| 词条 | Cigarette girl |
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Cigarette girl, in Europe and the United States, generally refers to a person who sells or provides cigarettes from a tray held by a neck strap. They may also carry cigars and many novelty items like lighted roses, candy, snacks, chewing gum, lighted jewelry, and lighted yo-yos on their trays. UniformThe most common uniform is a red and black short saloon-style skirt above the knee dress accompanied with a matching pillbox hat,[1] but different colors and styles are possible. Another title for a cigarette girl is candy girls. Aside from serving cigarettes and other novelties, the attractive girls acted as eye candy and were often employed to flirt with male customers as well.[1] Cigarette girls usually consented in the hopes of getting tips from wealthy businessmen.[1] Popularity and declineThe modern image of cigarette girl developed in the 1920s with the urbanization of America.[1] Though largely not seen other than in speakeasies and supper clubs,[1] cigarettes girls were frequently shown in Hollywood films and soon became well-established among the general public.[1] The cigarette girl of the nightclub became a staple figure of film and theatre.[2] With the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, speakeasies across America closed and cigarettes girls soon found employment in more popular business destinations.[1] Cigarette girls were a common sight in restaurants, clubs, bars, airports, and casinos in the 1930s and 1940s in the United States.[1] From the end of World War II to the 1950s, cigarette girls further expanded into sporting events and the lobbies of theaters and music halls during intermissions.[1] With the rise of cigarette machines in the mid-1950s, however, venue owners no longer needed to seek out cigarette girls who worked for a paycheck, and the girls largely vanished from the public eye.[1] There were still some casinos and nightclubs that still use cigarette girls today, especially in the Las Vegas Strip.[1][3] In popular cultureThe 1924 Russian film Papirosnitsa ot Mosselproma (The Cigarette Girl from Mossel'prom), by Yuri Zheliabuzhsky (1888–1955), features a heroine who works as a street-corner vendor.[4] See also
References{{Commons category|Cigarette girl}}1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web| website= famous-smoke.com| url= http://www.famous-smoke.com/blog/history-cigar-girl/#more-1246 |title= History of the Cigar Girl| access-date= May 2, 2014}} 2. ^{{cite book| title= The Theatre Book of the Year, 1945–1946 |first1= George J. |last1= Nathan |first2= Charles| last2= Angoff |year= 1974 |page= 148 |quote= All the boys and girls, along with the old night club setting, are again in evidence: the dumb-cluck minor mobster, the love-lorn cigarette girl in the abbreviated costume, the oily head-waiter, the imperturbable night club boss....}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Cigarette girls bring back romantic flavors |first=Bill |last=Stieg |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IiZJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YgYNAAAAIBAJ&dq=cigarette%20girl&pg=5599%2C1680015 |newspaper= The Hour |location=Norwalk, Connecticut |date=10 March 1988|page=2|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 4. ^{{cite book| title= A History of Russian Cinema |first= Birgit| last= Beumers| year= 2009 |page= 63 | publisher= | isbn= }} 3 : Occupations|Casinos|Cigarettes |
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