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60s girls

she's the cutest ♡♡♡

if I dont sleep well tomorrow I might kms

I prefer the live version cuz I'm just better

I love this so much, I’m gonna start saying “nuts” we need to bring it back

Does anyone know what movie these are from?

VIVIEN LEIGH in SIDEWALKS OF LONDON — 1938, dir. Tim Whelan

UNION PACIFIC (1939) dir. Cecil B. DeMille

" A girl always needs a buck. She's got other things she can use.'

" Stop talking like a no-good, like you don't know what's right."

" A good time is right. Everything else is wrong."

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (1962)

There is almost no kiss in film history that was so beautifully fake.

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The passion is evident in her hands as she grasps his hair wildly yet tenderly. This moment is pure magic in the eye of the beholder. It must have been a great event that opened the eyes of many a couple in their twenties. Films have and will always influence us and can open up the world for us to discover other perspectives.

Asphalt is a silent film by Joe May. Betty Amann and Gustav Fröhlich play the leading roles. It premiered on 12 March 1929 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. The film was banned for young people.

Asphalt (1929) Joe May, Albert Steinrück, Else Heller, Betty Amann, Gustav Fröhlich

Asphalt (Joe May, 1929)

"Chervona Ruta", 1971 So, I've been obsessing over this 1971 Ukrainian musical so much that I decided to reanimate my tumbler account and create this little video extract with English subtitles. I would love to share this with the Internet mostly because I find this movie absolutely legendary, for multiple reasons. The film's name is Chervona Ruta ("The Red Rue") and it was inspired by one of the most famous Ukrainian song of the same name written by an iconic composer Volodymyr Ivasiuk. "Why is he iconic?", you might ask. Well, first of all, he made such a huge impact on Ukrainian music like no other composer ever did. His songs were inspired by popular Western music and Ukrainian ethnic motives, primarily by Hutsul culture. Together with an ensemble "Smerichka", and some other really cool composers of the time, he played a tremendous role in saving Ukrainian culture in the time of Soviet oppression. Moreover, he always composed in Ukrainian, which was very sassy for that moment in Ukrainian history, for a lack of a better word. He wasn't a political activist, like many other Ukrainian creators of the time, who were repressed for their worldview, yet he did a lot only using his own tool - music. Soviets knew that his impact is huge so, as it is widely stated today, he was murdered by them.

However, his death can only be a subject of much more professional investigation, not a post on tumbler. So, let's go back to "The Red Rue". The song itself was a huge success at the time and became a hit sung all over the Soviet Union. The lyrics, inspired by the legend of the red rue, a flower which brings love and happiness to one who finds it, is probably the most widely known text in the modern Ukraine. So the film was kind of a spin-off for this song, which is a masterpiece on its own. The plot of the film is fairly simple: a miner and musician Boris (played by Vasyl Zinkevich) from Donetsk (by the way, the city has been occupied by Russians since 2014) meets a singer Oksana (played by Sofia Rotaru) from the Western Ukraine on his way to the Carpathian Mountains. The couple fall in love with each other, but get departed after arriving to Yaremche, a famous town in the Carpathian Mountains which remains a popular tourist attraction to this day. The music, however... You guys, the music is perfect. I honestly believe that there are no fitting words to describe the beauty of the music in the film. Every song is an absolute treat to one's ears, very well written and wonderfully performed by lead actors and different ensembles of the time, including Smerichka, Karpaty and Rosynka. Even Ivasyuk gets a cameo in the movie. If you are in anyway interested in Ukrainian culture, art or music, I highly recommend watching this film, as it is available on the Youtube. There are no English subtitles, but I assure you, all of the songs are understandable whichever language you speak, if one listens to them with their heart. And don't mind the quality - the equipment that the crew possessed was far from perfect and the version you see on the Youtube is one of the few versions which survived, as most of the copies of the film were destroyed after Ivasyuk's death. Still, it's a wonder, but it's watchable and gives off this perfect retro vibe. Here's the link to the musical - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av3FZVui6fQ&t=598s

Breathtaking Vasyl Zinkevich in a ukrainian musical film "Chervona Ruta" (1971), performing Volodymyr Ivasyuk's song "The yellow leaf" Let me offer you my amateur translation of the lyrics:

The evening is coming. A lonely leaf, swept by the wind, Is flying past me. He won't return here anymore,  and, probably, neither will I.  Why would I?  My love is just like this yellow leaf -  It can fall only at your feet.  I don't know whether I will ever come back here,  but instead of myself,  I'm leaving  those flowers which I found in the garden for you.  And, maybe, tomorrow, you'll pass this place, Where the wind rocks the petals.  Just know, that I left my happiness here.   I left it here.

Here is the link to the film itself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av3FZVui6fQ&t=743s

12 angry men is a cinematic masterpiece you can't change my mind. It's a great way to show that you can tell a story in one room with keeping the same cast the whole time. There is the whole character arcs that are subtle and to the untrained eye seem off putting or random but after my second watch of it I actually noticed the development. Also the subtle way that the director keeps the audience's interest the whole time is interesting. It's also ahead of its time, It still has its issues but I really think that everyone should watch the 1957 version

my kid brother showed me a 1899 short film called "Stealing a Dinner" if any of yall are curious to go watch it (warnings for fake gun, police reference, and sort of animal abuse)

An archivist found a long forgotten 8mm film reel in an old metal box, marked "Philippines 1942". Thinking it was lost WWII footage, he sent it in to be restored/digitized. When he got the footage back, he found puppies instead (via)

this is my absolute favourite movie ❤ me and my bf agree that clark gable is hot af

we're going on a date to our local civil war battlefield if anyone wants pictures (not gonna say which one because like, doxxing, but it's in central/eastern nc)

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Yesterday on April 2 saw

The Scarlet Claw (1944) Sherlock Holmes played by Basil Rathbone

There were funny parts so thought to edit it hehe

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