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Word: clothesâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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There was a day when actors walked upon the stage in their street clothes???or almost. But that was before the day of mud-sprinkling trucks, before the day of chorus girls, and before the Actors' Equity Association made the producer furnish costumes. When Shakespeare spoke of Cleopatra's infinite variety, he was not thinking of her wardrobe. But Flo Ziegfeld?what a different effect would light up his imagination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plumes and Satin | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

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