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...paces away in tiny Monaco, Grandma Marlene Dietrich headed for Paris in a huff after Monte Carlo's stuffy old Casino refused to admit her in toreador pants. Another Monte Carlo visitor who fared worse than Marlene was spaniel-faced Cinemadman Mischa (Something Always Happens) Auer. He 1) broke an arm in a fall off a low stool, 2) then suffered a deep cut on his rump in a tumble from bed as he reached for a bottle (mineral water), 3) on rising from his bed of pain, met a friend whose hearty get-well backslap dislocated Auer...
...finest recording yet to appear of the 165-year-old masterpiece. Soprano Maria Stader makes Pamina a joy to the ear; Rita Streich is awesomely secure in the Queen of the Night's sky-high aerobatics, while the two leading men, Tenor Ernst Häfliger and Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, use their handsome voices with distinction...
...customer pays up to 25% for extra services over and above the retail cost of hotel rooms and travel tickets, though the ordinary tourists pays nothing extra for hotel bookings an rail tickets. "The company gets a wholesale commission from the carriers and hotels.) Recent FITs: Marlene Dietrich, Cardinal Spellman, Perle Mesta (for whom American express helped arrange a trip to Moscow) and J. Fred Muggs, the TV chimp. For non-FITs who flock abroad on regular escorted tours the company offers 173 different itineraries in Europe alone. This year, for the first time, it has organized...
...rated corner table obscured by potted palms. Denying that he was ever so unkind to his landlord, Soule nonetheless allowed that his top table priorities are based on his patrons' seniority. Among his best-seated customers: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Composer Cole Porter, Grandma Marlene Dietrich, Bernard Baruch, J. Edgar Hoover. Where did Landlord Cohn rank in this spectacular array? Said humble Tenant Soule: "He is always welcome. I smiled and joked with him. Why should an important Hollywood person think a little restaurateur wouldn't talk...
...periods and personalities in history." Shucking off such acclaim, Dr. Durant expertly served up interpretations of two personalities: "I'd say the greatest living philosopher is Bertrand Russell, the greatest historian is Arnold Toynbee." Asked about the mixed blessing of a long life, he philosophized: "I envy Marlene Dietrich [50] because apparently she has been able to defy age. On the other hand, I have more fun writing than looking at Miss Dietrich. To live forever would be about the greatest curse imaginable...