Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012

[Joel S. Berson]

Thanks, Ben.  I don't know how I missed this, considering I did a
search using just "verdon" and then looking for dates close to March
5, 2012.  (I do note that this article is dated March 4, but I
certainly looked carefully around those dates.)  I don't know why my
search for "Pearl White" failed to locate this.

However, the content isn't much use as a source.  The only
documentation for Pearl hanging off a cliff is the recollection of a
bartender (!) in the 1960s or '70s.  Or did the "screening of film
clips" have the smoking gun?  Probably not, if negative and original
prints are no longer extant.

Joel

At 2/9/2014 05:10 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>They gave the article a different headline online:
>
>http://www.northjersey.com/news/Hikers_take_a_trail_into_Fort_Lees_movie_past.html
>
>On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Ben & Dave.  I was at the northjersey site, but didn't find
> > what I was looking for.  Which is an alleged story by Joan Verdon
> > (03/05/2012). "A hike back in time to era of silent film". The
> > Record. p. L-6.   As cited by Wikipedia ("Cliffhanger") and two
> > others.  I had searched for perils + pauline and for "pearl white".
> > Today I searched for "verdon", and found nothing for that date.
> >
> > I've sent email to Verdon, and am waiting.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > At 2/9/2014 02:03 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> > >On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me if there is a database containing "The Record" of
> > > > New Jersey (Ft. Lee?  IIRC an exposer of the GWBridge scandal)?  I am
> > > > looking for an article from 2012.
> > >
> > >The (Bergen) Record is online these days at http://www.northjersey.com
> > >-- you should be able to find all the 2012 articles there. It's also
> > >included in the Factiva and LexisNexis databases.
>
>
>
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