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@marco-place.bsky.social
Bi-coastal traveling culture vulture: 20th century movie maven, opera queen, ballet buff, art appreciator and book reader [prose]. Exploring the world and loving animals. 🏳️🌈
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"There's only one guy in the world that can do a nurse any good and that's a patient with dough!"
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"There's only one guy in the world that can do a nurse any good and that's a patient with dough!"
@voguetheatersf.bsky.social has revived the 3D version of "Kiss Me Kate" and it's a stellar stereoscopic sensation. Tommy Rall's tour jetés over the audience, Ann Miller tossing her gloves into the crowd during her striptease, Bob Fosse and Carol Haney showing us what's to come.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#FilmSky #MovieSky
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
@voguetheatersf.bsky.social has revived the 3D version of "Kiss Me Kate" and it's a stellar stereoscopic sensation. Tommy Rall's tour jetés over the audience, Ann Miller tossing her gloves into the crowd during her striptease, Bob Fosse and Carol Haney showing us what's to come.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#FilmSky #MovieSky
December 10, 2025
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
December 10, 2025
"Everything is hunky-dunky!"
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Everything is hunky-dunky!"
Here is Berthe Morisot, sitting on the balcony in Édouard Manet's painting "Le Balcon" as seen at San Francisco's Legion of Honor. Though it was interesting to learn about their relationship and their mutual influence, the show lacked some crucial works.
#ArtSky #LegionofHonor #Morisot #Manet
#ArtSky #LegionofHonor #Morisot #Manet
December 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here is Berthe Morisot, sitting on the balcony in Édouard Manet's painting "Le Balcon" as seen at San Francisco's Legion of Honor. Though it was interesting to learn about their relationship and their mutual influence, the show lacked some crucial works.
#ArtSky #LegionofHonor #Morisot #Manet
#ArtSky #LegionofHonor #Morisot #Manet
"It's a brassiere! You know about those things, you're a big boy now. Revolutionary up-lift: No shoulder straps, no back straps, but it does everything a brassiere should do. Works on the principle of the cantilevered bridge." - Midge
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"It's a brassiere! You know about those things, you're a big boy now. Revolutionary up-lift: No shoulder straps, no back straps, but it does everything a brassiere should do. Works on the principle of the cantilevered bridge." - Midge
Celebrated Deanna Durbin's Birthday and finally checked another Alfred Hitchcock off the List.
Happy #LetterboxdFriday 🎉
#LastFourWatched 👀 #FilmSky #MovieSky
Happy #LetterboxdFriday 🎉
#LastFourWatched 👀 #FilmSky #MovieSky
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Celebrated Deanna Durbin's Birthday and finally checked another Alfred Hitchcock off the List.
Happy #LetterboxdFriday 🎉
#LastFourWatched 👀 #FilmSky #MovieSky
Happy #LetterboxdFriday 🎉
#LastFourWatched 👀 #FilmSky #MovieSky
I prefer the original, but I loved watching Hank Azaria in this.
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I prefer the original, but I loved watching Hank Azaria in this.
I just remember loving her "Excelsior" monologue...
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just remember loving her "Excelsior" monologue...
Born in Canada and raised in California, Edna Mae Durbin was recommended to MGM studios at 14 and was put in a musical short with youngster Judy Garland. Universal signed her and her first movie - Three Smart Girls - saved the studio from bankruptcy.
#botd #DeannaDurbin #FilmSky #MovieSky
#botd #DeannaDurbin #FilmSky #MovieSky
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Born in Canada and raised in California, Edna Mae Durbin was recommended to MGM studios at 14 and was put in a musical short with youngster Judy Garland. Universal signed her and her first movie - Three Smart Girls - saved the studio from bankruptcy.
#botd #DeannaDurbin #FilmSky #MovieSky
#botd #DeannaDurbin #FilmSky #MovieSky
Put 'em in a Box
Tie 'em with a Ribbon
And Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea!
Tie 'em with a Ribbon
And Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea!
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Put 'em in a Box
Tie 'em with a Ribbon
And Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea!
Tie 'em with a Ribbon
And Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea!
Lest We Forget: December 2 is the birthday of Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos, aka: Maria Callas; aka "La Divina". Raised in Queens by her Greek immigrant family, she moved to Athens at age 13 to study music, one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century.
#botd #OperaSky #MariaCallas
#botd #OperaSky #MariaCallas
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Lest We Forget: December 2 is the birthday of Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos, aka: Maria Callas; aka "La Divina". Raised in Queens by her Greek immigrant family, she moved to Athens at age 13 to study music, one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century.
#botd #OperaSky #MariaCallas
#botd #OperaSky #MariaCallas
Here's Hitch with his leads in "Young and Innocent" (1937). After decades of search, I was finally able to watch this and see Alfred Hitchcock solidifying his style. I'm down to only a few of his films that still elude me. "Strauss' Great Waltz" anyone?
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Hitchcock #Young&Innocent
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Hitchcock #Young&Innocent
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Here's Hitch with his leads in "Young and Innocent" (1937). After decades of search, I was finally able to watch this and see Alfred Hitchcock solidifying his style. I'm down to only a few of his films that still elude me. "Strauss' Great Waltz" anyone?
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Hitchcock #Young&Innocent
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Hitchcock #Young&Innocent
"Remember the Night" gets me every time. Viva Sterling Holloway!
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"Remember the Night" gets me every time. Viva Sterling Holloway!
The Bette Davis movie that no one talks about. What'd you think about it?
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The Bette Davis movie that no one talks about. What'd you think about it?
SF's Silent Film Festival and life kept me from seeing many contemporary movies in November. Finally watched Godard's delightful "Bande à Part", yet most of my favorites of the month were revisits. Top Five Below, with honorable mention for Colbert's "Cleopatra" and "The Sting".
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#FilmSky #MovieSky
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"It's like being in love with a buzz saw."
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"It's like being in love with a buzz saw."
Kaleidoscopic movie director William Berkeley Enos was nicknamed after the Broadway star, Amy Busby. Samuel Goldwyn brought him to Hollywood to direct Eddie Cantor musicals, but it was at Warner Bros where he found his footing. Had a cameo in 1970s The Phynx.
#botd #BusbyBerkeley #FilmSky #MovieSky
#botd #BusbyBerkeley #FilmSky #MovieSky
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Kaleidoscopic movie director William Berkeley Enos was nicknamed after the Broadway star, Amy Busby. Samuel Goldwyn brought him to Hollywood to direct Eddie Cantor musicals, but it was at Warner Bros where he found his footing. Had a cameo in 1970s The Phynx.
#botd #BusbyBerkeley #FilmSky #MovieSky
#botd #BusbyBerkeley #FilmSky #MovieSky