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111? Did she die or just suddenly and mysteriously disappear after slipping a Ring on her finger?

I'm speechless.

Marcel Marceau to give the eulogy?

/got nuthin

Nice trips.

/check 'em

it must suck to live to 111 while being bitter

RIP Stephanie Maas

Her silent movie inter-titles were the shiat!

shivashakti: 111? Did she die or just suddenly and mysteriously disappear after slipping a Ring on her finger?

Flawless victory!

"Flesh and the Devil" and "It" were huge hits back in the day.

/no, Clara Bow does not play a scary clown

Igor Jakovsky: it must suck to live to 111 while being bitter

All that hate didn't burn her up- it kept her warm.

Reminds me of a book I read, decades ago, about the silent movie industry called "The Parade's Gone By". Her memoirs would be fascinating.

Sucks to hear that she left on such bad terms. But on another level it's comforting to remember that even in the Golden Age of Hollywood they were taking good ideas and turning them to shiat. That means this age of film is by no means any worse than any age before it.

Straelbora: Igor Jakovsky: it must suck to live to 111 while being bitter

All that hate didn't burn her up- it kept her warm.

Thank you for the Red Dawn reference.

Meanwhile, question in the back: "Yeah, how can you be a 'screenwriter' for 'silent movies,' aside from the previously mentioned dialogue cards that pop up from time to time?"

Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: "Flesh and the Devil" and "It" were huge hits back in the day.

/no, Clara Bow does not play a scary clown



Clara Bow was FINE in her day.

But what's up with the swastika hat?

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r1chard3: oops. Here

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Don't know. I think that picture is from the 1920s. The Nazis didn't invent the swastika.

aearra: Reminds me of a book I read, decades ago, about the silent movie industry called "The Parade's Gone By". Her memoirs would be fascinating.

I have a feeling they probably wouldn't. I remember hearing her interviewed on NPR back in the 90s and she refused to talk about her experiences in Hollywood during the 1920s beyond saying she couldn't stand working for the movie industry. She then added that she hadn't seen a movie in 50 years and didn't care if she never saw one again. That interview ended very quickly as I recall.

r1chard3: But what's up with the swastika hat?

You know who else had a swastika hat?

B.L.Z. Bub: Clara Bow was FINE in her day.

Absolutely, but I'm a Louise Brooks man myself.

B.L.Z. Bub: r1chard3: oops. Here

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Don't know. I think that picture is from the 1920s. The Nazis didn't invent the swastika.

Yeah that's what they say. I still don't trust those Buddhists though.

jaytkay: r1chard3: But what's up with the swastika hat?

You know who else had a swastika hat?

Look, I told you, it was a gag gift.

jaytkay: r1chard3: But what's up with the swastika hat?

You know who else had a swastika hat?

Prince Harry.

111? Dang. I just want to be above ground when my mom and dad hit 111.