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...talk about standards. Perhaps I used the wrong word before. How can you talk about Kiss Me, Kate and apply standards? Look, you have a simple story about a director, Fred Graham, and his ex-wife, Lilli Vanessi who are putting on a performance of The Taming of the Shrew. You see their backstage shenanigans as well as their performances in the play. We threw in a couple of gangsters because they're always funny. But that's not a quality story by any means. With my music and some dancing, however, it works very well on stage...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Strange, Dear, But True, Dear | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...Lilli Palmer, actress turned successful author (The Red Raven), on her new writing career: "It's very nice to discover halfway through your life something you really want to do, instead of sitting home playing mother or worrying about your figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 30, 1979 | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...night," went for $30. David Grayson, a rancher from southern Texas, paid $65 for the outhouse, which he planned to re-establish back home "just for nostalgia." One of the most curious objects of all was a chest of drawers with money slots labeled Thelma, Velma, Miss Lilli, etc. The triumphant new owner, who paid $30 for it, identified herself as Geneva Hooker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Chickening Out | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

...teach at the University of Maryland and become a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he has produced a series of critical analyses of almost every federal department. Colleagues regard him as witty and gregarious, particularly after a few beers, when he can be persuaded to sing Lilli Marlene in flawless German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jimmy's Utility Infielder | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

...leading roles, Chita Rivera is a properly fiery and recalcitrant Katherine-Lilli; especially effective is her "I Hate Men." And Hal Linden, if no Alfred Drake, is a solid enough Petruchio-Fred, notably in "Where Is the Life...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Brushed Up | 7/16/1974 | See Source »

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