Lex Anteinternet: 194 at the Movies

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Monday, December 4, 2023

Tuesday, December 4, 1923. House Session Breaks Up In Vote Deadlock. Vaccination Ruling To Be Put To Test.

Somewhere I've seen a t-shirt advertised that says "Study history, realize people have been this dumb for thousands of years."

Yup.

Big events at the movies. The Ten Commandments by Cecil B. DeMille. . . .the first one, was released. It was silent, of course. Some of it, however, was filmed in technicolor.

At least one of the movie posters for what would become the most popular film of 1924 depicted moderns in the throes of agony for, presumably, violating one of the Commandments. This is because the two-hour-long movie is divided into two parts, one a prologue depicting Exodus, the second a modern melodrama.

Colorado Aggie students voted to emblaze a local hill with a large "A". Colorado State University had its origins as an agricultural college, and while the Rams are known for many things today, at that time, they were focused on agriculture.

The Arctic Exploration Board posed for a photograph.

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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