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John Blanco

@johnblanco.bsky.social

Likes movies, especially art, foreign, golden age, trash, silent, precode, noir.

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β€œGrandma! It’s my heart!”

03.02.2026 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AnaΓ―s Nin
Β© Carl Van Vechten, 1940

02.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
In β€˜The Man Who Lost Himself’ (1941)

In β€˜The Man Who Lost Himself’ (1941)

S. Z. Sakall, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1883, in Budapest

02.02.2026 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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Bonita Granville in "These Three" - BOTD

02.02.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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VΔ›ra ChytilovΓ‘ (with scenes form her film "Daisies") - BOTD

02.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elaine Stritch in "A Little night Music" - BOTD

02.02.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A place to have a smoke.

02.02.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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A dark polaroid of Catherine O’Hara in her yellow shirt and black jacket from the film "After Hours." She is looking off to her left.

A dark polaroid of Catherine O’Hara in her yellow shirt and black jacket from the film "After Hours." She is looking off to her left.

Catherine O’Hara πŸ’›
Polaroid from the set of "After Hours" (1985)

30.01.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 396    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Colour view of city streets with yellow taxis, wet pavement, and many theatre marquees.

Colour view of city streets with yellow taxis, wet pavement, and many theatre marquees.

Times Square, New York City (1944)
Photo: unknown

30.01.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

Paul Klee, Actor's Mask, 1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135696

25.01.2026 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pablo Picasso
"Dish of Pears", 1936

30.01.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ava Gardner, by Helmut Newton, 1988.

30.01.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JLT.

30.01.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Water Lilies - 1906/1907
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10976

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection Β© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection Β© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Dance You Monster to My Soft Song! by Paul Klee, 1922
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137273

29.01.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Catherine O’Hara, β€˜Home Alone’ and β€˜Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71

Unacceptable.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...

30.01.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Portraits of Margaret Sullavan and James Stewartβ€”below two small cartoons of them leaning on a display case

Portraits of Margaret Sullavan and James Stewartβ€”below two small cartoons of them leaning on a display case

BTD - Ernst Lubitsch - The Shop Around the Corner - 1940 - French release poster - Art by Boris Grinsson

29.01.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bonjour

28.01.2026 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It was a revelation to me too as a kid. Maltin doesn’t get the respect he deserves as a historian of golden age movie comedy.

28.01.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That’s a good one. Here’s another Maltin I’ve enjoyed since I was 12.

27.01.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Β© Rukie Jumah

25.01.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jane Birkin
Β© Tony Frank

25.01.2026 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Β© Saul Leiter
Don't Walk, 1952

25.01.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Β© Saul Leiter

25.01.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Olivier Assayas (with scenes from his film "Irma Vep") - BOTD

25.01.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Virginia Woolf (with scenes from the Sally Potter film "Orlando", loosely based on Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel "Orlando: A Biography") - BOTD

25.01.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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New York office - Edward Hopper, 1962.
Source : MusΓ©e des beaux-Arts, Montgomery (Alabama) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

25.01.2026 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1110    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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People in the sun - Edward Hopper, 1960.
Source : Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washinghton πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

25.01.2026 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1807    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 10
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Believe your eyes. A whole lotta gaslighting goin’ on.

25.01.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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