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(From left) Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, and Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca" (1942), directed by Michael Curtiz.
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(Left) Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from the television series "Star Trek" (1966-69). (science fiction, Vulcans)
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Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.
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Drury Lane Theatre (London, England) showing a Roman play in progress, print (black ink with watercolor on paper), 1808; design by Thomas Rowlandson and August Charles Pugin. (theaters)
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