I vaguely recall that Barb Schmidt and I played with this a few years back, but I don't recall the result. There was a tall thin stenographer on premises (William E. Grumman, who appears in one group photo taken in the library; he was hired in Feb or March 1909 by Lyon). The butler was Claude Beuchotte. I don't think it was Claude. Another butler? Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at www.macdonnellrarebooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arianne" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 8:32 PM Subject: Re: The only known MT film footage > Just read an account of Twain's butler today and it was said HE > was the one in the video. So frustrating. I'm going over to youtube and > see if I can see an unflipped video. > > I guess we should be happy there is any video at all of anybody there > then. > Arianne Laidlaw > Sacramentol > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> It's clearly Jean on the far right and Clara in the middle. It's a >> handsome >> young fellow with a shock of hair, not Ashcroft, who brings Clara her >> hat. >> It was filmed aiming the camera east toward the rear slope (toward >> Redding)--the profile of a tree top between the columns matches a tree >> seen >> in other photos of that spot, besides some smaller details. I wonder if >> the >> hat-bringer was Ossip? I'll have to make some comparisons. He was around >> in >> late 1909, at least until he and Clara left after their October wedding. >> I >> have pre-1910 photos of him and he had a shock of hair like that before >> male >> pattern baldness set in. But not quite his profile at first glance. >> >> I have several versions of the film and at least one is not flipped. In >> at >> least one version on youtube, the tea-sipping scene is not flipped. >> Besides >> Twain's vest buttons, the window placements give it away as being >> flipped. >> >> Although Jean and Isabel had once been cordial, they were not sipping tea >> together in late 1909 --Isabel had been fired in the Spring (April?) and >> later "evicted" from the Lobster Pot. Read the newspaper accounts and >> allegations being made at the time. Lots of high drama but no high teas. >> >> I have the original first Stormfield guestbook, and a good copy of the >> second made by Twain's lawyer (the original is at Hartford), and I don't >> recall any Edison crews being in those pages, but not everybody signed >> the >> guestbook(s) and they could be recorded merely as names with no >> identification. I do think if Thomas Edison himself had shown up he would >> have been asked to sign the guestbook and his visit would have been >> otherwise recorded, and he and Twain would likely have been filmed or at >> least photographed together, like others of note who came to visit >> (Keller, >> Howells, Laura Hawkins Frazer, various angelfish, Paine, Coburn, >> Henderson, >> Whitmore, Eliz. Wallace). >> >> Kevin >> @ >> Mac Donnell Rare Books >> 9307 Glenlake Drive >> Austin TX 78730 >> 512-345-4139 >> Member: ABAA, ILAB >> ************************* >> You may browse our books at >> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Arianne" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 3:33 PM >> Subject: Re: The only known MT film footage >> >> >> >I also read somewhere that the ladies at the table weren't Jean and >> >Clara, >> > but Jean and Isabel Lyon. Not sure which caption is correct. Please >> > advise. >> > Have you actually seen the correct movie? I didn't know one could be >> > "flipped." >> > Arianne Laidlaw >> > Sacramento >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell < >> > [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > >> >> Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, >> >> and >> >> it >> >> makes me wonder who copied from whom, or if they share a common flawed >> >> source. I'm used to seeing flipped negatives on photos printed from >> glass >> >> plate negatives or modern repros, but I wonder how often an entire >> >> video >> >> of >> >> that vintage has been flipped. It's no big deal that somebody messed >> >> up >> >> on >> >> youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it >> >> just >> >> to >> >> be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain >> was >> >> holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking >> >> around >> >> from the "cellar side" of Stormfield rather than the "loggia side." >> >> This >> >> flipped film makes him appear left-handed since he's holding the cigar >> in >> >> his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of >> >> Stormfield. >> >> G-r-r-r-r-r... >> >> >> >> Kevin >> >> @ >> >> Mac Donnell Rare Books >> >> 9307 Glenlake Drive >> >> Austin TX 78730 >> >> 512-345-4139 >> >> Member: ABAA, ILAB >> >> ************************* >> >> You may browse our books at >> >> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> > I've seen this before - we probably all have. But, I just ran across >> it >> >> > again and thought is was worth posting. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/The-Only-Footage-of-Mark-Twain-in-Existence.html >> >> > >> >> > Tony >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ----- >> >> > No virus found in this message. >> >> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> >> > Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6649 - Release Date: >> >> > 09/09/13 >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Arianne Laidlaw A '58 >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- >> > No virus found in this message. >> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> > Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6649 - Release Date: >> > 09/09/13 >> > >> > > > > -- > Arianne Laidlaw A '58 > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6649 - Release Date: 09/09/13 >