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On particularly hot days, [Marlene] Dietrich would have ice-cold champagne brought to the set for the cast and crew, and to pass the time while the lights were being shifted she would play the musical saw. "She would open her legs," remembered [William] Bakewell, "put a regular saw in it and with a violin bow, play 'Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore' with a wow in it. She was an interesting woman."

I'LL BET.

From John Wayne: The Life and Legend. This was during the filming of Seven Sinners, July to September 1940. Dietrich and Wayne were also having an affair at this time.

Also, a really interesting post from Newfoundland Folkways about timber cutting according to the phases of the moon.

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