141: Marlene Dietrich, Claudette Colbert, and the “sewing circle” (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 15)
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The Sign of the Cross - Legs Colbert
Cladette Colbert was dubbed legs colbert by columnist walter winchell way back in the late 19 twenties during her years on broadway. During this time, colbert secretly married an actor. She kept the marriage secret because she was afraid of her highly critical mother's disapproval. A nude colbert would be filmed in a bath of milk, a rare glimpse of explicit sexuality on screen which became one of the most notorious images of the precode era.
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