Harry Stephen Keeler
@harryskeeler.bsky.social
A million stories are trembling to be crystallized on the black ribbon of the typewriter. Located in Chicago, London of the West. Portrait by Al Hirschfeld. Join the Keeler Society: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/keeler/join.html
Pinned
Me, I’m jest a dumbdora, I guess, makin’ her livin’ anklin’ over a waxed floor with all th’ apple-knockers, brush-apes, brooksies an’ sponge-cakes in th’ whole world, but I ain’t a clothesline. A snitcher. See? Never was--an’ ain’t beginnin’ now.
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A hell of a performance.
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A hell of a performance.
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All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days
August 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days
November 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
[Happy 80th birthday to Sandy Descher, who saw giants ants in THEM! (1954) and made this face.]
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
[Happy 80th birthday to Sandy Descher, who saw giants ants in THEM! (1954) and made this face.]
What did they mean?
This thing was beginning to crackle with leads. From all directions they led outward like brightly colored strings to where? To what?
This thing was beginning to crackle with leads. From all directions they led outward like brightly colored strings to where? To what?
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What did they mean?
This thing was beginning to crackle with leads. From all directions they led outward like brightly colored strings to where? To what?
This thing was beginning to crackle with leads. From all directions they led outward like brightly colored strings to where? To what?
[Rena Mandel, star of Dreyer's VAMPYR (1932), was born in Poland on this day in 1911. Her only other screen role was “The Queen of the Jungle” in a particularly wretched Hal Roach “Boy Friends” short, WILD BABIES! (1932).]
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
[Rena Mandel, star of Dreyer's VAMPYR (1932), was born in Poland on this day in 1911. Her only other screen role was “The Queen of the Jungle” in a particularly wretched Hal Roach “Boy Friends” short, WILD BABIES! (1932).]
["Cats are my favourite animal subject because of their unlimited range of attitude, posture, expression and coloration." Cat and combat photographer Walter George Chandoha was BOTD in 1920 and lived to be 98. His last cat, Maddie, was adopted in 2017.]
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
["Cats are my favourite animal subject because of their unlimited range of attitude, posture, expression and coloration." Cat and combat photographer Walter George Chandoha was BOTD in 1920 and lived to be 98. His last cat, Maddie, was adopted in 2017.]
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I *did* grow up in the 1950s, so this is a must-watch for me—but not all at once!
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I *did* grow up in the 1950s, so this is a must-watch for me—but not all at once!
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RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
Tom Stoppard, Cerebral Storyteller for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88
The British playwright won acclaim for 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,' 'The Real Thing' and 'Leopoldstadt' and received an Oscar for 'Shakespeare in Love.'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
[I watched The Movie Orgy over the holidays and now I feel like I grew up in the 1950s. But it only took 5 hours!]
[Happy birthday to Joe Dante! This particular version of his THE MOVIE ORGY (1968), a surrealist supercut of every damn thing, is 5 hours long.]
archive.org/details/the-...
archive.org/details/the-...
The Movie Orgy (5 Hour Cut), Joe Dante (1968) : Joe Dante : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Movie Orgy is a 1968 film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Jon Davison.It was an evolving compilation of film clips, commercials, and film trailers,...
archive.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
[I watched The Movie Orgy over the holidays and now I feel like I grew up in the 1950s. But it only took 5 hours!]
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Beano #1627, September 22, 1973
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Beano #1627, September 22, 1973
[Happy birthday to Joe Dante! This particular version of his THE MOVIE ORGY (1968), a surrealist supercut of every damn thing, is 5 hours long.]
archive.org/details/the-...
archive.org/details/the-...
The Movie Orgy (5 Hour Cut), Joe Dante (1968) : Joe Dante : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Movie Orgy is a 1968 film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Jon Davison.It was an evolving compilation of film clips, commercials, and film trailers,...
archive.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
[Happy birthday to Joe Dante! This particular version of his THE MOVIE ORGY (1968), a surrealist supercut of every damn thing, is 5 hours long.]
archive.org/details/the-...
archive.org/details/the-...
[RIP actress and singer Ingrid van Bergen, 94, known for TOWN WITHOUT PITY (1961), THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (1962), and THE VAMPIRE HAPPENING (1971). In 1977 she shot her boyfriend, Klaus Knaths, and was convicted of manslaughter. Her last film was SHARKNADO 5: GLOBAL SWARMING (2017).]
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
[RIP actress and singer Ingrid van Bergen, 94, known for TOWN WITHOUT PITY (1961), THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (1962), and THE VAMPIRE HAPPENING (1971). In 1977 she shot her boyfriend, Klaus Knaths, and was convicted of manslaughter. Her last film was SHARKNADO 5: GLOBAL SWARMING (2017).]
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This panel from 1985 never gets old.
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This panel from 1985 never gets old.
[Gertrude Jeannette, blacklisted Harlem playwright, star of stage and screen, licensed NYC cab driver, was born Nov. 28, 1914. During the Peekskill Riots, she and her boxing champion husband rushed on their motorcycles to rescue Paul Robeson from the Klan. She lived to be 103.]
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
[Gertrude Jeannette, blacklisted Harlem playwright, star of stage and screen, licensed NYC cab driver, was born Nov. 28, 1914. During the Peekskill Riots, she and her boxing champion husband rushed on their motorcycles to rescue Paul Robeson from the Klan. She lived to be 103.]
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R.I.P. Danny Seagren, who portrayed Spider-Man on The Electric Company.
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
R.I.P. Danny Seagren, who portrayed Spider-Man on The Electric Company.
[Jacqueline White celebrates her 103rd birthday today! Born Nov. 27, 1922, in Beverly Hills, she went on to star in CROSSFIRE (1947), RETURN OF THE BAD MEN (1948), THE NARROW MARGIN (1952), and of course AIR RAID WARDENS (1942) with Laurel and Hardy. "They were charming and a delight."]
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
[Jacqueline White celebrates her 103rd birthday today! Born Nov. 27, 1922, in Beverly Hills, she went on to star in CROSSFIRE (1947), RETURN OF THE BAD MEN (1948), THE NARROW MARGIN (1952), and of course AIR RAID WARDENS (1942) with Laurel and Hardy. "They were charming and a delight."]
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I firmly believe you should not do “of all time“ unless you mean it, and Best Pop Songs of All Time could only be improved by Akkadian and Sumerian
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian
YouTube video by Peter Pringle
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I firmly believe you should not do “of all time“ unless you mean it, and Best Pop Songs of All Time could only be improved by Akkadian and Sumerian
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
MAKES YOU VIEW LIFE THROUGH GLORIOUS COLOURS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
MAKES YOU VIEW LIFE THROUGH GLORIOUS COLOURS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
DIGBY MIDDLETON’S OFFERING SUPREME
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
DIGBY MIDDLETON’S OFFERING SUPREME
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
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[Chai Hong, Korean-American silent comedian, billed as "Charlie of the Orient," was born November 26, 1885. I don't know if any of his starring shorts have survived; he's glimpsable in Larry Semon's THE STAR BOARDER.]
November 26, 2023 at 5:35 PM
[Chai Hong, Korean-American silent comedian, billed as "Charlie of the Orient," was born November 26, 1885. I don't know if any of his starring shorts have survived; he's glimpsable in Larry Semon's THE STAR BOARDER.]
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“Should we like to live for ever?” said Hamish
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Should we like to live for ever?” said Hamish
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
Miss Nipperhouse made the faintest ghost of a moue, as of one who was a little tired, at times, of such adjectives as “bally” and “bloomin.’”
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Miss Nipperhouse made the faintest ghost of a moue, as of one who was a little tired, at times, of such adjectives as “bally” and “bloomin.’”