Word: courtesanly
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...Divine Woman is another vehicle for the extraordinarily tempestuous passions of Actress Greta Garbo. She plays the part of Marianne, a little country girl who completely eclipses a courtesan mother by becoming the greatest actress in Paris. But even when bouquets, floral and financial, come raining down around her, she cannot forget Lucien, who, because he deserted his regiment to be near Marianne, has been put into prison...
Called to witness, Miss Lewis, famed onetime chorus girl who is now an opera soprano, said she had been cold. All day she had been sitting in the studio in the scanty beads and satin of Lady Giulietta. The slinky costume of a courtesan is not designed for stage waits. "Chilled, depressed, exhausted," she complained. Gallant, Mr. Adams sent for brandy. Grateful, Miss Lewis drank. Warmed, she sang. Ousted, Mr. Adams is suing for his salary...
...lovely "Yang Kuel Zel", the powerful favorite of the most famous of T'ang Emperors. Her body moves in one curve slowly and delicately. Very different is the more varied and violent posture of the "Chinese Actor", in lacquered poplar. Japanese art has suggested "The Conspirator", The Japanese Courtesan" and, above all, the "Ishikawa Danjuro". This last follows very closely the precedent set for this actor in Japanese prints, but the change to sculpture has been most cleverly made so that the piece loses none of its decorative effect. The "Study for a Garden Pool" shows far more independence. Here...
...Saturday Night. Benavente's drama of a courtesan who ruled an empire, held it less dear than her daughter, was accorded the honor of opening the Civic Repertory Theatre season. A more tense, colorful-play could hardly have been selected. Wisely, Eva Le Gallienne guards against arousing suspicion that her theatre is "arty." Though the five tableaux call for much changing about of scenery, few in the audience left their seats after the curtains, because Miss Le Gallienne had provided a Russian Gypsy orchestra that can strum ten minutes into nothing...
LULU BELLE?Lenore Ulric depicting in no uncertain terms the rise and fall of a Negress courtesan...