Art Celebrities At Home - Mr Louis Wain 1921

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Mr Louis Wain - the artist - is seen at home.

Intertitle reads: "There's hardly a child - or grown up - who doesn't know Mr Wain's friends - ". C/U of cat with a framing device of a black circular frame. We then see Mr Wain holding the cat. Mr Wain then draws a cartoon cat on a piece of blank...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14730
Sort Number:
EP 062
Time in/Out:
01:22:48:00 / 01:24:23:00
Canister:
EP 062
Film ID:
856.14
Issue Date:

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