Apocalypse Later
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Everything I do at Apocalypse Later ties to cultural discovery. Let me introduce you to things you've never seen/read/heard before but were secretly aching to discover.
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #12 is the original body swap Disney comedy, with two excellent leads despite one awful script.
As always, comments are welcome.
Freaky Friday (1976)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Freaky Friday (1976)
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February 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #12 is the original body swap Disney comedy, with two excellent leads despite one awful script.
As always, comments are welcome.
Freaky Friday (1976)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Freaky Friday (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #10 is a real curiosity, a Prohibition era gangster movie musical with an all child cast and songs by Paul Williams.
As always, comments are welcome.
Bugsy Malone (1976)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Bugsy Malone (1976)
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February 3, 2026 at 8:20 AM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #10 is a real curiosity, a Prohibition era gangster movie musical with an all child cast and songs by Paul Williams.
As always, comments are welcome.
Bugsy Malone (1976)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Bugsy Malone (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #9 is a huge one, her controversial role as a child prostitute prompting her first Oscar nomination.
As always, comments are welcome.
Taxi Driver (1976)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Taxi Driver (1976)
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February 2, 2026 at 7:02 AM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #9 is a huge one, her controversial role as a child prostitute prompting her first Oscar nomination.
As always, comments are welcome.
Taxi Driver (1976)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Taxi Driver (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #8 is a little seen movie that gifted her a powerful lead role for the first time.
As always, comments are welcome.
Echoes of a Summer (1976)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Echoes of a Summer (1976)
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January 29, 2026 at 7:09 AM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #8 is a little seen movie that gifted her a powerful lead role for the first time.
As always, comments are welcome.
Echoes of a Summer (1976)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Echoes of a Summer (1976)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #7 is an early Martin Scorsese film that won Ellen Burstyn an Oscar and sparked a long-running TV sitcom.
As always, comments are welcome.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
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January 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #7 is an early Martin Scorsese film that won Ellen Burstyn an Oscar and sparked a long-running TV sitcom.
As always, comments are welcome.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 21st would have been actor Steve Reeves's.
I remembered him with a historical/mythological peplum epic in which he does a lot of running and fighting and some romancing.
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I remembered him with a historical/mythological peplum epic in which he does a lot of running and fighting and some romancing.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 21st would have been actor Steve Reeves's.
I remembered him with a historical/mythological peplum epic in which he does a lot of running and fighting and some romancing.
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I remembered him with a historical/mythological peplum epic in which he does a lot of running and fighting and some romancing.
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #6 is a TV movie about detective Harry O, with her as a prominent homeless twelve year old waiting for her mum to get out of jail.
Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
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Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
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January 19, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #6 is a TV movie about detective Harry O, with her as a prominent homeless twelve year old waiting for her mum to get out of jail.
Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
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Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
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This year I'm reviewing films from 1926 on their centennials and the 15th saw a very long and very loose adaptation of Moby Dick with John Barrymore.
As always, comments are welcome.
The Sea Beast (1926)
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As always, comments are welcome.
The Sea Beast (1926)
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January 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
This year I'm reviewing films from 1926 on their centennials and the 15th saw a very long and very loose adaptation of Moby Dick with John Barrymore.
As always, comments are welcome.
The Sea Beast (1926)
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As always, comments are welcome.
The Sea Beast (1926)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 14th would have been actor Tom Tryon's.
I remembered him with his debut, a film noir in which he's talked into a crime by the married woman he loves.
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
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I remembered him with his debut, a film noir in which he's talked into a crime by the married woman he loves.
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
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January 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 14th would have been actor Tom Tryon's.
I remembered him with his debut, a film noir in which he's talked into a crime by the married woman he loves.
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
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I remembered him with his debut, a film noir in which he's talked into a crime by the married woman he loves.
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #5 is another Disney movie with her in a tiny role. Then again, it's all about men, boys and camels.
As always, comments are welcome.
One Little Indian (1973)
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As always, comments are welcome.
One Little Indian (1973)
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January 14, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #5 is another Disney movie with her in a tiny role. Then again, it's all about men, boys and camels.
As always, comments are welcome.
One Little Indian (1973)
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As always, comments are welcome.
One Little Indian (1973)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #4 is a Reader's Digest musical adaptation of Twain's Tom Sawyer with her as Becky Thatcher.
As always, comments are welcome.
Tom Sawyer (1973)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Tom Sawyer (1973)
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January 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #4 is a Reader's Digest musical adaptation of Twain's Tom Sawyer with her as Becky Thatcher.
As always, comments are welcome.
Tom Sawyer (1973)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Tom Sawyer (1973)
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This year I'm reviewing films from 1926 on their centennials and the 7th saw an ethnographic Samoan docudrama. This Moana is male and the film sparked the first use of the word "documentary".
As always, comments are welcome.
Moana (1926)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Moana (1926)
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January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
This year I'm reviewing films from 1926 on their centennials and the 7th saw an ethnographic Samoan docudrama. This Moana is male and the film sparked the first use of the word "documentary".
As always, comments are welcome.
Moana (1926)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Moana (1926)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #3 casts her as Raquel Welch's skating daughter. For fewer than two minutes.
As always, comments are welcome.
Kansas City Bomber (1972)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Kansas City Bomber (1972)
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January 7, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #3 casts her as Raquel Welch's skating daughter. For fewer than two minutes.
As always, comments are welcome.
Kansas City Bomber (1972)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Kansas City Bomber (1972)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #2 teams her up with an orphaned boy and an old lion (and eventually a very young Michael Douglas).
As always, comments are welcome.
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
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January 5, 2026 at 9:27 AM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #2 teams her up with an orphaned boy and an old lion (and eventually a very young Michael Douglas).
As always, comments are welcome.
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
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I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #1 is her debut at age seven in a Disney drama about reconciliation as the Civil War ends. And bushwhackers. And a panther.
Menace on the Mountain (1970)
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Menace on the Mountain (1970)
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January 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jodie Foster for an upcoming zine and #1 is her debut at age seven in a Disney drama about reconciliation as the Civil War ends. And bushwhackers. And a panther.
Menace on the Mountain (1970)
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Menace on the Mountain (1970)
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This year I'm reviewing films from 1926 on their centennials and the 1st saw a beautifully shot Carl Theodor Dreyer romantic drama set in Norway.
As always, comments are welcome.
The Bride of Glomdal (1926)
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As always, comments are welcome.
The Bride of Glomdal (1926)
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January 2, 2026 at 5:33 AM
This year I'm reviewing films from 1926 on their centennials and the 1st saw a beautifully shot Carl Theodor Dreyer romantic drama set in Norway.
As always, comments are welcome.
The Bride of Glomdal (1926)
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As always, comments are welcome.
The Bride of Glomdal (1926)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 23rd would have been Harry Guardino's.
I remembered him with a spy comedy about liberating Rome from the Nazis with carrier pigeons.
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
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I remembered him with a spy comedy about liberating Rome from the Nazis with carrier pigeons.
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
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December 31, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and the 23rd would have been Harry Guardino's.
I remembered him with a spy comedy about liberating Rome from the Nazis with carrier pigeons.
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
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I remembered him with a spy comedy about liberating Rome from the Nazis with carrier pigeons.
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and 3rd November would have been Robert Quarry's.
I remembered him with a batshit insane counterculture horror movie with vampires, hippies, bikers and, briefly, kung fu.
Deathmaster (1972)
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I remembered him with a batshit insane counterculture horror movie with vampires, hippies, bikers and, briefly, kung fu.
Deathmaster (1972)
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December 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and 3rd November would have been Robert Quarry's.
I remembered him with a batshit insane counterculture horror movie with vampires, hippies, bikers and, briefly, kung fu.
Deathmaster (1972)
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I remembered him with a batshit insane counterculture horror movie with vampires, hippies, bikers and, briefly, kung fu.
Deathmaster (1972)
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I've been asking the talent to pick two films from their careers for me to review, for any reason they like. Ken Foree's second pick was the horror themed TV movie that ended the sitcom Kenan & Kel.
Two Heads are Better Than None (2000)
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Two Heads are Better Than None (2000)
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December 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I've been asking the talent to pick two films from their careers for me to review, for any reason they like. Ken Foree's second pick was the horror themed TV movie that ended the sitcom Kenan & Kel.
Two Heads are Better Than None (2000)
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Two Heads are Better Than None (2000)
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I've been asking the talent to pick two films from their careers for me to review, for any reason they like. Ken Foree's first pick was Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, with his survivalist taking on anyone.
As always, comments are welcome.
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As always, comments are welcome.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I've been asking the talent to pick two films from their careers for me to review, for any reason they like. Ken Foree's first pick was Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, with his survivalist taking on anyone.
As always, comments are welcome.
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As always, comments are welcome.
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This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the 8th saw Clara Bow corrupting a new college student with her wild ways but eventually helping him succeed.
As always, comments are welcome.
The Plastic Age (1925)
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As always, comments are welcome.
The Plastic Age (1925)
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December 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the 8th saw Clara Bow corrupting a new college student with her wild ways but eventually helping him succeed.
As always, comments are welcome.
The Plastic Age (1925)
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As always, comments are welcome.
The Plastic Age (1925)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and 8th December was Sammy Davis Jr.'s.
I remembered him with a jazz film in which he's a genius trumpeter on stage but a dangerous mess of a human being off it.
A Man Called Adam (1966)
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I remembered him with a jazz film in which he's a genius trumpeter on stage but a dangerous mess of a human being off it.
A Man Called Adam (1966)
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December 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and 8th December was Sammy Davis Jr.'s.
I remembered him with a jazz film in which he's a genius trumpeter on stage but a dangerous mess of a human being off it.
A Man Called Adam (1966)
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I remembered him with a jazz film in which he's a genius trumpeter on stage but a dangerous mess of a human being off it.
A Man Called Adam (1966)
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I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and 13th December is Dick Van Dyke's. Happy birthday!
I remembered him with Fitzwilly (1967) in which his butler runs a criminal empire to keep his employer from finding out she's broke.
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I remembered him with Fitzwilly (1967) in which his butler runs a criminal empire to keep his employer from finding out she's broke.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I'm remembering important film people on their 100th birthdays and 13th December is Dick Van Dyke's. Happy birthday!
I remembered him with Fitzwilly (1967) in which his butler runs a criminal empire to keep his employer from finding out she's broke.
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I remembered him with Fitzwilly (1967) in which his butler runs a criminal empire to keep his employer from finding out she's broke.
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This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the 1st also saw a predictable Marion Davies melodrama set against a fascinating historical backdrop.
As always, comments are welcome.
Lights of Old Broadway (1925)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Lights of Old Broadway (1925)
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November 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the 1st also saw a predictable Marion Davies melodrama set against a fascinating historical backdrop.
As always, comments are welcome.
Lights of Old Broadway (1925)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Lights of Old Broadway (1925)
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This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the 1st saw a gentle Buster Keaton comedy western in which he befriends a cow.
As always, comments are welcome.
Go West (1925)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Go West (1925)
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November 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the 1st saw a gentle Buster Keaton comedy western in which he befriends a cow.
As always, comments are welcome.
Go West (1925)
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As always, comments are welcome.
Go West (1925)
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