The Stolen Screen: Part 2 (Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand)

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(Part 1 of “The Stolen Screen” is here ) The Keystone Architects In the rugged frontiers of America’s founding era, our Ethnic American forbearers—free White persons of good moral character, descendants of Europe’s hardy stock—conquered a savage wilderness with sheer grit and unbreakable resolve. They felled ancient forests, spanned roaring rivers, and erected sturdy homesteads …

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The Stolen Screen: How Gangsters Hijacked Hollywood from Ethnic Americans

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The Patent Theft and the Nickelodeon Takeover Picture this: a shadowy cabal of immigrant opportunists, fresh from the gritty streets of New York’s nickelodeon dens, plotting to seize an entire industry born from the genius of a true American inventor. Whispers of stolen patents echo through dimly lit backrooms, leading to a trail of scandals, …

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