Stage Stars Off-Stage Nelson Keys The Famous… 1926

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"To his many friends "Bunch" (as he is familiarly known) is a real bunch of characters. The day we saw him, he was trying some new make-up studies." C/U of the comedian Nelson Keys rubbing foundation onto his face, he sits in front of a table, presumably in a dressing room. He wears a dressing gown....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
36532
Sort Number:
EP 283
Time in/Out:
01:23:12:00 / 01:26:22:00
Canister:
EP 283
Film ID:
994.09
Issue Date:
26/08/1926

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