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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Irene Bordoni, actress, brought with her on the Ile de France a folding portable bar equipped with a sign: "Vote for Al Smith." A baby born at sea to a French mother and Polish father was christened Samuel (Kosman) in honor of famed mythical "Uncle Sam." Others on the Ile de France were Elsie Ferguson, Raymond Orteig, donor of the $25,000 Paris-New York flight prize which Hero Lindbergh captured, Senator Lawrence C. Phipps of Colorado, who had trouble with the customs officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comings & Goings: Oct. 8, 1928 | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

Wilbur Theatre at 8.20--"Paris" with Irene Bordoni. Trivial stuff but highly amusing just the same. As good as anything for getting exams out of mind for a few hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARDS AND BILLBOARDS | 6/6/1928 | See Source »

Wilbur at 8.20--"Paris". Irene Bordoni singing cute songs amid the patter of a thousand wisecracks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/23/1928 | See Source »

...Where many another impresario has failed, Producer A. H. Woods has succeeded in luring the famed Guitrys (Sacha Guitry, French actor-playwright, Yvonne Printemps, his actress-wife) to the U. S. They presented M. Guitry's Mozart, the same dresden-china play of virginal genius in which Irene Bordoni appeared earlier this season (TIME, Dec. 6). Though Yvonne Printemps' radiant personality breathes life into the titular role (which was created especially for her), the play still seems fragile to the point of brittleness. The Guitrys were cordially received but the handicap of dialogue in foreign language militates against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 10, 1927 | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

John Anderson: "The Beauteous Bordoni, plush-pantied . . . idled about in ... a star vehicle which drama is on leave of absence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Dec. 6, 1926 | 12/6/1926 | See Source »

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