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From the Wikipedia page for “Natural Arch, Tirumala hills:”

Natural Arch, Tirumala hills is a distinctive geological wonder located 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) north of the Tirumala hills temple, near the Chakra Teertham in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Arch is also called Silathoranam in local language (Telugu language: “Sila” means ‘rock’ and “thoranam” means a garland strung over a threshold, connecting two vertical columns or an ‘arch’ as in this case). The arch measures 8 meters (26.2 feet) in width and 3 meters (9.8 feet) in height, and is naturally formed in the quartzites of Cuddapah Supergroup of Middle to Upper Proterozoic (1600 to 570 Ma) due to natural erosive forces.

Mythological folklore related to the arch, linked to the famous Tirumala hills temple of Lord Venkateswara, has three versions:

1) According to one version, the arch resembles the hood of a serpent, a conch (Sanskrit: Shank) and a discus (Sanskrit: chakra) – all symbols of worship in Hindu religion – and considered to be the source of the Idol of Lord Venkateswara or Lord Balaji at the Tirumala hill temple;

2) The second version is that the main deity in the Tirumala temple is of the same height as the height of the arch;

3) The third version is that Lord Vishnu (Hindu God) called as Balaji or Venkateswara (the Central deity of Srivaishnava tradition) at the Tirumala temple town, is supposed to have put his first foot down at a place called Padalu or Sreevaripadalu (Telugu language: Divine foot prints) which is the highest point of Tirumala hills, the second step at the location of the arch. Thereafter, the next step is stated to have been placed where his idol is now worshipped in the temple at Tirumala.

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[This YouTube clip is just the first eleven minutes of the film… :(]

I don’t know why I watch movies like World War Z. It was good and all, but now I need a hug.

http://viooz.co/movies/16917-zatoichi-the-outlaw-1967.html

[Alas, no YouTube video!]

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Printed on back of post card:

MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM
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FRED MAC MURRAY is “THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR.” In this scene from the 1961 film, the Professor’s flying flivver has become airborne high above the Movieland crowd. The hairy dog draws attention upward with his constant yapping about the situation.

Publishing information:

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From the Wikipedia page for “Pont d’Arc:”

The Pont d’Arc (French pont = bridge) is a large natural bridge, located in the Ardèche département in the south of France, 5 kilometers from the town of Vallon-Pont-d’Arc. The arch, carved out by the Ardèche River, is 60 meters wide and 54 meters high. It is a very popular canoeing and kayaking area and is heavily visited by tourists. It is usually described as the natural entrance to the Ardèche Canyon. In the near vicinity of the arch is the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave, containing the earliest known paleolithic cave paintings, about 30,000 years old.

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Werner Herzog’s documentary, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, focuses on the caves located adjacent to this arch. The trailer (below) for Herzog’s film features aerial images of it in its first few seconds.

Spanish silent feels like a stylistic rip-off of The Artist, even though the former’d been in the works for a decade. I hated The Artist.