Picturegoers: a critical anthology of eyewitness experiences

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Notes

1. This was one of a series of columns by Richardson under the title ‘Continuous Performance’, written between 1927 and 1933 for the modernist film magazine Close Up. All twenty columns have been reproduced on the Picturegoing site. https://picturegoing.com/

2. Pearl White and her Perils of Pauline cliffhangers are a recurring theme, described by Jewish performer Molly Picon as a ‘human sacrifice in fifteen instalments.’ As Picon’s grandfather notes: ‘You would think with all the trouble she gets into that she would learn something.'