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<i>Leo Beuerman</i>

Leo Beuerman

1969 film

Leo Beuerman is a 1969 American short documentary film directed by Gene Boomer. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[2]

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Leo Beuerman (1969)

Summary

It tells the story of Leo Beuerman (1902 – 1974), a diminutive, disabled man who sold pencils and became a fixture on the downtown sidewalks of Lawrence, Kansas in the 1950s and 1960s thanks to his determination.[3][4]

Production

The film was produced by Russell A. Mosser and Arthur H. Wolf of Centron Corporation. The simple profile of a short handicapped man with his tractor in downtown Lawrence was produced on a budget of $12,000 and eventually became one of the most popular classroom films of all time, selling an impressive 2,300 prints.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Fred Astaire Cuts Loose: 1970 Oscars
  2. [2]
    "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  3. [3]
    Centron Corp. film producer Russel Mosser dies - Lawrence Journal-World
  4. [4]
    5 Lawrence legends from 'Tan Man' to 'White Owl': Names that stand the test of time|Arts & Culture|kasan.com
  5. [5]
    Geoff Alexander, Academic Films..., p. 75
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