***Oooooeeeeeeoooooo*** The haunted pajamas are coming to get you! (Found this 1917 film poster while researching the director, Fred Balshofer)

#FilmSky #Film #SilentFilm 🎥 🗃️

Annual public service announcement.

#vintage #Halloween #history

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

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

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

My mom is a better film critic than I am.

#FilmSky #movies

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

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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

How I imagine myself on those elusive days when I actually like what I wrote.

#writingcommunity #booksky #authorsky

This is the greatest tagline I've ever read.

#FilmSky #movies #movieposters

Raul Julia in the Broadway production of DRACULA, with set design by Edward Gorey. (He replaced Frank Langella in 1978.)

#horror #EdwardGorey #Dracula

At last, some French I can use!

#FilmSky #Duolingo

Lillian Gish says you use too much rouge.

#FilmSky #silentfilm

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

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

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

🗃️ Ads in VARIETY in 1911 are a gold mine. Note the descriptions that read as negative today & the use of "ventriloquil"—naturally, it's what a ventriloquist performs. I'm charmed to the bloomers with master xylophonists and orig. athletic features. What's your favorite part?

#history #vaudeville

I've been tracing the history of gorilla and apeman films on Patreon. Today's article explores THE TRUTH BEHIND THE APE-MAN from 1906. Hair tonics! Vaudeville! And a female director! #filmsky #silentfilm www.patreon.com/posts/truth-...