Frank Tracy Wells
@franktracy.bsky.social
Movies and other entertainment, occasional politics. OK boomer. Openly gray. If I followed you at the other place, will try to find and follow you here; it may take awhile.
YouTube find! Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth (1974), largely unavailable for years (out-of-print DVD). Hugely entertaining, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Joe Mankiewicz all Oscar-nominated (classic movie/Mank fans, note "Eve Channing" in the opening credits) youtu.be/YkxcddXoKpo?...
Sleuth (1972 Thriller film) If it was murder, where's the body?
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
YouTube find! Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth (1974), largely unavailable for years (out-of-print DVD). Hugely entertaining, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Joe Mankiewicz all Oscar-nominated (classic movie/Mank fans, note "Eve Channing" in the opening credits) youtu.be/YkxcddXoKpo?...
Although she'd appeared uncredited in a few silent films, birthday girl, actress, playwright, screenwriter Ruth Gordon's first credited film role was as Mary Todd Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940). She won her acting Oscar 29 years later.
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Although she'd appeared uncredited in a few silent films, birthday girl, actress, playwright, screenwriter Ruth Gordon's first credited film role was as Mary Todd Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940). She won her acting Oscar 29 years later.
Happy National Cat Day!
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Happy National Cat Day!
Haven’t seen Voyage of The Damned since it came out in 1976 but remember liking it. The all-star cast on this poster is a little distracting from the films somber Holocaust-related subject matter and makes it look like an Agatha Christie mystery, but it’s worth seeing. #TCMparty
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Haven’t seen Voyage of The Damned since it came out in 1976 but remember liking it. The all-star cast on this poster is a little distracting from the films somber Holocaust-related subject matter and makes it look like an Agatha Christie mystery, but it’s worth seeing. #TCMparty
Happy birthday to Vera Miles. Among many great performances, she starred in the premiere episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), foreshadowing her terrific work for him the following year in The Wrong Man, playing a similar role of a woman struggling with mental illness.
August 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Happy birthday to Vera Miles. Among many great performances, she starred in the premiere episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), foreshadowing her terrific work for him the following year in The Wrong Man, playing a similar role of a woman struggling with mental illness.
Peter Lorre failing his job interview with the current Administration. #Casablanca
August 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Peter Lorre failing his job interview with the current Administration. #Casablanca
I just noticed famed director Don Siegel in the #Casablanca opening credits as part of the montage crew. It was early in his career and he apparently directed the opening montage sequence under the narration. #TCMParty
August 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I just noticed famed director Don Siegel in the #Casablanca opening credits as part of the montage crew. It was early in his career and he apparently directed the opening montage sequence under the narration. #TCMParty
August 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Two of #SummerUnderTheStars subject Claude Rains’s best roles, in two masterpiece films, during prime time tonight on @TCM #TCMParty #Notorious #Casablanca
August 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Two of #SummerUnderTheStars subject Claude Rains’s best roles, in two masterpiece films, during prime time tonight on @TCM #TCMParty #Notorious #Casablanca
August 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If someone posts this photo to make a point and you assume they’re talking about your side, you might want to reexamine your side. #TheSoundOfMusic
August 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If someone posts this photo to make a point and you assume they’re talking about your side, you might want to reexamine your side. #TheSoundOfMusic
This was pretty much me in junior high trying to pass the (now apparently reinstated) Presidential Physical Fitness Test #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
August 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This was pretty much me in junior high trying to pass the (now apparently reinstated) Presidential Physical Fitness Test #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
One of these kids became the first live-action Spider-Man. #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
August 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
One of these kids became the first live-action Spider-Man. #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
Wow, Richard Haydn looks younger in 1965 than he did in 1942. #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
August 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Wow, Richard Haydn looks younger in 1965 than he did in 1942. #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
“I Have Confidence” and “Something Good” were written solely by Richard Rodgers for the film, as Oscar Hammerstein had passed away a few years before the film’s production #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
August 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I Have Confidence” and “Something Good” were written solely by Richard Rodgers for the film, as Oscar Hammerstein had passed away a few years before the film’s production #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
General Hospital (and The Ghost and Mrs Muir and other classics ) fans will recognize Anna Lee, even in a nun’s habit. #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
August 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
General Hospital (and The Ghost and Mrs Muir and other classics ) fans will recognize Anna Lee, even in a nun’s habit. #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic
Not to pile on , and I know this was recorded months ago, and Ben was probably under the weather with a cold at the time, but I’m gonna tell myself he’s so low energy tonight because of the online beat-down he’s been taking over The Sphere Wizard of Oz #TCMParty#TheSoundOfMusic
August 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Not to pile on , and I know this was recorded months ago, and Ben was probably under the weather with a cold at the time, but I’m gonna tell myself he’s so low energy tonight because of the online beat-down he’s been taking over The Sphere Wizard of Oz #TCMParty#TheSoundOfMusic
Just warned the neighbors that this @TCM premiere of #TheSoundOfMusic is going to be sing-along- 🎤—at least in my living room anyway. #TCMParty
August 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just warned the neighbors that this @TCM premiere of #TheSoundOfMusic is going to be sing-along- 🎤—at least in my living room anyway. #TCMParty
July 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Probably because it was the first thing I was aware of him in, but I always assumed Butterflies Are Free was Edward Albert’s first film. Very glad that @thejoedante.bsky.social has programmed the very rarely seen The Fool Killer tonight on @TCM. #TCMParty
July 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Probably because it was the first thing I was aware of him in, but I always assumed Butterflies Are Free was Edward Albert’s first film. Very glad that @thejoedante.bsky.social has programmed the very rarely seen The Fool Killer tonight on @TCM. #TCMParty
