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Marci

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Mostly classic movies and sarcasm. Strictly poison under the gravy. @marcik on Twitter @marcikay on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/2fYYz

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · Jul 14

Just about sums up the world of Letterboxd classic film reviews

@letterboxd.social #FilmSky 📽️ #NowWatching

Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 6h

Great to read yours! This was a fun first watch 😊

Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you for hosting!

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 6h

Reminds me a little of this ending:
#FilmNoirClub

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 6h

two babies are separated at birth and sitting in high chairs eating food .

Alt: two babies are separated at birth and sitting in high chairs eating food .

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 6h

Dan Duryea is better at accents than Marjorie Reynolds.

#FilmNoirClub #MinistryofFear

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 6h

PSA: Hillary Brooke and Kristine Miller are not the same person.

Carry on.

#FilmNoirClub #MinistryofFear

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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 7h

Cinematographer Henry Sharp helped define the look of early Paramount #filmnoir with other classics such as The Glass Key (1942) and This Gun for Hire (1942). #FilmNoirClub

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IdleTalk12 @idletalk12.bsky.social · 7h

This sign caught my attention the first time I saw the film.
This is London during The Blitz and the sign says "Don't help the enemy."
#filmnoirclub

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

Me: “I’d even enjoy hearing you say you’re interested in me.”

Ray Milland: “I am.”

#MarciFanFic
#FilmNoirClub #MinistryofFear

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

TFW you’re watching #MinistryofFear with the #FilmNoirClub and your mother calls and won’t stop chatting

a little girl is laying on the ground covered in leaves with the words nooooo on the bottom

ALT: a little girl is laying on the ground covered in leaves with the words nooooo on the bottom

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

Ah, the good old days!

Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

Adding
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) and
The Uninvited (1944).

#FilmNoirClub #MinistryofFear

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

Umm, tell him there is NOT space for one more!!!! 😬

#FilmNoirClub #MinistryofFear

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

I’m too superstitious!

a man in a suit and tie is saying that he is not superstitious but i am a little stitious .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying that he is not superstitious but i am a little stitious .

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

Similar set, completely different vibe.
The Crystal Ball (1943)

#FilmNoirClub #MinistryofFear

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

Ray Milland’s Welsh accent gets me every time 😍

#FilmNoirClub #MinistryofFear

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 7h

If a bat or a mouse comes out of that clock on the wall, I’ll….

#Wrongmovie #FilmNoirClub

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 8h

Same!

#FilmNoirClub #MinistryofFear

Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 1d

So we don’t have to worry about an invasion of the omelette station?

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 1d

Did I mention 2025 sucks?!?

Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 1d

Those liberal breakfast buffets need to be quashed. And military force is definitely needed to address the proliferation of mini shampoo bottles.

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 1d

Alternate title:
That Darn Career Girl

#TCMParty

Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 1d

SO YOUR WIFE WANTS TO WORK (1956) — 10:00 pm ET — 8m
(TCM Extras)

George O'Hanlon, Phyllis Coates, Steve Carruthers; directed by Richard L. Bare

This comedic short involves a wife who wants to work, but her husband isn't too keen on the idea. Vitaphone Release 2607A.

#TCM #TCMParty

So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!!

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats! #FilmNoirClub is the perfect housewarming gift 😁

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Marci @marcikay.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, the Eugene Pallette story might not be so inspirational.