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= > ly=3D >> taken at Stormfield. I don't think she was at Stormfield before about Mar= > c=3D >> 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= > n=3D >> g in his life. Obviously, it was an employee of his film company that fil= > me=3D >> 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: >> =20 >>> Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, and i= > =3D >> 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= > =3D >> f=3D20 >>> that vintage has been flipped. It's no big deal that somebody messed up o= > n=3D >> =3D20 >>> youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it just t= > =3D >> o=3D20 >>> be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain was= > =3D20=3D >> =20 >>> holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking arou= > n=3D >> 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= > =3D20=3D >> =20 >>> his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of Stormfiel= > d=3D >> .=3D20 >>> G-r-r-r-r-r... >>> =3D20 >>> 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 >>> =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= > i=3D >> stence.html >>>> =3D20 >>>> Tony >>>> =3D20 >>>> =3D20 >>>> =3D20 >>>> ----- >>>> No virus found in this message. >>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6649 - Release Date: 09/09/1= > 3=3D >> =20 >>>> =3D20