Created | Updated Dec 20, 2020
The background: actors Burgess Meredith and Margo (first-name performer) were getting pretty tired of the soaking from the rain machine while filming the movie version of Maxwell Anderson's socially conscious play Winterset. No wonder the studio made them put on rubber underwear. A thespian could catch cold.
On Broadway, they made the audience imagine the rain. This helped with the health insurance.
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