Ryan C
1930s/1940s Antique stores, diners, books, road trips, small towns
- This morning we caught the Buddhist monks on the 101st day of their 2300-mile "Walk for Peace" from Texas to Washington D.C. 🌷
- Our 30th anniversary rewatch of The X-Files continues. Tonight's episode aired February 2nd, 1996.
- View of the Snow Moon this morning.
- Reposted by Ryan CThe Donald Duck Sunday strip by Al Taliaferro from February 1, 1942.
- Playing today at the Canteen: DOLL FACE starring Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Carmen Miranda and Perry Como. It opened on this date in 1946 at the Byrd and State in Richmond.
- Next up is THE SWORD OF FATE (1941) published in the U.S. in 1944.
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- Happy birthday, FDR! 🎉 🎂 This is the first birthday since his passing. #1946
- Yourself, as a cartoon.
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- Our 30th anniversary rewatch of The X-Files continues. Tonight's episode aired January 26th, 1996.
- We were hoping to watch SPELLBOUND this weekend but it's OOP and not on streaming anywhere that I could find. It opened this week in Richmond in 1946.
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- My 1946 flick for January is SCARLET STREET starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea. It opened on this date in 1946 at the Byrd and State in Richmond.
- Playing tonight in the Canteen: WOMAN WHO CAME BACK (1945)
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- This is often how I have to find my portion of dinner. 😆 @valancourtbooks.bsky.social
- Next up in my 1946 reading: THE TURQUOISE by Anya Seton, author of last year's Dragonwyck.
- This morning's paper includes a teaser poster for my first 1946 movie pick! Opens January 23rd.
- 🎙️🎶 Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh, I heard it through the grapevine Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind
- I'm a week behind on work and reading because of the influenza outbreak. Getting back into the swing of things and starting Gore Vidal's first novel published in 1946. 👏
- Another thing to look forward to in 1946!
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- Our 30th anniversary rewatch of The X-Files continues. Tonight's episode aired January 5th, 1996.
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- First book for 1946: Ann Petry's THE STREET. The back cover says it's the first novel by an African American woman to sell more than a million copies. #1946
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- I'm old and it's not really 1945 so I'm starting this a few hours early. 😆 The complete program "exactly as heard shortly before Midnight December 31, 1945."
- Happy New Year 1946 from the Canteen! We'll be bringing in the new year with a recording of Swing Around the Clock, a radio program by the Armed Forces Radio Service broadcast to G.I.'s around the world on December 31st, 1945. Shanghai, fellas! 🥃🥳
- Playing this afternoon at the Canteen: SAN ANTONIO starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith. It opened on this day in 1945 at the Colonial in Richmond.
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- Evening drinks with Jingle Jangle.
- My 1945 monthly movie picks in review. Favorites were Lady on a Train and Fallen Angel. This doesn't include the many we streamed. 🍿🎬
- Sue Ellen aka Swing Shift Sue has been with us for a year as of today. 💝
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