“Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.”The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
Jul
20
1940
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The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell.
– Lt. Sam Lubinsky
“Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.”The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
Jul
20
1940
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The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell.
– Lt. Sam Lubinsky
“There's nary a conspiracy. And if I'm right about this, it's a far older sin than politics.”The List of Adrian Messenger (John Huston, 1963)
Feb
16
Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm (Dana Wynter), Anthony Gethryn (George C. Scott), and Raoul Le Borg (Jacques Roux). DP: Joseph MacDonald.
– Adrian Messenger
“Right now, I don't know if it's me or the dynamite that doin' all that sweatin'.”The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966)
Jan
12
1812
The sheriff jolts something down next to a wall calendar that reads January 12, 1812. Just visible through a window, Jake (Woody Strode) approaches. DP: Conrad L. Hall.
– Jake Sharp
“I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.”Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
April 20
20
oysters
J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) pulling Sidney Falco's (Tony Curtis) tie over cocktails and oysters. DP: James Wong Howe.
– J.J. Hunsecker
“And the water up there. Remember? That transparent, light green water. It felt different. God, what a beautiful feeling. We could've swum around the world in those days.”The Swimmer (Frank Perry + Sydney Pollack, 1968)
May
6
Beverage Day
Swimmer Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) reaching for a drink handed to him by someone offscreen. DP: David L. Quaid.
At a poolside #CocktailParty, the swimmer appears. He notes that the houses in between his hosts' and his are connected by a “river” of #pools and decides to swim home, from one pool to the other, superficially meeting people, crashing suburban pool parties, in an increasingly irrational state.
– Ned Merrill