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...famous coloratura soprano. Curiously, the singer had not been near an opera house in almost a decade. To the U.S. public she was known chiefly as the lush blonde whose lighthearted warbling had been the feature of the lavish Hollywood musical The Great Waltz. Her name is Miliza Korjus (pronounced Mlit'sa Kor'-yoos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Marvelous Miliza | 10/30/1944 | See Source »

...young musician to write a march; and when the most important effect of barricades in the Vienna streets was to cause the same young composer (Fernand Gravet) to leave his wife (Luise Rainer) at home in order to enjoy an early morning drive with a full-throated opera singer (Miliza Korjus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 14, 1938 | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...Ostruga, Yugoslavia, three English tourists from Chelmsford, Essex, impulsively bought brides in the marriage market, married them in the local Orthodox Church. Sosta Stankovich, matchmaker, craftily charged them tourist prices. Prettiest bride. Miliza Radosavlgevich, went for $400. Ordinary price for an Ostruga bride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 1, 1938 | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

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