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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

The Whole Equation

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Chatted today with film critic David Thomson, whose fascinating new book,  The Whole Equation , has just been published. This new book, a...
Monday, November 29, 2004

Louise Brooks and Lemony Snicket . . . . redux

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On September 20th, I wrote . . . "Came across these interesting references to Louise Brooks in the works of the popular writer k...
Sunday, November 28, 2004

Victor McLaglen and Star Cast in "A Girl in Every Port"

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Yesterday, I received in the mail  a remarkable item  I had won on eBay. It was a vintage photograph - measuring 29" wide by 10...
Saturday, November 27, 2004

Dark Star

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Finished reading  Dark Star , by Leatrice Gilbert Fountain. I enjoyed this book a great deal, and would recommend it to anyone interested...
Thursday, November 25, 2004

Daily gleanings

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Late last night, while digging through an online newspaper database - not unlike the one which the NEH and LOC are proposing to create (see...
Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Weekly trip to the library

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Weekly trip to the library to look at requested microfilm. A few roles of the  Cincinnati Enquirer  arrived, and I found a short article,...
Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Bounty offered for photocopies of vintage film reviews

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The  Louise Brooks Society  is engaged in a number of long term projects in its attempt to fully document the life and career of Louise B...
Monday, November 22, 2004

30 million newspaper pages to go online

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The National Endowment for the Arts, in conjunction with the Library of Congress - has announced that it is working to put millions of ne...