Word: jitterbugs
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...performance-a terrific take for present-day Paris. Entire families, from grand' mère down to ten-year-old Gabrielle, were trooping to see the show. They were seeing a spirited, shined-up Nanette. The Charleston-mad flapper of the '20s had become a Gallic jitterbug. In an atmosphere of glittering color and gorgeous chorines, Nanette (Claudine Cereda) writhed to boogie-woogie arrangements of Vincent Youmans' (see MILESTONES) I Want to Be Happy and crooned...
...questions about it, a woman whose husband's death leaves her with the double problem of her sons and her sexiness is in quite a spot. Even if the latter brings on George Brent and the former are the sort who can jitterbug at the age of ten, the maternal instinct makes the conflict near to insoluble. In fact, if it weren't for the ingenuity of the script writer, Barbara Stanwyck might have lost her boys, her reputation, and her mind, as well as her heart...
Stem to Stern. In Portland, Ore., Jitterbug Ray Harrigan started cutting a rug with a toothpick in his mouth, ended up in a hospital with an intestinal perforation...
Having Wonderful Time. A typical G.I. evening on the Riviera runs as follows: dinner at 7, movie at 8, then to the Angleterre's Air Forces nightclub, where G.I.s jitterbug, watch a floor show which includes jugglers, acrobats, tap dancers...
...showed the injured member to interested doctors at New York State Workmen's Compensation Bureau, demanded more compensation for depletion of a capital asset. Paying customers, she explained, "expect to see my knees. I can't turn or kick and all I do is fake a few jitterbug steps...