Word: lauritz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Texaco Star Theater (Sat. 9:30 p.m., NBC). Jimmy Durante, with Lauritz Melchior...
...Each chose the one woman among his customers who "best qualifies as the perfect showcase for his hats." Under the terms of the contest, it was not surprising to find some familiar names among the winners. The top eleven and their milliners: Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Sally Victor), Mrs. Lauritz Melchior (John Frederics), Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (Mr. John), Contralto Claramae Turner (Robert Dudley), Soprano Mary Bothwell (Rose Saphire), Nightclub Singer Juliana Larson (Margaret Cody), Radio Commentator Ruby Mercer (Marion Valle), Coloratura Soprano Barbara Gibson (Helen Liebert), Cinemactress Jan Sterling (Walter Florell), Actress Dorothy Stickney (Anita-Andra), TV Star Arlene...
With Kirsten Flagstad, Helen Traubel and Lauritz Melchior departed from the Met, Wagnerian opera has gone into one of its periodic U.S. declines. From eight productions (including the four-evening Ring cycle) in 1940-41, the Met's offerings of Wagner now run to only about three productions a season. Meanwhile, Wagner fans keep their ears peeled for heroic-voiced artists to build up the schedule again...
...Vikings, a drinking society, meets at a Sunset Strip restaurant, numbers among its members Victor Borge, Lauritz Melchior, Michael Wilding. The Vikings wear horned helmets and bearskin robes, and on special occasions blow an ancient Bavarian mountain horn. Their motto: "Work is the ruin of the drinking classes...
Dancing Goats. In the past three years Las Vegas has become such a glittering entertainment center that Variety now finds it necessary to keep a full-time correspondent in residence. On any night, the Strip offers the tourist such big names as Danny Kaye, Lauritz Melchior, Betty Hutton, Ezio Pinza, Milton Berle and the Jose Greco Dancers. The stars, of course, are just an added attraction, gold-horned Judas goats who lure the herds of tourists to the gaming tables. "We're just the highest-paid shills in history," says Tallulah Bankhead. "Why do we do it? Dahling...