Ivar Theatre

1605 Ivar Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90028  | map | 

"It's cold out there. Colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre on Saturday night"
         - Tom Waits, "Nighthawks at the Diner" - 1975.

Opened: February 5, 1951 as a legit theatre with a production of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." The Ivar was a project of restaurant owner Yegishe Harout. He had earlier opened Har-Omar, a restaurant at 1605 N. Ivar, and just added the theatre on the front. On the afternoon of this photo in April 2022 they had the neon turned on although there was no event at the theatre. Photo: Bill Counter

 

An opening day news story. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this to add as a comment to a post about the theatre on the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group.

Seating: 376 initially, including a shallow balcony. The seating was redone in 2002 and it ended up with a capacity of 284.

Stage facilities: There was once an orchestra pit. The house still has hemp system fly capability. 

There have been occasional movie bookings over the years at the Ivar but it's usually been a legit playhouse. Much of the data regarding early shows comes from a 1951 to 1961 production list that Mace Wyndu came across when he was working in the theatre. It's reproduced at the bottom of the page.

 

"Joan of Lorraine" with Luise Rainier and Walter Coy was the second production in 1951, opening February 5. H.J. Kennedy's production of "The Mad Woman of Chaillot" with Aline MacMahon, Eve McVeagh and Barbara Rush opened March 28. "Tartuffe," starring Sam Jaffe, Alex Gerry and Kathleen Freeman, opened May 15. "Detective Story" with Chester Morris and others opened June 4.

 

The 6th show was "Peg O' My Heart" with Joan Evans, John Agar, Eve Mc Veagh, Eve Halpern and Cora Witherspoon. It opened July 3. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this ad for a post on the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group. 

The last show of the inaugural season was "For Love or Money," opening July 31, 1951. It featured Wanda Hendrix, Don Shelton and Erin O'Brien Moore. Evidently the only show in 1952 was the Tuesday Night Players production of "Assembly Call" starring Mary Scott (Mrs. Cedric Hardwicke). It opened March 25. 

 

A May 1954 ad for "Tin Pan Alec." Thanks to Ken McIntyre for spotting this.  

Four additional shows of the 1954 season were "The Infernal Machine," opening August 8, "Operation Password," opening sometime later in August, "Sketches on a Roman Wall" with Marta Mitrovich and Irma Naiman opening September 29, and "Halfway to Heaven" with Carolyn Dale and Bert Horner, opening October 20.    

The 1955 season began April 27 with the Stage Society production of "Misalliance." "The Mistress of the Inn" with the Ana Modjeska Players opened May 25. That was followed by the Stage Society production of "The Torchbearers" on June 15. The Intercollegiate Drama Foundation offered "Run For Cover" beginning July 13. The Stage Society production of "Storm in the Sun" opened August 18. The final show was the Stage Society production of "The Plow and the Stars" with Richard Erdman, Robert Vaughn and others. It opened September 28.  

Shows in 1956 were "The World of Sholem Aleichem," directed by Howard Da Silva, opening April 4. It was followed by "Dark of the Moon" in June, lady magician Dell O'Dell appearing in July, Rae Bourbon appearing in "Lost in Juarez" in September. The American premiere of "Survival" with John Anderson and Karen Verne opened November 13. Maggie O'Bryne was in "The Man With the Golden Arm," a show that opened December 27.  

"Tiger at the Gates" with Robert Ryan, John Ireland and Mary Astor opened January 29, 1957. James Whitmore was in "Time Limit" beginning February 20. That was followed by "Jason" with Magda Harout. "The Daring Darlinis" with Carol Brewster opened July 10. The last show in 1957 was "Career," opening October 28. It featured Cliff Robertson, Helen Walker and David Post.  

 

The 1958 season began with a show with Spanish dancer Senorita Inesita on March 23. The double bill of "The Brick and the Rose" and "Popping the Question" opened March 25. Maurice Schwartz was in "The Lonely Ship" beginning April 30. Josiane Marbais appeared in "Josette" beginning August 26. The season closed with Cathleen Nesbitt in Tennessee Williams' play "Garden District," opening October 28.

 

An October 1958 ad for "The Garden District."

Lord Buckley appeared in "An Evening With Lord Buckley," opening February 2, 1959. "The Boy Friend" opened February 19. 

In the early 60s the theatre was operated by Zev Bufman and Stan Seiden. The 1960 season began with Eddie Foy III in "The Only Game in Town," opening January 28. "Pajama Tops" was next, a show that played several different theatres. The revue "Vintage '60" opened April 27 for a long run. It featured Barbara Heller, Fay DeWitt, Michelle Lee, Jack Albertson and Bert Convy. Mickey Deems was the writer, Billy Barnes did the music, Jonathan Lucas was the choreographer. The season closed with Herschel Bernardi in the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee play "Only in America." It opened December 25.

Elsa Lanchester opened her show "Elsa Lanchester, Herself" on May 25, 1961. The Second City troupe were up next, opening June 6. "The Fantasticks" had it's first L.A. run at the theatre beginning in November 1961 with Bill Bixby as the boy and Jack Betts as El Gallo. See the list at the bottom of the page that was located by Mace Wyndu for more data on the shows in the 1951 to 1961 period.

"Under the Yum Yum Tree" with Bixby, Richard Erdman and Regina Gleason (and then a string of other male leads) had an engagement of nearly two years beginning in May 1962 and running until March 1964. Earlier it had had a run at the Las Palmas.

 

Darren McGavin directed and starred in "The Indoor Sport." Thanks to Ken for locating this April 1964 ad.

 

An item about "The Indoor Sport" that was located by Ken.

 

A production of "Tiny Alice" starring Signe Hasso played the Ivar during February and March 1966. John Rust was the producer. 

In 1966 the Grateful Dead did NOT perform at the Ivar on February 25, despite this theatre being listed as the venue on several websites and even on a CD. See an image of the cover of a CD from that night with the venue listed as the Ivar that was located by Ken McIntyre. The show was actually at the Cinema Theatre on Western Ave.

 

Fredd Wayne starred in "Benjamin Franklin, Citizen," a production that opened October 25, 1966. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating the ad. 

 

 

The Arch Oboler 3-D film "The Bubble" with Michael Cole and Deborah Walley played its first run engagement at the Ivar. It opened March 17, 1967 on a four wall deal. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for finding the March ad. 

 

 

A 1967 newspaper cartoon about "The Bubble." Thanks to Lawrence Kaufman for including this in his extensive 2023 Facebook post about the film. He notes that on May 17 Variety reported that the film was closing after a seven week run. Also see Lawrence's 2025 post about the film. 

 

A booking of Satyajit Ray's film "Kanchenjungha" in May 1967. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for digging out this column of Hollywood theatre ads from the Times for a post on the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group. 

 

A May 1967 ad for "Kanchenjungha." This one was shared by Ken McIntyre in a thread about the theatre on the Ken's Movie Page Facebook group.

 

A September 27, 1967 ad for Jesse White and Roy Stuart in a production of Neil Simon's "The Odd couple." Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this.   

 

Elsa Lanchester was a performer at the theatre again in 1967. An audio interview "Elsa Lanchester Herself" is available on the Internet Archive from Pacifica Radio Archives. "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" had a long run in 1968.

In 1969 "Visigoths" promised to be "Musical Theatre of Involvement. It's a December 24 ad that was located by Ken McIntyre. 

"Dames at Sea," a Chuck Barris production, played in 1970. "The Boys In the Band" also had a successful run at this time. In 1971 Patty Andrews appeared in "Victory Canteen."

A production of "Godspell" opened December 21, 1971 after a sold out six-week run at the Mark Taper Forum. 1972 had a run of the X-rated play "The Dirtiest Show in Town" by Tom Eyens, an "all-nude play about sex, war and smog." In December 1972 the booking was a program of gospel music.

Donavan S. Moye visited the theatre in the early 70s: "Saw a terrible 16mm print of 'Deep Throat' there, back when it was de rigueur--so probably '72, '73?"

The theatre had been closed a while in 1973 when it suffered a fire in the backstage areas and the attic. It was reported in a small item on page two of the February 4 L.A. Times. Howard Nugent, former master electrician at the Pantages, recounts: 

"I was a brand new stagehand. In July I had a call to help restore the hemp rigging and house restore after a fire had done a lot of damage. I worked there with a few other hands for 2-3 weeks refitting and then loading in a show called 'Oh Coward,' a Noel Coward revue. Just a small box of a theater but I got a huge amount of experience in that time. Very few hemp rigs left in Los Angeles even then. But invaluable lessons."

 

The production of "Oh, Coward" opened July 17, 1973.  This ad from August 1973 that was located by Ken McIntyre.

In the fall of 1973 there was a run of "The Incommunicado Mikado," a version of the show updated for the Watergate era. Mr. Harout, the owner, died in June 1974 and the Ivar changed hands several times following that. 

 

 

A November 1974 ad for the Ivar as a film house running "High School Fantasies." 

 

In late 1974 or early 1975 the Ivar became a burlesque theatre. 

 

A new policy announced in 1977 of a "Continuous Live Nude Show." But they were still doing film showings as well. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating the ad for a comment to a post on the Photos of Los Angeles Facebook group. 

 

 An ad for another 1977 attraction that was located by Ken McIntyre. 

One of the highlights during the house's burlesque years was "Camera Night." Photographers frequenting the venue included Norman Breslow, Bill Dane, David Fahey, Anthony Friedkin, Michael Guske, Ryan Herz , Beth Herzhaft and Paul McDonough. The organization drkrm curated a 2012 group show "Camera Night at the Ivar." Patricio Maya comments about the Ivar in an essay on the page:

"The Ivar Theatre in Hollywood has inspired lyrics in the songs of Tom Waits. Photographer Garry Winogrand's images of Ivar strippers have been displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Ivar started life as a legitimate performance theater when it first opened in 1951. It later became a rock club; The Grateful Dead played there in 1966. Performers through the years have included Lord Buckley, Lenny Bruce and many others. Elvis made a movie there. The theatre changed hands frequently and by the late 60’s it became a full-nudity strip joint - one of the last standing 'Burlesk' houses in the United States.

"The Ivar was lewd and notorious in its day. It was described by its patrons as 'a chamber of desperation, a mausoleum for souls -- on and off the runway.' Ross MacLean, one time stage manager and spotlight operator for two years, says 'It's difficult to convey how bizarrely un-sexy and un-romantic the place was. A lot of the girls just danced around in street clothes, and took them off with about as much charm as someone undressing in a locker room.'

"Sunday and Tuesday evenings were camera nights, where for the cover charge the customers could take as many pictures as they liked. If a customer put a dollar on the catwalk, the performer would give him an up-close and very personal view of her body.

"At the time the club drew many now-notable photographers including Winogrand (who according to historian John Szarkowski, shot 150 rolls of film there), Bill Dane, David Fahey, Paul McDonough and Anthony Friedkin to name a few. drkrm is drawn to curating this exhibit for many reasons. It was a time when these photographers were somewhat known but not on the level they are now and some were all part of a greater circle in New York City that also included Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander and Tod Papageorge. Some of them were good friends and used to shoot together, even following each other out to California.

"On another level, what's intriguing is allowing photographs to be taken inside the club, it gives us an incredible look at an audience of voyeurs, normally protected by the cover of darkness. In that split second of the camera's flash, we can see the men in the audience, their facial expressions, how they're sitting, where they're looking or not looking. The late LA artist Mike Kelly described the behavior of the Ivar's male audience members, 'as if drugged in a dentist’s chair, the men sit frozen and immobile. There is no show of emotion, no hooping, hollering or wild applause. Seances are livelier.' This exhibit is as much about the relationship between the women on stage and the men in the audience as is it is about the actual image and the photographers who took them."

In 1989 the Inner City Cultural Center purchased the building and did both their own shows as well as rentals. In 1996 the building went into foreclosure following the death of the ICCC founder, C. Bernard Jackson. After a 2002 renovation, it emerged as the home of the California Youth Theatre. That group moved to another venue in the middle of the decade. Following their exit there were several seasons of music and plays. At various times the venue has been advertised as the New Ivar Theatre.

The restaurant/bar in back: The venue at the back of the lot, with an entrance at what is now 1608 Cosmo St., pre-dated the theatre. Brian Michael McCray notes that he was told by Harry Hay, an operator of the space in the 70s, that in 1929 it had been L.A.'s first gay bar, then called Jimmy's Backyard. Michael Snider comments that until the end of prohibition it was a speakeasy. 

 

 

A 1950s ashtray from the restaurant's era as the Har-Omar. It was on display at the 2024 Hollywood Heritage exhibit "Out With the Stars." Michael Snider comments: "Louis Jordan performed there in the 1940s, for white audiences who wouldn't go to Central Avenue, in an LA that was very racially divided."

 

In 1957 it became Cosmo Alley. Thanks to Scott Colette for locating this photo by William Claxton of Stan Getz playing sax by the stage door in the late 1950s. In a Forgotten Los Angeles Facebook post he offers this history: 

"Located behind the Ivar Theatre, Cosmo Alley was a Hollywood Beatnik hangout at Cosmo & Selma opened by future music manager Herb Cohen in late 1957. Like many beatnik joints at the time, Cosmo Alley was primarily a coffee house, with food, beer, wine, and 'a score or more types of coffee,' and it also featured nightly performances of 'jazz poetry and off-beat comedians who work in the style of Mort Stahl.'

"I'm guessing that Cosmo Alley closed in 1964, as I can’t find it in listings past November 1963. Not long after, Cohen began managing Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, with whom he worked for more than ten years, and he started taking on other acts including Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Linda Ronstadt, The Turtles, and Lenny Bruce. Officially, this photograph is listed as 1955, but given that Cosmo Alley wouldn’t open for two more years, the date is likely wrong. That, or it might be a misremembering, and was taken at the Har-Omar restaurant which previously occupied the building and did host occasionally host live music, up until their 1955 move to the Sunset Strip."

In the 60s the restaurant was called The Backstage. Joe Byron notes that when it was a comedy club Lenny Bruce and George Carlin performed there. Michael Snider notes: 

"The bar was known as Bido Lido's for a period in the 1960s, and acts like Love and the Doors played there."

Ken Roe and Ken McIntyre note on Cinema Treasures that it later morphed into a club named The Sewers of Paris. In a post on the Classic Hollywood/LosAngeles/SFV Facebook page Bruce Lassen commented: 

"When it was The Sewers Of Paris, you went up the stairway on the outside to a door and then down a circular stairway, giving the illusion that you were going down below street level. It was fun! The Sunday Brunch was great! I wish somebody would buy that building and do it again. Anyone?"

By 1977 it was a gay bar called Gaslight, a rock/goth hangout. Brian Michael McCray notes that at the time it was operated by Harry Hay. Michael Snider comments: 

"When I saw Sky Saxon perform at the Gaslight in the early 90s he was still calling it Bido Lido's." 

In 1996 it was renamed The Opium Den. At times it has been used as a green room and reception area for the theatre. Joe Byron of the Los Angeles Film School comments that they now refer to the space as the "brick box."

 

Status: Currently the theatre is used by the Los Angeles Film School, 877-9LA-FILM or events@lafilm.edu. They purchased the building in 2007.

 

Interior views:   

A false proscenium built for an unknown show. It's the one that we also see in a scene from the 1998 film "The Big Lebowski." Thanks to Mark E. Phillips for including this undated shot in "The Big Lebowski Filming Locations: Then and Now," a fine 15 minute survey that's on YouTube. 

 

 

A gloomy look at the auditorium in 2001. It's a photo on the Tom Waits Fan site's page about the Ivar Theatre where they credit it to N.N. / Tom Waits Library.

A different false proscenium. Thanks to Ken Roe for this 2005 shot of the Ivar's auditorium that appears on Flickr. When you have a day to spare you might browse his Movie Theatres - USA album for over 700 photos of theatres around the country.

The pinrail off right at the Ivar. Thanks to Ronald W. Mahan for sharing his photo.  

 

 

 

A 2023 view to the stage by Mace Wyndu. This photo and others on the page by Mace were added as comments to a post on the Los Angeles Theatres Facebook page of a photo of the Ivar running "The Bubble" in a 3-D process called "Space Vision." Mace commented: "Not quite Space Vision but we are still working on some fun projects in the old theatre."

 

 

 Looking down from the booth. Photo: Mace Wyndu - 2023

 

 

A main floor view. Note the pinrail over on the left. Photo: Mace Wyndu - 2023

 

 

One of the end standards. Photo: Mace Wyndu - 2023. Thanks! 

More exterior views: 

c.1955 - The theatre from above in its green period. On the right that's the Los Angeles Public Library's Hollywood branch, a building that burned in 1982. The tall building in the background is the Hollywood Athletic Club on Sunset Blvd. Thanks to Sean Ault for spotting the photo on eBay. Noirish Los Angeles contributor Ethereal Reality also shared it on his Noirish post #53668.

c.1955 - A detail from the previous photo. 

 

1960s - The Ivar as a legit house running "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off." Thanks to Julio Martinez for including the photo in "The Ivar Theatre and the Decline of LA's Mid-sized Theatres," his now-vanished May 2018 article for the L.A. Stage Alliance that appeared in their online magazine @This Stage. 

 

 

1967 - "It floats off the screen over your head." The March 17 Los Angeles premiere of Arch Oboler's film "The Bubble." It was filmed in what he called "Space Vision," a 3-D process using two images stacked on top of each other within the frame. Thanks to Bob Furmanek for sharing this view on a now vanished page about the film for his site his 3-D Film Archive.

c.1971 - Thanks to the wonderful McAvoy/Bruce Torrence Historic Hollywood Photographs Collection for this view looking north from Selma Ave. It's their #T-030-3. The show at the theatre is "Godspell." It opened December 21, 1971 after a sold out run at the Taper Forum. Also on the Hollywood Photographs website: 1975 view - #T-030-5 | 1978 view - with a copter on the roof - #T-030-6 |

 1977 - A look at the Ivar's facade by Michael Haering. It's in the Herald Examiner collection at the Los Angeles Public Library. 

1978 - The Ivar with a helicopter on the roof. Thanks to Ross MacLean for the photo on the Facebook page Vintage Los Angeles. Ross, who worked at the Ivar two years, notes: "The helicopter on the roof is thanks to the efforts of one of the owners, Lee Witten, a chopper pilot. He thought it would 'attract attention.' As if the big pink painting of Carol Conners wouldn't."

c.1978 - A photo from Ross MacLean. It made an appearance on the Ivar page of the now-vanished site TomWaits.com site. 

 

 

c.1978 - Thanks to Nancy Westfall-Stewart for locating this shot for a post on the Lost Angeles Facebook group. 

 

 

c.1978 - A shot by Tom Speropulos appearing on the site Art Pal where there are over 200 additional photos taken by him. Also pay a visit to Tom's website: sperosphotography.com

1980 - The Ivar as seen from Vine St. during its burlesque days. It's a photo by Matt Sweeney. Thanks to John Matkowsky of drkrm for identifying the photographer. And also to Sean Ault for locating the photo and sending it along.

1981 - A facade view by Anne Knudsen. It's in the Herald Examiner collection at the Los Angeles Public Library.

 

 

1980s - An entrance view added by Katherine Turman as a comment to a post on the Lost Angeles Facebook group. She notes: "As a young music journalist in the 1980s, I went there to interview El Duce of the band The Mentors for Music Connection magazine. Eldon worked there!"

c.1983 - Thanks to the now-vanished website American Classic Images for this photo. 

1985 - A Gary Leonard photo taken in August during construction of the Hollywood Branch Library, a Frank Gehry design. Thanks to Eitan Alexander for spotting the photo in the Los Angeles Public Library collection.

1987 - A photo posted on the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page. It was a find by Doug Boethin.

c.1987 - A view appearing on the private Facebook group You know you grew up in Hollywood because....  Thanks to Michele Koji for the post.

 

 

c.1988 - Some signage taken off the facade. Thanks to John English for sharing this photo he took, along with one other shot, in a 2024 Facebook post. And thanks to Chris Nichols for spotting it. 

late 1980s - It's a photo that appeared on a page about the Ivar on the now-vanished site tomwaitsfan.com. Waits recorded his 1975 album "Nighthawks at the Diner" at the theatre. The photo is credited as being from Art Fine. Sorry that there's not a larger size available. 

2002 - The Ivar's signage after the facade renovations. The neon installation was designed by Kunio Ohashi. The uncredited photo appeared on a website promoting a 2004 reading of the play "Little By Little" by Nathan Sanders and featuring Piper Laurie.

2002 - Another view of the post-renovation facade designed by Kunio Ohashi. The photo appeared on his now-vanished website.

2005 - A photo from Ken McIntyre. It appeared as a post on the private Facebook group Photos of Los Angeles.

2007 - Another facade view. Photo: Bill Counter 

 

 

2014 - Thanks to Gerry Feltmann for sharing this lovely shot he took in April. 

2016 - Looking north toward Hollywood Blvd.  The image is from Google Maps. Head there for the current interactive version.

 

 2016 - Another view from Google.

2018 - That's a bit of the Library at the right. Photo: Bill Counter 

2018 - The building from the south showing the bump up for the stagehouse. Photo: Bill Counter

c.2018 - A lovely view of the Ivar at night that once appeared on the website of the Los Angeles Film School. 

 

 

Around the back:

 

2022 - The former restaurant building behind the theatre. Photo: Bill Counter 

 

 

2022 - Another Cosmo Alley view. Photo: Bill Counter 

 

 

2023 - Vintage architectural details at the "Brickhouse." Thanks to Mace Wyndu for the photo. 

 

 

The Ivar in the Movies: The story is that Elvis Presley shot one or more musical numbers on the Ivar stage in January 1957 as part of the filming for "Loving You" (Paramount, July 1957). It he did, none of the footage made it into the completed film. There are bits and pieces of three different theatre spaces that we see and none look anything like the Ivar. See the Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies post for shots of what we see.

Jodie Foster and her teenage friends live in the Valley, yet somehow they end up walking by the Ivar on their way to school in Adrian Lyne's "Foxes" (United Artists, 1980). The film about drugs, sex and growing up in L.A. also features Cherie Currie, Marilyn Kagan, Kandice Stroh, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid and Lois Smith. See the Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies post for a view down Hollywood Blvd. toward the Music Box/Pix from later in the film.

 

At the beginning of "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie" (Universal, 1980) the boys are carrying a garbage can of gasoline they've siphoned from a tow truck.  As they reach their car on Ivar St. we get this shot of the south side of the theatre. The film was directed by Tommy Chong. Thanks to Sean Ault for spotting the theatre. See the Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies post for shots of the Egyptian, El Capitan and Pussycat theatres.  

 

 

 

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi are at the Ivar for a friend's dance performance in Joel and Ethan Coen's "The Big Lebowski" (Polygram, 1998). The film also features John Turturro, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tara Reid. The cinematography was by Roger Deakins. See the Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies post for another Ivar shot as well as several views of Julianne Moore's apartment in the 5th floor loft of the Palace Theatre office building. 

 

Note the stairs offstage left. Mace Wyndu notes: "Upstairs it's a small kitchen, several dressing rooms, an equipment cage and an office on the 3rd floor." 

 

 

 

Several interior photos of the Ivar (although not identified as such on the soundtrack) appear in the 2018 documentary "Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable" directed by Sasha Waters Freyer. This particular image has been cropped a bit. Winogrand was a patron when the theatre was running burlesque shows and there was a weekly "Camera Night." 

More Information: Thanks to Mace Wyndu for sharing this 1951 to 1961 list of productions he came across when he was working in the theatre: 

 Thanks, Mace!

See the Cinema Treasures page for some nice stories.

Check out the drkrm page from their 2012 group show "Camera Night at the Ivar." Joseph Janesic also suggests a Camera Night at the Ivar Pinterest page with many interior photos from the burlesque days. Also see an Ivar photo from that era by Bill Dane on the Tumblr blog "Soul Eyes" 

Nearby: The Montalban Theatre, 1615 Vine St.

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