Kevin-- what it Edison himself, or a crew from his studio, who showed up
that day?

In the footage, besides our boy, there's also the two girls, and the
butler, who brings a hat.

You see, the butler did it. I knew it. ;-)

http://www.twainquotes.com/beuchotte.html

DDD


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
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> Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, and it
> makes me wonder who copied from whom, or if they share a common flawed
> source. I'm used to seeing flipped negatives on photos printed from glass
> plate negatives or modern repros, but I wonder how often an entire video of
> that vintage has been flipped. It's no big deal that somebody messed up on
> youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it just to
> be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain was
> holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking around
> from the "cellar side" of Stormfield rather than the "loggia side." This
> flipped film makes him appear left-handed since he's holding the cigar in
> his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of Stormfield.
> G-r-r-r-r-r...
>
> Kevin
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Verhulst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: The only known MT film footage
>
>
> > I've seen this before - we probably all have. But, I just ran across it
> > again and thought is was worth posting.
> >
> >
> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/The-Only-Footage-of-Mark-Twain-in-Existence.html
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
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