Monday, July 1, 2013

Happy Canada Day!

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Dogville (don't ask me to explain)

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Was there a down side to Harold Lloyd?

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A down side? Whaaaaat? Why, certainly. We could start with the talkies. Like every other huge star of the silent screen, the adven...

We didn't do the green thing back then

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(This is the sort of pass-it-around thing I don't usually like, but the more of it you read the more light bulbs come on.) Checkin...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Vertigo

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How small is a baby hummingbird?

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No words for this.
Saturday, June 29, 2013

It's official (almost!)

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OK, backstory. I've been saving this title card from Girl Shy for a long time now. Like, about thre...
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Friday, June 28, 2013

"Oh, you nasty man": lovely (pre-Code) Alice Faye

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"This is Harold Lloyd": Kevin Brownlow's brush with greatness

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I HATE HATE HATE transcribing material from books - it's the sort of thing I had to do back in 1973 when I was a secretarial stud...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Nighty-night

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As I went out one morning (with a nod to W. H. Auden)

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(Author's note. I'll be damned if I remember writing this, but it has to be mine because I can't find it anywhere else...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

My last family reunion

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Sometimes it gets a little intense.

What you do while you're waiting (for something you REALLY want)

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This was a pre-code 1930s cartoon, featuring a familiar player. . . who was soon to announce a new character. . . Yes, it'...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Hark the Harold

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Short takes, just a few before I go to bed. . . why he was the sweetest, the smartest. . .  And tomorrow, I may have News. ...
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