Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979

Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball
The stand-off: Robert Mitchum & Lillian Gish in Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton)

The stand-off: Robert Mitchum & Lillian Gish in Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton)

Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot (1959, dir. Billy Wilder)

Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot (1959, dir. Billy Wilder)

Barbara Bates in final scene of All About Eve (1950, dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
“Tell me, Phoebe, do you want someday to have an award like that of your own?”
“More than anything else in the world.”
“Then you must ask Miss Harrington how to get one. Miss Harrington knows all about it.”

Barbara Bates in final scene of All About Eve (1950, dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

“Tell me, Phoebe, do you want someday to have an award like that of your own?”

More than anything else in the world.”

Then you must ask Miss Harrington how to get one. Miss Harrington knows all about it.”

James Stewart in Vertigo’s nightmare sequence  (1958, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

James Stewart in Vertigo’s nightmare sequence (1958, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, summarized in one screencap (1958, dir. Richard Brooks, starring Paul Newman & Elizabeth Taylor)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, summarized in one screencap (1958, dir. Richard Brooks, starring Paul Newman & Elizabeth Taylor)

Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly - True Love (written by Cole Porter)

From the soundtrack for High Society (dir.Charles Walters), the 1956 remake of The Philadelphia Story, with Kelly in Katharine Hepburn’s part & Crosby playing Cary Grant’s role. Movie clip of the duet can be seen here.

Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton) (via filmforno)
“I’m out of patience children…”

Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton) (via filmforno)

“I’m out of patience children…”

Emmanuelle Riva & Eiji Okada in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959, dir. Alain Resnais, screenplay by Marguerite Duras)

Emmanuelle Riva & Eiji Okada in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959, dir. Alain Resnais, screenplay by Marguerite Duras)