He died in April 1910. Jean died Christmas 1909.
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On Sep 9, 2013, at 10:06 AM, "Carl J. Chimi" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The video, unless my memory fails me, is also incorrectly labeled as having b=
> een filmed in 1909. Jean Clemens is shown in the film, which was apparently=
> taken at Stormfield. I don't think she was at Stormfield before about Marc=
> h or April of 1910.
>
> I could be wrong.
>
> It's also funny that it is labeled as being filmed by Thomas Edison. It's a=
> minor point, of course, but Edison probably personally never filmed anythin=
> g in his life. Obviously, it was an employee of his film company that filme=
> d Mark Twain.
>
> Carl
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]>=
> wrote:
>
>> Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, and i=
> t=20
>> makes me wonder who copied from whom, or if they share a common flawed=20
>> source. I'm used to seeing flipped negatives on photos printed from glass=20=
>
>> plate negatives or modern repros, but I wonder how often an entire video o=
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>> that vintage has been flipped. It's no big deal that somebody messed up on=
> =20
>> youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it just t=
> o=20
>> be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain was=20=
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>> holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking aroun=
> d=20
>> from the "cellar side" of Stormfield rather than the "loggia side." This=20=
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>> flipped film makes him appear left-handed since he's holding the cigar in=20=
>
>> his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of Stormfield=
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>> G-r-r-r-r-r...
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>> From: "Tony Verhulst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 6:38 PM
>> Subject: The only known MT film footage
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>>> I've seen this before - we probably all have. But, I just ran across it
>>> again and thought is was worth posting.
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>>> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/The-Only-Footage-of-Mark-Twain-in-Exi=
> stence.html
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>>> Tony
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