Kismet Trivia

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The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 25 December 1911 and closed in June 1912 after 184 performances.

Life Magazine reported that Marlene Dietrich had her legs painted with four coats of gold paint, and her hair sprinkled with powdered gold for her exotic dance number.

Marlene Dietrich`s dance was so erotic that it was cut from the movie when it aired on television and was only restored very recently.

The decision to paint Dietrich`s legs gold was a last resort. Initially, they had made fine mesh "tights" for her, like chain-mail. It took several hours to close the links up the back using jeweler`s pliers. However, after she was encased in the mesh, it was discovered she couldn`t move, so they undid the tights and resorted to gold paint.