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Henry Clive (1882-1960) (Henry Clive O’Hara) born in Australia, was a magician, painter and magazine illustrator. He traveled the world as a magician, billed as "Clive the Illusionist", "The Great Clive" and "Debonair Magician." He was assisted by for a time by May Sturgess noted to be the most beautiful girl in vaudeville. Clive played the best theaters in the country and featured the Die Box and Spirit Paintings (possibly the first to do so in the United States, which he move to in 1903)…

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He revolutionized the word "showman" as he designed both stage and music to house the most beautiful girls he could find. Comedian, Lucille Ball, was one of those girls.

Lana Turner plays the pagan princess Samarra (with not a hair out of place) in "The Prodigal", 1955.

Natalie Wood in Gypsy (1962)

Rhonda Fleming died Wednesday in Santa Monica, California, her assistant shared. She was 97 years old.

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