Word: mercati
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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Married. Michael Arlen, Armenian novelist (The Green Hat), of London; to Countess Atalanta Mercati; 22, daughter of Count Alexandre Mercati, former Chamberlain of the Court of Greece; at the Greek Orthodox Church, Cannes, France. During the elaborate ritual in which the bride relinquished her title for the official name of Mrs. Dikran Kuumjian, her gown caught fire from a burning ikon, was quickly extinguished. Only one prominent citizen of Cannes was absent: Mayor Andre Capron, 76, ill of shock suffered when a demented woman fired at him the morning of the ceremony...
Reported Engaged. Michael Arlen, whose name used to be Dikran Kuyumjian, famed Mayfair novelist, dramatist, popularizer of green hats; to Countess Atlanta Mercati, daughter of Count Alexander Mercati, onetime Lord Chamberlain to a King of Greece...