| Ever pick up a dusty book or piece of
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| | from 7 million in 1910
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| antique that you
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| | to 10 million in 1930. It was like
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| thought to be unimportant, only to
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| | discovering a long lost
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| discover its inherent
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| | relative.Some quotes from The Grove Book
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| value? That's how naughty history can be
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| | of Hollywood anthology
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| sometimes.
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| | edited by Christopher Silvester helps to
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| There's never a dull moment when one
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| | put things in
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| rediscovers pieces
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| | historical perspective. Dancer and
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| of history. I can just imagine how
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| | choreographer Agnes
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| Italian humanists felt just
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| | DeMille (niece of Cecil B. DeMille) once
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| before they nurtured the Renaissance in
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| | said "Hollywood
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| Europe.Canadians are not generally
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| | was merely a country town, like many in
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| regarded as a people attached
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| | the East, with
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| to their heritage, so the opportunity to
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| | palms instead of maples and chestnuts.
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| dust off pieces of
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| | The hills, though
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| Canadian history is there for us to
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| | steep, were plain colored. The people
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| discover. Indeed, we have
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| | were just ordinary."
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| seen this with the Heritage Series
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| | She even described how there were still
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| vignettes aired on
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| | cowboys who, "kept
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| television, highlighting Canadian
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| | largely to themselves."British actress
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| historical achievements
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| | Constance Collier added "Hollywood was
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| and contributions.I recently stumbled
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| | still a village, with farms that had not
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| upon one of those lost relics of
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| | yet been built over, and
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| Canadiana I never knew existed; which
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| | the surly farmers were furious at the
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| surprised me since I
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| | advent of the picture
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| do take an active interest in this
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| | folk." In a similar vain, screenwriter
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| country's past. Reading
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| | Lenore Coffee wrote "In
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| about Canadian history has introduced me
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| | 1919 Hollywood was a village. Hollywood
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| to the innovative
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| | Boulevard could
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| spirit of Canadians through the years.
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| | have been any Main Street in
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| In the realm of
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| | America."With this, Hollywood was hardly
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| Hollywood, Canadians were rugged
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| | a romantic and opulent
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| individualists who
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| | place in its infancy. Such was the
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| roamed the continent giving unique
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| | character of Hollywood in
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| Canadian imprints to
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| | its formative years. There were no
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| the North American film experience.What
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| | agents and it was normal
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| was supposed to be a night researching
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| | for employees to offer their insights to
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| Buster
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| | the director. What
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| Keaton led to the discovery of several
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| | Hollywood lacked in panache it made up
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| Canadian pioneers in
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| | in the family
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| early Hollywood. While going through the
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| | surroundings it fostered. In many ways,
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| list of Canadian
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| | this unassuming
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| names on various web sites dedicated to
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| | and humble reality resonated well with a
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| the silent film era,
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| | Canadian mindset.And so it is with
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| the one thing that caught my attention
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| | DeMille's ,Collier's and Coffee's
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| was how this
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| | Hollywood,
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| presence and influence seemed
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| | Canadians were poised to leave their
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| disproportionate to
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| | mark; earn their stars
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| Canada's tiny population, which grew
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| | they did.
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