Word: footlighted
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...that mattered. They sure didn't forget me afterwards. They packed the house that night and George Owen made the chorines blush when he executed a high kick and shot the pigskin onto the stage. Between the acts they gave me this cute little thing-ama-gig," and the footlight star and wisecracker continued to twirl the little thing-ama-gig around...
...crush his moral fibre, so she leaves him and starts to ascend alone. Abjuring all her rich admirers in the moment of glittering triumph, she returns to her husband, who promises never to do it again. The film was made in Manhattan, enriched with authentic local color from the footlight district, blessed with an intelligent scenario...
...tall, blonde gentleman by the name of Robert Peel-the great-grandson of the great Sir Robert. In 1920 she married him, became mistress of haloed Drayton Hall. Her fame spread through two continents as the frolicsome dancer of Chariot's Revue. But her husband, neither statesman nor footlight celebrity remained one of those Englishmen with 10,000 acres and nothing particular to do. A Peel must do something, so last week young Sir Robert announced the opening of a dance hall (roadhouse) near Drayton Manor, which he will manage with his wife's assistance. And last week...
...empty phrase, for the training which these women receive equips them to enter other professions. Some, broadening and deepening as the years pass, make excellent mothers to rich little children; others keep their figures and their friends and go on entertaining long after their footlight days are over; a few seek fame. Last week one Mary Lewis was engaged by Gatti-Casazza to sing with the Metropolitan Opera. Before her debut in January as Mimi in La Bohème she will give a concert in Carnegie Hall, Manhattan...
...GREEN HAT-Michael Arlen's novel made into a glittering footlight tale by Katherine Cornell, Margalo Gillmore, and one or two others...