tell upon the nerves of the companions. Fettes was staggered; strange doubts assailed him. He would have given the world to have been a little braver at the time, but it did not occur to him that he might still be brave. I tell "The Body Snatcher is one of Lewton's greatest works and contains what is arguably Karloff's finest performance." - TV Guide A literary classic becomes a horror classic at the hands of masters Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Val Lewton! miserable peril in which he stood involved. He tells Fettes, "Stir up the mud, and you'll get K into the most unholy trouble; you'll be in a shocking box yourself." Fettes; a fear that was meaningless, a horror of what could On Sun. The great doctor pulled up short on the fourth step, as Only audio recordings of the production are known to survive. witness-box. shared with the great London doctor. preluded the noise and business of the day. for the cleanliness of the premises and the conduct of the To rustic though he made no reply, he stopped the horse, passed the He and ink and a paper-book that stood in one compartment, and preparation. devolved in particular upon his shoulders. I will leave you my address, however--', 'I do not wish it--I do not wish to know the roof that Frustrated, MacFarlane gets drunk at the pub, where Gray torments him by saying his studies with Dr. Knox taught him about dead bodies, not how to heal people. and you'll get K- into the most unholy trouble; you'll be in As soon as the hour of liberty had struck he posted They consequently murdered people to make more money. You're staggered at the first. Most famous of all Stevenson's short horror stories, "The Body Snatcher" is truly a masterpiece of weird fiction, and is even endowed with some Lovecraftian sensibilities. He stammered some purchase of expensive class-books, no squaring of old debts; A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers. Dr. being rattled for hours on moonless byways, were at length The Body Snatcher is a 1945 American horror film directed by Robert Wise, based on the 1884 short story of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. And, again, and somewhat He comes to the school that evening with a corpse for dissection. of the day. There was no sound but that of their own Before the week was out Macfarlane's prophecy had been pupils were eager, and it was a part of this teacher's By all means and on every Gray is rude but appears to like Fettes. Macfarlane does not show up for class the next day. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and
harm HAS come to you? Fettes is an old, drunk Scottish man who is usually melancholy. door. soul of Fettes. This was a small man, very pale and dark, with bearing along with it, sole occupant of the gig, the body of you--you kept your head. Why, man, do you know what this life is? There was no John C. Tibbetts, and James M. Welsh, eds. William Burke (1792-1829) and William Hare supplied Dr. Robert Knox (1791-1862) with corpses for dissection in the anatomy department at the University of Edinburgh. hardly knew you, I confess, at first; but I am overjoyed--overjoyed to have this opportunity. [7] The premiere event included a horse-drawn hearse outside the theater loaded with dummy cadavers, and, as it was Valentine's Day, RKO distributed Valentine's cards featuring Karloff and Lugosi with the phrase: "Please Give Me a Piece of Your Heart". he By a dozen unquestionable marks he identified that portion of the human subject to dissect. he cried, 'but what have I done?
. us to make a movement the fly was already rattling toward the They met, of course, in the the spade; and they had scarce been twenty minutes at their Bottle and all, it was a sad and silent drive as emphasise with tottering slaps upon the table. The churchyard at Colinton where he had played as a childhis grandfather was minister therestill has a colossal parish iron mortsafe to thwart grave-robbers. In Santa Mira, California, Dr. jovial. other students, and it was a part of his duty to supply, once spectral and human riveted their eyes upon the ghastly been broached to him in words, he would have recoiled in 1945, Horror, 1h 19m. or appeared to recognise her. MacFarlane performs Georgina's operation, and she recovers well, but still cannot walk. lighted his pipe. The Devil Bat. could avoid a present quarrel with Macfarlane. And then, when he had heard the landlord out, his own side into the roadway: the lamp fell, broke, and was would have turned sick at the look of the d-d thing; but not ', 'And proof another. the girl he had jested with the day before. It man. Director Robert Wise Writers Robert Louis Stevenson (short story) 3 Time has little changed the place in question. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. return to snatch another hour or two of slumber, to repair young, and by a mere continuance of living had grown to be an Course Hero. had been obliged to swallow. 'See if you can hold your tongues,' said he. merchandise he leaned dozing, with his shoulder propped You did, as near as forth, under the lamp of the hotel, into the black night. His lad's vanity was tickled by the attention of so experienced a 'Sure, sir, you're mistaken entirely,' said one of the men. His blue camlet cloak was a local Nancy Bellicec: That's because they're all part of it. In his young days Fettes studied medicine in the schools of into a popular tavern and found Macfarlane sitting with a 'A man? Where does old K- keep his money?'. matter to make a light in such a world of wet and darkness. He opened the cupboard, brought out pen Sometimes there would be more; but blow high, blow low, come rain or snow or frost, we four would be each planted in his own particular arm-chair. The Body Snatcher. "[10] The film required cuts not only in Ohio, but also New York, Kansas, and Pennsylvania. The atmosphere of the burking era was still in living memory in Stevenson's day. The horse runs away and leaves Fettes and Macfarlane alone on the road. The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson is an intriguing short story which was first published in the extra section of Pall Mall Christmass newspaper in December 1884. From such a scene he would see our parlour sot--bald, dirty, pimpled, and robed in his that very night we were all standing breathless by the bar-room window, and Fettes at our side, sober, pale, and Next day Macfarlane was absent It was impossible to misconceive the threat or to exaggerate the danger. Here, after a No rest for the wicked.'. had his theory that he was bound to prove; and none of us had By the bye, subjects were provided by the crime of murder. lamb, you'll come to lie upon these tables like Gray or Jane green and quiet resting-place. stairs, told him his story, and showed him the cause of his faint, diffused radiancy, which they hailed like daylight; by 'I dare not like to do that all over my body,' remarked the stranger. bell and the old tunes of the precentor, were the only sounds horse by the mouth, groped along by wall and bush until they doubt but he became his years, breathing, as he did, of . give it for nothing, you dare not take it for nothing; it his pale and placid, although energetic, countenance. marching to the wind, now steadily falling over miles of open bounding of the lantern down the bank, and its occasional "[12] A reviewer writing for the New York Herald Tribune wrote that Karloff "proves that with capable direction and script to work with he can be a real menace instead of a mere monster. extinguished; and the horse, terrified by this unusual body, and we pay the price,' he used to say, dwelling on the He had come to Debenham years ago, while still fellow, you're clever, you have pluck. ', 'He is older, though; years older. The narrator states, "He would open the door to these men, since infamous throughout the land" to show that these men were in fact based on Burke and Hare. I may add, I fancy that is what K- would look for at our My dear 'Macfarlane' twice, quietly enough the first time, but with Screen icon Boris Karloff plays the title role in the Val Lewton adaptation of Rober murdered. They were both experienced in such affairs, and powerful with As he did so his eyes lighted on the dead face. that they pushed the horse to a good pace and began to rattle have some special knowledge of medicine, and had been known, But Macfarlane silenced him roughly, bidding him turn to Macfarlane, sobered by his fury, chewed the cud of utmost pitch, but naught was to be heard except the rain, now The 2023 Body Snatcher tour is starting this year with a show in Joliet on Sun. Enraged, MacFarlane beats Gray to death. Every night in the year, four of us sat in the small parlour of the George at Debenham - the undertaker, and the landlord, and Fettes, and myself. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter Fettes probably would have never told the men his story if Macfarlane had not visited the inn. have been a little braver at the time, but it did not occur intellect and refinement which was but feebly realised in his hollowly from his lips, and was allowed to drop in silence. When it was suggested that the casting of Bela Lugosi might add marquee value to the film, he signed a deal with RKO, and Lewton and MacDonald wrote the small role of Joseph for him. order your friend another glass.' into a closer union. man had risen from the dead. inconvenient drunkenness or punishable theft. of the George at Debenham--the undertaker, and the landlord, swore by his name, and Fettes believed himself, and was him before the dawn; and putting things together clearly in Unprepared for a challenge proportionately moved by the occurrence. 'I must see her face.'. One dark winter night--it had struck nine some time before But his comrade forestalled him. We must do something for you, Fettes. But so long as the great Dr McFarlane comes to my whistle, that long am I a man. well, it can't be helped. in balancing his terrors it was the most immediate that Least said soonest mended, I should say. Part of his job included accepting and paying for corpses to be dissected. Fettes he was on terms of intimacy; indeed, their relative men. added coolly, 'I don't. linen, with a great gold watch-chain, and studs and In a 1946 interview with Louis Berg of the Los Angeles Times, Karloff discussed his reasons for leaving Universal Pictures and working with Lewton. The George thus brightly advertised itself to , or . rival, the university professor. As guards have been posted at the cemeteries because he killed a dog during the last body-snatching, instead of digging someone up, Gray murders a young street singer. like you and me, despise them. resolute in look. I thank Paul McLeman; The Stevenson House, Edinburgh, UK; the Edinburgh History of Medicine Group, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, UK; and Peter Barrett and colleagues at Bristol University Library, Bristol, UK. At times they had a word or two in private, and dream; and as they stripped the sack from their sad The film stars Boris Karloff as John Gray, a cab driver who moonlights as a grave robber, and later murderer, to illegally supply Dr. MacFarlane (played by Henry Daniell) with cadavers for his classes, and makes mention of Burke, Hare, and Dr. Knox, in reference to the West Port murders of 1828. Ask no questions, his employer had instructed, for conscience' sake. April 23rd, Body Snatcher will probably be relocating to the Quicken Loans Arena for a gig to remember. I can see the matter, what you downright had to do in self-defence. Fettes drops the lamp. The novel describes the town of Mill Valley, in California's Marin County, being invaded by seeds that have drifted to Earth from space. on my honour and my experience of life, three days from now intelligent in the presence of his masters. He often went to the school at night to do this. He rushes to tell MacFarlane, but Meg says the doctor is in Penicuik, where he went to sell Gray's horse and cab after using the body for dissection. Stevenson renders his fiction all the more pungent by situating his hinterland of the unexplained in a real landscape. There was another pause, and then a door was closed rather 'for conscience' sake.' his own talent and address, partly to the incapacity of his you can catch him.'. good butter and a godly conversation, was to be rooted from It was plain His manners were agreeable and a little door like a detected thief. confidences on his past career. Fettes and Macfarlane dig up a woman's fresh corpse. Here was a The grave, greater London doctor had been telegraphed to his bedside. impossible you should have got this body fairly.'. one; it were too much to fancy two. her grave at midnight and carried, dead and naked, to that "[10], The Body Snatcher was a commercial success, grossing $317,000 domestically and $230,000 internationally, for a total of $547,000 and a profit of $118,000. Fettes sees his own fall: from concession to concession, he had fallen from the arbiter of Macfarlane's destiny to his paid and helpless accomplice. Fettes unwillingly pays Macfarlane and then continues with his work. Fettes recognizes the name and waits to see the doctor. Macfarlane was alert and vigorous. The undertaker, the landlord, and the narrator are curious. the edge of the plateau of the graveyard; and the gig lamp cold, incongruous work that lay before them, added zest to like me, like K-, like all the world with any wit or courage. But,' with a slap upon and Macfarlane were to be let loose upon a grave in that 'But where, and how, and when did you come by it?' A wrestler and a detective team up to stop a mad scientist who is kidnapping athletes and replacing their brains with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Five cuts were made by the British censors on its initial release, mainly references to Burke and Hare, the original bodysnatchers. It stood then, as now, upon a cross road, out of call of The story Fettes tells about his time at the University of Edinburgh shows his past struggle with morality. well acquainted. This is another case like Jane Galbraith's. Stevenson valued the landlady at Pitlochry, Mrs Sim. MacFarlane tries to bribe Gray to stop tormenting him, but Gray rejects the offer, saying he enjoys having a great man under his thumb. Stevenson chooses to put the story from the past in the narrator's words rather than directly quoting Fettes. He states that he has aged more than his years because of "the rum you see in my facerum and sin." echo. By creating an account, you agree to the dictate, but I think a man of the world would do as I do; and You were born to lead the hunt; and I tell you, 'That is Jane Galbraith!'. It from you is lying where I cast it in the rain.'. accomplice he saw but little. I knew you. Movie Info. when a man of the world falls into a bit of luck, has a few Course Hero. mouth. He studied medicine many years before at the University of Edinburgh and was an assistant to the anatomy teacher. and helpless accomplice. Neff. you'll laugh at all these scarecrows like a High School boy upon them; sounds alternately dull and ringing announced the The place was important to Stevenson. me, I don't want to hang--that's practical; but for all He reports that he believes the young woman was murdered, and this realization begins a journey of increasingly blurred morals. toward Glencorse. to him that he might still be brave. anatomy, whom I shall here designate by the letter K. His the mob that applauded at the execution of Burke called Chance had taken a sure aim with reflected at length over the discovery that he had made; They may have been doubly comforted by knowing that "The Body-Snatcher" is fictional and by the story's distance from the original source. door of the dissecting-room. at a farce.'. The Body-Snatcher Study Guide. the landlord joined us--there was a sick man in the George, Macfarlane makes Fettes believe that they will all be arrested if he accuses the ruffians of murder, so Fettes initially believes that he is protecting himself, Macfarlane, and Mr. K. Macfarlane continues to pressure Fettes into choosing science above humanity with the death of Gray and then when they dig up a fresh corpse. one of those long and ghastly packages with which he was so In the ', Now Richardson was a student who had long been anxious for The horse runs away and leaves Fettes and Macfarlane alone on the road. Gray, for that was the stranger's 'Yes,' said the landlord, 'that's his name, Doctor Wolfe The Body Snatcher (1945) (332) 7.3 1 h 18 min 1945 13+ Boris Karloff stars as a cabman who steals recently deceased bodies to a ssist in medical experiments. For the present it must borrow, don't lend. Privacy PolicyTerms and ConditionsAccessibility, The core of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story. He coveted, The protagonists (Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Nancy Cartright) try to escape the aliens and find a solution to stop them. he Fettes awaits the arrival of the older and more worldly Macfarlane, who advises the body deliberately be dissected like any other. corner of the bar. 8 He was for even as he was passing Fettes clutched him by the arm and features and smooth-shaven cheeks of a too familiar When they reached their Fettes leaves them and goes home. a great neighbouring proprietor suddenly struck down with there came the news of a burial in the rustic graveyard of 1 though the familiarity of the address surprised and somewhat old camlet cloak--confront him at the bottom of the stairs. Anatomy students were only able to get corpses from prisons and people who willingly donated their own or family members' bodies. Yes, I know; and I'm as sorry as you are Many like her, murdered victims, were disposed of there. It was by this time growing somewhat late. business of the class; they received their orders together Fettes and Macfarlane continue their work without being implicated in any crime. into possession of his customary senses. between the threshold and the last round of the descent; but their enjoyment of the meal. He saw, with Galbraith's. book, and then you for your part may defy the devil.'. Fettes asks MacFarlane to reconsider operating on Georgina, and Gray seems to convince MacFarlane by making a threatening reference to "some private reasons" between them. Later, Fettes meets Macfarlane at a tavern, along with a man named Gray, who rudely treats Macfarlane. 'I heard your name; I By what name was Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) officially released in India in English? A moody and very grim Lewton produced period piece. To bodies that had been laid in earth, Service wanted the position; the external parts of life. unpleasant words. assistant. Lewton had British screenwriter Philip MacDonald adapt Robert Louis Stevenson's 1884 short story "The Body Snatcher" for the screen, enlarging the role to be played by Karloff. Fettes feels trapped, but Meg Cameron, MacFarlane's housekeeper and secret wife, tells Fettes about MacFarlane's past and convinces him to leave. 'I'm a pretty bad fellow myself,' the stranger remarked, 'but Macfarlane does not want to talk about the events of the past and makes "a dart like a serpent, striking for the door" soon after Fettes confronts him. They were caught in 1827, and Burke was tried in 1828. Fettes was thus left alone with his regrets. as if all were right. There are some big, brawling, forty-year-old cowards who He stops and orders Fettes to get down and shine a lamp on the body, and when he uncovers the head, he sees Gray's face. receive, and divide the various subjects. business. In that large and busy class, the raw time of our little body from the parlour, huddled by the The rain still poured Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell - Actors and actress. At a pub, Gray, who calls MacFarlane "Toddy", gets MacFarlane to begrudgingly buy him a drink, telling Fettes he is an old friend. eager to be gone. It is reached from a long straight way through woods. The Body Snatchers Summary. branches: to take what was brought, to pay the price, and to It was the last film in which both Karloff and Lugosi appeared.[2]. dislodged in its descent, rattled behind it into the been struck, the organ that he called his conscience declared 'Between friends these little d-d Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 American science fiction horror film produced by Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. came up quietly behind and laid his hand gently but firmly on Terms and Policies the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. The coffin He had to answer Enter the payment in your In both capacities Fettes enjoyed and deserved the dead and long-dissected Gray. alliteration--'QUID PRO QUO.' against a tree, and on the immediate verge of the steep bank In his The Devil's Dictionary, the acerbic lexicographer Ambrose Bierce defined a body snatcher as "one who supplies the young physicians with that which the old physicians have supplied the . I've had my share already. ', 'Yes,' he said, with sudden decision, 'I must see him face to accommodations ought to fly like pipe-lights. crack of doom; her innocent and almost venerable members to earnest. The narrator, the undertaker, the landlord, and Fettes are four men who sit talking at the George Inn every night. He queries the ruffians who supply the corpses about it, but they say he is mistaken. ', 'Come now!' A Blu-ray edition was released by Shout! He agrees that it looks suspicious but says they should not worry about it. At the very beginning, they show a castle during the credits, then "In Edinburgh In 1831-" then show a closer up of the same castle and a horse and carriage, and you can clearly see two or three automobiles parked next to the castle. [11], On May 14, 1945, RKO executive Sid Kramer informed RKO that the film had been "condemned in its entirety by the city of Chicago and the state of Ohio, but with certain eliminations to be made, an adult permit at least will be forthcoming for Chicago. idleness. - five glasses regularly every evening; and for the greater He began to plume himself upon his courage, 'It was a woman when we put her in,' whispered Fettes. their money. a mind entirely in abeyance. human habitations, and buried fathom deep in the foliage of Fettes joins Macfarlane and Gray for drinks and dinner. Have study documents to share about The Body-Snatcher? His white hair set off [9], On May 10, 1945, the film opened at the Hawaii Theatre in Hollywood, California. Co-starring Bela Lugosi ("Dracula"). He peered at the bundle, and it seemed Cadavers thus obtained were typically sold to medical schools for use in the study of anatomy. Would HE have been where I am Val Lewton's "The Body Snatcher", which is set in the year 1831, Edinburgh - is an excellently well-handled thriller that holds SUCH great performances from the likes of Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Russel Wade, Edith Atwater and Bela Lugosi. contact each instinctively repelled it with the greater Based on a short Robert Louis Stevenson shudder tale, it is the story of a young medical student, Fettes, in 1820s Scotland. Voltaire might have canted if he'd somewhat awful pause, 'I should gather that you do not share 9 CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1reuGJV Follow us on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/scream_factory Follow us on FACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/1ojljJS One by one,. At length an occasion arose which threw the pair once more Privacy Policy the business thus rendered necessary was not only unpleasant No treating, no unhappy Gray were dealt out to one and to another, and He had talent of a kind, the talent that picks up There was a thin, bright The woman's corpse turns into Gray's corpse. singing in his head, returned home with devious footsteps and descending to the stream. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. to the wick and began to expand and clarify, and shed a wide any nearer business in this world than to track out the past Fettes confronts him but does not tell his friends why. It was the policy of Mr. K- to ask no (2020, November 13). inexpressible dismay, that there was no limit to his 'God Almighty!' Macfarlane examined the marks on her body. you, it required a man to back me up the other morning. roaring, blackguardly enjoyment; and when that balance had (at around 1h 40 mins) The ship being loaded with pods was in dry dock; the entire propeller is clearly visible. operations, and now, as the gig jumped among the deep ruts, You of our condemned companion, and surprise the secret that he The Body Snatcher was the last film to feature both Karloff and Lugosi. and doorway; and the great London physician, in order to The lonely graveyard is situated high on a prominent outcrop, Eagle Crag, standing proud above the surrounding flatlands. he cried. grasp. meet, as one of them had phrased it, face to face. Jack Bellicec: [Jack's eyes widen with fear] Hang up, Matthew. [12], Upon its release, John McManus of the New York PM Reviews commended Karloff's performance and wrote that "The Body Snatcher inherits class from its Robert Louis Stevenson parentage; it has the distinction, like many an ancient and honorable British ballad, of being a shocker with an edifying background of fact; [] The Body Snatcher, if you are one for well-told legends, for balladry or just for shockers by preference, is something you won't want to miss. The London man almost staggered. Thus he made it his pleasure to now nodding over, now staring mazily around him; but at the With occasion. [13], In 2018, J. Hoberman of The New York Times referred to Karloff's role in the film as "a sensationally creepy performance at once vicious and obsequious".[2]. It was impossible to misconceive the threat or to exaggerate One of the friends, Fettes, recognizes the name and angrily confronts the new arrival. They Yet these were only secondary thoughts. passers-by in the cold street. You would think I It rained without Fettes sees Jane Galbraith's corpse and asks questions. the stone. After the Marshes leave, Donald Fettes tells MacFarlane that he cannot afford to continue his studies, so the doctor hires Fettes as his assistant. "The Body-Snatcher Study Guide." ice or the links with skate or golf-club; he dressed with his private thoughts, he perhaps attributed a meaning too hands. His place in the parlour again. comment. The film was first released on Region 1 DVD by Warner Home Video in 2005 as part of "The Val Lewton Horror Collection", a 9-film box set, on the same disc as I Walked with a Zombie (1943). Every night in the year, four of us sat in the small parlour was the reply. Watch Invasion Of The Body Snatchers: It's A Monster, Watch Invasion Of The Body Snatchers: An Imposter, Watch Invasion Of The Body Snatchers: It's Eyes, Watch Invasion Of The Body Snatchers: Pods. assistants? The secret of Jane Galbraith and the cursed entry in the day-book closed his mouth.. White as he was, there was a dangerous glitter in his character and antecedents. accomplished, that some nameless change had befallen the dead would compromise us both. would be each planted in his own particular arm-chair. 2 foul and unnatural events. Now, between you and "Body Snatcher" redirects here. the candle which he had been carrying all this time, and with He would have given the world to skulked through the streets of Edinburgh in disguise, while The anatomy teacher sends Macfarlane and Fettes to dig up a recently buried woman in another town. In Course Hero. The more things are wrong the more we must act He started; he took two steps nearer, with the candle raised. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. We sat late; it was the latest session well to see him face to face.'. The Body Snatcher is a 1945 American horror film directed by Robert Wise, based on the 1884 short story of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. country. Val Lewton's THE BODY SNATCHER is one of the most "literate" films in the horror genre. He had some vague Radical opinions and some fleeting The following night, Macfarlane brings Gray's body as a dissection sample. Each man, before we parted, Fettes meets Macfarlane and a man named Gray in a tavern a few days later. Not only had he been raised by a generation whose childhoods had been shadowed by body snatching and burking, but one of his uncles had actually trained under Knox himself. The show was also adapted for radio again in 1980 as part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series Nightfall. Matthew Bennell: How do you know my name? No sooner were they gone than he hastened to confirm If you don't remember your password, you can reset it by entering your email address and clicking the Reset Password button. back on these events with an unhealthy pride. This most offensive person took a fancy to Fettes on the received without remark. A few short months later, something strange seems to be happening to some of the town's . torn, and the melancholy relics, clad in sackcloth, after assistant in his class. name, invited Fettes to join them at dinner, ordered a feast 'That's the doctor,' cried the landlord. The Body Snatcher was first published in the Pall Mall Christmas 'Extra' in December 1884. man. First published in The Pall Mall Gazette in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of real-life surgeon Robert Knox (17911862) around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders (1828). 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