STASHING PUMPKINS

Silent era actress caught being a total Dix.

We’ve had some pumpkin thefts around the palatial Pulp Intl. offices, so we resorted to setting up a security camera, and sure enough we got a clear frame of the robber—silent film actress Dorothy Dix. Imagine our surprise. We tracked her to her lair in the basement of the local revival cinema and found all our pumpkins, plus some fly witch hats she stole from Target. Obviously, she had been reincarnated, which not only explains her presence after her death, but also her youthful appearance.

We chatted and she told us she just wanted a little attention because she never really got it during her acting career, which consisted of appearances in a mere five full length films, and twice that number of short features, including, ironically, 1934’s The Gold Ghost. Well, she’s getting full attention here. And after telling her how many visitors we get she was thrilled. But we also had to explain the entire internet concept to her, and once she understood it she decided she was better off dead. And poof! She was gone.

The Gold Ghost, Dorothy Dix, cinema

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HISTORY REWIND

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

September 20

1946—Cannes Launches Film Festival

The first Cannes Film Festival is held in 1946, in the old Casino of Cannes, financed by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry and the City of Cannes.

September 19

1934—Arrest Made in Lindbergh Baby Case

Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son of the famous American aviator. The infant child had been abducted from the Lindbergh home in March 1932, and found decomposed two months later in the woods nearby. He had suffered a fatal skull fracture. Hauptmann was tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and finally executed by electric chair in April 1936. He proclaimed his innocence to the end

September 18

1919—Pollard Breaks the Color Barrier

Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. Though Pollard is forgotten today, famed sportswriter Walter Camp ranked him as “one of the greatest runners these eyes have ever seen.” In another barrier-breaking historical achievement, Pollard later became the co-head coach of the Pros, while still maintaining his roster position as running back.

September 18

1932—Entwistle Leaps from Hollywood Sign

Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter “H” in the Hollywood sign. Her body lay in the ravine below for two days, until it was found by a detective and two radio car officers. She remained unidentified until her uncle connected the description and the initials “P.E.” on the suicide note in the newspapers with his niece’s two-day absence.

September 17

1908—First Airplane Fatality Occurs

The plane built by Wilbur and Orville Wright, The Wright Flyer, crashes with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge aboard as a passenger. The accident kills Selfridge, and he becomes the first airplane fatality in history.

September 17

1983—First Black Miss America Crowned

Vanessa Williams becomes the first African American Miss America. She later loses her crown when lesbian-themed nude photographs of her are published by Penthouse magazine.