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circa 1929: 23 year old Alma Smith, the 'cleverest soubrette' of the cast of 'Blackbirds' at the London Pavilion, receiving her daily dose of ultra violet rays from a sun machine. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

circa 1929:  23 year old Alma Smith, the 'cleverest soubrette' of the cast of 'Blackbirds' at the London Pavilion, receiving her daily dose of ultra violet rays from a sun machine.  (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)