The infamous photo at the end of The Shining wasn't made for the film. Naturally, since Kubrick was based out of England for the last quarter century of His life and the Internet wasn't really a thing, pictures of Fourth of July balls weren't very readily available. But He did pick this picture of a Valentine's Day ball in the Royal Palace Hotel in Kensington. Notably, it was even in 1921. They just superimposed Jack Nicholson's head over some guy named John Golman.
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Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
