The Marvel Of The Age 1923

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Extracts from the Court Theatre Review "Carte Blanche." Intertitle reads: "Introducing Peter P. Pogwash's Patent Painless Pig Pulverizer and Pork Packer. (Not to mention Tubby Edlin and the Two Bobs)."

A large machine made from cardboard (by the looks of it) on a stage set is operated by a...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14915
Sort Number:
EP 088
Time in/Out:
01:55:29:00 / 01:58:05:00
Canister:
EP 088
Film ID:
870.20
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