Daphne Simpkins

At ease in a troubled world. Just finished 3rd book during lockdown: The Bride's Room.

[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

My wife: We don't have to stay at the party all night. Just give me a sign when you've had enough and want to leave.

Me after five minutes:

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

"The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can't grasp them. There is a pattern in creation."

- A. Einstein

[Celluloid Echoes @CelluloidEchoes]

Marge & Gower Champion’s “It Happens Every Time” from Give a Girl a Break (1953).
Acrobatic movements fused with artistic beauty, strength, precision, and incredible stamina. The way they glide, swing, and balance on and around the poles still feels breathtaking today.

Did you know? Pole dance has ancient roots in India’s mallakhamb tradition and in Chinese pole arts, long before becoming a staple of 1920s entertainment and stage performance.
#MargeChampion #GowerChampion #HollywoodMusical

[Love Music @khnh80044]

They don’t make music like this anymore ❤️🎶
Enjoy these live moments while we still can.

[Margaret Rutherford @DameRutherford]

Remembering the brilliant @DameRutherford 54 years after her passing. No moment captures her inimitable charm better than her delightful unscripted twist-dancing scene in MURDER AT THE GALLOP (1963) where she effortlessly out-danced the younger crowd and won our hearts forever.🌹

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Happy birthday to Fats Waller, born on this day in 1904!

His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano.

[Old Hollywood @TheOldHollywood]

Rita Hayworth performing "Zip" in Pal Joey (1957)

Vocals by Jo Ann Greer

[Noirchick In Old Hollywood @Noirchick1]

Celebrating one of the most underrated actors ever - Joseph Cotten, #BOTD - brilliant actor in dozens of films, once quoted "Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man – and I'm in all of them!" Below, a touch of his sinister "Uncle Charlie"............

[Celluloid Echoes @CelluloidEchoes]

One of the great “almost lost” moments in movie musical history: director Irving Cummings nearly cut the Nicholas Brothers’ explosive dance number from Down Argentine Way. Good thing he didn’t.

The 20th Century Fox musical from 1940 made Betty Grable a star, introduced audiences to Carmen Miranda in her film debut, and featured the Nicholas Brothers delivering the kind of athletic brilliance that still feels modern 86 years later. Don Ameche co-starred, but the Nicholas Brothers nearly stole the entire picture in just a few unforgettable minutes.
#BettyGrable #NicholasBrothers #HollywoodMusical

[Juliana 🎶🎵❤️🎸 @JulianaGirl80]

After the Love Has Gone🎶
Earth, Wind & Fire
This song is absolutely beautiful...❤️😉
#EarthWindfire

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

No autotune, no flashing lights, no smoke and mirrors...just pure unadulterated talent. Beautiful💖

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston 🕊️ (1992)

[Love Music @khnh80044]

No one but Tom Jones will ever own this song!!!!

[Mike David @mikemovies]

CASABLANCA [1942]
Directed by Michael Curtiz
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

BILLIE HOLIDAY (joins LOUIS ARMSTRONG) in her only feature Film.

NEW ORLEANS (1947)

[Goldenagehollywood @oldmovieactress]

The Andrews sisters

[Luce @lucyshow11]

It took Fred Astaire five weeks to perfect this dance… Puttin on the Ritz! 🕺🔥😮‍💨