When The Return was at
the publishers for book design and proofreading, I had a rare opportunity to wander
around the internet for no purpose other than entertainment. When writing, my online time is consumed with email, research, fact checking, and social networking.
One of my favorite sites is The Atlantic.
This online repository has all kinds of interesting archival material.
(In previous posts, I have referenced Atlantic articles written
by Raymond Chandler. You
can find his “Oscar Night Ramblings” and “Writers in Hollywood” by following
this link.)
This morning I ran across this 1947 Coronet Educational Film. Coronet was a division of Esquire, a precursor of Playboy Magazine. This short really
makes you think about the cultural changes in the last sixty years.
