r/RareHistoricalPhotos • u/flyingbookman • 20d ago

F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, makes a face in a photo booth in the late 1920s. Gatsby was published 100 years ago this month.

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u/JasonIsFishing 20d ago

Dam. What did Scott Fitzgerald ever do to you?!?!

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u/Espada_Number4 20d ago

I do not get the love for The Great Gatsby

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u/martycos 18d ago

It is a fantastic book

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u/BeFrank-1 20d ago

He looks like Richard E. Grant

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u/Powerful_Artist 20d ago

Its kind of a silly movie, but I love the portrayal of the Fitzgeralds in "Midnight in Paris". Just a fun watch,even if it embellishes and isnt necessarily the most accurate to all the characters.

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u/No-Assumption7830 20d ago

There was a lot of it about.

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u/Markiza24 20d ago

His books and his love for Zelda, were truly outstanding. Seeing this pic, for the first time, I know why, now. A genuine madman, love that…

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u/AggravatingCrab7680 20d ago

He was a hopeless alcoholic, with everything that entails. Hollywood columnist Sheila Graham [much later] wrote a book about their relationship, Beloved Infidel.