Mothic Flights And Flutterings

A Time Machine With Wistfully Wandering Wings, From The Victorian Era into The Early 1950s, with a special fondess for the 1920s and 1930s . I was born in Hollywood, grew up in the Hollywood Hills and am in love with all things to do with Classic Film (especially the Silents), and vintage animation by artists including Max Fleischer, Ubbe Iwerks and Walt Disney. I have a Tumblr dedicated to Harold Lloyd. F*** Yeah Harold Lloyd I live in a lovely historical neighborhood where many of the greatest Silent films were created, just a short distance from Mabel Norman's original studio, and the location of the original Walt Disney Studios, where Mickey Mouse was born. One of my kitties was born at Forest Lawn Cemetery and is named Humphrey Haunted in honor of Humphrey Bogart, who is buried there. He's a vintage film fan too!

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Opening credits for the Pink Panther's “Pinkcome Tax” cartoon (1968)

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“Arsenic And Old Lace"  (1944)

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Olive Borden and her awesome dress - 1927

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“TV Of Tomorrow” (1953) - Tex Avery

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Happy Birthday, Harold Clayton Lloyd  (April 20th, 1893 - March 8th, 1971)

“There is more magic in a pair of horn-rimmed glasses than the opticians dream of, nor did I guess the half of it when I put them on in 1917.”

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Happy Birthday, Harold Clayton Lloyd  (April 20th, 1893 - March 8th, 1971)

“Laughter is the Universal language.  It establishes a common identity among people - regardless of other differences.  It is the sweetest sound in the whole world.” - Harold Lloyd

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Spooky late night radio programs with Donald Duck in “Duck Pimples” (1945)

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Alice Roosevelt - 1902

Theodore Roosevelt’s beautiful eldest daughter, who not only cut her wedding cake with a sword, defied all the conventions of her day regarding women and carried a dagger in her pocketbook, but who  also had a pillow embroidered with her most famous quote on her couch; “If you haven’t got anything good to say about anybody, come sit next to me.”

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Casper The Friendly Ghost opening - c. 1955

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Betty Boop opening titles  (1932) - Max Fleischer

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Collin Campbell illustrations for Disney’s Haunted Mansion book (1969)

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Marceline and Alice Day - c. 1920s

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Miss Kitty Mouse in “The Great Mouse Detective” (1986) - Walt Disney

“Let me be good to you.”

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A very scholarly Anita Loos, 1926

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Figaro is a little angel in “Figaro And Cleo” (1943) - Walt Disney

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Carole Lombard & William Powell on their honeymoon cruise to Hawaii, 1931

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Buster Keaton with Alice Lake and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in Coney Island (1917)