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Today is the 88th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when thousands of East-Londoners stood alongside Jewish and Irish communities to drive out Oswald Mosley and his fascists. Never forget: working-class unity can defeat the far right for good.

Eatonville was the first all-Black city that was incorporated in Florida in 1887, located 6 miles north of Orlando. It's the oldest black incorporated municipality in the U.S. It is the first town successfully established by African American freedmen. THREAD!

WINGS – William Wellman, 1927 w/ Richard Arlen, Charles “Buddy” Rogers & Gary Cooper #BringYourTeddyBearToWorkSchoolDay David brings his childhood teddy bear on combat flights as a lucky charm... “Maybe he’s right, but when I leave the ground, this bear goes with me.”

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro #BOTD PAN’S LABYRINTH (2006) w/ Álex Angulo & Sergi López #GuerraCivil #SpanishCivilWar Dr. Ferreiro killed a torture victim, at his request, to put him out of his misery. “... to obey for the sake of obeying, just like that, without thinking... ”

Cinematographer Freddie Young #BOTD LUST FOR LIFE – Vincente Minnelli, 1956 From Vincent Van Gogh's letter to his brother, Theo: “You know how for years, whenever I saw anything that moved me, I felt the need to draw it… I’ve begun to wonder: could this be the way for me?”

THE GRAND ILLUSION – Jean Renoir, 1937 w/ Jean Gabin & Pierre Fresnay #SquirrelMonth A caged squirrel is the centerpiece as Captain de Boëldieu and Lieutenant Maréchal make plans for the escape.

Tony Shalhoub #BOTD BIG NIGHT – Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci, 1996 w/ Allison Janney “After you eat this – you can’t live!”

Just posted! Final installment! MAFIOSO – Alberto Lattuada, 1962 Parte 32 >> bit.ly/MafiosoFine This is our final post for MAFIOSO. We will be back with a new film in November! Subscribe to read bi-lingual photo-stories of great Italian films >> bit.ly/LearnItalianWM… 🖊️

The Blacklisting of a Great Artist: Paul Robeson's Exile From Hollywood hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-…

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately theonion.com/nation-s-indig…

Marthe Cnockaert, codenamed "Laura," was both a nurse and a spy in the First World War. She aided wounded soldiers while also gathering intelligence for the British, using local churches as drop points.

By the time prisoners at the Sobibor killing center revolted #OnThisDay in 1943, at least 167,000 Jews had already been killed there. While 300 prisoners managed to escape during the uprising, only about 50 survived the Holocaust. Pictured here are participants in the uprising.

"I always had big ideas. On themes, images, men. 'The Edge of the World' (1937) was not really an important film, but it helped me foresee making something impressive. And it worked since I won a prize in New York." --- Michael Powell

Remembering the wonderful Jane Darwell on her birthday, here in THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940). #BornOnThisDay on 10/15/1879 TCM #TCMParty

Ingrid Bergman Behind the scenes STROMBOLI – Roberto Rossellini (1950) Photo: Federico Patellani📷 These #BTS Patellani photos – as well as Gordon Parks' more known ones – are often labelled stills from the film. Let’s credit the talented photographers who recorded film history.

Linda Darnell #BOTD NO WAY OUT – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950 Cinematography: Milton R. Krasner Screenplay: Lesser Samuels w/ Bert Freed #racism #noir After a white man dies while being treated by a Black doctor, his friends decide to take revenge on the Black community.

Twitter is not letting me post my weekly clips. Does anyone have a clue as to why? Is anyone else having trouble? Anyhow, I will try again later. 😱😬😫😩 THE SOUTHERNER – Jean Renoir, 1945