in every old movie ever

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"look, don't get sore, see?"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

"say, what's the big idea?"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

"oh, a wise guy, eh?"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

that one shot of police cars and motorcycles zooming out of the station, with the sirens blazing

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

the heroine has a little sister who makes morbid comments all the time, until the humorless matronly mother figure comes to drag her off to her piano lessons

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

The heroine wears an amazing satin dress.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

"lets not have a row"

― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

cop: "now, take it easy, charlie, just take it easy"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

"say young Jimmy, how would you like to take a ride in a *real* firetruck?"

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

"Oh, can't you see?"

"You don't even know your own mind."

― mamieOrourke, Monday, 12 December 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

They never had to visit the loo. How big were their bladders?

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

"Why i aughtta..." (brandishes fist)

guy in vest pushes up window in tenement window, scratches armpit, takes stoagie out of mouth "Hey, you kids! Scram"

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

(the first three up there are from His Girl Friday fo sure??)

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

"listen you mugs, don't you know who i AM?!"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

"now you get that son of a bitch ____ on the phone and you tell him ____"

― Penis, NV (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

*spinning newspaper headline*

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

"Say, I didn't mean nothin'"

― the pinefox, Monday, 12 December 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

"what's in the bag?"

"nuthin'"

"well let's have a *look* at some o' that nuthin!"

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

double-take

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 12 December 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

"Thanks, mister!"

― Chris L, Monday, 12 December 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

"Aw pops, ya got wax in yer ears."

― Chris L, Monday, 12 December 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

slap!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

lights cigarette - repeat x200

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

"Now you listen to me!"

"Why I oughta...!"

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

maid opens the door only to find angry heiress throwing lamps

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

"that's another fine mess..."

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

"you ain't just whistlin' dixie!"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

detective: "i think you dropped this $100 bill."
snitch: "what hun--- oh. uh, thanks!"

― Penis, NV (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

"Get ahold of yourself you dizzy dame!"
SLAP!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

old drunk sitting in bar declares in a very dignified tone that he will never touch the stuff again, turns to window and sees something bizarre, turns back to bar and asks for another drink "and fast!!"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

"Say, Trudy?"
"Yes, Dirk?"
"I-I don't suppose you'd want to go to the picture show with me on Friday would you?"
"Why yes Dirk, I'd love to!"
"R-really?"
"Certainly! Pick me up at eight?"
"Sure! You bet! Oh boy... see you at eight!"
(Dirk leaves, Trudy whispers to some football players)
"I think Dirk may be a communist. Be there at eight with bats."

― Chris L, Monday, 12 December 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

hahahahahahahaha

― Penis, NV (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

*Proper* man trying to get tough with street character/gangster: "Now see here!"

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Someone who's not Peter Lorre doing a Peter Lorre impression.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

"I'll shoot him, pa, he's my dog."

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

"darling, make love to me"

"don't be ridiculous!"

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

"It's the end of the worlds I tellsya! The end of the world!!"

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

"Well what on earth could be the matter?"

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

"Just what the devil do you mean ringing here at this hour?!"

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Movie, Man!

― the bellefox, Monday, 12 December 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

"Operator, get me ____"

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

"oh PLEASE go and get him, tell him it's an EMERGENCY!"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

"Young Jimmy here saw the whole thing, didn't yer Jimmy"
"Sure did, pop"

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

"leopard? no sir, ain't no leopard been see'd around these parts in more'n thirty years, i reckon."

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

"I'm worried about that boy."

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 12 December 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

"Calling all cars"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 12 December 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

The entire script of this movie to thread

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 12 December 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

see also: It Happened One Night

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 12 December 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

JD, that is hardly every old movie.

Bloke takes off his uniform cap, scratches his head with the same hand that's holding the cap, then replaces cap on head.

also

"Come come, officer. I'm a respectable man."

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Monday, 12 December 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

comedy involving a big jar labeled LARD

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 December 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

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town drunk squints at something unbelievable, peers at his bottle and then tosses it away

― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 16 January 2026 21:56 (four months ago)

800 posts in the thread and we don't seem to have had: barman slides shot glass of whisky along the bar, cowboy downs it in one go.

― one man against the cistern (Matt #2), Friday, 16 January 2026 21:57 (four months ago)

In every 70s crime flick ever - death by junkyard trash compactor (has this ever actually happened in real life?)

― one man against the cistern (Matt #2), Friday, 16 January 2026 22:00 (four months ago)

In the old movie/pre-dishwasher era, the barmen always seemed to be in the act of hand-drying a glass, even while asking somebody what they're having.

― henry s, Friday, 16 January 2026 22:01 (four months ago)

In every 70s crime flick ever - death by junkyard trash compactor (has this ever actually happened in real life?)

― one man against the cistern (Matt #2),

to my great-uncle Max

― The Luda of Suburbia (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 January 2026 22:01 (four months ago)

In the old movie/pre-dishwasher era, the barmen always seemed to be in the act of hand-drying a glass, even while asking somebody what they're having.

― henry s, Friday, January 16, 2026

I wrote this a couple days ago!

― The Luda of Suburbia (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 January 2026 22:02 (four months ago)

Great Caeser's ghost, and so you did!

― henry s, Friday, 16 January 2026 22:08 (four months ago)

Um...my apologies.

― one man against the cistern (Matt #2), Friday, 16 January 2026 22:14 (four months ago)

It really is remarkable how much better the silents of '26-'28 are than the talkies of '29-'31, barring the occasional exceptional talkie. I guess '32 was when talkies caught up in some ways... not in all ways though.

The equivalent within our lifetimes happened in video games: when the move from bits to bytes happened I originally felt like the future had just left me behind, why do these superior products look so ugly and awkward to me? Only recently did I learn that it is now mostly consensus that a lot of PS1 era graphics have aged very badly, while the late era Mega Drive and SNES games had the advantage of game designers being familiar with the technology, thus creating some of the presttiest and most impressive work of the era.

― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 16 January 2026 22:15 (four months ago)

In every courtroom drama ever:

"Approach the bench".

― Wearing red lipstick and maintaining a neutral expression (Tom D.), Friday, 16 January 2026 22:27 (four months ago)

And in more recent courtroom dramas (this one really arose with Law & Order, I think):

"I'll allow it."

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Friday, 16 January 2026 22:41 (four months ago)

Private detective (with a toothpick) drops a folder of grainy B&W photos on the desk

― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 16 January 2026 22:57 (four months ago)

This also explains the career of Jared Leto.

as soon as I read this line i knew i was reading an Ashley Pomeroy

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, January 16, 2026 3:30 PM

Had this same line copied and ready to go as well. It's always an exciting moment.

― pplains, Friday, 16 January 2026 23:21 (four months ago)

Fun fact: Jared Leto was my high school classmate. I think we had chemistry together

― calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 16 January 2026 23:24 (four months ago)

Jared Leto always makes me think “stop encouraging this strained tryhard shit” that’s what I think about Jared Leto and nothing else particularly

― stimmed hums (wins), Friday, 16 January 2026 23:32 (four months ago)

Scott Eyman's Cary Grant bio is terrific.

John Wayne book as well. But with R.J. Wagner he might have been too close to the subject, although the book is not bad. Actually he is not the primary author of that one, it is an autobiography.

― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 January 2026 02:04 (four months ago)

I needed a further explanation about Jared Leto until i realised it was an Ashley Pomeroy post and that saved me a lot of Google-holing. Salute!

― Jonk Raven (dog latin), Saturday, 17 January 2026 02:10 (four months ago)

Lol, as did everyone else it seems

― Jonk Raven (dog latin), Saturday, 17 January 2026 02:27 (four months ago)

death by junkyard trash compactor (has this ever actually happened in real life?)

OSHA Accident Search Results - Trash Compactor - Results 1-20 of 211

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 17 January 2026 04:19 (four months ago)

a missing heiress is front page news for several days

― Gentler Death Squads Please (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 17 January 2026 04:22 (four months ago)

"I'll allow it."

but watch yourself, counselor

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Saturday, 17 January 2026 04:30 (four months ago)

In every '50s juvenile delinquent pic:
- juke joints
- soda fountains
- rumbles
- open-top car packed with "teenagers" pulls up at a gas station blasting wild jazz
- tight sweaters and push-up brassieres
- hair oil

― one man against the cistern (Matt #2), Saturday, 17 January 2026 04:31 (four months ago)

... teenagers who look like 30 year olds.

― Wearing red lipstick and maintaining a neutral expression (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 January 2026 08:54 (four months ago)

... correction, teenagers who are 30 year olds

― Wearing red lipstick and maintaining a neutral expression (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 January 2026 09:20 (four months ago)

wins otm

― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Saturday, 17 January 2026 10:20 (four months ago)

xp: I watched Shake Rattle & Rock last year, in which 51-year-old Sterling Holloway plays, if not one of the high school teenagers, maybe a 20-something hipster who was part of the rock 'n' roll scene.

― peace, man, Saturday, 17 January 2026 10:40 (four months ago)

I keep thinking of "The Nutty Professor" where some of the "kids" Jerry Lewis is teaching appear to be in their 40s.

― Wearing red lipstick and maintaining a neutral expression (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 January 2026 12:13 (four months ago)

See also: forty year-old actor plays weather-beaten cowboy without any aging makeup and looks like somebody today who is at least two decades older.

― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 January 2026 15:09 (four months ago)

The Wild Bunch Poll

― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 January 2026 15:12 (four months ago)

So many movies where you look up the age of the wizened elderly-looking character actor at the time of the filming only to find out they were significantly younger than you are now

― Gentler Death Squads Please (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 17 January 2026 16:53 (four months ago)

Elevator Operators

― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 18 January 2026 18:07 (four months ago)

People holding cigarettes between thumb and two fingers, tip pointed at the ground.

― chap, Monday, 19 January 2026 23:53 (four months ago)

I do that.

― The Luda of Suburbia (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 January 2026 23:57 (four months ago)

Ladies with hair blonder than the sun

― chap, Tuesday, 20 January 2026 00:01 (four months ago)

People holding cigarettes between thumb and two fingers, tip pointed at the ground.

This reminded me of a line from Love & Rockets where one character was described as smoking like she was standing up to her neck in water.

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 20 January 2026 01:11 (four months ago)

Craps game

― ernest borgnine as pitchfork-wielding pacifist amish farmer (Matt #2), Saturday, 24 January 2026 22:14 (four months ago)

Man Gets Into Mess Usually Reserved For Stars Of Silent Film Era

― visiting, Thursday, 5 February 2026 20:32 (three months ago)

running from monster - OOPS - "ive fallen and i cant get up"

― Minty Gum (Latham Green), Thursday, 5 February 2026 21:11 (three months ago)

"Ya can't believe everything ya read in the paypahs!'

― The Luda of Suburbia (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 February 2026 11:11 (three months ago)

two months pass...

Racetrack scene

― the prog judge has spoken (Matt #2), Monday, 18 May 2026 13:26 (six days ago)

Every single person has a bar or bar cart in their house

― pj, Monday, 18 May 2026 23:27 (six days ago)

liquor in crystal decanters

― Brenton Wood Conference (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 18 May 2026 23:35 (six days ago)

One of those old timey seltzer bottles

― Weebles ripped my flesh (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 18 May 2026 23:36 (six days ago)

Desperate criminals hiding out in a waterfront warehouse loft to indicate how low they've stooped, but said property would now be worth about 2 million

― the prog judge has spoken (Matt #2), Monday, 18 May 2026 23:56 (six days ago)

xp I knew a dude in San Francisco that had a subscription to those old timey seltzer bottles.. they would leave them on the front porch

― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 18 May 2026 23:57 (six days ago)

An old movie trope sent to your house once a month

― jmm, Tuesday, 19 May 2026 00:02 (five days ago)

jeez looks like it's still a thing

https://www.seltzer-sisters.com/#SeltzerDelivery

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 19 May 2026 00:19 (five days ago)

also on the bar tip: run-down hole-in-the-wall dive bar is appointed with mirrors, cabinetry and brasswork worthy of a national historic site.

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 19 May 2026 13:05 (five days ago)

very pointy bras

― pj, Wednesday, 20 May 2026 19:24 (four days ago)

making eye contact in the rearview mirror

― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 May 2026 19:25 (four days ago)

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