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| SPEAKING OF PICTURES (continued) A great twist in Pichel's turn as a professional smoke ring entertainer comes when slim Selma Peal, aged 18, steps forward, sits down on a pile of blocks and extends a leg in Pichel's direction. Then Pichel, standing about a yard away, takes a deep puff on his cigar and lets go a perfectly rounded smoke ring aimed at Miss Peal's toe. Floating slowly through air without losing it's shape, the ring settles gently around it's target. |
| LIFE Magazine May 20, 1940 |
| As the girl extendsd her leg in Pichel's direction, he blows a well-aimed smoke ring towards her pointed toe. The girl is a professional dancer known as Roberta. |
| The smoke ring slips around her toe without breaking its shape. For his demonstrations. Pichel smokes a free-drawing 10 cent cigar, preferably mild to protect his throat. |
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