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| TINA TURNER appearing on the cover of the September 1979 Las Vegas Backgammon Magazine. | ||||||||||||||||
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| On the set of the 1938 movie "The Shining Hour," ROBERT YOUNG plays backgammon against director FRANK BORZAGE while JOAN CRAWFORD (another big backgammon fan) pampers her pets. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Husband and wife JENNIFER JONES and ROBERT WALKER play backgammon at home. The couple were married from 1939 to 1945. | ||||||||||||||||
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| COLE PORTER playing backgammon "Night and Day" in 1937. | ||||||||||||||||
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| HUMPHREY BOGART playing backgammon against ELIZABETH SELLARS as AVA GARDNER (right) looks on in a scene from "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954). | ||||||||||||||||
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| Director JOHN HUSTON and PAUL NEWMAN match wits between scenes for the 1973 Warner Brothers' film "The Mackintosh Man." | ||||||||||||||||
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| VINCE VAUGHN gives REESE WITHERSPOON some backgammon pointers in a screenshot from their 2008 movie Four Christmases. | ||||||||||||||||
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| OMAR SHARIF has been a backgammon aficionado since his youth and is a very fine player. Mr. Sharif's name has been used to promote tournaments, books, and other backgammon products, especially in the 1970s-1980s era. | ||||||||||||||||
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| NELSON EDDY and JEANETTE MACDONALD take a backgammon break during filming of their 1940 romantic musical New Moon. | ||||||||||||||||
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BARON VERNON BALL plays backgammon with MUHAMMAD ALI in Puerto Rico in 1976. At the time, the Baron had a World Backgammon Champion title and Ali was Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. [Submitted by Maurice Barie.]
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