💛Really Sam Raleigh💛
@reallysamraleigh.bsky.social
I'm really Sam Raleigh (All Pronouns🌈)
Neurotic, arthritic hermit studying the strange, spooky, & silly.
Art, Anxiety, Antiquities, Oddities, & Old Media
ft. Videogaming, Svengoolie, & Broadway Babbling
Rodents? Good!👍🐀👍
Neurotic, arthritic hermit studying the strange, spooky, & silly.
Art, Anxiety, Antiquities, Oddities, & Old Media
ft. Videogaming, Svengoolie, & Broadway Babbling
Rodents? Good!👍🐀👍
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It's absolutely okay if you want to keep your own old-media appreciation accounts free of politics,
Please, just don't follow me assuming I'm the same way.
This is my personal account, after all. I'm too queer & chronically ill to ignore rampant fascism.
Please, just don't follow me assuming I'm the same way.
This is my personal account, after all. I'm too queer & chronically ill to ignore rampant fascism.
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Nightmare Alley (1947) Directed by Edmund Goulding stars Tyrone Power, with Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker in supporting roles. Based on William Lindsay Gresham's 1946 novel of the same name. #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nightmare Alley (1947) Directed by Edmund Goulding stars Tyrone Power, with Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker in supporting roles. Based on William Lindsay Gresham's 1946 novel of the same name. #Noirvember #FilmNoir
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November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Paulette Goddard by George Hurrell, 1936. (Thread)
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Paulette Goddard by George Hurrell, 1936. (Thread)
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November 23, 1963: Debut of "Doctor Who" the long-running British sci-fi series.
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
November 23, 1963: Debut of "Doctor Who" the long-running British sci-fi series.
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"They're all gonna laugh at you."
Margaret White (Piper Laurie) tries to convince her daughter Carrie (Sissy Spacek) to skip the prom in Carrie (1976)
Margaret White (Piper Laurie) tries to convince her daughter Carrie (Sissy Spacek) to skip the prom in Carrie (1976)
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"They're all gonna laugh at you."
Margaret White (Piper Laurie) tries to convince her daughter Carrie (Sissy Spacek) to skip the prom in Carrie (1976)
Margaret White (Piper Laurie) tries to convince her daughter Carrie (Sissy Spacek) to skip the prom in Carrie (1976)
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Palace of Electricity sculpture. L'Exposition Universelle de 1900.
Lots more at the link archive.org/details/expo...
Lots more at the link archive.org/details/expo...
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Palace of Electricity sculpture. L'Exposition Universelle de 1900.
Lots more at the link archive.org/details/expo...
Lots more at the link archive.org/details/expo...
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You could rent airships in 1910.
We used to be a proper country.
We used to be a proper country.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
You could rent airships in 1910.
We used to be a proper country.
We used to be a proper country.
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Edie Sedgwick at The Factory, 1965, photographed by Bob Adelman.
#EdieSedgwick #AndyWarhol #Photography
#EdieSedgwick #AndyWarhol #Photography
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Edie Sedgwick at The Factory, 1965, photographed by Bob Adelman.
#EdieSedgwick #AndyWarhol #Photography
#EdieSedgwick #AndyWarhol #Photography
Answering the door for some plumbers while also wearing a jumpsuit, to put them at ease & make them feel welcome
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Answering the door for some plumbers while also wearing a jumpsuit, to put them at ease & make them feel welcome
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A few of the many great photos by Heinrich Hamann of Hamburg’s St. Pauli gymnastics society (Turnverein), circa 1900.
More than a set of techniques to improve individual fitness, “Turnverein” gymnastics were meant to train a new form of body politic: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h...
More than a set of techniques to improve individual fitness, “Turnverein” gymnastics were meant to train a new form of body politic: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h...
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A few of the many great photos by Heinrich Hamann of Hamburg’s St. Pauli gymnastics society (Turnverein), circa 1900.
More than a set of techniques to improve individual fitness, “Turnverein” gymnastics were meant to train a new form of body politic: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h...
More than a set of techniques to improve individual fitness, “Turnverein” gymnastics were meant to train a new form of body politic: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h...
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Blessed Creature
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Blessed Creature
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November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Godzilla c/o UK children's book "The World of the Unknown: Monsters" (Usborne, 1977). #Godzilla #Kaiju #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Godzilla c/o UK children's book "The World of the Unknown: Monsters" (Usborne, 1977). #Godzilla #Kaiju #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction
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“Hoggle, it’s time for your close up!” 😂
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“Hoggle, it’s time for your close up!” 😂
I'm tired, but the bob is bobbing
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I'm tired, but the bob is bobbing
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☕️ Good morning. I hope everyone has a great week.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
☕️ Good morning. I hope everyone has a great week.
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Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale in GREY GARDENS (1975)
She was BOTD in 1917
She was BOTD in 1917
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale in GREY GARDENS (1975)
She was BOTD in 1917
She was BOTD in 1917
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Danish dancer Nini Theilade as “Fairie” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935). (Thread)
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Danish dancer Nini Theilade as “Fairie” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935). (Thread)
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The Producers (1967) Written and directed by Mel Brooks starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Producers (1967) Written and directed by Mel Brooks starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.
I've been listening to so much They Might Be Giants again.
They always sneak into my top played bands on Spotify somehow
They always sneak into my top played bands on Spotify somehow
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I've been listening to so much They Might Be Giants again.
They always sneak into my top played bands on Spotify somehow
They always sneak into my top played bands on Spotify somehow
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Alfred Hitchcock floating in the River Thames by John Jay (1964)
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock floating in the River Thames by John Jay (1964)