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...theatrical-set designer, who pioneered a new kind of functional set design, which by substituting style and simplicity for useless clutter and opulence sought to frame the mood of a play without smothering it, thereby enhancing hundreds of productions (Liliom, Idiot's Delight), mostly for the Theatre Guild, of which he was a founder in 1919; of a heart attack; in Yonkers, New York...
Some 1,800 fans of the grand old opera gathered at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria for a celebration of his 65th birthday. "There are many virtues in growing old," General Manager Rudolf Bing told the members of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. After a dour pause, he added: "I'm just trying to think what they...
...movement. For a time he considered emigrating to Brazil, but he had no money for a transatlantic move. So he stayed on in Berlin, tutored law students and practiced law. From then on, he shied away from any further contact with the Nazis, refusing to join the Nazi lawyers' guild or to accept any post within the party?though he remained a nominal party member until...
...were used to reconstruct demolished monuments and buildings. The horn of the Wieliczka salt miners, made in 1534 from a bison that roamed Central Europe, celebrates a mine dating back to prehistoric times. Offered in the king's name by the mine-owner to his well-organized craft guild, its backbreaking gesture seemingly turns their burdens into the symbol of an elegant cornucopia full of goodness...
...seen wearing silver-embroidered ivory lace with matching boots. Chicago Socialite Fay Peck owns at least a dozen pairs of Christmas-tree-ball earrings, plus three short glitter dresses, which, she says, "I haven't taken off since the time I bought them." To the San Francisco Opera Guild's annual Fol de Rol ball, Nancy Adler, the conductor's wife, came in a silver and white plaid dress, and Pia Lindstrom (now a local TV hostess) wore a silver brocade pants suit. Three of the city's prettiest partygoers, Lola Prentice, Maryon Davies Lewis...