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πŸ“· Steve McCurry, Brazil, from On Reading ||| "Our doubt is our passion, & our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art." - Henry James

Jan 1, 2022, 7 tweets

Happy birthday Frank Langella πŸŽ‚
πŸ“· Paolo Pellegrin, 2009
β€œHis Nixon in Frost/Nixon is one of the great, mysterious performances of modern times, not an attempt to imitate the president but a profound commentary on him nonetheless.”
- David Thomson

Frank Langella by Martha Swope
From the 1977 stage production of Dracula.
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Langella is one of the greatest of all Draculas.

The 1977 Dracula with Frank Langella featured stage designs by Edward Gorey.

John Badham's Dracula, 1979, with Frank Langella, may not be a great movie, but this is one spectacular performance. πŸ¦‡
Here with the wonderful Kate Nelligan.
The still photographer on the set was Bob Penn
#stillonset

Maureen Anderman & Frank Langella in Seascape.
πŸ“· Joseph Abeles, 1977
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You know what, I'm not even going to look up what the hell is going on here.

#PhoneCallFromPaul tweet on Frank Langella's birthday πŸŽ‚
Paul @holdengraber talks with the most interesting people
lithub.com/?s=phone+call+…
@CallFromPaul
πŸ“· Paolo Pellegrin, 2009

Frank Langella as Salieri & Dennis Boutsikaris as Mozart, in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.
πŸ“· Martha Swope, 1983
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I would have loved to see this.

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