Romance BW

"I'll show you what it means when I start to get mad. Davidson had no idea. Not yet."
"Rain. 1932. Public domain. The opening move in the longest chess game of the South Seas."

"I've been born all over again, Handsome. She believed it. Her face was completely different."
"Joan Crawford. 1932. TCM: the softer makeup in this scene shows what a real beauty Crawford was."

#1932

"Young woman, have you no respect for the Lord's day? Sadie counted on her fingers. Right you are. It's Sunday."
"Joan Crawford. Walter Huston. 1932. The first collision. Everything that followed came from this one moment."

#1932

"You're nothing but a miserable witch-finder. She said it to his face. In 1932. Before the Code."
"Joan Crawford. Walter Huston. 1932. The confrontation that proves Crawford could hold her own against anyone."

#1932

"It had rained since the opening title card. The rain stopped the moment Sadie walked out the door."
"Rain. 1932. Public domain. The most haunting final image in pre-Code Hollywood."

"My every prayer has been answered. He said it. He had already lost everything he prayed for."
"1932. Walter Huston. Oscar nominated for Best Actor. The most conflicted villain in pre-Code Hollywood."

#1932

"I'm never worried, Elmer. Make the best of things today because it can't be worse tomorrow."
"Rain. 1932. W. Somerset Maugham's Sadie Thompson. Public domain. Pre-Code Hollywood at its peak."

"I still remember how they used to jangle when you'd pick me up to kiss me good night. Carol had kept them for 20 years."
"Joan Crawford. Diane Baker. 1964. The reunion scene. The one that made everything that followed make sense."

#1964