Bradley's recollection may be a conflation of Hal Holbrook's meeting with
Clara on April 12, 1961, a date proven by a letter I have from Clara, and
Laura Trombley's own work with the papers. I don't think Clara and Nina were
living together in Hollywood either; Nina was all over the place and they
were estranged a good deal of the time. Twain's papers were already pretty
well sorted by the time Hal Holbrook and Clara met each other, and long
before Trombley did her research there. For an accurate history of how
Twain's paper came to rest at the Mark Twain Paper & Project at the Bancroft
Library click this link (or paste it into your browser if it's not a live
link by the time it appears in the MT Forum, as sometimes happens:
http://www.marktwainproject.org/about_projecthistory.shtml
Hope this is helpful.
Kevin
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-----Original Message-----
From: Arianela .
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 11:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Mark Twain Tonight
I think Clara's papers were the underpinnings of all that is now at
the University of California at Berkeley library Mark Twain Project
offices.
The first editor of the project befriended Clara and scored for
Berkeley. Yale would have been a more logical repository, but I'm so
grateful that her collection ended up here in California.
Arianne Laidlaw
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Bradley Williams
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At a lecture a few years ago given by Laura Trombley, author of MARK
> TWAIN'=
> S OTHER WOMAN, I recall her telling a story about Clara and her daughter
> li=
> ving in Hollywood/Los Angeles, where she still kept many of her father's
> pa=
> pers. A young college student was hired to help organize the papers--his
> n=
> ame Hal Holbrook.
>
>
> Brad Williams
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Michael MacBride
> <mi=
> [log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 12:28:11 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mark Twain Tonight
>
> re: Google featuring Mark Twain.
>
> They did actually (back in 2011), but it's been a while. I only remember
> because when a friend of mine started at Google (in 2007), I made him pass
> on the suggestion. And, when they finally did honor Twain, my buddy sent
> me
> an email saying, "well, it took 4 years or so, but there you go..."
>
> http://www.google.com/doodles/mark-twains-176th-birthday
>
> Best,
>
> Michael
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Arianela . <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> > 1=
> 80
>> > and your words are as inspiring as ever to people living in this
>> > troubl=
> ed
>> > 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,
>> >> Nin=
> a
>> 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/149=
> 9799497/ref=3Dsr_1_1/191-7847938-3534132?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1415889321&sr=3D8-=
> 1&keywords=3Dthe+twain+shall+meet+susan+bailey
>> >> >
>> >> Twain Page <https://www.facebook.com/marktwainsgranddaughter>
>> >> www.marktwainonline.com<http://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
>> >> > ev=
> er
>> >> 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
>> >> > bein=
> g
>> >> > 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
>> >> > wa=
> s
>> >> blown
>> >> > away with how good Hal Holbrook was. The makeup was amazing for
>> >> > 196=
> 7;
>> >> > although he doesn't look exactly like the 70-year-old Mark Twain,
>> >> > hi=
> s
>> 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
>> >> > b=
> y
>> 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
>> >> > i=
> s
>> 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
>>
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