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Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Silent Oscars: 1913 (Revisited)

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The awards for the years before 1914 are very much a work in progress ... 1913 PICTURE winner: Fantômas (The Complete Series) (prod. Romeo...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Flirting With Fate

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Katie-Bar-The-Door and I spent the whole day with carpet installers, roofers and building contractors. Time for a nap. But just because I...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

That's Typing Tuesday #18: Your Great-Grandparents Were More Modern That You Are (Well, At Least Some Of The Time)

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"That's Typing" Tuesday, in which I share unpolished, unpublished writings from my vast store of unpolished, unpublished writi...
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Anita Loos

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Even if you don't know her name, chances are you know Anita Loos's work. Not only did she write the novel Gentleman Prefer Blondes ...
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Friday, September 9, 2011

Happy Birthday, Jane Greer—Wherever You Are

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Well, actually, if we're going to get technical, she's in a cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, but I think you know what I mean. ...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Things I Learned While Learning Other Things: The Dance Of The Dinner Rolls

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The first clip is from Roscoe Arbuckle's 1917 short The Rough House : The second is from Charles Chaplin's 1925 classic The Gold Rus...
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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Happy Birthday, Katie-Bar-The-Door

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It's Katie-Bar-The-Door's birthday. She's not only taking the day off, she's taking the rest of the week (plus Labor Day), ...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

That's Typing Tuesday # 17: My Introduction To Buster Keaton

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"That's Typing" Tuesday, in which I share unpolished, unpublished writings from my vast store of unpolished, unpublished writi...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Buster Keaton And The Hurricane

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While we here on the East coast batten down the hatches, why don't the rest of you watch Buster Keaton in his classic comedy about the w...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

That's Typing Tuesday Wednesday # 16: Blade Runner

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"That's Typing" Tuesday, in which I share unpolished, unpublished writings from my vast store of unpolished, unpublished writi...
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Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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