by John | Jan 20, 2026 | Blog
Queen for a day. Queen for life. But not necessarily your life.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: King (with many medals on a military style uniform) and queen-to-be with a castle in the background. Man and woman.
QUEEN: So, let me get this straight your majesty! If I marry you will I still be the queen...even if you die mysteriously on the first night of our honeymoon?
KING: Yes! but...why do you ask?
QUEEN: Just checking...for a friend!
Actors Mae Murray and Jean Hersholt in the 1923 silent movie Jazzmania
Clown Prince: John Lustig
Original b&w still from 1923’s Jazzmania.
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by John | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A large, angry, bearded man is scowling as he talks to a dowager duchess who is standing next to him. Next to them is a beautiful young woman and Charlie Chaplin. The young woman and Charlie are smiling broadly. Behind them is a group of young women. The image is a black & white photo.
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ANGRY MAN: Duchess, I demand you find the lust-addled rogues who made whoopee in my room!
DUCHESS: It won’t be easy! If only there was something that made them stand out!
Image (L.to R.): Eric Campbell, Marta Golden, Edna Purviance and Charlie Chaplin in the 1917 wfilm The Adventurer.
Silent Silliness: John Lustig
Annex - Chaplin, Charlie (Adventurer, The)
by John | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
On the plus side: You didn’t just lose an hour. You traveled forward in time!
Transcript:
SCENE: Harold Lloyd is hanging (barely) onto the minute hand of a large clock that is high above a city street.
Harold: I forget. Do I spring Forward? Or Fall… back?
CAPTION: Daylight Saving Time? Don’t Fall for it!
Image: Harold Lloyd in the 1923 film, Safety Last.
New dialogue by John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Harold Lloyd is hanging (barely) onto the minute hand of a large clock that is high above a city street.
Harold: I forget. Do I spring Forward? Or Fall... back?
CAPTION: Daylight Saving Time? Don’t Fall for it!
Image: Harold Lloyd in the 1923 film, Safety Last.
New dialogue by John Lustig
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by John | Jul 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve watched (and loved) a lot of silent films over the years. And adding silent movie images to the Last Kiss mix isn’t as unlikely as it might first seem.
In fact, it was the old TV show
Fractured Flickers—which added silly, dubbed dialogue to silent movies—that partially inspired my creation of Last Kiss. It was funny stuff—and no wonder.
Fractured Flickers was created by
Jay Ward, the genius behind the
Rocky & Bullwinkle show.
I’ve got at least one more of these silent screen sillies coming up soon in Last Kiss. I hope people enjoy ’em. I’ve love to do more.
Transcript:
Theda Bara as Cleopatra: Someday my prince will come! But waiting for him is a royal pain…in my plump patrician posterior!
Image: Theda Bara from the 1917 film, Cleopatra.
Dialogue by John Lusig
↓ TranscriptTheda Bara as Cleopatra: Someday my prince will come! But waiting for him is a royal pain...in my plump patrician posterior!
Image: Theda Bara from the 1917 film, Cleopatra.
Dialogue by John Lusig
