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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)
Actors and Acting Quiz
(From left) Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, and Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca" (1942), directed by Michael Curtiz.
A-List of Actors
(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)
Casting Call