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ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
#Matewan is a tough little film. Pulls NO punches about the coal miners attempted to unionize and how brutal the unionbusters were.
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July 29, 2026 at 12:35 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
I wonder what story the older boy is gonna try to sell to their mother. #TheLittleFugitive #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty
July 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
He woke up Gary Ewing After a Bender style on the beach under the boardwalk. #knotslanding
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July 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
Also, Sid Hatfield is actually related to THOSE Hatfields from West VA. He's a cousin. That was authenticated some yrs ago.
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July 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
ME: Yep. You done spent most of your $$. You is BROKE. You're gonna have to turrn on that Ronny Howard/Billy Mumy charm and hopeparlay that into a ride. LOL.
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July 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
He's got a lot of evil twins out there... LOL #KevinTighe #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty #Matewan
July 29, 2026 at 2:44 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
Pretty much. It would be almost 70 yrs later thereabouts. The movie #Matewan was filmed in West Virginia. #HarlanCountyUSA was also in independent film. #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty
July 29, 2026 at 1:12 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
This is my little guy. He sees opportunity in the rain. He is out there scrounging for bottles while everyone leaves the beach. #TheLittleFugitive #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty
July 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
Compare this film to Yazujiro Ozu's Good Morning and I Was Born, But... ( #TheLittleFugitive #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty
July 15, 2026 at 12:25 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
LOL I wasn't going to watch but now I'm deeply engaged. Some of this feeling a little familiar - even the pork and beans dinner and mother working in a dept store.
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July 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
Or if they could've shown the wonderful The Secret of Roan Inish. Yeah, actually I wish they showed that one. #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty #Matewan
July 29, 2026 at 1:07 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
Holy Scknikies! Now i know why the Photographer Guy was familiar! He was played by Will Lee! That Will Lee who will become known to a certain generation as Mr. Hooper from Hooper's store on Sesame Street! #TheLittleFugitive #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty
July 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
PBS airs on its PBS Documentaries channel on PRIME a documentary which incl this conflict and the history of it called The Mine Wars. Sayles' movie focuses on one of the main incidents that happened during that conflict.
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July 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
At one of the Oscars Across America events, Chris Cooper loaned that Oscar to the Ellie Fund which hosted one of those events. For a $$ donation, you got a photo taken w/it. I was one of the "guardians" of the Oscar while it was on display.
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July 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
I forgot he did a Hitchcock cameo in this one too. #Matewan #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty
July 29, 2026 at 1:12 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
Joey's on the lam-he can't stop to answer any questions.
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July 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
HE's got some money now-he's as rich as a prince!
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July 15, 2026 at 12:52 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
HE's got some money now-he's as rich as a prince!
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July 15, 2026 at 12:54 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
My Cousine @ladyday93 just called this "Free Range Little Kid: The Movie."
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July 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
My Cousine @ladyday93 just called this "Free Range Little Kid: The Movie."
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July 15, 2026 at 12:54 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
Kevin Tighe's also sort of a part of Sayles Production Posse as he shows up in a few Sayles films. #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty #Matewan
July 29, 2026 at 12:37 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
(That's Mr. Blooper if you're Big Bird.) #TheLittleFugitive #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty
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July 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
I sort of wish they had shown Eight Men Out instead. At least you would also see filmmaker John Sayles, who played Ring Lardner, Sr. who he looked remarkably like. #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty #Matewan
July 29, 2026 at 1:06 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
In Hull Massachusetts, there is the Paragon Carousel, one of the last remnants of Paragon Park. You can still ride the original horses and visit the little museum they have-right across from Nantasket Beach: www.paragoncarousel.com
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Paragon Carousel | Historic Paragon Park
Visit the Paragon Carousel, the last remaining piece of the beloved Paragon Park in Hull, MA ･ Paragon Museum & Carousel Creamery ･ James Hardison's Restoration Studio
www.paragoncarousel.com
July 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
ladyday93tjfgg.bsky.social
Kevin Tighe, known to a generation as Roy DeSoto from the tv series Emergency, has since those days largely played some real bastards in film and tv and he is a REAL ONE in this one. #TheIndependentsDay #TCMSpotlight #TCMParty #Matewan
July 29, 2026 at 12:37 AM