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Old 11-28-2009, 01:34 PM
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tweedle dee and tweedle dum
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Old 11-28-2009, 02:00 PM
 
Location: On the dark side of the Moon
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Favorite quotes:

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main ... and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life."-Walt Disney

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."-Groucho Marx

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Old 11-28-2009, 03:33 PM
 
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Does anyone know how Lon Chaney came to be "The Man of a Thousand Faces?" I found out in a film class I took. Interesting back story on one of my favorite old-time actors.

Lon Chaney Sr. - Biography (http://www.lonchaney.com/lc5/sr/srpages/srbiok.html - broken link)
My nephew gave me "The Penalty" [1920] DVD not long ago, gawd did most of that creep me out! Unforgettable..
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Old 11-28-2009, 05:05 PM
 
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Two quotes from Lon Chaney:

"There`s nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight."

"My whole career has been devoted to keeping people from knowing me."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhC7fK9ui2g

Tantalust-Have you seen this one? I love Lon Chaney. And Tod Browning movies.

The Unknown (1927)
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Old 11-29-2009, 04:23 PM
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I read something years ago about how Lon Chaney used very painful ways to contort his face. For instance he used fishhooks in his mouth to contort his cheeks.
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Old 11-29-2009, 04:25 PM
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Anyway, back OT:

jetty, breeze, ocean - thinking of the beach
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Old 11-29-2009, 09:03 PM
 
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virtuoso

run the gauntlet

run the gamut


^^^Just discovered the origin. "This expression alludes to the medieval musical scale of Guido d'Arezzo, gamut being a contraction of gamma and ut, the lowest and highest notes respectively. [Mid-1800s]-Dictionary.com

changeling

doppelgänger

^^^Creepy! Doppelgänger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 11-30-2009, 05:37 AM
 
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"The Unknown (1927)" . . . next on my list.

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Old 12-01-2009, 01:02 AM
 
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"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make."

and

"I never drink...........wine."



The Count



Bumper sticker-Vampires Suck (in Forks, Washington)

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Old 12-01-2009, 08:19 AM
 
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tweedle dee and tweedle dum
Which reminds me...

'Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe
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