Word: elsas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nabbed at Nice by French police as she was about to board a plane for Tunis, Couturiere Elsa Schiaparelli tried to explain why she was carrying with her $1,485 in undeclared U.S. bills (which were confiscated), plus several items of jewelry which she had reported stolen the previous week. Released after six hours of questioning, she could only sputter: "I am furious." Later, she told newsmen that she hadn't bothered to report the jewels' recovery because the main item, a set of diamond pins on a chain, valued at $5,714, was still missing...
Except during the summer, when he bakes himself to a burnished mahogany on Santa Monica's beach, he weekends at his Palm Springs estate, 100 miles from Los Angeles, where the Zanucks usually entertain 12 to 16 guests. Among the regulars: Elsa Maxwell, Restaurateur Mike Romanoff, the Louis Jourdans, the Reginald Gardiners, Clifton Webb, Agents Charles Feldman and Fefe Ferry...
After living in the U.S. off & on for almost two decades, Actor Charles Laughton and Actress-Wife Elsa Lanchester became U.S. citizens. Laughton was so impressed by "the sublimity of the beautifully worded oath of allegiance" that he declared he would add "this exquisite gem to my repertoire-indeed I shall...
...busily making westerns, Cinemactress Sally (Bad Girl) Eilers complained that everyone in Hollywood "has become society-conscious. That trend started when Elsa Maxwell came out here to give parties and when people like Darryl Zanuck and Jack Warner hobnobbed with international society on the Riviera...
...With a Silk Thread, Elsa (PickUp Girl) Shelley told of a throaty, sexy exactress married to a jealous surgeon and infatuated with a self-seeking young actor. Never did words seem more feeble or woes more protracted. Yet the play performed a miracle of sorts: after starting at rock bottom, it went steadily downhill...