The Doll (1919)

[Dave Monroe]

http://www.fandor.com/films/the_doll

http://blip.tv/the-phantasmagoria-theater-presents/the-doll-4531961

The Doll (1919)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010600/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doll_%281919_film%29

"A remarkable innovation would be the use of automata, to play Su
Feng's handmaidens.  'A German engineer is building them,' said
Itague.  'they're lovely creatures: one will even unfastened your
robe.  Another will play a zither--although the music itself comes
from the pit.  But they move so gracefully!  Not like machines at
all." (V., Ch. 14, Sec. i, p. 396)

http://v.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=L#melanie

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/v/vinlove.html

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http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0106&msg=56504
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0106&msg=56509
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0106&msg=56584
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0106&msg=56586
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=1208&msg=167650