tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post5630565927115659415..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: The Silent Oscars: 1913 (Revisited)Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-58632225871827220152011-09-16T19:56:40.419-04:002011-09-16T19:56:40.419-04:00It is a great poster -- great movie(s), too.It is a great poster -- great movie(s), too.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-46085695342427784892011-09-16T15:40:14.243-04:002011-09-16T15:40:14.243-04:00My memory must be playing false with me. Maybe I&#...My memory must be playing false with me. Maybe I'm thinking of Cantinflas. Old lady memory is a mad whirl of misinformation. :)<br /><br />I still love the FANTOMAS cover and poster.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-46335299903227018882011-09-15T21:35:13.038-04:002011-09-15T21:35:13.038-04:00I looked up to see who wrote the original Fantomas...I looked up to see who wrote the original Fantomas novels -- it was actually a pair of French writers, Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Both were lawyers turned journalists who began writing the Fantomas series -- about the exploits of a master criminal -- in 1911. Souvestre died in 1914 at the age of 39, but Allain lived to age 84 and wrote 400 novels. But none were as popular as the 32 Fantomas novels he and Souvestre wrote.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-66325751619594827372011-09-15T15:16:32.575-04:002011-09-15T15:16:32.575-04:00Love, love, LOVE that FANTOMAS cover illustration!...Love, love, LOVE that FANTOMAS cover illustration!! <br /><br />I vaguely remember my mother mentioning this name because I sort of knew he was a gentleman thief kind of thing. <br /><br />I'm assuming the stories would have originally been written in Spanish? That was the language my mom read best.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.com