asbestos curtain
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The big asbestos curtain hushed all that and the Metropolitan's regular season was ended.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flat against the stage side of the arch run the "house curtain" and the asbestos curtain that are raised at the beginning and lowered at the end of the performance.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett
At the American Academy of Music, in Philadelphia, the underwriters went so far as to offer a reduction of one per cent. per annum provided an asbestos curtain was placed in the house.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.
Eddie Foy shouted something about the asbestos curtain, and the firemen attempted to use it and the stage hands ran to his assistance.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
Q. Did you ever hear while in the theater of an asbestos curtain there?
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
