Who knows if he read it, but I can be sure that he definitely got the letters that were sent in to the magazine. They said over and over again that when the contest was over, they'd send all the letters of adoration to each actor and actress. Come to think of it, They must have have had at least an entire room in their building just for sorted poems!
Literature That Glorifies the Photoplay
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Here's a sweet one with an attractive illustration to go with it.
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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I like that poem. The artwork reminds me of Charles Dana Gibson's.
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Moving Picture Titles in Rhyme, from April 1912. (For perspective, this was the month and year the Titanic sank.)
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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That must have taken some time! It's amazing how absorbed some of the fans of that day were.
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Isn't it! You'd say some people we're pretty obsessed.
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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I liked this; it names many female photostars. I think I just coined that word
It's from September 1913 Motion Picture Story Magazine.
It's from September 1913 Motion Picture Story Magazine.
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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That's pretty cool. I'd forgotten about Bessie Learn—one of my favorite actresses of the early teens. She was in a lot of Edisons.
"Flora Finch—she's really a Dutch." —wonder what that meant?
"Flora Finch—she's really a Dutch." —wonder what that meant?
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I think they were saying she's of Dutch descent, although Wikipedia says she's english-born.
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)