Looking for Mabel Normand
Madcap Mabel Normand
AUGUST 2008 WHAT'S NEW
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In the 2008 Silent Star Album is an image of Ruth Chatterton by John Rolston Clarke from 1931. Also, I add a picture of Gentleman Jim Corbett to the piece on Florence Turner. He was such a manly man, it was done in 1890.
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"According to Lew Cody" was an article in the Oakland Tribune, 1931you can find in Reprints
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In Wonderful Things is a little about Florence Turner, the very 1st "Movie Star"
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Remember John Bunny? Mabel did, a memory of her co-star a Good-bye to the great clown is in Mabel's Log
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In 1925 J. Knowles Hare printed a lovely picture of Nita Naldi with a red rose, it is in the Silent Star Album
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Adela Rogers St. Johns was Mabel's friend and so information is in Wonderful Things!
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A link to Editorial Cartoons found by Bruce Long in February 1922 newspapers are in Mabel's Log
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Do you know who Jocelyn Lee was?, I now know more then I could put on Looking-for-Mabel so Jocelyn has filled a whole newspaper. There is just so much material...someone should write a book about her. Start in Off Topic at Jocelyn Lee, you will need a lot of time to explore as it took a lot of time to upload the material.
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more Malnor pictures and a couple more in the Silent Star Album.
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I have a weakness for images and so 3 colored pictures of Mabel from John Everton are in the Malnor Color Ablum, a new Mary Miles Minter in the mmm album (that is becoming a very big album) and in thr Silent Stars Album are now a picture of Olive Thomas, in an olive green hat and Larry Semon in black and white.
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Mabel modeled for Stanlaws so while I was thinking about her modeling year because it came up at the Mabel Normand Yahoo Group, I put the link on the Nav Bar, It is in "WONDERFUL THINGS" also I have been looking for more material about Dick (F. Richard) Jones & Irene, that link is also on the Nav Bar and is also in "Wonderful Things"
JULY 2008 WHAT'S NEW
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Off Topic, yes it is but so much fun, in 1915 there was Knee Art.
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The pictures I won off eBay came and I posted them on a Joan of Plattsburg page, which I will add more images to in the next week or so. But the are a start and with imformation about the 1918 Goldwyn film will become part to the Film Information Section.
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Carol Dempster is a new picture in the 2008 Silent Star Album in the Photo Galery
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Just added another Mary Miles Minter by Witzel photo to the mmm album in the Picture Gallery, that makes 53 pictures of little Mary! Wow Witzel understood how to photograph her.
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When Roscoe Arbuckle heard that Mabel had died, he was at a "Hollywood Party" and he said "My Pal's dead", his pal, what a wonderful way to think of the pair, as "pals" the Los Angeles Times article by Grace Kingsley dated April 6, 1930 called Romping Throuh Hollywood is in REPRINTS
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And another 3 photos added to the Picture Gallery: mmm a photo by Witez of Mary Miles Minter with a pink rose; a magazine cover by Eggleston of Agnes Aures in silent stars and in the 2008 photos of Mabel is her smiling at the wondow from Raggedy Rose, and yes, one more the glass slide from Caught in a Cabaret has been added to the glass slide album
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Add 3 new photos to the picture gallery, in mmm is one of Mary dancing with her arms above in head, in Mabel 2008 photos is one of Mabel in a pretty black vola party dress and Helen Holmes by Witez in the 2008 Silent Star Album
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A couple of photos of Mabel with her Indian motorcycle at the Goldwyn Studio is in the MABEL LOG
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On March 28, 1928 Roscoe Arbuckle was in Paris, and how was he received? some information is in OFF TOPIC
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Kay Francis by Jules Erbit (1931) is in the 2008 Sielnt Stars Album
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A photo has been added to the Malnor Album colored by John Everton
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I just added 2 pictures in the Photo Gallery one of Pearl White in the Silent Stars album of her from a Cigarette Card and the other one is of Mabel that I colored and cut from Joan of Plattsburg (Goldwyn 1918) it is in her 2008 Album.
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A reprint can be found from the November 1918, The Motion Picture Magazine written by Mabel's friend, Frederick James Smith, it was called Mabel in a Hurry. You might have read a part of the article in the Mabel Normand Source Book but the whole 4 pages and the accompanying illustrations are in the Reprint Section.
In the Photo Gallery there are 2 new photos, one of Mabel from in 1918 from Peck's Bad Girl in Mabel 2008 pictures and in MMM album is another wonderful photo by Witzel of Mary, she took great pictures, as did Witzel take of pictures of her. There are now 50 images of her in the LFM collection.
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Silent Films to see in July are in the Coming Events (and August, September, October)
