Episode 97: Silent Films Double Feature

Today we’re reviewing two films from a brutal, primitive time in humanity’s past, when both politics and romance were conducted through violence: the early 20th Century! His Prehistoric Past (1914) and Clubs are Trump (1917) follow suspiciously similar plots in which Silent Era stars Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Snub Pollard dream of a simpler time when they could commit violent assaults unimpeded and sexually harass women.

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In this episode:

• Watch His Prehistoric Past (1914) on YouTube

• Watch Clubs are Trump (1917) on YouTube

• Victorian Calling Cards

• The Truth about “Caveman Courtship”

• Timeline of Human Fossil Discoveries

• Piltdown Man

• Archaeoraptor fossil hoax

• Cheetah fossil hoax

• The Scientific hoax that rocked Japan

• The Hays Code

• Winnipeg 1920 exhibit at the Manitoba Museum