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Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, Polly Thomson and Charlie Chaplin on the set of Chaplin’s 1919 film “Sunnyside”
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #Sunnyside #HelenKeller #AnneSullivan #PollyThomson #CharlieChaplin #FilmDis #DisabilityInFilm #DisabilityHistory #SilentFilm

Here for the #SilentSundayNights portion of tonight’s final “Disability Reclaimed” series: A Harold Lloyd triple feature
#TCMParty #NumberPlease #HighAndDizzy #GetOutAndGetUnder #HaroldLloyd #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis #DisabilityPrideMonth

YES! at the shoutout to “Best Summer Ever”! It’s on Hulu in case anyone wants to it watch (and y’all should!)
#TCMParty #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis

Very here for “Being There”
#TCMParty #BeingThere #DisabilityPrideMonth #FilmDis #DisabilityInFilm

Here for “Coming Home”
#TCMParty #ComingHome #DisabilityInFilm #DisabilityPrideMonth #FilmDis

Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, Polly Thomson and Charlie Chaplin on the set of Chaplin’s 1919 film “Sunnyside”
#TCMParty #HelenKeller #AnneSullivan #PollyThomson #CharlieChaplin #DisabilityPrideMonth #SilentFilm #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis #DisabilityHistory

There are 3 films that star Frankie Shum & Jackie Conn: “Crippled Masters” (1979), “Two Crippled Hereos” (1980) & “Fighting Life” (1981). My playlist of them (w/English Dubbing)is available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfuFilIdIATONqA-v9W8JLuL)
#TCMParty #CrippledMasters #SaveTCM #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis #DisabilityPrideMonth #KungFu

Time for “Tiān Cán dì Quē” AKA “Crippled Masters”
#TCMParty #CrippledMasters #SaveTCM #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis #DisabilityPrideMonth #KungFu

Here for “El Cochecito”
#TCMParty #ElCochecito #SaveTCM #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis #DisabilityPrideMonth

Even if he’d only done “The Best Years of Our Lives” it would have been apparent that Harold Russell was one of the greatest actors to ever be committed to film. “Inside Moves” just further proves that.
#TCMParty #InsideMoves #HaroldRussell #SaveTCM #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis

Here for “Inside Moves”
#TCMParty #InsideMoves #SaveTCM #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis

Another film where Billy Barty makes a scene stealing appearance
#MusComEnt #FootlightParade #PreCodeApril #BillyBarty #FilmDis #DisabilityInFilm

Always love when Billy Barty pops up in things
#RetroView #GoldDiggersOf1933
#BillyBarty #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis

Also, cool that Harold Lloyd, a man known for missing a couple of fingers and part of his hand, was probably the first person to flip the middle finger in a film.
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #SilentFilm #Speedy #DisabilityInFilm #HaroldLloyd #FilmDis

Really cool how Harold does his fancy ice cream flipping with his prosthetic hand
#TCMParty #Speedy #HaroldLloyd #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis #SilentFilm

As a wheelchair user I cannot tell you how much a sunroom like this is the dream
#TCMParty #NoirAlley #WalkSoftlyStranger #TheBigSleep #DarknessAtNoon #WheelchairHistory #AlidaValli #CharlesWaldron #noxp #DisabilityInFilm #FilmDis