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The Harris Curse and the Saxon Charm
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The Harris Curse and the Saxon Charm

A tale of toxic genius and faded memories

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Jun 15, 2022
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I. The Jed Harris Curse

Jed Harris in his glory days

When casting about for something to watch, my habits are pretty haphazard. At home I am not usually someone who works her way steadily through a filmography. That’s something I do when attending film series and festivals, if possible. When I stumbled across The Saxon Charm from 1948, my thought process …

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