Five Random Black and White

National Portrait Gallery 

Clark Cable ( 1901- 1960 ) and Constance Bennett ( 1904- 1965 ) for After Office Hours, James Manatt  1934. 

Sent by Salomeja on 8 May, 2013 from Vilnius, Lithuania 

Suburban Gardening, Photo Bill Owens / Archive 

Sent by Miranda on 10 Jul 2014 from Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Symphony of Silence

Photo Lina Tomkeviciene

Sent by Ruta on 27 Apr, 2013  from Dusseldorf, Germany

Pedal to the Metal 

Archive Photos

Sent by Danielle on 19 Sep, 2020 from Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

A scene of Canton barge men fighting quails from China Illustrated (1843) by Thomas Allom.Getty Images

Sent by Yunon 16 Sep, 2017 from Guangzhou, China

 

Movie night

Ernest Hemingway's introspective one-episode novelette, The Old Man and the Sea, is virtually a one-character film, the spotlight being almost continuously on Spencer Tracy as the old Cuban fisherman who meets his final test in his tremendous struggle with the huge marlin.

Old Man and the Sea. 1958
Directors: John Sturges, Henry King

Writers: Ernest Hemingway (novel), Peter Viertel

Stars: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver

travel time 8 days
distance travelled 5,750 km
sent by Valérye in Princeville, Quebec, Canada

Srencer Tracy, 1937. Photo by Ted Allan

travel time 9 days
distance travelled 1,217 km
sent by Konstante in Kaltenkirchen, Germany

Movie Night

Esther in Netherlands likes warm and sunny places, perhaps Casablanca would be her next place to visit. But first she might watch this Bogart and Bergman movie. 

Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play Everybody Comes to Rick's. The film stars are Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.  Set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her Czech Resistance leader husband escape the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis.

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Casablanca on vuonna 1942 ensi-iltansa saanut Michael Curtizin ohjaama draamaelokuva. Se sijoittuu toisen maailmansodan aikaiseen Casablancaan. Casablanca on useissa äänestyksissä valittu kaikkien aikojen parhaiden elokuvien joukkoon, ja American Film Institute on nimennyt sen romanttisimmaksi yhdysvaltalaiseksi elokuvaksi. Elokuvan ensi-ilta oli New Yorkissa 26. marraskuuta 1942.  Lisää Wikipedia

Distance: 1,471 km

Travel time: 10 days

Movie Night

Alexandra is not huge movie watcher but she likes old films with Gary Cooper, Gary Grant and such.  Maybe James Dean also. 

East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. Often described as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, East of Eden brings to life the intricate details of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, and their interwoven stories. The novel was originally addressed to Steinbeck's young sons, Thom and John (then 6½ and 4½ years old, respectively). Steinbeck wanted to describe the Salinas Valley for them in detail: the sights, sounds, smells, and colors. ( Wikipedia)

East of Eden is a 1955 film, directed by Elia Kazan, and loosely based on the second half of the 1952 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. It is about a wayward young man who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the affection of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel. (Wikipedia)

Eedenistä itään on Elia Kazanin ohjaama yhdysvaltalainen elokuva vuodelta 1955. Se perustuu John Steinbeckin samannimiseen romaaniin vuodelta 1952. Elokuvan tapahtumat sijoittuvat vuoteen 1917 ja Kaliforniaan. Se kertoo melko menestyvän uskonnollisen viljelijän kahdesta aikamiespojasta ja heijastelee Raamatun tarinaa Kainista ja Abelista. Elokuvaa on sanottu James Deanin läpimurtoelokuvaksi. Toisessa pääosassa on menestyksekäs Broadway-näyttelijä Julie Harris. Wikipedia

Distance: 1,725 km

Travel time: 12 days

Movie Night

This card came from Paul in Colorado U.S.A. Paul has never seen this movie neither have I,  but perhaps someday.

Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter,  1911 – 1937 ) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. The Girl from Missouri (originally called Born to Be Kissed) is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway.

Jean Harlow, oikealta nimeltään Harlean Carpenter ( 1911 Kansas City, Missouri –  1937 Los Angeles, Kalifornia) oli yhdysvaltalainen elokuvanäyttelijä ja 1930-luvun seksisymboli. Hänet tunnettiin platinanvaaleiden hiuksiensa vuoksi lempinimillä ”platinablondi”.  Nykyään Harlow’ta pidetään yhtenä Hollywoodin kultakauden legendaarisimmista näyttelijöistä. Vuonna 1999 Amerikan elokuvainstituutti valitsi hänet kaikkien aikojen 22. merkittävimmäksi naisnäyttelijäksi.

Distance: 7,696 km

Travel time: 20 days