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Young Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish in TheMothering Heart (1913),directed by D.W. Griffith.1913-bloggingOne hundred years ago...Women figured out how to act in films before men. First, Mary Pickford figured out how to...
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Casting Call for O Pioneers!
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1913...Pioneer-blogging, essay 5 onO Pioneers! by Willa CatherHere’s the set-up: Interior of a small cabin on the Nebraskaprairie. Lying in his bed, John Bergson,...
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Danny boy, oh, Danny boy
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1913...Danny-blogging, essay 1 of 2on the song "Danny Boy"“Danny Boy” sounds timeless—like a song that’s been echoing through the glens and down the mountainsides for...
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Ten Great Recordings of Danny Boy
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1913...Danny-blogging, essay 2 of 2on the song "Danny Boy"In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the song “Danny Boy,” here’s a tasty selection of “Danny Boy”...
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Marie's Eyes in O Pioneers!
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1913...Pioneer-blogging, essay 6 onO Pioneers! by Willa CatherSPOILERS AHEAD!I think it’s the most vivid descriptive detail in Willa Cather’s O Pioneers!: Marie’s...
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Howard Pyle as Action Figure
Celebrating cultural highlightsof 1913...Wyeth-blogging, essay 2 onN.C. Wyeth's Illustrations for KidnappedOur two heroes in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped: Alan Breck on the left and David Balfour...
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Alexandra Bergson and the Girl with the White Parasol
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1913...Pioneer-blogging, essay 7 onO Pioneers! by Willa Cather“A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn’t think he’d remember.”...
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Shipwrecks in Wyeth and Homer
Celebrating cultural highlightsof 1913...Wyeth-blogging, essay 3 onN.C. Wyeth's Illustrations for KidnappedN. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)The Wreck of the “Covenant” (It was the spare yard I had got hold of,...
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10 Things I Love About Willa Cather's O Pioneers
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1913...Pioneer-blogging, essay 8 onO Pioneers! by Willa CatherTen Reasons to Embrace This Book...A Top 10 List (in no particular order)1. Alexandra gets the farm!...
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N. C. Wyeth Inspects the Proof
Celebrating cultural highlightsof 1913...Wyeth-blogging, essay 4 onN.C. Wyeth's illustrations for KidnappedN. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)Two Pipers in Balquhidder (All night long the brose was going and the...
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Romantic Ireland's dead and gone
1913-bloggingOne hundred years ago...Portrait of W.B. Yeats by his father John Butler Yeats, frontispiece to Yeats’ Celtic Twilight (1896). Source: Wikimedia Commons“For this that all that blood was...
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N. C. Wyeth's Moving Pictures
Celebrating cultural highlightsof 1913...Wyeth-blogging, essay 5 onN.C. Wyeth's Illustrations for KidnappedN. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)At the Cards in Cluny’s Cage, 1913Illustration for Robert Louis...
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Styracosaurus!
1913-bloggingOne hundred years agoin the badlands of Canada...Last fall, I saw this spectacular display at the Natural History Museum of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah):Ceratopsian skull display at the...
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N. C. Wyeth, Sword Drawn
Celebrating cultural highlightsof 1913...Wyeth-blogging, essay 6 onN.C. Wyeth's Illustrationsfor KidnappedN. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)The Siege of the Round-House, It came all of a sudden when it did, with...
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Willa Cather and Me
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1913...Pioneer-blogging, essay 9 onO Pioneers! by Willa CatherBack when I wrote my first Willa Cather blog entry, my fingers speed-typed: “If you’re looking for a...
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21 Essays on 1954
The Pajama Game playbill fromits first run on Broadway at theSt. James Theatre.I grew up to the Broadway soundtrack of The Pajama Game—“Steam Heat,” “Hernando’s Hideaway,” and “There Once Was a Man”...
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The Genius of the Creature
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1954...Creature-blogging, essay 1 onCreature from the Black LagoonCitizen CreatureIn an interview with film historian Tom Weaver, producer William Alland revealed...
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The Discreet Charm of the Black Lagoon
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1954...Creature-blogging, essay 2 onCreature from the Black LagoonThe Discreet Charm of the CreatureIn an interview with film historian Tom Weaver, producer William...
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Doing Science in the Black Lagoon
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1954...Creature-blogging, essay 3 onCreature from the Black LagoonQuatermass 5: The Black LagoonA fossil Creature claw.There always seem to be rumors of an impending...
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How to Destroy a Pristine Black Lagoon
Celebrating cultural highlights of 1954...Creature-blogging, essay 4 onCreature from the Black LagoonOutgunnedIt’s night and the crew of the Rita is armed, each man prepared to destroy what may be the...
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