Bette Davis, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts

Barbara Stanwyck by Ernest Bachrach, 1936.

"In this month’s podcast, Sam and Alan get together to revisit two historical pieces, though they couldn’t be much more different – one has decadence, deviance and Nazism, the other offers Hollywood mystery, Communists and dancing sailors." adamnfinecup.com/2026/04/04/a...

Anthony Perkins, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1932, in New York City

#Film89PosterOfTheDay No.3065 Hard Boiled (1992) (Artist: Tony Stella) Director: John Woo

Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery on the set of Untamed (1929) ✍️

The picture of her standing in the ruins of the Roxy Theater in New York by Eliot Elisofon is the greatest celebrity portrait of all time

☀️Sunday Serenity Have a wonderful week ahead!

@spannersready.bsky.social Not the entirety of the Dutch audience. Maybe the Dutch audience minus one: but not the entirety. ;) (I know it's a shocker, but some of us will stick with the sport regardless). Also @mattpt55.bsky.social is right, because of course he is. #F1 #MissedApexF1 #VocalDutch ;)

"I was utterly taken in by that deep-seated mixture of cultures and influences all over the city and how a walk along the city’s river Miljacka is a literal walk down its historical timeline."

From 1924, Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen. Both were born on 27 March.

Missed his birthday yesterday. Photographer Edward Weston. James Cagney, 1933. ⬇️

Today is also Roscoe Arbuckle's birthday.

Marion Davies by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1932.

I’ve got a long one for you today! I had so much fun talking with author, critic and film historian @pamhutch.bsky.social about QUEEN KELLY, Louise Brooks, C. A. Lejeune, HÄXAN, and so much more! Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/silent-fil...

today's not quite random theater photo: Tallulah Bankhead photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 🐝

It’s all Wuthering Brides! in the latest Damn Fine Espresso podcast. adamnfinecup.com/2026/03/21/a...

Ginger Rogers and William Powell in “Star of Midnight” (1935), a fun comedy-mystery that is perhaps the best of the many films inspired by the success of the “The Thin Man.”

Rock Hudson in a publicity still for Pillow Talk (1959)

Your friday read, at @damnfinecupculture.bsky.social by yours truly.

Louise for The Canary Murder Mystery (1929). Photo by Eugene Robert Richee.

Deborah Kerr / on location in Hawaii during production of Fred Zinnemann’s From Here to Eternity (1953)

Breaking News: Chuck Norris, who channeled his martial arts skills into an acting career that delighted millions of fans, died at 86.

A short video about Sean Penn's visit to Ukraine, where he got an "Oscar", a statuette made from a railroad car damaged by the Russians, for his support. Sean Penn krijgt 'Oscar' voor steun aan Oekraïne: 'Niet goud, maar wel echt' www.nu.nl/324907/video...

Office EU, an European company, has launched Office[.]eu, an EU-based alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, built on open-source technology and running on European server infrastructure. office.eu/media/pressr...

Reposting this again, because I can't wait to read it. :)

Exciting to hold a sample of my new book, published on 27 March. “I drank down this intoxicating account of Swanson, Stroheim and Kennedy in avid gulps, my eyes bulging with revelation at every turn of the page. Long live Queen Kelly!” - Guy Maddin stickingplacebooks.com/books/the-cu...

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES 1953 #Costumes by #WilliamTravilla (amongst some of my fave garments in film!) As for "the pink dress": “Apart from the two side seams the dress was folded into shape rather like cardboard. Any other girl would have looked like she was... (see next post)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (USA, 1927). Director: F. W. Murnau. Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston. #silentfilm #1920s #cinema #film #movie

This is rather amazing. A tiny ray of sunshine in a very unhappy world and, by gum, I will take it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) #BOTD #Musicsky

Charley Chase vamps blackmailer Oliver Hardy in FLUTTERING HEARTS. (On a side note, I love how restaurant booths were really booths at this time.)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Directed by Sidney Lumet starring Al Pacino and John Cazale. Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile.

Joan Crawford leads the Charleston extravaganza in a scene from Sally, Irene and Mary (1925). Remember: decaf after dinner.

Kay Francis by Eugene Robert Richee, 1930. (Thread)

Greta Garbo and John Barrymore during a break from filming Grand Hotel (1932)

Audrey Hepburn in, Funny Face (1957).

Happy International Women's Day

Since today is #InternationalWomensDay, I thought I’d share the #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast that Richard Williams & I recorded last year on the fascinating subject of the history of female racing drivers. It’s quite a tale. Click below to listen. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

“Why do these stories have lasting appeal? How do Christie’s plots survive the adaptation into a different medium? And why exactly do they let Kenneth Branagh do those ghastly modern adaptations?” adamnfinecup.com/2026/03/07/a...

Your #Caturday timeline beautifier: handsome Eric Linden, who had a string of good roles in such pre-code gems as The Crowd Roars, Afraid to Talk, and The Silver Cord, relaxes on a deck with a happy tabby.

"I thought of the world as a puzzle back then, something to be cracked and conquered, and I was going hard at it." adamnfinecup.com/2026/03/06/s...

William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man by W. S. Van Dyke (1934)

Anna May Wong for the Broadway play, On The Spot. Portrait by Joseph Grant, 1932.

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Sylvia Sidney by Robert Coburn, 1937.