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A letter sent by 24 year-old future screenwriter Robert Pirosh (1910 – 1989) to the directors and producers of Hollywood in 1934.
It landed him three interviews and a job as junior writer with MGM which led on to a gig writing for the Marx Brothers and, later, an Oscar for his script for Battleground in 1949.
(Pic: guardian)
(H/T: Marsupial)
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Coined by writer and humourist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), inventor of the equally excellent word ‘blurb’ back in 1907.
Niamh Pitts tweetz:
On Cumberland St, Dublin [yesterday]. Sticker on left says “W***ers put stickers on doors”…
Anyone?
http://vimeo.com/44356991
http://vimeo.com/40333422
Mysteries Of Vernacular is a series of clever animations by NYC-based Myriapod Productions, what sez:
In its final form, Mysteries of Vernacular will contain 26 etymological installments, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each episode takes more than 80 hours to create between the research, construction of the book, and animation.
