P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Ad for “Dark Waters”, starring Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone and Thomas Mitchell. Benedict Bogeaus Productions — Movies magazine, Nov. 1944

#oldhollywood #merleoberon

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75 years ago:
Berlin Express (US)
Robert Ryan leads a group of Allied agents fighting an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
1948-05-01
themoviedb.org/movie/42286

#BerlinExpress #jacquestourneur #merleoberon #robertryan #paullukas #rko #movies

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83 years ago:
'Til We Meet Again (US)
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
1940-04-20
themoviedb.org/movie/148678

#tilwemeetagain #merleoberon #patobrien #geraldinefitzgerald #classicfilm

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82 years ago:
That Uncertain Feeling (US)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
1941-04-20
themoviedb.org/movie/43799

#thatuncertainfeeling #ernstlubitsch #merleoberon #burgessmeredith #alanmowbray #movies

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67 years ago:
The Price of Fear (US)
A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track.
1956-03-13
themoviedb.org/movie/51153

#thepriceoffear #abnerbiberman #merleoberon #lexbarker #charlesdrake #film

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‘She had to hide’: the secret of the first nominated for a best actress , a pick for best actress in 1936, was born in Bombay and spent her career passing for

theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/

#white #merleoberon #oscar #woman #asian #history

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Sal Darji · @saldarji
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This profile of Merle Oberon is fascinating. And how funny her nickname was “Queenie”!

theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/

#merleoberon #Oscars2023

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Sweet Emmy Cat · @SesameSquirrel
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I've always wanted to see Laird Cregar in THE LODGER (1944) so...HA! Here's my chance on this week's

Wed 2/8 - 8p ET in a movie (as one contemporary poster claimed) "suitable only for adults" youtu.be/9krlVqehRtA


Don't have the mental bandwidth for simultaneously monitoring the Bird-site & Mastodon, but you're welcome to watch along but I expect the to kill :birdsite: soon, so this disclaimer WILL expire

#MadWed #lairdcregar #georgesanders #merleoberon #standarddisclaimer #curseofmelonhead

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Sweet Emmy Cat · @SesameSquirrel
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I've always wanted to see Laird Cregar in THE LODGER (1944) so...HA! Here's my chance on this week's

Wed 2/8 - 8p ET in a movie (as one contemporary poster claimed) "suitable only for adults" youtu.be/9krlVqehRtA


Don't have the mental bandwidth for simultaneously monitoring the Bird-site & Mastodon, but you're welcome to watch along

#MadWed #lairdcregar #georgesanders #merleoberon #standarddisclaimer

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cinematicenthus · @Cinematicenthus
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Smooth · @smoothjazzandmore
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The Hollywood Reporter tweeted that
"made history as the first person who identifies as Asian to ever be nominated for best actress at the "

Yeoh wasn't the first Asian actress ever nominated. That honor goes to , who was born in India, and hid her South Asian heritage for many years until being forced to confront it during the late 1970's. She alleged that she was born in Tasmania, Australia, and that her birth records were destroyed in a fire.

#michelleyeoh #oscars #merleoberon

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Classic Movies Today · @classicmovies
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56 years ago:
Hotel (US)
This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel...
1967-01-19
themoviedb.org/movie/77553

#hotel #richardquine #rodtaylor #catherinespaak #karlmalden #merleoberon #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film

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Classic Movies Today · @classicmovies
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79 years ago:
The Lodger (US)
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
1944-01-19
themoviedb.org/movie/29094

#thelodger #merleoberon #georgesanders #horror #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film

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Classic Movies Today · @classicmovies
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79 years ago:
The Lodger (US)
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
1944-01-19
themoviedb.org/movie/29094

#thelodger #merleoberon #georgesanders #horror #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film

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Classic Movies Today · @classicmovies
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56 years ago:
Hotel (US)
This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel...
1967-01-19
themoviedb.org/movie/77553

#hotel #rodtaylor #catherinespaak #karlmalden #merleoberon #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film

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cinematicenthus · @Cinematicenthus
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