Word: bordoni
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...Sindona's trial turned out to be largely a cram course for the jury in accounting and the subtleties of foreign exchange trading. "This trial," complained a reporter from Milan, "it is arithmetical, not passionate." Still it did have its moments. The star witnesses against Sindona were Carlo Bordoni and Peter Shaddick, who had already been convicted of fraud in the case. Sindona's attorney tried to show that Bordoni was prejudiced against his client and got him to claim that Sindona had tried to rape his wife. Having provoked the charge, the defense denied that Sindona...
...Victor Vintage). An album of original recordings from the late '20s with a number of rare gems-Gene Austin crooning Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time, Vaughn de Leath treacling out Baby Your Mother, Jack Smith whispering Me and My Shadow and Irene Bordoni French-accenting her way through Cole Porter's saucy Don't Look at Me That...
...minute weekly series, each to consist of a believer's own account of a real-life crisis, followed up with a vest-pocket sermon by Lecturer Harry C. Browne, president of the Mother Church in 1948 and onetime trouper with such greats as Lillian Russell and Irene Bordoni...
Died. Irene Bordoni, 59, French-accented singer-comedienne of the 1920s: of cancer; in Manhattan. She made a 1940 comeback on Broadway in Louisiana Purchase, more recently played Bloody Mary in a road company of South Pacific...
Musical Comedy Time (Mon. 9:30 p.m., NBC). Victor Moore and Irene Bordoni in Louisiana Purchase...