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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 22d
"Prejudice, hate and discrimination make money. It's a racket just like prohibition racketeers. How? Membership dues, subscriptions, merchandise. They live on fear by making people feel rage toward people different to them. The profits can climb into millions."
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The day 30,000 white supremacists in KKK robes marched in the nation’s capital
Unlike Sunday's expected rally of white nationalists in the nation's capital, the Klan was enthusiastically welcomed by white Washington in 1925.
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 11h
16 October 1946 – Nuremberg trials Ten defendants guilty of #WarCrimes by International Military Tribunal hanged.
Frank (46) Frick (69) Jodl (56) Kaltenbrunner (43) Keitel (64) Rosenberg (53) Sauckel (51) Seyss-Inquart (54) Streicher (61) von Ribbentrop (53)
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The Nuremberg Trials
After the war, Allied powers—United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union—came together to form the International Military Tribunal (IMT). From 1945 to 1946, Nazi Germany leaders stood t...
www.nationalww2museum.org
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 11h
16 October 1958 – Tim Robbins, 67, US actor, director, writer

Erik the Viking (1989) Jacob's Ladder * Bob Roberts (+ writer/director) * The Player * Shawshank Redemption * Dead Man Walking (OscarNom director) * Arlington Road * Mystic River (actor Oscar) * Cinema Verite * Castle Rock * Silo (2023-)
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16 October 1925 – 2022 Angela Lansbury, 96, English-US actress, singer. Murder She Wrote (1984-2003)

Gaslight (1944) * National Velvet * Picture of Dorian Gray * Salome * Manchurian Candidate * Bedknobs and Broomstick (1971)

Tony Awards including: Mame * Gypsy * Sweeney Todd * Blithe Spirit (2009)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 12h
16 October 1923 – 1965 Monetta 'Linda' Darnell, 41, (House Fire), US actress

Mark of Zorro (1940) Buffalo Bill * Hangover Square * Fallen Angel * My Darling Clementine * Forever Amber * Unfaithfully Yours * A Letter to Three Wives * No Way Out * The 13th Letter * Second Chance * Black Spurs (1965)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 12h
15 October 1957 – Michael Caton-Jones, 68, Scottish actor, director, producer.

Scandal (1989) * Memphis Belle * Doc Hollywood * This Boy's Life * Rob Roy * The Jackal * City by the Sea * World Without End * Shooting Dogs * World Without End * Urban Hymn * Asher * Our Ladies (+ writer 2019)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 12h
15 October 1943 – 2018 Penny Marshall, 75, US actress. Laverne & Shirley (1976–83 + director 4 episodes)

Director, producer: Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) Big * Awakenings (OscarNom) A League of Their Own * Renaissance Man * The Preacher's Wife * Riding in Cars with Boys * United States of Tara (2011)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 12h
15 October 1926 – 2000 Jean Peters, 73, US actress. Howard Hughes ​(m. 1957-71) Stan Hough ​(m. 1971; died 1990)
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Captain from Castile (1947) Anne of Indies * Viva Zapata * Niagara * Pickup on South Street * Three Coins in Fountain * Broken Lance (1954) Moneychangers (1976) Murder, She Wrote (1988)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 12h
15 October 1926 – 2005 Ed McBain aka Evan Hunter, aka others (b. Salvatore Lombino), 78, US author, screenwriter #Hitchcock The Birds

Some Film adaptations: Blackboard Jungle (1955) * Young Savages * High and Low * Mister Buddwing * Blood Relatives *
Legend of Walks Far Woman * Lonely Heart (1981)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 12h
15 October 1920 – 1999 Mario Puzo, 78, US author, screenwriter.

The Godfather (1969 + screenplays Oscars Godfather I/II) * The Sicilian * The Last Don * The Family (published 2001)

Screenwriter: Earthquake (1974) * Superman I/II * The Cotton Club (story) * Christopher Columbus: Discovery (1992)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 12h
15 October 1900 – 87 Mervyn LeRoy, 86, US writer, director.

Little Caesar (1930) I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang * Waterloo Bridge * Wizard of Oz (co-director) Blossoms in the Dust * Johnny Eager * Random Harvest * Madame Curie * Little Women * Quo Vadis * Mister Roberts * Bad Seed * Gypsy (1962)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 12h
15 October 1879 – 1967 Jane Darwell, (b. Patti Woodard), 87, US actress.

Film debut: Brewster's Millions (1914) * Jesse James (1939) * Gone with the Wind * The Grapes of Wrath (1940 Oscar) * The Ox-Bow Incident * My Darling Clementine * Wagon Master * Caged * Mary Poppins (1964 final role)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
"You've got a chance to get what you want more than anything else in the world. You want a face. A face people can look at without being scared to death. One that you can look at without shuddering. You can buy one. You can buy a face?"

You can buy anything in America.
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The Face Behind The Mask | FREE MOVIE (Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes)
YouTube video by Stream City
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
14 October 1980 – Ben Whishaw, 45, English actor.

My Brother Tom (2001) * I'm Not There * Perfume: The Story of a Murderer * Criminal Justice * Richard II * The Lobster * London Spy * Bright Star * A Very English Scandal * Surge * Paddington * This Is Going to Hurt * Passages * Black Doves (2025)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
14 October 1927 – 2017 Roger Moore, 89, English actor. #UNICEF Ambassador.

Ivanhoe (1958–59) * Maverick * The Sins of Rachel Cade * Romulus and Sabines * The Saint (1962–1969) The Man Who Haunted Himself * Persuaders * James Bond (seven films 1973-85) * Cannonball Run * Boat Trip * The Saint (2017)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
14 October 1909 – 1997 Dorothy Kingsley, 87, US screenwriter, producer.

A Date with Judy (1948) * Angels in the Outfield * Kiss Me Kate * Seven Brides for Seven Brothers * Pal Joey (John O'Hara novel) Don't Go Near the Water * Green Mansions * Can-Can * Half a Sixpence * Valley of the Dolls (1967)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
14 October 1893 – 1993 Lillian Gish, 99, US actress.

Birth of a Nation (1915) * Intolerance * Broken Blossoms * The Wind (1928)

Duel in the Sun (1946 OscarNom) * The Trip to Bountiful (1953 original TV play/Broadway) * Night of the Hunter * Honorary Oscar (1971) * The Whales of August (1987)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
14 October 1994 – Yasser Arafat, #Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive #NobelPeacePrize for efforts in the establishment of Oslo Accords framing future #Palestinian self government. Yitzhak Rabin was murdered 4 November 1995 by right-wing Israeli Jew opposed to peace.

#Netanyahu #Peace?
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
13 October 1952 – John Lone (b. Ng Kwok-leung) 73, Hong Kong-US actor.

King Kong (1976) FOB (Obie Award) Year of the Dragon * Last Emperor * The Moderns * Shadow of China * Shanghai 1920 * M. Butterfly * The Hunted * Rush Hour 2 * The Shadow * War * Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito (1998–2007)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
13 October 1920 – 2007 Laraine Day, (b. La Raine Johnson), 87, US actress.

Dr Kildare (1939-41) #Hitchcock Foreign Correspondent * My Son, My Son * Fingers at the Window * Journey for Margaret * Mr Lucky * The Locket * Tycoon * Woman on Pier 13 * High and the Mighty (1954) Murder, She Wrote (1986)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
13 October 1918 – 1951 Robert Walker, 32, (Medically administered drug overdose, excess alcohol), US actor.

Bataan (1943) * Since You Went Away * The Clock * Till the Clouds Roll By (biopic Jerome Kern * Sea of Grass * One Touch of Venus 🤐 * #Hitchcock Strangers on a Train 💞 * My Son John (1952)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
13 October 1912 – 1989 Cornel Wilde (b. Weisz) 77, Hungarian-US Olympic fencer and instructor, actor.

High Sierra (1941) A Song to Remember * Leave Her to Heaven * Road House * Shockproof * Big Combo * Storm Fear (+ director) Edge of Eternity * Naked Prey (+ director) Beach Red (+ director, writer)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
13 October 1891 – 1988 Irene Rich, (née Luther), 96, US actress.

Silent: Rosita (1923) * Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) * The Perfect Crime (1928 part-talkie)

Sound: The Champ (1931) * The Mortal Storm * Queen of the Yukon * The Angel and the Badman * New Orleans * Fort Apache * Joan of Arc (1948)
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
#DianeKeaton (1946-2025)

Chandler and Ross competing to find the coolest tuxedos for the wedding. Pierce Brosnan as James Bond or Val Kilmer as Batman. "Holy double-vented comfort, Batman!".
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
"There is nothing like #London - it's so inviting, sometimes I fantasise about living here. It's not like LA where you have to drive to get to interesting places, here you can walk everywhere." #DianeKeaton (1946-2025) Hampstead (2017) with Brendon Gleason
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Lauren Facall @laurenfacall.bsky.social · 2d
"The Goodwill [charity shop] was our sanctuary. Mom taught my sister Dorrie and me to rummage for the best and alter if needed. We would spend hours hunting through racks for anything that had the slightest potential." #DianeKeaton (1946-2025)

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