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Production Still at Universal Studios
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From a high angle, this snapshot shows actors, crew, and bystanders at an open-air studio under canvas diffusers at Universal City. The cameraman stands beside a Bell & Howell motion picture camera. This may be a production of the L-KO Kompany featuring Hank Mann and Katherine Griffith.
1917
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