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The Lyric Theatre: A Look Back at the Beginnings
Preliminary Sketches
Design Sequence for Left Side, Auditorium
Early longitudinal section
sketch--interior with light fixtures
Longitudinal section
sketch--interiorwith no light fixtures
Longitudinal section
sketch--interior with light fixtures
Stage and curtains sketch
Cinema Trivia
Watching the rushes of his Humphrey Bogart gangster movie Marked Woman
(U.S., 1937), producer Hal Wallis objected to the presence of an insignificant and puny-looking
extra among the gangland tough guys. He asked director Lloyd Bacon why he had used an actor
who looked so unlike a mobster. The mild little man was not an actor, Bacon explained. He was a
member of the Lucky Luciano gang who had been cast to add realism.
From The Book of Lists: The 90s Editionby David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace
(Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1993).
URL: "http://spec.lib.vt.edu/specgen/lyr/prelimsk.htm"
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Last updated: January 18, 1996
