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Brother of best-selling Grand Duchess (Education of a Princess) Marie, tall, fascinating Dmitri assisted Prince Felix Youssoupov to poison, shoot and drown the notorious "Black Monk" Gregory Efimovitch Rasputin. Hostesses are warned that the question "Do tell us all about it!" instantly freezes Grand Duke Dmitri into hurt hauteur...
...JOHN MONK SAUNDERS New York City...
...times it becomes apparent that there is the material for a good, possibly a fine picture in The Last Flight but such moments only make it the more painfully clear that it is not a fine, not even a good picture. Derived from a novel by John Monk Saunders, the mood of the picture even more than the book seems to have been induced by an author who was trying to imitate Ernest Hemingway with one hand and Philip Barry with both feet. The comedy is only laughable in spots-as when Nikki changing her slippers, explains why by saying...
...habit. This consists of a tunic, fastened with a black girdle (having three knots at the ends, signifying the three-fold vows of poverty, chastity and obedience), a scapulary, and over all a mantle and hood. The indoor habit (with the exception of the girdle) is white. When a monk leaves the monastery he wears the outdoor habit, which is the same, save that its color is black. In cool weather he wears also a black cloak, and a black "fried-egg" hat, more common amongst English clergymen than in this country...
...opera with Italian Tenor Aroldo Lindi, Soprano Anne Roselle, Contralto Cyrena Van Gordon, Conductor Emil Mlynarski. Le Jongleur de Notre Dame followed last week with Mary Garden again casting her curious spell as the pale, questioning little juggler, Baritone Chief Caupolican (a South American Indian) as the kindly, understanding monk, able Eugene Goossens conducting. Both performances were consistently excellent. Minor parts were capably taken, the orchestra played smoothly, sets were effective, the lighting pleased. These essentials to good opera were in large measure the contribution of another Philadelphia woman, comparatively new to the operatic fray. The Philadelphia Grand Opera Company...