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lokkeheiss.bsky.social

Writer, physician, film historian, Dracula Scholar. I love silent films, pre-Codes & Film Noir. Other areas of interest include Victorian Lit, in particular the writings of Emily Gerard, author of Land Beyond the Forest. My website is lokkeheiss.com

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#silentfilm #filmsky #classicfilm Today is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day Luke the Dog (Roscoe Arbuckle, dad)

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A new micro-cinema is coming to New York w/ seats and artifacts salvaged from shuttered movie theaters. It's set to open in Ridgewood, Queens in the coming weeks and will "specialize in 16mm prints of old films that showed at libraries and prisons." www.brooklynvegan.com/john-wilson-... #FilmSky

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100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists. 1362 Days to go...

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Ida Lupino, Howard Duff and beauty columnist Lydia Lane in 1956. Alas, I do not know the occasion.

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We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself. - Prof. Brian Cox

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Clara Bow in CALL HER SAVAGE (1932)

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Measles vaccination is considered settled science, it had been eradicated. In RFK Jr's 3 months, measles should have been contained, instead it's spreading. This isn't incompetence, it's reckless disregard for public health. www.reuters.com/business/hea... #discover #Medsky #scisky #publichealth

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#FearOfMonday #filmnoir #filmsky #RichardBasehart #HeWalkedByNight It’s Fear of Monday Sunday #Lunaediesophobia

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Opera star Nino Martini sings to Ida Lupino in “The Gay Desperado” (1936). Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.

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American Brexit populated by toxic brew of Russian agents & their fellow travelers & then you have the Cult 45 True Believers who are validated 24/7 by right-wing media. None of these people see anything that’s happened in the last 90 days as a problem…if anything they see it as a promise delivered.

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“It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.” –Dorothy Dandridge hometownstohollywood.com/ohio/dorothy...

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Happy Indie Bookstore Day to all who celebrate!! If you need a great reason to come pick up a new murder mystery, this is your chance… We’ll be here til 7 with some special deals for this special occasion.

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This is the point no one wants to talk about—all the major media outlets are either in the Trump camp or scared of any confrontation with his administration.

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I’m guessing this robot had a little bodywork done and got a job working in the movies for Fritz Lang.

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Ida digs LUST FOR GOLD (1949) #FilmNoir #classicfilm #filmsky #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #westernnoir

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King of Gamblers, almost featuring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1937 louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2025/04/king...

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Ida Lupino, 1954, on being the only woman star-writer-producer-director in Hollywood at the time: "Hollywood is full of women who could do the same. Look at Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell or Bette Davis. All of them could direct if they wanted to."

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📰 I VAMPIRI (1957) Italy’s first horror film is next on the roster, with returning guest @profsaabbott.bsky.social back to talk about a 1950s horror classic. Listen below 👇🏻 🎧 Apple shorturl.at/DEJPU 🎧 Spotify shorturl.at/bwz59

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@lokkeheiss.bsky.social Take a break from doom & gloom & watch documentary on someone good, kind & compassionate. Marsha Hunt survived the Blacklist & went on to be 1 of Hollywood's 1st actor-vists. Share link worldwide www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y1g... Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ6T...

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They told me not to jump into the hot pools near Old Faithful here at Yellowstone Park, but I just didn’t listen! #BMovieManiacs

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Are these eels drawings part of a book commission from the folks at @mysteriousbookshop.com? Yes. Are they going to be on the map at the front of the book AND in the chapters as section break? YES.

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I just read DESPERATELY SEEKING SOMETHING, the memoir of Susan Seidelman, who directed, as you may have guessed if you didn't know, the Rosanna Arquette-Madonna movie of similar title. Really a fun read - my favorite parts were the look at New York of the late Seventies and early Eighties.

#silentfilm #filmsky #classicfilm Today is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day Luke the Dog (Roscoe Arbuckle, dad)

A new micro-cinema is coming to New York w/ seats and artifacts salvaged from shuttered movie theaters. It's set to open in Ridgewood, Queens in the coming weeks and will "specialize in 16mm prints of old films that showed at libraries and prisons." www.brooklynvegan.com/john-wilson-... #FilmSky

100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists. 1362 Days to go...

Ida Lupino, Howard Duff and beauty columnist Lydia Lane in 1956. Alas, I do not know the occasion.

We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself. - Prof. Brian Cox

Clara Bow in CALL HER SAVAGE (1932)

Measles vaccination is considered settled science, it had been eradicated. In RFK Jr's 3 months, measles should have been contained, instead it's spreading. This isn't incompetence, it's reckless disregard for public health. www.reuters.com/business/hea... #discover #Medsky #scisky #publichealth

#FearOfMonday #filmnoir #filmsky #RichardBasehart #HeWalkedByNight It’s Fear of Monday Sunday #Lunaediesophobia

Opera star Nino Martini sings to Ida Lupino in “The Gay Desperado” (1936). Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.

“It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.” –Dorothy Dandridge hometownstohollywood.com/ohio/dorothy...

Happy Indie Bookstore Day to all who celebrate!! If you need a great reason to come pick up a new murder mystery, this is your chance… We’ll be here til 7 with some special deals for this special occasion.

This is the point no one wants to talk about—all the major media outlets are either in the Trump camp or scared of any confrontation with his administration.

I’m guessing this robot had a little bodywork done and got a job working in the movies for Fritz Lang.

Ida digs LUST FOR GOLD (1949) #FilmNoir #classicfilm #filmsky #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #westernnoir

King of Gamblers, almost featuring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1937 louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2025/04/king...

Ida Lupino, 1954, on being the only woman star-writer-producer-director in Hollywood at the time: "Hollywood is full of women who could do the same. Look at Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell or Bette Davis. All of them could direct if they wanted to."

📰 I VAMPIRI (1957) Italy’s first horror film is next on the roster, with returning guest @profsaabbott.bsky.social back to talk about a 1950s horror classic. Listen below 👇🏻 🎧 Apple shorturl.at/DEJPU 🎧 Spotify shorturl.at/bwz59

@lokkeheiss.bsky.social Take a break from doom & gloom & watch documentary on someone good, kind & compassionate. Marsha Hunt survived the Blacklist & went on to be 1 of Hollywood's 1st actor-vists. Share link worldwide www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y1g... Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ6T...

They told me not to jump into the hot pools near Old Faithful here at Yellowstone Park, but I just didn’t listen! #BMovieManiacs

Are these eels drawings part of a book commission from the folks at @mysteriousbookshop.com? Yes. Are they going to be on the map at the front of the book AND in the chapters as section break? YES.

I just read DESPERATELY SEEKING SOMETHING, the memoir of Susan Seidelman, who directed, as you may have guessed if you didn't know, the Rosanna Arquette-Madonna movie of similar title. Really a fun read - my favorite parts were the look at New York of the late Seventies and early Eighties.

It's bat appreciation day! Little wonders with leathery wings 🖤 #art #bats

Timeline cleanse: US Postal Service is selling Goodnight Moon Stamps.

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"Whoever does not hope for the hopeless will never discover it." Heraclitus