Louise Fazenda (June 17, 1895 – April 17, 1962) was an American

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, appearing chiefly in silent

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Early life

Fazenda was born in her maternal grandparents' house in

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, the daughter of merchandise broker Joseph A. Fazenda, who was born in Mexico, and Nelda T. Schilling Fazenda, a

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native. She was of Portuguese, French, and Italian descent on her father's side and of German descent on her mother's. The Fazenda family relocated to California, where Joseph Fazenda opened up a grocery store. Louise attended

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and St. Mary's Convent and kept busy with a number of after-school jobs, one of which was delivering groceries for the family business via a horse-drawn wagon.

Career

Fazenda was discovered by a scout employed by

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in a high school comedy show. She made her first film in 1913. She was best known as a character actor in silent films, playing roles such as a fussy old maid and a blacksmith. She briefly left films during 1921 and 1922 to perform

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Her transition into talking pictures led to more serious roles. ''The Old Maid'', in 1939, was her last of her nearly 300 movie appearances.

Marriage

In 1927, Fazenda married

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, a producer at

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, and they remained married until her death. They had one son, Brent, who became a psychiatrist.

Death

Fazenda died of a cerebral hemorrhage in

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. Wallis was in Hawaii making a film and left immediately for home. She was interred at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. At her funeral, many stories were told of Fazenda's volunteer work, such as caring for children at

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and taking in two children during World War II.

Recognition

Fazenda has a star at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in the Motion Pictures section of the

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. She appears in the lyrics of "Out in the Street", a rock-ballad by hard rock band

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from 1975 and 1978.

Selected filmography

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Poor Jake's Demise ''Poor Jake's Demise'' is a 1913 American silent short slapstick comedy film directed by Allen Curtis and featuring Max Asher, Louise Fazenda and Lon Chaney. The slapstick film focuses on Jake who finds his wife in a compromising position w ...

'' (1913, Short) as Servant * ''

Almost an Actress ''Almost an Actress'' was a 1913 American silent film, silent Short film, short comedy film directed by Allen Curtis and starring Louise Fazenda, Max Asher, Lon Chaney and Silvion de Jardins. A surviving still from the film shows Lon Chaney as t ...

'' (1913, Short) as Susie * ''

Hogan's Romance Upset ''Hogan's Romance Upset'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by Charles Avery and featuring both Fatty Arbuckle and Harold Lloyd in uncredited roles as a spectators. Cast * Charles Murray as Hogan * Bobby Dunn as Weary Willie * Loui ...

'' (1915, Short) * ''

Fatty's Tintype Tangle ''Fatty's Tintype Tangle'' is a 1915 comedy short film (2 reel). A man (Fatty), tired of his mother-in-law's henpecking, leaves home in anger and sits on a park bench, where a photographer takes a picture of him sitting next to a married woman, ...

'' (1915, Short) as Edgar's Wife * '' The Marble Heart'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1916, Short) * ''

Maggie's First False Step ''Maggie's First False Step'' is a 1917 short film directed by Frank Griffin and Mack Sennett, and starring Charles Murray, Louise Fazenda and Wallace Beery. The short was produced by Sennett at the Keystone Film Company and distributed by Triang ...

'' (1917) * '' Bullin' the Bullsheviki'' (1919) * ''

Salome vs. Shenandoah ''Salome vs. Shenandoah'' is a 1919 American silent film comedy short directed by Ray Grey, Erle C. Kenton, and Ray Hunt. It starred Ben Turpin, Charles Murray, and Phyllis Haver. It was produced by Mack Sennett and distributed by Famous Player ...

'' (1919) * '' Down on the Farm'' (1920) as Louise - the Farmer's Daughter * ''Married Life'' (1920) as Wife of Heckler at Theatre * ''

A Small Town Idol ''A Small Town Idol'' is a 1921 American silent feature comedy film produced by Mack Sennett and released through Associated First National. The film stars Ben Turpin and was made and acted by many of the same Sennett personnel from his previo ...

'' (1921) as Theatregoer * '' Bright Eyes'' (1922, Short) as the Golfer * '' The Beauty Shop'' (1922) as Cremo Panatella * ''Bow Wow'' (1922) as the Country Girl * ''

Quincy Adams Sawyer ''Quincy Adams Sawyer'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Clarence G. Badger. Distributed by Metro Pictures, the film is written by Bernard McConville, based on the 1900 novel ''Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks'', wr ...

'' (1922) as Mandy Skinner * ''

The Beautiful and Damned ''The Beautiful and Damned'' is a 1922 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in New York City, the novel's plot follows a young artist Anthony Patch and his flapper wife Gloria Gilbert who become "wrecked on the shoals of dissipati ...

'' (1922) as Muriel * ''

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'' (1923) as Millie Richards * ''

The Spider and the Rose ''The Spider and the Rose'' is a 1923 American silent historical drama film directed by John McDermott and starring Alice Lake, Richard Headrick and Gaston Glass.Munden p.755 Cast * Alice Lake as Paula * Richard Headrick as Don Marcello, as a c ...

'' (1923) as Dolores * '' Main Street'' (1923) as Bea Sorenson * '' Mary of the Movies'' (1923, cameo, uncredited) * '' The Spoilers'' (1923) as Tilly Nelson * ''Tea: With a Kick!'' (1923) * '' The Gold Diggers'' (1923, lost) as Mabel Munroe * '' The Wanters'' (1923) as Mary * ''

The Old Fool ''The Old Fool'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Edward D. Venturini and starring James O. Barrows, Lloyd Hughes and Jim Mason.Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Fe ...

'' (1923) as Dolores Murphy * ''

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln ''The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln'' is a 1924 American feature film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Frances Marion. By the date of release, the film's title was shortened to ''Abraham Lincoln'', since the previous title was regarded ...

'' (1924) as Sally - a Country Girl * ''

The Galloping Fish ''The Galloping Fish'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Del Andrews and starring Louise Fazenda, Syd Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin, Lucille Ricksen, and John Steppling. It is based on the 1917 novel ''Friend Wife'' ...

'' (1924) as Undine * '' True as Steel'' (1924) as Miss Leeds * '' Listen Lester'' (1924) as Arbutus Quilty * ''

Being Respectable ''Being Respectable'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Dorothy Farnum. The film stars Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, Louise Fazenda, Irene Rich, Theodore von Eltz and Frank Currier. The film was released by Warner ...

'' (1924) as Deborah Carpenter * '' This Woman'' (1924) as Rose * ''

The Lighthouse by the Sea ''The Lighthouse by the Sea'' is a 1924 American silent adventure film produced by and distributed by Warner Bros. The film's star is canine sensation Rin Tin Tin, the most famous animal actor of the 1920s. The film was directed by Malcolm St ...

'' (1924) as Flora Gale * ''

The Night Club ''The Night Club'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Paul Iribe and Frank Urson and written by Cecil B. DeMille, Keene Thompson, Walter Woods, and William C. deMille. The film stars Raymond Griffith, Vera Reynolds, Wallace ...

'' (1925) as Carmen * ''Cheaper To Marry'' (1925) as Flora * '' The Price of Pleasure'' (1925) as Stella Kelly * '' Déclassé'' (1925) as Mrs. Walton * '' A Broadway Butterfly'' (1925) as Cookie Dale * ''

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'' (1925) as Marianne * ''

The Love Hour ''The Love Hour'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Herman C. Raymaker and starring Huntley Gordon, Louise Fazenda and Willard Louis.Monaco p.185 Cast * Huntley Gordon as Rex Westmore * Louise Fazenda as Jenny Tibbs * Willard ...

'' (1925) as Jenny Tibbs * ''

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'' (1925) as Hilda * ''

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'' (1925) as Sweetie * '' Hogan's Alley'' (1925) as Dolly * '' The Bat'' (1926) as Lizzie Allen * ''

Footloose Widows ''Footloose Widows'' is a 1926 silent film feature comedy produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Louise Fazenda and Jacqueline Logan. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. A 16mm ...

'' (1926) as Flo * '' Miss Nobody'' (1926) as Mazie Raleigh * ''

The Passionate Quest ''The Passionate Quest'' is a 1926 American drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and written by Marian Constance Blackton. It is based on the 1924 novel '' The Passionate Quest'' by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film stars May McAvoy, Willard ...

'' (1926) as Madame Mathilde * ''

Tin Gods ''Tin Gods'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the play ''Tin Gods'' by William Anthony McGuire. Allan Dwan directed and Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan ...

'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) as Reba, Esther's Sister * ''

The Old Soak ''The Old Soak'' is a 1926 American silent comedy crime film directed by Edward Sloman. The film stars Jean Hersholt, George J. Lewis, and June Marlowe, and is based on a 1922 Broadway play of the same title by Don Marquis. The play was late ...

'' (1926) as Annie * '' The Lady of the Harem'' (1926) as Yasmin * ''Ladies at Play'' (1926) as Aunt Katherine * '' Finger Prints'' (1927) as Dora Traynor * ''

The Red Mill ''The Red Mill'' is an operetta written by Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Henry Blossom. The farcical story concerns two American vaudevillians who wreak havoc at an inn in Holland, interfering with two marriages; but all ends well. The musica ...

'' (1927) as Gretchen * ''

The Gay Old Bird ''The Gay Old Bird'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Herman C. Raymaker and written by C. Graham Baker and Edward Clark. The film stars Louise Fazenda, John T. Murray, Jane Winton, William Demarest, John Steppling and Frances Ray ...

'' (1927) as Sisseretta Simpkins * '' Babe Comes Home'' (1927) as Laundry Girl * ''

Cradle Snatchers ''Cradle Snatchers'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Hawks. The picture is based on the 1925 Russell Medcraft and Norma Mitchell stage play of the same name that starred Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Raymond Hackett, ...

'' (1927) as Susan Martin * ''

Simple Sis ''Simple Sis'' is a 1927 American silent comedy-melodrama directed by Herman C. Raymaker and starring Louise Fazenda as a poor, plain laundress hoping for romance, supported by Clyde Cook as a shy suitor and Myrna Loy as a cruel beauty. No co ...

'' (1927) as Sis * ''

A Sailor's Sweetheart ''A Sailor's Sweetheart'' is a 1927 Warner Bros. silent film comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon. It stars Louise Fazenda and Clyde Cook. It was released with a Vitaphone soundtrack with a music score and sound effects. An incomplete print exists ...

'' (1927) as Cynthia Botts * ''

A Texas Steer ''A Texas Steer'' is a lost 1927 American silent film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Will Rogers. It was a cinematic adaptation from an eponymous play by Charles H. Hoyt.Mordaunt HallA Texas Steer (1927) ''The New York Times'', Janu ...

'' (1927) as Mrs. Ma Brander * ''

Ham and Eggs at the Front ''Ham and Eggs at the Front'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Tom Wilson, Heinie Conklin and Myrna Loy - all in blackface.Leider, Emily W. ''Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood''. Universit ...

'' (1927) as Cally Brown * '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1928) as Tillie, a Runaway * ''

Domestic Troubles ''Domestic Troubles'' is a lost 1928 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Clyde Cook, Louise Fazenda and Betty Blythe. It was produced and released by Warner Brothers with a Vitaphone musical track. Cast * Clyde Cook as J ...

'' (1928) as Lola * ''

Pay as You Enter ''Pay as You Enter'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook and William Demarest. Cast * Louise Fazenda as Mary Smith * Clyde Cook as Clyde Jones * William Demarest as 'Terrible Bill ...

'' (1928) as Mary Smith * ''

Vamping Venus ''Vamping Venus'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, written by Howard J. Green and Ralph Spence, and starring Charles Murray, Louise Fazenda, Thelma Todd, Russ Powell, Joe Bonomo and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. It wa ...

'' (1928) as Maggie Cassidy / Circe * ''

Five and Ten Cent Annie ''Five and Ten Cent Annie'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook and William Demarest. Cast * Louise Fazenda as Annie * Clyde Cook as Elmer Peck * William Demarest as Brig ...

'' (1928) as Annie * '' Heart to Heart'' (1928) as Aunt Katie Boyd * ''

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'' (1928) as Mrs. Elvery * ''

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'' (1928) as Hilda / Tavern Maid * '' Outcast'' (1928) as Mable * ''

Riley the Cop ''Riley the Cop'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by John Ford. It was a silent film with a synchronized music track and sound effects. Cast * J. Farrell MacDonald as James "Aloysius" Riley (as Farrell Macdonald) * Nancy Drexel as Mary ...

'' (1928) as Lena Krausmeyer * ''

Taxi 13 ''Taxi 13'' is a 1928 silent film comedy produced and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America and directed by Marshall Neilan. The film stars Chester Conklin in what is FBO's first film with a pre-recorded soundtrack. Once thought lost ...

'' (1928) (uncredited) * ''

Stark Mad ''Stark Mad'' is a 1929 American pre-Code adventure film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and starring H. B. Warner, Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan and Henry B. Walthall. This lurid jungle melodrama was an att ...

'' (1929) as Mrs. Fleming * ''

The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colo ...

'' (1929) as Susan * '' House of Horror'' (1929) as Louise * '' Hot Stuff'' (1929) as Aunt Kate * '' On With the Show'' (1929) as Sarah * '' Hard to Get'' (1929) as Ma Martin * ''

The Show of Shows ''The Show of Shows'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production cost $850,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor. ''The Show o ...

'' (1929) as 'Recitations' Sketch * ''The Broadway Hoofer'' (1929) as Jane * ''

No, No, Nanette ''No, No, Nanette'' is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play ''My Lady Friends''. The farcical story involves t ...

'' (1930) as Sue Smith * '' Wide Open'' (1930) as Agatha Hathaway * ''

Loose Ankles ''Loose Ankles'' is a 1930 pre-Code romantic comedy with songs, produced and released by First National Pictures, which had become a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film was directed by Ted Wilde and stars Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ...

'' (1930) as Sarah Harper * ''

High Society Blues ''High Society Blues'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen f ...

'' (1930) as Mrs. Granger * ''

Spring Is Here "Spring is Here" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical ''I Married an Angel'' (1938), where it was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal. Rodgers and Hart had previously written a so ...

'' (1930) as Emily Braley * ''

Bride of the Regiment ''Bride of the Regiment'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor. The screenplay by Ray Harris and Humphrey Pearson is based on the book of the 1922 stage musical ''The Lady i ...

'' (1930) as Teresa - The Maid * '' Rain or Shine'' (1930) as Frankie * ''

Leathernecking ''Leathernecking'' is a 1930 American musical comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from a screenplay by Alfred Jackson and Jane Murfin, adapted from the Broadway musical comedy '' Present Arms'', by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and Herbert ...

'' (1930) as Hortense * ''

Viennese Nights ''Viennese Nights'' is a 1930 American all-talking pre-Code musical operetta film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Alexander Gray, Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon, Jean Hersholt, Bela Lugosi and Louise Fazenda. It was photographed ...

'' (1930) as Gretl Kruger * '' Gun Smoke'' (1931) as Hampsey Dell * ''

Misbehaving Ladies ''Misbehaving Ladies'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Lila Lee, Ben Lyon and Louise Fazenda. It is also known as ''The Queen of Main Street''. Cast * Lila Lee as Princess Ellen * Ben Lyon as ...

'' (1931) as Aunt Kate Boyd * '' Newly Rich'' (1931) as Maggie Tiffany * ''

The Mad Parade ''The Mad Parade'' is a 1931 Pre-Code American feature film about women canteen workers toiling in a château near the front lines in France during World War I. It was directed by William Beaudine and starred Evelyn Brent. According to the Ame ...

'' (1931) as Fanny Smithers * ''

The Cuban Love Song ''The Cuban Love Song'' is a 1931 American pre-Code musical film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and written by C. Gardner Sullivan, Bess Meredyth, John Lynch, John Colton, Gilbert Emery, Robert E. Hopkins and Paul Hervey Fox. The film stars Lawren ...

'' (1931) as Elvira * ''

Racing Youth ''Racing Youth'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Vin Moore and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Slim Summerville, Louise Fazenda, Frank Albertson, June Clyde, Arthur Stuart Hull and Forrest Stanley. The film was releas ...

'' (1932) as Daisy Joy * '' Once in a Lifetime'' (1932) as Helen Hobart * '' The Unwritten Law'' (1932) as Lulu Potts * ''Hunting Trouble'' (1933, Short) as Walter's Wife * '' Alice in Wonderland'' (1933) as White Queen * '' Caravan'' (1934) as Governess Bessie Opitz * ''

Wonder Bar ''Wonder Bar'' is a 1934 American pre-Code film adaptation of a Broadway musical of the same name directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley. It stars Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Dolores del Río, Ricardo Cortez, Dick ...

'' (1934) as Mrs. Pratt * ''

The Winning Ticket ''The Winning Ticket'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda, and Ted Healy. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot summary Poor Italian-American barber Joe Thomasello (Leo Car ...

'' (1935) as Nora Tomasello * ''

The Casino Murder Case ''The Casino Murder Case'' is a 1934 novel written by S. S. Van Dine in the series about fictional detective Philo Vance. In this outing, a murder investigation is connected with a private casino on New York's Upper West Side, and the wealthy a ...

'' (1935) as Becky * ''

Broadway Gondolier ''Broadway Gondolier '' ( 1935) is a musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film was released by Warner Bros., and featured Dick Powell, Joan Blondell and Adolphe Menjou. Plot Richard "Dick" Purcell ( Dick Powell), a taxi driver, aspires to ...

'' (1935) as Mrs. Flaggenheim * '' Bad Boy'' (1935) as Mrs. Harris - Landlady * ''

The Widow from Monte Carlo ''The Widow from Monte Carlo'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and starring Warren William, Dolores del Río, Louise Fazenda and Colin Clive. It was based on the play '' A Present from Margate'' by Ian Hay and ...

'' (1935) as Rose Torrent * '' Colleen'' (1936) as Alicia Ames * '' Doughnuts and Society'' (1936) as Kate Flannagan * ''

I Married a Doctor ''I Married a Doctor'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and written by Casey Robinson. It is an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s novel Main Street. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibb ...

'' (1936) as Bea Sorenson * '' Ready, Willing, and Able'' (1937) as Clara Heineman * ''

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'' (1937) as Angelina * '' Ever Since Eve'' (1937) as Abbie Belldon * ''

Merry-Go-Round of 1938 ''Merry-Go-Round of 1938'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Monte Brice and A. Dorian Otvos. The film stars Bert Lahr, Jimmy Savo, Billy House, Alice Brady, Mischa Auer, Joy Hodges, Louise Fazenda, John 'Du ...

'' (1937) as Mrs. Penelope Updike * ''

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'' (1937) as Mrs. Lavinia Mae Creevey * '' Swing Your Lady'' (1938) as Sadie * '' Down on the Farm'' (1938) as Aunt Ida * '' The Old Maid'' (1939) as Dora (final film role)

References

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