Sister Celluloid
@sistercelluloid.bsky.social
Writer, editor and founder of the classic film website sistercelluloid.com. In love with old movies and those who made them. Do you share this love affair?
Happy Heavenly Birthday Gene Tierney! And if the gift she wants is for you to go away to boarding school, really just fecking do it.
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Happy Heavenly Birthday Gene Tierney! And if the gift she wants is for you to go away to boarding school, really just fecking do it.
Oh goody my dates are here. (William Powell, Gary Cooper and Clark Gable on the MGM lot, killin' it while just sitting around.)
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Oh goody my dates are here. (William Powell, Gary Cooper and Clark Gable on the MGM lot, killin' it while just sitting around.)
The Lioness in Autumn. #IngridBergman
October 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Lioness in Autumn. #IngridBergman
Detroit-born hubs and me at tonight's Yankees-Tigers game.
September 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Detroit-born hubs and me at tonight's Yankees-Tigers game.
Five-day workweeks, paid sick leave, holidays and vacation, workplace safety regulations, child-labor bans, worker's comp, etc.? Thank a...
September 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Five-day workweeks, paid sick leave, holidays and vacation, workplace safety regulations, child-labor bans, worker's comp, etc.? Thank a...
Always. Listen. To. The. Cat. Lady.
August 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Always. Listen. To. The. Cat. Lady.
Fay Wray and Amelia Earhart at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
August 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fay Wray and Amelia Earhart at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Rarely did George Brent get to play as bold a character as he was in real life; years before coming to Hollywood he proudly fought in the war for Irish independence.
August 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rarely did George Brent get to play as bold a character as he was in real life; years before coming to Hollywood he proudly fought in the war for Irish independence.
Gorgeous portrait of Clark Gable by Laszlo Willinger for IDIOT'S DELIGHT, 1939.
August 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Gorgeous portrait of Clark Gable by Laszlo Willinger for IDIOT'S DELIGHT, 1939.
Marlene Dietrich thwacking a papparazzo with her pocketbook, 1975.
August 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Marlene Dietrich thwacking a papparazzo with her pocketbook, 1975.
Spoiler alert!
August 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Spoiler alert!
What becomes a legend most? Faux fur! Doris Day, Amanda Blake, Jayne Meadows, Angie Dickinson and Mary Tyler Moore strutting their cruelty-free style in an ad for the Fund for Animals, 1974.
August 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What becomes a legend most? Faux fur! Doris Day, Amanda Blake, Jayne Meadows, Angie Dickinson and Mary Tyler Moore strutting their cruelty-free style in an ad for the Fund for Animals, 1974.
Happy Birthday Robert Redford! Here with his kitty.
August 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy Birthday Robert Redford! Here with his kitty.
The great Shirley Chisholm once said, "If they don't offer you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." Lots of European leaders are bringing folding chairs to the White House today to support Zelensky in his meeting with Putin's puppet.
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The great Shirley Chisholm once said, "If they don't offer you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." Lots of European leaders are bringing folding chairs to the White House today to support Zelensky in his meeting with Putin's puppet.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to one of my TV husbands and the best Columbo villain ever, Robert Culp, here killing it (so to speak) in a canary yellow jacket. God I love this man.
August 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Happy Heavenly Birthday to one of my TV husbands and the best Columbo villain ever, Robert Culp, here killing it (so to speak) in a canary yellow jacket. God I love this man.
If you're looking for me I'll be here. (Ava and Deborah between scenes of Night of the Iguana)
August 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you're looking for me I'll be here. (Ava and Deborah between scenes of Night of the Iguana)
Apparently his <checks notes> sixth lavish trip on the taxpayer dime is not going well.
August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Apparently his <checks notes> sixth lavish trip on the taxpayer dime is not going well.
Find a friend who looks at you the way these two look at each other. #NorthByNorthwest
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Find a friend who looks at you the way these two look at each other. #NorthByNorthwest
Greta Garbo's passport photo, 1940.
August 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Greta Garbo's passport photo, 1940.
Happy Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday! Why not celebrate at a cozy inn or amusement park?
August 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Happy Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday! Why not celebrate at a cozy inn or amusement park?
Jane Greer and Rudy Vallee on their wedding day, December 1943. One of my favorite WTF couples, they divorced seven months later.
August 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Jane Greer and Rudy Vallee on their wedding day, December 1943. One of my favorite WTF couples, they divorced seven months later.
"Who the hell is buying up all the cans of Campbell's tomat-- oh." Happy Heavenly Birthday Andy Warhol!
August 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"Who the hell is buying up all the cans of Campbell's tomat-- oh." Happy Heavenly Birthday Andy Warhol!
Happy Birthday Billy Bob Thornton!
August 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Happy Birthday Billy Bob Thornton!
Today in 1954 REAR WINDOW premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in NYC. All proceeds from the evening were donated to the Korean-American Foundation, established after the Korean War.
August 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today in 1954 REAR WINDOW premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in NYC. All proceeds from the evening were donated to the Korean-American Foundation, established after the Korean War.
Bartender kitty, 1899, UK National Archives.
July 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bartender kitty, 1899, UK National Archives.