Scholar Edward Wagenknecht, who was born in 1900, recalled when working as a projectionist when he was eighteen, a brief film that depicted L. Frank Baum smoking a cigar and laughing.  It is not known to be a scene in any of his surviving films, nor does it seem to correspond to any of his lost films, either.

Last I heard, Wagenknecht was still alive, but his health prohibits travel.  I also don't believe he has recalled any additional details or clues as to what this might be.  Does anyone else?
 
Scott Andrew Hutchins
 
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