Can I have some peace and quiet?
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I am so tired of hearing politics, just let me sit here alone for a
few minutes;
No bashing or criticizing.
Just let me sit here and hear nothing.
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5 years ago
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Thanks Eowyn! I'm smiling ear to ear... sigh. She's wonderful.
There was a very important book that came out in the 60s, on silent movies, called "The Parade's Gone By". The author, Kevin Brownlow, is a veritable apostle of silent cinema, probably more responsible for its preservation in our cultural memory than any other single individual I can think of. If it wasn't for him taking the time and trouble to interview the surviving giants of the silent era, recording them and filming them recollecting the beginnings of it all, we would know precious little about what that whole story was all about. Thirty years of memories would have simply... faded to black.
Yet he completely sidestepped Clara Bow in his "definitive" history.
This really ticked off Louise Brooks, the silent screen's female icon. She roasted him over the coals for his editorial decision to skip over the figure Brooks considered the true female icon of the 20s. Later, when Brownlow made the "Hollywood" series of documentaries on silent cinema, he made amends by paying special attention to Clara Bow's career.
That's maybe a good place to recommend people begin, if they are curious to learn more about her:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=XAgVeTW7hNA&feature=related
I took a look at that video series -- excellent. I do hope others take the time to watch it as well.
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