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emanuelbrown.bsky.social @emanuelbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Mood.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 17h

Beautiful lobby card for DRACULA (1931)

Lobby color features a picture of Bela Lugosi staring lustfully at the neck of unconscious Helen Chandler.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 17h

Marina Pierro in Jean Rollin's dreamy, gory, moving vampire film THE LIVING DEAD GIRL (1982)

Pierro was BOTD in 1956

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 18h

Turkish poster for STRIPPED TO KILL (1987), directed and co-written by Katt Shea - BOTD in 1959

Poster features a painting of a man pointing a gun while a woman performs a striptease.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 18h

Dorothy Dell

One of Hollywood's most tragic stories, Dell died in a car accident at the age of 19 after acting in only four films. At the time of her death, she was set to star in NOW AND FOREVER (1934) with Gary Cooper and Shirley Temple--Carole Lombard ended up replacing her.

Black and white photo of actress Dorothy Dell dressed all in black with a cigarette dangling from her mouth.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 19h

"Judo" Gene LeBell showing off his skills on the cover of an issue of Inside Kung-Fu

He was BOTD in 1932

Cover features a photo of Gene LeBell flipping a dude into the air.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 19h

Argentine poster for TRAFIC (1971), starring, co-written, and directed by Jacques Tati - BOTD in 1907

Poster features a painting of Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) standing in the middle of the road as cars come at it him from both directions.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 19h

Cuban poster for MON ONCLE (1958), starring, co-written, and directed by Jacques Tati - BOTD in 1907

Poster features a nearly abstract painting of Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) bending over with a pipe in his mouth and an umbrella tucked under his arm.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 19h

Teddy Bear (2012)

Poignant, understated Danish drama in which a lonely bodybuilder travels to Thailand to find a wife

Directed and co-written by Mads Matthiesen

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 20h

Images from films shot by cinematographer Freddie Young - BOTD in 1902

Contraband (1940)
Time Bomb (1953)
Indiscreet (1958)
Gorgo (1961)

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 21h

Satantango (1994)

Directed by Bela Tarr

Black and white photo of a little girl walking along a dirt road with a cat under her arm.

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 15h

Jacques Tati (with scenes from his film "Playtime") - BOTD

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 14h

Donald Sinden in "An Alligator Named Daisy" - BOTD

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 21h

Poster for the Japanese release of Fellini's "Nights of Cabiria" (1957).

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 1d

Jeanette Loff by William E. Thomas for Pathé, 1929. #botd

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 14h

Jobyna Ralston poses poolside, 1925.

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 10h

Clara Bow photographed by Eugene Robert Richee, 1926

Actress Clara Bow — dressed in a strapless shining metallic gown — captured facing the camera while looking straight ahead, hands on her hips, posed in front of a shimmering fabric background, in a medium-length black-and-white studio portrait taken by taken by photographer Eugene Robert Richee

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 9h

The selection of GIFS on Bluesky leaves something to be desired, but at they have this one.

a man is standing in a living room with a couch and a table

Alt: The killer in Slumber Party Massacre 2, who dresses like the coolest rockabilly cat, is doing a little dance in a living room.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 9h

I remember being disappointed that To All a Goodnight was not more David Hess-y, for lack of a better term, given that he directed it. It's a decent Christmas horror movie, but I wanted it to be absolutely vile, as if Hess' character from Last House on the Left was the director.