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Helen Kane

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Helen Kane born Helen Clare Schroeder (August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was an American singer. [1]

87 relations: A Lesson in Love (1931 film), A Night in Spain, Aba Daba Honeymoon, Animation, Animator, Associated Press, Baby Esther, Bert Kalmar, Betty Boop, Billboard, Biographical film, Bonnie Poe, Breast cancer, Button Up Your Overcoat, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Columbia Records, Cover version, Cyndi Lauper, Dangerous Nan McGrew, Debbie Reynolds, Dizzy Dishes, Do Something (1929 song), Fay Wray, Fifi D'Orsay, Flapper, Fleischer Studios, Flying High (musical), Follow Thru (musical), Frank Morgan, German Americans, Get Out and Get Under the Moon, Great Depression, Grim Natwick, Harry Ruby, He's So Unusual, Hollywood Bowl, I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (song), I Wanna Be Loved by You, I've Got a Secret, Irish Americans, Jack Oakie, Jackson Heights, Queens, Little Ann Little, Long Island National Cemetery, Mae Questel, Margie Hines, Marx Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM Records, Nancy Carroll, ..., New York City, Nothing but the Truth (1929 film), Orpheum Circuit, Oscar Hammerstein II, Palace Theatre (New York City), Paramount on Parade, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Theatre (New York City), Paul Ash, Pointed Heels, Ralph Edwards, Richard Dix, Saint Patrick's Day, Scat singing, She's So Unusual, Sprechgesang, Stuart Erwin, Suffolk County, New York, Sweetie (1929 film), Talkartoons, That's My Weakness Now, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), The Bronx, The Ed Sullivan Show, The New York Times, The Rockettes, This Is Your Life, Three Little Words (film), Three X Sisters, Times Square, Vaudeville, Victor Moore, Weimar Republic, William Powell, You Asked for It, Young Man of Manhattan, 44th Street Theatre. Expand index (37 more) »

A Lesson in Love (1931 film)

A Lesson in Love is a 1931 American comedy film starring Helen Kane.

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A Night in Spain

A Night in Spain is a musical revue with a book by Harold R. Atteridge, music by Jean Schwartz and lyrics by Al Bryan.

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Aba Daba Honeymoon

"Aba Daba Honeymoon" is a popular song written and published by Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan in 1914, known through its chorus, "Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab, Said the chimpie to the monk; Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab, Said the monkey to the chimp," and first recorded in 1914 by the comic duo team of Collins & Harlan.

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Animation

Animation is a dynamic medium in which images or objects are manipulated to appear as moving images.

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Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Baby Esther

Esther Jones, known by her stage name "Baby Esther", was an African American singer and entertainer of the late 1920s, known for her "baby" singing style.

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Bert Kalmar

Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 – September 18, 1947) was an American lyricist, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Betty Boop

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.

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Billboard

A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads.

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Biographical film

A biographical film, or biopic (abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people.

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Bonnie Poe

Bonnie Poe was an American actress and voice artist, best known for providing the voice for the Fleischer Studios animated character Betty Boop beginning in 1933.

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Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue.

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Button Up Your Overcoat

"Button Up Your Overcoat" is a popular song.

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Charles "Buddy" Rogers

Charles Edward “Buddy” Rogers (August 13, 1904 – April 21, 1999) was an American film actor and musician.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist.

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Dangerous Nan McGrew

Dangerous Nan McGrew is a 1930 Pre-Code American comedy starring Helen Kane, Victor Moore and James Hall.

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Debbie Reynolds

Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, humanitarian, and mother of the actress and writer Carrie Fisher.

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Dizzy Dishes

Dizzy Dishes is an animated cartoon created by Fleischer Studios in 1930, as part of the Talkartoon series.

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Do Something (1929 song)

"Do Something" (1929) is a song written by Sam H. Stept and Bud Green for the Paramount Pictures film Nothing But the Truth (1929), in which the song was performed by Helen Kane.

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Fay Wray

Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress most noted for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong.

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Fifi D'Orsay

Fifi D'Orsay (April 16, 1904 – December 2, 1983) was a Canadian-born actress.

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Flapper

Flappers were a generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.

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Fleischer Studios

Fleischer Studios was an American corporation which originated as an animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City, New York.

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Flying High (musical)

Flying High (musical) is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and John McGowan, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson.

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Follow Thru (musical)

Follow Thru (musical) is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson.

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Frank Morgan

Francis Phillip Wupperman (born; June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949), known professionally as Frank Morgan, was an American character actor who worked extensively in radio, stage and film.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

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Get Out and Get Under the Moon

"Get Out And Get Under The Moon" is a popular song.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Grim Natwick

Myron "Grim" Natwick (August 16, 1890 – October 7, 1990) was an American artist, animator and film director.

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Harry Ruby

Harry Ruby (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974) was a Jewish American composer and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

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He's So Unusual

"He's So Unusual" is a song from the late 1920s performed by Helen Kane, who was the inspiration for the Betty Boop character.

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Hollywood Bowl

The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (song)

"I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat" is a novelty song composed and written by Alan Livingston, Billy May and Warren Foster.

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I Wanna Be Loved by You

"I Wanna Be Loved by You" is a song written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical "Good Boy".

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I've Got a Secret

I've Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics.

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Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.

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Jackson Heights, Queens

Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City.

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Little Ann Little

Ann Little (born Ann L. Rothschild, c. 1910 – October 22, 1981) was an American actress who gained fame in the 1930s as the voice of Betty Boop.

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Long Island National Cemetery

Long Island National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Suffolk County, New York.

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Mae Questel

Mae Questel (September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress and voice artist best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.

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Margie Hines

Margret "Margie" Hines is an American voice actress.

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Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (initialized as MGM or hyphenated as M-G-M, also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or simply Metro, and for a former interval known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, or MGM/UA) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs.

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MGM Records

MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films.

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Nancy Carroll

Nancy Carroll (born Ann Veronica Lahiff, November 19, 1903 – August 6, 1965) was an American actress.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nothing but the Truth (1929 film)

Nothing But the Truth is a 1929 American sound comedy film starring Richard Dix, loosely adapted from the play by James Montgomery and the novel by Frederic S. Isham.

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Orpheum Circuit

The Orpheum Circuit was a chain of vaudeville and movie theaters.

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Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years.

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Palace Theatre (New York City)

The Palace Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1564 Broadway (at West 47th Street) in midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Paramount on Parade

Paramount on Parade is a 1930 all-star American pre-Code revue released by Paramount Pictures, directed by several directors including Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Lothar Mendes, Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf, Frank Tuttle, and Victor Schertzinger—all supervised by the production supervisor, singer, actress, and songwriter Elsie Janis.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known simply as Paramount) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994.

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Paramount Theatre (New York City)

The Paramount Theatre was a noted 3,664 seat movie palace located at 43rd Street and Broadway in the Times Square district of New York City.

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Paul Ash

Paul Robert Ash (February 11, 1891, Germany — July 13, 1958, Manhattan, New York) was an American orchestra leader, composer, vaudeville personality, and recording artist.

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Pointed Heels

Pointed Heels is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound musical comedy film from Paramount Pictures that was directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring William Powell, Helen Kane, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, and Fay Wray.

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Ralph Edwards

Ralph Livingstone Edwards (June 13, 1913DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc.. Pp. 86-87. – November 16, 2005) was an American radio and television host, radio producer, and television producer, best known for his radio-TV game shows Truth or Consequences and This Is Your Life.

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Richard Dix

Richard Dix (July 18, 1893 – September 20, 1949) was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent and sound film.

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Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

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Scat singing

In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all.

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She's So Unusual

She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on October 14, 1983 by Portrait Records.

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Sprechgesang

Sprechgesang ("spoken singing") and Sprechstimme ("spoken voice") are expressionist vocal techniques between singing and speaking.

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Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin (February 14, 1903 – December 21, 1967) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.

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Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County is a suburban county on Long Island and the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York.

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Sweetie (1929 film)

Sweetie is a 1929 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle, written by George Marion Jr. and Lloyd Corrigan, and starring Nancy Carroll, Helen Kane, Stanley Smith, Jack Oakie, William Austin, Stuart Erwin and Wallace MacDonald.

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Talkartoons

Talkartoons is a series of 42 animated cartoons produced by the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 and 1932.

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That's My Weakness Now

"That's My Weakness Now" is a song written by Sam H. Stept and Bud Green (words and music) in 1928.

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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)

The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, in the United States, first published on December 19, 1835.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Rockettes

The Rockettes are a precision dance company.

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This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life was an American reality documentary series broadcast on NBC radio from 1948 to 1952, and on NBC television from 1952 to 1961.

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Three Little Words (film)

Three Little Words is a 1950 American musical film biography of the Tin Pan Alley songwriting partnership of Kalmar and Ruby and stars Fred Astaire as lyricist Bert Kalmar, Red Skelton as composer Harry Ruby, along with Vera-Ellen and Arlene Dahl as their wives, with Debbie Reynolds in a small but notable role as singer Helen Kane.

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Three X Sisters

The Three X Sisters were an American all-girl harmony singing trio, initially known as The Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce.

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Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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Victor Moore

Victor Frederick Moore (February 24, 1876 – July 23, 1962) was an American actor of stage and screen, as well as a comedian, writer, and director, most significantly a major Broadway star from the late 1920s through the 1930s.

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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic (Weimarer Republik) is an unofficial, historical designation for the German state during the years 1919 to 1933.

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William Powell

William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor.

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You Asked for It

You Asked for It is a human interest television show created and hosted by Art Baker.

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Young Man of Manhattan

Young Man of Manhattan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Monta Bell, and starring Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, Ginger Rogers, and Charles Ruggles.

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44th Street Theatre

The 44th Street Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 216 West 44th Street in New York City from 1912 to 1945.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Kane

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