Word: manon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...threatened lawsuit stemming from conflicting film distribution rights has forced Liberal Union officials to cancel tonight's scheduled showing of the controversial French film, "Manon...
Sunday morning, after the Liberal Union had spent a large sum advertising "Manon," George Meyer of Boston's Hub Films informed Jorrin that he owned the theatrical showing rights for all six New England states and would sue the HLU if the picture were shown. Both Brandon and Rub Films have been awarded limited rights from the film's national distributor, Discina International. "There are obviously conflicting rights," noted Jorrin...
...Manon," which has been banned by the Boston censors, is not banned in Cambridge. Meyer claims that if he allowed the HLU to have a film of such high commercial value on a first run performance, its value to him in Boston would be lessened if the films ban were lifted at some later date. Jorrin, however, sees the action "as just another attempt by national distributors to control commercial theatres...
...through Puccini's composition; there were 185 voices of the Swedish Choral Club, a 75-piece orchestra and three male soloists. Lovers of La Bohème and Tosca recognized in the youthful sacred work hints of those later sensuous operas. Listeners familiar with the composer's Manon Lescaut got a bit of a turn at the end: the peaceful Agnus Dei of the Mass was note-for-note identical with Manon's madrigal...
...many soubrette roles. She knows that her voice has not enough weight, dramatic color and power for such heavyweight parts as Aïda, but some day she would like a try at such lyric roles as the consumptive courtesan Violetta in La Tramata, or the heart-wrecker, Manon. Bing has promised her a Mimi (the consumptive heroine of Bohème) next month...