Joan Crawford at the Automat
From Sadie McKee (dir. Clarence Brown, 1934). Alone in the city and down on her luck, Sadie (Joan Crawford) visits the Automat.
Pancakes
Pre-Code, a cook flipping pancakes. Gotta be Childs.
Olives as cars
“Ann, you got some olives? The green ones with the red tail lights?”
“A nice cool dinner”
Jellied tongue?
Etiquette
“I like to eat with my hands. It gets me closer to the food.”
Sardine surprise
Portola Sardines in Star Trek.
From a file folder: Coppola/“Godfather” sauce
Simple and good.
King of Corona
A very short film about The Lemon Ice King of Corona.
Les Blank (1935–2013)
“He shot what he wanted, captured it beautifully, and those subjects are now gone.”
Movie recommendation: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
“The willingness to look more and more deeply so as to discover ways to improve or reinvent one’s work offers a model for every form of endeavor.”
From The World of Henry Orient
A passage from Nora Johnson’s 1958 novel.
Where's my dinner?
The origins of the TV dinner