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Beth Ann Gallagher

@reallybethann.bsky.social

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Writer, Spellbound with Beth Ann blogger & podcaster, South Coast Cinemaniacs classic film club pres, cat cuddler, music fiend, book lover, vintage styler, wife, & Gen X Mom to a Gen Alpha. All the links: https://spellboundwithbethann.start.page

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Beth Ann Gallagher @reallybethann.bsky.social · Nov 16

If you want to know more about me, read this profile by the South Coast Artists Index. They only exclude two parts of my arts & culture work, my serving on the Fairhaven Cultural Council & the reading series I ran in the 90s with @maggiecleveland.bsky.social. theartistsindex.com/podcast-epis...

Podcast Episode 178: Beth Ann Gallagher - The South Coast Artists Index

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Beth Ann Gallagher @reallybethann.bsky.social · 6d

An early happy #Halloween wish to friends! This picture is from my recent Vintage Girl Studios #horror-themed, #pinup photoshoot. Definitely a twist on the Hollywood starlet's Hollywood publicity still. Looks like we added a little SERIAL MOM (1994)! #SpookySeason2025 #FilmSky

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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 10d

Have you listened to the most recent episode of the podcast yet, discussing Edith Nesbit and her gothic tales of terror?

I'll be watching @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social 's performance this evening, so more to come on this...

The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 14d

Episode 180
EDITH NESBIT'S GHOST STORIES

Watch the interview and other content on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDM...

Listen on the website:
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-180....

Or via your podcast app

Join me and @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social to learn about Edith's gothic tales

Title card for Season 10 Episode 180, Edith Nesbit's Ghost Stories, featuring Claire in a black gothic dress. She looks perturbed by something. Probably a ghost

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 10d

The incomparable Vincent Price (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993)

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 13d

Dial-A-Poem is back.

American artist and poet John Giorno (1936-2019) introduced the service in 1969, inviting callers to dial a phone number and hear recorded readings of poems.

The renewed version combines early recordings w/ new contributions.

www.artsy.net/article/arts... #BookSky #PoetrySky

John Giorno’s experimental “Dial-A-Poem” project goes online.

The poet and artist’s 1969 project is now available on a new website featuring new material from poets and performers from around the world.

www.artsy.net

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 13d

Joan Fontaine, born on October 22, 1917 #botd

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weinberg @weinberg.social · 13d

director: what are you doing?

2nd unit director: you said go shoot bee roll!

a close up of a bee flying on a gray background

Alt: a close up of a bee flying on a gray background

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Realweegiemidget Reviews Films, TV, Books and More @realweegiemidget.bsky.social · Sep 29

Love you to join me and @barrycinematic.bsky.social
@film-authority.bsky.social @oaffc.bsky.social @watchingforever.bsky.social @magalhaesleticia.bsky.social @reallybethann.bsky.social

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NEWS… Announcing the Hammer and Amicus Blogathon V with a little help from Hammer star, Judy Matheson

The time has come for a blogathon celebrating the filmmakers, movies and TV from those usual horror and non-horror suspects… I hope to see some of you lovely bloggers, readers, and writers fo…

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Nat Doig @weirdinthewade.bsky.social · Sep 26

Uncanny Live is in Brighton tonight and tomorrow. I can’t wait to see the show. It’s at the Theatre Royal Brighton which has many ghost stories attached and this episode of witw features a ghost story from there!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC Sounds - Weird in the Wade, Haunted Theatres

Does every theatre have a ghost? Nat investigates.

www.bbc.co.uk

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NellMinow @nellminow.bsky.social · Sep 24

What a pleasure to talk to Stan Zimmerman about writing for The Golden Girls, Roseanne, and the Gilmore Girls.

www.rogerebert.com/interviews/s...

An Ear for Writing For Women: Stan Zimmerman on Golden Girls, Rosanne, Gilmore Girls | Interviews | Roger Ebert

An interview with the author of a new book on his work writing for some of the 20th century's most beloved sitcoms.

www.rogerebert.com

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P.M.Bryant @pmbryant.com · Sep 21

I’ve archived my classic Hollywood blog—which has been hosted on the soon-to-be-defunct Typepad—to my new domain pmbryant.com.

My old posts can be found at pmbryant.com/x/letyourselfgo. I plan to start up a new blog at my new site soon.

Screenshot of home page of my classic Hollywood blog “Let Yourself Go … To Old Hollywood”.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Sep 17

And of course, you can hear our birthday salute to Peggy Webber anytime this week or next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!

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Beth Ann Gallagher @reallybethann.bsky.social · Sep 15

You can listen to Those Were the Day's Peggy Webber birthday tribute on the WDCB archive for a limited amount of days. She turns 100 today!

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Sep 13

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days celebrates a milestone birthday—and we'll tune in The Whistler, The Life of Riley, Broadway is My Beat and our 2010 conversation with the birthday girl herself! Hear it as it happens at wdcb.org

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Frank Mandosa @silverscreeners.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ep 24 out now! Producer-director Jacqueline Shulman talks of her career, from her TV work to attending the Oscars luncheon for her participation in 2006’s documentary feature Jesus Camp. Part 1 of a 2-parter! Just click here: linktr.ee/reelsofcinem...

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Beth Ann Gallagher @reallybethann.bsky.social · Aug 25

Every time I see someone with one front half of their shirt tucked in, I think of a YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION episode. It's the one where the characters randomly start a style trend of wearing pants with one long leg & one short leg. Just as silly to me! #GenX #TVSky

You Can't Do That on Television title card of a man's unsmiling face

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𝐑𝐨𝐛 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 @robgasper.bsky.social · Aug 19

#Filmsky Music theorists were brought in to analyze the keystrokes of the actors in Amadeus and found them perfect in notes and even the touch. Details like this turn a film from classic to masterpiece.
tinyurl.com/y5rd8e3h

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Priscilla @priscillasocal.bsky.social · Aug 15

Watching The Naked Spur on TCM right now. I love Jimmy Stewart westerns. #tcmparty

Jimmy Stewart did a western radio series called The Six Shooter (1953-54) that I enjoy listening to. Here is a playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The Six Shooter (1953) - YouTube

OTRR certified version 5.1 of The Six Shooter (complete series). Also includes the Hollywood Star Playhouse episode that was the precursor to this series. Th...

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BMovieManiacs @bmoviemaniacs.bsky.social · Aug 15

#BMovieManiacs Event: Hey Maniacs! In case you're wondering, don't worry, this is a different movie called Hot Rod. From 29 years earlier. It's the story of two brothers, one a respectable policeman, and the other a danged hot rodder! And their dad's a judge! 8 Pac/11 East tonite!

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Noir Beach Shack ♬ 🎞 @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · Aug 13

In honor of Alfred Hitchcock's birthday here are some of his cameo appearances...

THE BIRDS (1963)

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Aug 13

Art Deco found its way into film early on, as art directors and costume designers mobilized its streamlined elegance to evoke both the optimism and anxiety of the day. Join us & Art Deco Society of L.A.:

8/22: Monkey Business (1931) + The Black Cat (1934)
8/23: L’inhumaine (1924)

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Boris Karloff descending the stairs as a crowd looks on.

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Elise Crane Derby @elisecd.bsky.social · Aug 13

Of all the #Hitchcock cameos LIFEBOAT is the trickiest. He even gets his name in. Happy bday, Hitch! #TCMparty

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Beth Ann Gallagher @reallybethann.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you! Vintage Girl Studios took the shot. Krzystyna's got an eye for the moment & is great at directing poses. I took this about four months before I turned fifty. A bucket list item I'd like to do again!