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jaunthie...I refer you to one of my favorite sites, www.lileks.com (swing by the Gallery of Regrettable Food for a truly fall-on-the-floor-laughing experience). Specifically, I refer you to James' Friday blog post, wherein he discusses a picture of Times Square from the McCarthy era. Here's a blowup of the relevant section:
What's wrong with this 1952 picture, you ask? Simple: there never was an actor named "Charles Brade" - and he certainly wasn't the star of Limelight. For the full scoop, read James Lilek's excellent musings on this subject.
Yes, Virginia. People really have been rewriting history. They've been doing it for as long as history has been around. And they're still doing it today.
What's wrong with this 1952 picture, you ask? Simple: there never was an actor named "Charles Brade" - and he certainly wasn't the star of Limelight. For the full scoop, read James Lilek's excellent musings on this subject.
Yes, Virginia. People really have been rewriting history. They've been doing it for as long as history has been around. And they're still doing it today.
