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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/ 🏳️‍🌈
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like: ⚓️ Popeye 🕵️ The Maltese Falcon 📖 The Sound and the Fury 🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms 🏠️ A Room of One's Own 🙌 Hallelujah 🎺 Bolero and many more! 🧵👇

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2/20 Katharine Hepburn

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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?

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An invaluable PSA: Truly the kindest TV-related service you can perform for those you love!

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Seriously, if you ever found someone that recognized your Monty Python, Airplane, Caddyshack or blues Brothers quotes, or had even heard of Doctor Who, you were like, “hey this person is now my best friend.”

submitted 90 days ago • 11 comments

Being an ‘80s kid means you can quote entire sections of Caddyshack and Airplane! to this day. (in high school Latin club we once did an entire skit that was riffs on Airplane!, obviously it killed)

submitted 90 days ago • 16 comments

Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention

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This instrumental's all the moods at once, and it's been that kind of day: Santo and Johnny performing Sleepwalk on The Dick Clark Show in 1959. youtube.com/watch?v=2rwf...

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Excited to head to Chicago in April for the SCMS conference to give a talk related to my bio-in-progress, "Categorizing Dorothy Arzner: The 'Never-Married,' 'First' and 'Only' Woman Director." Can't wait to see who else is on my panel! #scms #scms2025 #scms25 #dorothyarzner #arzner #hollywood

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Don't think I have many followers likely to have freelance film writing gigs available, but in case I do, this guy is a great writer and has justifiably built up quite a following. Giving him an assignment or subscribing would be well worth it!

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And Nancy Carroll again, tripping the light fantastic with George Murphy in AFTER THE DANCE (1935) youtube.com/watch?v=QKpN...

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It's Nancy Carroll's birthday (1903-1965). A personal favorite, and a huge star of the late silent and early sound period who's still under-remembered. Here she is in a clip from 1930's PARAMOUNT ON Parade: youtube.com/watch?v=m9a5...

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A little (good) night music from The Five Satins. youtube.com/watch?v=ak6t...

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And because it would be comic malpractice not to post it, here's the famed mirror sequence. youtube.com/watch?v=VKTT...

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As noted in my earlier repost of the estimable Citizen Screen, it's DUCK SOUP's 91st release anniversary. Any possible similarity here to anything more recent is, of course, surely coincidental... youtube.com/watch?v=uSsU...

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A great day in cinematic history, and as always, enduringly relevant.

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And a little Ella to close the day out. youtube.com/watch?v=DEaD...

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I love stop-motion animation. Here's a beautiful, ethereal example from legendary Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. Enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=R_E6...

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Proud to say I sometimes work with Criterion Channel on their classic-film offerings. (I helped program the Ida Lupino: Actress series on now.) But one channel can't do everything, and I worry all the time about what Justin is describing. Physical media is a must (and support your local arthouse)

submitted 100 days ago • 32 comments

We've arrived! Please let all physical media and movie fans know that the @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social YouTube show has made it to the big Bluesky in the sky.

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Here's some 1928 surreality from Felix The Cat, who's definitely having a more exciting night than I've had! Goodnight from New York, Blueskyers. youtu.be/5PqZuu5APrg?...

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