Saxon Brown Issue Title Is Tame Gentlemen… 1937

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Saxon Brown. Part of TAME GENTLEMEN PLEASE issue.

Pathe Studios, London.

Reputedly the strongest man in the world, Saxon Brown. Various shots of Saxon bending an iron bar with his teeth and bare hands. He has two assistants, Dorothy and Dulcie, who make comical remarks. We see Dorothy...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42222
Sort Number:
NSP 092
Time in/Out:
01:33:25:00 / 01:36:13:00
Canister:
NSP 92
Film ID:
1248.24
Issue Date:
30/12/1937

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