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Rudolph Valentino, Wyatt Earp and Neil Simon

This Week Let's Go to the Movies Wyatt Earp Testimony at Spicer hearing Writers Notebook: Conflict Hollywood Silents 1914-1929 (Part 12) Rudolph Valentino had come a long way since his extra jobs in the late teens. He worked hard at beco… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on January 6, 2010 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Warner Brothers, MGM and Sam Goldwyn

This Week Let's go to the Movies and Rin Tin Tin Wyatt Earp testifies at Spicer hearing Writers Notebook: Somerset Maugham Hollywood Silents 1914-1929 (Part 11) During the mid 20's there was a lot of sorting out of studios, production c… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on December 30, 2009 at 2:20pm — No Comments

20's Scandals, Ten Commandments and Christmas Time

This Week Let's go to the Movies: Hollywod Scandals Writers Notebook: Christmas Time Hollywood Silents 1914-1929 (Part 10) During the early 20's two headline grabbing scandals hit the Hollywood film community and they were both major and tragic. In September of 1921 Fatty Arbuckle was accu… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on December 23, 2009 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Silent Movies, Wyatt Earp and Shakespeare

This Week Let's Go to the Movies: The age of the flapper. Wyatt Earp: First defence witness.. Writers Notebook: Tips from great artist's. Hollywood Silents 1914-1929 (Part 9) America and Hollywood are on the cusp of something big. The Prohibition Amendment is ratified. Dial telephones are introdu… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on December 16, 2009 at 3:10pm — No Comments

Hollywood Studios, Top Film Writers and Doc Holliday

This Week Let's Go to the Movies: Universal and John Ford Spicer Hearing Excerpt: Ike Clanton lies Writers Notebook: William Faulkner Let's go to the Movies Hollywood Silents 1914 to 1929 (Part 8) Universal Pictures got its start in 1913 whe… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on December 9, 2009 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Silent Movies and The Making of a Masterpiece

This Week: Spicer Hearing Excerpt: Doc and Wyatt to the cooler. Let's Go to the Movies: Rush to California and 'The Vamp.' Writers Notebook: The Making of a Masterpiece Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone Excerpt Monday, November 7, 1881 Judge Spicer opened the afternoon session and immediately con… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on December 2, 2009 at 3:14pm — No Comments

D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation

This Week: Let's Go to the Movies Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone – Excerpt Doc confronts his lawyer. Writers Notebook: John Steinbeck – Anxious moments. Let's Go to the Movies Hollywood Silents 1914-1929 Part 5 D.W. Griffith's broad story concept for Birth of a Nation was not the only new in… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on November 18, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Early Silent Movie Stars and Doc Holliday

This Week: Let's Go to the Movies Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone (Spicer hearing excerpt) Writers Notebook: The growth of Sidney Sheldon's characters. Let's Go to the Movies Hollywood Silents 1914-1929 Part 4 Charlie Chaplin was a British comic and grew up in the theater. He was on an American tour w… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on November 11, 2009 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Tombstone Court and Duke Spots Fillmore Fire

During the next several blog postings I plan to use excerpts from 'Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone' take you inside Judge Wells Spicer's courtroom and let you hear from the people that were actually there in 1881. You'll get it straight from the witnesses, attorney's and the judge as well as Doc and Wyatt's take on the proceedings. Monday, October 31, 1881 Judge Wells Spicer walked into his courtroom at exactly three o'clock and one glance at the spectators in the room told him he had a… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on September 23, 2009 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Jacob's Turn and the Tombstone Lawyers

'We hold these truths to be self evident...' Excerpt from 'The Goring Collection' Jacob Meyers, a short balding man in his early seventies sat, before his living room fireplace, waiting for the others to arrive. The apartment overlooked the East River and the living room was comfortably furnished with wall paintings; a soft leather couch, chairs, and a large coffee table made from the hatch cover of a World II Liberty ship. Jacob glan… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on September 16, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Transcript of Spicer Hearing and a Tip From Hemingway

Researching a Legend. During my stay in Georgia the romance questions about young John Henry Holliday and his cousin Mattie were constant. And I suppose what kept the story alive was the differing opinions – was there a romance or not? Both sides were passionate in their belie… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on August 26, 2009 at 2:42pm — No Comments

Doc Holliday and Ft. Griffin, Texas

Researching a Legend Part 10 Atlanta West. Research never ends, but for the most part the new material I had found in Georgia and Pennsylvania gave me a fresh approach to Holliday. There were still holes in the story, but at least I was beginning to see Doc Holliday as a real person, not the cardboard cutouts I had grown up with. Now it was time to concentrate on the west, and following a short stay in Atlanta I got into my car and drove west on Interstate 20 to Dallas. I had no contact… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on August 19, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery

The Life and Times of John Henry Holliday ‘Doc Holliday’s gambling skills, six-gun and caustic wit created a western legend. But Sister Mary Melanie, Margaret Mitchell and ‘Gone With the Wind’ tell the rest of the story and give us the real Doc Holliday.’ 'Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone' goes behind the scenes, that western myth has established over the years, and tells the truth about Doc Holliday's life in the east and the west. Researching a Legend Part 9 Class of 1872 Continu… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on August 13, 2009 at 11:45am — No Comments

Western Myth and a Tip from Max Perk

Researching a Legend Part 8 The Atlanta Historical Society had provided another piece to the Holliday puzzle, an important piece and yet I sensed that there was much more that I didn’t know, that no one knew or at least no one had published. Too many western historians and writers had relied on myth – not well enough sourced to be called fact. Too many footnotes, taken as fact, could not stand the critical test when it came to providing multiple sources. I believe that the true Holliday… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on August 11, 2009 at 12:35pm — No Comments

Margaret Mitchell, Edna Ferber and The Goring Collection

Researching a Legend Part 7 ‘Doc Holliday’s Road to Tombstone’ Once inside the Atlanta Historical Society building I approached the desk and asked a young lady about the Margaret Mitchell papers. She thought for a moment and said, ‘We had a collection of her papers until two weeks ago when the Mitchell Estate had them transferred to the University of Georgia in Athens. And from what we’ve heard, for the time being they are sealed and can’t be viewed.’ I expect I showed my disappointment a… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on July 29, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

The Battle of Manassas -- Heroes and Legends

First Manassas: July 21, 1861 For this historical event we are preempting and delaying Prologue Part 6 for one week. Tuesday July 16, 1861 Courier delivers secret note from Washington to Confederate General Beauregard in Northern Virginia. ‘Order issued McDowell to march on Manassas tonight.’ Showdown: Beauregard immediately notifies Rebel commanders to send, without delay, divisions to be positioned along the Bull Run. ‘The Goring Collection’ Followed by FBI agents, Sam Brannan… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on July 22, 2009 at 2:06pm — No Comments

We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident

‘The Goring Collection’ Prologue Part 5 On his return trip to San Francisco Jacob had time to think and reflect on his experiences of the past three days. What was truly amazing to him was how he had fit right in with the Bromfield family and their friends. Then as he looked out at the California countryside he was reminded of Tony Rockwell’s remark about his political leanings. ‘…Are you truly as far left as you profess to be?’ Jacob was aware that his zest for the Communist Party was no… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on July 15, 2009 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Old South, Champagne for Jacob and Flaubert

Researching a legend Part 4 Griffin Slave Sale and Magnolias. Griffin, Georgia Doc Holliday’s birthplace is right smack in the middle of the Old South. And while the city has grown and taken on a more modern look, some of the buildings from the 1800’s are still standing beside the modern, and from time to time you might get a touch of nostalgia when you smell the magnolias. Among the buildings built in the 1800’s is the Byington Hotel, located at Broadway and Hill; another is a two-stor… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on July 8, 2009 at 2:36pm — No Comments

Turn Left on Fremont and walk to the OK Corral

Researching a Legend Part 3 North on Fourth and left on Fremont I paused at the corner of Fourth and Allen and took out my 1881 street map to refresh my memory just to get a better idea of how it looked then. Some of the prominent landmarks I’d read about were still there some were not. Walking north toward Fremont Street Hafford’s Corner Saloon was first on my right with the Brown Hotel, Gun Shop and News Stand farther along. On the left was an Assayer’s office, Zeckendorf Building, a v… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on July 1, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments

A Tourist in Tombstone -- Jacob and the KGB

Researching a Legend Part 2 On the Ground in Tombstone I was excited to actually see the town of Tombstone as I drove past the city limits sign. I found the motel I had booked, checked in and unloaded my bags. I doubt that I spent ten minutes in the room. I walked out to those dusty streets of Tombstone just to get a sense of place. The first day I didn’t carry a notebook or recorder, didn’t want to inhibit the atmosphere. All I wanted to do was walk, look and listen to the sights and sou… Continue

Added by Tom Barnes on June 24, 2009 at 3:59pm — No Comments