The ‘Columbus Day Riot’ took place 81yrs ago today when FRANK SINATRA’s return to the Paramount Theatre in NYC (for his 3rd season there) was filled to capacity & the audience inside refused to leave, holding up over 20,000 people outside mad keen to get inside for the next show.

Opening Day at DISNEYLAND in 1955

Cary Grant & Doris Day on the set of THAT TOUCH OF MINK (1962)

Helen Mirren and Liam Neeson back when they were dating in 1983.

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio on a date at Chasen’s Restaurant — Los Angeles in 1953.

The lesson MATT DAMON learned from STEVEN SPIELBERG…

YUL BRYNNER arriving at the premiere of ‘The Ten Commandments’ in his Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster in 1956.

ANTHONY HOPKINS is fantastic in this thriller-horror helmed by Richard Attenborough & written by William Goldman MAGIC (1978)

Remembering one of the all time Comedy greats — STAN LAUREL, born 136yrs ago today — here with his Mum aged 12.

JAMIE LEE CURTIS recreates her Mom's PSYCHO moment in 2015. Hitchcock’s classic opened 66yrs ago today.

Jamie Lee Curtis stopping by the PSYCHO house in honor of her Mom, Janet Leigh. Hitchcock’s classic opened 66yrs ago today.

My favourite Movie of all time. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946)

Noel Coward — Las Vegas, 1955 📷 by Loomis Dean

My 13yr old self (3rd from left) on the Olivier stage at the @NationalTheatre in Thomas Dekker’s “The Shoemaker’s Holiday” in 1980.

Fred Astaire in 1940 📷 by George Karger

Don McCullin — Bradford (1972)

Hitchcock — Rome (1970) 📷 by Chiara Samugheo

PCH in 1934

Remembering TUPAC SHAKUR — born 55yrs ago today.

Greenwich Village in the 60’s looking for all the world like it could be Paris.

RODNEY DANGERFIELD’s grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park — Los Angeles “There Goes The Neighborhood”

The brilliant DANA GOULD on ‘Reality TV’ — “You are watching an amateur production of nothing.” #TheGreenRoom

This 1960’s Florentine wristwatch coffee table is just stupendous.

The Sex Pistols at trendy Mayfair institution Langan’s Brasserie in 1977, with then co-owner Michael Caine sat behind them keeping close watch.

Not just one one the greatest Sports documentaries of all time, but one of the greatest documentaries of all time period — and — victim of one the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences most scandalous omissions (from the 1995 Oscars). HOOP DREAMS (1994) Find it, watch it.

There were 7 of them and they were magnificent THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960)

STEVE McQUEEN — Sunset Strip in 1963. 📷 by John Dominis

STEVE McQUEEN — 1960 📷 by Larry Barbier Jr.

STEVE McQUEEN & ‘Kitty Kat’ in 1964

STEVE McQUEEN ‘relaxes’ in his Palm Springs living room in 1963. 📷 by John Dominis

Steve McQueen — 1963

Steve McQueen in his Los Angeles office in 1969 — with ‘Le Mans’ clearly on his mind. 📷 by Milton Greene

STEVE McQUEEN — Coffee, Donuts & Script (1961)

STEVE McQUEEN with his Lola T70 at Riverside Raceway — Riverside, California in 1966

STEVE McQUEEN on his Triumph Trophy — London (1963)

STEVE McQUEEN and his 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso. It was purchased for him by his first wife, Neile Adams, for his 34th birthday.

In 1971 Kent Twitchell painted a Steve McQueen monument in downtown L.A. (12th & Union). It stood as a landmark for nearly 30yrs before it was painted over in the 90s by the property’s then owners. On the 30th anniversary of McQueen’s death in 2010 Twitchell re-painted it.

Steve & Chad McQueen — in 1971

STEVE McQUEEN at the wheel of his 1957 Mercedes 300 SL — with wife Neile Adams by his side — in 1960.

Steve McQueen in his Jaguar XK-SS (1963)

Steve McQueen getting fitted for a Suit in 1963 📷 by John Dominis

STEVE MCQUEEN on the lounge phone of his Palm Springs home in 1963.

Steve McQueen on a Triumph in 1963.

Even at the height of his career STEVE McQUEEN would return unannounced to his alma mater - the Boys Republic reform school in Chino Hills, California - which he later credited as one of the key influences in shaping the resilience, grit and independence that defined his adult life and career.

STEVE ‘Sandals’ McQUEEN in France in the Summer of 1970 shooting LE MANS (1971)

STEVE McQUEEN and his first wife Neile Adams in 1963. 📷 by John Dominis

Carroll Shelby and Steve McQueen at Shelby’s Cobra HQ — Los Angeles (1963)

Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand and Sidney Poitier at the launch of their movie production company — First Artists — in 1972.

Steve McQueen & Ali McGraw having at the 70’s.

STEVE McQUEEN having fun with his CJ5 Jeep in the California hills whilst training for the Baja 1000 off-road race in 1969.