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   Opening on 24 September 1917 at the Morosco Theatre, the comedy by Frederic and Fanny Hatton ran for 296 performances. Leo Carrillo (originally spelled Carillo) played an Italian dressmaker with a fashionable clientele, who becomes infatuated with a gold-digging showgirl. He made a hit with lines like "Such talkings from you! Each-a time you open your mouth you make-a the indecent exposure of your mind." Carrillo revived the play to renewed success in 1927.

The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. .