Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
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Mrs. Culp Revisited: Jan. 18, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: Jan. 18, 1937

She was not impressed with Marlene and Charles

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Mrs. Culp Revisited: Jan. 18, 1937
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Mrs. Culp and a friend went to the Victory Theatre to see the movie The Garden of Allah, starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer. "Not so good," was her estimation, which was shared by the critics and the general audience. The film, one of the first made in Technicolor, lost money for its producer, David O. Selznick. He would be far more successful …

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