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Rest in pieces … Mary Jane’s Mishap (GB 1903)
I recently rewatched one of the greatest of early films, Mary Jane’s Mishap, or Don’t Fool with Paraffin (Here Lies Mary Jane Who Lighted the Fire with Paraffin). It was directed by George Albert Smith, noted as the inventor of … Continue reading
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Tagged Asta Nielsen, cinema of England, cinema of the 1900s, excellent women, film form, George Albert Smith, Laura Bayley, my kind of comedy, poetry
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