3 greats β Steve McQueen, James Garner and director John Sturges on the set of βThe Great Escapeβ 1963).
π₯πΏβοΈ Criterion|Film Noir
by @saltydogfella.bsky.social
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βIβm generally miserable.β Little heard audio from a 1960 interview with MARILYN MONROE, where she talks about her personal life & career, offering us a glimpse into her complex emotional psyche.
In 1954 MARILYN MONROE travelled to the Korean peninsula for a 4 day whirlwind tour of 10 shows for over 100,000 servicemen.
Some Like It Hot (1959) Directed, produced and written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Joe E. Brown.
This is in fact inspired by that one photo of Neile Adams and Steve McQueen
Marilyn Monroe & (husband) Arthur Miller at their Amagansett home in 1957.
Love this photo of Marilyn visiting the set of βDΓ©sirΓ©eβ to watch Marlon Brando at work. π· by Dennis Stock
Barbara Stanwyck by Eugene Robert Richee, 1939. (Thread)
The Criterion Channelβs October lineup is fuego!! π₯ Demon Seed (1977) Race with the Devil (1975) The Omen (1976) Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky #HorrorSky
Barbara Stanwyck by Ferenc for Baby Face (1933)
βBreakfast At Tiffanyβsβ starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney, Martin Balsam, and Buddy Ebsen was released sixty-five years ago this week (October 1961) π π π #OTDβ¨β¨"πΈπ ππππππ ππππ π’ππ ππ‘πππππ’ ππππ πππππππ ππ πππππ ππππ ππππ ππ ππππ ππππ. πΈ'ππ ππππ π’ππ ππ π."
Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth in a beautiful publicity still for their 1942 picture - βYou Were Never Lovelierβ
Legendary actor and filmaker, Orson Welles died this day in 1985 of a heart attack. He was 70 years old.
Β»I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.Β« Guten Morgen mit Orson Welles 6. Mai 1915 - 10. Oktober 1985 οΏΌ
Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth with their daughter Rebecca, 1940s.
Audrey Hepburn
I know we're only 1/3 through October, but the TCM #SOTM in November is the one-and-only Burt Lancaster! #TCMParty ^JW
Actress Janis Carter takes a bicycle break in this promotional photo for the 1947 film noir Framed, in which she starred with Glenn Ford. #BicycleBirthday Janis Carter October 10 (1913-1994)
Happy #LetterboxdFriday, #filmsky. My #LastFourWatched include a pretty decent Jack Haley comedy and three rewatches including a film where Steve McQueen seems to age a little bit more every time I see it. boxd.it/5gbF
Orson Welles' all-black "Voodoo Macbeth"
Marilyn Monroe, New York, 1954 Β© Sam Shaw
Cary Grant in Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Innovator on the airwaves and on film, Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 β October 10, 1985)
Orson Welles π€β¨ 'The Third Man', Carol Reed, 1949
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Two new releases about glaciers and climate change, a Hammer thriller about a teenage girl trying to prove her stepfather murdered her mom and a British horror omnibus highlighted by a hammy Orson Welles performance as a Tory statesman getting his comeuppance
I've been in full Spooky Season mode, Criterion Channel has really been delivering on some oddball movies. #LetterBoxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky #HorrorSky
#Boxing films being screened at this year's Film Noir Fest courtesy of @filmnoiruk.bsky.social 1. The Killers (1946) starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Film Noir Fest takes place at the Plaza Cinema, Weston Super Mare, Friday 30/10 - Sunday 1/11. Get your tickets here - ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Steve McQueen β 1963 π· by John Dominis
Steve McQueen (with scenes from his film "Shame") - BOTD