tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182012989603327313.post464581816828460984..comments2023-04-27T06:50:00.887-04:00Comments on The Library Diva: An early victim of HollywoodLibrary Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560661276385382375noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182012989603327313.post-9150285580976858982010-12-08T22:40:21.424-05:002010-12-08T22:40:21.424-05:00my advisor does early hollywood stuff - i think he...my advisor does early hollywood stuff - i think he may even have written on clara bow in some article or chapter somewhere. that early hollywood stuff is FASCINATING, and fascinatingly weird. it's so like, yet so very unlike, celebrity and film culture today. <br /><br />a lot of early films don't exist anymore, because no one thought they were worth keeping, AND because they were so fragile. Mark has a chapter in a book in which i think almost all of the films being written about no longer exist. so all the critics have to use any still photos, scripts, reviews, etc - other documents - to reconstruct what the film was. it's kind of awesome historical research, actually.kittens not kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01687718497473389899noreply@blogger.com