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D23958-2
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- 1946-10-02 (Creation)
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In October of 1946, an unidentified young man, dressed as a Roman soldier, walked down Pacific Avenue carrying a shield with a poster advertising the movie "Caesar and Cleopatra" playing at the Music Box Theater. The film version of George Bernard Shaw's play starred Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra and Claude Rains as Ceasar.With a production cost of almost $6 million, it was one of the most expensive productions in cinema history up until then. Business men stand along the sidewalk nearby and the Security Building at 917 Pacific Ave. can be seen in the background. (T.Times, 10/2/1946, p.6)
Publicity; Advertising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Costumes--Roman; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Music Box Theatre (Tacoma); Motion pictures;