Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979

Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball
“I’ll admit I may have seen better days, but I’m still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut.”
-Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) (via)
Sound advice for any Friday night.

“I’ll admit I may have seen better days, but I’m still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut.”

-Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) (via)

Sound advice for any Friday night.

Lee Remick & Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses (1962, Blake Edwards)
I’ll have what they’re having.

Lee Remick & Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses (1962, Blake Edwards)

I’ll have what they’re having.

Doris Dowling in The Lost Weekend (1945, dir. Billy Wilder)
“Pour it softly, pour it gently, and pour it to the brim.”

Doris Dowling in The Lost Weekend (1945, dir. Billy Wilder)

“Pour it softly, pour it gently, and pour it to the brim.”

Suggestions on how to hide your secret alcohol problem and/or workplace scotch stash via The Lost Weekend (1945, dir. Billy Wilder)

Suggestions on how to hide your secret alcohol problem and/or workplace scotch stash via The Lost Weekend (1945, dir. Billy Wilder)

Myrna Loy & William Powell in The Thin Man (1934, dir. Woody Van Dyke)
“Would you like a drink?”“It’s a little early, isn’t it?”“Too early for a drink?”“No! Too early for stupid questions! Of course I want a drink!”

Myrna Loy & William Powell in The Thin Man (1934, dir. Woody Van Dyke)

“Would you like a drink?”
“It’s a little early, isn’t it?”
“Too early for a drink?”
“No! Too early for stupid questions! Of course I want a drink!”