Word: lola
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Takes Two to Tango (Ralph Marterie's Orchestra; Mercury). Vocalist Lola Ameche sings a raucous invitation to I'amour. The rhythm is broadly Latin-American, but the thumping delivery is strictly Yankee...
Married. Jack Carson, 41, comedian of stage (Of Thee I Sing), screen (The Good Humor Man) & TV; and Cinemactress Lola (Champion) Albright, 28; he for the third time, she for the second; in North Hollywood...
Tears & Laughter. Mexicans agree that Lola Flores does not dance quite as well as Carmen Amaya, or sing as well as Argentine-born Cinemactress Imperio Argentina. Some other dancers have perhaps been more beautiful. But none combined beauty, grace and voice like Lola Flores. Already the toast of Spain, she is creating the greatest stir in Mexico's entertainment world since the brilliant bullring performance of Manolete...
More than Money. Now 25, Lola was born and raised in a small town in Andalusia. A barkeeper's daughter, she began singing and dancing for her father's customers soon after she learned to talk and toddle. At 15 she made her first movie playing a flamenco artist. Since then, life has been a dizzying, prosperous round of flamencos on movie sets, stages and nightclub floors. Except for a few top matadors, she is Spain's highest-paid entertainer. For her tour of North and South America, which will take her to Havana, Rio, Buenos Aires...
Success has brought Lola more than money. On the Riviera, as she tells it, Winston Churchill hugged her and said: "Of all the artists I have ever seen sing and dance, I think you are the best." Says Lola: "Knowing his high place in the world of politics, I count his congratulations among my greatest rewards." Mexicans admire Lola, too-in their own way. Her dressing room at the Capri is flooded with discreetly written requests for dates from Mexico's greatest names. Sample, from a very prominent politico: "My car, with a fur coat inside, will be waiting...