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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 · 17h

On this day in movie history:
Vanishing of the Bees
documentary by Hive Mentality Films & Hipfuel Films
directed by George Langworthy & Maryam Henein
released October 9, 2009.
Cast: Elliot Page, Bret Adee, Dennis Cardoza, Henri Clement, Jay Feldman, Emilia Fox, Maryann Frazier, Jean Glavany.

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 17h

On this day in movie history:
Homicide
directed by David Mamet
released October 9, 1991.
Cast: Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Ving Rhames, Natalia Nogulich, Vincent Guastaferro, J. J. Johnston, Lionel Mark Smith, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Roberta Custer, Charles Stransky, Bernard Gray. #Noir

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 17h

On this day in movie history:
Someone to Watch Over Me
directed by Ridley Scott
released October 9, 1987.
Cast: Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, John Rubinstein, Andreas Katsulas, Tony DiBenedetto, James E. Moriarty, Mark Moses, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Harley Cross. #Noir

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 17h

On this day in movie history:
I, the Jury
directed by Richard T. Heffron
released October 9, 1982.
Cast: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul Sorvino, Judson Scott, Barry Snider, Julia Barr, Jessica James, Frederick Downs Jr., Mary Margaret Amato. #Noir

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

On this day in movie history:
Ticket to Heaven
directed by Ralph L. Thomas
released October 9, 1981.
Cast: Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, R.H. Thomson, Jennifer Dale, Guy Boyd, Dixie Seatle, Paul Soles, Harvey Atkin, Robert Joy, Stephen Markle, Timothy Webber. #Drama

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

On this day in movie history:
The French Connection
directed by William Friedkin
released October 9, 1971.
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, Sonny Grosso. #Noir

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Lorna Raver,
Actress,
October 9, 1943 – May 12, 2025
Left still from Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Michael Palmer,
Physician, Writer,
October 9, 1943 – October 30, 2013

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Stephen Mendillo,
Actor,
October 9, 1940 – September 3, 2025
Stills from Slap Shot (1977) 7 Star Trek: Enterprise (2002).

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Nicole Croisille,
Singer, Actress,
October 9, 1936 – June 4, 2025

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Johnnie Bassett,
Blues singer, Guitarist, Songwriter,
October 9, 1935 – August 4, 2012

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Judy Tyler,
Actress, Singer,
October 9, 1932 – July 3, 1957

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Danièle Delorme,
Actress, Producer,
October 9, 1926 – October 17, 2015

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Renée Devillers,
Actress,
October 9, 1902 – August 5, 2000

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Irving Cummings,
Actor, Director, Writer,
October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959

Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social · 18h

Born on this day – Harry Tenbrook,
Actor,
October 9, 1887 – September 4, 1960

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Coming Up On TCM @comingupontcm.bsky.social · 20h

#ComingUpOnTCM

CAST A DARK SHADOW (1955) Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh
Dir.: Lewis Gilbert 3:15 AM PT

A fortune hunter gets away with murdering his elderly wife, then sets his sights on another potential victim.

1h 25m | Film Noir | TV-PG

#TCM #TCMParty

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Coming Up On TCM @comingupontcm.bsky.social · 19h

#ComingUpOnTCM

A CRY IN THE DARK (1988) Meryl Streep, Sam Neill. Dale Reeves
Dir.: Fred Schepsi 4:45 AM PT

An Australian mother is suspected of murder when a dingo carries off her baby.

2h 1m | Drama | TV-14

#TCM #TCMParty

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 19h

“STAGE FRIGHT” (1950) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Alastair Sim, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Walsh, Patricia Hitchcock, Joyce Grenfell

🎬 Warner Bros.
🎞 #FilmNoir

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 19h

Alastair Sim photographed with film director Guy Hamilton at Shepperton Studios in England on the set of “AN INSPECTOR CALLS” (1954)

🇬🇧 British Lion Films 🎬

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 19h

Remembering today the late 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish-born theatre, radio, film and television actor, writer and director #AlastairSim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) born #OnThisDay in Edinburgh

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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 1d

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

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Out of the Past @filmclassics.bsky.social · 1d

➡️ Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Erich von Stroheim (de visita) y Paul Leni en el set de The Man Who Laughts (1928).

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TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo in the film noir, "Kiss of Death" (1947), directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from a story by Eleazar Lipsky.

Photo courtesy of the Everett Collection.

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TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.social · 1d

Lee Remick in Anatomy of a Murder (1959).