Remember when you could tensely sit across from people and have your face would disappear into nitrate damage before beating info out of a suspected dope smuggler…
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George O’Brien and William Russell shined so the Pita Taufatofua The Oily Olympian from Tonga could blind
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Not enough clubs serve cake.. when did we stop that!?
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Either that old man talking about The Battle of Gettysburg was a child soldier during the civil war or he’s like in his 80s… either could be true
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Those elocution lessons will kick in any day now…
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What this print lacks in clarity it makes up for in action.. we’ve still got like 50mins to go and it’s gonna get hectic
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Our final John Ford western is “The Blue Eagle”, which despite a 1997 restoration is still in rough shape.. also one reel is missing.
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