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Died. John McMullin, 54, chichi adopted son and escort of Cosmopolite Lady Mendl, European feature writer for Vogue until his repatriation in 1940, male stylist (The Well Dressed Man, As Seen By Him); after a heart attack; in San Francisco...
...very close to my heart. Some of my best parties were given there." Among the entertainers: Pianist Artur Rubinstein, Ballerina Alicia Markova, Funnyman Danny Kaye, Songstress Judy Garland. Cinemactor Charles Boyer (reciting La Marseillaise), Elsa herself (playing the Star-Spangled Banner). Among the guests: blue-haired Internationalist Lady Mendl, red-haired Greer Garson, black-haired Authoress Anita Loos, cigar-ash-grey-color haired Evalyn Walsh McLean (with her Hope diamond...
...Alphand had to find a way to earn her living. Her friends had long admired her repertory of some 200 salty popular songs. Helped by a group of them (Lady Mendl, Henry Bernstein, Elsa Maxwell), she began appearing at a French hangout called Le Petit Palais. Among Manhattan's Francophile intelligentsia, her nostalgic music was sensational. Man hattan's Liberty Music Shop issued an album of Alphand recordings, quickly sold 1,000 copies...
...last week's birthday Manhattan's famous Players Club took over the house. After the performance of Life With Father the audience stayed for an even more nostalgic show. Still dressed as Father, Howard Lindsay brought on the stage such Empire-builders as Billie Burke, Lady Mendl, Ruth Gordon, Ilka Chase, Gilbert Miller; and from among the playgoers, the Wendell Willkies...
Where's the U.S.O.? The show was a great success. Lady Mendl brought her Pekingese. Barbara Hutton Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow Leach (Mrs. Cary Grant) ordered some 20 little numbers put aside. Margaret Sullavan, Joan Fontaine, Carole Landis clapped delighted hands with the lesser Hollywood lights and the wealthy housewives from Beverly Hills and Pasadena as Adrian, himself costumed in a two-piece creation of flannel with cuffed trousers and a washable blue tie, displayed his confections...