Looking for Mabel Normand

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Russell Gausman received a photo from Mabel, who was he and what picture did Mabel give him, it is all in OFF TOPIC

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Added a photo of a very young Bessie Love to the 2008 Silent Star album in the Photo Gallery.  It isn't a printing but rather a photo.

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Hollywood Heritage at Paramount Ranch National Park - Silent Films Under the Stars  July 20 & August 17 will show Clara Bow in Hula & Louise Brooks in Love`em and Leave`em, information is in Coming Events

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As some of you have read the story about the auctioning of the Collector's Book Store in the LA Times, there is something about it in Mabel's Log, if you haven't read the story (even if you have, I added pictures)

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Navigation Bar has a page called Coming Events, you can find this weeks program of the Niles 11th Brocho Billy Festival. Upcoming, Slapsticon, The TCM showing of Mabel, Cinecon44, Damfinos Covention.

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Mabel is coming back to TCM next month see Coming Events on the Navigation Bar

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A new Mary Miles Minter picture in the Photo Gallery in her mmm album, it is number 37.  This group of pictures is growing very large when I started it I thought I had a good collection but WOW, she does take a nice photo and she sure had a lot of them taken!

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Harry Carey had nice things to say about Mabel in a 1935 article, it is worth a read, it can be found in Reprints

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I often describe Mabel as actress, director, producer, a real filmmaker, as we have the evidence of her skill as an actress on film, and the Mickey production has a lot of documentation but her direction mostly comes from antidotal reference after the fact, so when I find something about her direction during her lifetime is important.  In 1913, a newspaper states that she is in fact directing her own films but also others so this is a really nice thing to find.  The article is in Reprints.

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In the 2008 picture album is a lovely portrait of the Valentinos, the images are at a fairly high resolution so may take a bit of time to load but I think they are worth the wait.  These are works of art, not just an image, where I have found the name of the artist it has been noted. These are found in the Photo Gallery

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A rather extensive piece on Hugh Fay is on the Navigation Bar.  I also added a lot of reference notes; I have copies of a ton of articles about the whole Fay family.  If anyone wants/needs copies of the stuff, I found, you can contact me.  I didn’t post scans of everything, as it is the piece may take more then one visit to read it all. There is a link to the You Tube dance of Mabel and Hugh thanks to Bruce Long and in chapter 4 is an insightful email from the silent film historian, William Drew.

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A new glass slide used to promote Mickey was donated to us by Matt Vogel, (thanks Matt). It can be found in the Photo Gallery in the glass slides album.  As you look around, notice the slide of Mickey with the song lyrics? That was also sent a while ago by Matt.

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A member of the Mabel Yahoo Group sent a copy of Mabel’s passport picture. Boy! she didn’t take a good photo; I had a copy of her passport application so both are in Mabel’s Log

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An article in Reprints relates the final Good-Bye that was published in Photoplay 1930 by Mabel

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Anna May Wong documentary aired on TCM June 5 along with a number of her film during a month of Asian related movies, a must see as the documentary is a quintessential exploration of a breathtaking actress by filmmaker Elaine Mae Woo.