1920

I’ll See You In C-U-B-A [song lyrics]

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February 18, 2020May 2, 2022

Song lyrics to I’ll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) by Irving Berlin, performed by Desi Arnaz on the I Love Lucy episodes, The Mustache, Ricky’s Contract

Not so far from here
There’s a very lively atmosphere
Everybody’s going there this year
And there’s a reason
The season opened last July
Ever since the U.S.A. went dry
Everybody’s going there and I’m going too

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October 17, 2017March 15, 2024

The Master Mystery (1920) starring Harry Houdini

The Master Mystery stars Harry Houdini as Justice Department agent Quentin Locke, who is investigating a powerful cartel that’s protected by a “menacing” robot (referred to in the film as “the Automaton‘); the cartel is using a gas weapon called “the Madagascar Madness” — and, given that this is an old-time silent film serial, there’s a cliffhanger ending at the end of each chapter. And, since this is a Houdini film, there’s plenty of escape artistry to get out of them. The Master Mystery is available on DVD as part of the DVD collection, Houdini: The Movie Star.

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August 3, 2017April 7, 2024

The Penalty (1920), starring Lon Chaney, Ethel Grey Terry

Synopsis of The Penalty

In The Penalty, Lon Chaney stars as Blizzard a criminal mastermind crippled in his childhood by a young doctor’s mistake. He takes his revenge on the world through his crimes. But is the person he has become his fault or is there some other explanation?

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September 24, 2009March 31, 2021

Song lyrics to So Long! Oo-Long (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?) by Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby, 1920

(sung by Fred Astaire and Red Skelton in Three Little Words)

Ming Toy loved a boy,
Happy little Japanee;
Oo-long was his name,
Set her heart a flame.
One day he say, “Soon I gotta go away;”
When he leave Ming Toy grieve;
Everybody hear her say: