My Grandfather, who is to turn 89 next month, said a very strange thing to me today; we were discussing silent and early films. I asked him, "Do you know of the actor, Conrad Veidt?", as I was inspired to mention The Man who Laughs.
"Oh yeah," he says, "I've seen him." "In which film?" I ask. "In person," he replies.
Obviously my reaction was, Whaaaaaaaaa--t? But it turns out he's seen many famous actors and actresses, including Conrad Veidt and Mary Pickford (and many others whom I've forgotten their names...). When he was young, around the ages of 4-7, his mother would take him to see films every weekend, and so he became acquainted with silent films. And as he was living in bustling, busy London, he managed to see some of these actors in person.
Funny, isn't it?
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