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DescriptionRay Bolger 1942.jpg
Publicity photo of American entertainer, Ray Bolger, circa 1942, promoting the Broadway production of Rodgers & Hart's musical comedy By Jupiter (originally titled "All's Fair").
Date
Attached press-release promotes the Broadway production, All's Fair (now known as By Jupiter), which opened June 3, 1942 Earliest news-agency date stamp is June 4, 1942
Faded photographer's stamp appears to credit the photo to "Marcus Blechman" Publicity materials are presumed to have been distributed by the press-department representing the show's producers, Wiman & Rodgers in association with Richard Kollmar
PD-PRE1978. The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above (also see original upload).
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Photo has been cropped and retouching performed to minimize the appearance of the most significant damage and/or alterations applied to it by the respective news agencies. Previous upload was to establish dating, source and that there are no copyright...
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