He died in April 1910. Jean died Christmas 1909. 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 having b= > een filmed in 1909. Jean Clemens is shown in the film, which was apparently= > taken at Stormfield. I don't think she was at Stormfield before about Marc= > h or April of 1910. > > I could be wrong. > > It's also funny that it is labeled as being filmed by Thomas Edison. It's a= > minor point, of course, but Edison probably personally never filmed anythin= > g in his life. Obviously, it was an employee of his film company that filme= > d Mark Twain. > > Carl > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]>= > wrote: > >> Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, and i= > t=20 >> makes me wonder who copied from whom, or if they share a common flawed=20 >> source. I'm used to seeing flipped negatives on photos printed from glass=20= > >> plate negatives or modern repros, but I wonder how often an entire video o= > f=20 >> that vintage has been flipped. It's no big deal that somebody messed up on= > =20 >> youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it just t= > o=20 >> be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain was=20= > >> holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking aroun= > d=20 >> from the "cellar side" of Stormfield rather than the "loggia side." This=20= > >> flipped film makes him appear left-handed since he's holding the cigar in=20= > >> his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of Stormfield= > .=20 >> G-r-r-r-r-r... >> =20 >> 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 >> =20 >> ----- Original Message -----=20 >> 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 >> =20 >> =20 >>> I've seen this before - we probably all have. But, I just ran across it >>> again and thought is was worth posting. >>> =20 >>> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/The-Only-Footage-of-Mark-Twain-in-Exi= > stence.html >>> =20 >>> Tony >>> =20 >>> =20 >>> =20 >>> ----- >>> 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= > >>> =20