Announcing the start of The Blue Angel yesterday, the rising red curtain in the main theater of the Music Box took on a certain risque quality—it was as though the screen were performing a striptease for the audience, creating anticipation for the burlesque numbers Marlene Dietrich would perform in the film. Of course, a movie house doesn't need to show The Blue Angel (or Gypsy or The Rocky Horror Picture Show) for a curtain to trigger this association.…
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