Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979
Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball
The Three Witches in Macbeth (1948, dir. Orson Welles) (via)

The Three Witches in Macbeth (1948, dir. Orson Welles) (via)

Margaret Hamilton in publicity still for The Wizard of Oz (1939, dir. Victor Fleming) (photo by Virgil Apger) “I was in a need of money at the time, and my agent called. I said, ‘Yes?’ and he said ‘Maggie, they want you to play a part on the Wizard.’ I said to myself, ‘Oh Boy, The Wizard of Oz! That has been my favorite book since I was four.’ And I asked him what part, and he said ‘The Witch’ and I said ‘The Witch?!’ and he said ‘What else?’”

Margaret Hamilton in publicity still for The Wizard of Oz (1939, dir. Victor Fleming) (photo by Virgil Apger)

“I was in a need of money at the time, and my agent called. I said, ‘Yes?’ and he said ‘Maggie, they want you to play a part on the Wizard.’ I said to myself, ‘Oh Boy, The Wizard of Oz! That has been my favorite book since I was four.’ And I asked him what part, and he said ‘The Witch’ and I said ‘The Witch?!’ and he said ‘What else?’”

Witches gather at the Walpurgisnacht celebration on Bald Mountain in Faust (1926, dir. F. W. Murnau). The scene later inspired the “Night on Bald Mountain” sequence from Fantasia (1940) (via)

Witches gather at the Walpurgisnacht celebration on Bald Mountain in Faust (1926, dir. F. W. Murnau). The scene later inspired the “Night on Bald Mountain” sequence from Fantasia (1940) (via)

Witches’ Sabbath in Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, dir. Benjamin Christensen)

Witches’ Sabbath in Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, dir. Benjamin Christensen)