It was a family name on my mother's side, and I thought my own name Pratt, if I ever got known in the theatre might be unfortunate. (Boris Karloff)

It was a family name on my mother's side, and I thought my own name Pratt, if I ever got known in the theatre might be unfortunate.

Boris Karloff

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