Word: chile
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...House of Mist and Señorita Bombal have a common background in the lake region of southern Chile, where it rains so hard (104 inches a year) that mist is almost a sign of fine weather. There María-Luísa's heroine, Helga, a love child, falls in love with Daniel, the boy next door. But Daniel marries Helga's cousin Teresa, who commits suicide. Helga becomes his second wife. Because she knows that Daniel still loves Teresa, she spends a night with a handsome interloper. Later, Daniel falls in love with Helga...
Such goings-on are no rarity in Chile, insists Señorita Bombal, where "everyone has a great drama in his life. Chileans are always committing suicide-men for lack of money, women for want of love. In fact, suicide is not considered a very tragic death. It is much worse to be killed in an automobile accident. Suicide is like dying of appendicitis...
There was no suitable role for him in the operetta, based in part on the Barbara Frietchie story.* So the manager wrote in a speaking part for him. Sugar Chile, already a movie veteran (No Leave, No Love), brought the house down when he fell on his knees and burst into tears before Barbara Frietchie. But most of the audience had really come for Sugar Chile's between-the-acts boogie-woogie. Last week My Maryland did an unexpected business at the box office...
Pint-sized Sugar Chile, who sat at the piano with his back to the audience, swung his legs in a savage rhythm, played a rumbling bass. Sugar Chile still cannot reach an octave easily, but says "I can do it with a little jump...
...actor, Sugar Chile was as happy as his audience. Said he last week: "It's like a jigsaw puzzle. You come to rehearsal, do a little bit, then they put it all together. When the show goes on, you walk out, say your piece and that's all there is to it. When you play the piano, you really gotta play loud, then you gotta bow, then play again. You never know when you're through...