Yup.  D'oh!

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On Sep 9, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Alan Kitty <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> He died in April 1910. Jean died Christmas 1909.=20
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> On Sep 9, 2013, at 10:06 AM, "Carl J. Chimi" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> The video, unless my memory fails me, is also incorrectly labeled as havin=
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>> een filmed in 1909.  Jean Clemens is shown in the film, which was apparent=
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>> taken at Stormfield.  I don't think she was at Stormfield before about Mar=
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>> h or April of 1910.
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>> I could be wrong.
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>> It's also funny that it is labeled as being filmed by Thomas Edison.  It's=
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>> minor point, of course, but Edison probably personally never filmed anythi=
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>> g in his life.  Obviously, it was an employee of his film company that fil=
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>> d Mark Twain.
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>> Carl
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>> On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]
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>>> Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, and i=
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>>> makes me wonder who copied from whom, or if they share a common flawed=3D=
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>>> source. I'm used to seeing flipped negatives on photos printed from glass=
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>>> 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 o=
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>>> youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it just t=
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>>> be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain was=
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>>> holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking arou=
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>>> from the "cellar side" of Stormfield rather than the "loggia side." This=3D=
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>>> flipped film makes him appear left-handed since he's holding the cigar in=
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>>> his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of Stormfiel=
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>>> G-r-r-r-r-r...
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>>> Kevin
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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-Ex=
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>> stence.html
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>>>> Tony
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