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fyeah-history:

“The Battle” from the cycle of paintings “Polonia” dedicated to January Uprising of 1863 and painted by contemporary Artur GrottgerThe January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, parts of Ukraine, and western Russia) against the Russian Empire. It began on 22 January 1863 and lasted until the last insurgents were captured in 1865.

fyeah-history:

Farewell to Europe by Aleksander Sochaczewski, which depicts a Katorga in Imperial RussiaKatorga was a system of penal servitude of the prison farm type in Tsarist Russia. Prisoners were sent to remote camps in vast uninhabited areas of Siberia—where voluntary workers were never available in satisfactory numbers—and forced to perform hard labour.

Today in 1927, Grauman’s Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood, CA

Happy 116th Birthday, Frank Capra
(May 18, 1897 - September 3, 1991)

“Maybe there really wasn’t an America, maybe it was only Frank Capra.”
- John Cassavetes

“When I see a crowd, I see a collection of free individuals: each a unique person; each a king or a queen; each a story that would fill a book; each an island of human dignity.”

“Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film. “

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caffeinatedfantasy:

I WANT A VICTORIAN BICYCLE.

THEY WERE CALLED BONESHAKERS.

HOW FUCKING AWESOME IS THAT?

harlow-jean:

Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle in Coney Island (1917)

James Cagney dancing on the set of his film The Time of Your Life, 1947.

(Source: cinegraphic)

aliceguyjr:

6 Lunes

enchantedbyfilm:

Happy Birthday Mary Pickford!! (8th April 1892 – 29th May 1979)

Also visit my fellow blogger thefilmwriter for looooooads of posts and images from her library of silent movie stars like Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish :-)

Ordinary Jeremy: Menu of the Last Supper Aboard the Titanic

ordinaryjeremy:

First Course

Hors D’Oeuvres
Oysters

Second Course
Consommé Olga
Cream of Barley

Third Course
Poached Salmon with Mousseline Sauce, Cucumbers

Fourth Course
Filet Mignons Lili
Sauté of Chicken, Lyonnaise
Vegetable Marrow Farci

Fifth Course
Lamb, Mint Sauce
Roast Duckling, Apple Sauce
…

dawson-rose-dawson:

Though James Cameron’s Titanic is a favorite and beloved film of many of us, the tragedy that it was inspired by was very real. It is in the days of the sinking that we turn 101 years into the past and remember the 1500+ people who lost their lives, the survivors, and their families and friends who loved them. Tragically, there are no longer any living survivors. May they rest in peace, and forever be remembered.

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GREAT MOVIE

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