“I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be left alone.’ There is all the difference.” — Greta GarboTumblr (3.0; @msand3)http://msand3.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5vad59MLj1qd48zdo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/27365529553http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/27365529553Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:32:59 -0400classic hollywoodclark gablepre-code1930snatalie moorheaddance fools dance<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ibcwTEov1rvn2i7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/26309216668http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/26309216668Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:14:55 -04001920sphotographyvintagejazz<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4wgczTn4m1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Vivian Maier, self portrait</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/24138738323http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/24138738323Thu, 31 May 2012 14:22:11 -0400photographyvivian maier1950s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cggkOriW1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/23445154185http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/23445154185Sun, 20 May 2012 19:12:20 -04001920svintagephotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ztdtnGmG1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chet Baker, photographed by Herman Leonard, 1956.</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/23019325488http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/23019325488Sun, 13 May 2012 23:22:40 -04001950schet bakerherman leonardphotographyvintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xm9n5wCd1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Leslie Caron, <em>An American in Paris</em>, 1951</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22931130901http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22931130901Sat, 12 May 2012 18:53:47 -0400Leslie Caron1950smovie starsmusicalsclassic hollywood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3x2ns6BBx1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Pressa at Night, 1928,” photographed by Werner Mantz</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22906562247http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22906562247Sat, 12 May 2012 11:50:00 -04001920sWerner Mantzart decophotographyvintage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ubkzHgoo1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Automat” by Edward Hopper, 1927</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22825646173http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22825646173Fri, 11 May 2012 00:10:11 -0400paintingEdward Hopper1920s““And Thee, across the harbor, silver-paced<br/> As though the sun took step of thee, yet left<br/> Some motion ever unspent in thy stride,—<br/> Implicitly thy freedom staying thee!””<br/><br/> - <em>“To Brooklyn Bridge” by Hart Crane, from <em>The Bridge</em></em>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22825573769http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22825573769Fri, 11 May 2012 00:08:38 -0400Hart CraneBrooklyn Bridge1930spoetry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ubez7Uc31rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Brooklyn Bridge” by Joseph Stella, 1920.</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22825480258http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22825480258Fri, 11 May 2012 00:06:35 -0400Joseph StellaBrooklyn Bridgeart decopainting1920s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3skbfbmJm1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Famous pre-Code movie poster by pin-up artist Alberto Vargas. </p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22766811194http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22766811194Thu, 10 May 2012 01:23:00 -04001930sAlberto Vargasclassic hollywoodmovie starspre-codevintage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pegzKHtJ1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>John Steinbeck and his dog Charley.</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22648984778http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22648984778Tue, 08 May 2012 08:24:35 -0400John Steinbeckwriters1950s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3oh45YkIB1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photograph by Weegee. “New Year’s Eve at Sammy’s on the Bowery,<span> 1943”</span></p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22620460871http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22620460871Mon, 07 May 2012 20:24:05 -0400Weegee1940s<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/msand3/22448626802/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_22448626802" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="300" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Lillian Roth performs “Low Down” from Cecil D. DeMille’s <em>Madam Satan</em> (1930). The piano player is composer Jack King (“Put some pepper in it—papa wants to sneeze!”). The dancer is choreographer/second unit director Eddie Prinz.  The lyrics were written by Elsie Janis, who gives us some amazing lines like “I love all the gin that puts the sin in sync-o-pation / I do now-and-then get up a yen for any new sin-sation.”) Classic camp!</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22448626802http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22448626802Sat, 05 May 2012 11:18:00 -04001930sClassic HollywoodLillian RothMadam Satanmovie starsCecil B. DeMillecampymusicals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ip41dUES1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ip41dUES1rvn2i7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster, <em>The Killers</em> (1946)</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22401805991http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22401805991Fri, 04 May 2012 17:31:13 -0400Ava GardnerBurt LancasterClassic Hollywoodmovie stars1940s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3hxes7XJA1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Case Study House # 22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect.” Photographed by Julius Shulman. It is also called the Stahl House and still exists in L.A.</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22377933141http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22377933141Fri, 04 May 2012 07:32:00 -0400Julius ShulmanarchitectureLos Angeles1950s1960s“<p>“They don’t think they’re tough or desperate</p> <p>They know the law always wins</p> <p>They’ve been shot at before, but they do not ignore</p> <p>That death is the wages of sin.</p> <p>Some day they’ll go down together</p> <p>And they’ll bury them side by side</p> <p>To few it’ll be grief, to the law a relief</p> <p>But it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.”</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>from “The Trail’s End,” a poem written by Bonnie Parker, circa 1933</em>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22357548315http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22357548315Thu, 03 May 2012 21:32:00 -0400poetryBonnie Parker1930s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3h5chrhi51rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3h5chrhi51rvn2i7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Top: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, circa 1933. Bottom: Their car on display after their deaths near Arcadia, Louisiana, 1934.</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22357137920http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22357137920Thu, 03 May 2012 21:26:00 -0400Bonnie ParkerClyde Barrow1930s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3g53nDY7M1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3g53nDY7M1rvn2i7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Peggy Cummings and John Dall, from one of my favorite movies, <em>Gun Crazy</em> (1950)</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22317294326http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22317294326Thu, 03 May 2012 08:23:00 -0400Gun CrazyJohn DallPeggy Cummingsmovie starsClassic Hollywood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fgdumAGA1rvn2i7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos</p>http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22302556881http://msand3.tumblr.com/post/22302556881Wed, 02 May 2012 23:29:53 -0400Ernest HemingwayJohn Dos Passos