Prince Florizel’s remarkable facility with disguise, which is well known, was also of necessity undetectable. Many avid followers of the flamboyant Bohemian’s whimsical forays into adventure had speculated on the appearance and manner of these disguises, often to the Prince’s own amusement as he read the letters in the Sunday papers. But it was the source and maintenance of these disguises that, by their very nature, invited the most speculation – since they were of course the most secret.

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Livanov as Holmes in disguise       Oleg Dal sans costume sans disguise


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