LibraryOfCongress
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online
The Library of Congress’s Historical Media Publications Collection is now a an online, searchable resource for film fans and historians.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ru roh I’m gonna be spending a lot of time exploring these! 🎥📚 #TCMParty #LibraryOfCongress
That uncle/niece vibe is creepy. Especially when he puts a ring on her finger. #TCMParty #Hitchcock #ShadowOfADoubt
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
That uncle/niece vibe is creepy. Especially when he puts a ring on her finger. #TCMParty #Hitchcock #ShadowOfADoubt
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“I’m trying to keep my mind free of things that don’t matter.” Same!!
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#Hitchcock #ShadowOfDoubt #TCMParty
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#Hitchcock #ShadowOfDoubt #TCMParty
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“I’m trying to keep my mind free of things that don’t matter.” Same!!
😂😂😂😂😂
#Hitchcock #ShadowOfDoubt #TCMParty
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#Hitchcock #ShadowOfDoubt #TCMParty
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It also inspired Paul McCartney on the arrangement of "Eleanor Rigby." He told producer George Martin he wanted insistent, unsentimental strings, like in Psycho.
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It also inspired Paul McCartney on the arrangement of "Eleanor Rigby." He told producer George Martin he wanted insistent, unsentimental strings, like in Psycho.
I always show this wonderful clip from #HighAnxiety at the end of the class when I teach #Psycho in my music and film course. It helps lighten the mood for the students on their way out.
#TCMParty
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#TCMParty
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High Anxiety | Gags 3 | Shower scene | Mel Brooks | Barry Levinson
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October 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I always show this wonderful clip from #HighAnxiety at the end of the class when I teach #Psycho in my music and film course. It helps lighten the mood for the students on their way out.
#TCMParty
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#TCMParty
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October 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM