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Somerset Maugham wrote the novel “Theatre” on which “Julia” is based and since he took almost all his stories straight from life, the original is probably an accurate portrait of the backstage world behind his own plays. Some reviewers have said that Julia might have been a role for Vivien Leigh, Bette Davis or Katharine Hepburn in their day, although

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