Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979

Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball

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Gloria Holden in Dracula’s Daughter (1935, dir. Lambert Hillyer) (via)

Gloria Holden in Dracula’s Daughter (1935, dir. Lambert Hillyer) (via)

Jean Gabin in La Bête Humaine (1938, dir. Jean Renoir) (via)

Jean Gabin in La Bête Humaine (1938, dir. Jean Renoir) (via)

Boris Karloff undergoing his transformation for The Mummy (1932, dir. Karl Freund) (via)

Boris Karloff undergoing his transformation for The Mummy (1932, dir. Karl Freund) (via)

Ann Dvorak vs. the feds in Scarface (1932, dir. Howard Hawks) (via)

Ann Dvorak vs. the feds in Scarface (1932, dir. Howard Hawks) (via)

George Gershwin - Love is Here to Stay (1938)

Performed by the New York Philharmonic for Manhattan (1979, dir. Woody Allen)

The Sea God (1930, dir. George Abbott)

The Sea God (1930, dir. George Abbott)

Benny Goodman Quartet - Whispering

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)

Bela Lugosi in publicity still for Dracula (1931, dir. Tod Browning) (via)
“I look in the mirror and say to myself, ‘Can it be that you once played Romeo?’”
-Lugosi, 1951 (via)

Bela Lugosi in publicity still for Dracula (1931, dir. Tod Browning) (via)

“I look in the mirror and say to myself, ‘Can it be that you once played Romeo?’”

-Lugosi, 1951 (via)

Chester Morris in publicity still for The Big House (1930, dir. George Hill) (via) Photographer: George Hurrell

Chester Morris in publicity still for The Big House (1930, dir. George Hill) (via) Photographer: George Hurrell

Giant piano set from King of Jazz’s “Rhapsody in Blue” production number (1930, dir. John Murray Anderson) Art director: Herman Rosse (via) 
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Giant piano set from King of Jazz’s “Rhapsody in Blue” production number (1930, dir. John Murray Anderson) Art director: Herman Rosse (via

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James Cagney as Bottom and Anita Louise as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935, dir. William Dieterle & Max Reinhardt ) 

James Cagney as Bottom and Anita Louise as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935, dir. William Dieterle & Max Reinhardt ) 

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Sunrise Serenade