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Production Still with Harry Beaumont, Bryant Washburn and Hazel Daly

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Essanay silent film director Harry Beaumont, wearing tinted pince-nez, watches Bryant Washburn and Hazel Daly act out a scene for "Filling His Own Shoes." The cameraman Will E. Smith cranks a Bell & Howell model 2709 motion picture camera.

Date Created:
1917
Creator:
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.

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Creator Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.
Date Created 1917

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Call Number SF Production Stills E-G

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W013KTF
Legacy ID
WHi 96710

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