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Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy sign movie contracts with Rogers to star in movies for Universal Pictures in California.

American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen stands with his mannequin Charlie McCarthy near a desk. Executive producer Charles R. Rogers seated at a desk. He draws a contract for starring roles in new Universal pictures. A close up Charlie and Bergen. They both talk. They look at Rogers drawing the contact. A man enters the room. Roger hands over the contract to Edgar Bergen. Charlie McCarthy and Bergen look at the contract. They talk to the man. A close up of Charlie McCarthy and Bergen. Bergen talks to the two men inside the room and laughs. Location: Los Angeles California. Date: August 9, 1937.

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