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"Carl J. Chimi" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:19:53 -0400
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Yup.  D'oh!

Sent from my iPad

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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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 havin=
> g b=3D
>> 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.
>> =20
>> I could be wrong.
>> =20
>> It's also funny that it is labeled as being filmed by Thomas Edison.  It's=
> a=3D
>> 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.
>> =20
>> Carl
>> =20
>> Sent from my iPad
>> =20
>> On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]
> M>=3D
>> wrote:
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>>> Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, and i=
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>> t=3D20
>>> makes me wonder who copied from whom, or if they share a common flawed=3D=
> 20
>>> source. I'm used to seeing flipped negatives on photos printed from glass=
> =3D20=3D
>> =20
>>> plate negatives or modern repros, but I wonder how often an entire video o=
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>> f=3D20
>>> that vintage has been flipped. It's no big deal that somebody messed up o=
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>> =3D20
>>> youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it just t=
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>> o=3D20
>>> be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain was=
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>> =20
>>> holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking arou=
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>> d=3D20
>>> from the "cellar side" of Stormfield rather than the "loggia side." This=3D=
> 20=3D
>> =20
>>> flipped film makes him appear left-handed since he's holding the cigar in=
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>> =20
>>> his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of Stormfiel=
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>> .=3D20
>>> G-r-r-r-r-r...
>>> =3D20
>>> Kevin
>>> @
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>>> 9307 Glenlake Drive
>>> Austin TX 78730
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>>> Member: ABAA, ILAB
>>> *************************
>>> You may browse our books at
>>> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
>>> =3D20
>>> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
>>> 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
>>> =3D20
>>> =3D20
>>>> I've seen this before - we probably all have. But, I just ran across it
>>>> again and thought is was worth posting.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/The-Only-Footage-of-Mark-Twain-in-Ex=
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>> stence.html
>>>> =3D20
>>>> Tony
>>>> =3D20
>>>> =3D20
>>>> =3D20
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