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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 7h

This week's Musical Monday is a remake of THE GHOST BREAKERS and is sub par to the original. In short, I watched it so you don't have to. Full review here:
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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis looking frightened at a skeleton in a closet.

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 12h

Musical Monday: Scared Stiff (1953)
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Musical Monday: Scared Stiff (1953)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this mus…

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 23h

Yall can have spooky season, I'm ready for noir.

Revisiting one of the greatest films of all time:
Laura (1944)
Directed by Otto Preminger

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 1d

Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in a publicity photo for THE COMEDY OF TERRORS (1963)

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 1d

Revisiting
When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932)

Poster for When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932)

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 1d

The late June Lockhart checks for signs of fur in SHE-WOLF OF LONDON (1946). Seeing all these tributes to Lockhart has been a wonderful glimpse of an incredibly varied career. #RIP

Closeup of Lockhart, hair down and in a nightgown, looking with apprehension at the back of her hands.

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 2d

Remembering June Lockhart, who has passed away at age 100.

Picture here in 1944 in an MGM studio portrait.
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June Lockhart seated in a frothy evening gown

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 2d

Now Watching
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)

Poster for The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)

Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 2d

Now Watching
SLAUGHTER (1972)

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 2d

Dancer, actress Cyd Charisse in a Halloween publicity photo

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 2d

Just one year but yes 😁

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 2d

Jungle Red 💅

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 3d

Photo of me slaying in a navy blue ann Taylor jump suit

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 6d

This week's Musical Monday was the first movie musical filmed in 3D.
It was also the first and only film to feature singer Teresa Brewer, who turned down a contract; preferring to stay on the East Coast with her family. Full review here:
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Musical Monday: Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this mu…

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 7d

Musical Monday: Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
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Musical Monday: Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this mu…

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 10d

Now Watching
The Spy with My Face (1965)

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 10d

Remembering actress Samantha Eggar, who has passed away at age 86.

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Actress with red hair and in a blue and white striped shirt.

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 12d

Painter and sculptor George Peters making Halloween masks in Hollywood in 1932.

A sculptor is standing before 5 huge spooky masks that are hanging in a wall, ranging from a pirate to other creepy faces

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 14d

The underrated Tommy Sands makes his feature film debut in this week's Musical Monday. The story features a young rock star with a controlling and isolating manager - it's so similar to Elvis that I'm shocked there wasn't a law suit.
Full review here:
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Tommy Sands standing behind a microphone and singing while playing the guitar. A quartet of male singers are behind him on a stage.

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 14d

The underrated Tommy Sands makes his feature film debut in this week's Musical Monday. The story features a young rock star with a controlling and isolating manager - it's so similar to Elvis that I'm shocked there wasn't a law suit.
Full review here:
cometoverhollywood.com/2025/10/13/m...

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 14d

Musical Monday: Sing Boy Sing (1958)
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Musical Monday: Sing Boy Sing (1958)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this mus…

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 15d

I agree! So much fun

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 15d

Revisiting
Strangers May Kiss (1931)

Poster for Strangers May Kiss featuring Norma Shearer

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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 16d

Revisiting a favorite
The Affairs of Martha (1942)

Poster for The Affairs of Martha (1942) with Richard Carlson and Martha Hunt

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jax ☘️ @jaxbra.bsky.social · 16d

Publicity photo of Diane Keaton, Barry McGuire, and Steve Curry in the stage production Hair (1968)

The New York Public Library Digital Collections.

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