Come to think of it, I'm shocked that Google hasn't featured Mark
Twain on his birthday.  What's wrong with them?
Arianne Laidlaw
PS  I gave a talk recently at my local book Collector's club just as I
did last year, also in November.  They've decided to have a Mark Twain
night each year.  They produced a wonderful little book giving
transcriptions of talks we gave last year.  After my longer one,
anyone could get up and talk for five minutes.  What is surprising is
how interesting everybody was so the book is a gem.  Editors included
lots of photographs and informative links.  I think Mark Twain schools
would find it fascinated.  One photo features one of those here in
Sacramento, photoshopping its frog logo into a larger version on the
school's sidewalk.  One guy talked about an accidental trip to Elmira
so that he saw Mark Twain's grave.  The editors added photos and I
learned something I didn't know.  That the TALL marker is two fathoms
tall, Mark Twain.

Arianne Laidlaw

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Terry Ballard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I had read that Holbrook was vetted not only by Clara, but by Isabel Lyons.
> If true, that means that Holbrook's voice is the nearest thing we will ever
> have to a recording of Twain. PS, Happy birthday, Mark Twain. You are 180
> and your words are as inspiring as ever to people living in this troubled
> world.
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:38 AM, Susan Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Carl, when I saw him last year at Hartford I was so engrossed in his
>> performance that I thought I was seeing Twain on the stage.  He is a
>> magnificent actor. In the scene where he falls asleep in the chair, I was
>> just hoping one of the stage hands would wake him up!
>>
>> I know he met with Clara once and I believe she was ill at the time.  I
>> think her second husband, Jacques Samossoud set it up.
>>
>> In the fall of 1965, a few months before she died in January 1966, Nina saw
>> his show at least once when he was playing in the desert near Los Angeles.
>>
>> Susan Bailey
>> Co author
>> The Twain Shall Meet
>> <
>> http://www.amazon.com/Twain-Shall-Meet-Granddaughter-Gabrilowitsch/dp/1499799497/ref=sr_1_1/191-7847938-3534132?ie=UTF8&qid=1415889321&sr=8-1&keywords=the+twain+shall+meet+susan+bailey
>> >
>> Twain Page <https://www.facebook.com/marktwainsgranddaughter>
>> www.marktwainonline.com
>> Greenville, SC
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Carl J. Chimi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > Folks,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The other day I watched an old Dirty Harry movie, Magnum Force, wherein
>> Hal
>> > Holbrook plays a crooked cop. That made me realize that I haven't ever
>> seen
>> > his 1967 taped production of Mark Twain Tonight.  I saw him perform it
>> live
>> > in Boston when I was young, in 1973 and maybe 1979.  I remember being
>> > mesmerized and thrilled to see a live representation of my hero on a
>> stage.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I downloaded and watched the 1967 Mark Twain Tonight just now.  I was
>> blown
>> > away with how good Hal Holbrook was.  The makeup was amazing for 1967;
>> > although he doesn't look exactly like the 70-year-old Mark Twain, his own
>> > Hal Holbrook look seems to nearly disappear within the Mark Twain
>> persona.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Even when he was recreating well known stories such as The Golden Arm, he
>> > still managed to completely hold my short little span of attention by his
>> > use of unexpected sounds and voices, and with his impeccable timing.  His
>> > take on Jim Blaine was just hilarious, and somehow made me feel it is a
>> > quintessential American story.  His more serious remarks were well chosen
>> > for 1967 and for any time after that, too.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > In short, a true masterpiece of acting.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if Clara or her daughter ever saw Holbrook perform Mark
>> > Twain?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Carl
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> Terry Ballard
> Author and Leisure Studies Manager
> http://www.terryballard.org
> Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethis.com
> <http://googlethisforlibraries.com/>
>
> "My memory has a mind of its own."



-- 
Arianne Laidlaw A '58