“The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” (1968)
Alan Arkin with Sandra Locke
Don’t talk to me about self-respect. That’s something you tell yourself you got when you got nothing else. What kind of self-respect is there living on aspirin tablets and chicken salad sandwiches? Look Marty, the only thing that counts is that stuff you take to the bank, that filthy buck that everybody sneers at, but slugs to get. I know how you feel. You’re a nice guy. But the world isn’t for nice guys. You’ve got to kick and punch and belt your way up because nobody’s going to give you a lift. You’ve got to do it yourself, because nobody cares about us except ourselves.
JOAN CRAWFORD as Ethel Whitehead THE DAMNED DON’T CRY (1950) — dir. Vincent Sherman
Barbara Stanwyck in Remember the Night (1940)
Carole Lombard leads a packed house in singing “God Bless America” at the Cadle Tabernacle in Indianapolis on January 15th, 1942. It turned out to be the last full day of her life.
I was just wondering what makes dames like you so dizzy. — It Happened One Night (1934) dir. Frank Capra
Marilyn Monroe at Ray Anthony’s party, 1952 “A little known fact is that she didn’t actually arrive in the Navy helicopter, but rather by car. She posed in the helicopter for Look magazine after it had landed.” - Ray Anthony
