Tomás Murray
@tomasjmurray.bsky.social
Lean left • Tom is fine • Far from the west of Ireland now • Fond of cats, jazz, old films, paintings, poetry, stout, & Sylvia • Sylvia most of all
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. . . Davis on Rains:
Davis Talks about Rains
YouTube video by Ted Reinert
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Tomás Murray
But then I look down and Rula is looking like this, hoping she can stay here tonight and not be taken (3 doors down) back home. But she has to go home, and I’m sad again.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
But then I look down and Rula is looking like this, hoping she can stay here tonight and not be taken (3 doors down) back home. But she has to go home, and I’m sad again.
(I’m trying my best to be positive, I swear to God. And I’m happy that they set Ms Davis aside. But I think they’ll likely look longer at a different argument from a different source at some point.)
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
(I’m trying my best to be positive, I swear to God. And I’m happy that they set Ms Davis aside. But I think they’ll likely look longer at a different argument from a different source at some point.)
The latter (which I found to be incredibly claustrophobic tbh).
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The latter (which I found to be incredibly claustrophobic tbh).
🙂
One of my favourite actors, & ‘The Passionate Friends’ (I’m in the minority here) is my favourite of his films.
One of my favourite actors, & ‘The Passionate Friends’ (I’m in the minority here) is my favourite of his films.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🙂
One of my favourite actors, & ‘The Passionate Friends’ (I’m in the minority here) is my favourite of his films.
One of my favourite actors, & ‘The Passionate Friends’ (I’m in the minority here) is my favourite of his films.
“Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”
(Aside: T. S. Eliot. Not pictured: Aline MacMahon.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
(Aside: T. S. Eliot. Not pictured: Aline MacMahon.)
. . . Davis on Rains:
Davis Talks about Rains
YouTube video by Ted Reinert
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
. . . Davis on Rains:
. . . Gielgud on Rains (cc @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social):
John Gielgud on Claude Rains
"Whatever instrument we have or whatever our instrument becomes—we have constructed it. By what we have done and by what we have thought."
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November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
. . . Gielgud on Rains (cc @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social):
(I chose the photo w/ Ina & Joan for @jondmaas.bsky.social.)
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
(I chose the photo w/ Ina & Joan for @jondmaas.bsky.social.)
Claude Rains, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1889, in London
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Claude Rains, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1889, in London
I *adore* it too. More "hot psychotic Uncle Claude" — Alexander Hollenius ordering dinner in DECEPTION. For over seven minutes.
When they finished the first read-through, Bette Davis said, as drily as only Bette Davis could, "That's quite a part you've got there, Claudie." vimeo.com/135303791
When they finished the first read-through, Bette Davis said, as drily as only Bette Davis could, "That's quite a part you've got there, Claudie." vimeo.com/135303791
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
24. ‘The Passionate Friends’ (Lean, 1949)
“Mary . . . shall we go home now?”
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“Home?”
“If you want to, that is.”
“Mary . . . shall we go home now?”
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“Home?”
“If you want to, that is.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
