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Jack Kost

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Author and photographer. I write neo-noir thrillers. My books include The Breaker series, Slipped Masks, and What's On? - my guide to movies and television. A percentage from all book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

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Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 1m

On this day in music history -
Silent World
Album by Csillagköd,
released October 14, 2014.

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 3m

On this day in music history -
Live Your Life Be Free
Album by Belinda Carlisle,
released October 14, 1991.

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 6m

On this day in music history -
Heroes
Song by David Bowie,
released October 14, 1977.

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 6m

On this day in movie history:
Mean Streets
directed by Martin Scorsese
released October 14, 1973.
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova, George Memmoli, Harry Northup, Martin Scorsese, David Carradine, Jeannie Bell, Robert Carradine. #Noir

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 9m

On this day in television history:
World on a Wire
Original title: Welt am Draht,
2-part mini-series directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
released October 14, 1973.
Cast: Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Karl Heinz Vosgerau, Wolfgang Schenck, Eddie Constantine. #ScienceFiction #SciFi

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 12m

On this day in movie history:
Send Me No Flowers
directed by Norman Jewison
released October 14, 1964.
Music by Frank De Vol.
Cast: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Paul Lynde, Clint Walker, Hal March, Edward Andrews, Clive Clerk, Patricia Barry, Dave Willock. #Comedy

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 19m

On this day in movie history:
The Big Heat
directed by Fritz Lang
released October 14, 1953.
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Dorothy Green. #Noir

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 22m

On this day in movie history:
The Phantom of Crestwood
directed by J. Walter Ruben
released October 14, 1932.
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise, Pauline Frederick, H.B. Warner, Mary Duncan, Sam Hardy, Tom Douglas, Richard “Skeets” Gallagher, Ivan Simpson, Aileen Pringle. #Noir

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 24m

Born on this day – Arleen Sorkin,
Actress, Writer, Comedian, Television presenter,
October 14, 1955 – August 24, 2023

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 25m

Born on this day – Harry Anderson,
Actor, Writer,
October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 26m

Born on this day – Michael Sloan,
Writer, Producer,
October 14, 1946 – August 13, 2025

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 26m

Born on this day – Lois Hamilton,
Actress, Writer, Artist, Aviator, Model,
October 14, 1943 – December 23, 1999

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 27m

Born on this day – Emma Danieli,
Actress,
October 14, 1936 – June 21, 1998

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 28m

Born on this day – Roger Moore,
Actor,
October 14, 1927 – May 23, 2017

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 36m

Born on this day – Robert Webber,
Actor,
October 14, 1924 – May 19, 1989

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 37m

Born on this day – Jack Arnold,
Actor, Director,
October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 37m

Born on this day – Jean Gillie,
Actress,
October 14, 1915 – February 19, 1949

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 39m

Born on this day – Michael D. Moore,
Director, Second unit director, Writer, Actor,
October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 40m

Born on this day – Paul Wellman,
Writer,
October 14, 1895 – September 17, 1966

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Coming Up On TCM @comingupontcm.bsky.social · 48m

#ComingUpOnTCM

DETOUR (1945) Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake
Dir.: Edgar G. Ulmer 6:15 AM PT

The life of a New York pianist turns into a nightmare when he hitchhikes to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

1h 8m | Film Noir | TV-PG

#TCM #TCMParty