Today was my first day at the office, as it were, and it went very well, between inspecting some interesting films, meeting lots of nice folks, and taking a break for tea and a crossword mid-morning. I feel like this should be a tradition I bring back to L.A.

So far, almost everything I’ve looked at has been in great shape, and I’ve managed to uncover lots of useful information that will help the project.

Here are some of the more interesting shots; please appreciate the pink tinge that my trusty old camera adds to each photo.

Here are outgoing “Silent” Cal and incoming Hoover “Ville” in a Pathé newsreel:

Drivers in a 100-mile race “around the board saucer” in Akron:

For lunch, I headed to Cuba Street and had some salmon cakes in the warm sun, which was really lovely. After work, I had dinner at Wagamama and then tried my hand at Monday Night Movie Trivia at a downtown pub. Against 11 other teams, mostly of five or six people, I managed to come in third, and won a $20 bar tab. I guess I know what I’m doing next Monday… The questions focused on a lot of obscure films (Lakeview Terrace? Hart’s War? Turner and Hooch? Beverly Hills Chihuahua?), and most of my misses were on what stars looked like when they were kids. Oh well.