Notes
The First Talkie In Toronto
“No doubt the audience in the plush seats of the Tivoli was enthralled.
For the first time in a feature film, they could hear the creaking of
the stairs, the ghostly wind and the voices of the characters. Even the
credits were spoken.” Eric Veillette writes about The Terror and talkies in Toronto.
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Carol Borden was editor of and a writer for the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She is currently an editor at and evil overlord for The Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. She has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and she has a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books including: Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
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