The Picture Show Man(1977)
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A man, his son and a piano player travel around Australia showing the first silent movies
Movie: The Picture Show Man
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Maurice 'Pop' Pym
Palmer
Freddie Graves
Miss Lockhart
Lou
Larry
Mrs Duncan
Fitzwilliam
Madame Cavalli (as Yelena Zignon)
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