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2 unusual facts about Thomas Anstey Guthrie


One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus is a musical with music written by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ogden Nash, and book by S. J. Perelman and Nash, based on the novella The Tinted Venus by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, and very loosely spoofing the Pygmalion myth.

The Brass Bottle

Though the word is commonly translated into English as "genie", author F. Anstey made a distinction between the two in the novel of the same name (originally published in 1900) which provides the basis of the film.



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