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Norma Shearer, far from 100 per cent photogenic, fought her way to the top through executive ability as well as talent. She is seen her with Jack Holt in Empty Hands, 1924.
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I always forget.
I always forget because it’s not a date that is burned in my mind. I was two. I was too young.
I forget until something comes up. Someone else mentions losing their father, and then it hits me, “Oh yeah, it’s April already. I missed it.”
My unconscious must have remembered, though. I had a hard bout of depression right around the 4th, for a solid week at least. Maybe just a coincidence. Doesn’t matter if it was, though.
I’m told he doted on me as a baby. I imagine I would have felt loved, growing up as his son.
I don’t remember anything of him but stories, photographs, and home movies. I can’t remember being held, or looking at his face. Nothing.
I have a bookmark of his, a letter opener, the wedding ring he gave my mom, and a photo or two of him. Not much. Enough, I guess.
Rest in peace, Dad.
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Jean Arthur and Jack Holt, The Defense Rests, 1934
