The Arctophile
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Wandering the footpaths of Kent and Sussex.
"Say little and say it gently."
Footpaths, trees, films, books, vegan.
#TreeOfTheDay #NowWatching #BOTD #NowPlaying etc...
"Say little and say it gently."
Footpaths, trees, films, books, vegan.
#TreeOfTheDay #NowWatching #BOTD #NowPlaying etc...
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1305 Happy #thicktrunktuesday
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1305 Happy #thicktrunktuesday
#NowWatching Caught Stealing (D: Darren Aronofsky,2025)
"The kind of movie I imagine a lot of film school students envisioned making after seeing "The Boondock Saints" and a couple of Guy Ritchie flicks."
"The kind of movie I imagine a lot of film school students envisioned making after seeing "The Boondock Saints" and a couple of Guy Ritchie flicks."
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#NowWatching Caught Stealing (D: Darren Aronofsky,2025)
"The kind of movie I imagine a lot of film school students envisioned making after seeing "The Boondock Saints" and a couple of Guy Ritchie flicks."
"The kind of movie I imagine a lot of film school students envisioned making after seeing "The Boondock Saints" and a couple of Guy Ritchie flicks."
#BOTD 1915
Helen Cherry: noted actress of stage, screen, and television, acclaimed mostly for her Shakespearean portrayals. Her favorite role was "Rosalind" in "As You Like It." She was the long-suffering wife of actor Trevor Howard, who died in 1988.
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Helen Cherry: noted actress of stage, screen, and television, acclaimed mostly for her Shakespearean portrayals. Her favorite role was "Rosalind" in "As You Like It." She was the long-suffering wife of actor Trevor Howard, who died in 1988.
www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oc...
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#BOTD 1915
Helen Cherry: noted actress of stage, screen, and television, acclaimed mostly for her Shakespearean portrayals. Her favorite role was "Rosalind" in "As You Like It." She was the long-suffering wife of actor Trevor Howard, who died in 1988.
www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oc...
Helen Cherry: noted actress of stage, screen, and television, acclaimed mostly for her Shakespearean portrayals. Her favorite role was "Rosalind" in "As You Like It." She was the long-suffering wife of actor Trevor Howard, who died in 1988.
www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oc...
#BOTD 1888
Cathleen Nesbitt was a grand dame of the theatre on both sides of the Atlantic in a career spanning seven decades. One of her last roles of note was as the elderly wealthy Julia Rainbird, who instigates the plot in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot (1976).
Cathleen Nesbitt was a grand dame of the theatre on both sides of the Atlantic in a career spanning seven decades. One of her last roles of note was as the elderly wealthy Julia Rainbird, who instigates the plot in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot (1976).
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#BOTD 1888
Cathleen Nesbitt was a grand dame of the theatre on both sides of the Atlantic in a career spanning seven decades. One of her last roles of note was as the elderly wealthy Julia Rainbird, who instigates the plot in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot (1976).
Cathleen Nesbitt was a grand dame of the theatre on both sides of the Atlantic in a career spanning seven decades. One of her last roles of note was as the elderly wealthy Julia Rainbird, who instigates the plot in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot (1976).
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1304 Fingers crossed for Monday.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1304 Fingers crossed for Monday.
#NowWatching The Best Years of Our Lives (D:William Wyler, 1946)
"The Best Years of Our Lives is a very tender, heartfelt, and empathic melodrama, which gave me emotional whiplash, having watched it directly after seeing Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia, which is the exact opposite of all those things."
"The Best Years of Our Lives is a very tender, heartfelt, and empathic melodrama, which gave me emotional whiplash, having watched it directly after seeing Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia, which is the exact opposite of all those things."
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#NowWatching The Best Years of Our Lives (D:William Wyler, 1946)
"The Best Years of Our Lives is a very tender, heartfelt, and empathic melodrama, which gave me emotional whiplash, having watched it directly after seeing Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia, which is the exact opposite of all those things."
"The Best Years of Our Lives is a very tender, heartfelt, and empathic melodrama, which gave me emotional whiplash, having watched it directly after seeing Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia, which is the exact opposite of all those things."
#BOTD 1911
Selma Vaz Dias in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Actress and writer, known for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes as Signora Doppo (1938), One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942) and Buddenbrooks (1965).
Selma Vaz Dias in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Actress and writer, known for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes as Signora Doppo (1938), One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942) and Buddenbrooks (1965).
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#BOTD 1911
Selma Vaz Dias in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Actress and writer, known for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes as Signora Doppo (1938), One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942) and Buddenbrooks (1965).
Selma Vaz Dias in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Actress and writer, known for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes as Signora Doppo (1938), One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942) and Buddenbrooks (1965).
#BOTD 1898
Bess Flowers:American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. Known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerous comedy shorts in her 41-year career including eight Alfred Hitchcock features.
Bess Flowers:American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. Known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerous comedy shorts in her 41-year career including eight Alfred Hitchcock features.
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#BOTD 1898
Bess Flowers:American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. Known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerous comedy shorts in her 41-year career including eight Alfred Hitchcock features.
Bess Flowers:American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. Known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerous comedy shorts in her 41-year career including eight Alfred Hitchcock features.
#NowWatching Terminator 2: Judgement Day (D/W:James Cameron, 1991)
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#NowWatching Terminator 2: Judgement Day (D/W:James Cameron, 1991)
#BOTD 1901
Lee Salome Patrick: American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred. Known for:The Maltese Falcon (1941),Mildred Pierce (1945) and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)
Lee Salome Patrick: American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred. Known for:The Maltese Falcon (1941),Mildred Pierce (1945) and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#BOTD 1901
Lee Salome Patrick: American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred. Known for:The Maltese Falcon (1941),Mildred Pierce (1945) and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)
Lee Salome Patrick: American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred. Known for:The Maltese Falcon (1941),Mildred Pierce (1945) and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)
#BOTD 1907
Henriette Theodora Markovitch (Dora Maar): French photographer and painter. Both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat.
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Henriette Theodora Markovitch (Dora Maar): French photographer and painter. Both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#BOTD 1907
Henriette Theodora Markovitch (Dora Maar): French photographer and painter. Both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat.
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Henriette Theodora Markovitch (Dora Maar): French photographer and painter. Both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat.
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#BOTD 1869
André Paul Guillaume Gide: French author. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars.
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André Paul Guillaume Gide: French author. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#BOTD 1869
André Paul Guillaume Gide: French author. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars.
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André Paul Guillaume Gide: French author. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars.
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#NowWatching Demon City (D: Seiji Tanaka,2025)
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#NowWatching Demon City (D: Seiji Tanaka,2025)
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
#BOTD 1918
Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#BOTD 1918
Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1303
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1303
#BOTD 1897
Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#BOTD 1897
Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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#BOTD 1915
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#BOTD 1915
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Good morning everyone #TreeOfTheDay no.1302
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Good morning everyone #TreeOfTheDay no.1302
#NowWatching The Long Night (D: Anatole Litvak, 1947)
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#NowWatching The Long Night (D: Anatole Litvak, 1947)
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1301
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1301
#BOTD 1878
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#BOTD 1878
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
#NowWatching The Ghost of St. Michael's (D: Marcel Varnel, 1941)
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#NowWatching The Ghost of St. Michael's (D: Marcel Varnel, 1941)
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
#BOTD 1919
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#BOTD 1919
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)