Talk:Arthur Blake (American actor)

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Did you know... that actor Arthur Blake was famous for his female impersonations of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that actor Arthur Blake was famous for his female impersonations of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt? Source: Jacob Smith (2011). Spoken Word: Postwar American Phonograph Culture. University of California Press. p. 126-129. Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez (2021). Creating Carmen Miranda: Race, Camp, and Transnational Stardom. Vanderbilt University Press.)
- ALT1:... that Arthur Blake, famous for impersonating Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt, was temporarily put out of work by the Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942? Source: See the two sources above and Nightclubs—Vaudeville: Thrown Out of Work. December 12, 1942. p. 11. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mae Eleanor Frey

Created by 4meter4 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:02, 1 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

New and long enough, within policy, Earwig finds no copyvios, QPQ done, hook facts check out (though I added "temporarily" to ALT1 since he still found work after the fire). Good to go.