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Hello Ed! The stone is fully readable here— makes reference to his First World War service, but no date of birth given:

https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/WILLIAMGERALDFRANEY/CA5604A

For real??? News to me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOPBTMzIDos&t=7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5emaPTbCIog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtB9eAn3Nw0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BdKTknyLt8

If you blended James Finlayson and John Cleese you might arrive at Windsor Davies, magnificent actor and comedian who bellowed hilariously at his castmates as the ever-raging Sergeant Major for eight seasons of the BBC's IT AIN'T HALF HOT MUM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=susYm-fdZq4 https://www....

Fascinating and stunning through and through. If you don't have it, do yourself a favour!

Just saw TRUMBO, and was a little taken aback by the cartoonish portrayal of the King Bros. as fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants cheapie grinders (though I always enjoy John Goodman and Stephen Root, whatever they're doing). Seemed rather unfair to me, I thought the people behind WHEN STRANGERS MARRY, GU...

THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN, 1939.

One wonders where that print of RECREATION is now... Reading Bill Everson's notes for THE PILGRIM, screened for the Huff Society earlier that year in a dodgy, hard-to-watch print, I feel extremely privileged to have a decent rendering of this film and so much else available at the push of a button: ...

Releasing shortly...
http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/our-gang

Most interesting, and thank you Richard!