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Topical Budget 587-2: Amazing Triumph of the New British Film Star (1922)
 

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"Unexampled scenes have everywhere marked the tour of Miss Leahy, the DAILY SKETCH Girl chosen by the Talmadge sisters. At Birmingham". View down at large crowd as Margaret Leahy and protectors try to make their way through to a car. Close shot as she gets out of car surrounded by protectors and police and watched by a large crowd. A small girl hands her a bouquet. Leahy and others wave to the crowds. "At Gateshead: With the children in the hospital". Leahy gives flowers to a nursing sister. Scene inside hospital ward (natural light) in long shot as she meets one of the patients. "At Manchester". View directly down on large, jostling crowd. Car arrives outside the Theatre Royal.