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Sunday, October 31, 2004

Thomas Dixon biography

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Finished reading  American Racist , by Anthony Slide, a recently published biography of the novelist and film-maker Thomas Dixon. I was s...
Saturday, October 30, 2004

Harold Lloyd event

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Though they were both associated with Paramount in the late 1920's, I am not aware that Louise Brooks and Harold Lloyd were acquainte...
Friday, October 29, 2004

American Venus trailer on TCM

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A coming attractions trailer for  The American Venus  (1926) will be shown on Turner Classic Movies during the evening of Sunday, Novembe...
Thursday, October 28, 2004

Remarkable eBay item for sale

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There is a remarkable item  for sale on eBay  - a poster (seemingly on board) for the 1928 film  A Girl in Every Port . I have never seen...
Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Weekly trip to the library

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Weekly trip to the library to go over newly arrived inter-library loan material. . . . Today, I looked at the  Baltimore Post , and manag...
Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Image search

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Yahoo announced recently that the search engine at Yahoo Images  (  http://images.search.yahoo.com  ) now has over a billion images on re...
Monday, October 25, 2004

The Chanteuse and the Crooner

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There is a new book out called  Chanteuse in the City: The Realist Singer in French Film , by Kelley Conway. This study " provides a...
Sunday, October 24, 2004

Emil Petaja "Photoplay Edition"

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I have a few copies of   Photoplay Edition , by Emil Petaja, which I would like to sell. This collectors guide was the first book on the ...