
Kirk Douglas and Hoagy Carmichael.

Bow Tie, Patch Pockets, And Pennies.
Humphrey Bogart, with Lauren Bacall.

Fernando Pessoa and a glass of red.

Fernando Pessoa, flaneur of Lisbon.

“First of all,” Charlie said, “when people ask me if I’m married, I always say, ‘Yes, but I’m not a fanatic about it.’ So here’s Number One: Do not wear bows all the time. Keep the viewer off balance. Wear them once in a while, the way you might eat liver.
“Number Two: Never wear a bow…



A very young Lee Van Cleef as bow tie wearing thug and ladies’ man, Tony Romano, in Kansas City Confidential (1952).