REMEMBER...

THE FILM NOIR ABOUT TH FADING MOVIE STAR AND HIS AGING BEAGLE WHO IS ABOUT TO LOSE EVERYTHING DUE TO BANKRUPTCY - WHEN ALONG COMES A SASSY,SAUCY MISS, WITH A BEAUTY MARK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER UPPER LIP-EXACTLY WHERE MINE IS.

SHE IS LATIN-HOT,WHERE I AM AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOT, SO THEY  SAY -
IF YOU COULD TAKE A GANDER AT MY YONKERS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK, CLASS OF 1960...YOU'LL SEE THAT I WAS EMBARRASSINGLY HOMELY, WITH PUFFY CHEEKS RESEMBLING A CHIPMUNK, MY HAIR WORN IN A CONSERVATIVE PONY TAIL, WITH A FEW STRANS OF TOP HAIR BRUSHED TO THE SIDE WHICH REPRESENTED A CURIOUSLY
 UNIQUE STYLE...

THOUGH I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE KIND OF FAMILY SUPPORT THAT NOT ONLY MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL, BUT THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT I COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH.

MY FRIEND LOVED THE MOVIE, I MUCH LESS SO - IT WAS MID SOUND - A SILENT FILM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY- A RIP OFF OF MANY MOVIES OF THE 30'S AND 40'S OF THE 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN CINEMA.

THE IRRITATED HUSBAND SMASHING THE GRAPEFRUIT INTO THE FACE OF HIS BLOND WIFE - THE SOMBER AUCTIONING OFF OF THE ESTATE OF THE VALENTINO TYPE HERO-
WHILE WATCHING IN THE WINGS, THE YOUNG HEROINE OF THE FILM, IS OUT TO SAVE THE SOON TO BE OVER THE HILL HANDSOME MOVIE IDOL-

AND THROUGHOUT THE FILM,OF COURSE, IS THE ADORABLE SMART DOG THAT EASILY UPSTAGES BOTH OF THEM PARTICULARLY WHEN THE PET WINS AT CHECKERS.

ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WAS NOT AS ENTHRALLED AS MY FRIEND ABOUT THE SILENT FLICK IS THAT I'M A TALKER, BUT LESS SO THESE DAYS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF A GRATEFUL SOCIETY I SUSPECT.

THE FILM THAT I MUCH PREFERRED TO THE SILENT FILM WAS, "WAR HORSE" A STORY ABOUT A PRIZE STALLION WHO IS WILLING TO DIE FOR AN ADMIRABLE CAUSE-THE WINNING OF A WAR FOR AMERICA!

WHICH USES INSTINCTS EFFECTIVELY BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST WITH A MOST GRATIFYING DENOUEMENT BETWEEN  THE NOW ONCE OWNER OF THE NOBLE BEAST...A TEARY EYED ENDING THAT CONFIRMS THE  RAPPORT BETWEEN MAN AND ANIMAL SHARING SIMILAR PRINCIPLES...

PRINCIPLES OF NEVER GIVING UP - DO OR DIE - WITH NO ACCEPTABLE IN BETWEEN.

(C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWEN MITCHELL AT THE WEST HOLLYWOOD LAUNDROMAT, IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90036 ON FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20PM, AND TRANSPOSED AT THE WEST HOLLYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069AT4:28 PM.