No Lace This Year 1950

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Dorchester Hotel, London.

SV. Gussy Moran (Gorgeous Gussy), American tennis player, alighting from car and walks towards. CU. Commissionaire. SV. Pan, Gussy walking into hotel. SV. Gussy sitting in suite giving press interview - she is wearing coat. SCU. Pressmen, pan to Gussy. CU. Pressmen....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
48027
Sort Number:
50/048
Time in/Out:
01:07:50:00 / 01:08:43:00
Canister:
50/48
Film ID:
1472.06
Issue Date:
15/06/1950

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