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@harlowlaketaylor

(alliapplebum on Twitter) LA native. Lover of classic films, pop culture, nostalgia, Disneyland, award shows, jazz, retro horror, cats, and all things niche and unusual.

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#LastFourWatched

27.02.2026 16:16 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a woman is standing in front of a crowd with her hands in the air and her mouth open . ALT: a woman is standing in front of a crowd with her hands in the air and her mouth open .

No one was going to tell me that there’s a 1934 version of Jane Eyre with Colin Clive????

27.02.2026 16:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Warner Bros. Heir Was Concerned About Netflix Deal. He’s Alarmed About Paramount After voicing initial skepticism over Netflix’s blockbuster $82.7 billion deal, the grandson of Warner Bros. founder Jack Warner eventually came around to Ted Sarandos’ team as the fight for the historic studio intensified. Then the streaming giant backed out. Despite Warners now favoring David Ellison’s Paramount offer, he believes Netflix would’ve been the better option.

Warner Bros. Heir Was Concerned About Netflix Deal. He’s Alarmed About Paramount

27.02.2026 14:52 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 3
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Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot"

HELL. YES.

26.02.2026 18:45 👍 1809 🔁 668 💬 3 📌 155
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26.02.2026 18:40 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Was Maisie (1939) Meant for Jean Harlow? Maisie (1939) is one of the seminal ingredients in Ann Sothern’s saucy filmography, which renders the fact it wasn’t initially planned with her in mind slightly humorous.

Historical hearsay dictates that Jean Harlow was meant to be the original Maisie, a role that fell to Ann Sothern's feet in 1939. I wrote about why it's not that cut and dried on Vitaphone Zone. vitaphonezone.substack.com/p/was-maisie...

25.02.2026 21:46 👍 27 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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Vivien Leigh photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1941.

26.02.2026 01:23 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Vivien Leigh photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1941.

26.02.2026 01:21 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Heated Rivalry

11.02.2026 18:29 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Super Bowl Sunday with birthday girl Mamie Van Doren, 1953. 🏈

07.02.2026 01:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Throwback to when I found this Mamie Van Doren record out in the wild and purchased it immediately. #BOTD

07.02.2026 01:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Paul Newman photographed by Michael Childers, 1969.

04.02.2026 19:29 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Ann-Margret in a publicity photo for MURDERERS’ ROW (1966)

04.02.2026 19:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Kristen Stewart’s Bold Plan to Bring a Beloved Los Angeles Theater Back to Life How the actor-director is restoring the historic Highland Theatre as a community-centered home for adventurous cinema in LA

more famous and wealthy celebrities should buy old movie theaters!!! www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kriste...

04.02.2026 19:35 👍 121 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 9
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Natacha Rambova photographed in 1925.

05.02.2026 05:20 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Favorite new-to-me movies of 2025! In no particular order.

04.02.2026 19:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Veronica Lake “Paramount Star” in an advertisement for Max Factor make up, 1943.

04.02.2026 19:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ann-Margret in a publicity photo for MURDERERS’ ROW (1966)

04.02.2026 19:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A woman listening to a classic floor-model radio

A woman listening to a classic floor-model radio

Some years ago, Cladrite Radio founder Brett Leveridge appeared on the public radio show This American Life. One of the shows he was on, “The Kindness of Strangers,” is airing again this weekend. We’re told it’ll be featured on their podcast too. Give it a listen—we think you’ll enjoy it.

04.02.2026 17:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Actress and activist Ruby Dee — in costume, dressed in a light-coloured woven ribbon gown and dark-coloured high-necked cape with ribbon detail, wearing a crown — captured facing the camera while looking into the distance, her left hand in front of her, right arm by her side, posed against a black backdrop, in a black-and-white medium close-up shot taken while Dee was starring as Cordelia in a production of King Lear at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut

Actress and activist Ruby Dee — in costume, dressed in a light-coloured woven ribbon gown and dark-coloured high-necked cape with ribbon detail, wearing a crown — captured facing the camera while looking into the distance, her left hand in front of her, right arm by her side, posed against a black backdrop, in a black-and-white medium close-up shot taken while Dee was starring as Cordelia in a production of King Lear at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut

Actress and activist Ruby Dee — in costume, dressed in a light-coloured woven ribbon gown and dark-coloured high-necked cape with ribbon detail, wearing a crown — captured facing the camera while looking into the distance, her left hand in front of her, right arm by her side, posed against a black backdrop, in a black-and-white medium close-up shot taken while Dee was starring as Cordelia in a production of King Lear at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut

Actress and activist Ruby Dee — in costume, dressed in a light-coloured woven ribbon gown and dark-coloured high-necked cape with ribbon detail, wearing a crown — captured facing the camera while looking into the distance, her left hand in front of her, right arm by her side, posed against a black backdrop, in a black-and-white medium close-up shot taken while Dee was starring as Cordelia in a production of King Lear at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut

Actress and activist Ruby Dee — in costume, dressed in a dark-coloured high-necked cape with ribbon detail, wearing a crown — captured facing the camera while looking into the distance, posed against a black backdrop, in a black-and-white medium close-up shot taken while Dee was starring as Cordelia in a production of King Lear at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut

Actress and activist Ruby Dee — in costume, dressed in a dark-coloured high-necked cape with ribbon detail, wearing a crown — captured facing the camera while looking into the distance, posed against a black backdrop, in a black-and-white medium close-up shot taken while Dee was starring as Cordelia in a production of King Lear at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut

Ruby Dee as Cordelia in the American Shakespeare Festival's production of King Lear, 1965

01.02.2026 23:42 👍 84 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 0
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Paul Newman photographed by Michael Childers, 1969.

04.02.2026 19:29 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Letterboxd year in review stats 😀

04.01.2026 15:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor

Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor

Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor https://aje.io/lv8uxp

01.01.2026 06:00 👍 429 🔁 60 💬 4 📌 7
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉

01.01.2026 06:04 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NYE with Lucy and Desi 🎉

01.01.2026 06:03 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🎉

01.01.2026 06:03 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Barbara Steele in 8 1/2 (1963)

30.12.2025 03:24 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy birthday to horror legend Barbara Steele who turns 88 years old today. 🖤

30.12.2025 03:10 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s THE APARTMENT week. 🎉

29.12.2025 15:08 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lew Ayres in The doorway to hell (1930)

Lew Ayres in The doorway to hell (1930)

Lew Ayres in Okay America (1932)

Lew Ayres in Okay America (1932)

Lew Ayres in Heaven on earth (1931)

Lew Ayres in Heaven on earth (1931)

Lew Ayres in All quiet on the western front (1930)

Lew Ayres in All quiet on the western front (1930)

Of course I didn't forget Lew Ayres' birthday ❣️

29.12.2025 06:27 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0