One moment I am sprawled on a couch in my New Jersey home, lost in another classic old movie.
Yes, I had gone down a rabbit hole, down into the black-hole past.
As I plummeted, I learned about “lost” movies, an unlikely box office star, a secure facility where national memories are stored — and a silent film whose comic Irish stereotypes once caused uproars in theaters.
Wanting to know more about Dressler, I opened my laptop and down the hole I went.
I learned that Dressler’s success had come after decades of triumph and travail.
Persons:
Alice, “, Marie Dressler, Dressler, Frances Marion, ”
Organizations:
MGM
Locations:
New Jersey, Virginia, Hollywood