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Cleopatra premiere marks sensational film debut in Manhattan
New York reports the $40 million Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor and Rex Harrison had its world premiere at the Rivoli Theater. The lavish epic features Cleopatra entering Rome in a grand parade and a romance between Taylor and Burton that rivaled the film’s own spectacle.
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