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While a six-piece combo whanged away, dukes and duchesses danced alongside Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Hollywood's Mike Romanoff. The dueling balletomani-acs, the Marquis de Cuevas and Serge Lifar, were almost friendly, and Angry Young Man John Osborne giggled at the fun. Dame Margot Fonteyn turned up along with Gracie Fields. At midnight, when Bea Lillie, alias Lady Peel, arrived, the party reached its peak. Someone peeled off his dinner jacket; someone else pushed him into the pool. A fully dressed couple staged an underwater race. The bar closed at 2 a.m., but 35 cases of whisky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Bea's Blast | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

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