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Married. William Christopher Handy, 80, Negro trumpeter, composer (St. Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues, Memphis Blues) turned Manhattan music publisher; and Irma Louise Logan, 51, his longtime secretary; both for the second time (his first wife died in 1937); in Yonkers...
Mary Goodneighbor, for instance, suffered the indignity of a police pinch in Boston after a triumphant tour of Baltimore. Shielded from publicity by the nom de plume of Irma The Body and an ostrich plume cunningly wrapped about her as a gown, Miss Goodneighbor plys her trade with many giggles and transports of joy. These the censor would call obscene. Little wonder the textile industry is moving southward...
Nevertheless, by shooting through a key hole in the dressing room of Mary Goodneighbor, professionally known as Irma the Body, a CRIMSON photographic candidate last night got the picture reproduced on the right...
Byrne revealed his threat after three women performers has been charged with "open and gross lewdness" and taking part in an immoral show. The trio--Rosa La Rose, Irma the Body, and Marino Russell--pleaded innocent yesterday and were released on $500 bail each. The police said that films, taken at the performances, would prove the validity of their judgment on the morality of the shows...
...minutes to 46. Instead of the usual thrill music, he used themes from Verdi operas as bridges between the action. As Othello, Elliott effectively portrayed the Moor's high-minded simplicity. Cathy played Desdemona as smoothly and efficiently as she plays her comedy roles in My Friend Irma. The real star of the first show was Richard Widmark as the villainous lago, full of silky menace and tortured hate. Lewis admits that his own "hammy ambition" is the chief reason for the attempt on Shakespeare, but he is quick to add: "I also think Othello...