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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 9, 1956 reads "Lydia Maakestad (center), with Ann Blyth, Donald O'Connor." The article partially reads "Lydia Maakestad, 35, a soda fountain attendant who can toss a soda or concoct a milkshake with rare old-time verve, has been rewarded with a role in a movie. She plies her specialty today alongside Donald O'Connor in a soda fountain scene for Paramount's VistaVision filming of 'The Buster Keaton Story.'"
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
O'Connor, Donald,--1925-2003 Blyth, Ann,--1928- Paramount Pictures Corporation Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Motion picture studios--California--Los Angeles Soda fountains--California--Los Angeles Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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