John Blanco
@johnblanco.bsky.social
Likes movies, especially art, foreign, golden age, trash, silent, precode, noir.
A happy “Thanksgivin’” from Hoagy!
"Thanksgiving", by Hoagy Carmichael’s orchestra with vocalist Dick Robertson, recorded September 1, 1932.
As Will Friedwald notes, "the first bird that Hoagy and Johnny Mercer wrote about together wasn't a skylark but rather, a turkey."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7P...
As Will Friedwald notes, "the first bird that Hoagy and Johnny Mercer wrote about together wasn't a skylark but rather, a turkey."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7P...
Thanksgivin', Hoagy Carmichael and his Orchestra
YouTube video by Debbie White
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A happy “Thanksgivin’” from Hoagy!
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Remembering Charles Schulz on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Remembering Charles Schulz on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
Reposted by John Blanco
'Le Conformiste'
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
'Le Conformiste'
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'Le Conformiste', Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970.
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
'Le Conformiste', Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970.
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"Je n'ai rien a déclarer à part que je suis génial. "
Oscar Wilde
© Erwin Blumenfeld
Oscar Wilde
© Erwin Blumenfeld
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Je n'ai rien a déclarer à part que je suis génial. "
Oscar Wilde
© Erwin Blumenfeld
Oscar Wilde
© Erwin Blumenfeld
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“Tout portrait se situe au confluent d'un rêve et d'une réalité.”
Georges Perec
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
Georges Perec
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Tout portrait se situe au confluent d'un rêve et d'une réalité.”
Georges Perec
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
Georges Perec
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
Reposted by John Blanco
Reposted by John Blanco
Happy Thanksgiving, swampies. Have a fun family time.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, swampies. Have a fun family time.
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Joan Blondell in Central Park (1932)
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Joan Blondell in Central Park (1932)
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Reposted by John Blanco
Albert Maysles (with scenes from his documentary "Grey Gardens", codirected with his brother David) - BOTD
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Albert Maysles (with scenes from his documentary "Grey Gardens", codirected with his brother David) - BOTD
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THE TOLL OF THE SEA, directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Anna May Wong, premiered at the Rialto in New York City #OnThisDay in 1922. This is the earliest surviving feature in the two-color Technicolor process.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THE TOLL OF THE SEA, directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Anna May Wong, premiered at the Rialto in New York City #OnThisDay in 1922. This is the earliest surviving feature in the two-color Technicolor process.
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A II (Construction A II) by László Moholy-Nagy, 1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A II (Construction A II) by László Moholy-Nagy, 1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553
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Composition T 1962-E15 by Hans Hartung, 1962
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137925
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137925
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Composition T 1962-E15 by Hans Hartung, 1962
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137925
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137925
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The Garden Gate at Vetheuil - 1881
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9587
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9587
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Garden Gate at Vetheuil - 1881
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9587
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9587
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Louis John Rhead
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving
1894
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving
1894
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Louis John Rhead
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving
1894
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving
1894
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In 1935, surrealist artist/filmmaker Joseph Cornell became obsessed with Rose after buying a print of East of Borneo in a junk shop. He then created a 19-minute silent short dreamscape of spliced scenes of Rose filtered through blue glass and named it Rose Hobart (1936).
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In 1935, surrealist artist/filmmaker Joseph Cornell became obsessed with Rose after buying a print of East of Borneo in a junk shop. He then created a 19-minute silent short dreamscape of spliced scenes of Rose filtered through blue glass and named it Rose Hobart (1936).
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Seventeen Magazine, August 1965 #FallFashion
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Seventeen Magazine, August 1965 #FallFashion
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Australian Home Decorating by Babette Hayes (1970)
January 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Australian Home Decorating by Babette Hayes (1970)
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Édouard Manet
Le Chemin de fer, 1873
Le Chemin de fer, 1873
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Édouard Manet
Le Chemin de fer, 1873
Le Chemin de fer, 1873
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Henri Matisse
Femme lisant dans un jardin, 1902 - 1903
Femme lisant dans un jardin, 1902 - 1903
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Henri Matisse
Femme lisant dans un jardin, 1902 - 1903
Femme lisant dans un jardin, 1902 - 1903
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Dominique Sanda
'Une femme douce', Robert Bresson, 1969
'Une femme douce', Robert Bresson, 1969
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Dominique Sanda
'Une femme douce', Robert Bresson, 1969
'Une femme douce', Robert Bresson, 1969
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Dominique Sanda
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Dominique Sanda
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Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier at Home: 15 Photos of the Midcentury Power Couple’s London Life www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/vivi...
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier at Home: 15 Photos of the Midcentury Power Couple’s London Life www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/vivi...