For those interested in film adaptations of "The Prince and the Pauper,"
there is information about and analysis of every known movie and television
show (including the cartoon versions) in Sue Parrill and William B.
Robison, *The Tudors on Film and Television* (McFarland, 2013).

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 7:28 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yes, buttons were oriented that way in the 19th century, and this video is
> correct (not flipped). This is also confirmed by details in the background
> on both the loggia and the corner from which Twain emerges, ambling toward
> the camera. Yes, that's Clara behind the teapot and Jean across from her
> father. I think Barb Schmidt identified the fellow who brings Clara her
> hat,
> but I don't recall who it was was. Maybe the tall skinny stenographer,
> Hazen? Was that his name? My memory is vague and I'm too busy catching up
> from a trip to rustle up my notes, sorry.
>
>
> Kevin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl J. Chimi
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 7:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Brief Movie Review
>
> The link to the video I mentioned is in my email below, and also here:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaSOw1WhjI
>
> I would never have thought of checking out the button orientation, possibly
> because I don't know when that sort of thing became standardized.  Assuming
> men's buttons back then were oriented as they are now, good idea.  It would
> suggest the digital restorers got it right.  I would guess that your more
> extensive knowledge of Stormfield would also possibly tell you if this
> version is correctly flipped based on cues such as the door knob placement
> and maybe which part of the building Clemens is seen walking around.
>
> I think this version of the video puts to rest the question of who the
> woman
> behind the centerpiece is, although the question of why none of the
> participants seem to have considered removing the centerpiece so that all
> three people at the table could be seen remains.  Also, the guy near the
> end
> who makes a cameo is seen very clearly here, but I don't know who he is.
> Do
> you, Kevin?
>
> Carl
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Mac
> Donnell
> Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 8:30 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Brief Movie Review
>
> I don't know which version of the film you are watching, but yes, he held
> pipes and cigars in his left hand, and he was right-handed.  I have photos
> to prove it.  The easiest way to check whether a film or photo has been
> flipped is to look at the shirt buttons.
>
>
> Kevin
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> Austin TX 78730
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl J. Chimi
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 7:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Brief Movie Review
>
> I like this one, which is the cleanest version of this film I've ever seen.
> And yet, it seems to be reversed horizontally from every other copy of the
> film I've ever seen.  Did Sam Clemens really hold his cigar in his left
> hand?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaSOw1WhjI
>
> I also liked the old Frederic Mark Adventures of Mark Twain, although it is
> largely, and sometimes bizarrely, fictional.
>
> Carl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leslie
> Rosenbaum
> Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 7:42 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Brief Movie Review
>
> Now that some have expressed opinions about Val Kilmer=E2=80=99s film =
> performance & the Tom & Huck film, I would like to hear about films of =
> MT=E2=80=99s works that are more positively regarded, especially those =
> available on DVD or to stream. Thanks!
>
> Les Rosenbaum
>



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