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Release, runtime and language
1955 · 30 mins · English
Directed by
George Marshall
Starring
Buster Keaton, Jack Elam, Jack Kruschen, Joe E. Brown, Percy Helton, Zasu Pitts

Upon receiving an Academy Award, a director reflects on a comedian he worked with in cinema's early days, crediting him for his success. Unaware the former comic is now destitute, he watches the ceremony on a TV screen from a barstool. It aired as part of the Screen Directors Playhouse series, sponsored by Kodak and the Screen Directors Guild.

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