Tyrone Power, Circa 1937

A teenage boy in Des Moines, Iowa, 1945. Photo taken by Nina Leen.

Purple Moon by Steph Payne

Maturity is when you stop trying to convince other people to treat you right. You just observe their choices, understand their character, and decide what you’re going to allow in your life.

i actually really enjoy winter i don’t mind that it gets dark so early

>completely dark before 5:30

i think being alive is the worst thing that can happen to a person

James Dean as Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited) Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) dir. Douglas Sirk

Speakeasy guard, 1927, Chicago.

Norma Shearer presents the Academy Award for Best Actress to Marie Dressler, 1931