Leo Beuerman
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Directed byGene Boomer
Written byMargaret Travis
Produced byRussell A. Mosser
Arthur H. Wolf[1]
Arthur H. Wolf[1]
Edited byLarry Bixby
| Leo Beuerman | |
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| Directed by | Gene Boomer |
| Written by | Margaret Travis |
| Produced by | Russell A. Mosser Arthur H. Wolf[1] |
| Edited by | Larry Bixby |
| Distributed by | Centron Productions |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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]
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]