age with silk sheets and gilded furniture. When Artie came to my door that night,

sharp, bobbed haircut and eyes that glittered with malice.

oice dripping with contempt. "Don't get t

er on my dresser. "He gave yo

st stared at her unti

g man stood there, holding a small toolbox. He w

o sent me to che

ma, a ridiculous display of wealt

much, but I could feel his eyes on the film

s Kiss?" he asked, his

s," I

bout it. They say the director used a revolutionary

he was college-educated but had to drop out to support his family after his father died in a

m things about film history, about chemical composition and restoration techniques, things a 1920s

ings differently, Clara. It's

a glimmer of my old self. A dangerous glimmer of