Michael Warburton
@michaelwarburton.bsky.social
Actor, Cinephile & Culturalist posting stuff I like, no pandering. @TheMonologist on Twitter/‘X’.
Sellers and Kubrick on the set of
DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Sellers and Kubrick on the set of
DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
JOHN LENNON and Yoko Ono at PETER BOYLE’s wedding in 1977 — at which John was Peter’s Best Man.
(photo extracted from the ‘EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND: 30th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL’ - which aired 2 days ago)
(photo extracted from the ‘EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND: 30th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL’ - which aired 2 days ago)
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
JOHN LENNON and Yoko Ono at PETER BOYLE’s wedding in 1977 — at which John was Peter’s Best Man.
(photo extracted from the ‘EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND: 30th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL’ - which aired 2 days ago)
(photo extracted from the ‘EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND: 30th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL’ - which aired 2 days ago)
THE HOLDOVERS (2023)
My favourite Movie of 2023.
My favourite Movie of 2023.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
THE HOLDOVERS (2023)
My favourite Movie of 2023.
My favourite Movie of 2023.
STAN LAUREL and OLIVER HARDY outside The Royal Marine Hotel in Dublin.
The boys stayed there for a total of 33 days in 1953.
The boys stayed there for a total of 33 days in 1953.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
STAN LAUREL and OLIVER HARDY outside The Royal Marine Hotel in Dublin.
The boys stayed there for a total of 33 days in 1953.
The boys stayed there for a total of 33 days in 1953.
Colour photos of Howard Carter and his team breaking the seal of the tomb of Tutankhamun in The Valley Of The Kings on this day in 1922.
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Colour photos of Howard Carter and his team breaking the seal of the tomb of Tutankhamun in The Valley Of The Kings on this day in 1922.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐠𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡…
"When Orson was low on funds he lived with me. I never got used to living in the same apartment as him. I’d get up in the morning & there’d be the director of Citizen Kane sitting in my kitchen.“
"When Orson was low on funds he lived with me. I never got used to living in the same apartment as him. I’d get up in the morning & there’d be the director of Citizen Kane sitting in my kitchen.“
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐠𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡…
"When Orson was low on funds he lived with me. I never got used to living in the same apartment as him. I’d get up in the morning & there’d be the director of Citizen Kane sitting in my kitchen.“
"When Orson was low on funds he lived with me. I never got used to living in the same apartment as him. I’d get up in the morning & there’d be the director of Citizen Kane sitting in my kitchen.“
Bruce & Cybill
MOONLIGHTING (1985-89)
MOONLIGHTING (1985-89)
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Bruce & Cybill
MOONLIGHTING (1985-89)
MOONLIGHTING (1985-89)
After seeing BRYAN CRANSTON in ‘Breaking Bad’ - ANTHONY HOPKINS sent this wonderful email to the show’s star full of admiration for Cranston's performance, claiming it to be the best acting he'd ever seen.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
After seeing BRYAN CRANSTON in ‘Breaking Bad’ - ANTHONY HOPKINS sent this wonderful email to the show’s star full of admiration for Cranston's performance, claiming it to be the best acting he'd ever seen.
Take your pick:
- The Jam
- The Buzzcocks
- Orange Juice/Delmontes
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- The Cure
- The Damned
- Ian Dury And The Blockheads
- The Stranglers
- Iron Maiden
- The Jam
- The Buzzcocks
- Orange Juice/Delmontes
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- The Cure
- The Damned
- Ian Dury And The Blockheads
- The Stranglers
- Iron Maiden
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Take your pick:
- The Jam
- The Buzzcocks
- Orange Juice/Delmontes
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- The Cure
- The Damned
- Ian Dury And The Blockheads
- The Stranglers
- Iron Maiden
- The Jam
- The Buzzcocks
- Orange Juice/Delmontes
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- The Cure
- The Damned
- Ian Dury And The Blockheads
- The Stranglers
- Iron Maiden
The great MICHAEL SHEEN is magnificent as the legendary Brian Clough, Peter Morgan’s screenplay superb, and the whole Cast is uniformly excellent.
THE DAMNED UNITED (2009)
THE DAMNED UNITED (2009)
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The great MICHAEL SHEEN is magnificent as the legendary Brian Clough, Peter Morgan’s screenplay superb, and the whole Cast is uniformly excellent.
THE DAMNED UNITED (2009)
THE DAMNED UNITED (2009)
Katz’s Deli - NYC
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Katz’s Deli - NYC
“At this moment when any moment may be the last for many of us, it’s damned galling & impossibly sad that we still have among us the small, bitter people, the witch-hunters & the declaimers against reality."
A 1985 letter from the late great CHARLES BUKOWSKI on censorship.
A 1985 letter from the late great CHARLES BUKOWSKI on censorship.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“At this moment when any moment may be the last for many of us, it’s damned galling & impossibly sad that we still have among us the small, bitter people, the witch-hunters & the declaimers against reality."
A 1985 letter from the late great CHARLES BUKOWSKI on censorship.
A 1985 letter from the late great CHARLES BUKOWSKI on censorship.
Lauren Bacall and daughter Leslie Bogart - Paris, 1968
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Lauren Bacall and daughter Leslie Bogart - Paris, 1968
This goes a long way to explaining a lot of Hollywood Studio Execs & Filmmakers today.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This goes a long way to explaining a lot of Hollywood Studio Execs & Filmmakers today.
Connery leaving his West Hampstead home for a spot of Golf in 1962.
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Connery leaving his West Hampstead home for a spot of Golf in 1962.
Luis Buñuel’s surrealist erotic psychological drama was CATHERINE DENEUVE’s second acclaimed success after ‘The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg’, won numerous international awards and is held up as classic of its type.
BELLE DE JOUR (1967)
BELLE DE JOUR (1967)
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Luis Buñuel’s surrealist erotic psychological drama was CATHERINE DENEUVE’s second acclaimed success after ‘The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg’, won numerous international awards and is held up as classic of its type.
BELLE DE JOUR (1967)
BELLE DE JOUR (1967)
BARRY LYNDON playing at the Cinerama Dome - Los Angeles in 1975.
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
BARRY LYNDON playing at the Cinerama Dome - Los Angeles in 1975.
Sunset Strip - 1970
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sunset Strip - 1970
The Hollywood blacklist was instituted #OTD in 1947 after 10 were cited for refusing to answer before the HUAC.
The 10 were Dalton Trumbo, Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr, John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott.
The 10 were Dalton Trumbo, Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr, John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Hollywood blacklist was instituted #OTD in 1947 after 10 were cited for refusing to answer before the HUAC.
The 10 were Dalton Trumbo, Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr, John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott.
The 10 were Dalton Trumbo, Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr, John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott.
Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr & Dean Martin rat packin’ at the Sands Hotel - Vegas, 1960
📷 by Bob Willoughby
📷 by Bob Willoughby
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr & Dean Martin rat packin’ at the Sands Hotel - Vegas, 1960
📷 by Bob Willoughby
📷 by Bob Willoughby
Still the best definition of Comedy I’ve ever come across.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Still the best definition of Comedy I’ve ever come across.
A young cameraman by the name of CHRISTOPHER NOLAN in 1990
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A young cameraman by the name of CHRISTOPHER NOLAN in 1990
Carrie Fisher taking a photo of Harrison Ford in Manhattan (1979)
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Carrie Fisher taking a photo of Harrison Ford in Manhattan (1979)
RIP the great man of Ska, Reggae and Soul - JIMMY CLIFF.
Thank you man.
Thank you man.
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
RIP the great man of Ska, Reggae and Soul - JIMMY CLIFF.
Thank you man.
Thank you man.
New York - 1957
📷 by Inge Morath
📷 by Inge Morath
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New York - 1957
📷 by Inge Morath
📷 by Inge Morath