The intertitles in our silent picture show

[sovay]

I want to go back in time and steal this man's waistcoat. Or at least ask what he was reading:



(Francis George Packer, an actor I'd never heard of even under his stage name, Nigel De Brulier. He played the prophet Jokanaan in the 1923 avant-garde film of Oscar Wilde's Salomé, however, so I expect to see more of him soon. Discovered while looking for Conrad Veidt.)

nineweaving worries it would wear me, but I think the wolf hat could take it.

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Herbert Pocket?

Have you found the wolf hat trailing shreds of brocade? Have you named it yet? I'd be inclined to call it Throgmorton.

Nine

[sovay]

I'd be inclined to call it Throgmorton.

It's not a Throgmorton. I think it may need no more name than itself.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

...no more name than itself...

That's serious Hat.

Nine

[sovay]

That's serious Hat.

You've seen the photographic evidence.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

I have and I bow to it.

Nine

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

My goodness - who is that naked sprinter over Herbert's right shoulder?

[sovay]

My goodness - who is that naked sprinter over Herbert's right shoulder?

I thought it looked like a figure on the lantern, too!