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3 unusual facts about Regina Cyclone


Regina Cyclone

American stage actress Henrietta Crosman, who also later went on to Hollywood, was also in Regina at the time of the disaster and toured the devastation with members of her troupe.

English actor William Henry Pratt, better known by his stage name "Boris Karloff," was in Regina at the time of the tornado as a member of the Jeanne Russell Players, a struggling company of actors and singers.

Boris Karloff, Jeanne Russell, Henrietta Crosman, and the Albini-Avolos are all characters in BD Miller's musical drama, "Swept Off Our Feet: Boris Karloff and the Regina Cyclone," which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the disaster and premièred as a July 2012 production of Regina Summer Stage.



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