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So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.

George Jean Nathan

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George Jean Nathan
Age: 76 †
Born: 1882
Born: February 14
Died: 1958
Died: April 8
Critic
Film Critic
Journalist
Writer
Fort Wayne
Indiana
May
Professional
Long
Theater
Hold
Pretty
Stage
Literature
Undertakers
Girl
Undertaker
Left
Burial

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