"...carried away by his re-creation of the past..." From von Sternberg's The Last Command Surrender (1927) represents the only American appearance of the famous Russian actor Ivan Mosjoukine (né Mozzhukin,…
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That thirty days had taught the punk a lesson. It had made him feel badly, costing Violet all that money. Every time she'd had enough saved to divorce the Old…
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You know what? I don't care that he's dead. That's what I wrote in a letter to his sister-in-law after finishing the above, and then I went out and mailed…
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Brother B. carried Fancy to the rear of Greek Steve's Bar, and returned to sprinkle sawdust along the floor. Then he bought a drink for everyone in the place, but…
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During the June days all classes and parties had united in the party of Order against the proletarian class as the party of Anarchy, of Socialism, of Communism. They had…
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I first found David Markson without seeking him. I was thirteen, and reading a new biography of the great writer Malcolm Lowry by Douglas Day. Lowry, the author of Under…
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