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Gaston Glass in his New Car
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French-born silent film actor Gaston Glass at the wheel of a touring car with a spare tire mounted on the running board. Glass later became an assistant director and was a production manager for the television shows 12 O'Clock High, Lost in Space, Batman, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Original title: "Gaston Glass and his new car, photographed at the Mayer Studio while the hero of Humoresque was working in John M. Stahl's The Song of Life, soon to be released."
1922
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