{"product_id":"stumbling-into-film-history-paperback","title":"Stumbling into Film History (paperback)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStumbling into Film History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Lon Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6x9 size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e240 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 9798887713830\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLon Davis was one lucky young film buff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrowing up in Southern California in the 1970s, he was able to spend quality time with some of the celebrated residents of the Motion Picture Country Home in Los Angeles. His great-uncle, a screenwriter and bit player since the movies’ earliest days, looked forward to Lon’s visits; so did silent film comedienne Babe London and original Stooge Larry Fine. Blessed with exceptional recall and the ability to bring those memories vividly to life, Lon shares anecdotes that are, by turns, comical, touching, and tragic. They are also true, right down to the smallest detail. As he matured, Lon became acquainted with other members of the silent film community (including the Oscar-winning historian Kevin Brownlow) and chronicles their stories as well. And finally, Lon reveals an intensely personal account of falling in love with his best friend while searching for the elusive grave of the legendary W.C. Fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs movie producer Pancho Kohner writes in the foreword: “\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStumbling into Film History\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a book; it’s an unforgettable adventure through the golden age of cinema, with the best guide you could ask for.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLon Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author, editor, documentarian, and lecturer on film history. His first published book was \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilent Lives:100 Biographies of the Silent Film Era\u003c\/em\u003e (2008). He and his wife, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDebra Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e (née \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLaCoe\u003c\/strong\u003e), co-authored \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKing of the Movies: Francis X. Bushman\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMa and Pa Kettle on Film\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). In addition to editing two hundred academic books on the performing arts, Lon and Debra released two volumes of essays: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStooges Among Us\u003c\/em\u003e (2008) and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCHASE! A Tribute to the Keystone Cops\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). Debra also published a roman à clef entitled \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlirtation Act: The Story of a Boy, a Girl, and Vaudeville\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). Lon and Debra’s documentary film \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is Francis X. Bushman\u003c\/em\u003e (2021) is available on Blu-ray from Flicker Alley. Lon’s latest book, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStumbling Into Film History\u003c\/em\u003e, is comprised of newly written and revised essays detailing his experiences with various denizens of early Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Lon Davis, Champion of the Silent Cinema.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Thomas Gladysz, Founding Director of the Louise Brooks Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames L. 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