Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money – and a woman – and I didn’t get the money and I didn’t get the woman. Pretty, isn’t it?
Double Indemnity (1944)
Billy Wilder for ever…
Happy 116th Birthday, Frank Capra
(May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991)“Maybe there really wasn’t an America, maybe it was only Frank Capra.”
– John Cassavetes“When I see a crowd, I see a collection of free individuals: each a unique person; each a king or a queen; each a story that would fill a book; each an island of human dignity.”
“Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film. “
Gary Cooper off the set of One Sunday Afternoon, 1933
Uh, patterns go crazy. Happy posterity, this picture is only black and white.
Hurry up and get your Flapper Ring! Quickly, before you realize that those girls aren’t flappers but Girl Scouts in short trousers and floppy rain hats.
flapper ring advert, 1922 (www.retronaut.com) order yours today!
