Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979

Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball

Poster art: Czech edition (click on individual posters for artist/film info) (via)

Edith PiafLovers for a Day (Live)

Mary Badham, Harper Lee, and Gregory Peck on the set of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, dir. Robert Mulligan) Photographer: Leo Fuchs (via)

Claudia Cardinale in 8 1/2 (1963, dir. Federico Fellini)

Claudia Cardinale in 8 1/2 (1963, dir. Federico Fellini)

Benny Goodman Quartet - Whispering

The Holy Mountain’s “Cathedral of Ice” (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) (via)
The 50 ft. tall cathedral was constructed from ice painstakingly shaped for months on an armature of metal pipes.

The Holy Mountain’s “Cathedral of Ice” (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) (via)

The 50 ft. tall cathedral was constructed from ice painstakingly shaped for months on an armature of metal pipes.

The Holy Mountain (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) (via)

The Holy Mountain (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) (via)

Georges Delerue - Jules & Jim: Brouillard (Georges Delerue: Music from the Films of Francois Truffaut)

Paulette Dubost on the set of The Rules of the Game (1939, dir. Jean Renoir) Photographer: Sam Levin (via)

Paulette Dubost on the set of The Rules of the Game (1939, dir. Jean Renoir) Photographer: Sam Levin (via)

Mila Parely & Marcel Dalio in The Rules of the Game (1939, dir. Jean Renoir) (via)

Mila Parely & Marcel Dalio in The Rules of the Game (1939, dir. Jean Renoir) (via)

Helen MerrillThe House Of The Rising Sun

Katharine Hepburn & Montgomery Clift on the set of Suddenly, Last Summer (1959, dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Photographer: Burt Glinn (via)

Katharine Hepburn & Montgomery Clift on the set of Suddenly, Last Summer (1959, dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Photographer: Burt Glinn (via)

Carl Davis - Flood (from Davis’s restoration score for 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera)

Above: Lon Chaney & Mary Philbin in The Phantom of the Opera (1925, dir. Rupert Julian)

Below: A production sketch from the film 

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Edison Studios, circa 1907–1914 (Bronx, NY) (via)
A silent film studio in action - relatively simple, three-sided sets could be built side by side to make maximum use of the space, with two or more films shooting simultaneously.

Edison Studios, circa 1907–1914 (Bronx, NY) (via)

A silent film studio in action - relatively simple, three-sided sets could be built side by side to make maximum use of the space, with two or more films shooting simultaneously.