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Kelly Robinson
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Writer, researcher, historian. Two-time finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Writer of the Year. Film commentaries and booklet essays on several Blu-Ray releases. Obsessed with weird history and minutiae.
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***Oooooeeeeeeoooooo*** The haunted pajamas are coming to get you! (Found this 1917 film poster while researching the director, Fred Balshofer)

#FilmSky #Film #SilentFilm 🎥 🗃️
1917 movie poster for a film called THE HAUNTED PAJAMAS. Illustration features actor Harold Lockwood in 1920s gold garb.
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Annual public service announcement.

#vintage #Halloween #history
Vintage card with weird ghost illustrations and text: Kindly promote ghostly interests during this season.
October 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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It's a sad fact of being from my generation that we will probably never again experience anything akin to the satisfaction of seeing the Jiffy-Pop poof up.

#IYKYK
September 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I'm a big fan of ultra-specific histories. Any recommendations for favorite books on specific objects, clothing items, colors, words, concepts? (Also interested in very niche groups of people or moments in history.)

#What'sHistory 🗃️ #historians #books #booksky #research #writing
Cover of a book on the history of the potato.
September 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Why does the word "catnap" refer to a very short sleep? Every cat I've ever known could sleep for about 47 hours in a single day.

#cats #catpics #catsofbluesky
Two cats sleeping side by side near a windowsill.
September 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Just finished reading this bio and amidst all the great anecdotes and jokes, his humanity and joy for life shine through. It's so refreshing to spend time with someone not filled with hate.

#books #authors #writing #comedy #BookSky
Text box reading: Comedy is a very powerful component of life. It has the most to say about the human condition because if you laugh you can get by. You can struggle when things are bad if you have a sense of humor. Laughter is a protest scream against death, against the long goodbye. It’s a defense against unhappiness and depression. --Mel Brooks in his autobiography ALL ABOUT ME!
September 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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My mom is a better film critic than I am.

#FilmSky #movies
Twitter screenshot reading "My mom said she's watching a movie that's just like a Hallmark movie, but with naked butts."
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I'm always telling people how much humor is in Moby Dick, and no one ever believes me.

#booksky #reading #literature
September 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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This 1944 SCREENLAND layout for Universal packs an awful lot of synonyms for horror films into its small amount of text. Can't decide which I like most: "the creepies," "chiller-dillers," or "spine-icers."

#FilmSky #Horror #ClassicHorror #Writing
Vintage magazine promo for Universal with images of Sherlock Holmes, The Mummy, Aquanetta, and others, and a headline that reads "The Creepies Are Coming."
August 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Sneak peak of the Sept/Oct issue of RUE MORGUE, featuring my cover story on the legacy of LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT. How did the film attain poster-child status, and does it deserve it? Along the way, some of Chaney's other lost films get their due.

#FilmSky #Horror #HorrorSky #SilentFilm
Cover of Rue Morgue magazine #226, with cover art depicting Lon Chaney as the vampire in London After Midnight. Main cover text reads: "THE LOST HORROR FILMS OF LON CHANEY/LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT/A BLIND BARGAIN/WHILE PARIS SLEEPS."
August 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Whenever a dog in a movie goes crazy over a fancy female dog walking by, it's always a collie or a poodle, so I'm like great, film's impossible beauty standards even extend to the dog world.

#FilmSky
August 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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On Patreon, I'm covering gorilla movie history film by film, from 1897 up. THE ESCAPE OF THE APE (1908) has left few traces, but I unearthed a tidbit that makes this film a first of its kind—and an important milestone in ape cinema.
www.patreon.com/posts/escape...
#FilmSky #History 🗃️ #gorillas
The Escape of the Ape (1908): A Lost Gorilla Film | Kelly Robinson
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August 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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On Patreon, I'm covering gorilla movie history film by film, from 1897 up. THE ESCAPE OF THE APE (1908) has left few traces, but I unearthed a tidbit that makes this film a first of its kind—and an important milestone in ape cinema.
www.patreon.com/posts/escape...
#FilmSky #History 🗃️ #gorillas
The Escape of the Ape (1908): A Lost Gorilla Film | Kelly Robinson
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August 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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How I imagine myself on those elusive days when I actually like what I wrote.

#writingcommunity #booksky #authorsky
Vintage typewriter ad depicting feminine hands typing while wearing metallic golden gloves against a golden brocade-print background.
July 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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This is the greatest tagline I've ever read.

#FilmSky #movies #movieposters
Poster for the film 'The day of the Dolphin' with tagline reading "Unwittingly, he trained a dolphin to kill the president of the United States."
July 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Raul Julia in the Broadway production of DRACULA, with set design by Edward Gorey. (He replaced Frank Langella in 1978.)

#horror #EdwardGorey #Dracula
July 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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At last, some French I can use!

#FilmSky #Duolingo
Screenshot from Duolingo with the sentence "I'm sorry, but this movie is really bad" in English and French.
July 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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At last, some French I can use!

#FilmSky #Duolingo
Screenshot from Duolingo with the sentence "I'm sorry, but this movie is really bad" in English and French.
July 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Lillian Gish says you use too much rouge.

#FilmSky #silentfilm
Cover of movie magazine MOVIE WEEKLY from 1923 with Lillian Gish on the cover in a skimpy, fur-lined costume. The text beside her reads, "'You use to much rouge' says Lillian Gish."
July 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Something I noticed after watching Nosferatu (1922) for the 900th time: Since there are no servants, the vampire must have prepared the food himself. I am really loving that Count Orlok baked Hutter a Bundt cake.

#silentfilm #FilmSky #horror #Nosferatu
Black and white screenshot showing a tabletop with plates of fruit, meats, and a Bundt cake with a slice out of it.
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Something I noticed after watching Nosferatu (1922) for the 900th time: Since there are no servants, the vampire must have prepared the food himself. I am really loving that Count Orlok baked Hutter a Bundt cake.

#silentfilm #FilmSky #horror #Nosferatu
Black and white screenshot showing a tabletop with plates of fruit, meats, and a Bundt cake with a slice out of it.
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Has there ever been a better example of onomatopoeia in a children's book than "WEEBK!" in Make Way for Ducklings?

[By Robert McCloskey, 1941]

#BookSky #ChildrensBooks #Illustration
Illustration from MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS. A duck is saying "Weebk!" in response to an enthusiastic bicyclist.
July 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Meet my new roommate Tuppy Glossop. He is affectionate, chatty, and has the longest toes I've ever seen. He makes biscuits in the air as he falls asleep—or perhaps he's playing an invisible harp? Get a good look before I cuddle him to absolute pieces.

#cats #Wodehouse
A cat with oversized ears and soulful eyes.
July 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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“Superman is too woke!”

Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM