Marco
@marco-place
Bi-coastal culture vulture: 20th century movie maven, opera queen, ballet buff, art appreciator and book reader [prose]. Exploring the world and loving animals. 🏳️🌈
#LetterboxdFriday #LastThreeWatched Monumental changes in my life this past week meant that I wasn't able to watch many movies. I could only muster three. Quality, not quantity. I'll never keep up with @cinefeast33.bsky.social this way! #FilmSky 📽 #CinemaSky 🎞️ #MovieSky
Born on this day, four years apart; two hard working no-nonsense gals who showed on-screen range for careers spanning four decades each. They were supportive, close friends for years. All hail Barbara Stanwyck [nee Ruby Stevens] & Ginger Rogers [nee Virginia McMath]. #botd #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema
Watched Undercrank Productions' restoration of "The Cardboard Lover" and fell in love with Nils Asther once again. This isn't the first time, but I'd never seen his comedic side before. Who knew he could be goofy as well as gorgeous and adorable? #NilsAsther #Dreamboat #CardboardLover #FilmSky 🏳️🌈
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched My last 4 are bookended with reel-life theater attendance, w/a revival of a '90's comedy juxtaposed with Olivia Wilde's latest venture. Nestled in between was a 1960's gay-themed student project from Canada & Mackendrick's taut flick. #FilmSky 📽 #CinemaSky 🎞️
It seems a lifetime ago that I got a job at a law firm that I'd intended to stay in for six months. That day was decades ago and changed the course of my life. Today - I retire.
Son of a chauffeur & a housekeeper, he played football at Southern Illinois University and began studying dramatics. Dropped out as a sophomore and worked as a model. After a bit part in "What Do You Say to a Naked Lady" he was cast as "Shaft". #botd #RichardRoundtree #FilmSky #MovieSky #CinemaSky
On July 7, 1963, "Summer Magic" landed "On the Front Porch" of theaters. Sherman Brothers wrote the songs for Hayley Mills' 4th Disney film in one of the studio's earliest live-action musicals. #FilmSky #SummerMagic #HayleyMills #MovieSky #CinemaSky
Letty Lynton Screenings #FilmSky #LettyLynton #JoanCrawford #NilsAsther #MovieSky #CinemaSky
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched A Great Movie Week, especially after my 90-year wait to see Letty Lynton [Yes, I began waiting prenatally. 😉]. It's gorgeous. And then there was my 32-year wait to see Chungking Express. That was love at first sight. #FilmSky 📽 #MovieSky 🎬 #CinemaSky 🎞️
Deep-voiced actor/singer/producer Brock Peters established himself as one America's leading black actors in a broad range of roles with "Carmen Jones", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Pawnbroker", "Soylent Green", "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1992) among others. #botd #BrockPeters #FilmSky
The Stars Were Aligned on July 1! All were #botd. #WilliamWyler #CharlesLaughton #FarleyGranger #LeslieCaron #OliviaDeHavilland #FilmSky 🎥 #CinemaSky 🎬 #MovieSky 🎞️
Happy to see a posting about this gem. It's probably in my Top Ten, and it's certainly one of my Desert Island Disks. The poignant Greek Chorus provided by Clara Calamai; the delightful Maria Schell; brooding Jean Marais; and Italy's Everyman, Marcello Mastroianni. It's heartbreaking. It's magic.
My Movie Highlights for June 2026 included two long-awaited film viewings: "Cruising" and "Letty Lynton"; a Czech oddity; two Asian charmers; an Iranian movie with an ethical quandary; and a couple contemporary pieces. #FilmSky #2026JuneFilmHighlights #MovieSky #CinemaSky
"Letty Lynton" will be released Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Until this spring it hadn't been seen in 90 years. I preordered the BluRay and received an email that it has arrived at my workplace. Very excited to finally see this. #FilmSky 🎥 #CinemaSky 🎬 #MovieSky 🎞️ #LettyLynton #JoanCrawford #NilsAsther
June 28, 1969 marked the beginning of the Stonewall Uprising. It wasn't the first time police raided a gay bar, it wasn't the first time LGBTQ+ people fought back, but this event would fundamentally change the nature of LGBTQ+ activism in the US. #Pride 🏳️🌈 The Battle of Stonewall, Sandow Birk:
Attended the closing performance of Richard Strauss' "Elektra" at San Francisco Opera. 'Twas a triumph. Nothing like an audience cheering matricide. #OperaSky #SFOpera #RichardStrauss #Elektra
An evening with The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Guillaume Connesson: Flammenschrift Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto in g Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony #3 Stéphane Denève, conducting #MusicSky #SFSymphony #Poulenc #Saint-Saëns #Connesson
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Caught up with a couple of 2025 films that eluded me last year; the second movie for a pre-blonde Jane Powell; and Spielberg's "remake" of "Close Encounters of a Third Kind". #FilmSky 📽 #MovieSky 🎬 #CinemaSky 🎞️