It was the nagging suspicion that Jean Clemens and Isabel Lyon were never at Stormfield together that led me to write my earlier email in which I clumsily got the year wrong. Somehow, I seem to remember that Jean did not get to Stormfield until Miss Lyon had already been fired and left the premises. But, I was wrong before, so I could be wrong again. Carl Sent from my iPad On Sep 9, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Arianne <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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