Marion's Wall

I wish Jack Finney were still alive. He was one of the funniest writers I've ever read, and another staunch fan of silent film.

I highly recommend his novel Marion's Wall - and no, I'm not getting paid to say this. I love it because it's funny, because it's nostalgic, because it speaks of a way of life that is long gone, and was long gone even at the time it was written, which was early in the 1970s. I won't go into a synopsis of the plot; you can find that on Amazon. I'll just say that it's a novel, not a work of non-fiction, but with a great deal of silent film history thrown in.