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Elsie Ferguson and George M. Cohan Publicity Still



Elsie Ferguson and George M. Cohan Publicity Still
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Title: Elsie Ferguson and George M. Cohan Publicity Still
Description: Original caption: "FROM ARTCRAFT PICTURES CORP. Pete Schmid. Elsie Ferguson, Artcraft's newest recruit gets her initial lessons in film technique from George M. Cohan, who is at present appearing in his second motion picture, 'Seven Keys to Baldpate'. Miss Ferguson will shortly commence activities on her initial photoplay, 'Barbary Sheep.'"

Image ID: 96752
Creation
Date:
1917 
Creator
Name:
Artcraft Pictures Corp.
Collection
Name:
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information:
The two actors are posed at the rear of an opened Pathé camera, and Ferguson holds in her hands the end of the film from the magazine.
Subjects: Hats
Actors
Actresses
Silent films
Motion picture cameras
 

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Please Credit: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

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