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THE LIVELY ARTS
A Chance to Make Money
Ballet will be a lot healthier when it shakes off the early influence of a rather dull-witted aristocracy
March
1
1940
GILBERT SELBES
A Chance to Make Money
GILBERT SELBES
March
1
1940
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THE LIVELY ARTS
A Chance to Make Money
Ballet will be a lot healthier when it shakes off the early influence of a rather dull-witted aristocracy
March
1
1940
GILBERT SELBES
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