Word: montee
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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New York has not seen a real Russian ballet since Diaghilev and the great Nijinsky went back to Europe 16 years ago. It was, therefore, rare and oldtime glamour that filled St. James Theatre one night last week for the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe. Backstage had all been carpeted to...
Sixty-four Russian dancers, 6,000 costumes, 84 backdrops & curtains, a 50-piece symphony orchestra, a repertoire of 22 ballets - such was the equipment of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe for its first U. S. season.* First night there were three ballets. In La Concurrence, two tailors fought comically for...
Sly old Munitions Tycoon Sir Basil Zaharoff who owns much of Monte Carlo is supposed to have started, among other stories, the one about the Vatican being No. 2 stockholder in Monte's Casino. Last week octogenarian Sir Basil ("The Mystery Man of Europe") told reporters that he was...
Selling stolen jewels to gullible American made ladies, dramatically watching the croupier gather in their last chips at Monte Carlo signifying that Mrs. Vail would have to dispense with another heirloom the four comrades in crime, Oliver. Mrs. Vail, Helen and Bascom, roamed across the continent cheating the rich and...
Footnote to Prohibition history: Boston's Arthur Race, addressing the American Hotel Association last week at Del Monte, Calif., said, "Last September President Hoover called me to Washington and told me he favored repeal of the 18th Amendment as soon as possible. He told me of the magnitude of...