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Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.bsky.social · 7m

81 years ago:
Mrs. Parkington (US)
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by m...
1944-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/50066

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36 years ago:
Look Who's Talking (US)
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter w...
1989-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9494

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57 years ago:
The Snow Maiden (SU)
Original title: Снегурочка
A fairytale based on the play by Aleksandr Ostrovskiy. Snegurochka is the daughter of Grandfather Frost and the Beautiful Spring. Her icy heart had ne...
1968-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/302436

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30 years ago:
Ulysses' Gaze (AL,BA,FR,DE,GR,IT,RO,GB,YU)
Original title: Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα
An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
1995-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/22549

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70 years ago:
Music School (CU,MX)
Original title: Escuela de música

1955-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/313228

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63 years ago:
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (JP)
Original title: 続・座頭市物語
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in ...
1962-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16693

A poster for The Tale of Zatoichi Continues.

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59 years ago:
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (US)
A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.
1966-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/68979

A poster for Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round.

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41 years ago:
The Man from Majorca (DK,SE)
Original title: Mannen från Mallorca
In the aftermath of a daring post office robbery on Saint Lucy's Day, two Stockholm vice cops venture into a world of corruption, cover-ups and murder...
1984-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/52331

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64 years ago:
Vanina Vanini (FR,IT)
Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the brotherhoo...
1961-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/121464

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68 years ago:
The Cranes Are Flying (SU)
Original title: Летят журавли
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendez...
1957-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/38360

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53 years ago:
Lady Sings the Blues (US)
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a s...
1972-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/23148

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91 years ago:
The Gay Divorcee (US)
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom s...
1934-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/28288

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85 years ago:
The Door with Seven Locks (UK)
A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A mad ...
1940-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/46939

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34 years ago:
One False Move (US)
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arrivi...
1991-10-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/21128

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82 years ago:
Lamentation (US)
A silent color film of Martha Graham dancing extracts of "Lamentation".
1943-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/246734

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34 years ago:
Frankie and Johnny (US)
When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fl...
1991-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/3784

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58 years ago:
Oscar (FR)
This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis ...
1967-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2798

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42 years ago:
El Norte (US)
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the drea...
1983-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/17435

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43 years ago:
The Beehive (ES)
Original title: La colmena
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just...
1982-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/104435

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38 years ago:
House of Games (US)
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams,...
1987-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/26719

Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.bsky.social · 19h

31 years ago:
Angel of Destruction (PH,US)
Undercover cop Jo Alwood is out to avenge her sisters death at the hands of a serial killer.
1994-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/88518

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62 years ago:
Hands Over the City (IT)
Original title: Le mani sulla città
Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.
1963-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/58383

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78 years ago:
The Unsuspected (US)
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
1947-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/29117

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85 years ago:
Down Argentine Way (US)
The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—...
1940-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43810

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55 years ago:
The Great White Hope (US)
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
1970-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/17978