Marco Place
@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. 🏳️🌈
So great in "Ghost World"...
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
So great in "Ghost World"...
I have dreidels out on my desk, but I have to get some gelt tomorrow...
December 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I have dreidels out on my desk, but I have to get some gelt tomorrow...
I've never seen this one. Where does one find it?
December 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I've never seen this one. Where does one find it?
Say "hi" to George.
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Say "hi" to George.
Current Favorite: "The Bishop's Wife". Cary Grant at his dreamiest.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Current Favorite: "The Bishop's Wife". Cary Grant at his dreamiest.
"I like to watch."
December 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"I like to watch."
But you have fans.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
But you have fans.
Ellen Burstyn's Oscar was robbed by Erin Brokovich...
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ellen Burstyn's Oscar was robbed by Erin Brokovich...
"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!"
I suspect she's a treasure...
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I suspect she's a treasure...
Ever see the Tom Waits version of the "Lady on a Train" "Silent Night"? See Deanna! Hear Tommy! Christmas anarchy galore!
youtu.be/LuiPfWXugG8?...
youtu.be/LuiPfWXugG8?...
Tom Waits and Deanna Durbin Mash-up
YouTube video by HollywoodStew
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December 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Ever see the Tom Waits version of the "Lady on a Train" "Silent Night"? See Deanna! Hear Tommy! Christmas anarchy galore!
youtu.be/LuiPfWXugG8?...
youtu.be/LuiPfWXugG8?...
I thought he should have won the Oscar for this in 2010, but Jeff Bridges won. Then the following year Firth won for The King's Speech, but I thought Jeff Bridges should have won for True Grit.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I thought he should have won the Oscar for this in 2010, but Jeff Bridges won. Then the following year Firth won for The King's Speech, but I thought Jeff Bridges should have won for True Grit.
"It is much more disheartening to have to steal than to be stolen from." - Lermontov
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December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"It is much more disheartening to have to steal than to be stolen from." - Lermontov
"Everything is hunky-dunky!"
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Everything is hunky-dunky!"
I'm still angry that Julia Roberts' "Erin Brokovich" "stole" Ellen's Oscar.
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I'm still angry that Julia Roberts' "Erin Brokovich" "stole" Ellen's Oscar.
"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