Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)
Feb
27
A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh.
“The most precious thing that we all have with us, is time.”
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (Stuart Hamisch, 1958)
Feb
24
technology
Straight after dinner, the child returns to his teevee while his mother stands silently in the doorway.
A film about technology on what would've been Steve Jobs' 70th birthday
– Steve Jobs
A nuclear family goes about their machine-driven day while slowly forgetting to communicate.
“Just because people throw it out and don't have any use for it, doesn't mean it's garbage.”
Trash (Paul Morrissey, 1970)
Feb
23
freebie: Paul Morrissey born
Jane Forth, Paul Morrissey, and Joe Dallesandro in a publicity photo for Trash. DP: Paul Morrissey.
Freebie: Paul Morrissey born (1938 – 2024)
– Holly
“You don't think I sat there all evening with an eight-foot mamba in my pocket?”
Murders in the Zoo (A. Edward Sutherland, 1933)
Feb
20
A couple walks into a room, only to discover a lifeless man and a headless snake. DP: Ernest Haller.
– Eric Gorman
“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
“Real diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold!”
Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Feb
14
St. Valentine's Day
Sugar, Josephine, Daphne, and Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators rehearse Runnin’ Wild on the sleeper train to sunny Florida. DP: Charles Lang.
A movie about romance, of the Mafia, for St. Valentine's Day.
Musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) witness a killing by the Mob at the St. Valentine's Dance where they were hired to perform. In an attempt to escape the Chicagoan gangsters, they go overcover as Josephine and Daphne (“Well, I never did like the name Geraldine.”) in an all-gall jazz band, and fall head over heels for ukelele player Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe).
– Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
The opening shootout was directly inspired by the February 14 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre (graphic), and shares an actor from one of its most famous adaptations, Scarface (1932); George Raft as the wonderfully named Spats Colombo.
“A thousand men, say, go searchin' for gold. After six months, one of them's lucky: one out of a thousand. His find represents not only his own labor, but that of nine hundred and ninety-nine others to boot. That's six thousand months, five hundred years, scramblin' over a mountain, goin' hungry and thirsty. An ounce of gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into the findin' and the gettin' of it.”
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
Feb
14
1925
The winning lottery numbers of February 14, 1925. DP: Ted D. McCord.
– Howard
“His specs — use them as burning glasses!”
Lord of the Flies (Peter Brook, 1963)
Feb
8
Boy Scouts of America
Using Piggy's glasses, the boys light their first signal fire. DP: Tom Hollyman.
Someone prepares something for the founding of the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910.
William Golding, Lord of the Flies (1954)
The boys collectively gather firewood to light a beacon, then come up with the idea to light the fire with the help of one of the kid's glasses.
“Got a lot to write about today. You.”
3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)
Feb
7
1970
Millie Lammoreaux's Social Security card, issued on February 7, 1970. DP: Charles Rosher Jr.
– Millie Lammoreaux
“I don't want your husband. I want a parachute!”
Madam Satan (Cecil B. DeMille, 1930)
Feb
4
Charles Lindbergh's born
You're cordially invited to Mr. James Wade's “Masquerade”, aboard the Zeppelin – CB – P – 55. Do wear a mask. DP: Harold Rosson.
A movie about aviation for that eugenicist Charles Lindbergh's birthday.
– Trixie