Word: losch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entrance of Lit-tul Lillian Leitzel. Trans-Atlantic commuters who saw its opening at the Pavilion Theatre in London were reduced to choked, ecstatic finger-tip kissing in their attempts to relate its manifold charms. Jesse Matthews, they ultimately gasped, sings "A Room with a View." . . . Tillie Losch's fluttering hands, fanciful feet . . . brilliant . . . divine...
Unhappily, Miles. Losch and Matthews are not in Manhattan; their subtle postures and cream-smooth notes are sadly needed. Of course, Marjorie Moss and Georges Fontana float through their waltz scene to threaten voidance of Pavlowa's lifelong lease on "incomparable." Madeline Gibson's demure loveliness forestalls unsympathetic accusations of vocal timidity. But with these exceptions there is no competent voice, no dexterous dancing in the entire revue...
...Miracle she had won recognition as a pantomimist. Now she was called upon to speak for the first time in her career?and in a strange tongue before foreigners. Cast with her were such clearly Teutonic actresses as Katta Sterna (Puck), Maria Solveg (Titania), Tillie Losch (First Elf), Christa Tordy (Helena). Miss Pinchot never once stuttered...