Watching all these old movies from the 30s and 40s lately while working made me thoroughly miss the old endings....


For some reason seeing that The End sign at the end gave one proper and fulfilling closure.
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I've been drawn very much to WWII nurses lately. Don't ask why, I have no idea.
Maybe it was these contemporary photographs by Billy und Hells that initiated my attention and spoke to me visually. But the attraction is somehow more than that. Who knows why we feel connected to certain things or periods?


If you saw the movie Atonement you will remember the scene when the younger sister, now a young nurse in WWII, is asked to sit at the bedside of the soldier dying from a head wound. And he's delirious and thinks (or pretends) that she is his loved one. And she goes and pretends along. To make his last moments bearable.
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This painting made a huge impact on me when I was a child. It's not something an 8 or 9 year old would usually appreciate, but there you have it. It was on the cover of one of the art books we had in our house...

Metropolis (triptych) by Otto Dix (click to see it much larger.)
I initially only saw the middle part...

Quite something. Grotesque and appealing at the same time.
Here is a little bit about Otto Dix and this paiting which you might find interesting:
"Many of Dix's post war paintings show what Germany looked like in the 1920s, a reality not everyone was comfortable looking at. Dix's grotesque depiction shocked most of German society, following the war. Two subjects he particularly focused on were soldiers crippled, killed, and forgotten in the war and the large number of prostitutes spread all over German cities, with the revelers having optimal fun. His most famous painting is the triptych "Metropolis" (1928), depicting the major elements of the German society post the World War I.
The left-hand panel of "Metropolis" depicts a crippled war soldier entering a poor area of Berlin and welcomed by a line of prostitutes beckoning. A man, probably a soldier is shown lying dead on the street. The central panel of the painting shows the prosperity of the city in the so-called German "Golden Twenties," influenced by American jazz and dance. The right panel of the creation reflects flashy and classy prostitutes searching for clients in the more affluent parts of the city, depicted by the elaborate architecture. Therefore, the two side panels of the painting reflect the contrasts coexisting in German society at the same time." {source}
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And last.. I've never gambled, nor have I a desire to, but seeing these photos of Marilyn throwing the dice made me feel like I would LOVE to throw dice down that table wearing a sexy dress at least once, win a huge amount and leave in a hurry with my beaded purse stuffed full of casino tokens. :)

xoxoxo
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