'meg", verb of unknown meaning, 1930

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> silent movie directors


Why specifically *silent* movie? The director's megaphone, the director's
chair, and the director's command of "Cut!" didn't cease to exist as
standard cinematic cliches with the advent of talkies.


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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
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