The Idle Class; Even though a cocktail name is not mentioned or recognized, there is a final and funny scene that shows Charlie Chaplin making a cocktail.

This film was only 32 minutes long and it was the first film that Charlie Chaplin wrote and directed (and starred).

Click on the image to see the scene on Youtube.

Manhattan Cocktail

This is a silent film. I haven't watched it yet, but plan to so that I can see if Manhattans are drank in the film. I'm curious because America was in prohibition from 1920-1933 and the posters show a cocktail glass.
The story line is about a small town couple moving to Manhattan to make it big on Broadway.

Anna Christie; While not a real cocktail, I still felt this is special because it was Greta Garbo's first line in a talking movie. She says, "Gimme a whiskey. Ginger ale on the side. And don’t be stingy, baby." Click on the image to see the clip on youtube.

You have to understand that the crossover from silent films to a talkie was extremely scary for actors at this time. Most thought talkies would never be a hit and their careers over.

The Thin Man; William Powell and Myrna Loy drink Knickerbockers and Martinis. William Powell also instructs the Bartender how to make drinks, "The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you always shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time." You can see a video of this here.

Every Day’s a Holiday; Mae West plays the charming Peaches O'Day. The movie is set in 1899.

This is the movie she introduced the famous one-liner, "You should get out of those wet clothes and into a Dry Martini."

It's been said that Bellinis are drunk in the film, but I have not seen it to confirm. However, Bellinis use white peach puree and her name is Peaches so it may be true.

Hard to believe that she was 44 years old when this film was made.

The Awful Truth; In the first scene Cary Grant invites a man over for Egg Nog. Cary pushes a cart with a bowl of Egg Nog with liquour bottles underneath so it's assumed that the Egg Nog is spiked. He then sprinkles nutmeg on top and passes them out.

Another scene a lady says she's going down to the bar to see Joe the bartender. A nightclub shows a giant Champagne glass with balloons blowing on top to look like bubbles set behind the orchestra. You can see the nightclub scene below.

Cary and his date drink Champagne. Cary makes himself a drink that looks like a highball of some type. More Champagne is drunk.

Egg Nog recipes here.

Topper; Cary Grant and Constance Bennett hop four nightclubs in the first 10 minutes of the film. The fierst one is the Rainbow Lounge. The scene can be seen here on YouTube.

They drink Champagne throughout the film. Mumm's Champagne is shown many times. Later on, a tray of "Cocktails" are brought to the room. You don't actually know what the cocktails are until a few scenes later when Constance holds one up to Cary Grant and says, "Here, have a Pink Lady." You can see the whole scene here.

You can see the Mumm's Champagne in the middle of this clip on Youtube.

Pink Lady Recipes here.

Jezebel; Jezebel is set in New Orleans in 1852. New Orleans is mentioned many times.

The first scene in this film a man pulls his carriage next to the Louis-House to "have a ball." I can only assume he means highball. They walk into the very elegant bar. While there a man says, A gentleman doesn't mention the name of a lady in a bar." Another says, "Gentlemen, let's have another drink!"

You can see the whole scene here.

The next scene shows a cocktail party with many trays of drinks being served butler-style. Bette Davis asks, "Whiskey, Uncle Billy?" She also makes a toast.

The third scene shows men in a meeting and a tray of cocktails are brought to the table. The word Mint Julep isn't used, but it's quite evident the tray has Mint Juleps. Mint Juleps are drank by Henry Fonda throughout the film.

There's a line in the film that says, "I like my convictions like my whiskey, undiluted."

Jezebel won Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, and Best Music (scoring).

Bank Dick; W,C, Fields orders a Depth Bomb, Absinthe, and Rye Highballs. Fast forward to 3:00 below.

The Philadelphia Story; Cary Grant gives Katherine Hepburn a Stinger. Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart drink Martinis as well as Sherry and Champagne.

This film won Academy Awards for James Stewart (Best Actor), and screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart (Best Adapted Screenplay). It also received Academy Award nominations for George Cukor (Best Director), Katharine Hepburn (Best Actress), Ruth Hussey (Best Supporting Actress), and Best Picture (Joseph L. Mankiewicz - producer).

Woman of the Year; In the first scene Spencer Tracey walks into a bar and orders a Scotch & Water. Everyone is listening to the Katherine Hepburn on the radio. There are brandy snifters next to the radio.
Later, Spencer and Katherine drink double Scotch & Waters. There is tickling of ice but no ice in the drinks. Spencer talks about how in college he made drinking bets with games.

Champagne is served at a cocktail party, Spencer drinks white wine with Katherine's father, and a tray of red wine is brought out for a wedding toast.

This was Spencer & Hepburn's first film of many together.Woman of the Year won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Casablanca; Drinks and alcohol in this film include; Champagne Cocktails, French 75s, Cointreau, and brandy. Also seen is the most famous toast ever; Here’s looking at you kid. And another famous line; Of all the gin joints in all the towmns in all the world, she walks into mine.

Now, Voyager; Bette Davis and Claude Rains order and drink Bourbon Old Fashioneds. Click on the image to see the clip

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek; serves "Victory Lemonade" at a farewell party for the troops. A girl at the bar (and many other people) drink many types of drinks but none are called by name except for a man that wants to buy Champagne for everyone in the room.

There is a scene of a bar showing many bottles and a barman in a white jacket. There ia also a scene where a bartender starins a drink with an inverted hawthorne strainer inside the glass.

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, and Original Screenplay.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; While not a real cocktail, Marilyn Monroe mixes three drinks. One of water & bitters for her and Jane Russell and another with equal parts of vodka, gin, brandy, and Scotch with three sleeping pills. They are trying to get a mans jacket off of him so they can look in his pockets. Fast forward to 7:15 below.

Guys and Dolls; As far as I know, this is the first time that a brand name is mentioned in a scene. Marlon Brando orders a Milk Punch (Dolce de leche) served in a coconut cup for Jean Simmons and himself. He tells her that at night they put a preservative in the milk and when Jean Simmons asks what they use, Marlon Brando answers, Bacardi. Jean Simmons asks if Bacardi has alcohol in it and Marlon Brando says, "Well, just enough to stop the milk from turning sour." They drink six of them.

The Seven Year Itch; Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell drink Martinis, Champagne, and Tom Collins. She also mentions that she watered the plants with a cocktail shaker and dunks a potato chip in Champagne. Tom Ewell also says that he had a peanut butter sandwich and 2 Whiskey Sours for breakfast.

Click here to see one of the scenes from the film.

Kiss Me Deadly; A classic noir film with drinking. Check out the home bar and those antique shakers in the back!

Bus Stop; Marilyn Monroe drinks shots of whiskey in the saloon where she works.

The first scene she drinks it's just tea because it's part of her job to get customers to buy her shots of whiskey for 60 cents each, but the waitress brings her tea in a shot glass.

An Affair to Remember; Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr drink Champagne Cocktails made with pink Champagne.

Kiss Them For Me; Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, and others drink all through this film that is about 3 Navy pilots taking a four day leave at a posh hotel. The goal is to wine, women, and song.

Auntie Mame; The 2nd scene of the film is at a cocktail party. Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell) descends the stairs talking about how someone is on their way with a gallon of gin. This is because the film begins in the prohibition year of 1928 (it spans about 20 years). Auntie Mame holds 2 tall amber colored cocktails with a cherry on the bottom and a lemon slice garnish (I don't know what they are). Martinis are seen and drunk and one lady in particular is holding a Martini that has a long handle. It almost looks like she's holding a glass ladle but the bowl is a Martini glass. A maid says Mame has thrown 13 cocktail parties and one was cancelled because the bootlegger didn’t show.

Mame tells her nephew, Patrick to write down all the words he hears that he doesn't know while at the cocktail party. Two of them are bathtub gin and blotto (the others are libido, inferiority complex, stinko, free love, monkey glands, and homosexual).

The morning after the party Mame asks Patrick to, "Run along to Ito (the butler) and tell him to bring me a light breakfast, black coffee, and a Side Car.

Patrick makes a Martini for a visiting guest. He asks if he would like it dry or extra dry. There is a complete scene of Patrick (Jan Handzlik) pouring the gin in a glass pitcher then educating the man by saying, “Stir never shake, it bruises the gin. He then swirls vermouth around inside a Martini glass, pours it out then pours the stirred gin into the glass. He serves it without an olive but asks, “Would you like an olive? Auntie Mame says it takes up too much room in the drink.” Click on the clip to see the scene.

Mame's wealthy boyfriend (and soon to be husband) from Georgia serves a tray of drinks in silver cups. One can one assume they are Mint Juleps.

Champagne is mentioned and drunk. Years go by and a grown Patrick’s introduces Mame to his girlfriend and Mame offers her a Cognac or Drambuie.

When Mame visits Patrick’s girlfriend’s family (somewhere in the south) her father makes his special Daiquiri in a giant half-gallon shaker. There are limes and honey sitting on the bar. The father talks about Cuban rum and his “secret” ingredient in his Daiquiri. He asks Mame to guess what it is. Mame says, “Chocolate Ice Cream.” The secret ingredient is honey in place of sugar. Mame hates it and when no one is looking throws the liquid contents over her shoulder. When the family visits Mame, she she tells the father that she has a special drink too but won’t be sharing the secret. She says they are called The Flaming Mame and the trick is to drink them up fast before the flame goes away. She serves the drinks in tall metal flutes and lights each one by one with fireplace matches then asks,”Is everyone lit?” Later whiskey served in tall glasses without ice.

One line in the film goes:
Agnes Gooch: Spirits do the most horrible thing to me. I'm not the same person!
Mame: What's wrong with that?
Agnes Gooch: Will it mix with Dr. Pepper?
Mame: He'll love it! Drink!

Auntie Mame won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Picture.

Some Like It Hot; Marilyn Monroe makes Manhattans. It shows her pouring whiskey and sweet vermouth in a hot water bottle (make-shift shaker) then later chipping at an ice block. All this happens on a late night train.

Click on the image to watch the youtube video.

1961 Come September; This film was the first film to be shown on transcontinental and intercontinental flights. Rock Hudson drinks a lot of Champagne in this film. A bird even gets drunk on a glass of it.

There's also a scene with a young Bobby Darin where Rock is the bartender in his home bar and he serves brandy. Click here to see the clip.
Rock also drinks a Martini for breakfast and when asked by a servant if there is anything else he may want he replies, "an olive."

1964 Goldfinger; Sean Connery Bond picks up a bottle of Dom Perignon ’53 from an ice bucket, and says,“It’s lost its chill. There’s another in the fridge.” As he gets up to fetch the bottle, the girl asks, “Who needs it?” Bond replies “My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done, such as drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit.

On Goldfinger’s front porch Bond is offered a Mint Julep, adding it’s “traditional but satisfying.” Bond accepts, and tells the man getting the drink, “Sour mash, but not too sweet, please.”

Sean Connery has three Brandies, one Port Wine, one Vodka Martini shaken not stirred with a lemon twist, one Sour mash Mint Julep, and at least half a bottle of Dom Pérignon ’53, and a Mint Julep. Also, the five members of Pussy Galore’s Flying Circus are also called Champagne Section.

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1964 Night of the Iguana; A Rum Coco is ordered and Manhattan with 2 cherries is mentioned.

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