@jeff-a-kelley.bsky.socialBorn on this day in 1926 was actress, Jean Peters. Jean is known as a star in the late 1940s and early 50s, and the second wife of Howard Hughes. Her films include It Happens Every Spring (1949), Anne of the Indies (1951), Viva Zapata! (1051) and A Blueprint for Murder (1953). #OnThisDay #botd
@holpod.bsky.socialMario Puzo, author of The Godfather, #botd
Before you watch/rewatch The Godfather series to celebrate Puzo's birthday, you might take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with author Karen M. Spence, author of The Companion Guide to The Godfather Trilogy.
@classicmoviehub.bsky.social6 Classic Movie Birthdays Today 10/15 incl Jane Darwell, Melville Cooper, Jean Peters, Mervyn LeRoy (pictured in that order), and more. #botd
Full List: https://www.classicmoviehub.com/database/births/month/october-15/
@sownow.bsky.socialAmerican journalist Eugene Patterson was born on this day in 1923.
From humble beginnings, he served in the U.S. Army as a tank commander in WWII and found his way to newspapers after leaving the service in 1947. 🧵
@jeff-a-kelley.bsky.socialBorn on this day in 1925 was the film & TV actress, Virginia Leith. Virginia is best known for the head is kept alive in a pan in the classic, “The Brain That Wouldn't Die”. She was also in Toward the Unknown (1956), and “A Kiss Before Dying (1956).#OnThisDay #botd
@lesliehoward.bsky.social#BOTD in 1896, Melville Cooper portrayed Romney, who painted Lady Blakeney's portrait in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), starring Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, and Leslie Howard.
Cooper later appeared in such classics as Rebecca (1940) and The Lady Eve (1941).
@sownow.bsky.social“Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.”
-American writer Mario Puzo, born on this day in 1920 🧵
@photogsatwork.bsky.social#BOTD Frank Hurley (October 15, 1885 - January 16, 1962) #DocumentaryPhotography #Adventurer #Photography
@phewtus.bsky.social#BOTD 1879
Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard): American actress of stage, film, and television. Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of Ma Joad in the The Grapes of Wrath (1940), for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
@holpod.bsky.social"The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this the task and mighty labor lies."
– Virgil #botd
From the archives, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to biographer Sarah Ruden.
@phewtus.bsky.social#BOTD 1872
Hannah Jones in Shoreditch, London. Professional singer and actress, trained at the Royal Academy of Music. Known for Downhill (1927), Blackmail (1929), Murder! (1930) and Rich and Strange (1931).
@phewtus.bsky.social#BOTD 1831
Isabella Lucy Bishop: English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. Wrote A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, which vividly portrays her journey up Longs Peak and the 3,000-mile horseback trip she took across the Front Range.
www.scottish-places.info/people/famou...
@emo777.bsky.socialHis books have sold more than 100 million copies, ranging from over fifty titles in the 87th Precinct series written under the name Ed McBain, to the novels written under his own name including The Blackboard Jungle.
Evan Hunter #botd
@emo777.bsky.social“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other...”
Mario Puzo #botd was determined to write something that would make him some money. The Godfather became one of the most widely read, post-war American novels.
@aavellanedam.bsky.socialSoy un fugitivo, Ellos no olvidarán, Madame Curie, Hampa dorada, El puente de Waterloo, Niebla en el pasado, Quo Vadis, La mala semilla, Mundos opuestos, Sed de escándalo, Senda prohibida…
Grandes películas de un director que reivindico:
#BOTD Mervyn LeRoy
Feliz día ❤️🎬
@beara318.bsky.socialThe #BirdOfTheDay themes are #JKLM and #grey
A mandarin duck paddling against the fast flowing water. A first for me.
#BOTD #bird #mandarin #duck #nature #photography #eastcoastkin ☘️
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