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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ford Beebe</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ford_Beebe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Ford_Beebe.jpg/220px-Ford_Beebe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Ford_Beebe.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1888-11-26</span>)</span>November 26, 1888<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 26, 1978<span style="display:none">(1978-11-26)</span> (aged 90)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Elsinore,_California" title="Lake Elsinore, California">Lake Elsinore, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Ford I. Beebe<br />Ford L. Beebe</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">Screenwriter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">Film director</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1916–1977</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ford Ingalsbe Beebe</b> (November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978) was a <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">director</a>. He entered the film business as a writer around 1916 and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films. </p><p>He specialized in <a href="/wiki/B-movies" class="mw-redirect" title="B-movies">B-movies</a> – mostly Westerns – and action serials, working on the "Buck Rogers" and "Flash Gordon" serials for <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ford_Beebe&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ford Beebe was born on November 26, 1888, in <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnard2008173_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKinnard2008173-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mclassics_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mclassics-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before moving to <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a> he was a freelance writer who was also experienced in advertising.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He arrived in Hollywood in 1916 and began working as a writer for <a href="/wiki/Western_films" class="mw-redirect" title="Western films">Western films</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first credit was as scenario writer for the 1916 film <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Youth_of_Fortune&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Youth of Fortune (page does not exist)">A Youth of Fortune</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mclassics_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mclassics-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beebe directed for the first time when <a href="/wiki/Leo_D._Maloney" title="Leo D. Maloney">Leo D. Maloney</a>, who had been directing a film called <i>The Test</i>, fell ill.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mclassics_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mclassics-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beebe became known as a director of low-budget films and serials.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was once described as being "an expert at making something out of nothing."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnard2008173_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKinnard2008173-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first serial directed by Beebe was 1932's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_the_Eagle" title="The Shadow of the Eagle">The Shadow of the Eagle</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to direct several other serials, notably <i><a href="/wiki/Flash_Gordon%27s_Trip_to_Mars" title="Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars">Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Rogers_(serial)" title="Buck Rogers (serial)">Buck Rogers</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Hornet_(serial)" title="The Green Hornet (serial)">The Green Hornet</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Don_Winslow_of_the_Navy" title="Don Winslow of the Navy">Don Winslow of the Navy</a></i>; these were noted by film historian <a href="/wiki/Hal_Erickson_(author)" title="Hal Erickson (author)">Hal Erickson</a> to be the best of Beebe's works.<sup id="cite_ref-Erickson_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Erickson-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beebe preferred to direct westerns; speaking to the <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Independent" title="Evening Independent">Evening Independent</a></i>, he said that westerns were the "bread and butter" of film studios.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One western has become a historical landmark: <i><a href="/wiki/Overland_Bound" title="Overland Bound">Overland Bound</a></i> (1929), written by Ford Beebe, was the very first "all-talking" western. </p><p>While he was primarily an action specialist, Ford Beebe was a good all-around director capable of handling various genres. <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> hired Beebe to film the live-action reference footage for the "Pastorale" sequence in <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_film)" title="Fantasia (1940 film)">Fantasia</a></i> (1940). Beebe's work on <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal</a>'s 1942 thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Monster" title="Night Monster">Night Monster</a></i> was praised by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>, who was impressed with the speed and economy of the production.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnard2008174_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKinnard2008174-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When singing star <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Jean" title="Gloria Jean">Gloria Jean</a>'s movie contract was due to expire within one month, Universal needed a musical feature quickly, and assigned Ford Beebe to direct <i><a href="/wiki/Easy_to_Look_At" title="Easy to Look At">Easy to Look At</a></i> (1945).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Monogram_Pictures" title="Monogram Pictures">Monogram Pictures</a> launched a string of juvenile jungle adventures in 1949; Ford Beebe directed all 12 entries in the <i><a href="/wiki/Bomba,_the_Jungle_Boy" title="Bomba, the Jungle Boy">Bomba, the Jungle Boy</a></i> series and scripted 10 of them himself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ford_Beebe&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beebe was married to writer Frances Wiley.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple had eight children. Their only son, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ford_Beebe,_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ford Beebe, Jr. (page does not exist)">Ford Beebe, Jr.</a>, became a director like his father.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuinlan199930-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They lost twin daughters in infancy and had five daughters who survived it: Frances, Mary, Ruthann, Maxine, and Martha. In Beebe's later life he was married to Kitty Delevanti, with whom he had one son, Mike. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_filmography">Selected filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ford_Beebe&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Selected filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Catch" title="The Big Catch">The Big Catch</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Gamblin%27_Fool" title="A Gamblin' Fool">A Gamblin' Fool</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grinning_Granger" title="The Grinning Granger">The Grinning Granger</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Law_for_All" title="One Law for All">One Law for All</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%27In_Wrong%27_Wright" title="'In Wrong' Wright">'In Wrong' Wright</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Danger_(1920_film)" title="Double Danger (1920 film)">Double Danger</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Two-Fisted_Lover" title="The Two-Fisted Lover">The Two-Fisted Lover</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tipped_Off_(1920_film)" title="Tipped Off (1920 film)">Tipped Off</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superstition_(1920_film)" title="Superstition (1920 film)">Superstition</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fight_It_Out" title="Fight It Out">Fight It Out</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trail_of_the_Hound" title="The Trail of the Hound">The Trail of the Hound</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Saddle_King_(1921_film)" title="The Saddle King (1921 film)">The Saddle King</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Driftin%27_Kid_(1921_film)" title="The Driftin' Kid (1921 film)">The Driftin' Kid</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Revenge_(1921_film)" title="Sweet Revenge (1921 film)">Sweet Revenge</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kickaroo" title="Kickaroo">Kickaroo</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_White_Horseman" title="The White Horseman">The White Horseman</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winners_of_the_West_(1921_serial)" title="Winners of the West (1921 serial)">Winners of the West</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Too_Much_Business" title="Too Much Business">Too Much Business</a></i> (1922)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Battling_Bunyan" title="Battling Bunyan">Battling Bunyan</a></i> (1924)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Business_of_Love" title="The Business of Love">The Business of Love</a></i> (1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Outlaw_Express" title="The Outlaw Express">The Outlaw Express</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Trail" class="mw-redirect" title="The Blind Trail">The Blind Trail</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_High_Hand" title="The High Hand">The High Hand</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Don_Desperado" title="Don Desperado">Don Desperado</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Loop_on_the_Pecos" title="The Long Loop on the Pecos">The Long Loop on the Pecos</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Border_Blackbirds" title="Border Blackbirds">Border Blackbirds</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Ace_(1928_film)" title="The Black Ace (1928 film)">The Black Ace</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Apache_Raider" title="The Apache Raider">The Apache Raider</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boss_of_Rustler%27s_Roost" title="The Boss of Rustler's Roost">The Boss of Rustler's Roost</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bronc_Stomper" title="The Bronc Stomper">The Bronc Stomper</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Code_of_the_Scarlet" title="The Code of the Scarlet">The Code of the Scarlet</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Contraband" title="Yellow Contraband">Yellow Contraband</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/.45_Calibre_War" title=".45 Calibre War">.45 Calibre War</a></i> (1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Overland_Bound" title="Overland Bound">Overland Bound</a></i> (1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_Hard_Pan" title="The Man from Hard Pan">The Man from Hard Pan</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vanishing_Legion" title="The Vanishing Legion">The Vanishing Legion</a></i> (1931, serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pride_of_the_Legion" title="The Pride of the Legion">The Pride of the Legion</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prescott_Kid" title="The Prescott Kid">The Prescott Kid</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Rex_and_Rinty" title="The Adventures of Rex and Rinty">The Adventures of Rex and Rinty</a></i> (1935, serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_Guntown" title="The Man from Guntown">The Man from Guntown</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Shadows" title="Fighting Shadows">Fighting Shadows</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Range" title="Justice of the Range">Justice of the Range</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Revenge_Rider" title="The Revenge Rider">The Revenge Rider</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Riding_Wild_(1935_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Riding Wild (1935 film)">Riding Wild</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stampede_(1936_film)" title="Stampede (1936 film)">Stampede</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_Range" title="Code of the Range">Code of the Range</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/West_Bound_Limited" title="West Bound Limited">West Bound Limited</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Jim_(serial)" title="Jungle Jim (serial)">Jungle Jim</a></i> (1937, serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flash_Gordon%27s_Trip_to_Mars" title="Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars">Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars</a></i> (1938, serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Rogers_(serial)" title="Buck Rogers (serial)">Buck Rogers</a></i> (1938, serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Phantom_Creeps" title="The Phantom Creeps">The Phantom Creeps</a></i> (1939, serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stranger_from_Texas" title="The Stranger from Texas">The Stranger from Texas</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Frontier" title="Oklahoma Frontier">Oklahoma Frontier</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flash_Gordon_Conquers_the_Universe" title="Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe">Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe</a></i> (1940, serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Hornet_(serial)" title="The Green Hornet (serial)">The Green Hornet</a></i> (1940, serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Monster" title="Night Monster">Night Monster</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enter_Ars%C3%A8ne_Lupin" title="Enter Arsène Lupin">Enter Arsène Lupin</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Invisible_Man%27s_Revenge" title="The Invisible Man's Revenge">The Invisible Man's Revenge</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wagons_West" title="Wagons West">Wagons West</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bomba,_the_Jungle_Boy" title="Bomba, the Jungle Boy">Bomba, the Jungle Boy</a></i> (entire series, 1949-1955)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ford_Beebe&action=edit&section=4" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vanishing_Legion" title="The Vanishing Legion">The Vanishing Legion</a></i> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pride_of_the_Legion" title="The Pride of the Legion">The Pride of the Legion</a></i> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Law_Beyond_the_Range" title="Law Beyond the Range">Law Beyond the Range</a></i> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Rex_and_Rinty" title="The Adventures of Rex and Rinty">The Adventures of Rex and Rinty</a></i> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_Guntown" title="The Man from Guntown">The Man from Guntown</a></i> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Stampede_(1936_film)" title="Stampede (1936 film)">Stampede</a></i> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Jim_(serial)" title="Jungle Jim (serial)">Jungle Jim</a></i> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/West_Bound_Limited" title="West Bound Limited">West Bound Limited</a></i> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Flash_Gordon%27s_Trip_to_Mars" title="Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars">Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars</a></i> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Phantom_Creeps" title="The Phantom Creeps">The Phantom Creeps</a></i> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Frontier" title="Oklahoma Frontier">Oklahoma Frontier</a></i> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Flash_Gordon_Conquers_the_Universe" title="Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe">Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe</a></i> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Hornet_(serial)" title="The Green Hornet (serial)">The Green Hornet</a></i> (1940)</span></li> 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the Jungle Boy</a></i> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bomba_on_Panther_Island" title="Bomba on Panther Island">Bomba on Panther Island</a></i> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Volcano" title="The Lost Volcano">The Lost Volcano</a></i> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bomba_and_the_Hidden_City" title="Bomba and the Hidden City">The Hidden City</a></i> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_Hunters" title="The Lion Hunters">The Lion Hunters</a></i> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Elephant_Stampede" title="Elephant Stampede">Elephant Stampede</a></i> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/African_Treasure" title="African Treasure">African Treasure</a></i> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bomba_and_the_Jungle_Girl" title="Bomba and the Jungle Girl">Bomba and the Jungle Girl</a></i> 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