London in 1927. Wow...

  "As cool as the pale wet leaves

Tof lily-of-the-valley

She lay beside me in the dawn"

(Ezra Pound, 1913) 

 

"The truth about Youth" (1930)

Rest in Peace, Iron Lady. 

Margaret Hilda Thatcher (13/10/1925 - 8/04/2013)

"If you want something said, ask a man. 

If you want something done, ask a woman."

(M. Thatcher. 1965 speech) 

Swing...

Cheerfull wallpaper.

Paris. 1920.

Beauties back in the days. Joan Crawford (1905-1977), in "Grand Hotel", 1932.

1888. Building up the Eiffel Tour (and a dream...)

1942. War & Tears at Paddington Station, London, UK.

Oldie, but Goldie.

Good morning, good evening. Good night.

1924. F. S. Fitzgerald and little Scottie. Oow...

1920's magical times... in the magic lands of Japan!

Coco Chanel.

 

My hometown in Italy, Senigallia, hosts every year the "Summer Jamboree". Celebrate the 40/50's culture!

 

Can't get enough of this!

Lindy Hop. Definitely better than Zumba!

Tomorrow, March the 8th, is the anniversary of Hachiko's death, which occured in 1935. 

This lovely dog used to wait for its master to come back home from work everyday, at the train station. But one day, its owner died of a heart attack while he was away for work, therefore he never came back. Hachiko has waited for him for 10 years more, dying at the age of 12. 

Famous true story in Japan, with many statues to remember the lovely and faithful dog. 

 In 2009, a heart-breaking movie was released, telling this beautiful story.

 

New York, 1915.

1924. Don't know which city :(

What a couple. Ups and downs. Lots of ups in the beginning, lots of downs in the end.
Francis Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.

"Winter Dreams": F. S. Fitzgerald's Life Remembered in Fine Film. Wow...

http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/winter_dreami_f_scott_fitzgeralds_life_remembered_in_fine_film.html

 

"Sex is like good bridge. 

If you don't have a good partner, 

you'd better have a good hand."

 Mae West.

(1893 - 1980)

 

Speaking of movies, can't wait for May 2013. "Great Gatsby" will be in theatres! Patience...

Yesterday I watched this movie. Lovely, Pattinson's definitely a better in those costume movies than in those with sparkling creatures.

The movie is inspired by Guy de Maupassant's novel "Bel Ami", which is supposed to be a celebration of women's power back in the days when they had none, taking action in the shade, as counselors and supporters of powerful men. It says, never underestimate women's favour. 

Even though, in the movie, I saw no big "celebration" at all, often seemed to celebrate more women's foolishness when they lose their mind for a young lover, rather than their wisdom. Bah. Anyway, Uma Thurman's character is the best!

March. Women's month. 

From the left: Noel Coward, Lydia Bylbrook and Charles Hawtrey. 1911.

"The Sun at noon is like a pool of gold

Towards whose uncertain brink the clouds have rolled

To quench their thirst. Likewise the invisible winds

Drink fire, and all my heart is sun-consoled."

  (Harry Crosby, Quatrains to the Sun, 1927)

Greta Garbo. Story of Divine.

"Ave Maria", and Beyoncé's voice. Sometimes, I realize that great voices and interpretations are not lost with the past, and I mistrust those present times a little less...

Judy Garland singing for the animation movie "Gay Purr-ee" (my favourite! *.* And Ms Garland gives voice to the adorable Musette).

"Take my hand, Paree", dedicated to the best city in the world, Paris... 

Not many people know the origin of the word "robot". To my surprise, the term was invented by a writer, Karel Capek, in 1921.

On January, the 25th, that year, a play called "R.U.R." premiered in Prague. In it, the word "robot" was used to mark an artificial creature.

To Eunice Kathleen Waymon, (1933 - 2003). Alias, Nina Simone.

"The worst thing about that kind of prejudice is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds your self-doubt. 

You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough."

(Nina Simone)

"Jazz is a white term to define black people.

My music is black classical music."

(Nina Simone)

"Try a little tenderness". Nina Simone's amazing cover.

"They're all desperados, these kids, all of them with any life in their veins;

the girls as well as the boys; maybe more than the boys."

(Flaming Youth)

Junior Dispatch, by Dispatch Staff. (July 27, 2010). At the right time, in the right land, where everything was possible.

20's, 30's, 40's might. Or in other words, Art Deco.

(Empire State Building, NYC)

(Chrysler Building, NYC - My favourite!)

(Woolworth Building, top, NYC)

(AIG building, 70 Pine Street, NYC)

(Breakwater Hotel, South Beach)

Wow, the Roaring Twenties... America, Europe... but what about Asia?

Class.

Love.

"When they are alone, they want to be with others. And when they are with others, they want to be alone. After all, human beings are all the same."

(Gertrude Stein, 1874 - 1946)

Pablo Picasso and Brigitte Bardot, 1956.

Times Square, NYC. 1950's.

 

Prohibition documentary. 

I guess the Prohibition wasn't that effective, after all...

Roaring Twenties car beauty

The famous Ford T Model:

 

And oh, yeah! Swing!

JJ... Just Jazz... and get lost in this smooth wind of notes...

Charlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill, from "City Lights" (1931)

Friends of the environment, back in the days...

Wow... just found this website with the pictures of the passports of 20 writers and famous people! It's an emotion to see Hemingway's and Fitzgerald's... 

From the website: http://www.flavorwire.com/368476/the-intriguing-passports-of-20-famous-artists-and-writers/view-all