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...first seen Ernest Ansermet (rhymes with ah sir may) and his black, square-cut beard 32 years ago, conducting while Nijinsky danced. It was Ansermet who gave the U.S. its first taste of Stravinsky's tart Petrouchka and Debussy's heady L'Après-Midi d'un Faune...
...work on Paris-Midi, he livened its feature page so capably that at 19 he became its city editor. He needled the news with sensationalism but did not twist it politically, as most prewar French papers did. In a year its circulation multiplied twelve times. Then Lazareff took on Paris-Soir, in a few years ran it to France's biggest daily (circ. 2,500,000). He put the formula to work on a picture magazine, and Match surged to 1,200,000 circulation. His Marie-Claire, for women, hit 1,000,000. Lazareff left Paris when the Germans...
...finishing touch, speaking of Frederic Franklin's crippling absence from "L'Apres-midi d'un Fanne," does J.A.L. realize that Franklin has never danced the role in his life, and according to him on last Saturday, he never expects to, either? If J.A.L. followed the ballet a little more closely, he wouldn't leave such large pitholes for himself. Enamo Tellab...
...remainder of Tuesday night's lengthy program consisted of "L'Apres Midi d'un Faune" and "Concerto Barocco." Despite amateurish scenery and the unexplained and crippling absence of Maitre de Ballet Frederic Franklin from the lead, the music, in the hands of the group's competent orchestra, provided enough enjoyment to make the Debussy ballet almost worthwhile...
...Marxists,' against England herself, and also make them look favorably upon the dictators, was hammered home. ... In February 1936 the Führer, through the channel of Bertrand de Jouvenel, was given the opportunity to explain his policy to the readers of Jean Prouvost's Paris Midi. The military reoccupation of the Rhineland was to follow within a few days: as far as propa ganda could go, it was a remarkable performance...