#because the previous parish priest was a silent film fan

[theodoradove]

This image of Dorothy Mackaill in the silent film Upstream I posted in 2012 inexplicably continues to receive notes. It doesn't even show up in a tag search for Dorothy Mackaill. Tumblr show me the forbidden search results

#in looking through the tag #i did like a post from four years ago with 18 notes #so i am passing the inexplicability along #also #the crystal cup #is sadly a silent film that is not yet known to survive #(which i did not know was based on a novel by gertrude atherton!) #(my fave forgotten west coast authoress) #perhaps it will emerge from a private collector #or in a sea chest bought at a california flea market #or in an about-to-be-demolished barn in new hampshire #or by a couple rebuilding their front porch #or in a basement in ontario #or in the closet of a french insane asylum #the wikipedia page 'list of rediscovered films' is wild #and doesn't even include der hund von baskerville #recovered in a church basement in a polish town #because the previous parish priest was a silent film fan #and his successor was like 'why does my residence smell like vinegar' #'huh i guess the basement is full of nitrate film' #'better contact some archives about that'