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Pamela Hutchinson

@pamhutch.bsky.social
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Author, critic, historian | 🖋 Guardian S&S BBC Criterion Empire | 📕 The Curse of Queen Kelly | 📕 The Red Shoes | 📕 Pandora’s Box | ✉️ Weekly Film Bulletin | 💻 silentlondon.co.uk | linktr.ee/PamHutch | she/her

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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 12h
I don’t have space on my book shelf for these anymore. I don’t want to throw them away, would love to give them to somebody who can use them. ifanybody you’re interested, let me know. feel free to share. @pamhutch.bsky.social @filmfan1971.bsky.social
four festival catalogues of Cinema Ritrovato (2022, 2023, 2024, 2026)
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today's R4 discussion on CASABLANCA in the 'In Our Time' strand was also captured on video and is up now on iPlayer - @mishaglenny.bsky.social with Ian Christie, @pamhutch.bsky.social & Sheldon Hall. #FilmSky www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0030hxg
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In Our Time - Casablanca
Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the most popular films of the twentieth century and the remarkable story of its production amidst the Second World War.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This was great fun. Thanks so much to @hippfest.bsky.social, the Young Programmers, @neilkbrand.bsky.social and @cineredis.bsky.social for a night to remember.
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Neil Alcock's HITCHOLOGY is out now! @mrneilalcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm selling a cheap ticket for the 25/10 3.30pm screening and live score performance of 1931's Frankenstein at Cadogan Hall. Was £25, £15 to you. Seat is in the second row of Block L in the Side Gallery. Gutted I can't make it. My DMs are open! (cc @pamhutch.bsky.social)
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Something very exciting for Eisenstein fans. An epic release from @kinolorber.com of the Mexico project in all its subsequent forms. I am honoured to have made a very (very) small contribution to this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZX-...
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SERGEI EISENSTEIN ¡MÉXICO! 2-BD Release November 2026
YouTube video by filmmakershowcase
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hello Belfast! I will be introducing a screening of QUEEN KELLY at @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social on 21 October. queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Que...
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Cinema Rediscovered: Queen Kelly + introduction showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.
What should have been a dream collaboration between Gloria Swanson, her financier lover Joseph P. Kennedy and director Erich von Stroheim, became the most infamous unfinished film in cinema history.
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Carlotta Films @carlottafilms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
QUEEN KELLY, un des chefs-d’oeuvre du cinema, du mythique Erich Von Stroheim, dans sa version la plus complète, en version 4k, c’est ici et maintenant dans nos magnifiques préco de Novembre ➡️ laboutique.carlottafilms.com/collections/... Plus que quelques jours …
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Really excited about this HOLLYWOOD REFRAMED season at the Connaught Cinema in Worthing, all thanks to the wonderful Cathy Lomax and her Reflexion exhibition at Worthing Museum. @wtm.uk wtm.uk/hollywood-re...
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Chris Williams (dink) @chriswilliams-dink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thanks to @hippfest.bsky.social @pamhutch.bsky.social and @neilkbrand.bsky.social for a great showing of Gloria Swanson's reconstructed epic 'Queen Kelly'. I was expecting 'The Prince and The Showgirl' but got 'Blue Velvet' 🤯. Check out the book.
Neil Brand, Pamela Hutchinson and the Hippfest Young Programmers at a Q&A of Queen Kelly.Book cover 'The Curse of Queen Kelly' by Pamela Hutchinson Gloria Swanson and Walter Byron in 'Queen Kelly'
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I interviewed Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris, and composer Michael Shapiro about the enduring power of “terror movie” FRANKENSTEIN. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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My dad was a monster! Sara Karloff on reviving Frankenstein, 95 years on
Boris Karloff’s daughter and composer Michael Shapiro, whose musical score for the 1931 film is finally coming to London, talk about how it became a much-loved classic
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Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
40+ events: restored landmarks of international cinema to recontextualised genre films and representations of underseen/marginalised works. Comb through the @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social Programming and Curation Students Seasons for the gems nfts.co.uk/article/nfts...
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NFTS Film Studies, Programming and Curation Students Bring New Film Seasons to London Independent Cinemas | NFTS
A host of National Film and Television School student-curated film seasons will be making their way to cinemas across London over the next three months.These te
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Chris Williams (dink) @chriswilliams-dink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really looking forward visiting the Hippodrome @hippfest.bsky.social in Bo'ness tomorrow night for a screening of 'Queen Kelly' with @neilkbrand.bsky.social and @pamhutch.bsky.social. If you have never seen a silent film with live music then I can't recommend it enough.
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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
TIL that FRANKENSTEIN (1931) was Boris Karloff's 81st film. And "hardly anybody saw the first 80,” recalls Karloff. Lovely article by @pamhutch.bsky.social
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My dad was a monster! Sara Karloff on reviving Frankenstein, 95 years on
Boris Karloff’s daughter and composer Michael Shapiro, whose musical score for the 1931 film is finally coming to London, talk about how it became a much-loved classic
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I interviewed Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris, and composer Michael Shapiro about the enduring power of “terror movie” FRANKENSTEIN. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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My dad was a monster! Sara Karloff on reviving Frankenstein, 95 years on
Boris Karloff’s daughter and composer Michael Shapiro, whose musical score for the 1931 film is finally coming to London, talk about how it became a much-loved classic
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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Audrey Hepburn married Mel Ferrer in Switzerland #OnThisDay in 1954. Hepburn wore a Pierre Balmain tea-length gown of white organdie with a satin sash, that she accessorized with gloves and a floral crown. The dress was displayed in the Intimate Audrey exhibition. #fashionhistory #audreyhepburn
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PaulAJoyce v2.0 @pauljoyce07.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Queen Kelly @BFI splendid introduction from Pamela Hutchinson & ace accompaniment from Neil Brand. So much to say there needs to be a book on it and, luckily there is from PH! Astonishing cinema and an amazing story of three almost immovable objects! ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/09/unfi...
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Unfinished empathy? Queen Kelly (1929), BFI with Neil Brand and Pamela Hutchinson
A work of barbaric splendour… LA Times   Culture doesn’t exist in a vacuum and I don’t just mean Ed Sheeran here. There was a blea...
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Von of a kind. Erich von Stroheim, born on this day in 1885. He was memorably described by Photoplay as “the artist, living in the garret of the motion picture Latin Quarter”.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Erich von Stroheim's birthday!
Boris Karloff and Erich von Stroheim pose for publicity photos for Arsenic and Old Lace, as EVS was taking over BK's role.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks to everyone who came to the BFI on Sunday. @neilkbrand.bsky.social accompanied Queen Kelly with panache and we sold all the copies of the book in the BFI shop!
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For @newstatesman1913.bsky.social I wrote about the many wonders of Ang Lee and Emma Thompson's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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The enduring brilliance of Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility
As Austen mania returns, the 1995 classic still shines for its wit, romance and sisterhood
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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yesterday I spent the afternoon with 500 Joan Crawford fans, as I introduced the restored LETTY LYNTON. Here’s what I said, with some added comments. selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/one-hell-o...
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One Hell of a Character
An afternoon with Letty Lynton and 500 Joan Crawford fans
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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fabulous afternoon at the BFI for a special screening of a restored silent film with a fascinating history: Erich von Stroheim’s QUEEN KELLY (1929), complete with a terrific introduction by @pamhutch.bsky.social and a knockout turn by @neilkbrand.bsky.social on the piano. Such a treat! #FilmSky
Pamela Hutchinson on stage at the BF1 introducing Queen Kelly.
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Tipping My Fedora @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
James Harrison @jamesmjharrison.bsky.social of Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social joins me to preview the 3-day Film Noir Fest 2026. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu For the full schedule, visit: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
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Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
London cinephiles assemble. NFT1 2.30pm today. @pamhutch.bsky.social is your guide; Neil Brand in accompaniment.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
QUEEN KELLY in NFT1 tomorrow! Restoration by @milestonefilms.bsky.social plus music by the amazing @neilkbrand.bsky.social and intro and book signing by moi. Ambition and audacity by Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Each of my books has depended on the archives of the Performing Arts Library, of which I made free use because I'm lucky enough to live close by. This gift robs me of my unfair advantage & I hate it. (Seriously: A miracle that will transform performing arts research.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/a...
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New York Performing Arts Library Gets $60 Million Gift for Preservation (Gift Article)
The anonymous donation, the library’s largest ever, will support digitization of archival items related to theater, dance and music.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Lists are good, actually
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Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Since 2014, we've been asking writers to spotlight great films that were impossible to find on disc or streaming services in our monthly 'Lost and found' column All 118 are now compiled into one list. How many have you seen?
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Simon Tillotson @simontillotson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Best of luck to In Our Time for this next stage (and looking forward to seeing how our Sheffield Casablanca recording turns out) www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time to launch as a video podcast on iPlayer from September
Alongside new weekly episodes, a specially-curated audio-only archive edition will be added to the In Our Time feed on BBC Sounds
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Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on November 24th on Blu-ray in the US from @kinolorber.com: #SergeiEisenstein ¡MEXICO! In December 1930, Russian revolutionary film director Sergei Eisenstein travelled to Mexico to experience firsthand its “geographical, ethnological, cultural and historical diversity,”
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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Some of my favourite photos of the great film producer Jeremy Thomas, who died last night
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Literary criticism is like the mess of life, an exercise in tact and understanding." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Colin Burrow · Good Weird or Bad Weird: Uses of Criticism
Literary criticism is a supremely occasional skill, where you have to be bold enough to operate where there aren’t any...
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Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My favourite H.D. poem Sea Rose. She was born #OTD 140 years ago www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48188/...
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tremendous news from Arts Council England for the wonderful Bill Douglas Cinema Museum - now recognised as a collection of national importance. This reflects the quality of the museum’s holdings and especially the tireless, creative work of the team.
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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is an excellent discussion of Jacques Becker’s film TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (1954), featuring French cinema expert Ginette Vincendeau, via the Why This Film? podcast. Lots of chat about the film’s themes of friendship & ageing - and Jean Gabin ofc! #FilmSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
Colour poster for the film showing illustrations of two the film’s stars, a newspaper, some money and a gun.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
True!! And all the best nerds know that there is a book that tells the whole story…
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Spooky season approaches. I will be interviewing Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris, and composer Michael Shapiro on stage at these screenings of FRANKENSTEIN accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic at @cadoganhall.bsky.social cadoganhall.com/whats-on/fra...
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Frankenstein (1931) | Cadogan Hall
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hello Belfast! I will be introducing a screening of QUEEN KELLY at @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social on 21 October. queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Que...
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Cinema Rediscovered: Queen Kelly + introduction showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.
What should have been a dream collaboration between Gloria Swanson, her financier lover Joseph P. Kennedy and director Erich von Stroheim, became the most infamous unfinished film in cinema history.
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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
French fashion designer Jacques Fath was born #OnThisDay in 1912. He designed this "St. Charles" formal afternoon dress made from satin-trimmed cotton piqué, for his S/S 1953 collection. Vogue deemed it "one of the best dresses in the Fath collection". FIDM Museum collection. #fashionhistory
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HippFest @hippfest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Saturday reads 📰 Only 3 weeks to go - thanks for sharing Falkirk Herald! 'Taste of Silents, which runs from, Saturday Sep 26 to Saturday Nov 7, begins with Queen Kelly (1929) starring the legendary Gloria Swanson and directed by Erich von Stroheim.' 📰 www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/...
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Bo'ness flicks boasts beautiful bite-sized selection of silent cinema over September and beyond
The annual Taste of Silents season – an offshoot of the world famous HippFest – returns to Bo’ness Hippodrome next month.
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Brogan Morris @broganjmorris.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Autumn is here. Warm yourself on the glow of Jonathan Demme's humanism and the ferocity of Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, aka "the most beautiful home movie ever made". 📽🍂 Next week at The Castle Cinema, with intro by the amazing @pamhutch.bsky.social. thecastlecinema.com/programme/11...
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very happy to say I appeared on the Why This Film? podcast to have a (very) long and enjoyable conversation about THE RED SHOES (Powell, Pressburger, 1948) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Why This Film?
Film Interviews Podcast · Video ·  🎬 Exploring the Criterion Collection, one spine at a time. In each episode, I sit down with film historians, critics, filmmakers, and scholars for in-depth conversa...
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Dan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Finished this wonderful tale by @pamhutch.bsky.social but before we move onto something a bit less fraught, which one of you bastards has hidden my DVD of Sunset Boulevard?!
Mambo with The Curse of Queen Kelly by Pamela Hutchinson, and The Baader Meinhof Complex by Stefan Aust.
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Brogan Morris @broganjmorris.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
As Anne Hathaway summer turns to Anne Hathaway autumn, us folks at @distortedframe.bsky.social will be back at Castle Cinema Hackney with Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme's wedding video-style family drama. Very happy to have the amazing @pamhutch.bsky.social with us to introduce this one. 💐
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HippFest @hippfest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🥰 See you soon @pamhutch.bsky.social @silentlondon.bsky.social!
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Restraining myself from spending money I don't have at this toothsome auction of Pre-Code Hollywood memorabilia. Click at your financial peril… www.invaluable.com/catalog/bi3u...
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Bid Now: Historic Hollywood & Americana: Pre-Code Stills, Vintage Photography & Ephemera - September 12, 5:00 PM UTC - Britannic Auctions
Find live auctions today! Browse Invaluable for important fine art, rare antiques, jewelry, and more from premier auction houses all around the world.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Nothing on at the pictures? Not true. There is bound to be something to divert and delight you in these creative programmes from the brilliant @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social MA curation students nfts.co.uk/article/nfts...
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NFTS Film Studies, Programming and Curation Students Bring New Film Seasons to London Independent Cinemas | NFTS
A host of National Film and Television School student-curated film seasons will be making their way to cinemas across London over the next three months.These te
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Very grateful to be included in this roundup.
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