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Such a one was Lola Montez, the notable 19th century hussy, whose beauty and calculated hysteria drove strong men mad -particularly King Ludwig I of Bavaria. * During her life, women were oddly immune to her power. The victims were the gentlemen of Berlin, Paris, London and New York whose heaving breasts and creaking shirt fronts provided the obbligato for her "abandoned" dancing. But now that Lola is safely buried these 94 years in Brooklyn, the ladies, especially the lady writers, have been taken over...
Enter Franz. Her latest biographer, Helen Holdredge (Mammy Pleasant), labored hard to dig up all that is rich and rare about her favorite hussy. What was Lola's strange appeal? Her beauty? Her habit of wielding a horsewhip in order to discipline cynical newspaper editors who hinted at her Forever Amberguous relations with...
...decision to possess her was made in that instant. 'As an artist you have no equal,' she said tritely, as he held her hand in a fervent and prolonged grasp . . . Only a few hours later, her body stripped of the clothes that hid its superb beauty, Lola sought to achieve the heights of passion which Liszt so obviously enjoyed...
...lyricist who with Richard Adler was Broadway's hottest new songwriting team (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees); of bronchiectasis, a lung ailment; in Manhattan. Since 1950 Ross and Adler, each contributing both words and music, have turned out more than 250 songs. Notable hits: Hernando's Hideaway; Whatever Lola Wants; Hey, There; Heart...
Argentines responded to the new climate with joyous tumult. At Buenos Aires' Teatro Cómico one night, Lola Membrives, an actress Juan Perón had decorated, was hooted from the stage with the raucous cry, "Give back the medals...