don't let's ask for the moon

You see, I’d rather go merrily to Hell with you than alone. Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) dir. Dorothy Arzner

Margot Robbie as Naomi Lapaglia in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) dir. Martin Scorsese

Merle Oberon. Publicity for “Dark Waters” (1944)

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VICTIM dir. Basil Dearden

Adrian and Janet Gaynor at home

My Followers’ Top 10 Favorite Characters: #5 — Dana Scully (The X Files)

“Time passes in moments…moments which, rushing past define the path of a life just as surely as they lead towards its end. How rarely do we stop to examine that path, to see the reasons why all things happen, to consider whether the path we take in life is our own making or simply one into which we drift with eyes closed?”

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Joseph Jasgur, 1946.

After I’ve telephoned Junius, I’m going to do plenty. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1940) dir. George Cukor

Carole Lombard, 1930s

So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn’t it be the other way around?

YOU’VE GOT MAIL (1998) dir. Nora Ephron

Ruby Keeler photographed in the Encino home she shared with husband Al Jolson, 1930s

JOAN CRAWFORD in GRAND HOTEL 1932 │ dir. Edmund Goulding

Grace Kelly, hair test for the murder scene in Dial M For Murder, 1954

Once you’ve met someone you never really forget them. It just takes a while for your memories to return.

SPIRITED AWAY / 千と千尋の神隠し (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

Gaslight | George Cukor | 1944

Ingrid Bergman

Marilyn Monroe, ‘Emerald Sitting’, March 1955 - Ph. Milton H. Greene

Milton set up a series of sittings to explore angles, lighting and hair and neck lines to become more familiar with how the camera and lights captured Marilyn. This sitting was not necessarily for any particular assignment; simply a learning tool for both of them to study.

Norma Shearer photographed by Charles Sheeler, 1926