Paw  As a kid growing up you catch during all the movies serials cliffhangers a Warner Brothers film  Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Who was in it?

Robinson I believe

Edward G.?  I wasn’t a fan.

Little Caesar Double Indemnity Fred MacMurray Barbara Stanwyck writers Billy Wilder Raymond Chandler James Cain Awcomon

           You shitting me

I liked Double Indemnity, although Edward G. wasn’t the draw.

                                                                   Confessions. That’s what this telephone call's about.

Thought you would have remembered  First time a film went away from pure entertainmentventured into realism whawas happening then and there  I read in Rachel Maddows book Prequel that in ‘39 80 million people were going to the movies every week At the time the population of the United States was 130 million  Blew my mind  In the day cinema was awfully powerful

80 million.

            I could see that.

Often I went to the movies a couple times a week, but you got to understand how accessible movies were to us. As a boy, in long pants, I could walk to the Queen, it was a one aisle theatre, the Biltmore, the New Strand, the Crown, on Division was the Crystal, anif I wanted, if I didn’t like what was showing around, I could take a streetcar to the Liberty theatre. Plenty, plenty to choose from in those days. Admission was a nickel, a dime, two movies twin bill, cartoons, Newsreels.

I spent a lot of time at the movies.

  Circumstances  Right

There was that. My Mom, Grandma died. Uncle Don, my brother was four years older, Dad, Grampa was working, Aunt Stella was working, couldn’t always go to the library. There was always a nickel or a dime free if I askedif my chores were done. I made like a slave so I could go.

                                               You like movies.

I do

I don’t remember you asking me for money to see them. Did you ask your mother?

No

     I afforded it myself

Yeah.  Well.

              You were a strongheaded kid. We couldn’t tell you nothing.

Then when you asked us about something it was like an interrogation. Why this? Why that? Came out of the blue like a ton of bricks.

Yahwell I liked the library too Paw

                                      Reading makes you accessible to strong thoughts   Research reinforced them

I remember you were awfully good in English. You would have made a helluva a teacher.

Possibly

          Save for one thing

Curriculum. Whenever you said it the look on your face was like you had a mouthful of shit.

Thawas the excuse I heard all through elementary high school

                                                                  Curriculum

I can’t see your fac . .

. . Yah Paw Looks like I got a mouth full of shit

                                                   Thanks for pickingup I love ya

I love you too, son, I love you.

Goodbye for now

Bye.

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