TORCH SINGER SANG ON WITH HAIR ON FIRE
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. f Actress Dorothy SarnofT continued to : sing an emotional musical show "Mag- = dalena" while her hair was on fire. = She was kneeling during the second = act when a floodlight over the stage jj exploded. : Pieces of glass and redhot filament = fell on her head. i* People in the audience screamed and = others rose to their feet. = Flames and smoke came from Miss § Sarnoff's head, but her voice did not : falter. = The leading man, John Raitt. rushed : acrossthe stage and beat out the fire = with his hands. = Miss SarnofT lost half her hair, and 1 Raitt's hands were badly blistered. E She expects to continue playing the § role next week—with a wig. «
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22820, 15 December 1948, Page 4
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