John M.
@nitrate74.bsky.social
NYC. Love film and film history, especially the silent/studio system eras. Also very into 20th century pop, jazz, rock, swing, big band, old time radio. And the preservation of all these things. Reviews at Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/nitrate74/ 🏳️🌈
1/20 Ava Gardner
a close up of a woman 's face with the name lavinia gardner visible
Alt: Ava Gardner, in a head and shoulders shot from the 1951 movie Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. She's wearing a sheer black top with black piping and tied at the neck with a black ribbon, beneath which her neckline is open, extremely red lipstick, and green teardrop earrings which resemble emeralds. Her slightly less-than-shoulder length dark brown hair is brushed out and back to the sides of her face. Her eyes are light green.
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November 28, 2024 at 1:29 AM
1/20 Ava Gardner
And among so very many other memorable things, the lead (and virtually the whole show) on the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone. An irreplaceable part of TV and film history.
November 27, 2024 at 6:41 AM
And among so very many other memorable things, the lead (and virtually the whole show) on the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone. An irreplaceable part of TV and film history.
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Step 1: Eat the pumpkin pie.
Step 2: Get another pumpkin pie.
Step 3: Eat 2nd pumpkin pie.
Step 4: Repeat if necessary.
Step 2: Get another pumpkin pie.
Step 3: Eat 2nd pumpkin pie.
Step 4: Repeat if necessary.
November 27, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Step 1: Eat the pumpkin pie.
Step 2: Get another pumpkin pie.
Step 3: Eat 2nd pumpkin pie.
Step 4: Repeat if necessary.
Step 2: Get another pumpkin pie.
Step 3: Eat 2nd pumpkin pie.
Step 4: Repeat if necessary.
I share that hope, that somewhere there are mislabeled cans containing, say, Manhattan Cocktail. Stranger things have happened! Keep importuning the nitrate gods!
November 26, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I share that hope, that somewhere there are mislabeled cans containing, say, Manhattan Cocktail. Stranger things have happened! Keep importuning the nitrate gods!
2/2 titles. She's long deserved a book written at a time when her work's been a bit (but still not enough) more widely available, and a proper consideration of her wider life. Looking forward to reading it when it's published!
November 26, 2024 at 6:47 PM
2/2 titles. She's long deserved a book written at a time when her work's been a bit (but still not enough) more widely available, and a proper consideration of her wider life. Looking forward to reading it when it's published!
1/2 I'm delighted to hear about your upcoming book! Back in 2003, I co-curated at MoMA what was at the time the first comprehensive retrospective of Arzner's extant films (built around the then new UCLA archive preservations of Working Girls and several of her other early Paramount....
November 26, 2024 at 6:47 PM
1/2 I'm delighted to hear about your upcoming book! Back in 2003, I co-curated at MoMA what was at the time the first comprehensive retrospective of Arzner's extant films (built around the then new UCLA archive preservations of Working Girls and several of her other early Paramount....
McCay was just incredible, across multiple mediums.
November 22, 2024 at 2:48 AM
McCay was just incredible, across multiple mediums.
No leads for you, unfortunately, but I've subbed and will repost. Love your writing and your posts both here so far and previously at The Former Place. Also, welcome to NYC! All of us who love film and good writing about it are lucky to have you here.
November 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
No leads for you, unfortunately, but I've subbed and will repost. Love your writing and your posts both here so far and previously at The Former Place. Also, welcome to NYC! All of us who love film and good writing about it are lucky to have you here.
Many high school memories of eating there---though at the Century City location in LA, not the Vegas outpost. No other theme restaurant then was anywhere near as memorable, and pretty good food, considering it wasn't really the main point. It pops into my head with disconcerting frequency, too!
November 20, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Many high school memories of eating there---though at the Century City location in LA, not the Vegas outpost. No other theme restaurant then was anywhere near as memorable, and pretty good food, considering it wasn't really the main point. It pops into my head with disconcerting frequency, too!
It's really fun and works in ways you wouldn't necessarily expect of a semi-musical remake of an Edward G. Robinson movie (albeit one of his comedies), let alone one with those two leads. And Margaret Dumont too! Enjoy.
November 19, 2024 at 8:06 PM
It's really fun and works in ways you wouldn't necessarily expect of a semi-musical remake of an Edward G. Robinson movie (albeit one of his comedies), let alone one with those two leads. And Margaret Dumont too! Enjoy.