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Word: forli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Singer Edith Piaf's tour of the French provinces was a disaster from the start. In Maubeuge. she lost her way among the lyrics of her songs and collapsed sobbing against the piano. At Le Mans, rumors spread that she had to be taken home in an ambulance. By...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEADLINERS: Love, Always Love | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

"I have invited you here to see a very good show," said Perky. "I saw the original when I was a sublieutenant in His Majesty's army in 1917, and I can tell you that this production is even better." With that, he seated himself at a piano and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OFF BROADWAY: Leave It to Perky | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

The law firm drew up a contract between Perky and the show's producers giving their man the right to play the piano, to address the audience, and not to be referred to by flacks as a "millionaire" or even "rich" (nonetheless, he is wealthy). Since Jane is off...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OFF BROADWAY: Leave It to Perky | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

During intermission, the bearded Canadian almost drowned the show when he served so many drinks to cast and audience that the entire second act played as if the hall were built around an imperial quart. Afterward, Perky offered a farewell round of cheer, announced that he had seen the production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OFF BROADWAY: Leave It to Perky | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

So Piaf, 44, went on. And because she was Piaf, French newspapers followed her through every symptom. They had long since told the chronicle of her sorrows: the childhood blindness, the unhappy love affairs, the near-fatal auto accidents. They had recorded her illness in Paris in 1954, the collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEADLINERS: Love, Always Love | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

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