the word to come

[littlehorrorshop]

Sybil Seely in One Week (1920)

[hheininge-art]

[deforest]

Clark Gable DANCING LADY (1933) dir. Robert Z. Leonard

[trainstationgoodbye]

Rear Window (1954) + Edward Hopper

[thekimonogallery]

Torii Kotondo Morning Hair

This image was considered so wildly provocative in 1930s Japan, that it was banned from further publication, remaining prints being destroyed.

[oldhollywood-glamour]

Pola Negri, Madame DuBarry (1919)

[deforest]

“It set new standards of what was possible in terms of commercial motion pictures. Sometimes shown with hand-colored prints, The Great Train Robbery was America’s first blockbuster. There was action, suspense, ending in a chase and final shootout. The final image was unforgettable, directly confronting the audience and including them in the action.” THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903) dir. Edwin S. Porter

[deforest]

[deforest]

Jean Harlow RED-HEADED WOMAN (1932)

[world-of-yana]

[deforest]

Clark Gable + Myrna Loy WIFE VS. SECRETARY (1936)

[ritahayworrth]

Random Harvest (1942) dir. Mervyn LeRoy

[goodreadss]

“What you seek is seeking you.”

(via goodreadss)

[wehadfacesthen]

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

Barbara Stanwyck showing how to deal with creeps who invade your personal space

[nostalgic-solitude7]

Clash by Night (Fritz Lang,1952)

[littlehorrorshop]

Little Shop of Horrors, 1986