This post is best enjoyed listening to Cliff Edwards‘s (a.k.a. Ukelele Ike) rendition of “Paper Moon.” [Video below!]
I’m thinking of starting a new collection: paper moon picture postcards. Imagine the novelty: a magical, make-believe photograph of your very own — at a time when photos were usually only for solemn family photos. With a swish of a curtain you could leave the cotton candy pastures of the county fair and travel to the celestial night sky in the comfort of a moon-shaped porch swing, hanging amidst the stars with your sweetheart. It was an exhilarating concept, and the fact that so many paper moon postcards are still floating around shows how treasured they were. I can only hope a similarly nostalgic meme comes to pass this century (though black and white photo booth pictures are my guilty pleasure). Check out the Paper Moon Flickr pool for more relics of yore. (More here!)
These are so amazing! I particularly love the triple date.
One of my favorite movies as well.
amazing! i love this entire post.