Patty Tobais at the Damfinos has very kindly let me know that I’ve made a mistake. While Keaton met Lou Anger on March 19th, he didn’t actually go before the camera until March 21st. He wrote it all down in his day book.
I was relying on the story as told in Rudi Blesh’s biography, and I regret my error. Please consider it an early notice, so you can get ready for the big event on Tuesday.
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I always thought that the meeting with Anger and “The Butcher Boy” were the same day. Thanks for the find!
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Me too (obviously). Thanks for telling me — I feel much better, not being the only one!
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I was assuming this date commemorated when Buster visited the Comique studio for the first time, thus getting to inspect a motion picture camera up close for the first time, too. To me, you weren’t really incorrect–the Blesh quote could be interpreted as “Let’s do that scene…tomorrow.” 😉
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Cool – you found that photo showing Buster’s journal! What an amazing story. Thank you so much – John
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Thank you, Lea. I felt bad for being less than perfect, but maybe I can call it an excuse for a three day celebration!
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I’m afraid I found it by looking at the attachment Patty sent me — it wasn’t my greatest feat of research! But I’m happy to be able to include it.
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