William A. Wellman’s The Public Enemy (1931) Opening Credits

GET TO KNOW ME MEME [3/10 movies]

I never had any friends later on like the ones I did when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?

Stand By Me (1986) | dir. Rob Reiner

Paul Henreid and Bette Davis - Now, Voyager 1942

“What man is suitable, doctor? She’s never found one. What man would ever look at me and say, ‘I want you.’? I’m fat. My mother doesn’t approve of dieting. Look at my shoes. My mother approves of sensible shoes. Look at the books on my shelves. My mother approves of good solid books. I’m my mother’s well-loved daughter. I’m her companion. I am my mother’s servant. My mother says! My mother. My mother! MY MOTHER!” Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale in Now, Voyager (1942) dir. Irving Rapper

Norma Shearer in A Free Soul (1931) dir. Clarence Brown

1920s + dresses

Wish Tumblr existed in the late 1920s because I'm sure the silent vs sound film discourse would've been glorious

But the hands that built the tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the brain that had conceived it. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses.

METROPOLIS (1927) | DIR. FRITZ LANG

i just have to make it through the next few or tens or hundreds or thousands of weeks. until i'm dead

The Wizard of Oz (1939) dir. Victor Fleming