Tommy Krasker
@tommykrasker.bsky.social
Husband to @philipchaffin.bsky.social. 🌈 Daddy to Gregory. 🐶 I run the record label PS Classics, and write about vintage TV and vintage film. https://thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com
This is the first time four of my rose bushes have blossomed at the same time, so in honor of that – and the unexpectedly rosy Supreme Court decision this morning – let’s do some #BloomScrolling. 😊🌹
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is the first time four of my rose bushes have blossomed at the same time, so in honor of that – and the unexpectedly rosy Supreme Court decision this morning – let’s do some #BloomScrolling. 😊🌹
Gregory ready for Palm Springs Pride.
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Gregory ready for Palm Springs Pride.
Day 8 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Line in a #FilmNoir
I instantly thought of Shelley Winters’ “If that’s your kid sister, I’m a boa constrictor with high heels” from LARCENY, and my rewatch with the #FilmNoirClub this past week confirmed it. Makes me laugh every time. Laughter is good. 😊
Favorite Line in a #FilmNoir
I instantly thought of Shelley Winters’ “If that’s your kid sister, I’m a boa constrictor with high heels” from LARCENY, and my rewatch with the #FilmNoirClub this past week confirmed it. Makes me laugh every time. Laughter is good. 😊
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Day 8 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Line in a #FilmNoir
I instantly thought of Shelley Winters’ “If that’s your kid sister, I’m a boa constrictor with high heels” from LARCENY, and my rewatch with the #FilmNoirClub this past week confirmed it. Makes me laugh every time. Laughter is good. 😊
Favorite Line in a #FilmNoir
I instantly thought of Shelley Winters’ “If that’s your kid sister, I’m a boa constrictor with high heels” from LARCENY, and my rewatch with the #FilmNoirClub this past week confirmed it. Makes me laugh every time. Laughter is good. 😊
Oldest selfie on your phone.
Me and Philip dressed to go to the Met, November 2014.
Me and Philip dressed to go to the Met, November 2014.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oldest selfie on your phone.
Me and Philip dressed to go to the Met, November 2014.
Me and Philip dressed to go to the Met, November 2014.
Day 7 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #FilmNoir Dream Sequence
Well, it’s more a hallucination than a dream, but how can I not acknowledge Don Birnam (Ray Milland) undergoing the DTs in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), to me the greatest of the “crime-less” noirs?
Favorite #FilmNoir Dream Sequence
Well, it’s more a hallucination than a dream, but how can I not acknowledge Don Birnam (Ray Milland) undergoing the DTs in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), to me the greatest of the “crime-less” noirs?
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Day 7 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #FilmNoir Dream Sequence
Well, it’s more a hallucination than a dream, but how can I not acknowledge Don Birnam (Ray Milland) undergoing the DTs in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), to me the greatest of the “crime-less” noirs?
Favorite #FilmNoir Dream Sequence
Well, it’s more a hallucination than a dream, but how can I not acknowledge Don Birnam (Ray Milland) undergoing the DTs in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), to me the greatest of the “crime-less” noirs?
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Edward Arnold is a blind PI whose dog can scale walls & open doors. You gotta see this.
2. Ann Harding & Laurence Olivier romanticize abuse. Awful.
3. 91 min of bliss. A favorite.
4. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Edward Arnold is a blind PI whose dog can scale walls & open doors. You gotta see this.
2. Ann Harding & Laurence Olivier romanticize abuse. Awful.
3. 91 min of bliss. A favorite.
4. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social.
#FilmSky 🎥
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Edward Arnold is a blind PI whose dog can scale walls & open doors. You gotta see this.
2. Ann Harding & Laurence Olivier romanticize abuse. Awful.
3. 91 min of bliss. A favorite.
4. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Edward Arnold is a blind PI whose dog can scale walls & open doors. You gotta see this.
2. Ann Harding & Laurence Olivier romanticize abuse. Awful.
3. 91 min of bliss. A favorite.
4. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social.
#FilmSky 🎥
Day 6 #NoirvemberChallenge
Coolest #FilmNoir Character
Well, I’m defining “cool“ as “slick,” so the award goes to JERRY SLOCUM (Lloyd Bridges) in The Sound of Fury, as the criminal dandy who persuades Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) to drive a getaway car. Every line feels like a slippery seduction.
Coolest #FilmNoir Character
Well, I’m defining “cool“ as “slick,” so the award goes to JERRY SLOCUM (Lloyd Bridges) in The Sound of Fury, as the criminal dandy who persuades Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) to drive a getaway car. Every line feels like a slippery seduction.
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Day 6 #NoirvemberChallenge
Coolest #FilmNoir Character
Well, I’m defining “cool“ as “slick,” so the award goes to JERRY SLOCUM (Lloyd Bridges) in The Sound of Fury, as the criminal dandy who persuades Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) to drive a getaway car. Every line feels like a slippery seduction.
Coolest #FilmNoir Character
Well, I’m defining “cool“ as “slick,” so the award goes to JERRY SLOCUM (Lloyd Bridges) in The Sound of Fury, as the criminal dandy who persuades Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) to drive a getaway car. Every line feels like a slippery seduction.
Day 5 #NoirvemberChallenge
#FilmNoir You'd Show Someone Who's Never Seen One
CRISS CROSS has it all. Tropes we associate with noir (gullible man, femme fatale). Themes that define it (alienation, obsession, entrapment). Plus a heist, a bloodbath, location shooting & Yvonne De Carlo doing the rumba.
#FilmNoir You'd Show Someone Who's Never Seen One
CRISS CROSS has it all. Tropes we associate with noir (gullible man, femme fatale). Themes that define it (alienation, obsession, entrapment). Plus a heist, a bloodbath, location shooting & Yvonne De Carlo doing the rumba.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Day 5 #NoirvemberChallenge
#FilmNoir You'd Show Someone Who's Never Seen One
CRISS CROSS has it all. Tropes we associate with noir (gullible man, femme fatale). Themes that define it (alienation, obsession, entrapment). Plus a heist, a bloodbath, location shooting & Yvonne De Carlo doing the rumba.
#FilmNoir You'd Show Someone Who's Never Seen One
CRISS CROSS has it all. Tropes we associate with noir (gullible man, femme fatale). Themes that define it (alienation, obsession, entrapment). Plus a heist, a bloodbath, location shooting & Yvonne De Carlo doing the rumba.
Day 4 #NoirvemberChallenge
#FilmNoir Ahead of Its Time
FORCE OF EVIL, Abraham Polonsky’s exposé of the corrupting nature of capitalism. John Garfield – too weak to resist corruption, yet strong enough to fight for his share – is every modern-day magnate building his fortune on the backs of others.
#FilmNoir Ahead of Its Time
FORCE OF EVIL, Abraham Polonsky’s exposé of the corrupting nature of capitalism. John Garfield – too weak to resist corruption, yet strong enough to fight for his share – is every modern-day magnate building his fortune on the backs of others.
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Day 4 #NoirvemberChallenge
#FilmNoir Ahead of Its Time
FORCE OF EVIL, Abraham Polonsky’s exposé of the corrupting nature of capitalism. John Garfield – too weak to resist corruption, yet strong enough to fight for his share – is every modern-day magnate building his fortune on the backs of others.
#FilmNoir Ahead of Its Time
FORCE OF EVIL, Abraham Polonsky’s exposé of the corrupting nature of capitalism. John Garfield – too weak to resist corruption, yet strong enough to fight for his share – is every modern-day magnate building his fortune on the backs of others.
Day 3 #NoirvemberChallenge
The #FilmNoir That Made You a Fan
In the late ‘70s, THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS had gone into public domain, and the Late Late Show started airing it regularly. I didn’t identify it as film noir, as the term hadn’t gone mainstream yet; I just knew I loved this movie.
The #FilmNoir That Made You a Fan
In the late ‘70s, THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS had gone into public domain, and the Late Late Show started airing it regularly. I didn’t identify it as film noir, as the term hadn’t gone mainstream yet; I just knew I loved this movie.
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Day 3 #NoirvemberChallenge
The #FilmNoir That Made You a Fan
In the late ‘70s, THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS had gone into public domain, and the Late Late Show started airing it regularly. I didn’t identify it as film noir, as the term hadn’t gone mainstream yet; I just knew I loved this movie.
The #FilmNoir That Made You a Fan
In the late ‘70s, THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS had gone into public domain, and the Late Late Show started airing it regularly. I didn’t identify it as film noir, as the term hadn’t gone mainstream yet; I just knew I loved this movie.
I cannot be the only person who has this GIF in their photo album, can I? 🤷♂️😅
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I cannot be the only person who has this GIF in their photo album, can I? 🤷♂️😅
Day 2 #NoirvemberChallenge
Best #FilmNoir Character Intro
The way the camera trails Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett) during the first 10 minutes of THE RECKLESS MOMENT, you’d swear she’s the most confident and content suburban mom in history. The rest of the film will make it clear she’s living a lie.
Best #FilmNoir Character Intro
The way the camera trails Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett) during the first 10 minutes of THE RECKLESS MOMENT, you’d swear she’s the most confident and content suburban mom in history. The rest of the film will make it clear she’s living a lie.
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Day 2 #NoirvemberChallenge
Best #FilmNoir Character Intro
The way the camera trails Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett) during the first 10 minutes of THE RECKLESS MOMENT, you’d swear she’s the most confident and content suburban mom in history. The rest of the film will make it clear she’s living a lie.
Best #FilmNoir Character Intro
The way the camera trails Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett) during the first 10 minutes of THE RECKLESS MOMENT, you’d swear she’s the most confident and content suburban mom in history. The rest of the film will make it clear she’s living a lie.
Day 1 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #filmnoir Opening
PITFALL’s opening captures the stifling impact of a 9-to-5 existence. John feels like “a wheel within a wheel.” Wife Sue replies, “You and 50 million others,” and he whines, “I don’t want to be like 50 million others.” And that leads to trouble…
Favorite #filmnoir Opening
PITFALL’s opening captures the stifling impact of a 9-to-5 existence. John feels like “a wheel within a wheel.” Wife Sue replies, “You and 50 million others,” and he whines, “I don’t want to be like 50 million others.” And that leads to trouble…
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Day 1 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #filmnoir Opening
PITFALL’s opening captures the stifling impact of a 9-to-5 existence. John feels like “a wheel within a wheel.” Wife Sue replies, “You and 50 million others,” and he whines, “I don’t want to be like 50 million others.” And that leads to trouble…
Favorite #filmnoir Opening
PITFALL’s opening captures the stifling impact of a 9-to-5 existence. John feels like “a wheel within a wheel.” Wife Sue replies, “You and 50 million others,” and he whines, “I don’t want to be like 50 million others.” And that leads to trouble…
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Aftermath of a nuclear attack, alarmingly relevant. Thanks for suggesting, @rootbeard.org.
2. Taut B Western with mystical undertones.
3. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @wahrhaftig.bsky.social.
4. From Agatha Christie story. Shatteringly played.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Aftermath of a nuclear attack, alarmingly relevant. Thanks for suggesting, @rootbeard.org.
2. Taut B Western with mystical undertones.
3. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @wahrhaftig.bsky.social.
4. From Agatha Christie story. Shatteringly played.
#FilmSky 🎥
October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Aftermath of a nuclear attack, alarmingly relevant. Thanks for suggesting, @rootbeard.org.
2. Taut B Western with mystical undertones.
3. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @wahrhaftig.bsky.social.
4. From Agatha Christie story. Shatteringly played.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Aftermath of a nuclear attack, alarmingly relevant. Thanks for suggesting, @rootbeard.org.
2. Taut B Western with mystical undertones.
3. Via the #filmnoirclub. Thanks, @wahrhaftig.bsky.social.
4. From Agatha Christie story. Shatteringly played.
#FilmSky 🎥
In terms of “the perfect storm of poorly aged swill,“ is it up there with this piece?
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In terms of “the perfect storm of poorly aged swill,“ is it up there with this piece?
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If you see this, post four female characters you love.
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you see this, post four female characters you love.
As a kid growing up in the ‘60s, I used to love those episodes of LOST IN SPACE where the men would go off on a mission, leaving #JuneLockhart in charge of the Jupiter 2. RIP to a wonderful actress and a forgotten feminist icon.
October 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As a kid growing up in the ‘60s, I used to love those episodes of LOST IN SPACE where the men would go off on a mission, leaving #JuneLockhart in charge of the Jupiter 2. RIP to a wonderful actress and a forgotten feminist icon.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Perfect Saturday night viewing.
2. On the big screen, and what a treat.
3. The 1930 version. Ann Harding’s Oscar nomination: so well deserved.
4. One of my favorite noirs, via the #FilmNoirClub. Thanks again, @idletalk12.bsky.social, for hosting.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Perfect Saturday night viewing.
2. On the big screen, and what a treat.
3. The 1930 version. Ann Harding’s Oscar nomination: so well deserved.
4. One of my favorite noirs, via the #FilmNoirClub. Thanks again, @idletalk12.bsky.social, for hosting.
#FilmSky 🎥
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
1. Perfect Saturday night viewing.
2. On the big screen, and what a treat.
3. The 1930 version. Ann Harding’s Oscar nomination: so well deserved.
4. One of my favorite noirs, via the #FilmNoirClub. Thanks again, @idletalk12.bsky.social, for hosting.
#FilmSky 🎥
1. Perfect Saturday night viewing.
2. On the big screen, and what a treat.
3. The 1930 version. Ann Harding’s Oscar nomination: so well deserved.
4. One of my favorite noirs, via the #FilmNoirClub. Thanks again, @idletalk12.bsky.social, for hosting.
#FilmSky 🎥
It was an unusually cool 84° yesterday (that’s about 10° below normal), so the three of us spent some time at the park. 😊👬🐶
October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It was an unusually cool 84° yesterday (that’s about 10° below normal), so the three of us spent some time at the park. 😊👬🐶
My Queen Elizabeth roses struggled with the summer heat, but now that temps are 20° cooler, they are making a hardy return. 😊🌹
October 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My Queen Elizabeth roses struggled with the summer heat, but now that temps are 20° cooler, they are making a hardy return. 😊🌹
One of my favorite screwballs, and one of my favorite GIFs.
October 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
One of my favorite screwballs, and one of my favorite GIFs.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Currently binging Ann Harding films. All four were gloriously pre-Code.
1. Mistress Myrna Loy confronts wife Ann Harding.
2. A great Madame X film.
3. Wife Myrna Loy vs. mistress Ann Harding.
4. The search for inner peace during WWI. Stunning.
#FilmSky 🎥
Currently binging Ann Harding films. All four were gloriously pre-Code.
1. Mistress Myrna Loy confronts wife Ann Harding.
2. A great Madame X film.
3. Wife Myrna Loy vs. mistress Ann Harding.
4. The search for inner peace during WWI. Stunning.
#FilmSky 🎥
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Currently binging Ann Harding films. All four were gloriously pre-Code.
1. Mistress Myrna Loy confronts wife Ann Harding.
2. A great Madame X film.
3. Wife Myrna Loy vs. mistress Ann Harding.
4. The search for inner peace during WWI. Stunning.
#FilmSky 🎥
Currently binging Ann Harding films. All four were gloriously pre-Code.
1. Mistress Myrna Loy confronts wife Ann Harding.
2. A great Madame X film.
3. Wife Myrna Loy vs. mistress Ann Harding.
4. The search for inner peace during WWI. Stunning.
#FilmSky 🎥
A brief overnight stay in Laguna Beach. They said the view from the hotel room was nice, but I still wasn’t expecting this. Man, I miss living by the ocean. 😅😅
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A brief overnight stay in Laguna Beach. They said the view from the hotel room was nice, but I still wasn’t expecting this. Man, I miss living by the ocean. 😅😅