Steve Hayes

Happy Birthday LAURENCE LUCKINBILL! 🎂 Starred in films like STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER & solo stage shows as LBJ and Theodore Roosevelt. He broke new ground in the original company of THE BOYS IN THE BAND. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/q109y4WO8Bs?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday Oscar winner ESTELLE PARSONS! 🎂Acclaimed for BONNIE & CLYDE, she starred in RACHEL, RACHEL, and TV's ROSEANNE. I have seen her on Broadway more than any other person. A joy to watch every time. 💖 Viva Estelle! #MovieSky

Happy Birthday, GENE TIERNEY & CLIFTON WEBB! 🎂 Friends & co-stars of LAURA, Otto Preminger’s suspenseful directorial debut, one of the best & most sophisticated film noirs. The actors were reunited a few years later in THE RAZOR’S EDGE. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/s5yFbrrBezs?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday, ROCK HUDSON! 🎂 Gained fame with MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (‘54), charmed in romantic comedies with Doris Day & TV hits like MCMILLAN & WIFE & DYNASTY. Remembered for his iconic role in GIANT (‘56) with Elizabeth Taylor. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/6u5LUTGNLX8?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday GEORGE S. KAUFMAN! 🎂 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, director, & humorist, crafted Broadway hits like YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU and THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER. His sharp wit enlivened classic films, including DINNER AT 8. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/rxrgyvJInVs?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday JOHN KERR! 🎂 Handsome, sensitive star of Broadway & film versions of the controversial TEA & SYMPATHY, Lieutenant Cable in the film of SOUTH PACIFIC & the confused patient in The Cobweb with Gloria Grahame. My TEA AND SYMPATHY #MovieReview youtu.be/RcclozSiap0?...
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Happy Birthday, brilliant, beautiful, and at times difficult Austrian actor OSKAR WERNER! 🎂 Magnificent in DECISION BEFORE DAWN, FAHRENHEIT 451, and #Oscar-nominated for his doomed physician in Stanley Kramer’s all-star SHIP OF FOOLS (‘65).

Happy Birthday, VERONICA LAKE! 🎂 Producer David O. Selznick thought the best Hollywood name was hers. I quite agree - the classic, cool blonde & my first star obsession. I drew pictures of her constantly… and still do. My THE BLUE DAHLIA #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/SYYn6JSdVBs?... 🎬 #MovieSky

Happy Birthday, Hitchcock favorite, blonde, & beautiful GRACE KELLY! 🎂 Divine in REAR WINDOW (1954). Oscar win for THE COUNTRY GIRL (1955) & nomination for a terrific turn in MOGAMBO. My MOGAMBO (1954) #MovieReview youtu.be/ATLSJf1JjIo?... 🎬 #MovieSky

Kirkland, left, had a "No small parts" role in the 1973 caper classic "The Sting" with Robert Redford.

Farewell SALLY KIRKLAND 💔 Oscar nominee for ANNA, she appeared in classics like THE STING with Newman and Redford, THE WAY WE WERE, REVENGE, EDTV, JFK, BRUCE ALMIGHTY, and BLAZING SADDLES. Funny, feisty, and fearless on stage, screen, and television. #MovieSky

Happy Birthday RICHARD BURTON! 🎂 Ferocious & fearless, incredible presence & glorious voice. Broadway includes HAMLET, CAMELOT, & EQUUS. Film includes: CLEOPATRA & WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF. My favorite THE V.I.P.s with Elizabeth Taylor. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/MbREXsvnKbo?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday, brilliant CLAUDE RAINS! 🎂 THE INVISIBLE MAN, ROBIN HOOD, MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, NOW, VOYAGER, CASABLANCA, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, MR SKEFFINGTON, NOTORIOUS, DECEPTION, THE UNSUSPECTED, & LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. Nuf said! My #MovieReview Playlist 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Happy Birthday EDNA MAY OLIVER! 🎂 Remarkable character actress, starred in films like DAVID COPPERFIELD, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (Oscar nom), & the Hildegard Withers detective series. Love her in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/VuH8bMCpLxo?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday, ALAIN DELON! 🎂 Handsome French-Swiss actor, a cinematic icon known for ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, PURPLE NOON, LE SAMOURAÏ, & MONSIEUR KLEIN. Delon worked with auteurs like Visconti, Antonioni & Melville, winning a César for NOTRE HISTOIRE. #MovieSky

Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine in the 1989 film adaptation, opposite her real-life neighbor Tom Conti, who played the Greek bar owner with whom she has a fling

Farewell, PAULINE COLLINS 💔 Loved her in SHIRLEY VALENTINE, which earned her a Tony and Oscar nomination, but my favorite was her powerful role in PARADISE ROAD.

Made me a hockey fan! 🥅

Farewell DIANE LADD! 💔 Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 3 times WILD AT HEART (1990), RAMBLING ROSE (1991) & indelible as the kindly, foul mouthed “Flo” in Martin Scorsese’s ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) ☕️ #MovieSky

For members of The Player’s Club NYC, I will be hosting a screening of Vincente Minnelli’s THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL this Wednesday, November 5th at 8:00 PM. What fun!! 🎬 Here is my #MovieReview to give you a taste 👉 youtu.be/3SCnWIrqETw?... 💖⭐️ #MovieSky

Luchino Visconti and Alain Delon

Happy Birthday iconic, Italian director LUCHINO VISCONTI! 🎂 Sumptuous, sensual and sensational dramas filled with breathtaking visuals and legendary performances by international casts. Viva Visconti!!! ♥️ #MovieSky

Tonight I’m going to a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO at Lincoln Center with Bernard Herrmann’s iconic score played live by The New York Philharmonic! @nyphil A Tired Old Queen at the Movies dream come true! 🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN! My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/6GXp0amzkFM?... #MovieSky

There's no better way to celebrate Halloween 🎃 than to cozy up with some old fashioned monsters! 🧌 Enjoy my Monster 🧛‍♂️Movie Review 🦇 Playlist here 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis... 👽 #MovieSky

Farewell PRUNELLA SCALES 💔 Renowned British actress, unforgettable as Sybil in FAWLTY TOWER & my favorite in MAPP & LUCIA with Geraldine McKewen. Brilliant in the TV version of Alan Bennett’s A QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION as Queen Elizabeth II. Remarkable talent on stage & screen. #RIP

NEW MOVIE REVIEW! 🎬 Relive the glory of 1950s monster matinees with my review of MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). Jack Arnold, Universal Monsters & pure retro horror magic. 🎃 Perfect for Halloween! 👉 youtu.be/7xyw0gBwCSc #MovieSky

Happy Birthday JACK CARSON! 🎂 Popular character actor in Hollywood gave standout performances in films like THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE, MAKE YOUR OWN BED, & A STAR IS BORN. Especially acclaimed for his role in MILDRED PIERCE ('45). Always good. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/eYOz_WukyoA?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday sweet & sensitive TERESA WRIGHT! 🎂 Remarkable Hollywood debut with Oscar nominations for THE LITTLE FOXES and PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, won Best Supporting Actress for MRS. MINIVER (1942) My #MovieReview 👉https://youtu.be/l_1DCy4T-ms?si=acwc7v4tKCtxZbHt&t=15 #MovieSky

Farewell to JUNE LOCKHART 💔 She defined TV gentle motherhood on LASSIE and LOST IN SPACE. Broadway’s Tony-winning newcomer, she began her film career as a child and appeared alongside legends in classics such as SERGEANT YORK, ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO, and MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. #MovieSky

Happy Birthday NICHOLAS MUSURACA! 🎂 Iconic cinematographer who’s work with producer Val Lewton & such directors as Robert Siodmak, Robert Wise, Mark Robson & Jacques Tourneur set the standard for the look of Film Noir. 🎥 My #MovieReview of his OUT OF THE PAST 👉 youtu.be/alpDb32z6pA?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday Dame SYBIL THORNDIKE! 🎂 60+ year stage & film career, inspired George Bernard Shaw to write SAINT JOAN. 1st British actress on a postage stamp. Starred in THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL and featured memorably in STAGE FRIGHT. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/r2OgADpG4wk?... #MovieSky

Just because… 16 years ago, we started on YouTube with our first film review of DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS 💪 and it’s been a ball ever since. 🎂 Thanks to everyone who watches STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen At the Movies. See the first one here 👉 youtu.be/fJ5EDIVzK4o?... #MovieSky