"She sadly outlived her own elegant era. Many of us prefer to think of her on an Ernest Lubitsch art deco set with Cole Porter music in the background lying on an impossibly long chaise, gowned in Orry-Kelly, drinking a Paradise Cocktail, smiling her dazzling hopeful smile."
"When I looked at 'Metropolis'(1927) after I had completed it, I was convinced that you can't solve a country's social problems by such a message. I think that the idea is too idealistic. How can a man who has everything really understand a man who has very little?"
— Fritz Lang
@hartgracesarah Wonderful!!! Photos are so good! Hope you will post observations on what impressed you the most! My travel days are mostly behind me so I depend on folks like you to ease my travel cravings! Thanks!!! 😀
Forgotten faces. Jeanne Eagels. Broadway legend with very few screen credits. If you have the chance to watch The Letter (1929), you can easily see why she was considered great. 1/2
French actress Madeleine Lebeau, was the last surviving credited cast member of "Casablanca" (1942) During the moving scene of French nationals singing "La Marseillaise", Lebeau was filmed with genuine tears streaming down her face remembering her homeland
Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy, THE COSSACKS ('28) was written by one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century, Frances Marion.
See it this Sunday with @ProfJStewart from @AcademyMuseum on #SilentSundayNights.