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Nineteen Eighty-Four (Rudolph Cartier, 1954)

Aug

18

indigo

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)

Winston Smith (Peter Cushing). We only see his frail looking back with the identifier KZ-6090, and his name SMITH W.

Indigo, in food or fashion*

“He moved over to the window: a smallish, frail figure, the meagreness of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the party. His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended. “

– George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) (via)

The Queen of Spades (Thorold Dickinson, 1949)

Feb

22

Play More Cards Day

The Queen of Spades (1949)

The young Countess (Pauline Tennant) surrounded by nobility, playing cards in domino. DP: Otto Heller.

Someone's playing cards.

“Why, you might end up by gaining a fortune… or losing your precious soul.”

– bookseller