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Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated March 1, 1957 reads, "Cigars From Big Boss - Y. Frank Freeman, in charge of Paramount Studios, gives James Cagney a good luck cigar to wish him well as a brand new movie director. The Northridge star-rancher makes his directorial debut with "Short Cut to Hell," with screen newcomers Robert Ivers (left) and Georgann Johnson. Producer A. C. Lyles stands next to Freeman. Forty members of the press attended the "launching luncheon" at the studio commissary."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lyles, A. C.,--1918- Cagney, James,--1899-1986 Paramount Pictures Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Luncheons--California--Los Angeles Motion picture producers and directors--United States Granada Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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