old hollywood films as tumblr text posts (4/?) - gilda
do you ever just watch a burt lancaster movie and you are overcome with the urge to put him in a pringles can and shake it
old hollywood dracula fancast: gene tierney as mina harker
“i shall be glad as long as i live that even in that moment of final dissolution, there was in the face a look of peace, such as i could never have imagined might have rested there.”
( i know there’s a typo and it’s “worldly” not worldly but i’m too tired to fix it lemme go to bed i will exist later )
#gene tierney#oh dracula fancast#old hollywood#classic hollywood#golden age of hollywood#...she'd be so GOOD!#esp bc book mina is suuuuuch a capable character and FAR from the damsel in distress like she's portrayed as in so many adaptations *-*#honestly she reminds me a liiiiittle bit of mrs. muir? but only a little
adding to my list of actresses who i want to give a hug: peg entwistle. she was just someone who seemed very talented and sweet, i wish she’d had a happier life and even now would just be remembered for being more than the actress who committed suicide by jumping off the hollywood sign.
does anyone in the oh fandom have that really cute photoset of natalie wood in the 50s wearing a sweater and a pair of shorts and there’s a really fuzzy looking dog and they’re both wearing rhinestone sunglasses?
old hollywood moodboard based off this post: carole lombard (1/10)
i can’t imagine a duller fate than being the best-dressed woman in reality. when i want to do something, i don’t pause to contemplate whether i’m exquisitely gowned. i want to live, not pose!