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Men go to the theatre to forget women, to remember.

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
Theater
Forget
Remember
Women
Men
Theatre

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