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Honoring our veterans today!! Here's a glimpse of Thomas Mitchell, Robert Taylor, Lee Bowman, and Lloyd Nolan in action as they defend the Philippines against Japanese forces in β€œBataan’s Last Stand” (Photo: John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

11.11.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s Godzilla Day - thanks Viviana - when one of our favorite lizards was first released in 1954! This creature however is not Mr. (Ms?) Zilla but a close relation…Gorgo…Here destroying a London bridge. (Photo: John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

03.11.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Greetings Halloweenies - NO TRICKS…or else I’ll send my pet fly after you!! (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

31.10.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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September 6, marks the 100th Anniversary of the premiere of this amazing silent film β€œThe Phantom of the Opera” starring Lon Chaney. This particular still is from the 1929 Talking! Singing! Dancing! re-release 😱 (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

07.09.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Happy Birthday Raquel Welch. Here she plays the lead role of skydiver Fathom Harvill in the 1967 adventure Fathom. (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

07.09.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday to the great Robert Shaw. Here as King Henry VIII in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons. WHAT, you thought I was going to post a pic from that fish movie!!! (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

08.08.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembering Mary Miles Minter, who died on this day in 1984, and appeared in over 50 silent films, usually in innocent girl roles, before the infamous William Desmond Taylor murder case brought her career to an abrupt halt.

04.08.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Happy Birthday to Miss Audrey Hepburn. Here in a pose as she appears in Blake Edwards’ 1961 comedic romance Breakfast at Tiffany’s, in which she plays the lead role of Holly Golightly (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

04.05.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday Julie Christie (#botd 1941). Here she is as Bathsheba Everdene riding her horse over Weatherbury Farm in a scene from the 1967 film "Far From the Madding Crowd." (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Instagram.com/johnspringer...

15.04.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from the John Springer Collection. Here is Actress Gwen Lee Learning an Irish Jig from Polly Moran. Γ‰irinn go BrΓ‘ch! (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Instagram.com/johnspringer...

17.03.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday Jerry Lewis (#botd 1926). While he might have been β€˜The King of Comedy,’ - he was damn good - Dear Old Dad was not a fan after Lewis grabbed Mom at an event and gave her a big wet sloppy kiss!!!! Here is Jerry in the 1963 film Who’s Minding the Store. Instagram.com/johnspringer...

16.03.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Happy Birthday to one of the coolest cats I ever had the pleasure to know. Tony Randall was part of my life from when I was three years old and his wifey and chilluns are still among my closest friends. I Loved Tony Randall and Miss Him Lots and Lots. Instagram.com/johnspringer...

26.02.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I know I am a day late with this and hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day ❀️ Here, Linda Mason (Marjorie Reynolds) joins Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby) at the piano to look at a Valentine in his nightclub the Holiday Inn in the 1942 musical Holiday Inn. Instagram.com/johnspringer...

15.02.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday to the β€˜Latin Lover,’ Ramon Navarro (#botd 1899). He was the first major Latin Hollywood star and one of the top box office attractions in the 20s and early 30s. Here in the 1927 film The Road to Romance. His greatest success was starring in Ben-Hur in 1925.

06.02.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday Cary Grant (#botd 1904). He was one of the coolest,suavest, debonair charming leading men and who was not only a terrific dramatic actor but also an excellent comedian with impeccable timing. Instagram.com/johnspringer...

18.01.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To celebrate the first day of winter 2024-25 let’s harken back to 1971 when Jack Nicholson as Jonathan Fuerst and Art Garfunkel as his friend Sandy strolled in snowy Central Park in the Mike Nichols film β€œCarnal Knowledge”. (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

21.12.2024 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chiara Mastroianni looking at pic of her dad, Marcello (mom is Catherine Deneuve), and my dad, John. β€œI remember that jacket he’s wearing so well.” Pix from premiere of β€˜Marcello and Chiara Mastroianni: A Family Affair’ series at MoMA. With thanks to Sally Fischer and Carmela Spinelli.

13.12.2024 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FYC - WORKERS’ WINGS for Best Documentary Short at the 97th Academy Awards. I hope you have a chance to catch this terrific moving film from Kosovo.

Trailer: mubi.com/en/films/wor...

07.12.2024 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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