Margie Hart and the war effort
"I'm helping the Allies win the war, every time I unhook my brassiere" -- dancer Margie Hart, who tried to donate 4,000 of her pinups, in a Life magazine article
I'd love to say it came from my own research, but I found the quote in Kelly DiNardo's forthcoming Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique. I am reviewing the book for The Austin Chronicle.
Labels: Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique, Kelly DiNardo, Margie Hart
posted by Rick Klaw at
4:26 PM
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If only the Iraq war could spark such fervor!
But then, it'd have to be a legitimate war, for starters...
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