A Woman Scorned and A Wild Goose Chase

A few posts back I mentioned  a synchro-connection with the etymology of a name with its definition being, "wild goose".  I intended to post this follow up earlier, but one thing led to another ...

The moment the definition cropped up, I was reminded of the  phrase, "a wild goose chase", and I took it to heart because at the time, it seemed that I was on exactly that-- a wild goose chase.  I had been knee deep in  research for a post involving 111 year old super-centenarians, and somewhere along the road, I moved far off track from where I intended.  Having come across a vast list that included all the super-centenarians living and dead for as far back as the record allowed.  From this I concentrated on those living and deceased who were listed as 111 years old, of which I counted 30.  Then, on perusing the list, one of these individuals stood out, for the simple reason that she had passed away on January 5th.  If you read recent posts to this blog, you'll discover a cluster synchronicity had cropped up surrounding this very day and in posts that were totally unrelated.

I would come to find out that there was much more to this woman after visiting her wiki page.  Note the following: 

Frederica Alexandrina Sagor Maas (July 6, 1900 – January 5, 2012) was an American playwright, screenwriter,memoirist and author,[1] the youngest daughter of Russian immigrants. Maas was best known for a detailed, tell-all memoir of her time spent in early Hollywood.[2] She was one of the rare supercentenarians known for reasons other than longevity.[3]
Sagor Maas died on January 5, 2012, at the Country Villa nursing facility in La Mesa, California.[12] At the time of her death, she was the 44th oldest verified person in the world.

After having read her story, I was completely blown away.  Here's a woman breaking into the "boys camp" at a time when it was unheard of.   Still, it wasn't easy and from her perspective, she had been ruthlessly exploited and so she had not been a happy camper ... the "woman scorned" adage comes to mind.  Note this next wiki excerpt: 

In 1999, at age 99, and at the urging of film historian Kevin Brownlow, Maas published her autobiography, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood. The book was well received and is still a standard reference for early Hollywood history. From the Library Journal: 

Maas's chronicle of her writing career, which spanned over a quarter of a century, is a valuable contribution to the literature on women in Hollywood ... Rejecting studio politics, Maas ultimately paid the price for playing maverick. Peppered with fascinating anecdotes from yesteryear, this account of the author's life bespeaks frustration with the vapidity of Hollywood: a fickle business world that relied on formula for its success.^[7]

That's a lot of 9's in the numbers!!   Not a very good sign when you consider that the 9 shares the same computer key as the left bracket... the one that's used to make the "unhappy" emoticon :-(

Also note the name Kevin Brownlow... as you can see, we have yet another "Brown" cropping up on the scene... even if it is only in the prefix.  The "low" seems to be a way for the inner twin world to add a bit more... I don't know, is it even possible to get lower than whale excrement?!

This next section from of Maas's wiki page is a list of films that she was involved in, some she was given credit for and some not.  And especially take note of the last movie

Filmography

• The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) (story)

• Piernas de Seda (1935) (story 'Silk Legs')

• The Farmer's Daughter (1928)

• Red Hair (1928) (uncredited)

• Hula (1927) (uncredited)

• Silk Legs (1927)

• The Way of All Flesh (1927)

• Rolled Stockings (1927)

• The First Night (1927)

• Flesh and the Devil (1926)

• That Model from Paris (1926)

• The Waning Sex (1926)

• Dance Madness (1926)

• The Plastic Age (1925)

• His Secretary (1925)

• The Goose Woman (1925)

So there it is, The Goose Woman.  This is the mention of a goose that ties in with the recent post re: "wild goose".    It appears to me that the inner twin world are likening themselves to a woman scorned... a girl friday who is for the most part, unappreciated... AND, madder than a wild goose!!  It's one thing going on a wild goose chase, but if you know a thing or two about geese, it's not so fun when things are reversed and they're chasing you.  

So note this first line taken from the Goose Woman movie:

The Goose Woman is a 1925 silent film drama directed by Clarence Brown 

As you can see,  another Brown crops up as more fodder added to the recent cluster of Browns ?!