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Saturday, March 31, 2012
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Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov (Jan. 29, 1860 - 1904) - writer by night, doctor by day - or as he put it: Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other...
Chekhov suffered from tuberculosis and despite spending much time at spas and his dacha at Yalta, he died at the early age of 44. The account of his last moments, as told in his wife’s memoirs, has become legend:
“Anton sat up unusually straight and said loudly and clearly (although he knew almost no German): Ich sterbe. The doctor calmed him, took a syringe, gave him an injection of camphor, and ordered champagne. Anton took a full glass, examined it, smiled at me and said: “It’s a long time since I drank champagne.” He drained it, lay quietly on his left side, and I just had time to run to him and lean across the bed and call to him, but he had stopped breathing and was sleeping peacefully as a child…”
Monday, March 26, 2012
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Annette Kellerman
A Daughter of the Gods is a 1916 silent film that featured Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman.The film was controversial because of the sequences of what was regarded as superfluous nudity by the main character, Nydia, played by Kellerman. The scene is regarded as the first complete nude scene by a major star, which occurred during a waterfall sequence, though most of Kellerman’s body is covered by her long hair. It was filmed by Fox Pictures in Kingston, Jamaica where huge sets were constructed, and directed by Herbert Brenon
the film is considered lost, and was listed in the following post, which is well worth a read - Weird and Wonderful Movies That You’ll Never Get to See
Kellerman was one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, instead of the then accepted pantaloons, and inspired others to follow her example. Go Kellerman!!
Friday, March 16, 2012
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Margo Lion
Margo Lion (1899–1989) was a German chanson, parodist, cabaret singer and actress, best-known for her role as Pirate Jenny in director GW Pabst’s 1931 French language adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera (Die Dreisgoschenoper) [wiki]
