Ramón Novarro In The 1920s.

Antique Cat Figurine

FILMS IN 2023: → A Free Soul (1931) — dir. clarence brown

Man at snack stand, circa 1950s.

After 101 years – and a $20 find at a yard sale – Clara Bow’s lost film premieres

The Pill Pounder, one of the key titles in the CV of the iconic flapper, has enjoyed a belated revival at the San Francisco Silent film festival

Film-maker Gary Huggins inadvertently snapped up a slice of lost silent film history at an auction in a car park in Omaha, Nebraska, that was selling old stock from a distribution company called Modern Sound Pictures. Hoping to bid on a copy of the 1926 comedy Eve’s Leaves that he had spotted on top of a pile, Huggins was informed that he could only buy the whole pallet of movies, not individual cans. The upside? The lot was his for only $20. 

Huggins soon discovered that his new pile of reels included 1923’s The Pill Pounder, a silent comedy that had been thought to be lost for decades. It is a short, two-reel film, shot on Long Island, New York, and directed by Gregory La Cava, best known for later classics such as My Man Godfrey (1936) and Stage Door (1937).

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Problems only writers understand

Having very chaotic notes on your phone

Having secret files that you will NEVER let anyone ever see

WHAT THAT WORD THAT MEANS THAT THING????

Why cant I think of a name?

Writing 10k words in a day then never again

Currently torn between wanting to learn something useful and wanting to escape reality.

The Ephraim Enterprise, Utah, January 25, 1935

A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) dir. George Stevens