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Michael Warburton
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Actor, Cinephile & Culturalist posting stuff I like, no pandering. @TheMonologist on Twitter/‘X’.
STEVE McQUEEN and his 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso.

It was purchased for him by his first wife, Neile Adams, for his 34th birthday.
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Peter Sellers and his 275 GTB Ferrari in 1965
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
CLINT EASTWOOD in 1960 with his ‘58 Jaguar.
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Steve McQueen in his Jaguar XK-SS (1963)
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Harrison Ford and his absolutely beautiful 1955 Jaguar XK140
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Jackson 5 - Malibu (1969)
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One of my all-time favourite showbiz friendships, MEL & CARL
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Work on BOB HOPE’s extraordinary Palm Springs home started in 1973 and was finally completed in 1979.
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Dennis Hopper and Michelle Phillips during their 8 day marriage in 1970.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
69 Candles 🎂 today for BO DEREK
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Remembering the 7 time Academy Award nominee - ROBERT ALTMAN - who left us 19yrs ago today, aged 81.
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Remembering one of my favourite funny men - the late great BOB EINSTEIN - born 83yrs ago today.
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Remembering one half of the legendary comedy-musical duo ‘The Smothers Brothers’ — DICK SMOTHERS — who celebrates 87 Candles 🎂 today.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
42yrs ago today over 100 million Americans watched this seminal TV Movie about a fictional conflict between NATO & the Warsaw Pact over Germany that rapidly escalates into a full-scale nuclear exchange between the USA & the Soviet Union.

THE DAY AFTER (1983)

#JasonRobards
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Good piece containing all my ‘greatest hits’ of the last few years re the collapse of the Film industry, why it WAS successful for nearly 100yrs & what it has to do if it’s to have any future & again deliver the vital shared experience of going to the Movies.

medium.com/never-stop-w...
What Killed The Movie Business — And How To Bring It Back
By someone who actually makes movies
medium.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Michael Douglas & Karl Malden in

THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (1972-77)
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In 1947 10yr old Richard Allen of San Francisco spent a week at the movies and will forever be my hero.
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Palm Springs Pool Party - 1970

📷 by Slim Aarons
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just two divorced dudes living together, railing cocaine, and watching movies 24/7... some call this 'a midlife crisis'.

These guys called it mid-1976 to autumn of 1978.

#MartinScorsese #RobbieRobertson
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It should never be forgotten that the glorious MEL BROOKS had the World Premiere of

BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

take place at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank — L.A. for 250 invited guests - ALL ON HORSEBACK.
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One of my favourite dudes in the history of everything

MEL
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart on the set of

KEY LARGO (1948)
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
‘Dr. Spivey’ in

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)

was played by Dr. Dean Brooks, a real life Doctor at the institute in which it was filmed.

This is one of my favourite Movies of all time, and it opened half a century ago today.
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Like something by Caravaggio

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)

One of my favourite Movies of all time was released 50yrs ago today.
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Remembering the stunningly beautiful Oscar nominee GENE TIERNEY - born 105yrs ago today.
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM