Wes Butters

Broadcaster, writer, & filmmaker, sharing unmissable archive rarities 🎞️

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Frankie Howerd was born on this day in 1917… though in 1986 he made out he was 60. Oooh no missus! 😄

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@RichardMonnick Wow! There's a film I've not heard in years... Will dig it out!

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Rex Harrison was born this day in 1908. Was there a better film of his than Blithe Spirit? 🎬

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60 years ago today, John Lennon said in a British interview that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now".

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Jean Harlow, the Blonde Bombshell, was born this day 1911 - and was just 26 when she died. Here she is with the great Laurel & Hardy. Please RT and Like so everyone sees her today ❤️

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@Jarintoinen @RadioCity WOW!! I love this!

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King Kong premiered @RadioCity on 2 March 1933.
Just look at this stunning French poster, always one of my favourite film posters.

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Remembering Dusty Springfield, who died this day in 1999, aged just 59. So much recognition came afterwards.

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@FacileTalk I read the Moon's a Balloon yonks ago, I should revisit

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I don’t know if people still remember David Niven, born this day in 1910? He was an Oscar-winning actor who brought effortless charm and wit to every role - and was a great raconteur...

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@cs_searley49 I don't know that one... I'll try and track it down!

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Jackie Coogan died this day in 1984. Uncle Fester in The Addams Family - but he began in the title role of Charlie Chaplin's The Kid. Who's thinking of him today? ❤️

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@ianhre Shakespearean, yes... So many were, but they ended up in comedy and the public wouldn't let them go.

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Harry H. Corbett born this day in 1925. An extremely talented actor who found lasting fame in the brilliance of #SteptoeAndSon
RT & ❤️ if you still hear “You dirty old man!” in your head...

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@HarveyWoodphoto @goonchild4 He slowed down, but that made him all the more tender. And that vulnerability, which was always there, is what connected so many of us to him. When I met him, albeit briefly, I saw that for myself. ❤️

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My hero Spike Milligan died on this day in 2002.
Comedy has never been the same.
If he ever made you laugh, RT & LIKE.
Let’s make sure the timeline remembers him today.
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@denbo42 @MCityfan15 @goonchild4 Me too. He was a one-off.

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@mickholland41 @goonchild4 Yes he was!

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@garylewis12547 @goonchild4 Or monkeys on the knee?

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@Sirroughyed @goonchild4 Haaaaaaa!!! LOVE that sketch

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@kevindavies4995 @goonchild4 Ah, but when it HITS...