Sir Arthur #JohnGielgud was born in London #OnThisDay in 1904, one of the great Shakespeare actors of his age; he had great range & even had a cameo role in "Brideshead Revisited," playing Charles Rider's annoyingly opaque father:
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🪷 #JohnGielgud born 14 April 1904. Arrested in a public toilet for cottaging. Tabloid headlines! Judge said go to a psychiatrist. Instead, he went out on stage that night. Audience gave him a standing ovation. A true Saint of #Antinous. Full tribute: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/04/sir-... 🪷
"Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself."
🎭 Sir #JohnGielgud, British stage and screen actor and director, was #BOTD 14 April 1904. #Film #Theatre
Beware the Ides of March, Caesar...
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#TheIdesOfMarch
#juliuscaesar
#AssassinationofJuliusCaesar
#Caesar
#imperatore
#ettubrute
#juliuscaesar1953
#marlonbrando
#johngielgud
#JamesMason
#louiscalhern
#edmondobrien
#deborahkerr
#GreerGarson
#moonstarfilmreviews
#PodernFamily #PodNation #MorganHasntSeen #ItsAWonderful1 #TheElephantMan #DavidLynch #JohnHurt #AnthonyHopkins #JohnGielgud #AnneBancroft
The final solution? 🔎 Holmes Investigates the case of Jack the Ripper!
#ChristopherPlummer #JamesMason in MURDER BY DECREE (1979) 8pm with #DavidHemmings #SusanClark #AnthonyQuayle #JohnGielgud #FrankFinlay #DonaldSutherland drama #TPTVsubtitles
Films of the 1990s. Jane Campion's "The Portrait of a Lady". #films #movies #theportraitofalady #janecampion #nicolekidman #johnmalkovich #barbarahershey #martindonovan #johngielgud #viggomortensen #marylouiseparker #shelleywinters #shelleyduvall #stuartdryburgh #WojciechKilar
All star adaptation directed by #JonathanMiller
✨ ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1966) 7am with #AnneMarieMallik #PeterSellers #WilfridBrambell #JohnGielgud #LeoMcKern fantasy #TPTVsubtitles
Forty-four years ago today, Arthur slurred his way into West End cinemas… #Arthur #1980s #film #films #SteveGordon #DudleyMoore #LizaMinnelli #JohnGielgud #comedy
"I want to change their minds, not kill them for weaknesses we all possess."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 30 November 1982, #RichardAttenborough's Best Picture Oscar-winning GANDHI, starring Sir #BenKingsley and Sir #JohnGielgud, premiered in New Delhi.
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➔ The Importance of Being Ernest
◉ Drama On the Radio
★ Edith Evans & John Gielgud
⌗ #EdithEvans #JohnGielgud #SpokenWord #NowPlaying
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#JohnHurt was #TheElephantMan 45 years ago when the movie opened on October 10th, 1980 #AnthonyHopkins #HannahGordon #AnneBancroft #JohnGielgud #WendyHiller #FreddieJones #DavidLynch #Biopic #JosephMerrick #MelBrooks #80sMovies
#Writer #Poetry #WritingCommmunity #Scribblings
Today's clickety clicks😉
2. Obiwan. Poetry
The life and times of Dudley Moore. #Arthur #Ten #JohnGielgud
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Films of the 80s. Simon Langton's "The Whistle Blower". #movies #films #simonlangton #thewhistleblower #michaelcaine #nigelhavers #jamesfox #felicitydean #johngielgud #barryfoster #gordonjackson #johnhale #julianbond #fredtammes #johnscott
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #2HenryIV #PowerAndLeadership #ChimesAtMidnight #JohnGielgud #OrsonWelles
The historical drama THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (1968) has been released on DVD & Blu-ray. Find out more here:
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#dvd #bluray #thechargeofthelightbrigade #history #trevorhoward #vanessaredgrave #johngielgud #classicmovies #classicfilms
2pm TODAY on @BBCTwo
The 1953 film🎥 “Julius Caesar” directed by #JosephLMankiewicz from his screenplay
Based on #WilliamShakespeare’s 1599 play🎭
🌟 #MarlonBrando #JamesMason #JohnGielgud #LouisCalhern #EdmondOBrien #GreerGarson
@BBCiPlayer 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#ShakespeareSunday
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus...
⚔️ #OTD in #Film #History 4 June 1953, #JosephLMankiewicz's adaptation of #WilliamShakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR, starring #MarlonBrando and #JohnGielgud, hit the 🇺🇸
"Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself."
🎭 Stage and screen legend Sir #JohnGielgud passed away #OTD 21 May 2000. #Film #Theatre
2pm TODAY on @ITV4
The 1976 #War film🎥“Aces High” directed by #JackGold from a screenplay by #HowardBarker
Based on #RCSherriff’s 1928 play🎭 “Journey's End”
🌟 #MalcolmMcDowell #ChristopherPlummer #SimonWard #PeterFirth #DavidWood #JohnGielgud #TrevorHoward
12:10pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1966 #BBC play📺 “Alice in Wonderland” directed & written by #JonathanMiller
Based on #LewisCarroll's 1865 book📖 “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”
🌟 #JohnGielgud #PeterCook #LeoMcKern #PeterSellers #MichaelRedgrave #AnneMarieMallik #AlanBennett
Forty-two years ago today, she seduced, robbed and murdered in UK cinemas... #TheWickedLady #1980s #film #films #MichaelWinner #FayeDunaway #AlanBates #JohnGielgud #OliverTobias #DenholmElliott #GlynisBarber
2:10pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1966 #BBC play📺 “Alice in Wonderland” directed & written by #JonathanMiller
Based on #LewisCarroll's 1865 book📖 “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”
🌟 #JohnGielgud #PeterCook #LeoMcKern #PeterSellers #MichaelRedgrave #AnneMarieMallik #AlanBennett
Ready to fall down the rabbit hole with Alice?
⭐ Premiere: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1966) 2:10pm
A star-studded adaptation directed by #JonathanMiller and featuring #WilfridBrambell #PeterCook #PeterSellers #JohnGielgud and many more! #TPTVsubtitles
Tomorrow! Premiere: Easter Sunday, 2:10pm ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1966). Classic all-star television play with #PeterSellers #JohnGielgud #PeterCook #LeoMcKern #WilfridBrambell #MichaelGough and many more! #AnneMarieMallick is Alice #TPTVsubtitles
🐣 Premiere: Easter Sunday (20th April) 2:10pm ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1966). Classic all-star television play with #PeterSellers #JohnGielgud #PeterCook #LeoMcKern #WilfridBrambell #MichaelGough and many more! #AnneMarieMallick is Alice #TPTVsubtitles
Bless Robin Ince for reminding us of this story #JohnGielgud #LGBTQIASolidarity
Premiere: Easter Sunday (20th April) 2:10pm ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1966) Classic all-star television play with #PeterSellers #JohnGielgud #PeterCook #LeoMcKern #WilfridBrambell #MichaelGough and many more! #AnneMarieMallick is Alice #TPTVsubtitles
"Most of my friends seem to be either dead,
extremely deaf
or living on the wrong side of Kent."
#JohnGielgud
Remembering John Gielgud, born in South Kensington, London, on this day in 1904.
#otd #famousbirthdays #johngielgud #shakespeare #british #actors #classicmovies
