Hate to sound dumb - but what do you mean by "Eve" of something?

Thanks!!
The Jean Genie!!


--- In TheNewCovenOfOliveThomas@yahoogroups.com, "rancidcheesehead"
<rancidcheesehead@y...> wrote:
> Not sure if we are talking about the same thing but if you are
> referring to the photo of Olive on a trapeze listing in the photos
as
> Olive Sport...
>
> This photo is a promotional still from "Madcap Madge" produced in
> late spring/early summer of 1916. The film was her first starring
> role with Triangle and was a moderate financial success though
Ollie
> was roasted in the reviews of the period.
>
> In the beginning of the story, Ollie is away at boarding school and
> sets up some mischief in the gymnasium and the trapeze was another
> useful way of kepping things moving. The mischief forces her
> expulsion and she returns home unexpectedly as the "Madcap"
>
> The film still exists at the Eastman House but was still in
> restoration last I heard.
>
> Olive E is correct that Ollie was involved in many photos that had
> nothing to do with any film she was in. However, Ollie's earlier
> photos with Vanity Fair and Conde Nast seem to be related to her
> Follies work and appear to show her at her most glamorous. Triangle
> tended to dull her up a bit to stress her everygirl image. STill
> would be interesting to see her photos side by side.
>
> Still think you are on the "Eve" of something?