Brilliant character actor Peter Lorre (1904-1964) born in Hungary of Jewish descent. Having already gained fame for his performance in 1934 German film M directed by Fritz Lange, Lorre's first English language film was Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. At the time Lorre was living in London, having left Germany to escape the Nazi rise in power. He learned his English lines phonetically. American films Mad Love & Crime & Punishment soon followed as well as some iconic horror film performances

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One Life

#SirNicholasWinton helped rescue 669 children, mostly Jewish, whose families had fled persecution by Nazi Germany. On a brief visit to Czechoslovakia, he helped compile a list of children in danger + returning to Britain, he worked to fulfill legal + monetary requirements for bringing the children to Britain thus enabling the #CzechKindertransport. Winton acknowledges the vital roles of those who remained in Prague, like #TrevorChadwick, who "dealt with all the considerable problems at the Prague end + this work he continued to carry on even when it became difficult + dangerous when the Germans arrived.". The 9th + largest transport of 250 children was stopped at the last minute, canceled because Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Those children were removed from the train + returned to their families.
Winton kept his humanitarian accomplishments to himself until 1988 when his wife found his detailed scrapbook in their attic. The book was given to #ElisabethMaxwell, a Holocaust researcher who was able to locate many of #Wintonschildren. He was invited to the TV program #ThatsLife!, where host #EstherRantzen reunited him with some of those he had helped, as well as their families. Winton was knighted in 2003 + in 2025 a #film of his story was released starring #AnthonyHopkins #JohnnyFlynn + #HelenaBonhamCarter titled #OneLife - a reference to a line from the Talmud: "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire"

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Wicked Witch of the West

Producer Mervyn Leroy's original idea for casting the Wicked Witch for The Wizard of Oz was inspired by Disney's adaption of Snow White - he wanted to make her slinky + seductive. He thought he'd found the perfect choice with actress Gale Sondergaard who'd won an Oscar the previous year for her Best Supporting Actress performance in his film Anthony Adverse.
Others however disagreed, thinking witches should be ugly. They attempted to give Sondergaard 'The Ugly Treatment' with make-up, but the actress herself decided she no longer wanted the role.

"In those days I was not about to make myself ugly! I have no regrets".

Interview, 1980 with Dick Cavett when she was 81

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Actor Rory Calhoun (1922-1999)

As a young man he appeared to be headed for a life of crime - stealing a revolver at 13. He left home when he was 17, eventually spending three years in federal prison for car theft across state lines + robbery of jewelry stores. Paroled at 21, Calhoun turned his life around after a chance meeting with actor Alan Ladd, which led to him being signed as an actor with David O Selznick. He was known for his roles in Westerns both on film + television.

This clip is from The Red House with singer Julie London

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💫 Actor Fred MacMurray 💫

1908-1991

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💫 Actor Fred MacMurray 💫

1908-1991

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"I didn't mean it!"

In 1980, Bette Midler won 2 Golden Globe Awards for her performance in "The Rose": Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, and New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female

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It's only by coincedence that days after the US government welcomed a group of White South Africans (giving them refugee status saying they face discrimination and violence at home) that I watched this fascinating #documentary on the work of #photographer #ErnestCole. In the 1960s Cole smuggled his prints of Apartheid images out of his homeland to New York where they were published in a book - #HouseofBondage (1969). It was the only book published during his lifetime. There was no interest in his equally provocative photos of Negro Life in America.

The documentary Ernest Cole: Lost & Found is streaming on Hulu. I hightly recommend it.

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Shirley MacLaine

Dance scene from the Robert Wise directed film Two For the Seesaw (1962)

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Kathryn Hunter!

Her performance as #TheThreeWitches in #JoelCoen's #TheTragedyofMacbeth (2021) is perhaps the single most mesmerizing screen performance I have ever seen!

Born Aikaterini Hadjipateras to Greek parents in NYC + raised in England the British-American actress has also appeared as Arabella Figg in the Harry Potter films + as Swiney in Poor Things.

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