In Houston Vidor’s friend spots a beauty in the back of an open touring car …

“It was all friendly, accustomed, intimate. More than two decades later …”

“It was my first picture with Gary Cooper …”

“You never sacrifice anything if you make the choice. It’s a sacrifice only if …

“Phonovision is a process by which a motion picture is released to your television screen not at the expense of a sponsor, but …”

“Why not look upon the front of the old tenement as the fly looks at the man’s face? Let the camera be the fly …”

“He was found floating in the Hudson River a few years ago …”

“Ohhh, but I love all these pictures to do with the production. I’ve never seen any of them …

“I roamed the streets, kept my eyes peeled; investigated,” Rascoe wrote, but while he familiarized himself with every tiny slice of New York life, the bigger events weren’t his bread and butter.

“The most reliable liquor was synthetic gin which one made oneself …”