Here's Our Destination

You've been bored witless skimming through my last few blogs, right? Sure ya have, admit it.

Nooooobody cares about silent movies, and maybe you're thinking spending 3 posts on the subject seems weird. You're right, it is weird. But we're almost home.

Let Papa Read Your Mind and Make A Few Predictions Department:
Answer True or False to these 3 questions. Keep score and see how I do.

-You've never seen a Rudolph Valentino movie, and have no desire to.
-You're familiar with Mary Pickford, and already knew that besides having been the richest and most powerful woman in Hollywood, she also started a little studio called United Artists.
-You enjoyed reading about Hollywood's greatest unsolved murder even though it happened back in 1922, and intend to do further research on your own.

You answered True, False, False.

See, That Was Easy
Because what happened 80 years ago's pretty dull & boring compared to what's happening right now with MySpace, YourTube, American Idol, Brad & Angelina ... and anyway, the idea of reading subtitles during a movie is not only boring, it's plain stupid.

So, What's the Point?
The fact remains that we cannot possibly comprehend how famous and obscenely wealthy silent movie stars were in their time, nor can we imagine the impact their lives had on millions of Americans (who didn't mind reading subtitles, either). No living celebrity on earth even comes close.

No one. Period.
Stars like Valentino and Pickford seemed immortal, bigger than life and became like gods to their audiences.

The gossip magazines called them Movie Idols.
Only now the idols are dead. Their mansions and castles are gone, along with their wealth, beauty, and their belief that the wild parties, money, fast cars and fame would go on forever. But today their names are just a whisper.

Another eighty years from now only a few people will know who Brad or Angelina or J-Lo or even Bill Gates was. Believe it.

We're mortal after all, and no amount of fame, money, romance, prestige or popularity will ever change us into anything else.