Silent Film

Christmas Through the Decades… Said to be one of the first versions of Dickens’ classic story to be filmed, released in a condensed “one-reel” format in December 1910… more »

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Christmas Time

“A Christmas Memory” is a short story by Truman Capote. Originally published in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956, it was reprinted in The Selected Writings of Truman Capote in 1963. It was issued in a stand-alone hardcover edition by Random House in 1966, and it has been published in many editions and anthologies since…

California Dreamin’

All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown) And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray) I’ve been for a walk (I’ve been for a walk) On a winter’s day (on a winter’s day) I’d be safe and warm (I’d be safe and warm) If I was in L.A. (if I… Continue reading California Dreamin’

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Poor Pedro!

Giant, 1956 — Poor, poor Pedro!

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The Trapp Family

This 1956 movie about the Trapp family is based closely upon the memoirs of Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS (née Kutschera; 1905 – 1987).

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Even Monsters…

Even Monsters Need a Break! A birthday gift from Ivy…

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