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“A gift of laughter…”

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
As I’m on a research mission this weekend, and having spent much of the week in hospital waiting rooms, I have dredged up a couple of old ones to share.This one was written two years ago… Rafael Sabatini is not the best known of writers these days,…

Drugs, Murder and The Occult: My Top 6 Books on Silent Movie Scandals

By The Owl Lady December 2, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Madeleine Swann:
Some people think silent films are boring, but those people are wrong and probably live in a cupboard only emerging to feed on squirrels. That’s my hunch, anyway. There was as much artistry back then as now with possibly even more freedom to tell the strangest stories (think of German…