F. Scott Fitzgerald

[SagaciousSilence]

I bet Zelda was off getting drunk and cheating.

[CuteCatFaith]

@SagaciousSilence I think at the time this was filmed, she had been institutionalized for quite some time and he had bills to pay for that. It's too easy to blame the woman. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

[RoryNeala]

FITZGERALD I LOVE YOU! *raves like a hungry rabid dog* LOL! He's my fave writer. :D

[theSuperMetroid]

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but thats no matter—to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning--

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

[Bunhouse]

Where was this footage taken? The landscape looks vaguely familiar.

[durr21]

Is that really fitzgerald?

[adkpersephone]

It really is.

[JoeLovetoSing]

Fitzgerald inspires me to write. If only he had spent less time on those short stories and more time on novels. I guess it was his lifestyle, or the the lifestyle of the age.

[ajsparks87]

I actually just read an article about that - financial demands and hospital bills for his wife siphoned off a lot of the funds he needed to write novels. He relied on writing short stories for income, all the while wishing he could work on novels.

[jeremyemilio]

A great writer is like a spectacular freak chemical explosion. No use lamenting what could have been if only this or that had been tweaked. Change a single measurement or ingredient and you may not get so much as a pop or fizzle. Best to just enjoy the show.

[vgoth100]

@JoeLovetoSing He always said he did the short stories to pay the bills....which he was notoriously bad at (saving money, along with Zelda's hospital bills)...he hated writing those, but its nice he did as some of his finest work is there. But, yeah, I wish there were more novels too!

[MummyFish1012]

what the hell...ahahh.

he's writing on some paper! whats so special?

[11Mac11Mac]

would be cool to see Hemingway, Fitzgerald and edgar allen poe having a tea party xD

[bookkeeper57]

Yes it would: Zelda didn't like Hemingway, who made himself a friend of Scott's. She thought he was gay; with designs on her husband. She may have been right.

[jeremyemilio]

Perhaps... but if you'd suggested as much to Hemingway's face he'd have kicked your ass...

[bookkeeper57]

Zelda did in fact; and got off with it.

[jeremyemilio]

Yeah... but Zelda was flat out crazy.

Seriously, though, I knew she badgered Fitzgerald, but she confronted Hemingway? Interesting tidbit. Any info on how he responded? What was it Stein said? "Hemingway, remarks are not literature." He just sulked for a while after that, but I always thought that was only because Stein could have easily kicked his ass. When Callaghan kicked his ass he cried for years. Must've really taken the fight out of him for him to take shit off Zelda, though.

[vgoth100]

@bookkeeper57 Scott and Hem always seem to me to be the yin/yang of their generation - both had great soul and heart...FSF showed it on his sleeve, Hem covered it up with the machismo. I always wonder had they grown older together, how they would've viewed their pasts. Hem ultimately looked up to Scott, as Scott was older. But Hem being gay? Seems unlikely to me. Is there anything written that might lead to that idea? I don't know much about Hem, though.

[bookkeeper57]

@vgoth100 I honestly know little about Hemingway too. Your assessment of both men is on target, I think. I have read Zelda, her own book and the things written about her. She distrusted Hemingway and was intolerant of him in social situations, belittling him as a person and author, in front of mutual friends. She privately told Scott to look out for Hemingway, because in her view, he was gay.

[vgoth100]

@bookkeeper57 Zelda made those accusations because of her own issues...Zelda was always the "belle of the ball" in her pre-Fitz days...she had a great deal of talent, but her social-butterfly status seemed to overtake her true talent. Neither Hem nor Fitz would be attracted to a stupid woman-she was a smart cookie...I think Hem's deal was that he had no idea how to confront this strong girl....he underestimated her talent...and saw how she dominated Fitz and was pissed, yet intrigued by it.

[bookkeeper57]

@vgoth100 It's an interesting idea about Hemingway: possible.

It's true that Zelda was much more than this beautiful, stylish woman

on Fitxgerald's arm. You're right about her pre-Fitz status.

[yelloworangered]

Thank you for posting this. I thought there would be a lot of personal and newsreel footage of the Fitzgeralds on youtube. I was certainly wrong. I appreciate your taking time to share it.

[hetty72]

he was so young and beautiful here:))

[AtTintedLips]

Thank you so much for posting this video - it's absolutely amazing to see!

[pugnaciousboxer2]

A lot of people misinterpret the message behind The Great Gatsby. I feel like rereading it again.

[11Mac11Mac]

you mean you feel like reading it again,

re-reading it again would be reading it for the third time xD

[jeremyemilio]

It's been my experience that only Americans (not all, of course) misinterpret Gatsby.

[jspear21]

Thanks for your comments!

[genuineresilience]

found this on facebook in the maniacs for literature group, so cool

[IchabodBlue]

I haven't seen "Zelig" in a long time, but is this the same clip that Woody Allen used?

[steveconn]

Great Irish nostrils.

[ABlainski]

Thanks for this.

[rlathbury]

The original film has been enhanced so that what Fitzgerald wrote can be deciphered: Everybody has been predicting a bad end for the flapper, but I don't think there is anything to worry about.

The optimism of the twenties!

[depechegirl001]

Absolutely stunning.

;)

[BerlinLynn]

This is absolutely awesome!  Thank you!